Multi-Defence

Highlights from our recent participation!

Members of the Multi-Defence Consortium presented both talks and posters on phage defence systems — showcasing exciting progress across the field.

Great discussions, great science, and we’re excited to share more soon!
#MicroEvo25

@multidefence.bsky.social

Antibiotics & phage infectivity
www.findaphd.com/phds/project... (4/4)

🦠 Defence systems & AMR
www.swbio.ac.uk/files/2025/1...
www.swbio.ac.uk/programme/ho... (3/4)

🧬 MADS–CRISPR interaction www.findaphd.com/phds/project... (2/4)

🔬 Interested in bacterial immune systems & AMR, or how antibiotics affect phage infectivity?

Three SWBio DTP PhD project opportunities linked to the MultiDefence consortium are now open (1/4)

#PhD #DoctoralTraining #ResearchCarrers #LifeSciences #phagesky #AMR #microsky #PhDPositions

Funded PhD SWBio DTP- (CASE) Understanding the molecular mechanism of the MADS bacterial immune system and its synergy with CRISPR-Cas at University of Bristol on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Funded PhD SWBio DTP- (CASE) Understanding the molecular mechanism of the MADS bacterial immune system and its synergy with CRISPR-Cas at University of Bristol, ...

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
@nebiolabs.bsky.social
@multidefence.bsky.social

More info & tickets see poster and link: sites.exeter.ac.uk/vanhoutelab/...

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🦠🧬 Join us for a workshop on Phage Therapy in Liverpool (25 Nov 2025)!

A 1-day free event bringing together clinicians, academics, regulators & industry to discuss the future of phage therapy; happening in tandem to a 2-day focus meeting on Microbial Evolutionary Dynamics (1/2)

Happily representing @multidefence.bsky.social at the #EESMicrobiology in Heidelberg!
Come to my poster if interested in prophage-mediated phage defence!
Also don't miss @emgoodall.bsky.social's talk today, and @alekseiagapov.bsky.social and @davvi36.bsky.social posters!

Presenting a poster about Pseudomonas defence systems at #EESMicrobiology in Heidelberg. If you happen to like it, don't forget to check out our consortium @multidefence.bsky.social

Great to get together in Manchester last week for our consortium’s annual meeting – halfway through our 5-year collaboration! Inspiring discussions, exciting updates, and lots of ideas ahead. Excited for what’s next! 💡🔬🤝 #Science #Microbiology #TeamScience

Edze Westra kills viruses @multidefence.bsky.social

As part of the @multidefence.bsky.social consortium, we worked with a globally curated dataset of >4,000 P. aeruginosa (from 10.1126/science.adi0908) to reveal differences in the number and composition of defence systems between isolates from (and not from) cystic fibrosis cases 2/n

Great to be in Manchester for the annual @multidefence.bsky.social meeting, with Luna and Simon!

Passing through the Borders on the train to Manchester for the annual @multidefence.bsky.social meeting

This work was led by the incredible @charlotteechong.bsky.social 💻 🧬 as part of the @multidefence.bsky.social sLoLa consortium funded by @ukri.org BBSRC and in collaboration with a wonderful set of new (and old!) colleagues 9/n

Harnessing Bacterial Viruses to Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Infections at University of St Andrews on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Harnessing Bacterial Viruses to Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Infections at University of St Andrews, listed on FindAPhD.com

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A funded PhD studentship is available for a joint project between my lab and @andreashaag.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

🔬 Three fronts in bacterial defense!
At EMBO symposium this week in Paris, our PIs showcased:
• @mfwhite2.bsky.social: cyclic nucleotide defence signaling
• Prof. Stineke Van Houte: prophage warfare in P. aeruginosa
• Prof. Tim Blower: autoregulating toxins & phage defence

We had fantastic poster presentations at the EMBO symposium the Immune System of Bacteria in Paris this week

Coming back to Microbial Warfare session today we have @charlotteechong.bsky.social giving a talk about "Genomic analyses to infer defence system interactions among global Pseudomonas aeruginosa populations" at 12:15

@samriddhigupta.bsky.social gave her poster presentation today at #Microbio25 about discovering new counter-defence systems in prophage genomes

Second poster session starting soon #Microbio25

We also have a couple of poster presentations today 255 from @drramabht.bsky.social, 282 from @anna-k-richmond.bsky.social, 062 from Meg Llewellyn and 068 from Jasmine Thomas-Campbell. All cool stuff about defence systems!

Phage vs Phage from @annaolina.bsky.social at #Microbio25. Fantastic talk!

We also have a couple of poster presentations today 255 from @drramabht.bsky.social, 282 from @anna-k-richmond.bsky.social, 062 from Meg Llewellyn and 068 from Jasmine Thomas-Campbell. All cool stuff about defence systems!

Our upcoming talks today at #Microbio25 in the Microbial Warfare session: Prof Tim Blower's talk about “All the World’s a Phage” - Exploring phage-host interactions, at 14:45 and from @annaolina.bsky.social about Phage vs. Phage: When Pseudomonas’ own prophages step up the defenсe, at 15:45

@brockhurstlab.bsky.social giving a talk about eco-evolutionary mechanisms of AMR in the AMR session at #Microbio25

Poster A092!