Pathogenic Mechanisms Research Group

Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships: Expressions of interest can be submitted until 31 October 2025.

Director at Max Planck - a unique position! The Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships is open now and can be submitted by the 31st of October 2025. ➡️ mpg.de/directors - Please share the Open Call among potential candidates.

Call for 20 Assistant Professor positions Karolinska Institutet is a world-leading medical university with a long and proud history of ground-breaking research. We are now recruiting outstanding early-career researchers with particularly exce...

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Karolinska Institutet is recruiting 20 outstanding early-career researchers for assistant professor positions

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Our new study shows the application of Bifidobacterium B-galactosidase for biotechnology. Great work by Daniel Mulualem (University of Gondor), Orla Dwan, Conor O'Byrne and Michelle Kilcoyne at University of Galway @uniofgalway.bsky.social #MicroSky #Microbiology rdcu.be/eyBwi

Tiny soil microbes turn detective to uncover the timeline of oil spill contamination Scientists in Belfast and Nigeria have developed a diagnostic tool that deploys microbes to uncover the timeline of crude oil contamination in soils.

Tiny soil microbes turn detective! Scientists in Belfast and Nigeria have developed a diagnostic tool that deploys microbes to uncover the timeline of crude oil contamination in soils. www.the-microbiologist.com/news/tiny-so...

Challenges and opportunities in mRNA vaccine development against bacteria - Nature Microbiology This Review reflects on the major challenges in bacterial mRNA vaccine design, provides strategies for tailoring mRNA construct design to promote humoral or cellular immunity, and provides an overview...

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A reflection on the major challenges in bacterial mRNA vaccine design, providing strategies for tailoring mRNA construct design to promote humoral or cellular immunity, and providing an overview of the translational landscape for mRNA vaccines.

#MicroSky 🦠

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Within-host bacterial evolution and the emergence of pathogenicity - Nature Microbiology In this Review, Tonkin-Hill et al. discuss the processes driving bacterial evolution and emergence of pathogenesis within hosts, the importance of understanding within-host genetic diversity, and the ...

#Review

A discussion on the processes driving bacterial evolution and emergence of pathogenesis within hosts, the importance of understanding within-host genetic diversity, and the implications for transmission analysis and infectious disease control.

#MicroSky 🦠

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Social and environmental impacts of shrimp aquaculture For our Rudolphina Roadtrip, David Buchwinkler takes us to the aquacultures of Malaysia. The social scientist spent almost five months in Sabah, Malaysia's northernmost state, to analyse the ecologica...

Our next stop: ➡️ Vienna to #Malaysia - Analysing the Blue Revolution 🔍🌊
David Buchwinkler, social scientist at #univie, spent almost five months in Sabah, Malaysia's northernmost state, to analyse the ecological and social impact of #shrimp farms established there in 2010. 🐟
Find out more here: ⤵️

*JOB AD*: interested in doing a postdoc in microbial metabolomics? Passionate about natural products mass spec?

Come join the group! Informal enquires welcome!

Closing Date: 19 August 2025

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Help save 2 million lives: close the vaccine funding gap Gavi, the vaccine provider for the world’s poorest people, needs an extra US$3 billion to protect infants and other vulnerable groups. More donors must step up.

Gavi, the vaccine provider for the world’s poorest people, needs an extra US$3 billion to protect infants and other vulnerable groups. More donors must step up

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Engineers transform dental floss into needle-free vaccine New method places inactivated viruses directly into mice’s gums

EXCLUSIVE @science.org: In an unorthodox approach to needle-free vaccines, researchers have developed a special kind of floss that can protect against infectious disease. “The results are quite impressive.” Cool story by @annikainampudi.bsky.social

Biggest trial shows four-day work week cuts stress — and workers say it boosts performance Compressing five days of work into four can create stress, but the benefits outweigh the downsides, sprawling study shows.

Moving to a four-day work week without losing pay leaves employees happier, healthier and higher-performing

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Funded Graduate Student Opportunity in Marine Microbial Ecology **Applicants will be contacted if selected for next round. Applicants not selected will not receive any notice. If not selected, this is not indicative of your merit. ** Northern Illinois University |...

Notice of Award is in!
Join our team at NIU to study marine microbial ecology & disease dynamics in sea urchins 🧫🌊🦠
PhD | Spring/Fall 2026 start
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Adding insult to injury: A review of infections following envenomings Over 100 lineages of animal have evolved venom for a wide variety of purposes. An estimated 2.5 million people are bitten by snakes and another 1.2 mi…

Delighted to share this review by PhD student Dayle Leonard on infections associated with envenomation across the animal kingdom 🦠🦂🐍 #bacteria #venom @universityofgalway.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The 3rd Pathogen Biology Ireland (PBI) Conference, held on 6th June 2025 at the University of Galway, marked another successful year of fostering interdisciplinary collaboration in infectious disease…... The 3rd Pathogen Biology Ireland (PBI) Conference, held on 6th June 2025 at the University of Galway, marked another successful year of fostering interdisciplinary collaboration in infectious disease ...

We were delighted to participate in the 3rd Pathogen Biology Ireland (PBI) Conference, held on the 6th of June at the
@uniofgalway.bsky.social. The event also marked the launch of the IHDI's Infection & Immunity Cluster (IIC), which we’re pleased to be part of.

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Large study of scientists who move their labs reveals how location drives productivity Concentrating funding at high-powered universities can maximize output, paper argues, but may sacrifice broader benefits

The mantra “location, location, location” isn’t just about real estate. For life scientists, more than 50% of their productivity can be attributed to the institution where they work, according to a new study. scim.ag/4kKs1YO

The Royal Society – Research Ireland University Research Fellowship is now open for applications.

For more information visit:
www.researchireland.ie/funding/royal-society-university/

Pseudomonas aeruginosa: ecology, evolution, pathogenesis and antimicrobial susceptibility - Nature Reviews Microbiology Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a functionally versatile bacterium, a leading opportunistic human pathogen and a model organism in microbiology. In this Review, Letizia, Diggle and Whiteley discuss P. aerug...

Our new big review on Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Hope you enjoy reading it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A juvenile kakapo sitting on a log at night. Credit: Andrew Digby.

Tuarima is the 49th #kakapo on record to have contracted cloacitis. This #disease has puzzled us and hampered management since 2003. But we're getting closer to an answer with help from microbiologists and geneticists. Latest results here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #conservation #parrots

To foster belonging, make a cultural shift Here’s how to hone your EDI practices and make your university an anti-discriminatory institution

"Equity, diversity and inclusion is under attack but it should be an increasingly important consideration for universities," writes @lborouniversity.bsky.social's Denise Coles. She explains how to build an anti-discriminatory institution: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/foste... #EDI #diversity

A shared alarmone–GTP switch controls persister formation in bacteria - Nature Microbiology Alarmone synthesis depletes GTP levels leading to a GTP-dependent switch that controls triggered, spontaneous and antibiotic-induced persister formation in Bacillus subtilis.

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𝕌𝕟𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕒𝕝 𝕊𝕦𝕣𝕧𝕚𝕧𝕒𝕝 𝕊𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙
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𝔹𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕦𝕤 𝕤𝕦𝕓𝕥𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕤 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕒 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕞𝕠𝕟 𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕔 𝕤𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙

𝔸𝕝𝕝 𝕡𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕤—𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕧𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟, 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤, 𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕓𝕚𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕤—𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕘𝕖𝕣 (𝕡)𝕡𝕡𝔾𝕡𝕡 𝕓𝕦𝕚𝕝𝕕𝕦𝕡, 𝕕𝕖𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔾𝕋ℙ 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕗𝕝𝕚𝕡𝕡𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕔𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕪

𝔽𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕁𝕦𝕖 𝕎𝕒𝕟𝕘 𝕃𝕒𝕓
(𝕌𝕎–𝕄𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕠𝕟) ℕ𝕒𝕥 𝕄𝕚𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕓𝕚𝕠𝕝

A shared alarmone–GTP switch controls persister formation in bacteria - Nature Microbiology Alarmone synthesis depletes GTP levels leading to a GTP-dependent switch that controls triggered, spontaneous and antibiotic-induced persister formation in Bacillus subtilis.

#weekendreading 🔬📑

A shared alarmone–GTP switch controls persister formation in bacteria

@natmicrobiol.nature.com #microsky

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Gut microbiota-derived short-chain fatty acids and their role in human health and disease - Nature Reviews Microbiology The human intestinal microbiota ferments dietary fibre to short-chain fatty acids, which make an important contribution to host health. In this Review, Mukhopadhya and Louis discuss the luminal microb...

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Why SCFAs are all the rage? 🦠⚕️🧪

A comprehensive review of microbiota-derived SCFA and their role in human health and disease.

#MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky @natrevmicro.nature.com

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Enterprise Ireland's commitment to international growth and success for businesses in the west of Ireland Enterprise Ireland is the government trade and innovation agency that invests in Irish innovative companies through all stages of their growth. Majella Maher, Regional Manager of the Enterprise…

Majella Maher, Regional Manager of the Enterprise Ireland West Region Team spoke to the Galway Advertiser about how Enterprise Ireland assists companies in the west of Ireland to reach their full potential and why there is an appetite for industry in the west www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...

Maynooth events Maynooth scientists and researchers share their discoveries with you

Do you live in or near Maynooth? Are you interested in science? Do you want to be a part of a free annual global science event?

Then come along to Pint of Science May 19 and 21 in Maynooth

See details here: pintofscience.ie/events/Mayno... @pintofscienceie.bsky.social @pintsworld.bsky.social

#MicroSky: A new P. aeruginosa model strain! Martino et al knocked out all 32 diguanylate cyclases in PA14 using a multiplexed cytosine base editor, halting c-di-GMP synthesis. The strain, PA14Δ32, shows major behavioral shifts. doi.org/10.1111/1751...

Got any great final year students who love the bench but don't (yet) want to do a PhD? I'm looking for a research technician to join our amazing AVERT team for the last 2 years of the project - a great chance to develop lab skills while supporting our team in York.
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Funded PhD Scholarship in Phytate-Utilising Bacteria for Soil Health and Plant Growth University of Galway offers a funded PhD scholarship starting in September 2025, focused on phytate-utilising bacteria and sustainable soil health. Apply by 30th May 2025!

Funded PhD Scholarship in Phytate-Utilising Bacteria for Soil Health and Plant Growth

University of Galway offers a funded PhD scholarship starting in September 2025, focused on phytate-utilising bacteria and sustainable soil health. Apply by 30th May 2025!

A recruitment process is underway for the appointment of President of University of Galway.

Read more and apply here: perrettlaver.com/university-o...

Part-time study, full-time impact!

Applications are now open for part-time courses and micro-credentials at University of Galway. Whether you're upskilling, changing careers, or pursuing a passion, our courses fit around you

Find your course here 👉🏿 www.universityofgalway.ie/adult-learni...

University of Galway is inviting the public to contribute to a new initiative aimed at exploring important health-related questions and helping shape the future of health research.🩺
Learn more and have your say: www.thepeoplesreview.ie
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