Steve Diggle

Congrats to all!

Out in the group stage when just needing a draw with Peru in the final group game and losing to a dubious last min penalty! Seriously congrats though. Always good to have the Scots there

Fluorescein-based dyes are not valid reporters of oxidative stress in bacteria, and conclusions based on their use must be reconsidered | PNAS Dihydrodichlorofluorescein derivatives have been employed as reporters of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) in innumerable studies. Their...

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Deaths linked to antibiotic-resistant superbugs rose 17% in England in 2024 Data also shows an average of nearly 400 newly reported cases of antibiotic-resistant infections a week last year

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Our new website is now available. Has a somewhat Middle Earth theme. No apologies for that! www.thedigglelab.com

Microbial Primer: Artificial intelligence for microbiologists Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are reshaping microbiology, enabling rapid antibiotic discovery, resistance prediction and clinical diagnostics. For microbiologists, the goal is...

Latest Microbial Primer is now available. A short introduction to artificial intelligence for microbiologists.

www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

Occurrence of type VI secretion system effector genes in longitudinal isolates of P. aeruginosa from people with cystic fibrosis Pseudomonas aeruginosa uses multiple type VI secretion systems (T6SSs) to manipulate eukaryotic cells, kill competing microbes and take up nutrients. Bacterial strains are known to differ in their T6S...

Check out our new paper in Microbial Genetics tinyurl.com/ye2azm57 showing what Type VI secretion systems are doing in chronic infections of patients with cystic fibrosis @microbiologysociety.org. Led by Antonia Habich in the Unterweger lab. #T6SS #pseudomonas @biology.ox.ac.uk

The rise of ‘nightmare bacteria’: antimicrobial resistance in five charts Data reveal how the global challenge to reduce deaths and infections from drug-resistant bacteria is not going according to plan.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Mycobacterium smegmatis Expands Across Surfaces by Hydraulic Sliding - Environmental Microbiology Reports enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... - Our new paper is out!

Careers Minimum qualifications:PhD, MD, or equivalent in a relevant field of study, plus applicable postdoctoral experience.

Come be my colleague! We have new faculty searches in Virology & Fungal Biology/Medical Mycology. UMN has great people & the Twin Cities are beautiful year-round!
Virology: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/365...
Fungal Biology / Medical Mycology: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/36547
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Would be nice if we stopped doing figures with 8 panels in for every figure. It's getting ridiculous what is requested for papers. Used to be 6 figs maybe 2 or 3 panels and no suppl data. Those old papers are classics and carry an important message with much less. Some papers are unreadable nowadays

Happy birthday to Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, the "Father of Microbiology" and first person to observe bacteria with a microscope! 🔬

Learn how microscopes made microbiology possible, leading to innumerable insights for biology, medicine & technology. asm.org/articles/202...

Job ad for Quantitative Microbe-Plant-Environment interactions position

Job ad for microbial drivers of chronic disease position

Come join us in Knoxville!

The Dept. of Microbiology 🧫🦠 at the University of Tennessee is hiring 2 Assistant Professors (tenure track, 9-month appt.).

Microbial Drivers of Chronic Disease: apply.interfolio.com/173153Quantitative Microbe-Plant-Environment Interactions: apply.interfolio.com/173345

Proportion of P. aeruginosa isolates in different antimicrobial resistance categories.

In vitro activity of cefiderocol against Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from adult patients with cystic fibrosis. Published Open Access and fee-free in ACMI using a Publish and Read agreement: doi.org/10.1099/acmi... #AccessMicro #PublishAndRead

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Georgia Tech being the number 7 college football team in the country right now is worth a mention. Well done all. Keep it up!

Interested in bacterial sensing, signaling and regulation? Come join us in January at the GRC in sunny California! www.grc.org/sensory-tran...

We are recruiting new faculty in IMES at MIT!

IMES (Institute for Medical Engineering and Science) is the MIT home of the famous HST program. As faculty are also appointed in a department at MIT, we have diverse research programs, all focused on human health.

faculty-searches.mit.edu/imes-search/

We have a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor position in Microbiology available!

Come and join great students and colleagues at Hofstra Biology. Please apply using the link below and/or spread the word!

hofstra.peopleadmin.com/postings/6542

You must miss the asbestos though

Three Bicentenary research fellowships on offer at @officialuom.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social for exceptional ECRs with <3y postdoc experience

3yrs salary + £30k pa research expenses

Do you have a great idea & want to join @mermanchester.bsky.social?

www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/sup...

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Abstract submissions are closing! Submit your abstract for the Microbes in Microbiomes Miami 2026 meeting now! Submissions close Monday 20 October 2025 23:59 GMT. Apply today - microb.io/MiM26Abstracts #MiM26

Job alert ‼️ UChicago Micro is hiring! Open to tenured/tenure track faculty at all levels in any area of microbiology. Come join our amazing and growing department. apply.interfolio.com/174404

Lecturership in Microbiolgy @uniofgalway.bsky.social. Application submission deadline coming soon - October 9th. universityvacancies.com/university-g...

Nice to see cheating back on the menu. Good job!

YouTube video by American Society for Microbiology Fanny Angelina Hesse and the Discovery of Agar

Since the late 19th century, microbiologists have relied on agar and its derivatives for growing and separating microbes. However, how many of us really know the story of how this ingredient changed science? The remarkable story of Fanny Angelina Hesse youtu.be/qyTjqIKTQLo

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External Event Grant awards of up to £750 are available for eligible members as a contribution towards the costs of registration, travel, and accommodation to attend an event beginning 01 Jan – 30 April 2026. Apply now before the deadline 01 Nov at 23:59: microb.io/ExternalEven...

Cyclic-di-GMP signalling mutants drive ecological succession and self-generated diversity in experimentally evolved biofilms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms represent a discrete form of microbial life which are physiologically distinct from free-living planktonic cells. The altered phenotypic manifestations of the biofilm may also elicit lifestyl...

New paper alert! Serial selection for hyper-biofilm production identifies c-di-GMP as central to genetic control and phenotypic dynamics. @microbiologysociety.org @webberma.bsky.social www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

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