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Tiffany Taylor

@taylorlabgroup.bsky.social

Professor of Microbial Ecology and Evolution at the Life Sciences Department at the University of Bath. Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow. Children's author evolution/genetics. Mum. https://tiffanybtaylor.wordpress.com/

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Research position in Microbial Pharmacology and Population Biology (282139) | UiT The Arctic University of Norway Job title: Research position in Microbial Pharmacology and Population Biology (282139), Employer: UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Deadline: Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Feels surreal to say but: I'm hiring! If you are or know anyone interested in looking at the evolution of phage resistance using A. baumannii and natural transformation, then this might be for you
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

08.08.2025 07:52 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4

@gretelwaugh.bsky.social ?

23.07.2025 11:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a cartoon girl is sitting on a bed covering her mouth with her hands and saying it 's graduation day . ALT: a cartoon girl is sitting on a bed covering her mouth with her hands and saying it 's graduation day .

Congratulations to the super talented @josie-e.bsky.social! Looking forward to catching up on your postdoc news with @annechevallereau.bsky.social and cheering you on later at Bath Abbey.

18.07.2025 09:18 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great to see this work from @deepaagashe.bsky.social and team out. Make sure you give it a read.

16.07.2025 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No worries - thanks!

10.07.2025 01:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi! Thanks for putting this together! Could you add me please? Thank you!

09.07.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We all know who'd win in battle (hint: it's you)

04.07.2025 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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40 today! It's been a helluva decade & I feel privileged to have been along for the ride. I got the best gift a girl could ask for - exciting data & excellent plots. I marked the occasion by walking 100km in 23.5h with a dear friend. We chatted, laughed and cried and it was wonderful (and painful).

04.07.2025 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Enjoy!

26.06.2025 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Very proud to have won the Faculty of Science Excellence in Doctoral Supervision Prize. Biggest thanks goes to my nominator @francescodb.bsky.social and the awesome letters of support from current and past group members that brought a tear to my eye. It's shared with every member Taylor lab member.

25.06.2025 08:18 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great to be in Manchester for the annual @multidefence.bsky.social meeting, with Luna and Simon!

12.06.2025 08:09 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Defence systems drive accessory genome interactions in Pseudomonas aeruginosa As well as undergoing mutational selection, bacterial genomes are shaped by a complex evolutionary interplay among diverse accessory genome elements (AGEs). In this study we define AGEs as encompassin...

Defence Systems are so hot right now πŸ”₯ πŸ”₯ πŸ”₯ so check out our latest preprint to see how DSes contribute to niche adaptation, interact with each other, and drive accessory genome interactions in Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1/n
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

23.05.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 69    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

We are recruiting a tenure-track assistant professor in molecular microbiology in our department in Lausanne! Do consider appyling!!

12.06.2025 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How to bring experimental evolution to the classroom Pupils of all ages can benefit from witnessing evolution in real time - and it’s now possible in schools, say this researcher from the University of Bath

It's Evolution Fact Friday! Did you know that you can see evolution happening in real time? Our @bethmorillo-hall.bsky.social & @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social have developed #Evoscope, an education package for teachers to bring the process of evolution to life in real time!
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

06.06.2025 12:39 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How to bring experimental evolution to the classroom Pupils of all ages can benefit from witnessing evolution in real time - and it’s now possible in schools, say this researcher from the University of Bath

Its here! Finally published. www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

31.05.2025 05:04 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

@adamrutherford.bsky.social

31.05.2025 07:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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How to bring experimental evolution to the classroom Pupils of all ages can benefit from witnessing evolution in real time - and it’s now possible in schools, say this researcher from the University of Bath

🧬 Struggling to teach evolution in a way that sparks curiosity and sticks? My brilliant PhD student @bethmorillo-hall.bsky.social shares practical, powerful tips in this new tes articleπŸ‘‡
πŸ”— www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
#SciComm #EvolutionEducation #PhDVoices

31.05.2025 07:54 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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The most important things to consider with biotech companies are 1. Do they have stickers? and 2. Are the stickers laptop-worthy?

Luckily I'm here to help, and have collaborated with Forge Genetics to ensure your laptops are receiving the best stickers possible

29.05.2025 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Always great to catch up. See you in Manchester in a few weeks!

14.05.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics - 2025 meeting

This meeting will be great!

Abstract submission open now

See you 26-27 Nov in Liverpool

microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...

29.04.2025 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3
Little Letters: an introduction to genetics
written by Tiffany Taylor, illustrated by James Munro, read by A. F. Harrold.Join Berry, Daisy and Spike, as an extraordinary close encounter turns a family ... Little Letters: an introduction to genetics

Happy #DNAday 🧬! To celebrate, why not share a bedtime story with a #FutureGeneticist? Listen to my book, Little Letters, illustrated by uber talented James Munro & read by the forever charming children's author AF Harrold
youtu.be/yv3Z8CZ3t_Q
#DNA #GeneticsForKids #ScienceBooks

25.04.2024 08:12 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New postdoc position in our lab (2 y+): evolutionary genomics of integrons and MGEs with focus on vibrio-phage interactions. Great environment @pasteur.fr for science, career building. Super collaborators @celineloot.bsky.social @amazeld.bsky.social @fredoleroux.bsky.social 3 weeks to apply!

16.04.2025 07:14 β€” πŸ‘ 99    πŸ” 126    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Another poster not to miss @microbiologysociety.org annual conference, @jasminetc2000.bsky.social is presenting her first year PhD work on Determining the regulation of the MADS defence system #Microbio25 πŸ§ͺ

02.04.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you're at @microbiologysociety.org annual conference, go find Maryam Ravari #Microbio25 who is presenting her work on mechanisms of biocide tolerance un Proteus mirabilis!

02.04.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Had a fab time presenting a flash talk at #microbio25 in the urogenital microbes session this afternoon. If you love a good biofilm or polymicrobial communities and want to find out more, I'd love to chat at my poster tomorrow - B086 πŸ‘©πŸΌβ€πŸ« @microbiologysociety.org

01.04.2025 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Excited to be presenting work from the Gifford Lab at #microbio25 on testing the effectiveness of combination therapy in E. coli in limiting antibiotic resistance spread 🦠🧫πŸ§ͺ Come talk to me at poster A142 today!

01.04.2025 10:47 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking forward to speaking in the AMR mechanisms and regulation session at #Microbio25 today. I'll be speaking right after @brockhurstlab.bsky.social who will discuss our within-patient resistance evolution project, and I'll outline some measures we can take against resistance evolution in-host

01.04.2025 07:04 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Super proud of @megllewellyn.bsky.social presenting her first ever poster at #Microbio25 today. Don't miss it!

02.04.2025 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Presenting a poster at #Microbio25 today/tomorrow. Come for a chat about defence hotspots in Pseudomonas phage!

31.03.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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As a not-for-profit, the Microbiology Society has invested in research for 80 years. By publishing with us, you help ensure the continued success and development of the microbiology community. Publish with us - microb.io/Publishing-f...

25.03.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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