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Rob Kingsley

@drrobkingsley.bsky.social

Professor of Microbiology @uniofeastanglia and Group Leader @TheQuadram, Norwich, UK - genomics, AMR, host-pathogen interactions, phage, microbiome Editor Communications Biology

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Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Norfolk, UK, March 2020–December 2022 In the UK, the COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium (COG-UK) established a real-time national genomic surveillance system during the COVID-19 pandemic, producing centralized data for monitoring severe acut...

Our @eh-hayles.bsky.social's 1st 1st-author paper is now published in @microbiologysociety.org's #MicrobialGenomics

It explores the #genomic #epidemiology of #COVID in Norfolk, UK

Great job by @andrewjpage.bsky.social @drrobkingsley.bsky.social Javier Guitian #COGUK & @gemma-langridge.bsky.social!

16.07.2025 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Here’s how to avoid Salmonella as cases in England reach 10-year high Salmonella is a species of bacteria that is one of the most common causes of foodborne illnesses globally

πŸ†• Here’s how to avoid Salmonella as cases in England reach 10-year high

πŸ“° Our research group leader @drrobkingsley.bsky.social 's article featured in @the-independent.com ‡️

09.07.2025 08:01 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reversible excision of the wzy locus in Salmonella Typhimurium may aid recovery following phage predation Podcast Episode Β· ReSay Β· 14/05/2025 Β· 17m

...or if you are a glutton for punishment...or just have a long commute...you might prefer this extended version with all the details (17 minutes) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...

14.05.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reversible excision of the wzy locus in Salmonella Typhimurium may aid recovery following phage predation Podcast Episode Β· ReSay Β· 14/05/2025 Β· 6m

Prefer a more accessible form of our newly published manuscript? The inimitable @yaasircheema.bsky.social has made this 5 minute podcast...with some AI magic podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...

14.05.2025 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reversible excision of the wzy locus in Salmonella Typhimurium may aid recovery following phage predation Author summary Salmonella Typhimurium is a major pathogen of livestock that adversely affects productivity and animal welfare and poses a risk of foodborne disease in the human population. Antibiotics...

Interested in #Salmonella #genetics and / or #phage ? - check out our newly published manuscript that implicates the reversible deletion of the wzy gene in S. Typhimurium (and likely other important Salmonella serovars) in evasion of phage predation journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...

14.05.2025 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Please check out our poster B063 #Microbio25 @rafalkolenda.bsky.social presenting on copper used in pig feed acting as an intestinal habitat filter affecting #Salmonella interaction with the #microbiota 1pm today

02.04.2025 08:36 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Congratulations to Lindsay Hall @halllab.bsky.social Peter Wildy Prize Lecture 2025!

01.04.2025 08:29 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A PhD placement in public health; Eleanor’s experience at UKHSA - Quadram Institute Eleanor Hayles is a Medical Research Council (MRC) funded PhD student on the Microbes, Microbiomes and Bioinformatics (MMB) Doctoral Training Programme, based at Quadram Institute. She recently…

"My project at UKHSA focused on a microbe outside of my PhD research called Salmonella. This included looking at clusters of Salmonella cases observed by UKHSA, quantifying which subgroups of Salmonella were responsible, alongside assessing travel associations across the dataset.”

31.03.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looking forward to some great science at #Microbio25 next week in Liverpool, will be there from Monday to Wednesday

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Norwich is a fabulous student city and @quadraminstitute.bsky.social is a state of the art research Institute at the centre of a vibrant research hub along with @johninnescentre.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social @thesainsburylab.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social and @nnuh.bsky.social

20.03.2025 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Exciting #PhD project where you will learn how to study #Host-pathogen interactions including #infection models, cell biology, microbiology, molecular biology and bioinformatics - you will address questions important to global health including #typhoid fever and invasive NTS disease #iNTS pls share

20.03.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Group Leader (Microbes and Food Safety) - Quadram Institute Group Leader (Microbes and Food Safety) Full or Part Time We are looking for an exceptional scientist with a research focus on bacterial foodborne pathogens or microbial spoilage. You will join other ...

Principal Investigator / Group Leader post @quadraminstitute.bsky.social within the Microbes and Food Safety strategic programme - all research related to food safety and food spoilage. Unsure whether your research interests fit, contact us informally quadram.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...

12.03.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Project 20 - Niche competition between pathogens and microbiota in the gut University of East Anglia

Interested in microbiome and Salmonella? Then apply for our summer vacation bioscience research scholarship project: β€œNiche competition between pathogens and microbiota in the gut” tinyurl.com/33upx4bc
@quadraminstitute.bsky.social @drrobkingsley.bsky.social

13.02.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Research Fellow - Department of Microbes, Infections and Microbiomes - 104864 - Grade 7 This exciting BBSRC-funded project aims to mechanistically characterise the fitness costs associated with vancomycin resistance in the Gram-positive opportunistic pathogens Enterococcus faecalis and E...

JOB CLAXON!

I am recruiting a post-doctoral researcher on a BBSRC-funded project (36 months) on the genetics and functional genomics of vancomycin resistance in enterococci.

Further details here: edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Please DM or email me if you want to discuss this post.

12.11.2024 22:41 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 89    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4
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Why are some microbes are better (gastrointestinal) commensals?
Join for a Postdoc 19+12 months to investigate bacterial & fungal evolution in the human gut in a novel family cohort, using 3rd gen seq, metagenomics.
Application deadline is 1st Dec: t.co/FE8tyW3Q3K

27.11.2024 08:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of California Davis, School of Medicine, invites applications for a full-time faculty position in Microbiome Sciences. Apply by December 11th at:

recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06847

19.11.2024 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 102    πŸ” 103    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
International Symposium on Salmonella and Salmonellosis - Sciencesconf.org

I am co-chairing the 'Evolutionary and comparative genomics' session at i3s Salmonella conference in St Malo in 2025 - will be great to see you there! i3scongress.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag... Submission deadline for abstracts : 30th November

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Microbiology Society Microbiology Society journals contain high-quality research papers and topical review articles. We are a not-for-profit publisher and we support and invest in the microbiology community, to the benefi...

Use it or lose it: Unless we publish papers in our society owned and published journals they will cease to be, along with all the conferences and meetings the proceeds support. Microbiology Society publishes many excellent journals, all edited by experts. #microsky www.microbiologyresearch.org

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Salmonella invades the ileal mucosa to trigger lysine malbsorption, creating a a wave of lysine entering the cecum. Decarboxylation of lysine buffers the cytosol to protect against short-chain fatty acids, enabling the pathogen to invade the cecal ecosystem.

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

15.11.2024 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
Page d'accueil - I3S International Symposium on Salmonella and Salmonellosis

Abstract submission is open for i3s 2025! i3scongress.innozh.fr

08.08.2024 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Group Leader (Microbes and Food Safety) - Quadram Institute Full or Part Time We are looking for a dynamic, proactive individual to lead a research programme contributing to our goals of reducing foodborne illness through improved food safety and reducing food...

Want to focus on your research and early career researcher mentoring and training? Join our friendly and vibrant research community at The Quadram Institute - check out this #Research Group Leader #job opportunity quadram.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...

30.04.2024 09:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Did you know Salmonella Panama is an important cause of diarrhoeal and iNTS disease globally? Our genomics work driven by @1caiseypulford & @BlancaPerSep
characterises diversity, AMR, & invasiveness to bring new insights into this pathogen bit.ly/3I2Uo3B1/8 1/8

20.02.2024 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why sugar-free gum gives you gas Scientists have found that Clostridia bacteria in the gut digest the sorbitol in sugar-free gum, so anything that disrupts these bacteria can lead to gas.

Treatment of sorbitol intolerance is limited to dietary interventions (i.e., a #lowFODMAP diet)πŸ§ͺ🦠
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By elucidating the underlying cause of sorbitol intolerance, work published today establishes completely new starting points for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

www.newsweek.com/sugar-free-g...

15.02.2024 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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