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Xena Dyball

@xenadyball.bsky.social

NRPDTP PhD student with Evelien Adriaenssens @ QIB 🦠 Previously at UKHSA & Warwick Uni πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬

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Looking forward to presenting the latest results from the PhageLand project during the β€˜Phages in Health and Remediation’ session at 4.30pm in Brown 1&2 at @femsmicro.org #FEMS2025 #phagesky #microsky

15.07.2025 09:29 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

New pre-print alert! 🚨🫁

COPD affects millions worldwide. While we know bacterial dysbiosis drives disease, the role of bacteriophages remains unexplored. We re-analysed 135 COPD metagenomes to characterise the lung virome for the first time 🫁 1/9

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

17.06.2025 07:45 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
A social card with an illustration of a bacteriophage and bacteria and the text "Research Scientist to join Dr Evelien Adrianssen's group to study bacteriophage, drug resistance and genetic evolution of Salmonella, Salary: 36,720 to 39,750, Contract length: 1.5 years, Apply by 2 July 2025

A social card with an illustration of a bacteriophage and bacteria and the text "Research Scientist to join Dr Evelien Adrianssen's group to study bacteriophage, drug resistance and genetic evolution of Salmonella, Salary: 36,720 to 39,750, Contract length: 1.5 years, Apply by 2 July 2025

πŸ†• Vacancy! We’re looking for a Research Scientist to join Dr @evelienadri.bsky.social‬ 's group to study bacteriophages, drug resistance and genetic evolution of Salmonella 🦠

πŸ’· Β£36,720 to Β£39,750
πŸ—“οΈ Apply by 2 July 2025
➑️ buff.ly/7M2mDaa

29.05.2025 09:30 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Life-Stage Transitions Drive Distinct Gut Viral Communities in Dairy Cattle Ruminant gut microbial communities profoundly influence host health and environmental impacts, yet their viral components remain poorly characterised across developmental transitions. Here, we analyse...

πŸ§¬πŸ„ NEW PREPRINT: Really happy to finally share the last big piece of work from my PhD!

Spoiler: Cows are great and so are their viromes 🧡1/13

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

25.05.2025 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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What a week in Lisbon! πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Ή ViBioM 2025 brought 150+ virus bioinformaticians from 34 countries to explore viral evolution, ML tools, & taxonomy challenges. 🌱 All plant-based thanks to @desafiovegetariano! Huge thanks to organizers, speakers, and community! #ViBioM2025 #Viromics

19.05.2025 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Had a great time attending the #ViBioM2025 meeting in Lisbon this week with @ryancook94.bsky.social πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Ήβ˜€οΈ

17.05.2025 08:48 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Less than a week left to apply for this #PhD position!

08.04.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy to be presenting my poster titled β€˜Exploring phage-mediated adaptation of Ruminococcus gnavus to the human gut’ at the Microbiology Society conference today! Come find me at B78 🦠 #Microbio25

02.04.2025 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Illustrations of the microbiome including bacteriophages with the text "Funded PhD, understanding the microbiome and phageome in chronic lung infections for the development of phage therapy with Dr Evelien Adriaenssens and Professor Eleanor Mishra. Apply by 14 April 2025" Logos of the Quadram Institute and Microbes Microbiomes Bioinformatics Doctoral Training Partnership

Illustrations of the microbiome including bacteriophages with the text "Funded PhD, understanding the microbiome and phageome in chronic lung infections for the development of phage therapy with Dr Evelien Adriaenssens and Professor Eleanor Mishra. Apply by 14 April 2025" Logos of the Quadram Institute and Microbes Microbiomes Bioinformatics Doctoral Training Partnership

πŸŽ“ #PhDPosition available in my group!

🫁 Understanding the microbiome and phageome in chronic lung infections for the development of phage therapy with me & Prof Eleanor Mishra

πŸ“… Apply by Monday 14 April

➑️ buff.ly/7v9JVDU

Happy to answer questions, but don't send your CV through email.

19.03.2025 11:11 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

A huge thanks to the festival organisers and everyone who helped make the stall a success!
@hannahvpye.bsky.social,
@deuskamya.bsky.social,
@rikhaagmans.bsky.social,
Nicholas Martin, and Gemma Beasy 😊

25.02.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We had a great time representing @quadraminstitute.bsky.social at Norwich Science Festival! ✨

Our β€˜Fantastic Phages!’ stall had lots of great engagement! It was exciting to share our passion for bacteriophages and their β€˜superhero’ qualities with the public 🦸🦠

25.02.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It was great to be interviewed about our latest publication β€˜Phage Diversity in One Health’. In the interview we discussed the importance of expanding phage diversity to support One Health! 🌍

Read the full interview below ⬇️

13.02.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Marvellous Microbes Trail | Norwich Science Festival

If you're in Norwich in February, check out the #MarvellousMicrobes trail, a microbial treasure hunt through the city.
The activity was developed by @rapher97.bsky.social and @norwichmicro.bsky.social

More information: norwichsciencefestival.co.uk/whats-on/mar...

03.02.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Had an incredible time in Newcastle at the 3rd VoM-UK meeting this week! 🦠 It was a privilege to present my PhD project and connect with so many amazing people ✨

24.01.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m excited to share our latest preprint in collaboration with @Halllab.bsky.social

In this work, led by PhD student James Docherty, we investigated the presence of #prophages and anti-phage defence systems in human-associated #bifidobacteria:

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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22.01.2025 09:39 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Yesterday we held the Student Science Showcase, with some great talks and posters from the student community at @quadraminstitute.bsky.social

21.01.2025 10:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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We also had Xena present her work on Ruminococcus gnavus prophages today. Watch this space for the prophage discovery pipeline she developed!

Quadram Student Science Showcase

20.01.2025 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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