Play list for a bit of a disco-pissco for dads 80th on Saturday:

Mr brightside
Living on a prayer
I got a feeling
Dancing queen
Footloose

More suggestions please….

Both the UCC and Bristol based lab members getting together in person at the Irish Division @microbiologysociety.org meeting.

The Streptococcus Great Britain & Ireland 2026 meeting will bring together ECRs and experts to highlight cutting-edge research focused on crucial aspects of Streptococcal biology, in Durham on March 30th/31st 2026. More information strepgbi.wixsite.com/strep-gbi. Registration opening soon.

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

Research Fellow at University of Birmingham Apply now for the Research Fellow role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.

Job opportunity in my lab! We're looking for a post-doc to come join us for an exciting project exploring the evolution of #AMR and #hypervirulence in #klebsiella. Please share!! @unibirmingham.bsky.social Details: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOV067/r...

PhD opportunity to come and work in Glasgow, developing advanced tissue culture models to study Staphylococcus aureus colonisation and infection #microsky #PhD #DTPprogram

Enquiries from potential applicants are welcome.

www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

Defined roles for the Staphylococcus aureus POT transporter DtpT in di/tripeptide uptake and glutathione utilisation inside human macrophages Author summary The environments where bacterial pathogens thrive are often rich in proteins and their degradation products, including oligopeptides, which can be taken up by the bacterium and used as ...

Our work deciphering the substrate preferences of a di-/tripeptide transporter from S. aureus is now available as a proof at @plos.org Pathogens! Big thanks to the reviewers and to all the brilliant co-authors, particularly Callum who helped get those last few crucial experiments across the line

OK, here it is. Come work with me at the University of Liverpool making ALL THE AI models from ALL THE prokaryote pangenome data. Heck, we will make models from ALL the pangenomes, even eukaryotes!!! (link below👇) 1/4

Expression of mecA increases daptomycin tolerance in Staphylococcus aureus | mBio The incidence of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia is on a steady incline in many parts of the world. Given the associated mortality rates have changed little in the last 10 years, this is a major heal...

Latest from Lizzie Ledger in the lab…. Very cool story demonstrating the cross reactivity of a single AMR mechanism to confer resistance/tolerance to two distinct classes of antibiotics.

journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

🧫 Seeking a postdoc in gut microbiome? Join our ERC-funded group at UCC/APC Microbiome Ireland (focus: spore-forming gut bacteria). Apply for the 2-yr Govt of Ireland Postdoc Fellowship (deadline Oct 23). Email CV + research interests to hilary.browne@ucc.ie
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#Postdoc #Microbiome #Ireland

Really, that’s lovely to hear 😊

This reminders me of Covid Christmas 2020 when I knitted everyone in the lab something despite being shit at knitting!! @seanaduggan.bsky.social
🤣🤣🤣

Fancy living by the sea in Cornwall and crunching some very cool data for a living. Look no further:

jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics at University of Birmingham Apply now for the Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.

We have a position for an Assist Prof in Microbial Genomics in our School of III.

Hod Joan Geoghegan will be happy to field questions if you are interested. No specific area of microbial genomics preferred so please do consider it

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...

Phosphate sensing by PhoPR regulates the cytotoxicity of Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus aureus has evolved a complex regulatory network to coordinate expression of virulence factors, including cytolytic toxins, with host environmental signals. Central to this network are t...

New work from the lab, lead by Nathan Palk and supported by Tarcisio Brignoli and Marcia Boura…. None of which are on here!

If you like S. aureus, toxin production and two component regulatory systems, you’ll like this:

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

I’d like it to be publicly know that the afternoon cocktail on the beach was not my idea…. 🤣🤪

Oh crappola…. I’m not allowed out after midnight anymore you know!

Phosphate sensing by PhoPR regulates the cytotoxicity of Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus aureus has evolved a complex regulatory network to coordinate expression of virulence factors, including cytolytic toxins, with host environmental signals. Central to this network are t...

New work from the lab, more details on new levels of regulation of cytolytic toxin production by Staphylococcus aureus:

www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

Sorry to miss this, but it’s prom-time here!

Monday afternoon feeling too! 🤓

Four year fully funded PhD studentship: Bioprospecting Marine Sponge Streptomyces for Novel Anti-Virulence Therapeutics at Trinity College Dublin on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Four year fully funded PhD studentship: Bioprospecting Marine Sponge Streptomyces for Novel Anti-Virulence Therapeutics at Trinity College Dublin, listed on FindAPhD.com

Looking to appoint a PhD candidate with background in Microbiology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology or related field to work on discovery of infection combatting therapeutics in marine sponge-associated bacteria. Closing date 31st May 2025. International applications welcomed!🌎

It’s the future Rob! 😊😜

Two ERC-funded postdoc positions available in the team - one here and second to follow - please repost! jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...

Road trip to see Six the musical with ruby and friends…. Quite literally the shittest seats in the house as i left it so late to book…. My varifocals giving me vertigo this high up…. By god this better be good 🤣

Apologies if this is a dumb question, but are the awful funding problems over in the US likely to be affecting ASM type journals from functioning as normal?

Did you see they are making another goddamn Jurassic movie….. 😱🥱

PhD opportunity in bacterial pathogenesis- deadline tomorrow Feb 13 !

Expression of mecA reduces the daptomycin susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of bacteraemia and infections caused by methicillin-resistant strains (MRSA) are especially challenging to treat. MRSA strains are resistant to front-line beta...

Latest from the lab, driven by Lizzie Ledger. Crossover in antibiotic resistance activity between oxacilin and daptomycin. …. All roads may lead to Rome in some places but for S. aureus they all lead to Agr activity!!

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

The sugar catchers: computational design of carbohydrate-binding proteins as novel antimicrobial agents at Cardiff University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - The sugar catchers: computational design of carbohydrate-binding proteins as novel antimicrobial agents at Cardiff University, listed on FindAPhD.com

Exciting, fully-funded PhD opportunity aimed at turning biofilms as weapons against bacteria in the fight to combat antimicrobial resistance. Don’t miss out! bit.ly/40HYabo

50 % of the household is happy 🤣