Conor Feehily

Clinical validation of a novel metagenomic nanopore sequencing method for detecting viral respiratory pathogens: diagnostic accuracy study Background Clinical metagenomics (CMg) offers high-throughput respiratory pathogen detection with a wider range than targeted, probe-dependent diagnostics. Sequencing cost and the challenges of high h...

New preprint from us @modmedmicro.bsky.social where we validate the diagnostic accuracy of a metagenomic nanopore sequencing method for respiratory RNA viruses.

www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...

🔍What does a healthy vaginal microbiome look like? In this month's Microbe Talk, Lilly chats with molecular microbiologist Prof Wilhelmina Huston to find out what we know so far about these microbes' effect on sexual health🦠

Listen in wherever you get your podcasts 🎧https://microb.io/4rkNmMn

Microbiome research in practice: priorities for clinical translation and impact Rapid advances in microbiome science have sparked clinical and commercial enthusiasm for interventions, yet translation into practice risks outpacing …

New paper out from @doctoranastasia.bsky.social with lots of other cool folks (+me) looking at the future requirements for translating microbiome research www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Had great fun writing this paper with some of my #microbiome research heroes! @gilbertjacka.bsky.social @bacterioskeptic.bsky.social @halllab.bsky.social @sarahlebeer.bsky.social @dbogaert.bsky.social @sligomicrobe.bsky.social & many more 😍🦠🧫

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Annual Conference is the UK's largest annual gathering of microbiologists. Register now to secure your spot: microb.io/AC26Register #Microbio26

Marjory Stephenson Prize Lecture Winner 2026 - headshot image of Mark Buttner, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, UK

Outreach and Engagement Prize Lecture Winner 2026 - headshot image of Lindsay Broadbent, University of Surrey, UK

Translational Microbiology Prize Lecture Winner 2026 - headshot image of Alan Parker, Cardiff University of Health and Care Research Wales, UK

Marjory Stephenson Prize 2026: Professor Mark Buttner — @johninnescentre.bsky.social

Outreach and Engagement Prize 2026: @lindsaybroadbent.bsky.social — @uniofsurrey.bsky.social

Translational Microbiology Prize 2026: @alanlparker.bsky.social — @cancerwales.bsky.social

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The Microbiology Society is pleased to announce the winners of our 2026 Prizes! The winners will be awarded and deliver Prize Lectures at Annual Conference 2026 in Belfast from 13–16 April. Find out more about it: microb.io/PrizeWinners.... Meet the winners below. #Microbio26

Great opportunity to work in a fantastic research group and environment.

Now published in @natcomms.nature.com 🎉

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

With Gillian Rodger, @nstoesser.bsky.social, @samlipworth.bsky.social, @stat-sarah.bsky.social, and many others!

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...

😅 very cynical for a Friday morning 😀

This is what happens when you chose to publish with @microbiologysociety.org. You are building the future of microbiology and giving a start to some incredible new scientists.

In the lead-up to the Early Career Microbiologist of the Year talk prize final, taking place on 7 October 2025 during the Executive Committee meeting, we spoke to talk finalist Emily Stevenson, from University of Exeter, UK: microb.io/3KqsyCw

In the lead-up to the Early Career Microbiologist of the Year talk prize final, taking place on 7 October 2025 during the Executive Committee meeting, we spoke to talk finalist Emma Davies, from the University of Glasgow, UK: microb.io/4n5ba4J

It's time to submit your abstracts if you want to present at the @microbiologysociety.org Annual Conference in Belfast next year.
Lot's of great sessions, you'll definitely find a place for your research.

Delighted to see our paper studying the evolution of plasmids over the last 100 years, now out! Years of work by Adrian Cazares, also Nick Thomson @sangerinstitute.bsky.social - this version much improved over the preprint. Final version should be open access, apols.
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🎉 #biasedPI but check out the interview by @phoebecrossley.bsky.social as one of the finalists in this year's Early Career Microbiologist of the Year prize talks. Work she did during her time in the lab of Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz

In the lead-up to the Early Career Microbiologist of the Year talk prize final, taking place on 7 October 2025 during the Executive Committee meeting, we spoke to talk finalist Emmanuel Kuffour Osei from University College Cork, Ireland: microb.io/4mewzHv @EmmanuelKuffo15.bsky.social

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Share your unique insights, help lead new conversations and feature in our first-ever issue of Microbiology Outlooks. Submit your proposal, review or perspective now. microb.io/MOutsJournal

Image of bacteria and the title of the funded research project "Engineering tailored biotherapeutics to target vaginal pathogens"

Delighted to be one of the funded projects for the @innovateuk.bsky.social Engineering Biology SPARKS Award together with partners CC Bio Ltd and supported by Dr Ryan Kean.

"Engineering tailored biotherapeutics to target vaginal pathogens"
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@uofgsii.bsky.social

Research Associate:Clifton Campus

Interested in bacteriocins targeting Gram-negative bacteria causing UTIs? Come and work with me and PI @davidnegus.bsky.social as a research assistant on a 12-month project, funded by The Urology Foundation. #UTIsky

🚨New pre-print out now!🚨

We 3D printed a large optical element that enhanced the illumination, contrast & image quality in transmission stereomicroscopy. This simple addition to the illumination path lets us detect refractive structures & dynamics unobserved by conventional stereomicroscopy.
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Save the date for Microbes in Microbiomes 2026 in Miami, USA!
Follow along for key updates on registration, grants and abstract submissions by visiting the event page - microb.io/MiM26 #MiM26

Great opportunity to work on an exciting project, bioinformatic analysis of microbiome sequencing data of the PrePOP study. Details below....

Great opportunity to do a PhD in an excellent lab.

Journal of Medical Microbiology (JMM) Seminar Series 24 April 2025 - Virtual, online

Only one day left until the #JMedMicro talk with Dr. Mathew Diggle! Don't miss out on his talk ‘Beyond the Cough: Understanding Today's Viral and Bacterial Respiratory Threats. Register here: microb.io/3jr2ciT

Cheers to submitting my first major grant as a PI. Reviewers be kind...

Polymyxin B lethality requires energy-dependent outer membrane disruption

Polymyxin B lethality requires energy-dependent outer membrane disruption
New preprint in collaboration with colleagues @ucl.ac.uk and @uniofnottingham.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Our Head of #Microbiology Prof @pauldcotter.bsky.social was a key contributor to a recent scientific publication exploring strain-level variation among #vaginal #Lactobacillus #crispatus & Lactobacillus iners using comparative #metagenomics seqbiome.com/strain-level... #womenshealth #vaginalhealth

<i>Journal of Medical Microbiology</i> Editor for Antimicrobial Resistance: call for expressions of interest 09 April 2025

We are recruiting for an Editor to join #JMedMicro! We’re looking for Editors with some previous editorial experience to support our AMR section. Find out more and apply by 30 May here: