Lorena Fernández

🚨PhD Opportunity Alert🚨 Join me, @suzieh.bsky.social and @walllabuoglasgow.bsky.social to investigate how environment shapes anti-phage defences & prophage–prophage conflict in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Apply here:
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

PhD opportunity (unfortunately UK home students only) to work on nanoparticles to combat AMR with @forganross.bsky.social and me in UoG. If you have a microbiology background and an interest in chemistry this would be a perfect project for you! Please share!

Very nice talk from @emmanuelkuffo15.bsky.social speaking about his hunt for Strep. suis phage at the @microbiologysociety.org young microbiologist of the year finals - and there's a pre-print up! #MicroSky

The vaginal microbiome is super interesting - is there another body site where a healthy microbiome = a low-diversity microbiome? @phoebecrossley.bsky.social talk about her research at @microbiologysociety.org young microbiologist of the year finals microbiologysociety.org/blog/meet-ea... #MicroSky

Alejandra introducing her poster

If you want to know more about how rhizosphere members impact Streptomyces growth and how this can be used to activate silent BGCs visit p234 today and ask the very talented @alejandradiag.bsky.social all about it! #isba2025

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Two weeks remaining to enter our prize draw to win registration to our 2026 Annual Conference in Belfast. Submit a paper to any of our journals to confirm your entry into the prize draw. See our portfolio: microb.io/Journals #Microbio26 #AcademicPublishing

Golsa presenting her poster.

Visit poster 63 to find out what Golsa has been doing with DESI-MS and Streptomyces metabolite detection! #isba2025 @evodivmet.bsky.social

Really cool work!😊

Congratulations to Microbiology Society President Gordon Dougan on receiving a CBE for "services to vaccines and global health" in the King’s Birthday Honours List 2025!

Jana delivering her talk

Fantastic talk by @janitensen.bsky.social about lipid-based storage compounds and their possible role on development and stress response in Streptomyces #isba2025

Share your research in #Ecology of #Actinomycetes #secmet #natprod 🧫🧪🦠🌎 at #ISBA2025 in our session!
Submit your #abstract for an #oral or #poster #presentation by the end of the week to join Daniel Rozen and myself as Co-Chairs and speakers Linda Kinkel & Tamara Martin Pozas!
#soil #ocean #water

Abstract submissions for this year’s Early Career Summer Conference at @northumbriauni.bsky.social, will close on 4 May at 23:59 BST. Submit your abstract for a chance to present during the event - microb.io/ECSCAbstract...

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🚨WE’RE HIRING!🚨 A Research Technician (2y) to join our team & work on exciting projects in bacterial evolution & gene regulation. Come join our growing, supportive Bacteriology Dept @uofglasgow.bsky.social ! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #MicroBio25 #microsky @microbiologysociety.org Apply by 30th April: tinyurl.com/2z9z9kse

For those of you who approached me at @microbiologysociety.org #Microbio25 (and anyone else interested!!), this is your last chance to apply for our PDRA position. Come join us in Glasgow!

Prize Lectures Each year, the Microbiology Society awards Prize Lectures in recognition of significant contributions to microbiology. All members are invited to nominate an outstanding microbiologist for a Microbiol...

Nominations for all prize lectures are currently open, as well as applications to sit on the panels that make the decision. Information in the link- microbiologysociety.org/grants-prize...

Tomorrow I will be presenting my research at #Microbio2025, "From Petri dishes to soil: Streptomyces on the hunt of antimicrobials and beyond", supervised by @lore-fermar.bsky.social. You can find me in poster B057!

Publishing Fundamentals

Find out more about academic publishing during #Microbio25. Join our Publishing Fundamentals Q&A session on Tuesday 1 April at 13:15 BST and ask us your questions. Learn more about the Q&A -

Annual Conference 2025 31 March - 03 April 2025

Marjory Stephenson Prize Winner, Professor George Salmond's, lecture on Phytopathogenesis, Quorum Sensing, Antibiotics, Flotation and Phages is about to start in Hall 1 at #Microbio25. Read about the prize winner - microb.io/ProfGeorgeSa...

University of Glasgow Bacteriologists representing at #Microbio25 @uofgsii.bsky.social @uofgmvls.bsky.social @microbiologysociety.org

Peter Wildly Prize Winner, Professor Lindsay Hall hosts their lecture on 'Guardians of the Gut: Bringing Microbiome Science to life through Public Engagement' in Hall 1 at 9:00 BST #Microbio25. Read about the prize winner- microb.io/ProfLindsayH...

Such an inspiring talk! Great science, amazing outreach- how do you do it all @halllab.bsky.social ?!

Amazing prize lecture from @halllab.bsky.social! What a role model #MicroBio25 @microbiologysociety.org @imibirmingham.bsky.social

Amazing talk by Prof Lindsay Hall on public communication ! #microbio25

Great talk yesterday at #Microbio25 from @whelanfj.bsky.social about evolution of an epidemic PA strain over 30 years!

Prof Lindsay Hall giving the Peter Wildy Prize lecture: 'Guarduan of the Gut: Bringing Microbiome Science to Life through Public Engagement'

It's @halllab.bsky.social giving the Peter Wildy Prize lecture

#Microbio25

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Amazing phage talk from @colinhillucc.bsky.social
at #MicroBio25- really cool to see such cool research being done in my field, and remember that phages can be ph-riends!

So glad to be here at #microbio25 ! Very important opening words: “publishing 1 paper with us allows 4 students to attend this AC for free” #publishforthecommunity

The @uofglasgow.bsky.social Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Prize 2025 winners present their lecture at #Microbio25 at 14:25 BST, "Embedding Equality, Diversity and Inclusion into Biosciences Undergraduate Curricula through Staff-Student Partnerships." Read more here: microb.io/EDIPrizeWinn...

@blackinmicro.bsky.social thank you for everything you do 👏
Thank you @microbiologysociety.org for introducing the EDI prize, it’s great to see these conversations take place at scientific conferences.

If you missed it, check out this blog post: microbiologysociety.org/news/society...

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Microbiology Society - Co-opted Trustee (Fundraising) This Trustee/Governor vacancy is based in London, London (Central). Skills required: Marketing strategy, Fundraising research / Bid writing, Governance. The Microbiology Society is specifically…

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