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Megan G Taggart

@megantaggart.bsky.social

Research Associate at Ulster University working in bacterial based biosensors and collaborating as a microbiologist with environmental, pharmaceutical, engineering and computing groups.

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Even when on holiday, I find the microbes. Great outreach for all things microbial #micropia #amsterdam

01.07.2025 19:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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@ulsteruni.bsky.social Antimicrobial Resistance team presenting our work @ox.ac.uk!
#AMR #Microbiology #BeyondAntibiotics

11.06.2025 11:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Kicking off the new section in our Bi-weekly lab meetings called the "Bi-Weekly bug" where lab members each take turns to present an interesting Microbe. Today I selected Magnetospirillum magneticum for its compass like chain of intracellular magnetosomes. Excited to learn about the next Microbe ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ”ฌ

20.06.2025 12:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Octopuses Use Microbial Signals to Guide Complex Behaviors - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology A new study published in Cell from the lab of MCB faculty member Nick Bellono reveals that octopuses detect microbial cues on surfaces to distinguish prey and eggs [โ€ฆ]

Octopuses Use Microbial Signals to Guide Complex Behaviors
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17.06.2025 18:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 72    ๐Ÿ” 28    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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An improved method for measuring peatland soil oxidase enzyme activities Phenol oxidase (PPO) and peroxidase (PO) are critical enzymes in peatland carbon cycling, facilitating the decomposition of recalcitrant compounds. Quโ€ฆ

Excited to share the first publication from a collaboration with @ulsteruniges.bsky.social Looking forward to sharing more interesting findings as the project develops.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

13.06.2025 10:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

New to bluesky to join the science community and keep up to date. My academic profile is available at pure.ulster.ac.uk/en/persons/m...

13.06.2025 10:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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