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Mark Webber

@webberma.bsky.social

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Researching the biology of bacterial biofilms to boost bioremediation - Quadram Institute Research into how the biofilms of Shewanella oneidensis and Geobacter sulfurreducens bacteria could help clean up metals from wastewater

🆕 Blog! This #BiofilmsWeek we catch up with Dr Heather Felgate to discover how studying the biofilms of Shewanella oneidensis and Geobacter sulfurreducens bacteria could help clean up metals from wastewater 🦠

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21.11.2025 09:15 — 👍 8    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 1
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Quadram joins world-class team to unlock secrets of antimicrobial resistance - Quadram Institute The project is being led by the University of Birmingham, and funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, through its Strategic Longer and Larger (sLoLa) grants scheme.…

🆕 We're part of a major new project aiming to understand exactly what makes some bacteria resistant to antibiotics.
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18.11.2025 15:30 — 👍 9    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0
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This project is with @jessicamablair.bsky.social and Sara Jabbari at UoB, @webberma.bsky.social at Quadram, @bugsinblood.bsky.social at Imperial and Dong-Hyun Kim at Nottingham - we are kicking off the project right now!

18.11.2025 09:51 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Powering team science to unlock life’s secrets Four world-class teams awarded major BBSRC sLoLa grants to push the frontiers of discovery in microbiology, photosynthesis, gene regulation and quantum biology.

Really excited to say that we have been awarded a BBSRC sLola! Really looking forward to kick off this project with such a fantastic team! @webberma.bsky.social @overtonlab.bsky.social @bugsinblood.bsky.social Sara Jabbari, Dong-Hyun Kim @imibirmingham.bsky.social www.ukri.org/news/powerin...

18.11.2025 09:48 — 👍 53    🔁 9    💬 9    📌 0
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Powering team science to unlock life’s secrets Four world-class teams awarded major BBSRC sLoLa grants to push the frontiers of discovery in microbiology, photosynthesis, gene regulation and quantum biology.

Super excited to be part of one of these projects - and looking forward to working with an amazing team!

www.ukri.org/news/powerin...

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@jessicamablair.bsky.social @bugsinblood.bsky.social @overtonlab.bsky.social

18.11.2025 09:49 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Interested in how microbes, the gut, and the immune system interact to influence brain and eye health as we age? Come and work with me at the Quadram!

14.11.2025 11:08 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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How do preservatives actually protect us from food-borne infections?

Mark Webber of @quadraminstitute.bsky.social takes us behind the scenes of their #Microbiology paper on the effects of common preservatives on Salmonella and how insights can help find healthier alternatives microb.io/4hMVhyc

12.11.2025 08:01 — 👍 12    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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Staphylococcus haemolyticus Population Genomics Provides Insights into Pathogenicity and Commensalism Staphylococcus haemolyticus is a common commensal bacterium but also an opportunistic pathogen, frequently implicated in bacteraemia and sepsis in preterm neonates and immunocompromised patients. Desp...

Heroic work by @bluebirdsjunk.bsky.social in pulling this mammoth study together

'Staphylococcus haemolyticus Population Genomics Provides Insights into Pathogenicity and Commensalism'

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11.11.2025 10:04 — 👍 23    🔁 12    💬 0    📌 0
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How does antibiotic resistance evolve in mixed communities? (WEBBER_Q26DTP) at Quadram Institute Bioscience on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - How does antibiotic resistance evolve in mixed communities? (WEBBER_Q26DTP) at Quadram Institute Bioscience, listed on FindAPhD.com

Please share! Funded PhD with us studying how AMR evolves in mixed communities

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15.10.2025 11:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
A digital illustration of different bacteria with the text, "Funded PhD, How does antibiotic resistance evolve in mixed communities?" With Professor Mark Webber, Apply by 2 December 2025

A digital illustration of different bacteria with the text, "Funded PhD, How does antibiotic resistance evolve in mixed communities?" With Professor Mark Webber, Apply by 2 December 2025

🎓 #PhDPosition !

🦠 How does antibiotic resistance evolve in mixed communities? with Professor Mark Webber @webberma.bsky.social

📅Apply by 2 December

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14.10.2025 11:43 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Vacancy social card for a Group Leader position, seeking a scientist with a research focus on bacterial foodborne pathogens or microbial spoilage. Competitive salary and support package offered. Apply by 14 April 2025.

Vacancy social card for a Group Leader position, seeking a scientist with a research focus on bacterial foodborne pathogens or microbial spoilage. Competitive salary and support package offered. Apply by 14 April 2025.

We're seeking a forward-thinking Group Leader to develop their research programme on bacterial foodborne pathogens or microbial spoilage 🦠 ⤵️

💷 Competitive salary and support package
🗓️ Apply by 14 April 2025
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20.03.2025 08:00 — 👍 9    🔁 13    💬 0    📌 0
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Group Leader (Microbes and Food Safety) at Quadram Institute Bioscience Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

Anyone interested in joining us @quadraminstitute.bsky.social as part of @norwichmicro.bsky.social we’re recruiting for group leaders!

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12.03.2025 14:22 — 👍 18    🔁 22    💬 1    📌 0
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How do gut bacteria use sialic acid sugars? - Quadram Institute Dr Andrew Bell explains his fundamental research to understand how gut bacteria use specific sugars known as sialic acids

🆕 We catch up with Dr Andrew Bell to find out about his Quadram Institute Fellowship focused on how gut bacteria use a certain group of sugars called sialic acids 🦠

24.01.2025 09:12 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Everett et al in AAC (1996 vol 40) has a panel of quinolone resistant coli isolates with data for which produced OmpC vs OmpF and may be a start point

29.11.2024 13:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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