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Kate Baker @ksbakes.bsky.social · 1m

Abstracts you're thinking about for this conference might also be suitable for our Nature AMR collection in the genomics of resistance - open until March 24 2026! www.nature.com/collections/...

Kate Baker @ksbakes.bsky.social · 27m

Is this non-fancy way of saying centrifugal force?

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Serge Mostowy @sergemostowylab.bsky.social · 1d

Enhanced virulence and stress tolerance are signatures of epidemiologically successful Shigella sonnei
@sydneylmiles.bsky.social @katholt.bsky.social
🙏to transformative collaborative effort

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

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Wellcome Connecting Science Learning and Training @eventswcs.bsky.social · 1d

Present your #AMR work at our dedicated forum for global researchers and practitioners! 🧫

🗓️ 23-25 March 2026
Submit abstract by 1 December 📩

Share #genomics and big data approaches for navigating the growing complexities in the AMR field.

📎bit.ly/3SWzJUm
#MicroSky #AMR2026

Wellcome Connecting Science hybrid conference
Antimicrobial Resistance – Genomes, Big Data and Emerging Technologies
Conference dates: 23–25 March 2026
Location: Hinxton Hall Conference Centre, Wellcome Genome Campus, UK and online

Bursary deadline: 01 December 2025
Abstract deadline: 15 December 2025
Registration deadlines: In person: 24 February 2026 | Virtual: 17 March 2026

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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · 1d

We had the in-person meeting of the @target-amr.bsky.social leadership team today.

We have some great plans for AMR genomics for the next year (and beyond), so follow us for updates!

From left to right:

Rivie Mayele-Tamina, Tess Johnson, Paul Flowers, Nikki Adderley, Steph Johnson, Kate Baker and me.

We are standing in front of a large 1930s yellow-brick building.

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Tung Le @tunglejic.bsky.social · 3d

new preprint from our group & Antoine Hocher: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A fantastic collaboration with Antoine, with Jovana Kaljevic' initiated the collaboration and drives the project.

Versatile NTP recognition and domain fusions expand the functional repertoire of the ParB-CTPase fold beyond chromosome segregation

Nucleotide triphosphate (NTP)-dependent molecular switches regulate essential cellular processes by cycling between active and inactive states through nucleotide binding and hydrolysis. These mechanis...

www.biorxiv.org

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Josie Bryant @josiebryant.bsky.social · 6d

New respiratory 🫁 infection and microbiomes conference in Hinxton with stellar line up of speakers.

🚨 Submit your abstracts now! 🚨

Please RT

coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/air-20...

AIR 2026: Genomic and Systems Approaches to Respiratory Infection, Microbiomes and Immunity — 20260211

Course exploring how genomics, microbiome profiling, and systems biology reshape our understanding of respiratory infections and immune dynamics.

coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14d

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 15d

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

interestingengineering.com

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EMBO Lab Leadership @embolableadership.bsky.social · 19d

The @embo.org self-leadership for women scientists course focuses on 4 pillars of experience as a human being + researcher: self-awareness, self-acceptance, self-management + self-growth. Places still available on 14-16 October online course: www.embolableadership.org/course/self-... #SelfLeadership

woman writing on a flipchart. Text highlighting that our next self-leadership for women scientists online course on 14-16 October still has places available

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Prof. Dr. Dolors Armenteras @darmenteras.bsky.social · 16d

I can’t promise this will be the last time I talk about inequity — or equity washing — in science. But after the multitude of responses to my Nature piece, I know something has shifted. Many came from the Global North. That alone feels like a small win. 👉 rdcu.be/eGEun

Equity in science is a beautiful lie — and I’m done pretending | Nature

Science isn’t really moving towards equity; institutions are just perfecting the appearance of equity. We need to build an alternative system. Science isn’t really moving towards equity; institutions are just perfecting the appearance of equity. We need to build an alternative system.

rdcu.be

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Seema Sheth @seemasheth.bsky.social · 17d

Tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Bioinformatics in the Department of Biology at the University of San Francisco
usfca.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USF_Fu...

Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Department of Biology, University of San Francisco

Job Title: Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Department of Biology, University of San Francisco Job Summary: The Department of Biology at the University of San Francisco invites applications for a fu...

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Kate Baker @ksbakes.bsky.social · 17d

Microsoft Outlook just told me some of my attachments are "pretty large" and asked if I wanted to upload to OneDrive instead. How come you're allowed to use superfluous adverbs Outlook while all my "really"s and "very"s get your snooty little blue line?!

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Christina Faherty @christinafaher1.bsky.social · 17d

A great opportunity to attend the #Shigella meeting April 20-24, 2026! Abstract submissions are open! @shigellameeting.bsky.social #Microsky

Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org · 18d

External Event Grant awards of up to £750 are available for eligible members as a contribution towards the costs of registration, travel, and accommodation to attend an event beginning 01 Jan – 30 April 2026. Apply now before the deadline 01 Nov at 23:59: microb.io/ExternalEven...

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Kate Baker @ksbakes.bsky.social · 18d

Why not apply for a Microbiology Society grant to support your attendance at @shigellameeting.bsky.social?

microbiologysociety.org/grants/all-g...

microbiologysociety.org

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Kate Baker @ksbakes.bsky.social · 19d

Awesome news Siobhan! Congratulations!

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Zamin Iqbal @zaminiqbal.bsky.social · 19d

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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Kate Baker @ksbakes.bsky.social · 20d

Dang - should have aligned our @target-amr.bsky.social in person!

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John M. Drake @jdrakephd.bsky.social · 20d

Newly expanded version of my guide to scientific writing -- known as the “15 steps” -- published in PLOS Computational Biology. Special thanks to Éric Marty for creating a fantastic visualization.

Check it out: journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...

#ScientificWriting #PLOSComputationalBiology

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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 21d

🚨 Microbiologists! We are recruiting Assistant / Associate Professors in 3 collaborative areas of our U. Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
1) MMG (my dept): fundamental research in med micro
2) Peds ID / I4Kids institute
3) Center for Vaccine Research
🔗 to all 3 w/info: www.linkedin.com/posts/vaughn...

Faculty Professor Associate - Full-Time | Vaughn Cooper

We are recruiting Faculty microbiologists in three (3) different, complementary, and collaborative areas at the University of Pittsburgh associated with the School of Medicine. 1) Fundamental researc...

www.linkedin.com

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Sam Lipworth @samlipworth.bsky.social · 21d

Come and work with Nicole Stoesser and I in Oxford with the fantastic team @modmedmicro.bsky.social - great opportunity for a postdoc in microbial genomics to do some creative research with great datasets as part of our HPRU.

my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Job Details

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Kate Baker @ksbakes.bsky.social · 24d

Output != Productivity, which is a measure of efficiency, and the first Figure in this paper seems to suggest that women actually produce more papers per year than men (albeit from a disadvantaged starting point, x-axis is years in research). Graphical abstract also seems misleading on this.

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Kate Baker @ksbakes.bsky.social · 24d

x-axis is years in research

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Christina Faherty @christinafaher1.bsky.social · 26d

Registration & abstract submissions are open for the #Shigella meeting! Travel grants available too! All are welcomed, whether you are active in #Shigella research or interested in the 21st century perspective on this formidable pathogen! 🦠 🧫 #Microsky
www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/home

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Lucy Weinert @lucyweinert.bsky.social · 27d

Introducing AMR cartography - work by Andrew Balmer

bioRxiv Genomics @biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social · 28d

Antimicrobial Resistance Cartography: A Generalisable Framework for Studying Multivariate Drug Resistance https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.12.675231v1

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Christina Faherty @christinafaher1.bsky.social · 27d

We will be talking about our favorite microorganism #Shigella at the @shigellameeting.bsky.social in April 2026! 🦠 🧫
@ksbakes.bsky.social @sergemostowylab.bsky.social @marteynlab.bsky.social

FEMS @femsmicro.org · 28d

Happy International Microorganism Day! 🎉

Today, we are celebrating the tiny powerhouses that have a massive impact on our world. From the bacteria in our gut to the fungi that give us antibiotics, these incredible organisms are essential to life.

Let's make some noise for the microscopic!

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