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John Clark-Corrigall
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BBSRC NLD DTP PhD student working in the Khan Lab. Fledgling molecular microbiologist. From Newcastle-Gateshead, for the world.
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It's already that time of year!

This December we'll be posting a Chat highlight each day from across our 5 current projects.

Tag us in your favourite Chat moments this year too!
November 28, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Join us at 2pm today for this month’s JMM seminar by Dr Stephanie Lo on ‘Genomic Surveillance to Inform Vaccine Impact and Design.’ Register here for joining instructions: microb.io/49tTbRS #JMM
November 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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🆕 Blog! Thinking of doing a PhD in microbiology in the UK? We've got eight reasons why you should join the Microbes, Microbiomes and Bioinformatics PhD programme.

Applications onto the programme for entry in 2026 are now open 🦠

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Eight reasons why you should join the Microbes, Microbiomes and Bioinformatics PhD programme - Quadram Institute
Thinking of doing a PhD in microbiology in the UK? Our PhD programme combines impactful research, a beautiful university city setting and vibrant community.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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There's still time to join our online LinkedIn Clinic on 3rd December. Book your spot now!

www.big.uk.com/event-6410654
November 25, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Happy to see work I contributed to during my MSc at @bioscienceleeds.bsky.social with Jennifer Tomlinson’s lab out in @pnas.org! Everyone Bluesky-less except @antoncalabrese.bsky.social

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

#AMR #MRSA #NMR
Inhibition of fusidic acid resistance through restricting conformational flexibility in domain III of EF-G | PNAS
Fusidic acid (FA) is one of few remaining antibiotics active against Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. FusB confers resistance to FA by ...
www.pnas.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Following up with last weeks adventures, Wednesday was a trip on the new metro through to Sunderland for a job fair and then the AMR awareness symposia run by the University of Sunderland School of Medicine.
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Busy week last week kicked off with another billy belter of a seminar from @mhd-newcastle.bsky.social
First talk from James Haycocks from @banzhaflab.bsky.social
with some cool work with chemical genomics on Vibrio. It's great seeing the high throughput plates in action. #dreamtheme
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Looking to attend exciting meetings and training events in 2026? View our calendar, register your interest for a range of events, and be notified when registration opens! buff.ly/5FTNeIW
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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I have a PhD position available on freshwater phage pollution, in terms of AMR impact and persistance of phage used in food and agriculture. #PhageSky #MicroSky www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
NERC RED-ALERT CDT: Bacteriophages as river pollutants: determining the impact of phage pollution, with focus on antimicrobial resistance. at Bangor University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - NERC RED-ALERT CDT: Bacteriophages as river pollutants: determining the impact of phage pollution, with focus on antimicrobial resistance. at Bangor University, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Standing up for Science Online Workshop – Engaging with EU Policymakers and Media

ECRs are invited to join this free online workshop on Friday 28 November 2025 (10:00 CET), designed to help you communicate your research with confidence.

Find out more: senseaboutscience.org/activities/s...
November 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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We are delighted to announce Microbiology Horizons, the new title connecting microbiology with data science, engineering, social science and other disciplines to address global challenges. Read the full announcement: microb.io/4o8FyuX
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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EDI Prize 2026: @edelplopez.bsky.social — Université Laval, Canada, @bfrancescol.bsky.social — Fluminense Federal University, Brazil, @landongetz.bsky.social@utoronto.ca, @katie-barnes.bsky.social@uwmadison.bsky.social and @nicholasbio.bsky.social — The State University of New York, USA
November 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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This World AMR Awareness Week we’re sharing some resources we have developed with regulators that tell you ‘what regulators want you to know’ about antimicrobial resistance. 🦠
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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We would like to take time this Publication Integrity Week, to thank our editors, reviewers, and staff for ensuring that we publish with integrity for our community. #PublicationIntegrityWeek 🤝🦠
November 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Theres still time to apply for our PhD project on UPEC/immune cell interactions. Deadline December 4th
If you are interested in researching how drug resistant bacteria evade killing by our immune system, them this PhD project is for you. Come join the our team at Newcastle, in collaboration with University of Liverpool, and lead research at the interface of microbiology, immunology and metabolomics.
MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Hiding in plain sight: How multi-drug resistant pathogens evade detection and killing by human neutrophils at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Hiding in plain sight: How multi-drug resistant pathogens evade detection and killing by human neutrophils at Newcastle University, listed on Fin...
www.findaphd.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Lots of people telling me they love Dad jokes, but jokes about graph paper are where they draw the line.
Why shouldn't you trust someone you see drawing on graph paper?

They're definitely plotting something.
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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🖥️ How is artificial intelligence being applied to microbiological research?

As part of the Microbial Primers series, @delafuentelab.bsky.social publish a guide on the developments in machine learning (ML) and their applications🦠

#Microbiology #ArtificialIntelligence #AntibioticDiscovery
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Jonas Flohr reports back on his AMI-sponsored summer studentship at Durham University - investigating how metals influence bacterial ecosystems. www.the-microbiologist.com/careers/summ... @durham.ac.uk
Summer studentship: Jonas investigates how metals influence bacterial ecosystems
Jonas Flohr from Portsmouth reports back on his AMI-sponsored summer studentship at Durham University investigating how metals influence bacterial ecosystems.
www.the-microbiologist.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Pleased to see this collaboration with a great PhD student Pei Cing Ng, from Prof. Luning Liu's lab at Liverpool University published. Structure of the H. neapolitanus carbonic anhydrase and localisation in a mini-carboxysome: www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
November 13, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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I have a phobia of shallow dishes - I’m petri-fied
November 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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New PhD position in my lab at @uniofbath.bsky.social (with both @tweethinking.bsky.social & Dr Bethan Littleford-Colquhoun)!
We're looking for someone keen on bioinformatics and microbiome evolution.
Important info below on eligibility & URSA competition funding👇
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
The overlapping microbiome: ecology, function and resilience beyond species boundaries at University of Bath on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - The overlapping microbiome: ecology, function and resilience beyond species boundaries at University of Bath, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Professor Joana Falcao Salles, a professor of Microbial Community Ecology at the University of Groningen, has been named as the newest winner of the Basil Jarvis Food Security and Innovation Award. @rug.nl www.the-microbiologist.com/news/horizon...
Horizon Awards 2025: Professor Joana Falcao Salles named as winner of Basil Jarvis Award
Professor Joana Falcao Salles, a professor of Microbial Community Ecology at the University of Groningen, has been named as the newest winner of the Basil Jarvis Food Security and Innovation Award.
www.the-microbiologist.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Join us for the next webinar in our AMR series on 8 December at 13:00 GMT, ‘Irish National Action Plan (iNAP3) on AMR Panel Discussion'. The webinar is free, and all are welcome to attend. Register now: microb.io/486F0kl
AMR in Focus: Irish National Action Plan (iNAP3) on AMR Panel Discussion
8 December 2025
microb.io
November 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Great to attend @mhd-newcastle.bsky.social seminar series yday, 1st talk from Kathleen of @jmarlesw.bsky.social lab with a brilliant Structural Biology 101 from an ÄKTA aficionado for the angstrom averse, to explain the structure discovery pipeline and what’s making structural biologists so sad.
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Funded PhD opportunity for anyone interested in using cutting-edge chemistry to look at glycan profiles in prostate cancer samples 🙌🏻

The successful student will be based at the University of York with Prof Alison Parkin with the opportunity to carry out a placement at the @nucancer.bsky.social
MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Rapid and sensitive diagnostic ‘fingerprinting’ of prostate cancer O-glycans using Fourier-Transform alternative current voltammetry (FTACV) at University of Y...
PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Rapid and sensitive diagnostic ‘fingerprinting’ of prostate cancer O-glycans using Fourier-Transform alternative current voltammetry ...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM