Multi-Defence
@multidefence.bsky.social
Unravelling the genetic dance of MGEs and bacterial immunity 🧩|Embracing the diversity of research techniques| #BBSRC_sLOLA #Bioinfo #Evol #Biochem #Mathmodel
https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/multidefence/
https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/multidefence/
Highlights from our recent participation!
Members of the Multi-Defence Consortium presented both talks and posters on phage defence systems — showcasing exciting progress across the field.
Great discussions, great science, and we’re excited to share more soon!
#MicroEvo25
Members of the Multi-Defence Consortium presented both talks and posters on phage defence systems — showcasing exciting progress across the field.
Great discussions, great science, and we’re excited to share more soon!
#MicroEvo25
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Highlights from our recent participation!
Members of the Multi-Defence Consortium presented both talks and posters on phage defence systems — showcasing exciting progress across the field.
Great discussions, great science, and we’re excited to share more soon!
#MicroEvo25
Members of the Multi-Defence Consortium presented both talks and posters on phage defence systems — showcasing exciting progress across the field.
Great discussions, great science, and we’re excited to share more soon!
#MicroEvo25
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@alekseiagapov.bsky.social presenting our data at #MicroEvo25! Always good to see a few new phage defences discovered😉
November 27, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Antibiotics & phage infectivity
www.findaphd.com/phds/project... (4/4)
www.findaphd.com/phds/project... (4/4)
November 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Antibiotics & phage infectivity
www.findaphd.com/phds/project... (4/4)
www.findaphd.com/phds/project... (4/4)
November 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
🧬 MADS–CRISPR interaction www.findaphd.com/phds/project... (2/4)
November 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
🧬 MADS–CRISPR interaction www.findaphd.com/phds/project... (2/4)
🔬 Interested in bacterial immune systems & AMR, or how antibiotics affect phage infectivity?
Three SWBio DTP PhD project opportunities linked to the MultiDefence consortium are now open (1/4)
#PhD #DoctoralTraining #ResearchCarrers #LifeSciences #phagesky #AMR #microsky #PhDPositions
Three SWBio DTP PhD project opportunities linked to the MultiDefence consortium are now open (1/4)
#PhD #DoctoralTraining #ResearchCarrers #LifeSciences #phagesky #AMR #microsky #PhDPositions
November 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
🔬 Interested in bacterial immune systems & AMR, or how antibiotics affect phage infectivity?
Three SWBio DTP PhD project opportunities linked to the MultiDefence consortium are now open (1/4)
#PhD #DoctoralTraining #ResearchCarrers #LifeSciences #phagesky #AMR #microsky #PhDPositions
Three SWBio DTP PhD project opportunities linked to the MultiDefence consortium are now open (1/4)
#PhD #DoctoralTraining #ResearchCarrers #LifeSciences #phagesky #AMR #microsky #PhDPositions
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July 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🦠🧬 Join us for a workshop on Phage Therapy in Liverpool (25 Nov 2025)!
A 1-day free event bringing together clinicians, academics, regulators & industry to discuss the future of phage therapy; happening in tandem to a 2-day focus meeting on Microbial Evolutionary Dynamics (1/2)
A 1-day free event bringing together clinicians, academics, regulators & industry to discuss the future of phage therapy; happening in tandem to a 2-day focus meeting on Microbial Evolutionary Dynamics (1/2)
July 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🦠🧬 Join us for a workshop on Phage Therapy in Liverpool (25 Nov 2025)!
A 1-day free event bringing together clinicians, academics, regulators & industry to discuss the future of phage therapy; happening in tandem to a 2-day focus meeting on Microbial Evolutionary Dynamics (1/2)
A 1-day free event bringing together clinicians, academics, regulators & industry to discuss the future of phage therapy; happening in tandem to a 2-day focus meeting on Microbial Evolutionary Dynamics (1/2)
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Happily representing @multidefence.bsky.social at the #EESMicrobiology in Heidelberg!
Come to my poster if interested in prophage-mediated phage defence!
Also don't miss @emgoodall.bsky.social's talk today, and @alekseiagapov.bsky.social and @davvi36.bsky.social posters!
Come to my poster if interested in prophage-mediated phage defence!
Also don't miss @emgoodall.bsky.social's talk today, and @alekseiagapov.bsky.social and @davvi36.bsky.social posters!
June 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Happily representing @multidefence.bsky.social at the #EESMicrobiology in Heidelberg!
Come to my poster if interested in prophage-mediated phage defence!
Also don't miss @emgoodall.bsky.social's talk today, and @alekseiagapov.bsky.social and @davvi36.bsky.social posters!
Come to my poster if interested in prophage-mediated phage defence!
Also don't miss @emgoodall.bsky.social's talk today, and @alekseiagapov.bsky.social and @davvi36.bsky.social posters!
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Presenting a poster about Pseudomonas defence systems at #EESMicrobiology in Heidelberg. If you happen to like it, don't forget to check out our consortium @multidefence.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Presenting a poster about Pseudomonas defence systems at #EESMicrobiology in Heidelberg. If you happen to like it, don't forget to check out our consortium @multidefence.bsky.social
Great to get together in Manchester last week for our consortium’s annual meeting – halfway through our 5-year collaboration! Inspiring discussions, exciting updates, and lots of ideas ahead. Excited for what’s next! 💡🔬🤝 #Science #Microbiology #TeamScience
June 18, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Great to get together in Manchester last week for our consortium’s annual meeting – halfway through our 5-year collaboration! Inspiring discussions, exciting updates, and lots of ideas ahead. Excited for what’s next! 💡🔬🤝 #Science #Microbiology #TeamScience
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Edze Westra kills viruses @multidefence.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Edze Westra kills viruses @multidefence.bsky.social
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As part of the @multidefence.bsky.social consortium, we worked with a globally curated dataset of >4,000 P. aeruginosa (from 10.1126/science.adi0908) to reveal differences in the number and composition of defence systems between isolates from (and not from) cystic fibrosis cases 2/n
May 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
As part of the @multidefence.bsky.social consortium, we worked with a globally curated dataset of >4,000 P. aeruginosa (from 10.1126/science.adi0908) to reveal differences in the number and composition of defence systems between isolates from (and not from) cystic fibrosis cases 2/n
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Great to be in Manchester for the annual @multidefence.bsky.social meeting, with Luna and Simon!
June 12, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Great to be in Manchester for the annual @multidefence.bsky.social meeting, with Luna and Simon!
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Passing through the Borders on the train to Manchester for the annual @multidefence.bsky.social meeting
June 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Passing through the Borders on the train to Manchester for the annual @multidefence.bsky.social meeting
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This work was led by the incredible @charlotteechong.bsky.social 💻 🧬 as part of the @multidefence.bsky.social sLoLa consortium funded by @ukri.org BBSRC and in collaboration with a wonderful set of new (and old!) colleagues 9/n
May 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This work was led by the incredible @charlotteechong.bsky.social 💻 🧬 as part of the @multidefence.bsky.social sLoLa consortium funded by @ukri.org BBSRC and in collaboration with a wonderful set of new (and old!) colleagues 9/n
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www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
A funded PhD studentship is available for a joint project between my lab and @andreashaag.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
A funded PhD studentship is available for a joint project between my lab and @andreashaag.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Harnessing Bacterial Viruses to Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Infections at University of St Andrews on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Harnessing Bacterial Viruses to Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Infections at University of St Andrews, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
March 31, 2025 at 2:08 PM
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
A funded PhD studentship is available for a joint project between my lab and @andreashaag.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
A funded PhD studentship is available for a joint project between my lab and @andreashaag.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
🔬 Three fronts in bacterial defense!
At EMBO symposium this week in Paris, our PIs showcased:
• @mfwhite2.bsky.social: cyclic nucleotide defence signaling
• Prof. Stineke Van Houte: prophage warfare in P. aeruginosa
• Prof. Tim Blower: autoregulating toxins & phage defence
At EMBO symposium this week in Paris, our PIs showcased:
• @mfwhite2.bsky.social: cyclic nucleotide defence signaling
• Prof. Stineke Van Houte: prophage warfare in P. aeruginosa
• Prof. Tim Blower: autoregulating toxins & phage defence
April 10, 2025 at 8:52 AM
🔬 Three fronts in bacterial defense!
At EMBO symposium this week in Paris, our PIs showcased:
• @mfwhite2.bsky.social: cyclic nucleotide defence signaling
• Prof. Stineke Van Houte: prophage warfare in P. aeruginosa
• Prof. Tim Blower: autoregulating toxins & phage defence
At EMBO symposium this week in Paris, our PIs showcased:
• @mfwhite2.bsky.social: cyclic nucleotide defence signaling
• Prof. Stineke Van Houte: prophage warfare in P. aeruginosa
• Prof. Tim Blower: autoregulating toxins & phage defence
We had fantastic poster presentations at the EMBO symposium the Immune System of Bacteria in Paris this week
April 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
We had fantastic poster presentations at the EMBO symposium the Immune System of Bacteria in Paris this week
Coming back to Microbial Warfare session today we have @charlotteechong.bsky.social giving a talk about "Genomic analyses to infer defence system interactions among global Pseudomonas aeruginosa populations" at 12:15
April 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Coming back to Microbial Warfare session today we have @charlotteechong.bsky.social giving a talk about "Genomic analyses to infer defence system interactions among global Pseudomonas aeruginosa populations" at 12:15
@samriddhigupta.bsky.social gave her poster presentation today at #Microbio25 about discovering new counter-defence systems in prophage genomes
April 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
@samriddhigupta.bsky.social gave her poster presentation today at #Microbio25 about discovering new counter-defence systems in prophage genomes
Second poster session starting soon #Microbio25
April 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Second poster session starting soon #Microbio25
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We also have a couple of poster presentations today 255 from @drramabht.bsky.social, 282 from @anna-k-richmond.bsky.social, 062 from Meg Llewellyn and 068 from Jasmine Thomas-Campbell. All cool stuff about defence systems!
April 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
We also have a couple of poster presentations today 255 from @drramabht.bsky.social, 282 from @anna-k-richmond.bsky.social, 062 from Meg Llewellyn and 068 from Jasmine Thomas-Campbell. All cool stuff about defence systems!