Fiona J Whelan
@whelanfj.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer, Lister Prize Fellow, & UKRI Future Leaders Fellow at U of Manchester. Bioinf, microbes, evol bio, running, cycling, & pub chats. she/her 🇨🇦.
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🚨#PhD studentship opportunity! Plasmids provide bacteria with antimicrobial resistance, but do they have more fundamental effects on behaviour? 🧫🦠💫🧟♂️
Apply for a 4y funded MRC DiMeN position with me and Jamie Wheeler @livuni-ives.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Apply for a 4y funded MRC DiMeN position with me and Jamie Wheeler @livuni-ives.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Resistant zombies: how drug-resistance plasmids manipulate the behaviour of the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa at University of Liverpool on Fin...
PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Resistant zombies: how drug-resistance plasmids manipulate the behaviour of the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa at University of Li...
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November 18, 2025 at 9:38 AM
🚨#PhD studentship opportunity! Plasmids provide bacteria with antimicrobial resistance, but do they have more fundamental effects on behaviour? 🧫🦠💫🧟♂️
Apply for a 4y funded MRC DiMeN position with me and Jamie Wheeler @livuni-ives.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Apply for a 4y funded MRC DiMeN position with me and Jamie Wheeler @livuni-ives.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Starting day two of #MicroEvo25 strong with our first MERMan speaker of the day! An amazing talk by @mattjago.bsky.social about mutational bias in E. coli 🧬
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Starting day two of #MicroEvo25 strong with our first MERMan speaker of the day! An amazing talk by @mattjago.bsky.social about mutational bias in E. coli 🧬
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Incredibly insightful talk this afternoon by @matthewjshepherd.bsky.social speaking about within-patient ciprofloxacin resistance in P. aeruginosa #MicroEvo25
November 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Incredibly insightful talk this afternoon by @matthewjshepherd.bsky.social speaking about within-patient ciprofloxacin resistance in P. aeruginosa #MicroEvo25
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More amazing posters presented by our researchers @zahraaalbaqsami.bsky.social and Rana at #MicroEvo25!
November 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
More amazing posters presented by our researchers @zahraaalbaqsami.bsky.social and Rana at #MicroEvo25!
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Another fantastic poster presented by @knhanga.bsky.social at #MicroEvo25
November 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Another fantastic poster presented by @knhanga.bsky.social at #MicroEvo25
morning, Liverpool ::
My brain is buzzing this morning from a great day of science talks, posters, and chats yesterday. I can’t wait for day two today! #microevo25
My brain is buzzing this morning from a great day of science talks, posters, and chats yesterday. I can’t wait for day two today! #microevo25
November 27, 2025 at 8:42 AM
morning, Liverpool ::
My brain is buzzing this morning from a great day of science talks, posters, and chats yesterday. I can’t wait for day two today! #microevo25
My brain is buzzing this morning from a great day of science talks, posters, and chats yesterday. I can’t wait for day two today! #microevo25
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Fantastic talk about the impact of inflammation on Pseudomonas aeruginosa evolution by @taoranfu.bsky.social #MicroEvo25
November 26, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Fantastic talk about the impact of inflammation on Pseudomonas aeruginosa evolution by @taoranfu.bsky.social #MicroEvo25
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Come and see @willpjsmith.bsky.social at poster 71 to find out more about microbial warfare! #MicroEvo25
November 26, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Come and see @willpjsmith.bsky.social at poster 71 to find out more about microbial warfare! #MicroEvo25
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Find out more about DNA repair protein single-molecule tracking from @bexlowrypalms.bsky.social at poster 18🔬 #MicroEvo25
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Find out more about DNA repair protein single-molecule tracking from @bexlowrypalms.bsky.social at poster 18🔬 #MicroEvo25
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Learn about hot spring microbial communities from @magdalenakurteu.bsky.social at poster 62 🌋 #MicroEvo25
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Learn about hot spring microbial communities from @magdalenakurteu.bsky.social at poster 62 🌋 #MicroEvo25
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If you’re interested in antibiotic resistance evolution in Pseudomonas, come to @flanagella.bsky.social’s poster (number 11) 💊 #MicroEvo25
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
If you’re interested in antibiotic resistance evolution in Pseudomonas, come to @flanagella.bsky.social’s poster (number 11) 💊 #MicroEvo25
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Come chat to Dan at poster 22 to learn about endosymbiosis evolution #MicroEvo25
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Come chat to Dan at poster 22 to learn about endosymbiosis evolution #MicroEvo25
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Will we be seeing you at @microbiologysociety.org Understanding and Predicting Microbial Evolutionary Dynamics today and tomorrow? 🧫🧬 #MicroEvo25
Keep an eye out for our talks and posters and come say hi 👋
Keep an eye out for our talks and posters and come say hi 👋
November 26, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Will we be seeing you at @microbiologysociety.org Understanding and Predicting Microbial Evolutionary Dynamics today and tomorrow? 🧫🧬 #MicroEvo25
Keep an eye out for our talks and posters and come say hi 👋
Keep an eye out for our talks and posters and come say hi 👋
Conferences like #microevo25 are possible because of the community publishing with @microbiologysociety.org
November 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Conferences like #microevo25 are possible because of the community publishing with @microbiologysociety.org
So excited to be here for @microbiologysociety.org ‘s #microevo25 meeting!
November 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM
So excited to be here for @microbiologysociety.org ‘s #microevo25 meeting!
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The Microbiology Society is pleased to announce the winners of our 2026 Prizes! The winners will be awarded and deliver Prize Lectures at Annual Conference 2026 in Belfast from 13–16 April. Find out more about it: microb.io/PrizeWinners.... Meet the winners below. #Microbio26
November 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The Microbiology Society is pleased to announce the winners of our 2026 Prizes! The winners will be awarded and deliver Prize Lectures at Annual Conference 2026 in Belfast from 13–16 April. Find out more about it: microb.io/PrizeWinners.... Meet the winners below. #Microbio26
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Another great week at our seminar series!
This session, we explored "Within-patient evolution of ciprofloxacin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa from @matthewjshepherd.bsky.social
Big thank you to @microbesng.bsky.social for once again keeping us fuelled with delicious refreshments 🙌🍪
This session, we explored "Within-patient evolution of ciprofloxacin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa from @matthewjshepherd.bsky.social
Big thank you to @microbesng.bsky.social for once again keeping us fuelled with delicious refreshments 🙌🍪
November 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Another great week at our seminar series!
This session, we explored "Within-patient evolution of ciprofloxacin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa from @matthewjshepherd.bsky.social
Big thank you to @microbesng.bsky.social for once again keeping us fuelled with delicious refreshments 🙌🍪
This session, we explored "Within-patient evolution of ciprofloxacin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa from @matthewjshepherd.bsky.social
Big thank you to @microbesng.bsky.social for once again keeping us fuelled with delicious refreshments 🙌🍪
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Absolutely delighted to have been awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship! I will be moving to the University of Manchester @mermanchester.bsky.social to research early endosymbiont evolution
#microsky #symbiosky
#microsky #symbiosky
Meet the new cohort of exceptional researchers who have been awarded more than £83 million worth of early career fellowships by the Royal Society, working on research spanning the sciences: #RSGrants: https://bit.ly/49jMkKx
Exceptional researchers awarded early career fellowships worth more than £83 million | Royal Society
A new cohort of exceptional researchers at have been awarded funding through the Royal Society’s early career schemes, the University Research Fellowship (URF), Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship (DHF) and Ne...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Absolutely delighted to have been awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship! I will be moving to the University of Manchester @mermanchester.bsky.social to research early endosymbiont evolution
#microsky #symbiosky
#microsky #symbiosky
Very insightful launch of @carersinstemm.bsky.social today at @manchester.ac.uk! Understanding the barriers associated with caring responsibilities is something I'm really passionate about and its amazing to see Carers in STEMM quantifying and advocating for carers in academia.
To hear more about the Carers in STEMM survey - the hidden barrier to parents and carers - there is still time to join us
Manchester: 13th November
London: 9th December
(Both hybrid)
Spread the word!
Manchester: 13th November
London: 9th December
(Both hybrid)
Spread the word!
November 13, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Very insightful launch of @carersinstemm.bsky.social today at @manchester.ac.uk! Understanding the barriers associated with caring responsibilities is something I'm really passionate about and its amazing to see Carers in STEMM quantifying and advocating for carers in academia.
I am constantly searching my version of this cafe.
Such a great read:
Such a great read:
‘Controlled chaos’: how to create an environment that fosters genius
One free-wheeling 1930s cafe nurtured mathematical ideas including the theory of the nuclear bomb. That holds lessons for how to spur creative thought today.
www.nature.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I am constantly searching my version of this cafe.
Such a great read:
Such a great read:
4 reviewer invites, 4 “no responses” after 7 days.
Please, please reject invitations that you can’t do/aren’t interested in so Editors can do their best to handle manuscripts in a timely fashion!
Please, please reject invitations that you can’t do/aren’t interested in so Editors can do their best to handle manuscripts in a timely fashion!
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 AM
4 reviewer invites, 4 “no responses” after 7 days.
Please, please reject invitations that you can’t do/aren’t interested in so Editors can do their best to handle manuscripts in a timely fashion!
Please, please reject invitations that you can’t do/aren’t interested in so Editors can do their best to handle manuscripts in a timely fashion!
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In this week’s seminar we learned about the evolution of intrinsic terminators from @stepadenisov.bsky.social 🧬
Made even more fun by snacks kindly sponsored by @microbesng.bsky.social 🍪
Made even more fun by snacks kindly sponsored by @microbesng.bsky.social 🍪
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
In this week’s seminar we learned about the evolution of intrinsic terminators from @stepadenisov.bsky.social 🧬
Made even more fun by snacks kindly sponsored by @microbesng.bsky.social 🍪
Made even more fun by snacks kindly sponsored by @microbesng.bsky.social 🍪
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This week @willpjsmith.bsky.social taught us all about microbial competition & Logan Sauers ( @coytelab.bsky.social ) shared recent gut microbiome work. Thanks @microbesng.bsky.social for the refreshments!
November 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
This week @willpjsmith.bsky.social taught us all about microbial competition & Logan Sauers ( @coytelab.bsky.social ) shared recent gut microbiome work. Thanks @microbesng.bsky.social for the refreshments!
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I hadnt seen this particular take on this story till now. A minimalist apology. Not impressed.
nationalnews.co.uk/news/shamed-...
nationalnews.co.uk/news/shamed-...
Shamed Scientist Apologises For The First Time About The Academic Scandal That Destroyed His Career And Shocked The World
An ecologist who shot to fame after discovering that spiders have human-like personalities has made an emotional apology after being
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November 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I hadnt seen this particular take on this story till now. A minimalist apology. Not impressed.
nationalnews.co.uk/news/shamed-...
nationalnews.co.uk/news/shamed-...
Not the result I was hoping for but absolutely epic game and series. Totally worth the 4am bedtime!
Well, done Blue Jays.
Well, done Blue Jays.
November 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Not the result I was hoping for but absolutely epic game and series. Totally worth the 4am bedtime!
Well, done Blue Jays.
Well, done Blue Jays.