Trailfinder CF Innovation Hub
@cf-trailfinder.bsky.social
Serving people with Cystic Fibrosis at all life stages through cutting-edge research, meaningful partnerships and innovation. Based at @liverpooluni.bsky.social and funded by @lifearc.bsky.social and @cysticfibrosis.org.uk
Exciting to see these stats from #BSF25 - over 17,400 visitors, 114 events and 95% enjoying the Festival! We had a great time hosting our 'What the Phage?!' stand, and talking to visitors about #phage and the work of our Hub to advance #phagetherapy for respiratory infections in people with CF.
#BSF25 was hosted by @ljmuofficial.bsky.social and @liverpooluni.bsky.social from 10-14 September. With the support of our Festival Partners, Astra Zeneca and Liverpool BID Company, we presented 114 events and installations, delivered by over 230 people across 16 central venues! 💪
January 28, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Exciting to see these stats from #BSF25 - over 17,400 visitors, 114 events and 95% enjoying the Festival! We had a great time hosting our 'What the Phage?!' stand, and talking to visitors about #phage and the work of our Hub to advance #phagetherapy for respiratory infections in people with CF.
Trailfinder PhD student Rebecca Glenny (@rebecca_glenny) is also presenting her Trailfinder work alongside Libby Duignan (@ukcpi) and Ruby Darwin (@rubes_darwin), University of Liverpool PhD student at the Virus of Microbes 2026 conference in Newcastle. Well done everyone
January 23, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Trailfinder PhD student Rebecca Glenny (@rebecca_glenny) is also presenting her Trailfinder work alongside Libby Duignan (@ukcpi) and Ruby Darwin (@rubes_darwin), University of Liverpool PhD student at the Virus of Microbes 2026 conference in Newcastle. Well done everyone
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We've run the stats on #BSF25 in Liverpool and if we do say ourselves: wow. 17,400 people engaged. An audience split more than 60% women. The main age of our visitors was 16-30. And 74% told us that they were inspired to seek out more science activities:
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Looking back to the British Science Festival 2025 | British Science Festival
Reflecting on the 2025 Festival in Liverpool and evaluating our successes…
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January 23, 2026 at 9:06 AM
We've run the stats on #BSF25 in Liverpool and if we do say ourselves: wow. 17,400 people engaged. An audience split more than 60% women. The main age of our visitors was 16-30. And 74% told us that they were inspired to seek out more science activities:
britishsciencefestival.org/looking-back...
britishsciencefestival.org/looking-back...
Dr. Libby Duignan, CPI Scientist will present her work entitled 'Optimizing Phage Production: Strategies for Scale-Up, Purification and Analysis' at the Viruses of Microbiome 2026 meeting in Newcastle today. @northumbriauni.bsky.social @ukcpi.bsky.social, @cysticfibrosis.org.uk
January 23, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Dr. Libby Duignan, CPI Scientist will present her work entitled 'Optimizing Phage Production: Strategies for Scale-Up, Purification and Analysis' at the Viruses of Microbiome 2026 meeting in Newcastle today. @northumbriauni.bsky.social @ukcpi.bsky.social, @cysticfibrosis.org.uk
Merry Christmas from the Trailfinder CF Innovation Hub! It’s been a brilliant year working with our team members, funders @cysticfibrosis.org.uk and @lifearc.bsky.social, and collaborators. We wish everyone a wonderful Christmas break and look forward to seeing you again in the new year.
December 19, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Merry Christmas from the Trailfinder CF Innovation Hub! It’s been a brilliant year working with our team members, funders @cysticfibrosis.org.uk and @lifearc.bsky.social, and collaborators. We wish everyone a wonderful Christmas break and look forward to seeing you again in the new year.
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Patient voices have been involved at every stage of establishing a UK-wide network of research hubs improving how lung infections are managed. Read more about how we work with patients: https://www.lifearc.org/work-with-us/patients-community/
@cysticfibrosis.org.uk
@cysticfibrosis.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Patient voices have been involved at every stage of establishing a UK-wide network of research hubs improving how lung infections are managed. Read more about how we work with patients: https://www.lifearc.org/work-with-us/patients-community/
@cysticfibrosis.org.uk
@cysticfibrosis.org.uk
We are at Eureka Science + Discovery Museum today showcasing our What the phage?! activities for the @livuniengagehls.bsky.social #Meetthescientist event! Visit us 11am-4pm
November 29, 2025 at 11:25 AM
We are at Eureka Science + Discovery Museum today showcasing our What the phage?! activities for the @livuniengagehls.bsky.social #Meetthescientist event! Visit us 11am-4pm
Aras Kadioglu, WP1.5.3 lead in Stream 1 of the Trailfinder-CF Innovation Hub has recently been awarded a grant which aims at improving the effectiveness of existing treatments against antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Further details can be found at www.liverpool.ac.uk/health-and-l...
#WAAW2025
Further details can be found at www.liverpool.ac.uk/health-and-l...
#WAAW2025
November 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Aras Kadioglu, WP1.5.3 lead in Stream 1 of the Trailfinder-CF Innovation Hub has recently been awarded a grant which aims at improving the effectiveness of existing treatments against antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Further details can be found at www.liverpool.ac.uk/health-and-l...
#WAAW2025
Further details can be found at www.liverpool.ac.uk/health-and-l...
#WAAW2025
1. This week is World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW). Further information can be found at:
www.who.int/campaigns/wo...
#WAAW2025
www.who.int/campaigns/wo...
#WAAW2025
November 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
1. This week is World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW). Further information can be found at:
www.who.int/campaigns/wo...
#WAAW2025
www.who.int/campaigns/wo...
#WAAW2025
Visitors to our #BritishScienceFestival stand created their own phage drawings which were then converted into AR models. These were used to target bacteria in a prototype of our AR phage game. Developed with Feed AR & @salforduni.bsky.social #worldphageweek
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phages
installation for the British Science Festival
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October 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Visitors to our #BritishScienceFestival stand created their own phage drawings which were then converted into AR models. These were used to target bacteria in a prototype of our AR phage game. Developed with Feed AR & @salforduni.bsky.social #worldphageweek
vimeo.com/1118883403?s...
vimeo.com/1118883403?s...
On the final day of #WorldPhageWeek we reflect on our summer #Phage Bootcamp, led by University of Exeter's Michelle Michelson, Ben Temperton and Christian Finch, who also run @citizenphage.bsky.social. An amazing learning experience, and a great opportunity to bring members of the team together.
October 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
On the final day of #WorldPhageWeek we reflect on our summer #Phage Bootcamp, led by University of Exeter's Michelle Michelson, Ben Temperton and Christian Finch, who also run @citizenphage.bsky.social. An amazing learning experience, and a great opportunity to bring members of the team together.
This #WorldPhageWeek, we are looking back to the #BritishScienceFestival and some of the brilliant phage drawings, comments, and poems created by visitors to our stand. A collab between @liverpooluni.bsky.social and @salforduni.bsky.social. Festival run by @britsciassoc.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 9:49 AM
This #WorldPhageWeek, we are looking back to the #BritishScienceFestival and some of the brilliant phage drawings, comments, and poems created by visitors to our stand. A collab between @liverpooluni.bsky.social and @salforduni.bsky.social. Festival run by @britsciassoc.bsky.social
Where can #phages be found? The answer is everywhere! We are working closely with @citizenphage.bsky.social asking the public to help us find new phages by collecting water samples. Find out more about becoming a phage hunter at www.citizenphage.com #worldphageweek #phagetherapy
October 23, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Where can #phages be found? The answer is everywhere! We are working closely with @citizenphage.bsky.social asking the public to help us find new phages by collecting water samples. Find out more about becoming a phage hunter at www.citizenphage.com #worldphageweek #phagetherapy
Today is #WorldPhageDay! One of our key aims is to advance #phagetherapy, which uses natural viruses called #phage to target bacteria instead of antibiotics. We are working to develop new phage combinations, test the best way of giving them, and ensure the UK can produce phage at medical standards.
October 22, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Today is #WorldPhageDay! One of our key aims is to advance #phagetherapy, which uses natural viruses called #phage to target bacteria instead of antibiotics. We are working to develop new phage combinations, test the best way of giving them, and ensure the UK can produce phage at medical standards.
We recently joined our colleagues at @salforduni.bsky.social to welcome Mayor Paul Dennett, and members from Salford City Council and Health Innovation Manchester, to discuss the future of #phage. A fantastic opportunity to share our work developing #phagetherapy as a treatment in #cysticfibrosis.
October 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
We recently joined our colleagues at @salforduni.bsky.social to welcome Mayor Paul Dennett, and members from Salford City Council and Health Innovation Manchester, to discuss the future of #phage. A fantastic opportunity to share our work developing #phagetherapy as a treatment in #cysticfibrosis.
Trailfinder CF Director Professor Jo Fothergill, presented the work we are undertaking at the annual UK Cystic Fibrosis Trust meeting in London. Several of our ECRs are also in attendance. #cysticfibrosis #cftrust
October 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Trailfinder CF Director Professor Jo Fothergill, presented the work we are undertaking at the annual UK Cystic Fibrosis Trust meeting in London. Several of our ECRs are also in attendance. #cysticfibrosis #cftrust
Great to see the House of Lords phage outreach event featured on the @microbiologysociety.org blog. Many of the phage experts who attended are also involved in Trailfinder CF, along with several of our national and international collaborators in phage research microbiologysociety.org/blog/unlocki...
Unlocking the Potential of Phages at The House of Lords
Earlier this year, Prof Chloe James, a member of our KO AMR Scientific Advisory group, organised several events at the House of Lords that brought together global experts to discuss bacteriophages as ...
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September 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Great to see the House of Lords phage outreach event featured on the @microbiologysociety.org blog. Many of the phage experts who attended are also involved in Trailfinder CF, along with several of our national and international collaborators in phage research microbiologysociety.org/blog/unlocki...
Interested in learning more about bacterial behaviour? Check out this BBC World Service show 'The Documentary: The social lives of bacteria' featuring our Hub Director Jo Fothergill www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Documentary - The social lives of bacteria - BBC Sounds
The microscopic dramas of bacterial loners, crowd-lovers, backstabbers and do-gooders
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September 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Interested in learning more about bacterial behaviour? Check out this BBC World Service show 'The Documentary: The social lives of bacteria' featuring our Hub Director Jo Fothergill www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
It was great to join our collaborators at @salforduni.bsky.social this week, to welcome Sir Richard Leese to the Salford campus. We had the opportunity to discuss the Trailfinder CF project, and our work to develop phage therapy for people with cystic fibrosis. www.salford.ac.uk/news/applied...
“Applied science at its best” - Sir Richard Leese on our research into ‘phage therapy
The University welcomed co-chair of Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership, Sir Richard Leese, to our Cockcroft building and Maker Space this week.
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September 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
It was great to join our collaborators at @salforduni.bsky.social this week, to welcome Sir Richard Leese to the Salford campus. We had the opportunity to discuss the Trailfinder CF project, and our work to develop phage therapy for people with cystic fibrosis. www.salford.ac.uk/news/applied...
Visit our ‘What the Phage?!’ stand today at the Bluecoat bistro, and learn about all things phage! We’ll be here 11am-4pm #britishsciencefestival
September 13, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Visit our ‘What the Phage?!’ stand today at the Bluecoat bistro, and learn about all things phage! We’ll be here 11am-4pm #britishsciencefestival
The #BritishScienceFestival starts today in Liverpool! Visit us on Saturday 11am-4pm at our ‘What the Phage?!’ stand at the Bluecoat Bistro, and explore the fascinating, unseen world of phage. Drop-in, no booking required. britishsciencefestival.org/event/what-t...
What the phage?! | British Science Festival
Run time: 11.00 – 16.00 Play the phage games, and use AR and VR to explore a fascinating, unseen world. Bacteriophages – aka phages – are viruses that only infect bacteria. They’re our most common…
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September 10, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The #BritishScienceFestival starts today in Liverpool! Visit us on Saturday 11am-4pm at our ‘What the Phage?!’ stand at the Bluecoat Bistro, and explore the fascinating, unseen world of phage. Drop-in, no booking required. britishsciencefestival.org/event/what-t...
Today on #WorldCysticFibrosisDay we are launching our webpage: www.liverpool.ac.uk/trailfinder-cf. Trailfinder CF aims to support people with CF at all life stages by developing new approaches to treating lung infections, managing exacerbations, and maintaining healthy lungs. #cysticfibrosis
September 8, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Today on #WorldCysticFibrosisDay we are launching our webpage: www.liverpool.ac.uk/trailfinder-cf. Trailfinder CF aims to support people with CF at all life stages by developing new approaches to treating lung infections, managing exacerbations, and maintaining healthy lungs. #cysticfibrosis
This week members of the team are attending a phage bootcamp @exeter.ac.uk, led by Trailfinder CF co-investigator Dr Ben Temperton and researchers Dr Michelle Michelsen and Christian Finch. The team are having a brilliant time and learning lots of new lab skills for phage isolation! #phage
August 13, 2025 at 9:58 AM
This week members of the team are attending a phage bootcamp @exeter.ac.uk, led by Trailfinder CF co-investigator Dr Ben Temperton and researchers Dr Michelle Michelsen and Christian Finch. The team are having a brilliant time and learning lots of new lab skills for phage isolation! #phage
Trailfinder's Michelle Michelsen graduated this month with a PhD from the University of Exeter.
Michelle currently works with Dr. Ben Temperton at the University of Exeter's Citizen Phage Library.
Michelle currently works with Dr. Ben Temperton at the University of Exeter's Citizen Phage Library.
July 30, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Trailfinder's Michelle Michelsen graduated this month with a PhD from the University of Exeter.
Michelle currently works with Dr. Ben Temperton at the University of Exeter's Citizen Phage Library.
Michelle currently works with Dr. Ben Temperton at the University of Exeter's Citizen Phage Library.
Some of the team recently attended an AR Hackathon session at @salforduni.bsky.social, to help develop an AR game about phage. We collaborated with other science and gaming students and researchers, tested paper prototypes, gave feedback, and contributed new ideas. A fun and interesting afternoon!
July 22, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Some of the team recently attended an AR Hackathon session at @salforduni.bsky.social, to help develop an AR game about phage. We collaborated with other science and gaming students and researchers, tested paper prototypes, gave feedback, and contributed new ideas. A fun and interesting afternoon!