Josie Elliott
@josie-e.bsky.social
Postdoc studying evolutionary microbiology with phage and pseudomonas at MMSB Lyon, France with Anne Chevallereau in the MEEP group (She/Her)
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JOB OFFER #PhageSky
We have a postdoc position opening in my group to investigate phage-MGE interactions !
We're based in the very nice city of Lyon, France @mmsb-lyon.bsky.social
Contact me for more info !
>> Apply on the CNRS webpage emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
We have a postdoc position opening in my group to investigate phage-MGE interactions !
We're based in the very nice city of Lyon, France @mmsb-lyon.bsky.social
Contact me for more info !
>> Apply on the CNRS webpage emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Postdoctoral researcher Microbiology (M/F)
emploi.cnrs.fr
October 22, 2025 at 9:35 AM
JOB OFFER #PhageSky
We have a postdoc position opening in my group to investigate phage-MGE interactions !
We're based in the very nice city of Lyon, France @mmsb-lyon.bsky.social
Contact me for more info !
>> Apply on the CNRS webpage emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
We have a postdoc position opening in my group to investigate phage-MGE interactions !
We're based in the very nice city of Lyon, France @mmsb-lyon.bsky.social
Contact me for more info !
>> Apply on the CNRS webpage emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
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We're looking for a technician at Institut Pasteur for experimental work on satellite-phage-bacteria interactions, working directly with @jmouradesousa.bsky.social and myself in the lab of @epcrocha.bsky.social ! ANR funded.
Link to the job emploi.pasteur.fr/offre-de-emp...
Thx for sharing!
Link to the job emploi.pasteur.fr/offre-de-emp...
Thx for sharing!
INSTITUT PASTEUR - Technicien de recherche Microbiologie H/F
emploi.pasteur.fr
September 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
We're looking for a technician at Institut Pasteur for experimental work on satellite-phage-bacteria interactions, working directly with @jmouradesousa.bsky.social and myself in the lab of @epcrocha.bsky.social ! ANR funded.
Link to the job emploi.pasteur.fr/offre-de-emp...
Thx for sharing!
Link to the job emploi.pasteur.fr/offre-de-emp...
Thx for sharing!
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🎉🧪 The MEEP lab @mmsb.cnrs.fr celebrates its first anniversary!
A year of experiments, caffeine-fueled late nights, and nerdy excitement. 🚀🔬
I'm very grateful to the team of amazing #WomenInScience who joined this incredible journey
@josie-e.bsky.social
Clarisse Plantady and Elodie Kenck.
A year of experiments, caffeine-fueled late nights, and nerdy excitement. 🚀🔬
I'm very grateful to the team of amazing #WomenInScience who joined this incredible journey
@josie-e.bsky.social
Clarisse Plantady and Elodie Kenck.
September 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
🎉🧪 The MEEP lab @mmsb.cnrs.fr celebrates its first anniversary!
A year of experiments, caffeine-fueled late nights, and nerdy excitement. 🚀🔬
I'm very grateful to the team of amazing #WomenInScience who joined this incredible journey
@josie-e.bsky.social
Clarisse Plantady and Elodie Kenck.
A year of experiments, caffeine-fueled late nights, and nerdy excitement. 🚀🔬
I'm very grateful to the team of amazing #WomenInScience who joined this incredible journey
@josie-e.bsky.social
Clarisse Plantady and Elodie Kenck.
Can CRISPR-Cas systems target any phage? Yes, no, it depends? What does it depend on? The second paper from my PhD came out today in a special issue of Phil Trans B on the ecology and evolution of bacterial immune systems
doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
Phage susceptibility to a minimal, modular synthetic CRISPR-Cas system in Pseudomonas aeruginosa is nutrient dependent | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
CRISPR-Cas systems can provide adaptive, heritable immunity to their prokaryotic hosts
against invading genetic material such as phages. It is clear that the importance
of acquiring CRISPR-Cas immunit...
doi.org
September 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Can CRISPR-Cas systems target any phage? Yes, no, it depends? What does it depend on? The second paper from my PhD came out today in a special issue of Phil Trans B on the ecology and evolution of bacterial immune systems
doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
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PhD opportunity, please share:
We are looking for a prospective PhD student to start in October 2026 who is excited about bacteria (Klebsiella pneumoniae), how they interact, and how they exchange DNA.
All details can be found on the funder website 👉 gw4biomed.ac.uk/developing-c...
We are looking for a prospective PhD student to start in October 2026 who is excited about bacteria (Klebsiella pneumoniae), how they interact, and how they exchange DNA.
All details can be found on the funder website 👉 gw4biomed.ac.uk/developing-c...
Developing CRISPR-Cas antimicrobials to tackle antibiotic resistance spread in Klebsiella pneumoniae - GW4 BioMed MRC DTP
Project Code MRCIIAR26Ex van Houte Project Type Wet lab Research Theme Infection, Immunity, Antimicrobial Resistance and Repair Project Summary Download Summary Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a ...
gw4biomed.ac.uk
September 2, 2025 at 9:48 AM
PhD opportunity, please share:
We are looking for a prospective PhD student to start in October 2026 who is excited about bacteria (Klebsiella pneumoniae), how they interact, and how they exchange DNA.
All details can be found on the funder website 👉 gw4biomed.ac.uk/developing-c...
We are looking for a prospective PhD student to start in October 2026 who is excited about bacteria (Klebsiella pneumoniae), how they interact, and how they exchange DNA.
All details can be found on the funder website 👉 gw4biomed.ac.uk/developing-c...
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Want to name a real virus? I have recently discovered 9 new phages which now need names! To enter, you simply need to donate to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust on my JustGiving page (£2 = 1 entry) and share your email with me on donation (see link info). Please share 💚 www.justgiving.com/page/meaghan-c-1
August 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Want to name a real virus? I have recently discovered 9 new phages which now need names! To enter, you simply need to donate to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust on my JustGiving page (£2 = 1 entry) and share your email with me on donation (see link info). Please share 💚 www.justgiving.com/page/meaghan-c-1
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Honored to have our paper featured in the Spotlight of @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social
by authors @josie-e.bsky.social & @annechevallereau.bsky.social
Thank you for making our work more accessible and highlighting its relevance!
www.cell.com/trends/microbiology/fulltext/S0966-842X%2825%2900158-1
by authors @josie-e.bsky.social & @annechevallereau.bsky.social
Thank you for making our work more accessible and highlighting its relevance!
www.cell.com/trends/microbiology/fulltext/S0966-842X%2825%2900158-1
Fast phages outcompete by depleting host resources
In nature, phages frequently coinfect bacteria, leading to inter-species competition.
Furthermore, phage therapy often involves using a cocktail of different species to
circumvent bacterial resistance...
www.cell.com
June 4, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Honored to have our paper featured in the Spotlight of @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social
by authors @josie-e.bsky.social & @annechevallereau.bsky.social
Thank you for making our work more accessible and highlighting its relevance!
www.cell.com/trends/microbiology/fulltext/S0966-842X%2825%2900158-1
by authors @josie-e.bsky.social & @annechevallereau.bsky.social
Thank you for making our work more accessible and highlighting its relevance!
www.cell.com/trends/microbiology/fulltext/S0966-842X%2825%2900158-1
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✍️ We had a great time writing this Spotlight article on one of our favorite topics: how phages interact with each other! 🦠
From cooperation to competition, phage-phage interactions reveal a fascinating layer of microbial life that’s often overlooked.
A piece crafted by the talented Josie Elliott!
From cooperation to competition, phage-phage interactions reveal a fascinating layer of microbial life that’s often overlooked.
A piece crafted by the talented Josie Elliott!
Honored to have our paper featured in the Spotlight of @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social
by authors @josie-e.bsky.social & @annechevallereau.bsky.social
Thank you for making our work more accessible and highlighting its relevance!
www.cell.com/trends/microbiology/fulltext/S0966-842X%2825%2900158-1
by authors @josie-e.bsky.social & @annechevallereau.bsky.social
Thank you for making our work more accessible and highlighting its relevance!
www.cell.com/trends/microbiology/fulltext/S0966-842X%2825%2900158-1
Fast phages outcompete by depleting host resources
In nature, phages frequently coinfect bacteria, leading to inter-species competition.
Furthermore, phage therapy often involves using a cocktail of different species to
circumvent bacterial resistance...
www.cell.com
June 4, 2025 at 9:15 AM
✍️ We had a great time writing this Spotlight article on one of our favorite topics: how phages interact with each other! 🦠
From cooperation to competition, phage-phage interactions reveal a fascinating layer of microbial life that’s often overlooked.
A piece crafted by the talented Josie Elliott!
From cooperation to competition, phage-phage interactions reveal a fascinating layer of microbial life that’s often overlooked.
A piece crafted by the talented Josie Elliott!
Had a great time in Paris at the EMBO workshop on the immune system of bacteria, thank you to all the organisers. Conferences in cool cities are also the perfect opportunities to go to other awesome places like Fontainebleau and try some outdoor bouldering
April 13, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Had a great time in Paris at the EMBO workshop on the immune system of bacteria, thank you to all the organisers. Conferences in cool cities are also the perfect opportunities to go to other awesome places like Fontainebleau and try some outdoor bouldering
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Fantastic new preprint of Vaughn Cooper's lab @vscooper.micropopbio.org - filamentous phages can get cancer and it's contagious. 🔥👇🏼
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Filamentous cheater phages drive bacterial and phage populations to lower fitness
Many bacteria carry phage genome(s) in their chromosome (i.e., prophage), and this intertwines the fitness of the bacterium and the phage. Most Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains carry filamentous phages ...
www.biorxiv.org
April 2, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Fantastic new preprint of Vaughn Cooper's lab @vscooper.micropopbio.org - filamentous phages can get cancer and it's contagious. 🔥👇🏼
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Today we report that an engineered skin bacterium, swabbed gently on the head of a mouse, can unleash a potent antibody response against a pathogen. Could lead to topical vaccines that are applied in a cream. @djenetbousbaine.bsky.social led the charge... @natureportfolio.bsky.social 1/55
December 11, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Today we report that an engineered skin bacterium, swabbed gently on the head of a mouse, can unleash a potent antibody response against a pathogen. Could lead to topical vaccines that are applied in a cream. @djenetbousbaine.bsky.social led the charge... @natureportfolio.bsky.social 1/55
New job announcement: Since wrapping up my PhD at Bath Uni, I have crossed the channel and am settling in as a postdoc in the Molecular Ecology and Evolution of Phages group of @annechevallereau.bsky.social in Lyon France 🇫🇷. Very excited for the next few years of phage-based-fun!
December 6, 2024 at 3:08 PM
New job announcement: Since wrapping up my PhD at Bath Uni, I have crossed the channel and am settling in as a postdoc in the Molecular Ecology and Evolution of Phages group of @annechevallereau.bsky.social in Lyon France 🇫🇷. Very excited for the next few years of phage-based-fun!
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Please share:
I'm looking for a #phage enthusiast PhD student to join my team on a funded project part of the Norwich Research Park DTP.
Application deadline 25/11.
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/bac...
CC: @quadraminstitute.bsky.social
I'm looking for a #phage enthusiast PhD student to join my team on a funded project part of the Norwich Research Park DTP.
Application deadline 25/11.
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/bac...
CC: @quadraminstitute.bsky.social
Bacteriophage-based biocontrol of pathogens in the food chain | Doctoral Training Partnership
ADRIAENSSENS_Q25DTP…
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk
November 15, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Please share:
I'm looking for a #phage enthusiast PhD student to join my team on a funded project part of the Norwich Research Park DTP.
Application deadline 25/11.
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/bac...
CC: @quadraminstitute.bsky.social
I'm looking for a #phage enthusiast PhD student to join my team on a funded project part of the Norwich Research Park DTP.
Application deadline 25/11.
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/bac...
CC: @quadraminstitute.bsky.social
I could not be more grateful for having such lovely examiners in @jpjhall.bsky.social and @zaminiqbal.bsky.social and moreover the best lab group ever with the @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social . 4 years has fully converted me to a die hard phage lover 🦠🧬👩🔬
Hooray 🎉 @josie-e.bsky.social who passed her PhD viva with flying colours. Many thanks to examiners @jpjhall.bsky.social & @zaminiqbal.bsky.social. Josie was cosupervised by Edze Westra & will soon start her postdoc with @annechevallereau.bsky.social Go get 'em Dr Elliott.
October 22, 2024 at 9:14 PM
I could not be more grateful for having such lovely examiners in @jpjhall.bsky.social and @zaminiqbal.bsky.social and moreover the best lab group ever with the @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social . 4 years has fully converted me to a die hard phage lover 🦠🧬👩🔬
Excited to share my 1st paper with
@bridgetwatson.bsky.social @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social Edze Westra Sylvain Gandon & David McLeod academic.oup.com/ismej/articl... where we ask “when would using a defence system (CRISPR-Cas) be selectively advantageous over mutations that block phage binding?”1/10
@bridgetwatson.bsky.social @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social Edze Westra Sylvain Gandon & David McLeod academic.oup.com/ismej/articl... where we ask “when would using a defence system (CRISPR-Cas) be selectively advantageous over mutations that block phage binding?”1/10
Conditions for the spread of CRISPR-Cas immune systems into bacterial populations
Abstract. Bacteria contain a wide variety of innate and adaptive immune systems which provide protection to the host against invading genetic material, inc
academic.oup.com
August 13, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Excited to share my 1st paper with
@bridgetwatson.bsky.social @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social Edze Westra Sylvain Gandon & David McLeod academic.oup.com/ismej/articl... where we ask “when would using a defence system (CRISPR-Cas) be selectively advantageous over mutations that block phage binding?”1/10
@bridgetwatson.bsky.social @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social Edze Westra Sylvain Gandon & David McLeod academic.oup.com/ismej/articl... where we ask “when would using a defence system (CRISPR-Cas) be selectively advantageous over mutations that block phage binding?”1/10
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I'm recruiting a Research Technician to work on plasmid transmission and antimicrobial resistance in St Andrews, to start in October. Deadline for applications is 19 June. Please share!
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Research Assistant - AR2992DM
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk
May 31, 2024 at 7:37 AM
I'm recruiting a Research Technician to work on plasmid transmission and antimicrobial resistance in St Andrews, to start in October. Deadline for applications is 19 June. Please share!
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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Congratulations to @josie-e.bsky.social for winning the @meehubs.bsky.social poster prize 🏆 Thank you to the organisers for a brilliant conference.
January 11, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Congratulations to @josie-e.bsky.social for winning the @meehubs.bsky.social poster prize 🏆 Thank you to the organisers for a brilliant conference.
Thank you so much @meehubs.bsky.social and the Microbiology Society! I might be a little biased now, but I have had an amazing time at the Oxford Hub 😊
Congratulations to our MEEhubs2024 Oxford Poster Award winner @josie-e.bsky.social! 🎉🏆 Prize generously sponsored by the Microbiology Society UK
January 11, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Thank you so much @meehubs.bsky.social and the Microbiology Society! I might be a little biased now, but I have had an amazing time at the Oxford Hub 😊
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Interested in how phages deal with dormant bacteria? After a looong and difficult peer review our paper by Enea Maffei and colleagues has finally been published: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 2, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Interested in how phages deal with dormant bacteria? After a looong and difficult peer review our paper by Enea Maffei and colleagues has finally been published: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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One-week international workshop on evolution June 22-29 in the Swiss Alps for Master's & early PhD students. Application due 28 January 2024.
I've co-taught the course several times (but not this time), and it's a terrific format and beautiful location.
www.evolution.unibas.ch/teaching/gua...
I've co-taught the course several times (but not this time), and it's a terrific format and beautiful location.
www.evolution.unibas.ch/teaching/gua...
Evolutionary Biology | University of Basel
www.evolution.unibas.ch
December 12, 2023 at 6:10 PM
One-week international workshop on evolution June 22-29 in the Swiss Alps for Master's & early PhD students. Application due 28 January 2024.
I've co-taught the course several times (but not this time), and it's a terrific format and beautiful location.
www.evolution.unibas.ch/teaching/gua...
I've co-taught the course several times (but not this time), and it's a terrific format and beautiful location.
www.evolution.unibas.ch/teaching/gua...
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I am passionate about both doing and communicating evolutionary research effectively. If you are too, do check out this #PhD opportunity with me and
Prof L Hurst. Deadline 11th Feb, Start Sept 2024, Funding available for home students (Sorry). #scicomm *Pls RP* www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Prof L Hurst. Deadline 11th Feb, Start Sept 2024, Funding available for home students (Sorry). #scicomm *Pls RP* www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
December 4, 2023 at 5:27 PM
I am passionate about both doing and communicating evolutionary research effectively. If you are too, do check out this #PhD opportunity with me and
Prof L Hurst. Deadline 11th Feb, Start Sept 2024, Funding available for home students (Sorry). #scicomm *Pls RP* www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Prof L Hurst. Deadline 11th Feb, Start Sept 2024, Funding available for home students (Sorry). #scicomm *Pls RP* www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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From James Horton (not here). James and myself have recently penned ✍️ a review article for Microbiology titled Mutation Bias and Adaptation in Bacteria: www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour... A short 🧵 on why we should care about mutation bias below (1/7)
Mutation bias and adaptation in bacteria
Genetic mutation, which provides the raw material for evolutionary adaptation, is largely a stochastic force. However, there is ample evidence showing that mutations can also exhibit strong biases, wi...
www.microbiologyresearch.org
November 10, 2023 at 5:10 PM
From James Horton (not here). James and myself have recently penned ✍️ a review article for Microbiology titled Mutation Bias and Adaptation in Bacteria: www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour... A short 🧵 on why we should care about mutation bias below (1/7)
The amazing @keiracozens.bsky.social in our lab has really come through and made #microbiology themed earrings for us. I will be wearing these #phage earrings to the next conference for sure 😅
November 9, 2023 at 1:51 PM
The amazing @keiracozens.bsky.social in our lab has really come through and made #microbiology themed earrings for us. I will be wearing these #phage earrings to the next conference for sure 😅
I am of course biased but this is an amazing PhD opportunity and supervisory team. Come join us!
The field of microbial defence systems is a crazy place to be right now! Competitive #PhD opportunity (SWBioDTP) with me at Life Sciences in Bath in collab with Edze Westra at Exeter ESI (Falmouth): Aiming to explore regulatory control of multiple defence systems.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
October 27, 2023 at 1:33 PM
I am of course biased but this is an amazing PhD opportunity and supervisory team. Come join us!