Trevor Lithgow
@trevor-lithgow.bsky.social
Keen on discoveries in bacterial cell biology and bacteriophages, working to impact AMR. Fan of the ocean. Opinions my own.
“From inventing wi-fi to developing life-saving polio treatment, Australia has made a mark on science and research.
But today's researchers are in a glorified gig economy, employed on rolling contracts, and winning grants to secure work … with available funding falling 27% over the past decade”
But today's researchers are in a glorified gig economy, employed on rolling contracts, and winning grants to secure work … with available funding falling 27% over the past decade”
The CSIRO cuts are just the tip of the iceberg for Australia's science funding
Australia is known as a country of innovators, but with a combination of brain drain, continuous cuts, and a loss of critical science projects, is Australia losing its edge?
www.abc.net.au
November 29, 2025 at 8:27 AM
“From inventing wi-fi to developing life-saving polio treatment, Australia has made a mark on science and research.
But today's researchers are in a glorified gig economy, employed on rolling contracts, and winning grants to secure work … with available funding falling 27% over the past decade”
But today's researchers are in a glorified gig economy, employed on rolling contracts, and winning grants to secure work … with available funding falling 27% over the past decade”
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Congratulations to MACSYS Chief Investigator Adelle Coster for being awarded the Bob Robertson Medal by @aus-soc-biophys.bsky.social! The medal recognises outstanding contributions and service to the field of biophysics in Australia and New Zealand. macsys.org/adelle-coste...
Last night the Bob Robertson award was presented by Adelle Coster (UNSW), a beautiful talk integrating mathematics and biology. Well deserved!
And very special to be joined by her dad Hans Coster, a legend in the Australian biophysics community! @lisannes.bsky.social @francesbiophys.bsky.social
And very special to be joined by her dad Hans Coster, a legend in the Australian biophysics community! @lisannes.bsky.social @francesbiophys.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Congratulations to MACSYS Chief Investigator Adelle Coster for being awarded the Bob Robertson Medal by @aus-soc-biophys.bsky.social! The medal recognises outstanding contributions and service to the field of biophysics in Australia and New Zealand. macsys.org/adelle-coste...
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#NewResearch
The permeability of bacterial porins is dynamically regulated by periplasmic proton and potassium concentrations, altering antibiotic resistance.
#MicroSky #AMR 🦠 @andresfloto.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The permeability of bacterial porins is dynamically regulated by periplasmic proton and potassium concentrations, altering antibiotic resistance.
#MicroSky #AMR 🦠 @andresfloto.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Metabolic control of porin permeability influences antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli - Nature Microbiology
The permeability of bacterial porins is dynamically regulated by periplasmic proton and potassium concentrations, altering antibiotic resistance.
www.nature.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
#NewResearch
The permeability of bacterial porins is dynamically regulated by periplasmic proton and potassium concentrations, altering antibiotic resistance.
#MicroSky #AMR 🦠 @andresfloto.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The permeability of bacterial porins is dynamically regulated by periplasmic proton and potassium concentrations, altering antibiotic resistance.
#MicroSky #AMR 🦠 @andresfloto.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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#NewResearch
Mathematical representations of overflow metabolism, mixotrophy, exoenzymes and reactive oxygen species detoxification recapitulate dynamics in co-cultures of Prochlorococcus and eight heterotrophic bacteria.
#MicroSky 🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Mathematical representations of overflow metabolism, mixotrophy, exoenzymes and reactive oxygen species detoxification recapitulate dynamics in co-cultures of Prochlorococcus and eight heterotrophic bacteria.
#MicroSky 🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Models and co-culture experiments assess four mechanisms of phytoplankton–bacteria interactions - Nature Microbiology
Mathematical representations of overflow metabolism, mixotrophy, exoenzymes and reactive oxygen species detoxification recapitulate dynamics in co-cultures of Prochlorococcus and eight heterotrophic b...
www.nature.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
#NewResearch
Mathematical representations of overflow metabolism, mixotrophy, exoenzymes and reactive oxygen species detoxification recapitulate dynamics in co-cultures of Prochlorococcus and eight heterotrophic bacteria.
#MicroSky 🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Mathematical representations of overflow metabolism, mixotrophy, exoenzymes and reactive oxygen species detoxification recapitulate dynamics in co-cultures of Prochlorococcus and eight heterotrophic bacteria.
#MicroSky 🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Tawny Frogmouth family
November 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Tawny Frogmouth family
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Congratulations to MACSYS Research Fellow Dr Sami Al-Izzi - just awarded an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA): macsys.org/sami-al-izzi...
@r-g-morris.bsky.social
@r-g-morris.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Congratulations to MACSYS Research Fellow Dr Sami Al-Izzi - just awarded an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA): macsys.org/sami-al-izzi...
@r-g-morris.bsky.social
@r-g-morris.bsky.social
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rdcu.be/eRxNf here our new study on the characterization of the lipopolysaccharide holotranslocon, LptDE and the newly identified subunits LptM and LptY. Great collaboration with @fronzeslab.bsky.social @pstansfeld.bsky.social @JulienMarcoux @YvesQuentin
Structural basis of lipopolysaccharide assembly by the outer membrane translocon holo-complex
Nature Communications - The asymmetric distribution of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on the surface of the bacterial outer membrane is essential and crucial for antibiotic resistance. Here, authors...
rdcu.be
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
rdcu.be/eRxNf here our new study on the characterization of the lipopolysaccharide holotranslocon, LptDE and the newly identified subunits LptM and LptY. Great collaboration with @fronzeslab.bsky.social @pstansfeld.bsky.social @JulienMarcoux @YvesQuentin
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Every biologist knows the story of Fleming's chance discovery of penicillin. But is it true?
Here, with @asimovpress.bsky.social, I write about inconsistencies in the canonical story, and explore a few alternative theories about what really happened in that St. Mary's lab in the summer of 1928.
Here, with @asimovpress.bsky.social, I write about inconsistencies in the canonical story, and explore a few alternative theories about what really happened in that St. Mary's lab in the summer of 1928.
The Penicillin Myth
Competing theories seek to explain inconsistencies surrounding Alexander Fleming’s famed discovery.
press.asimov.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Every biologist knows the story of Fleming's chance discovery of penicillin. But is it true?
Here, with @asimovpress.bsky.social, I write about inconsistencies in the canonical story, and explore a few alternative theories about what really happened in that St. Mary's lab in the summer of 1928.
Here, with @asimovpress.bsky.social, I write about inconsistencies in the canonical story, and explore a few alternative theories about what really happened in that St. Mary's lab in the summer of 1928.
wondering whether the dish is legendary or whether I would be legendary by consuming it …
November 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
wondering whether the dish is legendary or whether I would be legendary by consuming it …
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The Cost of Forgetting
by Chelsi — Vaccines have made a world that is safer and healthier. But, vaccines have made us comfortable enough to forget.
by Chelsi — Vaccines have made a world that is safer and healthier. But, vaccines have made us comfortable enough to forget.
The Cost of Forgetting
by Chelsi — Vaccines have made a world that is safer and healthier. But, vaccines have made us comfortable enough to forget.
smallthingsconsidered.blog
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The Cost of Forgetting
by Chelsi — Vaccines have made a world that is safer and healthier. But, vaccines have made us comfortable enough to forget.
by Chelsi — Vaccines have made a world that is safer and healthier. But, vaccines have made us comfortable enough to forget.
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Neoliberalism's toll: "a weakened public school system, financially stressed universities, and a #CSIRO repeatedly stripped of long-term capability."
We have lost "depth, continuity, and trust, conditions that science requires but markets cannot provide." #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
We have lost "depth, continuity, and trust, conditions that science requires but markets cannot provide." #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
Innovation talk, austerity walk: Australia’s failing science policy
Despite constant rhetoric about innovation, Australia is steadily dismantling its scientific capacity. Public schools, universities and the CSIRO are all under pressure – the result of decades of mark...
johnmenadue.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Neoliberalism's toll: "a weakened public school system, financially stressed universities, and a #CSIRO repeatedly stripped of long-term capability."
We have lost "depth, continuity, and trust, conditions that science requires but markets cannot provide." #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
We have lost "depth, continuity, and trust, conditions that science requires but markets cannot provide." #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
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Congratulations to Prof. Adelle Coster, UNSW, to whom I was honoured to present the 2025 Australian Society for Biophysics (ASB) Bob Roberston medal during ASB2025 at @griffith.edu.au. Adelle is pictured with ASB President, @lisannes.bsky.social; inaugural awardee Hans Coster; & myself 2009 medal.
November 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Congratulations to Prof. Adelle Coster, UNSW, to whom I was honoured to present the 2025 Australian Society for Biophysics (ASB) Bob Roberston medal during ASB2025 at @griffith.edu.au. Adelle is pictured with ASB President, @lisannes.bsky.social; inaugural awardee Hans Coster; & myself 2009 medal.
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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
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...
went on an amazing Foodie tour tonight in Kuala Lumpur with colleagues and new friends, even learnt how to make Roti from a Roti master … I wasn’t god at it but he fixed my mistakes so that it was delicious. Thanks Get Your Guide, thanks Disha who was a most wonderful leader for the evening
November 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
went on an amazing Foodie tour tonight in Kuala Lumpur with colleagues and new friends, even learnt how to make Roti from a Roti master … I wasn’t god at it but he fixed my mistakes so that it was delicious. Thanks Get Your Guide, thanks Disha who was a most wonderful leader for the evening
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📢PhD Scholarship Opportunity! Join our Centre at the University of Melbourne and work with a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, mathematicians and biologists to build experimentally validated models of metabolism.
👉Apply/more info: findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/opportunity/...
#maths #biology
👉Apply/more info: findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/opportunity/...
#maths #biology
November 14, 2025 at 12:05 AM
📢PhD Scholarship Opportunity! Join our Centre at the University of Melbourne and work with a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, mathematicians and biologists to build experimentally validated models of metabolism.
👉Apply/more info: findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/opportunity/...
#maths #biology
👉Apply/more info: findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/opportunity/...
#maths #biology
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The Center for Microscopy and Image Analysis at the University of Zurich is seeking a new Head:
jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
It is super fun to work with them, tons of expertise and cutting edge instrumentation in ❄️🔬
Application deadline: December 15, 2025.
jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
It is super fun to work with them, tons of expertise and cutting edge instrumentation in ❄️🔬
Application deadline: December 15, 2025.
UZH: Head of the Center for Microscopy and Image Analysis (Core Facility)
The Center for Microscopy and Image Analysis (ZMB) is a nationally and internationally recognized Core Facility at the University of Zurich (UZH), providing access to state-of-the-art light and electr...
jobs.uzh.ch
November 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The Center for Microscopy and Image Analysis at the University of Zurich is seeking a new Head:
jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
It is super fun to work with them, tons of expertise and cutting edge instrumentation in ❄️🔬
Application deadline: December 15, 2025.
jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
It is super fun to work with them, tons of expertise and cutting edge instrumentation in ❄️🔬
Application deadline: December 15, 2025.
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Don't mess with Karenia cristata. She's bad news, like her sister in Florida. #HAB 🐟 🌊 🔬 🦠 www.science.org/content/arti...
Australia’s unprecedented toxic algal bloom has a surprise culprit
A relatively unknown species is producing a notorious neurotoxin, devastating sea life
www.science.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Don't mess with Karenia cristata. She's bad news, like her sister in Florida. #HAB 🐟 🌊 🔬 🦠 www.science.org/content/arti...
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Born #OnThisDay in 1934 was astronomer, astrobiologist and science communicator Carl Sagan. As well as being one of the world's greatest science communicators, he worked on the Viking and Mariner missions. Listen to his famous 'Pale Blue Dot' monologue: https://bit.ly/2ANRX30
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Born #OnThisDay in 1934 was astronomer, astrobiologist and science communicator Carl Sagan. As well as being one of the world's greatest science communicators, he worked on the Viking and Mariner missions. Listen to his famous 'Pale Blue Dot' monologue: https://bit.ly/2ANRX30
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What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure. A really informative article, perfect for a weekend coffee read. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:21 AM
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure. A really informative article, perfect for a weekend coffee read. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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🕐 One Week Left to Enter the T-Shirt Competition!
Time’s running out to design the next official Lorne Proteins T-shirt 👕
📅 Entries close 10 November 2025
👉 Submit your design: docs.google.com/forms/d/1nPy...
Time’s running out to design the next official Lorne Proteins T-shirt 👕
📅 Entries close 10 November 2025
👉 Submit your design: docs.google.com/forms/d/1nPy...
November 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
🕐 One Week Left to Enter the T-Shirt Competition!
Time’s running out to design the next official Lorne Proteins T-shirt 👕
📅 Entries close 10 November 2025
👉 Submit your design: docs.google.com/forms/d/1nPy...
Time’s running out to design the next official Lorne Proteins T-shirt 👕
📅 Entries close 10 November 2025
👉 Submit your design: docs.google.com/forms/d/1nPy...
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If you're looking for a faculty position at the intersection of ecology and computing (both broadly defined), please apply to this joint search between the CEE Department and the College of Computing at MIT: cee.mit.edu/people/share...
Faculty Position in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Schwarzman College of Computing - cee.mit.edu
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), together with the Schwarzman College of Computing (SCC) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge MA, seeks candidate...
cee.mit.edu
November 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
If you're looking for a faculty position at the intersection of ecology and computing (both broadly defined), please apply to this joint search between the CEE Department and the College of Computing at MIT: cee.mit.edu/people/share...
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The MACSYS mission - as told by more than two dozen of our researchers - 📽️VIDEO: youtu.be/JyvifQ41RZU
Why it's important, why it's so challenging, and why it's going to take a team of interdisciplinary researchers like the one MACSYS has put together to tackle this challenge.
Why it's important, why it's so challenging, and why it's going to take a team of interdisciplinary researchers like the one MACSYS has put together to tackle this challenge.
The MACSYS Mission (to Mars)
YouTube video by MACSYS
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 AM
The MACSYS mission - as told by more than two dozen of our researchers - 📽️VIDEO: youtu.be/JyvifQ41RZU
Why it's important, why it's so challenging, and why it's going to take a team of interdisciplinary researchers like the one MACSYS has put together to tackle this challenge.
Why it's important, why it's so challenging, and why it's going to take a team of interdisciplinary researchers like the one MACSYS has put together to tackle this challenge.
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There’s nothing quite like the energy of in-person collaboration. Last week, MACSYS researchers specialising in mathematical modelling came together for a dynamic, 2-day workshop at UNSW. It focused on exploring new collaborative opportunities for modelling membrane structure, function & metabolism.
October 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
There’s nothing quite like the energy of in-person collaboration. Last week, MACSYS researchers specialising in mathematical modelling came together for a dynamic, 2-day workshop at UNSW. It focused on exploring new collaborative opportunities for modelling membrane structure, function & metabolism.
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Want to explore synthetic circuit modeling but lack programming experience?
Meet GRN_modeler: a user-friendly tool with a graphical user interface to design and analyze gene network models, from dynamics to spatial patterns! @dmf-unil.bsky.social
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Meet GRN_modeler: a user-friendly tool with a graphical user interface to design and analyze gene network models, from dynamics to spatial patterns! @dmf-unil.bsky.social
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
October 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Want to explore synthetic circuit modeling but lack programming experience?
Meet GRN_modeler: a user-friendly tool with a graphical user interface to design and analyze gene network models, from dynamics to spatial patterns! @dmf-unil.bsky.social
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Meet GRN_modeler: a user-friendly tool with a graphical user interface to design and analyze gene network models, from dynamics to spatial patterns! @dmf-unil.bsky.social
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....