Why are there so many fitness metrics in microbial ecology? I was confused as I started the PhD - and with @michaelmanhart.bsky.social , I developed a framework that unifies existing statistics of relative fitness and shows how they all derive from a few basic principles. Preprint is up! 1/n
Few concepts are as central to evolution as is fitness, and yet the quantification of fitness is often ambiguous. In particular, high-throughput experiments to measure mutant fitness in microbes are i...
Looks like a great meeting! #MicroSky
Hey #MicroSky, you can still submit abstracts for BSAC's Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms Workshop in Nov. The programme is excellent (😉): a mix of big names & ECRs, talks range from drug discovery chemistry, via one health, to evolutionary and clinical microbiology bsac.org.uk/antibiotic-r...
Why is sharing your research with the media important? Sign up for this Microbiology Society free webinar on 24th October to find out more: microbiologysociety.org/event/full-e...
🚨 The Whelan lab is hiring! 🚨 We're looking for a Research Assistant to join our lab at U of Manchester. We're seeking someone with experience in microbiology & microbiome to support our growing group. Note this isn't a postdoc role (though keep 👀 for those announcements soon!) #Microsky 🧪 🧬 💻
Out now: genomics analysis of Pseudomonas in bronchiectasis — expanding geography & increasing 10-fold publicly-available genomes. High diversity between patients, key genes undergoing parallel evolution or diversification, differences & similarities to CF. www.journalofinfection.com/article/S016...
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the most common pathogen in the bronchiectasis lung, associated with worsened outcomes. P. aeruginosa genomic studies in this context have been limited to single-country, Eur...
MMEG: Molecular Microbial Ecology Group 2024, 16-17 Dec, Southampton. Always a great meeting for PhD students and post-docs.
Absolutely thrilled that @matthewcobb has been awarded the prestigious Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Medal and Lecture by the @royalsociety He has been a brilliant ally since I started at Manchester & I have learned so much from him + he is an outstanding communicator 🎉🎉 🧪 #SciCom
The newly established Core Facility for Genomics at the University of Oldenburg is looking for a bioinformatician! Please apply / or spread! (3 years + possibility of permanency) uol.de/stellen?stel...
Deadline is 3rd September for this new #postdoc role in @hall_lab - check out the details below, and remember if you want to apply you have to submit an application via the UoB vacancies portal (email applications can't be accepted). 🦠🧫💩🧒💊😀
We've got an exciting #postdoc role in @halllab.bsky.social which is now live (closes 3rd Sept)! If you're passionate about #microbiome research, & want to explore iron uptake in beneficial Bifido check out the details below and see if you're a 'fit'! edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
This innovative project is conducted in collaboration with Dr. Peter Chivers’ lab at Durham University, which will perform the molecular characterisation of a newly identified and novel iron uptake sy...
Planning and Analyzing a Low-Biomass Microbiome Study: A Data Analysis Perspective academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...@faecalmatters.bsky.social
Low-biomass microbiome studies show great potential alongside major controversies. This review surveys key methodological challenges and discusses experime