
Microbial Evolution Research Manchester (MERMan)
@mermanchester
Microbial Evolution Research at The University of Manchester
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https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/merman/ 16-08-2019 12:57:46
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Just two weeks left to apply for this post-doc position with me! Come join our growing community of medical microbiologists and AMR researchers BSRC St Andrews!

🔈Please RT: Competitively funded PhD open to international students 🌍 Project on understanding antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens 🦠. At Queen's University Belfast 🎓 with myself, @ValvanoMiguel & Beckie Ingram findaphd.com/phds/project/h…




Excited to advertise for Microbial Ecology Lab/Field tech – 4-years Grade5 with Richard Bardgett ( Soil Ecology Lab UoM ) Mike Brockhurst ( Evolution, Infection and Genomics (EIG) UoM ) and me on grant with Prof Sophie Nixon and @katcoyte: jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?… deadline now 22nd July UoM Biology, Medicine and Health Microbial Evolution Research Manchester (MERMan) Earth Sciences at the University of Manchester

I’d like to invite ~10 women in ecology to give guest lectures this Fall to my undergraduate ecology class of all women Saint Mary's College on research and their path in science. Any topic/study system in gen ecology is welcome! Reach out if interested! #womeninSTEM #ecology #wiewebinar


A huge thank you to Microbiology Society for a conference support grant that allows us to include another invited speaker to our lineup! Check out the details of the SMBE Satellite Workshop on Pathogen Pangenome Evolution btw/within Their Hosts, Nov 26-28th, Tokyo smbepangenomes.bacpop.org

We're hiring! Come and join a vibrant team (incl Prof Dunc Cameron 🏳️🌈♿️ 🐝 @katcoyte et al) working on frontier environmental #microbiome science. 5 year Senior Technician role available to start in January, linked to Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research sLoLa project: jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…


Super excited that the final version of our paper on mutation rate plasticity and oxidative stress is out now at PLoS biology! This paper shows how mutation rates are a highly dynamic trait shaped by genotype, community composition and abiotic factors. 1/8 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…

@lcb_officiel Microbial Evolution Research Manchester (MERMan) Also, I'm going to be at #Evol2024 this week if anyone wants to chat all things mutation! I have a talk on Tuesday Morning 10:30am 9/8??



Exciting news: 2 postdocs available in the Cork lab, come help us crack the secrets behind how S. aureus causes bacteraemia, lots of interaction with the SNAP Trial, Dr Rachel Mcloughlin and Mario Recker too! Please retweet 😊 my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecruit… Use this reference: 078812

I feel so lucky to be included in this amazing project led by Alex Horsley and cannot wait to get started! Keep an eye on Whelanlab.co.uk/contact for details of an upcoming PhD studentship opportunity associated with this work.

📢 Attention antibiotic tolerance researchers! Our GIANT review of 50+ years' of clinical antibiotic tolerance data is now available online in Clinical Microbiology Reviews. Check it out here: journals.asm.org/eprint/UUSIDYA… ASM Dr Jo Hobbs Ashley Deventer Claire Stevens


It's happening again! The next Analysing Genomic Data course (#AMGD25) in bioinformatically brilliant Birmingham is available birmingham.ac.uk/postgraduate/c… College of Medicine and Health (UoB) UoB School of Infection, Inflammation & Immunology IMIBirmingham 5 days, hands-on, 17th March 25, beginners welcome