Stanford researchers just achieved another 1st: Using ProxiMeta™, helped isolate p-crAssphage, a common gut virus and shape shifter that can switch between producing viruses and quietly living in bacteria like a plasmid. Read more in Cell Host & Microbe: cell.com/cell-host-micr…

Society Event Grant – applications for funding to attend 2025 Annual meeting in Ireland are now open until 27 Aug 25 at 23:59 BST. Check your eligibility and apply now: microb.io/SocietyEventGr….

Multi-omics research characterising very hard cheeses microbiome and reporting: • Cheese-specific microbial/functional markers • Psychobiotic potential • Bacteriocins/RiPPs related to cheese safety, shelf life, and process sustainability npj Journals Biofilms and Microbiomes

Genomics of Irish swine-derived Streptococcus suis: Population structure, prophages, and anti-viral defence mechanisms biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #biorxiv_micrbio

Early start this morning, but excited to be in Cambridge for the 6th International Workshop on Streptococcus suis #phage #OneHealth internationalworkshopstrepsuis.com

Great talk from Rob Edwards on #phage bioinformatics. Cool new tools just use the QR code.

We (John Kenny) are in Cambridge this weekend for the 6th Int’l Workshop on Streptococcus suis! Great opportunity to put faces to the names in the field and to meet collaborators again. 🐷🦠

Super presentation from ⁦@the_phagemage⁩ on his work characterising phage defence systems in S suis. ⁦Working with Chris Creevey⁩ ⁦Timofey Skvortsov⁩ ⁦Professor Sharon Huws⁩ ⁦

A real honour to present the PhageSUAS project at the 6th International Workshop on Strep suis in Cambridge. Kudos go to J.O.K.Emmanuel🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ and @the_phagemage for all their work. Thanks to Lucy Weinert Dan Turner and the rest of the organising team for the kind invitation

That looked like a bite. #FRAvIRE #RWC2025

Great meeting, great atmosphere, for ECRs in particular #Microbiology

Great day yesterday at #Ploughing25 discussing Teagasc Food Research Programme fermented food research on projects like #DominoEU. The team is still there today and tomorrow at stand Block 4, Row 13, stand 267

‼️ ‼️We’re looking for 2 Post-Docs with expertise in microbiome and #metagenomics data analysis to explore the impact of #fermentedfoods on #gut #microbiome. For any information, please please e-mail me [email protected] ‼️please share!

Applications for Research visit grants are closing tomorrow at 23.59 BST. Don’t miss your opportunity to apply for funding if who are planning a short (one-to three-month) research visit to another laboratory. Check your eligibility and apply now. microb.io/ResearchVisitG…

Well done to all the PhD students and postdocs who presented posters at today's APC Microbiome Ireland symposium 2025. Especially proud of Kelsey, Zoe, Christine and Anik!! John Kenny Kelsey White DvS Research Group Microbiology UCC

Katie O'Mahony presenting an excellent overview if the #DominoEU project Paul Cotter John Kenny

Finally, someone has solved a real problem with AI! No more having to take a paper in the format for a journal that rejected you, and reformat it for a new journal. Well done!! formatmypaper.com

Its that time again. Registration opens at the end of the week for the 5th Viruses of Microbes-UK. Look forward to seeing you all at Northumbria Uni in Jan.

#WorldPhageWeek is coming whoop! From tomorrow, I’ll be posting daily about University of Salford work spreading the word about the wonder of #phages in collaboration with Inst of Infection Veterinary & Ecological Sciences Make In Salford Paul Miller Reflex Arc Cystic Fibrosis Trust Microbiology Society & others. This little dude can’t wait!

Annual Conference 2026 registration is open! Join us at the UK’s largest annual gathering of microbiologists. Stay tuned for Conference updates by following our social media channels and visiting the events page: microb.io/AC26 #Microbio26