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Love to know everything about microbes & their evolution? Join our world-class MSc Evolutionary & Environmental Microbiology ex.ac.uk/microbiology in Cornwall @UniExeCEC. Talk to our fantastic staff&students Wed Dec 6 1700, Fri Dec 8 1300 GMT. Register ex.ac.uk/pgtSessions
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It is such an honor to receive the Claude Paoletti prize for my work on phage-bacteria interactions.
I'm truly grateful 🙏 especially to all colleagues I've been working with these past few years. Thanks @CNRSbiologie @CNRS
What a pleasure to see two talented researchers @InstitutCochin receive the prestigious @CNRS Claude Paoletti Prize this evening: congratulations to @Anne_Chev and @AntoineZalc ! 👏👏
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Passionate about #phage, #bacterial defences, #AMR and #microfluidics?
Apply for a 2 year #postdoc position to work with us on the project @Multi_Defence.
Deadline 5 Nov
Please RT @thepostdoctoral @PostdocPhd @UoE_Jobs
jobs.ac.uk/job/DDG854/pos…
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It was fun to take part in the Systems biology course last week!
Thank you to everyone who helped us run this week's #systemsbiology course; and to the amazing participants who made it such an engaging week!

Want to join the 2024 edition of the course? Sign up for alerts and be the first to hear as it develops: mailchi.mp/ebi/sys24_aler…
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Feely very grateful to receive a James Cook Fellowship for two years of research into #phages from @royalsocietynz. royalsociety.org.nz/news/fellowhsi…
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Interested in phage therapy? Check out this PhD opportunity, based in my team at @UniofExeter. Deadline this Wednesday 1 November. Co-supervised by the amazing @TaylorLabGroup. Drop me a message if you have any questions!

findaphd.com/phds/project/g…
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6 weeks to apply for a PhD with me at the University of Bath, developing new machine learning and statistical methods for studying bacterial killability by phage. Tremendous data from @edzewestra, very exciting project!

findaphd.com/phds/project/a…
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The field of microbial defence systems is a crazy place to be right now! Competitive #PhD opportunity with me @LifeScienceBath via @SWBio_DTP in collab with @edzewestra @UniofExeterESI aiming to explore the regulatory control of multiple defence systems. findaphd.com/phds/project/s…
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VACANCY - GROUP LEADER

📢 Calling #microbiologists! JIC has an exciting opening for a #Soil #Microbiology Group Leader. Those working/interested in microbiome formation in crops e.g. wheat, barley & pea particularly encouraged to apply

okt.to/dnxUGR

@NorwichResearch
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!!!! Postdoc wanted !!! for an exciting project in collaboration with Ariel Lindner at Université Paris Cité to combine RNA-based synthetic organelles with CRISPR. Email ariel.lindner@cri-paris.org with a subject line starting with [GERPSO] for more info!
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Welcome to our brand new cell sorter Iris (named after the goddess of rainbow)!! Funded by UKRI.
Name credit: @ioladom
Picture credit: @endopieectopie
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Another fun and busy outreach session at UpLate event for @FUTURES_NIGHT in Bristol - playing games to get kids and adults talking about CRISPR and gene editing. Thanks to @EmileRoberts97 for running the activities with me and the amazing #FUTURES2023 team
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Come and join my lab! Opening for a @royalsociety funded #PhD studentship starting Jan '24. If you're interested in #evolution and molecular #microbiology click on the link for more info. Deadline 6th November. Very happy to talk to prospective applicants. findaphd.com/phds/project/e…
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Fantastic time in Birmingham! Thanks to @GraingerLab and @Tung_BK_Le for the organizing, looking forward to going to Norwich next year!
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Our paper is out! (currently as an uncorrected proof) @UniExeCEC @UniofExeterESI
Organisms use a range of defense systems against #parasites. Using a #bacteria-#phage model system, @drbridgetwatson @edzewestra &co ask what drives the transient evolution of different systems; implications for #HostEcology & #pathogenicity #PLOSBiology plos.io/3LoFSoM
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New publication (uncorrected proof for now) by @drbridgetwatson, @ElliePursey, Sylvain Gandon (CEFE-CNRS) and @edzewestra.
👉 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…

@UniExeCornwall @UniExeCEC @UofE_Research
Organisms use a range of defense systems against #parasites. Using a #bacteria-#phage model system, @drbridgetwatson @edzewestra &co ask what drives the transient evolution of different systems; implications for #HostEcology & #pathogenicity #PLOSBiology plos.io/3LoFSoM
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Organisms use a range of defense systems against #parasites. Using a #bacteria-#phage model system, @drbridgetwatson @edzewestra &co ask what drives the transient evolution of different systems; implications for #HostEcology & #pathogenicity #PLOSBiology plos.io/3LoFSoM
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In collaboration with the Microbes & Society network, @wcceh is hosting #Antibiotic Stewardship on the Agricultural Commons on Wednesday 4 October. @cdegeling will talk about governing antibiotic risks in beef and dairy farming in Australia.
eventbrite.co.uk/e/antibiotic-s…

#AMR
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So happy to co-lead with @DrHHNZ and an amazing team an @MBIEsci programme to develop #phage solutions for primary industries. @otago @UCNZ @microtago
👏Congratulations to all our 2023 Endeavour Fund recipients! 🤩Read more about these 68 science & research projects with the potential to transform our future: mbie.govt.nz/endeavour-fund…
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So this happened! @PeterFineran and I are co-leading an ambitious #phage development platform for protecting our primary industries in New Zealand! We have an awesome team and ~ 9 million in MBIE funding! Can’t wait to get started! @UCNZbiology #NZLabLife
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