Gave my first talk today at Romanian Academy! Great to see how science can cross borders for the benefit of all. Hope to see more Horizon Europe projects submitted in collaboration! AFBI

Great to see this published! The Holobiont concept in ruminant physiology – more of the same, or something new and meaningful to food quality, food security, and animal health? - Journal of Dairy Science ⁦AFBI⁩ ⁦AFBI Library⁩ journalofdairyscience.org/article/S0022-…

Congrats to all!!!

New preprint in the team! We characterise how the host unfolded protein response is a critical mediator in Campylobacter jejuni pathogenesis and host defence. Fantastic work by recently completed PhD student Gemma Hong 🧪🧫🦠👩🏾‍🔬 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

20 years since my PhD Viva …it was really nice to meet my supervisor Prof. Reid at the Six Nations Rugby match in Edinburgh!!!

Full paper available soon! Well done all!!!! Frontiers | The interplay between antimicrobial resistance, heavy metal pollution and the role of microplastics. ⁦AFBI⁩ frontiersin.org/journals/micro…

#HighlyCited 📑Overview of Virulence and Antibiotic Resistance in Campylobacter spp. Livestock Isolates 📝 by Iulia Adelina Bunduruș, Igori Balta, Lavinia Ștef, Mirela Ahmadi, Ioan Peț, David McCleery and Nicolae Corcionivoschi 🔗brnw.ch/21wQRqg

Finally a bit of sunshine!

For all Campylobacter enthusiasts/opponents, we are hosting the CampyUK2025 conference in Oxford in September. campyuk.web.ox.ac.uk

Researchers studied 16th-century Transylvania’s climate shifts, revealing how heatwaves, floods & droughts shaped societies. Read more in Frontiers - Sustainability: fro.ntiers.in/HF15 or our news site ⬇️ fro.ntiers.in/RdEG

Full paper available ! Well done all !!!frontiersin.org/research-topic… AFBI Alastair Douglas AFBI Library

New Research: The interplay between antimicrobial resistance, heavy metal pollution, and the role of microplastics frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… #FrontiersIn #Microbiology

Happy Retirement Pam!!!! After over 30 years in service, one of our most experienced microbiologists ⁦AFBI⁩ Food Microbiology will retire this week. A BIG thank you from us all in ⁦AFBI⁩ for your dedication and for your collegiality. ⁦Alastair Douglas⁩ @

Well done to all contributors AFBI Alastair Douglas AFBI Library

🧪An “Omics Days” Conference is taking place at AFBI next week from Tues 25th - Thurs 27th March. What are “Omics” studies? Come along and find out! 📅Registration is still open: bit.ly/the_omics_days

Day 2 of the “Omics Days” Conference included a panel session "How Omics are improving Agri-food systems and environmental research" and talks around Omics fields and key research areas in AFBI and the broader research landscape. Back tomorrow for the final day! #The_Omics_Days

Nowdays people are reading less and less books…nevertheless, we are still writing! Thank you to all for their contributions! AFBI AFBI Library

Good crop this year!

AFBI led review paper gets published in the prestigious Trends in Food Science and Technology (IF 15.4). Food safety – the transition to artificial intelligence (AI) modus operandi. ⁦Alastair Douglas⁩ ⁦AFBI⁩ ⁦⁦⁦AFBI Library⁩ sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

AMR and One Health RCSI in Dublin. The agenda looks impressive! AFBI