Still time to apply for a fascinating collaborative #PhD project with Dr Holly Wilkinson #HYMS and myself. You will explore the impact of #AMR bacteria on skin wounds and the potential of phage & phage-derived products as antimicrobials bit.ly/3UczUcA Apply by 3rd Nov!

Antibiotic resistance (AR) is a major issue & could lead to 10 million deaths by 2050. We now have a funded PhD project to understand AR using advanced biophysical tools! Join Daniela Barilla', Paul CM Fogg and I Biology at York & @PhysicsatYork! Apply now👇👇 tinyurl.com/yzkmus37

📢Looking for an exciting PhD? Interested in #AntibioticResistance plasmids🧬and the mechanisms responsible for their survival in bacteria? 💵Funded Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research project open to applicants worldwide with me & Paul CM Fogg & Steve Quinn in York findaphd.com/phds/project/f… 📆8 Jan 2023

We have launched an inquiry looking at the potential of bacteriophages as an alternative to antibiotics. It is a result of the winning pitch for our #MyScienceInquiry. Deadline for submissions is Friday 20 January. For more details & how to submit: committees.parliament.uk/committee/135/…

Apparently, capsids of marine phages are decorated with the same type of spikes as gene transfer agents. And the spike fibre is anchored in the base by the same amino acid motif. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jv…

Congratulations Laura!

We are looking forward to hosting Dr Antonia Sagona for the inaugural seminar of our new seminar series #MicrobialLife: from molecules to communities Biology at York York Biomedical Research Institute University of York Supported by GENEWIZ Europe, By Azenta Life Sciences Starlab Cytiva Mark Frost New England Biolabs Unilever UK & IRE

Thank you so much for inviting me to give a seminar Biology at York York Biomedical Research Institute Paul CM Fogg Daniela Barilla' ! I had excellent discussions with your team and @SeanMeaden Gavin H Thomas James Chong , Paul Pryor and Marjan Van Der Woude. I am on my way back full of ideas!!

Fantastic thread by Pavol, summarizing his discovery of most likely the founding member of a new family of tail-less phages - bit.ly/3Q3UPiP iScience journal. Also, crucial insights into how to handle these phages that are so often overlooked due to purification biases!

I am pleased to offer two exciting PhD opportunities University of York to study virus assembly, structure and genome processing. Viruses are the most abundant organisms on the planet with a massive impact on all aspects of life. Apply: bit.ly/3tqGVOJ or bit.ly/3ZJTmBx

We just updated our story about defence system synergism, biorxiv.org/content/10.110… . We teamed up with @Eugene_Koonin and Sofya Garushyants, and analysed >40,000 genomes to show that defence systems often non-randomly co-occur in bacterial genomes.

#NewPaper from Paul CM Fogg and colleagues 'The influence of coiled-coil motif of serine recombinase toward the directionality regulation' Read it here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Last chance to apply for one of these bacteriophage #PhDposition I am offering in collaboration with Prof. Fred Antson Biology at York YSBL. Opportunities to study structural, molecular, genetic and evolutionary aspects of viruses of microbes.

We present a preprint about a “stargate” mechanism of the capsid opening required for genome delivery in members of the Microviridae family. See below for a short manuscript summary (1/9). biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Fully funded #PhD position now available! Want to learn skills in protein engineering, microbiology and single-molecule biophysics? Come join our interdisciplinary team Biology at York & UoY School of Physics, Engineering and Technology led by Dr Purba Mukherjee. Apply here: 👇👇 tinyurl.com/3ve22fx7 🔬🧬🧫📊

We have a fascinating preprint just out, revealing the widespread packaging of bacterial genomic DNA into capsids in the human gut:bit.ly/3B2ajza. Major denizens of the #microbiome implicated with broad potential impact on bacterial evolution and horizontal gene transfer

Collaborative and interdisciplinary Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research #PhDposition now available University of York - tinyurl.com/3ve22fx7. Experience a vibrant mix of genetic and protein engineering, microbiology of an industrially relevant model organism, and single-molecule biophysics. Apply by 6th Jan.

3rd year attending VoM-UK & a first presenting 🎙️ Great experience being able to discuss the evolutionary function of Gene Transfer Agents & another brilliant year of talks from the phage community 👏

🚨Exciting #Postdoc opportunity in the Fogg & Antson labs at YorkUni: 3-year post to explore the #StructuralBiology & mechanism of viral DNA-packaging motors using cutting-edge #CryoEM, biophysical and molecular approaches. Apply by 9th Oct at bit.ly/3Iz3bOu #ScienceJobs

Fantastic Biology at York #Microbial_Life seminar yesterday by Mark Dillingham University of Bristol 🧬🧪. An engaging talk and fascinating to hear about RecBCD, phage-host arms race, DNA mimics and the enigmatic retrons! Massive thanks to Bio-Rad Laboratories, Starlab and BMKGENE for their sponsorship.