🔔New Pre-print🔔 TL;DR: The opportunistic pathogen A. lwoffii is more constrained in acquiring & developing antibiotic resistance 🦠 Jessica Blair Rob Moran Freya Harrison @babs_clough Dr Ross McInnes Dr Eva Frickel Mark Webber biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Many congratulations Dr Gabriella Morley (Scott) 👏 🥳🧑‍🎓

PGRs... we want YOU! 🫵 The UGS is looking for brilliant PGRs to appear in the pilot season of our BRAND-NEW podcast. If you are eager to share your unique research journey and inspire the next wave of postgrads, express your interest here: forms.office.com/e/pn6ymTGU4K

🎉PGRs! Do you fancy spending a cosy evening in watching a brilliant film with other PGRs?🎉 🎥Then come along to the next PGR Film Club session, January 18, 18:00-21:30, at Westmere House, to watch 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'!🎥 🎟️Register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/pgr-film-clu…🎟️

A wee 2024 reminder that I'm looking for a job. Ideally it would be in the UK or Ireland (Scotland would be the dream). Please give me a heads-up if you have an opening coming up or know someone who has. You can check out my interests & CV at rosssmcinnes.github.io Cheers! 😃

🥳Nominations are now OPEN for our prestigious Michael K. O'Rourke PhD Best Publication Award 🥳 🚨For more info: bitly.ws/3baAD 🚨 Deadline: 15th April 2024

🫂Time to Talk Day is the perfect opportunity to start a conversation about mental health🧠 UGS offer a wide range of services on our PGR Wellbeing and Support Page from coaching to mental health workshops: bitly.ws/3bfNy For other Uni services: bitly.ws/3bfMr

🚨Final call! PGRs - Sign up now for a free visit to Thinktank, Birmingham’s science museum🚨 📅Tomorrow - Friday 16 Feb, 10:00-13:00 Find out more about this visit and the 'Enquiring Minds' exhibition project here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/pgr-enquirin…📅

Funded PhD opportunity with me and Tim Overton 😃 Please get in touch with us if you would like more information!

🧑‍🎓Got an amazing supervisor? 👩‍🎓 🤩Nominate them for the Awards for Excellence in Doctoral Research Supervision 🤩 🎟️For more info: bitly.ws/3bauw 🎟️ Deadline: 15th April ⌛️

Happy to share some of my PhD work in mSphere ✨ This work focused on trying to understand why the leading cause of #Acinetobacter-derived bacteraemia in England (A. lwoffii) is broadly #antibiotic susceptible🦠 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/ms…

If you're at #MicroBio24, come and visit posters B080 and B090 during the poster sessions, we've got some Contam Calendars and stickers to give out! 🦠

📢PGRs! Have you submitted your thesis, or plan to in the next 12 months? 📢 📸Do you want to showcase your research + raise your profile?📸 🖱️Details: intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/gradua…🖱️

Fully funded PhD studentships on National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) CTP BITE with Unilever based in @UoN_BDI and AMHT Group Deadline May 21st. You’ll be one of a pair of aligned students supported by our vibrant teams in fabulous facilities findaphd.com/phds/project/e…

🤩It's UoB Xtra time! 🤩 We've got some great events to connect, learn and unwind: 🎞️ Outdoor Cinema screenings from Encanto to Pride and Prejudice 🥪 Language Picnic with Guild of Students 🎨 Mindful Doodling & Colouring See the full timetable here: studentevents.bham.ac.uk/uobxtra/

⌛️Just ONE WEEK to go until our Postgraduate Research Festival! 😱 🥳Don't miss out on the LARGEST celebration of postgraduate research here at Uni of Birmingham 🥳 🎟️Grab your tickets: 🎟️eventbrite.com/cc/postgraduat…

Fully funded PhD studentship for home students with ⁦National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC)⁩ and ⁦Unilever⁩ in cutting edge labs ⁦@UoN_BDI⁩ ⁦AMHT Group⁩ deadline August 11th. Exciting opportunity to combine advanced microscopy & polymicrobial biofilms findaphd.com/phds/project/u…

🚨ECR OPPORTUNITY🚨 Access Microbiology is recruiting Editor Mentees! A fab opportunity to develop editorial skills, no experience required Microbiology Society microbiologysociety.org/news/full-news…