Today we’re celebrating 7 years of Technician Commitment 🎉 As a founding signatory, we’re proud to be part of an initiative which ensures visibility, recognition, career development and sustainability of technicians 👏 #TCturns7 Read the Impact report: techniciancommitment.org.uk/assets/technic…

A question for the #knitters…. What is the best way to change yarn balls when constructing something loose and in linen…..?

Note in your calendar, the next #ASMBiofilms Conference will be organized in Portland on Nov 9-13, 2025 2025 ASM Biofilm meeting see details: asm.org/Events/ASM-Bio…

3-year Grade 6 Laboratory Technician post just advertised in new microbiome lab at University of Dundee working with me. I'd appreciate any retweets of this and would be very happy to be contacted about this opportunity! dundee.t1cloud.com/T1Default/CiAn…

An opportunity has arisen for a senior research technician to support the newly set up child health research/gut microbiome laboratory at the University of Dundee. buff.ly/3KAfSpy

Warming up! 1st International Conference on Emergent Functions of Bacterial Multicellularity. 06.-09. Jan 2025, Berlin. Confirmed speakers. #bacterial multicellularity, #conference #Berlin #multicellularity

Join our #PublicEngagement team at LRCFS this summer as a paid intern & help develop new activities & materials that teach the public about forensic science. buff.ly/3VEJsRn

Professor Sarah Coulthurst Sarah Coulthurst (as seen in the photos) was inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh at their recent admission ceremony.

📢Don't miss the last webinar before the summer break, one last #glycotime!🌞🌊🏖️🍦 Join the EGC on 27/6 at 4 PM CEST with Miguel Pineda & Didier Ndeh University of Dundee 🖊️Registration: tinyurl.com/55td94d2 Australian Glycoscience Society Alexei Demchenko, PhD (he/him) GlycoNet ACS_CARB EuChemS Glyco@Alps

Reciprocal sharing of extracellular proteases and extracellular matrix molecules facilitates Bacillus subtilis biofilm formation Mol Micro Editors by Thibault Rosazza/Thibault Rosazza et al from Bacterial Cities onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mm…

A team from @uodMedicine has completed Scotland's first ultrasound thalamotomy - a non-invasive operation that will allow people suffering from uncontrolled tremors due to Parkinson's disease to control their movements. For patients like Ian Keir, this is life-changing. 👇

We are recruiting for an exceptional individual to join us as a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Immunology (Teaching and Scholarship) within our D’Arcy Thompson Unit, to play a key role in delivering teaching across a range of degree titles. buff.ly/4d0dVyP

The official ad link to my earlier post is here... pls share for a wider reach if you can!

Last few days to apply for a postdoc position in beautiful St Andrews! ☀️🏖️ Looking for a microbiologist, ideally with some background in bioinformatics. BSRC St Andrews University of St Andrews Closes this Friday (19th). vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/26…

We're recruiting a PhD student. #bacteria, #motility, #soil, #microfluidics, #drought, #crops. Get in touch quickly! Please RT

📌A highly interdisciplinary #PhD project is available at Physics Astro @ Edin! The successful candidate will learn and deploy ideas from #physics #microbiology #engineering & materials sciences and also work with NBIC's Prof Cait MacPhee & Bacterial Cities Learn more➡️tinyurl.com/3vu5ns6x

TasA Fibre Interactions Are Necessary for Bacillus subtilis Biofilm Structure Mol Micro Editors by Natalie Bamford et al from Bacterial Cities and Prof Cait MacPhee onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mm…

WHO lists #StrepA as pathogen for which we urgently need a vaccine. We are working on a universal glyco-conjugate vaccine together with the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and @GIB - thanks to funding from The RIGHT Foundation & Open Philanthropy

Congratulations to Dr Mattie Pawlowic, who received the 2024 Early Career Research Award at Drug Discovery yesterday! Mattie discussed her journey so far as well as her latest research into cryptosporidiosis #BiochemAwards Mattie Christine Pawlowic

❓ Do you know what is growing in this dish? ✅ It is a #Biofilm! 🎦 Watch our microbiologist @pirneote perform an experiment to see how we study biofilms which are communities of bacteria: buff.ly/3WrNg8R Audio described video: buff.ly/46baO4Z #BiofilmWeek