Whoop! Our paper looking at host adaptation in S. aureus is out today (not that I have been refreshing my browser for the last 15minutes...) nature.com/articles/s4155… shout out to co authors: Ross Fitzgerald @rbacigalupe @julienisking

A rite of passage - but we finally got there! Congratulations to everyone that worked hard on the project. x.com/jrossfitz/stat…

Milner Centre for Evolution paper on host switching in S. aureus out today in Nature Ecology and Evolution (with many colleagues!) x.com/jrossfitz/stat…

Host-jumping bacteria and the evolution of pathogenic clones natureecoevocommunity.nature.com/channels/521-b… #behindthepaper

Okay, final plug... If you're interested in host adaptation, MGEs or host pathogen interactions you should read our paper in NatureEcoEvo (spoiler: humans started it all) Here is a link to the full article courtesy of #SharedIt thanks Springer Nature rdcu.be/3okk

Today is the last chance to register for this conference. It's a great opportunity to see the latest research and techniques in -omics. I would really highly recommend it!

Is it me or are the Base4 droplets adorable? #UKGS18

What have we started @alanmcn1 ?

Greetings from the MicrobesNG Team: two Spaniards, one Greek and two Dual Nationals. This week is University of Birmingham’s #WeAreInternational week!

Looking forward to seeing everyone in Belfast for #Microbio19. Come to our stand to play with our TopBugs card game!

Cool freebie from ⁦microbesNG⁩ looking forward to playing in the pub later #Microbio19 #Microbialtoptrumps

If you are interested in completing bacterial genome assemblies then you need to watch this. Really well explained and very exciting new methodology from Aaron Darling!! #longreadclub

We are delighted to announce MicrobesNG is from today an independent company! We will continue to work closely with IMIBirmingham and the University of Birmingham to provide you with microbial genome sequencing and analysis, with some exciting new offerings coming soon!

We are recruiting and it’s an exciting time to join the MicrobesNG Team! Check out the current vacancies in our Lab and Bioinformatics Operations and have a fantastic Christmas! microbesng.com/careers/

An insight into what makes the enigmatic Rads tick. The COG-UK consortium is lucky to have him onboard!

Fatal exudative dermatitis in island populations of red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris): spillover of a virulent Staphylococcus aureus clone (ST49) from reservoir hosts #Papers365 - fascinating stuff Ed Feil microbiologyresearch.org/content/journa… Microbiology Society

STAPH IN SQUIRRELS! with Kay Fountain, @MarjorieGibbon et al microbiologyresearch.org/content/journa…

Our paper investigating bacterial mutation rates is out now in PLoS Genetics. Below I give a thread on our findings (1/14).