🚨New paper alert🚨 Scientists typically like to conduct research on axenic cultures because they’re easier to control and account for variables, but what if microorganisms exist in a consortia for a reason? link.springer.com/article/10.100…

AMAZING to have you on board Dr Joanne Littlefair . Welcome welcome to the UCL East campus People and Nature Lab UCL Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research UCL Faculty of Life Sciences !

So excited to be nominated to the 2024 class of The Explorers Club 50 (EC50). Each year, the Explorers Club highlights the work of 'Fifty People Changing the World that the World Needs to Know About' - scientists, explorers. Check out my fellow explorers: 50.explorers.org/community/

🚨New paper alert🚨 I’m so excited to be apart of this groundbreaking paper that assessed the impact of glyphosate (more commonly referred to as RoundUp - the leading herbicide, globablly) on phyllospheric Methylobacterium. bmcplantbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

And here’s the Tweetorial! Amazing work by Marleny García Lozano Hassan Salem and colleagues showing a ‘complete story’ of how symbioses allowed beetles to become strict herbivores and diversify. Setting a high bar for symbiosis research. Well deserving of a second retweet! 😉👏

Some Voices choir presents EuroClash 2024, live on our stage! 🌟 🎟️ thegrand.info/some-voices-20… 📆 March 25-27th In this riotous reinvention of Eurovision, experience the joy of 250 voices recreating legendary moments and absolute bangers from your favourite song contestants!

Thrilled that our recent paper led by Gao Chen on Aristolochia made it to the cover of New Phytologist ! We showed that A. delavayi mimics stink bugs to repeal vertebrate herbivores by activating TRPA1 channels nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

Thrilled to be a For Women in Science L'Oreal/UNESCO UK & I Rising Talent this year! This award supports my research on 🦋 at Queen Mary University of London & my motherhood 🥲. ⁠ What a month! - pic to reflect on the change we need for representation of #WomenInSTEM. Thank you UNESCO UK & @lorealuki!🌟

The world needs science, and science needs women! Such a privilege to be part of this group of inspiring #WomenInScience! 👩‍🔬👩‍🚀 Together, we celebrate diversity and resilience 🔥 #FWIS24 @FondationLoreal @LorealUKI UNESCO UK

Fantastic news & massive congratulations to Océane Seudre Seudre Océane with her major achievement, one of 5 winners in UK&Ireland! Welcome support at key career & family stage. Whole lab is proud! 💪🧬🦋 Queen Mary University of London QM_SBBS

Cannot quite believe it but we've managed to pull off SOFT PLAY playing the finish line party in Tunisia. 7th April at the sidi salem hotel in Bizerte. Anyone that can get themselves there is welcome. Get your daiquiris ready girls & boys this is gonna be mega.

A big thank you to Lee Henry for visiting us OEB-ResPrg University of Helsinki and presenting his cool research on #MicrobialSymbiosis. Lots of excellent discussions, science, laughters &ideas! Come again soon! W/ @PatsoBreadhider @FrimanScience

Yesterday's at the QM_SBBS weekly EED meeting Rory Donnellan showed some of his results on head regeneration in Owenia. Beautiful images, and lots to wonder. What happens when you lose your head? 🤕🪱 #WormWednesday

Bilal Haider Queen Mary University of London giving a nice talk SymbNET on the genetic complexities of host control over beneficial microbes. #SymbNET2024

I had a wonderful time presenting a poster on my PhD work at the SymbNET host-microbe symbiosis meeting. So many cool talks and stimulating discussions! Till the next time 😄 #Symbnet2024 #hostmicrobes #symbiosis

Thanks SymbNET for a great conference! Learnt so many new things and met some awesome people 🦠🧬🧫🪲🐝🦟🐜 And thanks to Real Marina Hotel Olhão for wonderful hospitality 🤩💫✨ #SymbNET2024

Phoebe Cunningham SymbNET Great poster. Interesting stuff about host regulation in ant symbiotic interactions

Finally able to digest this years Evolutionary congress meeting Evolution Meetings #Evol2024 🤩 What a great conference, met some fascinating people and saw some incredible work 🤓✨🦠🧬🐜 + huge thanks to American Society of Naturalists for the poster prize - made my trip 🤩 @ASNAmNat

#AntimicrobialResistance (AMR) poses a critical global health crisis.😷🦠 Review explores Bacterial Cytological Profiling (BCP) across various bacterial species and antibiotic classes, highlighting how artificial intelligence can enhance data analysis.✨ preprints.org/manuscript/202…

New PhD opportunity in our lab 🤩 LIDo funded ICase studentship working on using symbiotic microbes to tackle plant viruses in agriculture - a pesticide free method of disease control in crops Apply by 11th December 👇 lido-dtp.ac.uk/apply/apply-ic… 🐛🪲🦋🐞🌱🧬🦠