The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.

What can only be described as a brilliant shambles of a first day of VoM-UK draws to a close. Great to meet new #phage friends. Darren Smith - it’s your round. 🍻

We are isolating phages on those bacteria that have been previously associated NEC including S.epidermis, Klebsiella spp. And Enterococcus spp. Posters P259, P264, P263, P262, P247. Lovely bunch, please come and have a chat!

🌿🔬 NEUK Networking Event Coming Your Way! 🔬🌿 Dive into the fascinating world of synthetic biology and connect with like-minded enthusiasts. 📅 Event Date: 5/10/23 🕒 Event Time: 4 PM 📍 Event Venue: Newcastle University , Henry Daysh Building 1.10

#VoM_UK24 #MicrobiomeExplorationNU with the last PhD session coming to a close, we have had another exciting session. Looking forward to the first of our PDRA sessions.

Members of Smith Lab are here in Cairns for Viruses of Microbes 2024. Thrilled to have the opportunity to present our work! Come to Poster Session 1 - (Tuesday Poster 073) and Poster Session 3 (Thursday 021 Jasmine and 027 my poster). Looking forward to seeing you all! #VoM2024 #Phage

Mariklari presenting on her PhD work

So happy to have been given the opportunity to present my work in Pa temperate phages in Paediatric CF patients Darren Smith at VoM-UK great catching up with other fellow phage-hunters ! #VoMUK2025 🧬

Amazing to have attended VoM-UK and had the opportunity to present my work in the preterm infant gut. Super interesting talks and great to hear more from the phantastic phage community! #phage #preterm

Presentation complete! Grateful for the opportunity to give a talk at Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2025 on "Viral and bacterial contributions preceding disease onset in preterm infants: a cross NICU study in the UK" #Microbio25 #Phage