🚨 PhD opportunity 🚨 The Whelan & Brockhurst labs are seeking a PhD student interested in investigating the ecol & evol of pathogens in cystic fibrosis exacerbations. This PhD is funded as part of pulse-cf.com w Alex Horsley et al. More info & link to apply below.

Out Now! Pseudomonas aeruginosa senses exopolysaccharide trails using type IV pili and adhesins during biofilm formation bit.ly/3JQFxxe #PseudomonasAeruginosa #BiofilmFormation #Microbiology

👶 What can we learn about AMR from a baby's gut? IOI DPhil student Chy Akpulu is researching infections in newborns with antibiotic resistant bacteria, and how this could be linked to their gut microbiome. Find out more about Chy's research ➡️ ow.ly/9VVA50U57Y3

We’re excited for our first invited talk at the Microbial Genomics of Eukaryotes meeting! Microbial Genomics Editor, Maria Rosa Domingo Sananes from Dept of Biosciences, Nottingham Trent University, will be discussing her work on ‘Evolutionary repair of a broken mitotic entry switch’ #Eukaryotes25

At-home, self-sampling of the skin microbiome: development of an unsupervised sampling approach. Published Open Access and fee-free in ACMI using a Publish and Read agreement: doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0… #AccessMicro #PublishAndRead

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📢Tomorrow is World Sepsis Day!📢 🌍Up to 50 million people are affected by sepsis every year. 💊Antibiotics are the primary treatment for sepsis, but antimicrobial resistance make infections harder to treat. 🧬Addressing sepsis means confronting AMR. These interconnected

🎉 Delighted to share the first pre-print from my lab where we demonstrate that intergenic DNA repeats mediate phase variation of the mucoid phenotype in hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

🦠IOI's outreach programme 'Crush the Bugs!' has reached over 1200 secondary school students around the UK. Through hands-on lab experiments, students stepped into the shoes of antibiotic discoverers- exploring the science behind drug resistance at Oxford.

Our very own Sheppard Lab DPhil candidate Amy Douglas representing the UK Health Security Agency giving us some Campy stats 🤩🤩🤩 #CampyUK2025 Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research Oxford Biology

bioRxiv has a dedicated section for negative results. Use it. Share negative results. Your colleagues will appreciate it.

This is a big advance, folks. We've never had a disease-modifying drug for this devastating inherited disease science.org/content/articl… washingtonpost.com/health/2025/09… economist.com/science-and-te…

📢 We're hiring! We are looking for a Communications and Engagement Officer to work across our website, social media platforms and associated communications channels. Applications close on 10 October 2025. Learn more and apply on our website: microb.io/jobs

At Microbiology Society HQ watching the Young Microbiologist of the Year presentations 🧫🦠

Call for Applications📢! Are you a PhD student or early postdoc interested in the interaction between the immune system and pathogens? Apply for the African Immunobiology of Parasites, Pathogens & Pathogenesis symposium. 🗓️: March 16–20, 2026 📍: Devon Valley Hotel, Stellenbosch,

Last week experts from across the UK and beyond gathered in Oxford for a two-day meeting dedicated to antimicrobial resistance and campylobacter- the most common bacterial cause of diarrhoea. Read about the discussions here: ineosoxford.ox.ac.uk/news/campyloba… Sheppard Lab Oxford Biology

📢Closing on Monday: Associate Professor of Molecular Cell Biology But if you thought you had missed out... 🎉Extended till 22nd October: Associate Professor of Animal Behaviour Join us in the new state-of-the-art Life and Mind Building 👇 bit.ly/488CNW3

One week till abstract submissions for the Microbes in Miami 2026 meeting close. Submit your abstract before Monday 20 October 2025 23:59 GMT - microb.io/MiM26Abstracts #MiM26

Present your #AMR work at our dedicated forum for global researchers and practitioners!🧫 🗓️ 23-25 March 2026 Submit abstract by 1 December 📩 Share #genomics and big data approaches for navigating the growing complexities in the AMR field. 📎 bit.ly/4jOzvtf #AMR2026

#AMR is a constantly rising threat, and this WHO report highlights the very real dangers of drug resistant infections worldwide. We're losing our most important antibiotics. New drug discovery and global surveillance of AMR are more important than ever.