ECRs having fun at the Lockhouse Escape Rooms in Cambridge!!!

Was amazing to see everyone at the two day annual meeting! Massive thanks to our amazing project administrator Alecia Viljoen for the brilliant organisation. Big thanks to our wonderful hosts Kate Baker and Charlotte Chong and to Dr Rama Bhatia and Alecia for ECR activities.

Interested in bacterial defence systems and their interactions? Read our latest review on multi layered genome defences sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #BBSRC_sLOLA

Clinical strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa have accumulated phage defense systems in their genome matching their broad resistance to diverse phage families. Great work by Rita, Daan and Jelger. Ana Rita Costa, Daan F van den Berg science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

We are now on Bluesky. You can find us @multidefence.bsky.social

Excited to share that our official website is now live 🎉🎉 Find out more about our team and our exciting research here sites.exeter.ac.uk/multidefence/

A very warm welcome to the newest member of our team, Maureen Micaletto, who has joined as a postdoc with MicrofluidicsExeter.

Now out in Nature Microbiology: conjugation of a CBASS cyclase to Phage Shock Protein A. Awesome work by Larissa Krüger, Laura Gaskell-Mew and the team. Thanks #ERC for funding! nature.com/articles/s4156…

And it's up! Drop me a message if you want to chat CRISPR vs AMR but can't catch me at A246 during today's poster session - I'm in Edinburgh till Thursday #Microbio24 Microbiology Society

Our brilliant postdoc Anna Olina is showcasing her research on the role of prophages in antiviral defence Microbiology Society Conference!! Stop by poster A320 and learn about her fantastic work! #Microbio24

Thrilled to have our amazing postdoc Aleksei_Agapov, taking the stage at #Microbio24 - Understanding phenotypes in the omics era session this afternoon talking on understanding the functional range of antiphage systems. Don't miss out! Microbiology Society

My poster (85) is up for today and tomorrow! Happy to chat about plasmids and transposons! 🧬🧫🧬🧫 Microbiology Society #Microbio24

Many Congratulations Prajwal Bharadwaj!!!

New preprint from our talented postdoc Sam Went Tim Blower. Congratulations to all the authors!!!

Our talented postdoc Steven Shaw has been awarded a bursary from Oxford Nanopore to showcase his work at the Symposium on the immune system of bacteria 2024 at the Harvard Medical School 🎉🎉 Stop by and learn about his interesting work!!!

Are you a researcher with an interest in #microbiology, #ecology and #evolution? Join our upcoming scientific discussion meeting on the topic of microbial immune systems: ow.ly/fcKR50S89xA

Interested in defence systems and HGT?? Join our dynamic consortium for exciting research!!! We have a postdoctoral position in Liverpool with Jamie Hall Apply here my.corehr.com/pls/ulivrecrui… Deadline 12th August.

🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨 Join the Multi-Defence consortium as a postdoctoral researcher within my lab University of Bath. The project will aim to understand the regulation of multiple bacterial defence systems. Apply here by 9th Sept: bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy.a… lifesciencebath Milner Centre for Evolution

We have another position advertised 😃 with Tiffany Taylor in Bath to understand the regulation of multi layered defence systems!! You can apply at bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy.a… Applications close on 9th September.

Many Congratulations everyone🎉🎉