Anonymous donation to University of Toronto led to a grant call of up to 1.5 million Canadian dollars for #phagetherapy research, with letters of interest due on April 19th. Options for $200,000 & $50,000. International collaborations encouraged. From Phage Directory
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Brilliant opportunity to join with a great group in @unisurreyBiosci and work on an exciting project - we also have two wet lab biology positions on the same project #EngBio

Come work for Dan in our unit! You'll learn loads and see what it's like to be part of the great research community NTU Antimicrobial Resistance, Omics and Microbiota

#Phage -based technologies in the African AgriFood sector have major potential, according to a new report by Innovate UK as part of AgriFood Africa Connect.

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UCC Research will partner in an upcoming conference all-island conference 'Advancing Research Culture Conversations in Ireland', which is supported by the Wellcome Trust Institutional Funding for Research Culture. 

Full registration details 👇

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APC is seeking a Research Assistant to join the European Research Council (ERC) funded project SYNergize led by Hilary Browne based at APC & the School of Microbiology, University College Cork.
Deadline Friday 26 April
Details bit.ly/3Q0TnNX

🌟 #STEM UCC Ireland shines in QS World University Rankings by subject

Agriculture & Forestry: Top 100 globally #79

Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Chemistry, & Physics & Astronomy rise by 50 places 🚀📚

Congratulations to everyone who contributed to this success!

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Fantastic microSCRUM Microbiology UCC seminar this week from Prof. Cambillau on the use of protein structure predictions to further our understanding of complex phage-host interactions!

Great opportunity to come and work in the best department in UCC Ireland (just a little biased!!)

I am hiring ! As part of my European Research Council (ERC) Starter grant at APC Microbiome Ireland and Microbiology UCC at UCC Ireland I am looking for a Research Assistant microbiologist.
Apply here ucc.ie/en/hr/vacancie…
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Riveting talk today by Prof. Cambillau on 'articulated' phages!
Microbiology UCC APC Microbiome Ireland UCC Microbiology Postgrad Committee SEFS@UCC UCC Research @UCC

A fantastic week of discussions with Prof Christian Cambillau. Lots of AlphaFold enthusiasts turned out for his seminars and plenty of new plans for interesting collaborative projects... #WatchThisSpace #phage DvS Research Group microSCRUM Microbiology UCC APC Microbiome Ireland SEFS@UCC

🚨REMINDER: Join is at 2pm for the next seminar in our School Series with Prof Christian Cambillau🚨

Microbiology UCC APC Microbiome Ireland APC Postdoc Association UCC Microbiology Postgrad Committee SEFS@UCC UCC Research @UCC

Eid Mubarak to everyone celebrating today! SEFS@UCC microSCRUM

Coming up tomorrow!!

Today at #Microbio24 make sure to catch the talk by Creevey Lab PhD student John-Paul Wilkins at 16:45 in the session on microbial surveillance to hear all about his work in identifying cryptic halplotypes of SARs-CoV-2 from wastewater sequencing in NI. IGFS School of Biological Sciences

Today at #Microbio24 Niall O'Leary with his abstract on Virtual Industrial Site Access: The use of 360 mapping and artificial intelligence to digitally and conceptually redefine field trips for microbiology undergraduates. SEFS@UCC Microbiology Society

Also up today in the Kilsyth Room at #Microbio24 organized by Campbell Gourlay and our own Jerry Reen - a fascinating look at Biofilm Prevention and Control. Microbiology Society SEFS@UCC

Looking forward to hearing wonderful Prof Ruth Massey speak later on this morning @microbiosoc annual conference. Ruth with be discussing the use of genomics to identify novel aspects to the pathogenicity of Staphylococcus aureus. #microbio24 @sefsucc

Exciting Opportunities! We have 14 PhD positions available as part of a Marie Curie doctoral training award led by Sean Fair, including one with myself IGFS School of Biological Sciences and David Kenny Teagasc 👇 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/210199