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Prof Lindsay Hall’s research group at University of Birmingham & Quadram Institute. Early life microbiota (we love Bifidobacterium!), and influence of diet, host and pathogens.
Pleased to share @raymondkiu's tour de force paper published @naturemicrobiol exploring Clostridium perfringens pathogenic signatures in preterm infants! https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-023-01385-z
Particular genomic and virulence traits associated with preterm infant-derived toxigenic Clostridium perfringens strains - Nature Microbiology

Genomic and phenotypic analyses of 272 infant-associated Clostridium perfringens isolates suggest that pfoA is an important toxin gene in C. perfringens linked with preterm infant intestinal diseases.

Nature
Attending #microbio23? Then swing by today's poster session from 4.30-5.40pm to find out about #breastcancer #microbiome with @nteng18 P224, #Bifido #Membranevesicles with Anne Jordan P242 & optimised skin #microbiome methods with @IlianaSerghiou P289. πŸ§¬πŸ’©πŸ€±πŸ’»πŸ“Š

πŸ‘‰ We're recruiting! #TenureTrack Professorship on Compuational Microbiome Research
@MedUniGraz

https://medunigraz.at/en/job-openings/tenure-track-professorships

DL April 13th! Please RT #academicjobs #AcademicTwitter #microbiome #sciencejobs #hiring #postdoclife
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Tenure track professorships

Enjoyed putting this fantastic #microbiota review collection together with
@schirmer_lab. Ten up-to-date & informative reviews delving into key topics on #microbiota research and tech advances. πŸ§πŸ˜€πŸ‘‡πŸ’©πŸ¦ πŸ§¬πŸ’»πŸ’ŠπŸ§«πŸ‘„

Thanks to all contributing authors for sharing their insights!

http://spkl.io/60144wCrp

Key perspective/study lead by
Jens Walter, APC Microbiome Institute, on foetal microbiome & low biomass studies. Beautifully put together & compelling evidence; again highlighting contamination issues & need for ' trans-disciplinary assessment'. Thanks for including me and many others!

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05546-8

Questioning the fetal microbiome illustrates pitfalls of low-biomass microbial studies - Nature

This Perspective reviews the evidence for and against the existence of a fetal microbiome and concludes that detected microbial signals are most likely the result of contamination, suggesting that the β€˜sterile womb’ hypothesis is correct.

Nature
Great few nights over the last week celebrating the upcoming festive break with the TUM and Quadram teams. What a wonderful group of people to work with, and thanks for all your hard work over the last 12 months! Now here's to some much needed reboot time - and see you in 2023! πŸŽ…πŸŽ„β›„πŸ‘‹πŸ»πŸ₯‚

Fully-Funded PhD Studentship available in my research team.

High-throughput approaches to develop novel therapies for the treatment of veterinary and clinical infections.

https://www.ntu.ac.uk/research/find-a-phd-opportunity/studentship-projects/exploiting-pathogens-for-the-treatment-of-clinical-and-veterinary-infections

#OneHealth #Klebsiella #phages #genomics

@christoph_STCmicrobeblog great question! This is something we have been pondering for a while - Why is Bif Y?!. We have done some work on it (microscopy and differing O2 levels) but its come to a a bit of a halt, but something I'd love to start up again - maybe a grant for 2023...!
I think that's @hall_lab now on @mstdn.science! Bear with us as we figure things out πŸ€”