Willem van Schaik

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Director of the Institute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham. Prof of Microbiology and Infection: microbial genomics, metagenomics & evolution of antibiotic resistance. All opinions mine. He/him

In the Institute of Microbiology and Infection of the University of Birmingham, we organise a yearly Summer School for 16/17-year olds from our city. The program includes lectures, lab work and other activities (infectious diseases escape room!) and is great fun for all involved.

The future is bright with kids like these!

At St Andrews

Amazing chatbot that has been trained to be a complete idiot

https://2dumb2destroy.com/

2DUMB2DESTROY

Cargo

For my Dutch followers in the UK: these are bastognekoeken!

Fascinating

'Longitudinal comparison of the developing gut virome in infants and their mothers'

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312823000288?via%3Dihub

Should I be worried?
Not sure -5 is arctic

Only one week left to apply!

A New Year, a new, fully funded PhD project in my group: 'The gut phageome as a driver for microbiome dynamics in critically ill patients'.

Supervision by Andy Millard (University of Leicester) and myself: https://more.bham.ac.uk/mrc-aim/phd-opportunities/

Email me (w dot vanschaik at bham dot ac dot uk) for questions.

Project outline below, deadline for applications 16 Jan.

PhD Opportunities – MRC AIM

I don't have the world's best dress sense but 'unisex, army green duvets for the entire family' is hopefully not going to be a winning strategy for this amusingly named company

A New Year, a new, fully funded PhD project in my group: 'The gut phageome as a driver for microbiome dynamics in critically ill patients'.

Supervision by Andy Millard (University of Leicester) and myself: https://more.bham.ac.uk/mrc-aim/phd-opportunities/

Email me (w dot vanschaik at bham dot ac dot uk) for questions.

Project outline below, deadline for applications 16 Jan.

PhD Opportunities – MRC AIM