Using a new experimental infection assay, researchers studied evolution of Staphylococcus aureus in macrophages to reveal a conditional adaptation that promotes bacterial survival in the cells, as well as resistance to vancomycin. mBio: asm.social/1QY

Check out Stephen Garrett’s review on S. aureus competitive strategies

*JOB*

We are looking for an experienced Project Officer to work with Fleming Fund fellows to support fellowship activities, including delivery of online training, visits to Edinburgh, in-country projects, and international travel.

More info: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

I enjoyed learning about biofilms and hearing about great microbiology from ECRs in the Infection Forum and at poster presentations today #Microbio24 #lbep get better soon Tim Nicholas Lee

Great talk from Amy Claire Pickering in a great session yesterday

Honoured to be elected and very grateful to group members past and present, collaborators, mentors, and family for making it possible ! The Roslin Institute The University of Edinburgh Royal Society of Edinburgh

Two Post-Doc positions Strathclyde Science in collaboration with Claudio Avignone Rossa & GSK using #engineeringbiology to improve #sustainability of industrial #Streptomyces fermentations strathvacancies.engageats.co.uk/Vacancies/W/14… pls RT-happy to chat Microbiology Society conference next wk-DM or reach out by email

Led by Jakob T Rostøl and Nuria Quiles, with Lasa_Lab, we show that prophages utilise noncontiguous operons to balance immunity and autoimmunity. Our results underscore the essential fine regulation of these processes for prophages' life cycle development.
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Take a look! It’s not just T7 secretion 👇👇😊

The first paper from my Daphne Jackson Fellowship with Paul Hoskisson 😷🔬🧫🧬🐸🐍🦎 and Gail McConnell at StrathPharm&Bio is now published in Microbiology!

microbiologyresearch.org/content/journa…

TODAY at 3.30 pm - great opportunity to hear from one of our fantastic students on the Wellcome PhD programme in One Health Models of Disease talking about his work on #AMR Tim Nicholas Lee Ross Fitzgerald The Roslin Institute The Viral Talk Podcast

I'm looking for a post-doc to join the lab and figure out how polymyxins kill bacteria, how resistance works and what we can do about it (3 yr, BBSRC funded):
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Happy to share our update on the bacterial superantigens rdcu.be/dv2nZ with Stephen Tuffs (@UVicBCMB) Karine Dufresne Aanchal Rishi and Nick. Big thanks to editor Kirsty Minton Nature Rev Immunol for her exceptional help Microbiology & Immunology Schulich WesternU Western Research

Two complementary papers are out today, providing important insights into the intricate mechanisms used by arbitrium phages to control lysis-lysogeny. One is from Avigdor Eldar lab: rdcu.be/dvbe2. The other is from Alberto Marina and my lab: rdcu.be/du9nU

Amazing opportunity for a flexible proactive highly motivated self-starter to be involved in the development and implementation of research strategy The Roslin Institute. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

Outstanding PhD Programme with world class supervisors and mentors, and in arguably the most beautiful city in the UK. Apply, apply, apply!

Congratulations again Martín for an excellent viva.

Latest from the lab! Great fun with Alberto Marina and Avigdor Eldar's labs. Led by Aisling Brady and Elena Cabello Yeves.
Characterization of a unique repression system present in arbitrium phages of the SPbeta family: Cell Host & Microbe cell.com/cell-host-micr…

Come and join us!!

Wellcome PhD programmes in Hosts, Pathogens & Global Health and One Health Models of Disease now recruiting for entry in October 2024⤵️

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Biological Sciences | University of Edinburgh The Roslin Institute Centre for Biomed Self and Society Keith Matthews Ross Fitzgerald Martyn Pickersgill

Pre-print of our work on predictive phage therapy for E. coli UTI. Extensive interaction data in artificial urine then ML models for activity prediction and cocktail selection for new isolate sequences. Towards phage therapy in the clinic with Dogs Trust 💛🐶

biorxiv.org/content/10.110…