The Staphylococcal Research Lab, run by Professor Joan Geoghegan, Head of Dept of Microbes, Infection & Microbiomes @uobinfectionsch @unibirm_CMH @imibirmingham
University of Birmingham
Joined May 2015
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Really delighted to see Lindsay Hall, our Chair of Microbiome Research, recognised as a trailblazer as she joins the Goalkeepers community 🎉 wired.com/sponsored/story/me…
Huge congratulations to Professor Lindsay Hall @hall_lab, who has been named as one of the UK’s 2025 Goalkeepers by @WIRED Consulting and The @gatesfoundation. Lindsay sits alongside other visionaries of global development, taking on the world’s biggest problems.
ALT Photography by Ruth Samuels
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I am ecstatic to announce that I’ve been awarded a
@wellcometrust Early Career Award! I couldn’t have done it without everyone who helped me along the way! I will join @Dunn_School to do some exciting science on efflux pumps for the next 5 years!
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Thrilled we are now able to share our investigation into whether new AI protein design tools can fool DNA synthesis screening! 🥳 Was a privilege working with amazing folk at @Microsoft @TwistBioscience @idtdna @IBBIS_bio @RTX_News Raytheon @aclid @Battelle on this timely issue🧬
Identifying & mitigating an AI-enabled biosecurity vulnerability. Confidential effort on biosecurity red-teaming leads to distrib. of "patches" that bolster DNA synthesis screening. Article: aka.ms/AAtoa8e Work continues. @MSFTResearch @TwistBioscience @aclid @EngBioRC
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All MIBTP and MRC AIM PhD projects that are currently available in MIM Dept @unibirm_CMH @UoBinfectionsch can be found here:
findaphd.com/phds/department… All fantastic people with great projects!
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Giving these another airing... projects on bacterial pathogens, antimicrobial resistance, and basic mechanisms... all with a hint of gene regulation #PhD #opportunities
PhD projects available in our lab all listed in the below link. All focus on bacterial gene regulation, in the context of basic understanding, disease, or anitbiotic resistance. Deadlines in January...
findaphd.com/phds/?Keywords=…
Join us @unibirmingham
for one of these exciting @MIBTP_BBSRC funded microbiology PhD studentships to study Staphylococcus aureus and it's interactions
warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/…
Apply before 16 Jan 2025 - shorturl.at/CNUOf
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Postdoc Position Available in Our Team! For more info follow the link 👉🏻 cnbch.uw.edu.pl/oferty-pracy… or 📧 me!
🚨Exciting Postdoc Opportunity in Microbiology😃!
Join our team at the University of Warsaw to explore how Staphylococcus aureus interacts with the human hemostatic system, forms biofilms and evades the immune system. For more info, go here 👉 shorturl.at/M43hh or get in touch! 🙂
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Excited to share this work from @LKorshoj in @NatureComms on a new bacterial scRNA-seq platform we used to demonstrate S. aureus biofilm heterogeneity and transcriptional adaptations to immune cell populations. rdcu.be/d1gAw
@UNMC_PathMicro #biofilm
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An exciting fully funded #PhDOpportunity is now available in my lab as part of Yorkshire Bioscience DTP starting October 2025.
Info: t.ly/QU0Qj
Interested? Apply t.ly/v-g--
#AntimicrobialResistance #Microbiology #WAAW24 #innovation #staphylococci
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This #WorldAntimicrobialAwarenessWeek, hear from Dr @mmcbuckner and her team on the vital work they are doing to combat antimicrobial resistance, and the impact of this global health threat. @ilyas_alav @ImmunologyUoB @UoBinfectionsch @UoBbiosciences @unibirmingham #WAAW2024
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I have three PhD studentships available currently through the MIBTP DTP warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa... on different aspects of the respiratory microbiome, interaction with mucin with @LucyICM the resistome with @mmcbuckner and pathobionts with @Bacterioskeptic
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A project in my lab with @JessicaMABlair seeks to understand how efflux pumps can be used to improve organic solvent tolerance in industrial processes, and how this can be balanced against energy demands. warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/…
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Have you seen that @oldjoeclock is blue? He is helping us highlight #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek! Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria becomes resistant to antimicrobial agents, meaning antibiotics become ineffective and increasing disease risk. who.int/campaigns/world-amr-…
ALT The Old Joe clock tower, with the clock face lit up blue.
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PhD studentship alert!! Two projects available with me @IMIBirmingham on the @MIBTP_BBSRC
This one is with @mmcbuckner warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/…
And this one with @Overtonlab warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/…
Both will be lots of fun! Come and join the team 😃
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I have a funded PhD opportunity through MIBTP to look at pneumococci in adults with @MikeyJ (also check out two other projects with Mike and Prof. Joan Geoghegan on other respiratory pathobionts) link here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/… Happy to be contacted with questions
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MIBTP doctoral training partnership has had renewed funding, congratulations to that team! Keep an eye on the website warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/… and FindAPhD.com for the details. I'll be advertising 3 PhD projects on different aspects of the respiratory microbiome
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Colleagues in Microbes Infection and Microbiomes birmingham.ac.uk/research/mi… and across the colleges here will have opportunities too
Reach out to people if you're interested in the opportunity!
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It's great to have @LukeeActon join the team and kickstart our @BBSRC project with @ptchivers on iron uptake systems in #bifidobacteria 🤩🙌🦠🧫💻🧬
Very excited to have joined the @hall_lab at @unibirmingham! Looking forward to discovering cool things about #bifidobacteria and the early life #microbiome!
