Helen McNeil

Such a treat to attend Jess's inaugural lecture! Great to see how the work has grown & catch up with so many people 🦠💊

@jessicamablair.bsky.social is one of the most generous people I know, sharing time, ideas & credit. Brilliant science & collaboration. Congratulations 🥂
@imibirmingham.bsky.social

Thank you again to the amazing @pinkpetri.bsky.social for all the hard work that went into designing the poster 🤩

@ilyasalav.bsky.social @lillycummins.bsky.social @bucknerlab.bsky.social @georgiaisom.bsky.social

Loved being @ox.ac.uk last wk for OxBacNet & seeing so many past @imibirmingham.bsky.social friends!

Presented @microbesng.bsky.social's poster: “To long read or not to long read” showing how ONT long-read sequencing outperforms Illumina for plasmid de novo assembly & #AMR gene detection #MicroSky

🚨 Get your abstract in NOW for POPUP Nottingham with @bugsinyourguts.bsky.social & Microbiome-Net deadline 9th Feb 👉 linktr.ee/microbesng

#MicrobialGenomics & #Microbiome symposium 5th Jun
Focus on #ECRs present/chair
Keynotes @halllab.bsky.social & @alexmsalmeida.bsky.social
#MNGPopUp #MicroSky

Huge thanks to @pinkpetri.bsky.social for the brilliant design work on the poster🏆

And a special shout-out to the organising committee, the bake sale supporting Julian House was a really nice suprise 😋
@sarah-kay3.bsky.social @yige313.bsky.social @zoev22.bsky.social

Had a fantastic time at @uniofbath.bsky.social last week for the Dept. of Life Sciences Research Day!

Presented @microbesng.bsky.social's poster: “To long read or not to long read” showing how ONT long-read sequencing outperforms Illumina for plasmid de novo assembly & #AMR gene detection
#MicroSky

Great science deserves a little glitter ✨ ✨

🚨 Call for Abstracts! 🚨
Exeter Microbial Genomics Early Careers Symposium 🦠🧬

Present your work, chair a session, win prizes & network!
📅 12 Nov
📍 Penryn Campus
⏰ Submit TODAY by 5pm 👉 linktr.ee/microbesng

#MicrobialGenomics #ECR #MNGPopUp
Organised with @drramabht.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk

I had a brilliant time at #CBNP18 with @microbesng.bsky.social

Thank you @albertilab.bsky.social for inviting us & modelling fungi tattoos to celebrate our FREE fungal DNA extractions

@microkim.bsky.social @pannyinthelab.bsky.social @warwicklifesci.bsky.social
#MicrobialGenomics #MicroSky #Fungi

Promotional poster for the "Norwich Pop Up" event featuring speaker Katie Millar from the University of East Anglia. The topic of her talk is “Animal-microbe symbioses in pest insects.” The poster includes a photo of Katie smiling and holding a black-and-white cat. Behind her is an aerial view of the Norwich Research Park. Logos for "PopUp microbesNG," the Centre for Microbial Interactions, The Sainsbury Laboratory, and GetGenome are displayed at the top left. A bold vertical pink text reads "SPEAKER" on the right side. The event is on 3 July at the John Innes Conference Centre. A registration link is provided: linktr.ee/microbesng

🪰 Could K.oxytoca Hold the Key to Controlling a Global Pest? Register for #MNGPopUp to find out!

@katiemillar.bsky.social looks at fruit fly microbiomes to unlock new pest control strategies

📅 July 3 | 📍Norwich
🔗 linktr.ee/microbesng

#MicroSky #ECR @norwichmicro.bsky.social @getgenome.bsky.social

Promotional poster for the "Norwich Pop Up" event featuring Gabriel Astorga from the Quadram Institute as a speaker. The title of his talk is: "Are we barking up the wrong tree? Limited E. coli co-occurrence between humans and companion dogs." The poster includes a professional photo of Gabriel smiling in a black blazer. Logos for the Centre for Microbial Interactions, The Sainsbury Laboratory, and GetGenome are displayed at the top left. At the bottom, the event details are listed: 3 July at the Norwich Research Park, John Innes Conference Centre. The MicrobesNG logo is also included. A button says "Register here" with a link: linktr.ee/microbesng. The word "SPEAKER" is vertically aligned along the right side in large pink letters.

🐶 How strong is the bond with your dog? Register for #MNGPopUp to find out!

@gabastorga.bsky.social asks if humans & dogs share E. coli
🧬 217 genomes
💊 50% #AMR
💡 Cross-species insights
📅 July 3 | 📍Norwich + Online
🔗 lnkd.in/eYtyHSyi

#MicroSky #ECR @norwichmicro.bsky.social @getgenome.bsky.social

We’ve got a little Friday afternoon quiz running, can you guess the microbe?!? 🧐🦠📊

#microsky #WorldFoodSafetyDay

🚨 We are HIRING 🚨

If you are looking for a technical post and have microbiology or molecular biology (DNA / RNA) lab experience check out our job advert 👀

We are based in Birmingham and it's a great place to work!

Please share 💙

#MicroSky #LabJobs #JobFairy #JoinOurTeam

Thanks for the tip!

Not me spending half the afternoon on their website 🙈

I wouldn’t shut up until she had created a profile 🙈

Thank you 😊

Photo of my title slide. "A good defence is a bad offense: CRISPR-Cas in inter-plasmid competition."

I've really enjoyed #Microbio25 @microbiologysociety.org so far, and this afternoon things are heating up with the bacterial warfare session 🦠⚔️
I'll be giving my own talk at 3.30, looking forward to sharing all this! 😁

I’m having a great time reading the abstract submissions for this!
Please keep them coming 💙🤩
#MNGPopUp

✨ We’re doing a #GIVEAWAY to celebrate #WorldBookDay &
#InternationalWomensDay 📚👩‍🔬

Win a wonderful #microbiology colouring book by 2 fabulous women @noemiematthey.bsky.social & @drsarahwettstadt.bsky.social 🦠🎨

To enter:
- Follow us
- Like
- Repost this

Winner chosen at random 10/03/25 #MicroSky

Bacteria in my PANCAKES Did I cook up your favorite bacterium? Who's missing? I guess probably a lot are missing since there are many millions of species. saipancakes.com

🥞🎉 It’s #PancakeDay! 🎉🥞

This video from @saipancakes is too Flippin’ awesome not to share!
#SciArt, #pancakes and #bacteria, what’s not to love? 🤔 🦠 🥞

#MicroSky #Microbiology

🎥

🎈🎂🎉 It was Dr. Seuss’s Birthday yesterday!!! 🎉🎂🎈

To honour this most momentous of days, we’ve had chatGPT write us a little story about Microbe Max... 📖🦠

We hope you enjoy it ! 😻🎩

#MicroSky #DrSeussDay #OhThePlacesYoullGo #MicrobialGenomics
#AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #SciSky

I’m looking forward to hearing from @julianparkhill.bsky.social at #CMINorwich25

#MicrobialGenomics #MicroSky

Lunch looks fabulous 😋
#CMINorwich25

Did you get any of the LIMITED edition shiny stickers???

A promotional banner for the MicrobesNG Pop-Up event at Norwich Research Park. The banner features an aerial image of a research facility with a pink text box stating, 'We're coming to NORWICH RESEARCH PARK.' The event is scheduled for 3rd July 2025, from 9:30 to 16:30. Highlights include 'Cool Science,' 'Friendly Networking,' 'Free Lunch,' and a 'Best Talk/Poster Prize.' A QR code and link (https://linktr.ee/microbesng) are provided for free registration. The event is supported by the Centre for Microbial Interactions, Get Genome, and The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL). The design incorporates blue, pink, and white colors with modern graphics and icons

MicrobesNG POPUP Conference is coming to Norwich! It's a FREE #MicrobialGenomics conference 3rd Jul

ECR's submit your abstract (talk or poster) by 3rd Apr www.surveymonkey.com/r/POP_UP_NOR

Please repost!

Organised with @getgenome.bsky.social & @norwichmicro.bsky.social

#MNGPopUp #ECR #MicroSky

Very glad I don't have to stand up in front of any one and pronounce that 😱

I had no idea you could get bitten by a slug, please tell us more!!!