@buzzingbennett.bsky.social's first PhD paper has just been published, titled "Molecular detection of honeybee pathogens in honey from a UK citizen science program" 🐝🦠
Check it out: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Summary below ⬇️
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@oxonandrew.bsky.social @hollytipper.bsky.social @rachelapayne.bsky.social @willhgaze.bsky.social @danread.bsky.social
Further, we translated the PNECRs for water environments into PNECRs in soil 🌱 and compare both PNECRs to publicly available measured environmental concentrations to determine the current risk these chemicals pose.
Here we determined predicted no effect concentrations for resistance (PNECRs) for antifungal compounds 💊 in water environments 🌊 from MIC data 🧫. We used an enhanced methodology that considers censored nature of MIC data.
Our latest paper has just been published in Environment International!
Check it out here ➡️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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@oxonandrew.bsky.social & @istanton.bsky.social travelled to the University of Lincoln meeting for a project meeting for their NERC Seedcorn project on modelling AMR in the environment 🦠🌊.
Check out a blogpost on the meeting here: graziellaiossa.weebly.com/news/worksho...
"I work on both bacterial 🦠 and fungal 🍄 #AMR in the environment with a particular interest in how chemical pollutants drive resistance 💊. I also work with policy colleagues to deliver evidence to tackle these challenges" - @istanton.bsky.social
Happy #WomenInSTEM day! 👩🔬
The Molecular Ecology group at @ukceh.bsky.social comprises of many fantastic women👩🔬 conducting research on all things #molecular #ecology, #AMR, #microbes 🧬🦠🧫
Stay tuned as we introduce you to some them over the course of today ⬇️
@rachelapayne.bsky.social & @istanton.bsky.social took a trip to their local sewage treatment plant to have an induction and take some practice samples for an upcoming sampling campaign investigating multidrug resistance in different population demographics 🦠🧫💩
🗓️ It's January wrap up time!
Our researchers have been busy kicking off the new year with lots of different activities including sampling, presentations, project meetings, training and lots of lab work!
Check out what we've been up to ⬇️
@ukceh.bsky.social
🚨Second new #job advert of the week!🚨
We are currently recruiting a Molecular Ecology Research Assistant to the Molecular Ecology group who will be working on all things #microbes, #AMR & #eDNA 🦠🧬🧫
Details on how to apply ⬇️
ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca...
Come work with us!
Photo showing most of the Molecular Ecology research group wearing christmas hats, having a meal
Molecular Ecology Christmas party 2025 🎄☃️🥂
📢 All #PhD #adverts now live 📢
All on #AMR 🦠🧫 in the #environment 🌊🌱 and deadlines are throughout January!
For details of different projects, see thread below ⬇️
#WAAW #WAAW25 #WAAW2025
Finally - I am a co-supervisor on a GW4+ PhD project, which will be based at the University of Exeter on multidrug resistance in the environment, and risk to human health. Details below! 🧫🌊💊
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#AMR #MDR #WAAW #WAAW25
My Red-ALERT #PhD project advert "Understanding the Impact of Chemical Mixtures on Antimicrobial Resistance in Freshwater Ecosystems" is now live! 🦠🌊💊
Details on the project and how to apply here:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#AMR #WAAW #WAAW25
It's the final day of World #AMR Awareness Week #WAAW #WAAW25 🦠🧬🧫
Our researchers have a number of #PhD studentships studying #AMR which will start in Sept/Oct 2026.
The @ukceh.bsky.social LinkedIn page has collated all our available PhD studentships here ➡️ tinyurl.com/mabvvus
Our recent paper on #stakeholder opinions on the delivery of environmental components of the UK's #AMR National Action Plan has been written up into a blog! 🦠🌊
Check out the paper here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
And the blog below ⬇️
@oxonandrew.bsky.social @hollytipper.bsky.social #WAAW
We process our monitoring samples in a variety of ways, which include #phenotypic testing for #AMR, as well as using #molecular methods such as #qPCR and #sequencing to look for specific antimicrobial resistance genes 🦠🧬👩🔬🧫
#WAAW
Happy World #AMR Awareness Week! #WAAW #WAAW25
At @ukceh.bsky.social our AMR researchers work on both #bacterial and #fungal AMR!
We undertake research monitoring AMR in many different environments (water 🌊, wastewater 💩, air 💨, soil 🌱 & plants 🌿), which means we get out in the field a lot!
A new PhD advert is now live on the GW4+ programme titled "Understanding selective concentrations of antimicrobials in different microbial populations" 💊🦠
For more details on how to apply ⬇️
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#AMR #WAAW #WAAW25 #PhD
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@hollytipper.bsky.social & @istanton.bsky.social went to visit the Unilever labs yesterday to meet up with their PhD student Olivia Mescall and her other supervisors @profjrsnape.bsky.social & Katie Endersby!
As well as talking about Olivia's PhD, they went on a tour of the Unilever labs! 🥼🧪
Secondly, I am a co-supervisor on an ECOWILD project based at York university on the impacts of temperature, precipitation and chemical gradient on #AMR in constructed and natural wetlands 🦠🌊
More details here ⬇️
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
@profjrsnape.bsky.social
First, a CENTA project investigating whether fungicide residues in compost are capable of increasing #AMR in environmental, opportunistic pathogens 🌱🧫
Details here ⬇️
centa.ac.uk/studentship/...
@oxonandrew.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social #EnvironmentAgency
🚨New #PhD #adverts alert🚨
I currently have two PhD studentships being advertised on environmental #AMR ⬇️
More being advertised soon 👀
@ukceh.bsky.social @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social
Yesterday was our Annual Postgraduate Showcase at UKCEH! A number of our PhD researchers participated by presenting their research as either a poster or as a talk! 🦠🐝🧬
Isobel Stanton presenting the title slide of a presentation
Holly Tipper presenting a slide showing how wastewater is an interface between human activities and the environment
Holly and Isobel at Oxford's Natural History Museum in front of one of the dinosaur fossils
Photo of a dinosaur fossil
Last month, @hollytipper.bsky.social & @istanton.bsky.social attended the Microbiome Innovation and One Health Conference in Oxford 🦠🧫
They co-presented on their work on #AMR in environmental microbiomes, as well as attending the networking event at @morethanadodo.bsky.social 🦖
The work on evaluating the UK's #AMR National Action Plan was recently published which focused on stakeholder opinions on the implementation of the 2019-2024 plan 🦠
Check it out below ⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@hollytipper.bsky.social @oxonandrew.bsky.social @rebeccaglover.bsky.social
@istanton.bsky.social is an Environmental Molecular Microbiologist with a particular interest in dissemination, selection & transmission of both bacterial and fungal #AMR. Isobel has undertaken numerous pieces of work for policy, including an evaluation of the UK’s AMR National Action Plan 🦠🍄🧬
Tim recently published a paper on how soil properties in agricultural systems impact microbial genomic traits 🦠🌱🚜
Check it out here ⬇️
academic.oup.com/femsmicrobes...
