Akash Shambharkar, PhD, MRSB

Colin Hill from @Pharmabiotic now speaking at #Probiota!

Realizing phage therapy in the UK dlvr.it/TQxt1C #MicroSky

New online! Predicting phage–host specificity dlvr.it/TQwh61

🦠 Scientists assemble and precisely engineer synthetic bacteriophages from fragments—paving the way for customizable viruses to combat antibiotic-resistant infections. In @PopMech: ow.ly/b5Nt50Y7Eo7 In PNAS: ow.ly/iVAK50Y7Eo1

The Letters in Applied Microbiology Early Career Scientist Research Symposium (LAMECS) returns on Thursday 18 June 2026 at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School! Now in it's 15th year, LAMECS is designed especially for students and early career researchers and is the perfect opportunity to: 🔵 Present research in a friendly & supportive environment (poster or 15-min talk) 🔵 Connect with early career researchers & established professionals 🔵 Gain insights into publishing, policy, and cutting-edge microbiology research This year’s programme spans all aspects of applied microbiology, including food, health, environment, industry, and microbial ecology. To book your place, visit: appliedmicrobiology.org/ems-event-cale… #LAMECS #AppliedMicrobiology #EarlyCareerResearchers #Microbiology #ECR #STEMCareers #ScientificConference #UKEvents

2026 has just begun and we are looking forward to welcoming you to EMBL for another year of groundbreaking science. Our programme now features even more events, check it out ➡️ s.embl.org/2026-poster

Rebecca presenting at VoM -UK, on rapid genome sequencing. Using plaque-2-seq . biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

After 2 years of close collaboration with colleagues in #Kyiv, our work supporting a #phage therapy program in #Ukraine is now out as a preprint: biorxiv.org/content/10.648…

🔬𝐢𝐕𝐨𝐌 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 – 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟏: Viral Biotechnologies⁣ ⁣ 🗓28 Jan 2026 ⏰17:00 CET | 11:00 EST | 08:00 PST⁣ ⁣⁣ • Intro by a senior researcher⁣ • 3 ECR talks⁣ • Live Q&A⁣ 👉 Register:⁣ isvm.org/ivom/

Exciting news for the new week! 🧬 A major study in @Nature reveals a new CRISPR mechanism: Cas12a3 stops viral infection by cleaving tRNA tails. Researchers from Glatt Lab contributed essential tRNA analysis and biophysical measurements to this international discovery. 🔬✨

🔊 Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Bacterial Evolution. Looking to recruit a postdoc to join a UKRI FLF-funded project on antibiotic resistance evolution in the microbiome 🦠 3 years funding, deadline 26th Jan, please share! hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrecru…

Out Now! Phage-associated Cas12p nucleases require binding to bacterial thioredoxin for activation and cleavage of target DNA bit.ly/4q9RJJK #Microbiology #PhageResearch #Genomics

Out Now! Models and co-culture experiments assess four mechanisms of phytoplankton–bacteria interactions bit.ly/4on4ejC #Phytoplankton #Bacteria #Microbiology

Out Now! Streptococcus pneumoniae S protein activates PBP1a to regulate peptidoglycan remodelling and cell division bit.ly/4qlEs0p #StreptococcusPneumoniae #PBP1a #Microbiology

#PhgOx26: Save the Date! Join us for the Oxford #Bacteriophage Conference – #Phages 2026; 01–02 September 2026; St Edmund Hall, Oxford, UK & Online! lpmhealthcare.com/phages-2026/ #antimicrobial #antibioticresistance

Congratulations to Dr Tongchuan Wang and Dr Thomas Thompson on winning prestigious @QUBPostdoc Awards! Tongchuan's cancer research innovations and Thomas' exceptional student mentorship showcase the excellence driving our research forward! 🏆 Read more: go.qub.ac.uk/PDCA2025

BSVoM members representing in Stockholm Wenner-Gren - Wenner-Gren Symposia - share.google/fjv2ZZM8pCgJTs… "Phage-bacteria interactions: the molecular battle for control of the central dogma” conference. @RobLavigne1

🎙️New episode out.
We talked with @rafapinilla92 , Group Leader of the Bacterial Immunity Research Group at the University of Copenhagen.
A deep dive into phage–bacteria interactions, CRISPR systems, and the future of bacterial immunity research.

@QUBPostdoc @QUBNBE @PlanQUB @Permagov_EU @QUBResearchAHSS @QubEps @MHLSQUB @QUBstaff 🏆 Postdoc awards - Support category Congratulations to the winners and highly commended researchers across the @QUBResearchAHSS, @QubEps and @MHLSQUB faculties! This award recognises involvement in the supervision, training and mentoring of students and fellow staff members

Phages are promising against antibiotic-resistant bacteria—but resistance can emerge.🦠 New work from @baerboletta lab shows E. coli can resist phages in the lab, but in the gut that resistance comes at a cost: context is crucial for #PhageTherapy success. buff.ly/NLOjnE2