Timofey Skvortsov

1. For residents of Northern Ireland (incl. non-EU if settled). The 2026 DAERA Postgraduate Studentships (tinyurl.com/2m9zxx5h). Deadline: 19 Feb 2. For citizens of China. Queen’s-China Scholarship Council PhD Joint Awards 2026 (tinyurl.com/3kxhnc33). Deadline: 27 Jan

Are you interested in doing a #PhD? Are you excited about research and solving challenging problems? Do you like #phage? If you answered 'yes', I am happy to support your application for one of two studentships to join my research group (skvortsovlab.com) at @pharmacyatQUB

One Week left to apply for this exciting PhD via the QUARTILES DLA w/ Cecile Gubry-Rangin (Aberdeen), @timskvortsov & @juliannemegaw on understanding drivers of virus ecology in the largest freshwater lake in the British Isles, Lough Neagh! findaphd.com/phds/project/q…

@DrMicrobiome @pharmacyatQUB @QUBbioscience @PMEze1 @juliannemegaw @cggbamford @Hairy_Llama @KCAL101 Many thanks Andrew!

@timskvortsov @pharmacyatQUB @QUBbioscience @PMEze1 @juliannemegaw @cggbamford @Hairy_Llama @KCAL101 Congratulations Tim 👏

I am pleased to announce that the AquaPhage team have been selected for Phase 2 of the programme to develop a solution for Lough Neagh algal blooms. To do this, we’ll use #bacteriophages - viruses that kill the problem-causing cyanobacteria but are harmless to humans and wildlife

@JenniferMahony7 Many thanks for your kind words Jenn, appreciate it!

Congrats Tim. Well deserved. Best of luck with Phase 2!

We hope that our approach will facilitate new insights into protein function and make a better use of the expanding structural atlas. Manuscript: doi.org/10.1038/s41467… ProFlex Suite: github.com/DamianJM/profl… #protein #dynamics #phage @pharmacyatQUB

Finally, we provide a suite of tools that allow users users to convert PDB into ProFlex, search for proteins with similar flexibility patterns in structural databases, and compare ProFlex-encoded protein sequences with each other.

Superb news to kick off the week! 🎉 Our new paper is out today in @NatureComms: 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗙𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀

Are you interested a fully funded PhD? We would like to understand the role phages play in well- and poorly-performing broiler flocks using AI! Learn more here: sustain-cdt.ai/advertised-pro… Apply by Friday, 17 October @ 12:00: sustain-cdt.ai/apply

This UKRI AI CDT SUSTAIN project and will be supervised by Dr Didier Devaurs and Dr Leighton Pritchard (Strathclyde), Dr Victoria Smyth (AFBI), and me. You will learn a lot about #AI, machine learning, bioinformatics, microbiology, food production, animal health, and #phage!

I really enjoyed working on this piece about #AI in #microbiology research with @Thomacillin. We are exploring how the data and the user affect the performance of AI, discuss reasoning, and outline 5 key principles of working with AI. @pharmacyatQUB

We are looking for a new highly motivated Research Fellow to help develop our peptoid-peptide hydrogels as a long-acting injectable for tuberculosis prevention @pharmacyatQUB Please find details below👇paying close attention to job criteria. hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrecru…

Our research aligns with the School’s Antimicrobial Resistance theme as well as with Queen's University Belfast strategic research and innovation priority of addressing real-world needs. Check our lab's page at skvortsovlab.com to learn more about our other projects!

Phages are among the most promising alternatives to antibiotics. By studying phages and developing phage-based solutions, we are trying to address a variety of problems ranging from acne to catheter-associated infections to harmful algal blooms.

I am grateful for this opportunity to highlight some of the innovative #phage research we are conducting at @pharmacyatQUB. We are focused on investigating bacteriophages for medical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and biotechnological applications.