MMI Cardiff

My favourite part of graduation was sharing the stage with these wonderful girls and the best PhD supervisor I could have asked for 🎓 @CardiffMMI @cardiffuni @PostdocVoice @PhD_Genie @PhDVoice @ecologysarah

Looking forward to our next Lightning Talks session tomorrow where our #AMR network will hear a diverse range of talks from @GW4Alliance ECR/PGRs in @BiosciencesBath, @bathenganddes, @Bristol_AMR, @ExeterMicrobes and @CardiffMMI. Find out more: gw4amr.com/lightning-talk…

Many thanks to everyone who contributed to a great 2 days of cross-disciplinary #AMR discussions at our @GW4Alliance networking event. Lots of new connections made between members of the @MilnerCentre @BristolAMR @CardiffMMI @ExeterMicrobes @MRCcmm and many others!

My FIRST #preprint is in the world! See our #research into #pandemic E. coli ST131👉 doi.org/10.1101/2021.0… #Genomic epidemiology reveals geographical clustering of multidrug-resistant E. coli ST131 associated with bacteraemia in Wales, UK | @medrxivpreprint A thread 🧵1/8

To mark #InternationalWomensDay we're celebrating the stories of inspiring #CardiffUni women from the Special Collections and Archives [@CUSpecialColls]. #IWD2021

Fantastic to see this work on @biorxiv_micrbio! A combination of my thesis and postdoc work to explore polyyne biosynthetic pathways and discover a #Pseudomonas metabolite we called protegencin! Great study combining #bioinformatics, #genomics, and natural product chemistry

Our paper on the molecular basis for regulation of antibiotic biosynthesis in Actinobacteria by bacterial hormones has just been published in Nature (nature.com/articles/s4158…). Great collaboration with @CorreLabo @warwickuni and colleagues @MonashBDI.

Excited that this paper from my first postdoc position at @CUBiosciences @CardiffMMI is published! Working with #AlgiPharma to explore the application of microbiota analysis to clinical trials for cystic fibrosis lung infection. @MicrobeTweets authors.elsevier.com/a/1cTxSc8NxjCDE

A collaboration to characterise 2 well-known Bacillus biocontrol strain genomes has led to my debut in Bacillus genomics with the biocontrol agent B. velezensis, exploring antimicrobial metabolite gene clusters across 292 genomes @MicrobioSoc @CardiffMMI microbiologyresearch.org/content/journa…

Description of a rapid screening method of specialised metabolites, with antibiotics used as inducers of known and uncharacterised natural products in Burkholderia sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Great to see this study published! Congrats to all involved!

Our paper on discovery and biosynthesis of gladiostatin, the first glutarimide antibiotic from Gram-negative bacteria, has just been accepted for publication in @angew_chem and will be published back-to-back with a related study from @Hertweck_Lab. See bit.ly/2ZBdQ1A.

Congratulations to @Mayaiswright on completing her #MicrobiologySociety #HarrySmithVacationStudentship researching Burkholderia bacteriophages with me @CardiffMMI. It's been a great 8 weeks! Thanks to @MicrobioSoc for providing ECRs and undergrads with opportunities like these!

We are recruiting for someone to join the team running CLIMB in Cardiff. Opportunity for someone with an IT background who wants to develop new skills or bioinformatics postdoc/researcher who wants a change in direction: krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search…

Collaborative effort between Cardiff, Bristol, and Aarhus University exploring the physiological capabilities of microbes in cryoconite holes (mini glacier freshwater ecosystems). • Culturable microbes • 16s rRNA diversity • pH, salinity, temp, O2 frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Collaborative article with Cardiff University School of Pharmacy and industrial partner L'Oréal examining efficacy and mode of action of preservative ethylzingerone against Burkholderia • Transposon mutagenesis • RNA-sequencing • MIC/MBC analyses aem.asm.org/content/early/…

Recent study in collaboration with University of Mysore on the culturable endophytic bacterial diversity of medicinal plants from the Western Ghats, India • 16s rRNA diversity • Phylogenomics • ANI analyses • AntiSMASH analysis academic.oup.com/femsec/article…

Congrats to Yousef Dashti, Ioanna Nakou and Xinyun Jian, whose paper on the discovery and biosynthesis of a new class of lipodepsipeptides in Burkholderia gladioli has just been published alongside a similar study from @Hertweck_Lab in @angew_chem. See bit.ly/3aeuEQ5.

Massive congratulations to @edcoakes on passing his viva this morning by zoom! Best of luck with the new job, and an in person celebration will be organised once it's safe to do so!