#BBSRC #sLoLa project: Understanding the function of an Ancient uniVersal mEmbRane effecTor @BiologyatYork @CBCB_Newcastle @Cambridge_Uni @UniofNottingham
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What a kick-off to @pintofscience in York last night! Talks covered solar panels & biodiversity, sustainable fishing & maths, biomolecules science, and stressed microbes presented by @GavinHThomas
#pint26 #STEM @BBSRC
Pint of Science starts in 7 days! If you’ve already got your ticket, see you soon; if not, grab a ticket (or 5!) here: pintofscience.co.uk/event/na…
#pint26
@GavinHThomas is taking the stage for the Pint of Science Festival! 🍻🔬Join him on May 18th for a fascinating deep dive into the world of microbes and how they handle stress pintofscience.co.uk/event/na…
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The 2026 Festival programme is now available and tickets are going FAST!
Browse our inspiring (mostly free) events and book your tickets today. Don’t miss world-class speakers, performances, guided tours, family-friendly activities & more.
yorkfestivalofideas.com #YorkIdeas
Less than 2 weeks to go! Make sure you join @GavinHThomas for this year's largest celebration of scientific research, Pint of Science. If you haven't yet booked your ticket for #pint26, then now is the time and tell your friends! @BiologyatYork
@GavinHThomas is taking the stage for the Pint of Science Festival! 🍻🔬Join him on May 18th for a fascinating deep dive into the world of microbes and how they handle stress pintofscience.co.uk/event/na…
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Book now for the @thermofisher Cryo-EM SPA introductory mini-course (14 April, 21 April & 5 May) - FREE online webinar series featuring lectures, Q&A and interactive, virtual break-out rooms 🙂 🔬
Book now (FREE): ow.ly/xY9g50YxIf9
ALT Close-up of a DNA double helix model with event details for Thermo Fisher Scientific's Cryo-EM SPA mini-course in April and May 2026.
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Researchers are developing a living material that actively extracts carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Photosynthetic cyanobacteria grow inside it, forming biomass and solid minerals and thus binding CO2 in two different manners.
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Out Now! Longitudinal profiling of low-abundance strains in microbiomes with ChronoStrain bit.ly/3RR64eE #Microbiology #Microbiome #BayesianModel
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We're delighted to come top of the 2026 Complete University Guide @compuniguide rankings and score highest in 26 subject areas 🎉
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It's out! The final peer-reviewed version of our paper on Prs-mediated tolerance in S. aureus COL is now published in Molecular Microbiology. Read it here! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Congratulations @microclaire!
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🎓 Paid undergraduate summer research opportunity on phage-based control of Ralstonia solanacearum! 🧫
Details of the project can be found here: accedtp.ac.uk/wp-content/upl…
Submit a CV and cover letter to Daniel Narino Rojas ([email protected]) to apply. Deadline 25th June 2025.
Our #sLoLa team will be attending the #EMBOescrt workshop this June. Talk to Jess, Vivien and Ben about our project on IM30 proteins.
Don't miss out! Register now for EMBO Workshop on ESCRT function, evolutionary diversity and mechanism of action, 23 – 27 June 2025 in Caux, Switzerland
📜 Abstract submission deadline: 1 April
✍️ Registration deadline: 1 May
🔗 meetings.embo.org/event/25-e… #EMBOescrt
We have an exciting research technician vacancy on our #sLoLa @BBSRC funded project. Sounds interesting? Have a look ⬇️ and apply by 26 May!
#job 🚨Research Technician in @GavinHThomas lab within @BiologyatYork to understand function of IM30 proteins in protecting biological membranes from different stresses within evolutionary divergent microbial lineages. Apply by 26/5/25 jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese…
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#job 🚨Research Technician in @GavinHThomas lab within @BiologyatYork to understand function of IM30 proteins in protecting biological membranes from different stresses within evolutionary divergent microbial lineages. Apply by 26/5/25 jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese…
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Hands-on #flowcytometry course. With 100% recommended feedback and >4.5* rated for all aspects.
Fun, engaging and very immersive.
See: york.ac.uk/biology/technolog…
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Nice little write up on @morfdb delivering a browser-based solution for @mackinderlab to deliver the results of their awesome CyanoTag project - have a play with the data! #gettingMORFromyourdata
york.ac.uk/biology/about/new…
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#job 🚨 for a Technician in @BiologyatYork working with @YorkEnvironment on projects to improve nutrient retention, water retention, and carbon sequestration in soils: gathering and analysing data. Apply by 30/3/2025 jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/tech…
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Women in STEM - Build Day this Friday 28th in York ran by @thetechbros_io 💻 Register here: lu.ma/pw4tubwh. Sponsored by @ARIA_research + @Codecademy + Patch + Women in Engineering York. Please RT @BiologyatYork + @UniOfYork #entrepneurship #womeninstem #yorkshire
🌟 Today, on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we celebrate the amazing women of @AVERTproject who are driving innovation and discovery every day! 🌍🔬
Join us in recognizing their hard work and achievements! 💡👏 #WomenInScienceDay
@BiologyatYork @BBSRC @CBCB_Newcastle @GavinHThomas @HenrikStrahl @JNB_lab @mackinderlab @Cambridge_Uni @UniofNottingham
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Happy to have this deep dive into polysaccharide family 33 out:
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.24…
We define features driving substrate specificity, catalytic mechanism, and evolutionary links with multiple lyases and epimerises #glycotime @PNASNews