Congratulations Dr. Qi!
Huge congratulations to newly-minted DOCTOR Tanda Qi, who graduated this week!
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Work experience in the Smith Lab
This week the Smith Lab hosted sixth form students from across Greater Manchester for some hands-on bioscience lab experience. Armed with pipettes and COSHH forms, we embarked on a whistle-stop tour of the Smith lab and Manchester Microbiology as a whole. In 2 days we covered: Most importantly, there were 3-D printed jellyfish as a…
Universally Manchester Festival – Sat 13th June
Join us for the 2026 Universally Manchester Festival on Sat June 13th!I’ll be joining the MERMan stalls at University Place (the “tin can”) with phage models, petri dishes and more. Come be curious with us!
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New starter – welcome Dr. Qi!
Delighted to welcome Dr. Tanda Qi, who joined us from the Delnari lab this May! Tanda is funded by the Future Biomanufacturing Research Hub (https://futurebrh.com/) and will be engineering microbial strains to efficiently produce tailocin antimicrobials. Welcome Tanda 🙂
“Resistance 2 Writing” Retreat
That’s a (resistance) wrap! Thanks to everyone who participated in the inaugural “Resistance 2 Writing” retreat today, it was great to hear about all the amazing science you’re working on! Huge thanks also to the UoM Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health for our AMR Challenge grant funding, and to the Manchester Conference centre for…
New preprint out!
Here’s the latest preprint from my work on evolved resistance to Type VI Secretion system (T6SS) weaponry, funded by a Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Wellcome Fellowship. So happy to see this out! https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.17.712380v1 T6SSs are molecular syringes that allow bacteria to inject a diverse array of toxins into rival cells. I’m interested in how gut…
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MEEHubs26 Registration and abstract submission OPEN
I’m delighted to announce that MEEHubs 26 Registration is now OPEN!https://meehubs2026.oa-event.com/What: awesome conference in microbial ecology and evolution, with hubs around the worldWhere: right here at the University of Manchester (Michael Smith Biosciences Building)When: 3rd-5th August 2026:Abstract submission deadline: April 19thRegistration deadline: end of JulyPlaces are limited; register early to avoid disappointment!
Are you writing-resistant?
Are you: If any of the above sound familiar, you might be interested in our AMR writing retreat taking place next week at the Manchester conference centre. Join Claudia Igler, Norman van Rhijn and myself for a day of constructive writing in a relaxed and collegiate setting! Lunch and refreshments are included. Registration is FREE…
MEEHubs speaker list announced
It’s a privilege to be co-organising the Microbial Ecology and Evolution “Hub” Conference (MEEHubs2026), to take place 3rd to 5th August this year, along with UoM superstars Dr. Danna Gifford and Dr. Mike Bottery. We’re delighted to announce that the MEEHubs2026 Website is now LIVE, with an outstanding roster of invited speakers! https://meehubs2026.oa-event.com/ MEEHubs is a highly successful hub-based conference aiming…