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#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
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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

Nature, Numbers, and the Invisible World

Explore the hidden rules that shape our world, from the stress responses of microbes and the molecular machinery of life to the maths behind ecosystems, mo…

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Apr 27
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@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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York Festival of Ideas@YorkFestofIdeas
May 4
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
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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
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Apr 27
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@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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RMS
@RoyalMicroSoc
Mar 23
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
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.

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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rcsb pdb 💉🧬💻🔬💊🌱🧠🦠@buildmodels
29 Jun 2025
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. ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/e…

A building material that lives and stores carbon

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...

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Nature Microbiology@NatureMicrobiol
6 May 2025
Out Now! Longitudinal profiling of low-abundance strains in microbiomes with ChronoStrain bit.ly/3RR64eE #Microbiology #Microbiome #BayesianModel
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Cambridge University
@Cambridge_Uni
10 Jun 2025
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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Dr Jo Hobbs@Hobbs_Lab_Micro
10 Jun 2025
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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Dr Andrea Harper@Andrea_L_Harper
11 Jun 2025
🎓 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 (dcn504@york.ac.uk) to apply. Deadline 25th June 2025.
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Our #sLoLa team will be attending the #EMBOescrt workshop this June. Talk to Jess, Vivien and Ben about our project on IM30 proteins.
EMBO Events@EMBOevents
31 Jan 2025
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
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We have an exciting research technician vacancy on our #sLoLa @BBSRC funded project. Sounds interesting? Have a look ⬇️ and apply by 26 May!
TechYork@UofYTechs
12 May 2025
#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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TechYork@UofYTechs
12 May 2025
#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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Peter O'Toole
@YorkBioimaging
20 Mar 2025
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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Gavin H Thomas@GavinHThomas
14 Mar 2025
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…

Glowing proteins give York researchers new key insights into cellular components

Researchers from University of York’s Department of Biology have produced new visual data revealing the organisation of cellular components.

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TechYork@UofYTechs
4 Mar 2025
#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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Today, we are in sunny Cambridge discussing the progress of our @BBSRC #sLoLa project
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Antonia Feilden 🌱♻️🧪@AntoniaFeilden
24 Feb 2025
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

TTB x York: Bad Ideas Build Day 🛠️ · Luma

The Tech Bros is coming to York! Join us for our bad ideas build day in collaboration with Women in Engineering @ York, open to all of Yorkshire and beyond 🚀…

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🌟 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
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@BiologyatYork @BBSRC @CBCB_Newcastle @GavinHThomas @HenrikStrahl @JNB_lab @mackinderlab @Cambridge_Uni @UniofNottingham
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Alan Cartmell@acartmell47
12 Feb 2025
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

Bacterial polysaccharide lyase family 33: Specificity from an evolutionarily conserved binding...

Acidic glycans are essential for the biology of multicellular eukaryotes. To utilize them, microbial life including symbionts and pathogens has evo...

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