Group leader at University of St Andrews, UK. Interested in all things antibiotic related, but esp. antibiotic tolerance and the stringent response.
Joined October 2022
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5 Aug 2025
📢Our review of the impact of bacterial purine synthesis on antibiotic tolerance and resistance expression is now out! A lot of food for thought and contrasting data from E. coli and S. aureus... 🤔
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16 Jul 2025
📣 We're hiring! We have a 12-month vacancy for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with skills in molecular microbiology. See the details and apply here: vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/V…
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13 Jun 2025
Such a fun way to spend a Friday afternoon! 🏎️ 🏆 @DeventerAshley (aka Daniella Ricardo) was victorious, with @microclaire a close second. What should we do for our next lab outing?!
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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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30 Apr 2025
📢 The Journal of Medical Microbiology is looking for Editors for the Antimicrobial Resistance section! No prior editor experience required, so it's a great first gig for an ECR. And you get subsidised attendance at the annual meeting. Open to applicants worldwide🌍 @MicrobioSoc
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18 Mar 2025
Made it to Heidelberg! Excited for 4 days of talks - never seen so many talks on tolerance at one meeting! #EESDrugresistance @EMBLEvents
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15 Jan 2025
Really looking forward to my first GRC (if I get a spot)!🤞
14 Jan 2025
Join us in sunny Barcelona for the 2025 GRS/GRC on Staphylococcal Diseases! This is your chance to showcase your research, connect with global experts, and engage in groundbreaking discussions. Submit your application - grc.org/staphylococcal-disea…
@Rebecca_Keogh @GordonConf
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Dr Jo Hobbs retweeted
13 Jan 2025
Pls share: Postdoc position in microbiology with a focus on antibiotic heteroresistance
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7 Jan 2025
Has anyone placed an order with the E. coli Genetic Stock Center lately? Are they still functioning? I can't get anyone to respond to my emails and there's no phone number! 🤔
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13 Dec 2024
📢 New preprint alert! @microclaire @DeventerAshley @StAndrewsBSRC
Staphylococcus aureus COL: An Atypical Model Strain of MRSA that Exhibits Slow Growth and Antibiotic Tolerance biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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10 Dec 2024
So this is what my team gets up to when I'm away! 😆😍🧝🎄
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Dr Jo Hobbs retweeted
27 Nov 2024
Another PhD opportunity in the team! This time its an exciting collaboration with @hall_lab and @kim_hardie looking at why not all bacteria become resistant! findaphd.com/phds/project/wh… Deadline 10th Jan and open to Uk and overseas! Pls RT!
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21 Nov 2024
Great day of talks @BSACandJAC Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms Workshop! And now these two get to present their posters @microclaire @DeventerAshley 👏🦠🧫
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Dr Jo Hobbs retweeted
11 Nov 2024
Last call! Abstract submissions for Annual Conference 2025 will close on 12 November at 23:59 GMT. Abstracts from members and non-members are welcome.
Share your work at #Microbio25!
Submit your abstract now: microb.io/4eLdpWt
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Dr Jo Hobbs retweeted
8 Nov 2024
Funded PhD studentship available in my lab collaboration with @luke_allsopp and @janedaviescf. Get in touch if interested. Please RT
findaphd.com/phds/project/ph…
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5 Nov 2024
One very proud supervisor here😊 @DeventerAshley did an incredible job of explaining antibiotic tolerance to non-scientists during her TEDx talk last night 👏
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Dr Jo Hobbs retweeted
7 Oct 2024
Deadline to submit an abstract and avail of the early bird registration for the BSAC Antibiotic Resistance and Mechanisms workshop is this Friday. Always a great meeting with lots of opportunities for ECRs!
bsac.org.uk/antibiotic-resis…
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4 Oct 2024
📢 Attention antibiotic tolerance researchers! Our GIANT review of 50 years' of clinical antibiotic tolerance data is now available online in Clinical Microbiology Reviews. Check it out here: journals.asm.org/eprint/UUSI…
@ASMicrobiology @Hobbs_Lab_Micro @DeventerAshley @microclaire
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