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Tim Overton @Overtonlab

Biofilms, Microbial Biotechnology & Flow Cytometry research @ChemEngBham. Plus mental health & wellbeing, diversity, nature, music ๐Ÿ“ฏ. He/him. ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ

Joined January 2012
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Mike Cox@MikeyJ
18 Nov 2024
I have three PhD studentships available currently through the MIBTP DTP warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa... on different aspects of the respiratory microbiome, interaction with mucin with @LucyICM the resistome with @mmcbuckner and pathobionts with @Bacterioskeptic

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PhD projects now open in Birmingham as part of @MIBTP_BBSRC - funded and open to home and overseas students! Are you interested in bioprocesses, antimicrobial resistance, virulence, or biofilms?
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I am also co-supervising projects on antibiotic accumulation in bacteria with @JessicaMABlair (warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/โ€ฆ), virulence and AMR in Staphylococcus with @StaphLab (warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/โ€ฆ) and using sound to combat biofilms with Paula Mendes (warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/โ€ฆ)

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Please contact me if interested!
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Good morning from day 2 of #ASBE7 - we continue this morning with talks on metabolic engineering, transport across membranes, and biosensors
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We're ready to go with #ASBE7 here in Brno! @EFBiotechnology
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In Brno for @EFBiotechnology @EFB_EBBS Applied Synthetic Biology in Europe VII tomorrow! But first an evening in the company of Janacek
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New paper! What happens when you apply vibration to bacteria? We asked this question for E. coli and revealed that attachment decreases. This response requires live cells and involves membrane potential. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsโ€ฆ

Nanovibrational Stimulation of Escherichia coli Mitigates Surface Adhesion by Altering Cell...

Mechanical forces shape living matter from the macro- to the microscale as both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells are force wielders and sensors. However, whereas such forces have been used to control...

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This project was great fun and very interdisciplinary - thanks for everyone's hard work!
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Mark Webber@ma_webber
21 Oct 2024
Please RT! fully funded PhD available with me and the wonderful @TheSullivanLab to explore how a clone of Staphylococcus capitis has evolved to infect neonates buff.ly/4hafYDx @TheQuadram @uniofeastanglia
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Currently in Stockholm for a PhD viva with my good friend Arrhenius
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Sarah Gordon@DrSarahGordon
19 Sep 2024
๐Ÿ“ข We are hiring! ๐Ÿ“ฃ A 15-month research fellow position, working with myself, @Overtonlab and Jayne Lawrence looking at liposome interactions with the bacterial cell envelope. Thanks to @PRC_Heidelberg for funding. Come join us! jobs.ac.uk/job/DJS237/researโ€ฆ

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New paper! Deactivating efflux pumps results in major changes to bacterial physiology. We demonstrate that knockout of the major efflux pump AcrB results in changes to membrane potential. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128โ€ฆ

Efflux pumps mediate changes to fundamental bacterial physiology via membrane potential | mBio

We demonstrate for the first time that deactivation of efflux pumps brings about changes to gross bacterial physiology and metabolism. Rather than simply being a response to noxious substances,...

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This adds to the growing story of the links between energy metabolism, physiology, and bacteria evading antibiotics and generally being troublesome.
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This project was loads of fun and a real team effort - thanks to @emilywhittle17, @Horabz, Alex, Pauline and @SJElement - @JessicaMABlair and I are looking forward to continuing the story!
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EFB Biotechnology@EFBiotechnology
20 Aug 2024
โณ Just 5 days left for ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง and ๐€๐›๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง for #ASBE7! Don't miss your chance to to secure your spot at a discounted rate and submit your abstract for an oral or poster presentation on #SyntheticBiology. ๐Ÿ‘‰efbiotechnology.org/synthetiโ€ฆ @pavelcitoD #synbio #bioengineering #biotechnology #bioprocessing #sustainability #EarlyBird #Conference
ASBE7: Applied Synthetic Biology in Europe

ALT ASBE7: Applied Synthetic Biology in Europe
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Just back from a very welcome short break - mercifully hard to think about work here!
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Huge congratulations to Alex for passing his PhD viva! A great project on different aspects of recombinant protein production from molecular interactions to bioreactors. Big thanks to Neil Dixon and @PatriPEsteban for examining!
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Great day today at @ChemEngBham graduation - huge congratulations to Asma, who graduated with her PhD on recombinant protein production!
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