Prof Lindsay Hall’s research group @unibirmingham & @thequadram. Early life microbiota (we love Bifidobacterium!), and influence of diet, host and pathogens.

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Introducing our latest preprint which discovered Clostridium sp. grow on HMOs. Using computational and experimental approaches we show this has beneficial consequences for the developing microbiome and the host. But there is nuance. A 🧵... biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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I'm hiring! Exciting role for researcher with experience in multiomics data integration/systems modelling, and passion for women's health research. Initial contract for 3 years. Great opportunity to join our team @RobsInstitute Please share. careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/e…

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I have a PhD project available on this DTP with @hall_lab and @kim_hardie 😃
Recruitment news! Still time to apply to one of our @The_MRC funded 4 year PhD studentships. Studentships available at @uniofleicester @UniofNottingham and @unibirmingham 📅Deadline midday (GMT) Friday 10 Jan 2025. All details more.bham.ac.uk/mrc-aim/phd-…

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🚨 PhD Opportunity @hall_lab! 🔬 Decoding Early Life Microbiota & Host Interactions 🧬 Ideal for those with bioinformatics/microbiome experience 🌍 Open to international candidates (MSCA mobility rules apply). 📅 Deadline: 18th Dec 🌐 Apply now: findaphd.com/phds/project/de…
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💡 Leverage rich multi-omics data from early life cohorts to unravel microbiota-host-diet dynamics in the first 2 years of life! #PhDposition #MicrobiomeResearch 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 Be part of the #MSCA @HoloGen_MSCA PhD network - see hologen-network.eu/

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Had the pleasure of appearing on @BBCRadio4's Best Medicine, diving into the fascinating world of the microbiome & FMTs! 🎙️ Huge thanks to @benworsfield for the invite & the amazing @kiripritchardmc for being such an engaging host & making complex health topics so accessible🙌
Available NOW wherever you get your podcasts and tonight at 6:30pm on Radio 4, ep 3️⃣ of Best Medicine! Laura Smyth celebrates sleep 💤 Prof Lindsay Hall calls for crapsules 💩 💊 Subhadra Das champions Dr Charles Drew 🩸 Prof Nick Embleton sells Stem Cell Transplants 🧫
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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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So pleased to have @HannahTriv on board @hall_lab! Looking forward to Hannah jumping into some exciting #microbiome datasets to explore microbe-microbe interactions 😀🧬💻🦠💩
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I have two PhD projects listed on this scheme - please get in touch if you are interested!
15 Nov 2024
🔍 Applications are now open for the 2025 PhD cohort! Successful applicants will receive full funding in addition to a stipend at the standard UKRI rate, with an opportunity to carry out an industry placement and access to high-quality mentorship across six partner institutions.
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MIBTP PhD applications are now open! There are three associated with my lab. 1) infant gut microbes and human milk oligosaccharides with @hall_lab 2) respiratory microbiome nutrition with @MikeyJ 3) mucus-producing organoids with @DrMicroMandroid link below 🧪✨
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13 Nov 2024
MIBTP doctoral training partnership has had renewed funding, congratulations to that team! Keep an eye on the website warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/… and FindAPhD.com for the details. I'll be advertising 3 PhD projects on different aspects of the respiratory microbiome

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It's great to have @LukeeActon join the team and kickstart our @BBSRC project with @ptchivers on iron uptake systems in #bifidobacteria 🤩🙌🦠🧫💻🧬
13 Nov 2024
Very excited to have joined the @hall_lab at @unibirmingham! Looking forward to discovering cool things about #bifidobacteria and the early life #microbiome!
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9 Nov 2024
Paper from my #PhD is out! We profiled the gut and oral #microbiome of metastatic #breastcancer patients. This project was a long one in collaboration with @wearemedsir. Thanks @TheQuadram @bigctweets for supporting my studentship. It's published 🎉. oaepublish.com/articles/mrr.…
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🥳I'm incredibly honoured to receive the @MicrobioSoc Peter Wildy Prize 2025 for #scicomm, a true team prize! Huge thanks to those who nominated me & to incredible collaborators & team members. So many people to thank - I'll be highlighting them all in my prize lecture!🦠
Peter Wildy Prize 2025: Professor Lindsay Hall (@hall_lab), University of Birmingham, UK (@unibirmingham)
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Super excited to be part of this fab @unibirmingham and @UKHSA team led by @pathogenomenick on Public Health Genomics! Looking forward to getting this Health Protection Research Unit started 🤩 🦠🧫💻🧬birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/p…
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We're delighted to announce the next cycle of recruitment for our 125th Anniversary Fellows and Chairs is now open! If you are an academic with a strong portfolio of global-leading research, we want to hear from you. Check out our vacancies and apply now: fellowsandchairs.birmingham.…
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We have an open postdoc position for those interested in using SynBio and biofilm engineering to tackle environmental challenges careers.brunel.ac.uk/vacancy…
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10 Oct 2024
🚨Deadline for MMEG applications for financial support is on Sunday 13th October. Don't miss this opportunity! You can upload your abstract here: appliedmicrobiology.org/ems-…
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Check out Molly's exciting preprint (and thread) on #Bifidobacterium and mechanisms of starch utilisation! Great work pulling this together @MicrobioMolly! 💪👏🤩🥔🦠🧫
After a long old time bring this together, I am super pleased to share the pre-print of this (very cool, I think) paper I worked on with so many amazing and supportive scientists. I am SO chuffed to present the findings of my PhD to world!
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