@andrewnelsonphd

Microbiologist, Molecular biologist, microbial ecologist, whisky drinker and last but by no means least NUFC fan

 Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Joined June 2013
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Its that time again. Registration opens at the end of the week for the 5th Viruses of Microbes-UK. Look forward to seeing you all at @NorthumbriaUni in Jan.
VoM-UK@VoM_UK20 Oct 2025
Dear Phagesters, the 5th VoM-UK will take place on the 22nd and 23rd of Jan 2026. Please stand by for sign up sheet and key note. We invite you back to the Toon for all things Viruses of Microbes related, fantastic talks and posters and a place for ECRs to present. Canny wait!
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.@NorthumbriaUni is hiring a #PhD student, to study engineering #phages to reprogram bacterial communities in preterm infant gut models. The project aims to control microbial populations and functions. buff.ly/go8Il0N
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A fully funded, competitive BBSRC PhD studentship (North East England DLA) available, working in collaboration with @CJStewart7 , @andrewnelsonphd and @SaadleeS. Aims are modulating bacterial community structure/function using engineered bacteriophages. tinyurl.com/5csa9hun

Engineering Bacteriophages: Orchestration of microbial community function in models of the Preterm...

PhD Project - Engineering Bacteriophages: Orchestration of microbial community function in models of the Preterm infant Gut. at Northumbria University, listed on FindAPhD.com

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My team @NUOMICS are looking for a scientific officer initially until end of Nov 25. Experience of DNA sequencing @PacBio @illumina, @nanopore or molecular biology advantageous. Great experience to come and work in a busy externally facing genomics service tinyurl.com/37vew5ez
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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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Martha Clokie@MarthaClokie6 Nov 2024
PhD studentship with @milja001 and me at @Leicester_Phage . Part of larger CF Trust Hub led by @JoJofoth Selection of bacteriophages for therapeutic use in cystic fibrosis-associated Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections at University of Leicester
Andrew millard@milja0015 Nov 2024
Replying to @EmmanuelKuffo15 @MarthaClokie @Leicester_Phage
Hmmm Attempt 2 findaphd.com/phds/project/se…

Selection of bacteriophages for therapeutic use in cystic fibrosis-associated Pseudomonas aerugin...

PhD Project - Selection of bacteriophages for therapeutic use in cystic fibrosis-associated Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections at University of Leicester, listed on FindAPhD.com

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VoM-UK@VoM_UK17 Oct 2024
Well its that time of year again Pholks. We are happy to announce the dates for the next Viruses of Microbes-UK meeting at Northumbria University. The meeting will be on the 23rd and 24th of Jan 2025. This will be preceded by a phage genomics workshop led by @milja001 on the 22nd
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Ryan Cook@RyanCookAMR20 Feb 2024
Great to see our virome assembly comparison out in @MicrobioSoc Microbial Genomics. Thanks to @NathanMB3 @CyanoNey @SMichniewski @tamsin_redgwell @MarthaClokie @Chen_group @andrewnelsonphd @DarrenSmithdx and @milja001 (+ others not on Twitter) 🦠 #phages microbiologyresearch.org/con…

The long and short of it: benchmarking viromics using Illumina, Nanopore and PacBio sequencing...

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Adnan Tariq@rmadnantariq25 Jan 2024
#VoM_UK24 Ready to welcome delegates to the VoM UK24. #MicrobiomeExplorationNU
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Adnan Tariq@rmadnantariq25 Jan 2024
#VoM_UK24 #MicrobiomeExplorationNU Conference sponsor are waiting to welcome you all and talk about what they have to offer. Please find the time over the 2 days to visit them in room 026
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New research paper from the team at Northumbria/Newcastle Universities in Cell Reports. It studies the development of a core community of dsDNA phages in preterm infant mothers milk over the early weeks of lactation and association with milk lipids. cell.com/cell-reports/fullte…
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Funded @NERCscience INSPIRE #PhD Advancing environmental DNA (eDNA) observation of marine and coastal biodiversity with me & @coccolithovirus @thembauk, @microbidart & @SusanKEvans @NOCnews, Phil Fenberg @OceanEarthUoS Deadline 3rd Jan 🌊🧬 @OBON_Ocean noc.ac.uk/gsnocs/project/adv…
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Gerrit Hilgen@Gerrit__H29 Oct 2023
#academicjobs : Associate Professor/Professor in Biomedical Science at Northumbria University. We are particularly keen to hear from academics with expertise in haematology, immunology, or neuroscience jobs.ac.uk/job/DDI758/associ…
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During #WorldPhageWeek please consider submitting studies or reviews to a themed collection at SMI. This is @AMIposts society paper, so please support if you have phage research to publish. Its looking to be an exciting collection.
AMI_SMI@AMI_SMIJournal24 Oct 2023
We are calling for papers for a themed collection on bacteriophages, Guest Edited by @DarrenSmithdx. Studies and reviews considering human, animal and environmental health are welcomed #WorldPhageWeek
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VoM-UK@VoM_UK27 Sep 2023
Hello UK Phagesters, the dates of the second VoM-UK meeting is locked in on the 25th and 26th of Jan 2024. There will be a half day phage informatics workshop preceding the meeting on the afternoon of the 24th, supported by CLIMB, run by @milja001
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And we’re off at ⁦@NorthumbriaUni⁩ ⁦@nuomics⁩ @pacBio #revio launch day! Kicking things off is ⁦@DarrenSmithdx⁩ giving an overview of the faculty
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A week to go to apply for this phage PDRA research post in my group, that runs until Sep 2026...
Darren Smith@DarrenSmithdx12 Sep 2023
Deadline for the role is 25th of Sep, if your a postdoctoral researcher looking for a new challenge with experience of working with phages, molecular biology and informatics.
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Deadline for the role is 25th of Sep, if your a postdoctoral researcher looking for a new challenge with experience of working with phages, molecular biology and informatics.
Darren Smith@DarrenSmithdx29 Aug 2023
We are recruiting a senior PDRA to the group working with phages until end of Sep 2026. Will be looking both at phage control in both clinical infection /environmental intervention, modulating microbial communities. Link: tinyurl.com/ms6kyrj2 Please email for further details.
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We are recruiting a senior PDRA to the group working with phages until end of Sep 2026. Will be looking both at phage control in both clinical infection /environmental intervention, modulating microbial communities. Link: tinyurl.com/ms6kyrj2 Please email for further details.
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Greg Young@mashedbanana29 Aug 2023
Our opinion piece on devs in the preterm infant phageome is out! 👶🏻 🦠 doi.org/10.1016/j.mib.2023.1… Take 🏠: 🔭 Phages are understudied in (preterm) gut MGs. 📈 Isolation/annotation of gut phages = >utility of MG analyses. 🤒 Phage may act as biomarkers of gut inflammation.
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