JAMS Brisbane @brisjams.bsky.social BrisJAMS is the Brisbane-based node of the International ‘Joint Academic Microbiology Seminar’ series, which aims to provide a free space for microbiology-enthusiasts to connect. We meet bimonthly to have a pub-feed, grab a pint (optional), and talk micro!
Ashley Dungan, PhD (she/her) @symb10sis.bsky.social Conservation microbiome scientist | Using microbes to improve wildlife health, resilience & conservation outcomes | Host–microbe evolution | University of Melbourne, Australia
ESA Plant-Soil Ecology @esaplantsoilecol.bsky.social Official account of @ecolsocaus.bsky.social Plant-Soil Ecology Special Interest Network.
https://www.ecolsoc.org.au/category/research-chapters/plant-soil-ecology/
@sentanuka.bsky.social @sentanuka.bsky.social Microbiologist :)
Studying bacterial pathogenesis, AMR & antimicrobial development.
Research fellow @ Institute for Molecular Bioscience, UQ
Previously Postdoc @Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford.
PhD @The Australian National University
@laura-leighton.bsky.social @laura-leighton.bsky.social 
Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com Nature Microbiology publishes the latest research and commentary in all areas of microbiology.
https://www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/
MicroSeq2026 @microseqasm.bsky.social Conference for all things microbiology and sequencing for Australasian ERCs & PhD students. Supported by @aussocmic.bsky.social @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social #MGen- S Sean Bisset @swbisset.bsky.social Scientist in recovery (or denial). Based in New Zealand, subject to change. Fan of all things fantasy.
... Yep, that about covers it.
Seweryn Bialasiewicz @sewerynoz.bsky.social Taking in the full complexity of life (and viruses!) at the micro and macro scales and how they interact, one metagenomic sequence at a time.
Kate Seib @kateseib.bsky.social Microbiology / Vaccine & Antibiotic Development / Researcher at Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith Uni / Views are mine alone. 🧫 🦠 🐶
Lily K-Evans @lilyke.bsky.social PhD candidate, awaiting viva (Blaskovich Lab, IMB @ UQ)
Synthetic chemistry & microbiology (let's tackle biofilms!)
Can be found dancing, surfing, & cycling 💃🏼🍊🌻🧪🌊🧬⌬
Working and living on unceded lands
Altmetric @altmetric.com We measure the attention that research outputs receive from policy documents, mainstream news outlets, Wikipedia, social media and online reference managers. We detect sentiment of Bluesky/X posts.
Come for the attention to research. Stay for the memes.
Hanna Sidjabat @drhannasidjabat.bsky.social Microbiologist | Molecular Microbiologist | Antimicrobial Resistance | One Health
Hanna @jeejo.bsky.social Scientist at The University of Queensland 🇦🇺 working on Strep A vaccines, dog mum 🐕, interested in all sciences, art, photography and history. Opinions are my own.
@patblackall.bsky.social @patblackall.bsky.social 
Eve Maunders @evemaunders.bsky.social Exploring the secrets of sponge symbionts | Molecular microbiologist in the Degnan Lab, University of Queensland
Seth Cheetham @sethcheetham.bsky.social mRNA drug discovery | Deputy-Director BASE mRNA Facility | Associate Professor at the University of Queensland.
Kym Lowry @kym-lowry.bsky.social Molecular virologist-microbiologist, passionate about pathogen genomics. University of Queensland’s Centre for Clinical Research.
Mosquito Symbiosis and Infection lab @mossi-lab.bsky.social Mosquitoes, Wolbachia, gut microbes, microbiomes, arboviruses, Plasmodium. Liverpool way. 🦟🦠
Pam Engelberts @pam-engelberts.bsky.social Post doc @cmrqut.bsky.social with a love for imaging, baking, and nature
Part of BrisJAMS @brisjams.bsky.social and ISME ECSC @isme-microbes.bsky.social
Stefan Emming @semming.bsky.social He/him, based in Meanjin
Immunologist interested in all things inflammation and T-cells
Cyclist @ one of my bicycles
Cameron Bishop @cameronbishop.bsky.social Computational biologist studying virus-host interactions; mostly arboviruses. Bikes, open guitar tunings, and parenting are also fields of interest.
Jenny Brown @jennybrownqld.bsky.social Science, country and books
🧬🦋 | 🐎🐕
Claudia J Stocks @claudiajades.bsky.social Postdoc👩🏻🔬🤹🏻♀️ @UQ Institute for Molecular Bioscience 🐨🦘. Host-pathogen interactions (innate immunity🧫bacteria🦠protein trafficking🚦microscopy 🔬). Environment🌿 Equality✊🏾🏳️🌈 Books📚 She/Her
Francesca Frentiu @francescafrentiu.bsky.social Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, QUT, Brisbane, Australia
Clara Jiang @clarajiang.bsky.social DNA decoder - genomics, bioinformatics, and molecular biology. Postdoc
@IMBatUQ
Michelle Wille @duckswabber.bsky.social Avian influenza & avian virome ecology | "Expert in Ducks" | (she/her) | michellewille.com
Jilong Qin @jilongqin.bsky.social Research Fellow at IMB-UQ, Bacteriologist. Bacterial cell envelope enthusiast. Astrophotography lover. Dad of two. Personal Acc, Apoliticism.
CSIRO Publishing @csiropublishing.bsky.social Australia's leading publisher of science news, journals and books.
Not-for-profit, editorially independent and proudly part of the research community.
About us + print books: publishing.csiro.au
Digital content (news, journals and eBooks): connectsci.au
ASM WA @asm-wa-branch.bsky.social The official account of the Western Australian Branch of the Australian Society for Microbiology (@AUSSOCMIC) edited by @Lucyleef
ASM @aussocmic.bsky.social The official Bluesky account for the Australian Society for Microbiology.
Anil Pokhrel @anilpokhrel.bsky.social 
Connor Scott @connorapscott.bsky.social Structural Virologist. Post doctoral research fellow in the Watterson Lab.
Sassan Asgari @sassanasgari.bsky.social Insect virology | Host-pathogen interactions | mosquitoes | RNA biology
Australasian Virology Society @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social Connecting and supporting the Australasian virology community | Research, events, opportunities & advocacy | Biennial Australasian Virology Meeting
Natalee Newton @nataleenewton.bsky.social Molecular and Structural Virology
Arboviruses 🦟 🦠
The University of Queensland
Australia
Pamela Robson @pamelarobson.bsky.social Writer pathology and medical science 'Pathology Tests Explained'. History nerd and cat tragic.
Jana Batovska @mozztacular.bsky.social Research scientist interested in mosquitoes, infectious disease, nanopore seq and metagenomics. Views are my own.
Christopher McDevitt @camcdevitt.bsky.social Scientist | Group Leader @mcdevittlab.bsky.social | Teaching & Research | Interested in Bacterial Infectious Diseases and Metals in Biology | Opinions are my own | He/Him
Jeremy Barr @jeremyjbarr.bsky.social Bacteriophage biologist and enthusiast. Associate Professor at the School of Biological Sciences, Monash University.
Chris McMillan @chrismcmillan.bsky.social Scientist at the University of Queensland studying vaccines and viruses.
Chris Greening @greening.bsky.social Professor & NHMRC Fellow at Monash University, Melbourne. Using microbes to tackle global challenges in health and sustainability. #FirstGen 🐶🇦🇺🌈🎹🌱
David Wakeham @wakehamamr.bsky.social Animal scientist PhD ABD. Vet micro Gram -ve bacteria, AMR, One Health, Zoonoses & Bioinformatics. MEd student. Head tutor. Multiply Disabled, cPTSD, AuDHD. Animal lover. Spoonie. Enby. Pan. Ace. Always carry dog treats.
https://linktr.ee/DavidWakeham
Melinda Ashcroft (PhD) @biominnie.bsky.social Infectious Disease Epidemiologist - Nontuberculous mycobacteria: Research Fellow at the University of Queensland | Microbial Genomics | Also interested in evolution, pathogenesis and #AMR of clinically relevant bacterial pathogens | She/her | Cat lover
QUT Centre for Immunology and Infection Control (CIIC) @ciic-qut.bsky.social CIIC is a multidisciplinary research laboratory specialising in immunology and infectious diseases. Located in Brisbane, Australia
https://research.qut.edu.au/ciic/ 
Johnson Mak @johnsonmak.bsky.social Professor (Institute for Biomedicine & Glycomics, Griffith University). Virology, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Biotechnology, Infectious Diseases
Lucy Furfaro (PhD) @lucyleef.bsky.social NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow at Uni of Western Australia. Research includes babies, bacteria and bacteriophages. Women's & Infants' Health. Group B Strep. All things microbiology and phages.
John Atack @sciencyatackjohn.bsky.social Shiny-headed microbiologist - bacterial gene regulation, vaccines, host-pathogen interactions. Passed on his genes twice. Fond of dark ale.
bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social 
ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social Part human, part bot, 100% UNOFFICIAL. I track Australian Research Council grant outcomes. Bot checks outcomes announcements each min. DMs open. FAQ: https://tinyurl.com/ARC-Tracker-FAQ
Kat Holt @katholt.bsky.social Scientist… pathogen genomics & antimicrobial resistance, computational biology & infectious disease epidemiology.
Co-Director LSHTM AMR Centre @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social
holtlab.net | klebnet.org | typhoidgenomics.org | amr.lshtm.ac.uk
Michael Hall @mbhall88.bsky.social Bioinformatics geek 🤓 crafting Rust-y tools 🦀 for microbial genomes 🦠 🧬.
Trying to master Dad mode 👨🍼
See what I'm up to here: https://github.com/mbhall88
Leah Roberts @loolibear.bsky.social Research Fellow team leader at UQCCR, Brisbane, Australia. All things bacterial genomics, HAIs, MGEs, evolution 
Phil Hugenholtz @xrefugee13.bsky.social Microbiologist
Paul Young @profpaulyoung.bsky.social Passionate about science communication and photography - viruses and how to control them. LCR (Late Career Researcher) 🇦🇺
Rhys Parry @rhyshparry.bsky.social Virologist at the University of Queensland. #virology #virusevolution #rnavirology
Oxford Nanopore @nanoporetech.com 🌍Direct DNA/RNA analysis for anyone, anywhere
🧬Short to ultra-long reads in real-time for rapid insights
🔬Products for research use only
ASM @asm.org ASM is a global community shaping the future of the microbial sciences to tackle some of the world's most pressing challenges.
Microbes Make Our World.
Rhys White @rhystwhite.bsky.social Scientist | Turning #Genomics into intelligence | Tracking pathogen evolution, diversity, & spread | Welsh expat in New Zealand | Formerly The University of Queensland
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