Josie Bryant @josiebryant.bsky.social Group Leader at Wellcome Sanger Institute. Using omics to understand chronic lung infections and lung microbiomes in disease
Richard Meek @richardwmeek.bsky.social Lecturer at University of Southampton |
Glycobiology enthusiast working on carbohydrate-active enzymes | Chemical glycobiology
Puhar Lab @lab-puhar.bsky.social We study gut bacteria and the immune response to infection with a focus on the danger signal extracellular ATP. We particularly like Shigella and E. coli. Located at Queen's University Belfast, UK and Umeå University, Sweden.
Trends in Microbiology @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social Posts by Shankar Iyer, editor of Trends in Microbiology.
Aude Bernheim @audeber.bsky.social PI at Institut Pasteur
Evolution, immunity, genomics, microbiolgy.
Into immunity in bacteria and its conservation in eukaryotes.
Advocate for more inclusive sciences
https://mdmlab.fr/
Mark Mandel @markjmandel.bsky.social Bacterial geneticist focused on microbe-animal communication. Professor UW-Madison. Messages are my personal views.
Kavita Gadar @kavitagadar.bsky.social Research Fellow in van Schaik Lab, University of Birmingham. AMR, CRISPr, functional genomics, drug discovery 💊
Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social Cellular microbiologist, #UTI host/pathogen interactions, lab head at University College London, novelist, broadcaster, writer, pundit, sci comm, musician, gardener, Editor of LabLit.com, all things geek-chic. M7HZT on ham radio. More at jennyrohn.com
Courtney Ellison @ckellison.bsky.social Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia studying bacterial cell biology 🔬🧫🏳️🌈
Grainger Lab @graingerlab.bsky.social Bacterial chromosome biology, gene expression, pathogenicity... and football.
www.graingerlab.com 
@davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social Professor of Biochemistry at U.Warwick, UK. bacterial cell walls, cell division, antibiotic discovery and resistance mechanisms. I’m on
here for science just like @davidroper2. Views my own.
His name is Gus if you are wondering…
Xavier Charpentier @labxc.bsky.social Group leader.
HGT in bacterial pathogens. Acinetobacter, Legionella. Natural transformation. AMR. MGEs.
Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie
David Negus @davidnegus.bsky.social Microbiologist, lover of phage and predatory bacteria. Senior lecturer at Nottingham Trent University. Department of prokaryotes culturable.
Allan Lab @allan-lab.bsky.social Microbiology lab based at De Montfort University. Research is focussed on biofilms, host-pathogen interactions, mechanistic studies, and development of treatments.
Website: https://www.allanlab.net
Ed Feil @edfeil.bsky.social Bacterial genomes and whatnot. University of Bath.
Tosin Q. Orababa @tosinorababa.bsky.social Postdoctoral Research Fellow || AMR and Biofilm infections || Ancientbiotics- A apreston243.bsky.social @apreston243.bsky.social Editor in Chief of Microbiology, the flagship journal of the Microbiology Society
Matthew J Shepherd @matthewjshepherd.bsky.social Bicentenary Fellow @manchester.ac.uk within @mermanchester.bsky.social - Understanding opportunistic pathogen evolution - AMR, pathogenesis, niche transitions 🧫🧬 Former Fellow @wiko-berlin.bsky.social
@gdawes.bsky.social @gdawes.bsky.social 
Connor Sharp @magicmicrobe.bsky.social Lecturer in Microbiology at the University of Reading. Interested in uncovering how bacteria fight it out and using those strategies against them- G Gail Preston @gmpreston.bsky.social
@cab1y.bsky.social @cab1y.bsky.social 
Nela Nikolic @nelani.bsky.social
https://tinyurl.com/NikolicLab
Interdisciplinary Microbiology
University of Southampton- M Max Crispin @maxcrispin.bsky.social Professor of Glycobiology, University of Southampton
Claire E Clarkin @clarkinbonebiol.bsky.social Professor of Skeletal & Developmental Biology
Director Knowledge Exchange & Enterprise sotonbiosciences.bsky.social
CoDirector http://cdfuos.bsky.social
https://www.datascienceforhealthequity.com/themes/musculoskeletal-health
Diego Gomez-Nicola @dgnlab.bsky.social Neuroscientist, in love with microglia (and cycling). Views are my own
Neil Gostling/EvoPalaeoLab @neilgostling.bsky.social I'm Associate Professor of Evolution and Paleobiology at the Gostling Evolution and Paleobiology Lab, the University of Southampton.
Birds, Dinosaurs, Mammals, 'Animals', Evolution and Paleobiology, Placentology 🦤🐊🐀🦓🦏🦒🦆🐦⬛🐎🦖
Elisa Fadda @elisafadda.bsky.social Associate Professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Southampton, head chef at https://GlycoShape.org, Salem's butler, fucose fanatic #glycotime everyday! She/Her
Tom Ezard @tomezard.bsky.social Evolutionary Ecology via computer vision, machine learning, geochemistry, maths, stats and systematics in Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton. https://tomezard.github.io/
Jeff Thompson @echinerd.bsky.social Associate Professor @ University of Southampton.
Morphological Evolution, Fossils, EvoDevo, Biomineralization, Echinoderms
Salah Elias @theeliaslab.bsky.social 🇩🇿 🇫🇷 cell & developmental biologist
associate professor at @unisouthampton.bsky.social
stem cells, cell division, cell polarity, centrosomes, mammary organogenesis, breast cancer and microscopy
Matthew Terry @mjtplantbiology.bsky.social Molecular plant biologist at sotonbiosciences.bsky.social, Director of SoCoBio DTP. Views are my own.
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/people/5wyk8h/professor-matthew-terry
David Tumbarello @davidtumbarello.bsky.social Cell Biologist, Univ of Southampton
Organelle & Protein quality control
https://tumbarellolab.com/
South Coast Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership @socobiodtp.bsky.social The BBSRC funded South Coast Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership brings together the Universities of Southampton, Kent, Sussex and Portsmouth and NIAB at East Malling
Dr Jenny Baverstock @jbaverstock.bsky.social 
Prof Steve Darby @channelwidth.bsky.social Interested in all things rivers, especially riverbank erosion, flooding, sand mining, and the Mekong.
Centre for Democratic Futures @cdfuos.bsky.social The Centre for Democratic Futures is an interdisciplinary research network collaborating internationally from the University of Southampton
email us: cdf@soton.ac.uk
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/research/institutes-centres/centre-for-democratic-futures
Primary Care Research Centre - University of Southampton @uos-primarycare.bsky.social 
Ben Littlefield @chemfield.bsky.social Head of Public Engagement at the University of Southampton; talks about engagement, museums, learning, making, chemistry, science communication and sea treasure.
@owenrackham.bsky.social @owenrackham.bsky.social 
School of Psychology @sotonpsychology.bsky.social In the UK we train educational, clinical and counselling psychologists, while around the world our research is having a direct impact. We attract millions of pounds in funding and offer a stimulating research environment that inspires our students.
School of Geography and Environmental Science @sotongeogenviron.bsky.social From global environmental change to economic transformation, we're teaching, researching and understanding the major issues affecting our planet.
School of Ocean & Earth Science @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social A community of world-leading academics, students and professionals united in our passion for Ocean and Earth Science at the University of Southampton.
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/about/faculties-schools-departments/school-of-ocean-and-earth-science
Health Sciences, University of Southampton @sotonhsciences.bsky.social School of Health Sciences. #3 in UK for Nursing (QS), #3 in UK for Midwifery (Guardian), #1 in UK for Physiotherapy (CUG), #3 in UK for Occupational Therapy (CUG).
Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social Award-nominated Charity showcasing/supporting LGBTQIA+ people in Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths. Skeets by @DrCarpineti.bsky.social
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@philwilliamson.bsky.social @philwilliamson.bsky.social 
Centre for the South @centreforthesouth.bsky.social We are a regional thinktank working within the University of Southampton, founded to help drive the University’s vision as a civic partner for our region.
www.centreforthesouth.co.uk
www.linkedin.com/company/centre-for-the-south/
@lindyholden-dye.bsky.social @lindyholden-dye.bsky.social 
Daniela Rothschild Rodriguez @danielarothschild.bsky.social PhD student at the Nobrega lab
@KlebPhaCol
Emily Lucas @emilyxlucas.bsky.social PhD student at the University of Southampton. PhD rep for the BSCB.
@jt8teeling.bsky.social @jt8teeling.bsky.social 
William L King @drmicrowill.bsky.social Asst Prof at the Uni of Southampton: Microbe-plant interactions and microbial colonisation in soil
🇦🇺 to 🇺🇸 to 🇬🇧
https://drmicrowill.wixsite.com/williamking
Prof. Ruth Ley FRS @microbiome.bsky.social Director of Department of Microbiome Science at MPI Biology Tübingen Germany. Also known as Leylab.com.
Pathogenic Mechanisms Research Group @molecularpathogen.bsky.social Pathogenic Mechanisms Research Group - University of Galway.
PI: Dr Aoife Boyd. Host-microbe interactions: pathogenic Vibrio bacteria. Marine aquaculture. Natural antimicrobial molecules. Microbes & venomous animals.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4631-9792
Microbes in Health and Disease @mhd-newcastle.bsky.social Research Theme at Newcastle University
Investigating microbial interactions in human hosts
https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/research/research-themes/microbes-in-health-and-disease/
Christopher J. Coates @cjcoates.bsky.social Scientist. Husband. Dad. President of the ISP (http://www.irishparasitology.com/). Interested in Invertebrate Immunity, Pathology, Disease & Parasites, Stress, Welfare, Toxicology and Marine Beasties... (University of Galway | Swansea University)
Sebastian Bruchmann @doktorbasti.bsky.social Assistant Research Professor @ University of Cambridge / HLRI
Functional Genomics, AMR and Host Pathogen Interactions of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa
https://sebbruchmann.github.io/
Falk Hildebrand @bioinf.bsky.social Bioinformatician, Quadram & Earlham Institute, Norwich, loves when programs break .. not
George O'Toole (he/him/his) @geiselbiofilm.bsky.social Elmer R. Pfefferkorn, PhD, Professor of Microbiology & Immunology at the Geisel School of Medicine, EiC of the Journal of Bacteriology; Bacterial Biofilms, Surface Sensing, c-di-GMP Signaling, Polymicrobial Communities & Gut Microbiota in Cystic Fibrosis
Lauren Palmer @laurenpalmer.bsky.social Asst Prof of Micro and Immuno in Chicago | antimicrobial resistance💊| Acinetobacter baumannii-host interface🦠| views my own | she/her
Julie A. K. McDonald @julieakmcdonald.bsky.social Associate Professor at the CBRB at Imperial College London. Studying how gut microbiota-mediated colonisation resistance protects the host against infections. https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/julie.mcdonald
David Weiss @dweisslab.bsky.social Professor of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine. Director, Emory Antibiotic Resistance Center
University of Southampton @unisouthampton.bsky.social The official account for the University of Southampton. Founding member of the Russell Group.
Ranked among the top 100 universities worldwide.
Biological Sciences @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social School of Biological Sciences at the University of Southampton unisouthampton.bsky.social tackling the world’s greatest life science challenges.
Siân Owen @sianowen.bsky.social Microbiologist & phage phanatic! Enthusiastic explorer of microbial genomes.
PI at the Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health
Asst Prof @albany.edu
Currently obsessed with plasmid-dependent phages
www.wadsworth.org/research/laboratories/owen
Michael Jendrusch @mjendrusch.bsky.social (he/him) protein design @ DKFZ.
Protein ML person, mathematics & science enthusiast.
developer of salad
paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42256-025-01100-z
salad: https://github.com/mjendrusch/salad
flexcraft: https://github.com/mjendrusch/flexcraft
Michelle Sahai 🦋 @menzmas.bsky.social Computational biochemist at Brunel University of London 🇬🇧
Editor of the Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling (JMGM) https://tinyurl.com/tjmgm
#CompChemURG: bindingsites.co.uk
Catriona Thompson @catriona1392.bsky.social Microbiologist fascinated by mobile genetic elements in plant-microbe interaction.
Also love 🏑☕️
Alvaro San Millan @sanmillan.bsky.social Plasmid biology, antimicrobial resistance plasmidlab.es
Tung Le @tunglejic.bsky.social Dad, Professor at the John Innes Centre. Interested in fundamental mechanisms that enable vertical and horizontal flow of genetic information.
www.tunglelab.org
Atin Sharma @atinsharma.bsky.social Editor at Nature Microbiology
All opinions are personal
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IFLScience @iflscience.com The lighter side of science 🚀🧪🔭🧬 For more: https://sked.link/iflscience
Professor Lesley Hoyles @bugsinyourguts.bsky.social And all this science I don't understand, it's just my job five days a week.
Professor of Microbiome and Systems Biology @ Nottingham Trent University. 🏳️🌈
Working predominantly on the human gut microbiota.
All views my own.
Joe Dillard @sacculus.bsky.social Bacteriologist. We study Nesseria, Gardnerella, and all things related to peptidoglycan. Professor at UW-Madison.
Eoin CASEY @eoin-casey-ucd.bsky.social Prof at UCD , Co-founder: oxymem.com
https://people.ucd.ie/eoin.casey
Marius Haugland-Grange @hauglandgrange.bsky.social Organic chemist based in Tromsø, Norway. My interests include all things radical, antimicrobials, and tiny holes in lipid membranes.
https://en.uit.no/project/hauglandgrangelab
Sebastien Crepin @crepinseb.bsky.social Researcher at National Research Council Canada
Microbial pathogenesis
@hobbslabmicro.bsky.social @hobbslabmicro.bsky.social 
Uli Klümper @ulikluemper.bsky.social Microbial Ecologist @ TU Dresden
Focusing on Evolution, Ecology and Environmental dimensions of AMR & plasmids
Formerly @ DTU & UoExeter
He/him
Kiran R. Patil @kiranrpatil.bsky.social Professor of Molecular Systems Biology, University of Cambridge
Sonja Blasche @sonjablasche.bsky.social Senior Research Associate at MRC Toxicology, University of Cambridge
My research interests focus on interspecies-interactions in gut and food microbial communities, their effects and benefits, as well as bacterial responses to drugs and food compounds.
Justine Rudkin @scousemicrobe.bsky.social Principal Investigator at University of Glasgow.
Bacterial Virulence & Host-Pathogen Interaction.
Nasal Microbiome, Mucin, Staphylococcus aureus.
Editor at Access Microbiology.
Rebecca McHugh @rebeccamchugh.bsky.social BBSRC Fellow @ University of Glasgow. Pathogen biology and natural products 🦠
@dirkwerling.bsky.social @dirkwerling.bsky.social 
Franklin Nobrega @fnobrega.bsky.social Phage Biology, Bacterial defense systems, CRISPR-Cas, Microbial communities, Mucus interactions
http://www.fnobregalab.org
http://www.klebphacol.org
http://www.phage-collection.org 
Emily White @emily-white.bsky.social Microbiologist 🦠 Chief editor at Nature Microbiology📚
Views my own
Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social Entertaining & educational conversations about science, tech, + more. Hosted by Ira Flatow and Flora Lichtman. From WNYCStudios.
César de la Fuente @delafuentelab.bsky.social Presidential Associate Professor @upenn.edu - using AI to reimagine antibiotic discovery and peptide design. Previously @MIT, @UBC
🔗 https://delafuentelab.seas.upenn.edu
Ashleigh Griffin @asgriffin.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist based in Oxford
Asher Leeks @asherleeks.bsky.social We study social evolution in viruses.
Assistant Professor @zoology.ubc.ca & @ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social
asherleeks.com
Fatima Pereira @fatimacpereira.bsky.social Lecturer @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social Microbiome research
Microbe & animal lover- G Gerry Wright @gdwantibiotics.bsky.social
@roblaragione.bsky.social @roblaragione.bsky.social Professor of Veterinary Microbiology & Pathology, and Academic Lead for Strategic Partnerships, University of Surrey. Trustee for Humanimal Trust & Houghton Trust.
Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org Microbiology Society: A world in which the science of #microbiology provides maximum benefit to society | microbiologysociety.org
lnk.bio/microbiosoc
EMBO Molecular Medicine @embomolmed.org OpenAccess journal dedicated to high quality research at the interface between clinical & basic science.
Tweets from journal editors
Jane Davies @janedaviescf.bsky.social Medical research & clinical care for cystic fibrosis, NHLI Imperial College & Royal Brompton Hospital, London; allergic dog-lover and die-hard folkie
Alex Bisson @archaeon-alex.bsky.social 🇧🇷🇺🇸Evolutionary Cell Mechanobiology of Archaea.
Associate Professor at Indiana University.
Standing tall on the shoulders of tiny (salty) bugs.
Lab Website: bissonlab.com
@iruka-okeke.bsky.social @iruka-okeke.bsky.social 
Gunnar N. Schroeder @gunnarns.bsky.social Senior Lecturer @Queen's University Belfast, passionate about understanding the fascinating battle between intracellular pathogens & hosts and finding new antimicrobials to cure infections. #CellularMicrobiology, #Legionella. All views my own.