MMI Cardiff

Twitter for Cardiff University's Microbiomes, Microbes and Informatics (MMI) division. Retweets are not endorsements.

[Kasia Maria Parfitt @KasiaMParfitt]

My favourite part of graduation was sharing the stage with these wonderful girls and the best PhD supervisor I could have asked for 🎓

@CardiffMMI @cardiffuni @PostdocVoice @PhD_Genie @PhDVoice @ecologysarah

[GW4 AMR Alliance @GW4AMR]

Looking forward to our next Lightning Talks session tomorrow where our #AMR network will hear a diverse range of talks from @GW4Alliance ECR/PGRs in @BiosciencesBath, @bathenganddes, @Bristol_AMR, @ExeterMicrobes and @CardiffMMI. Find out more: https://t.co/WZmAOcvaaW

[GW4 AMR Alliance @GW4AMR]

Many thanks to everyone who contributed to a great 2 days of cross-disciplinary #AMR discussions at our @GW4Alliance networking event. Lots of new connections made between members of the @MilnerCentre @BristolAMR @CardiffMMI @ExeterMicrobes @MRCcmm and many others!

[Rhys White 🧬 @RhysTWhite]

My FIRST #preprint is in the world! See our #research into #pandemic E. coli ST131👉 https://t.co/HCUgRi7lfh

#Genomic epidemiology reveals geographical clustering of multidrug-resistant E. coli ST131 associated with bacteraemia in Wales, UK | @medrxivpreprint

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[Cardiff University @cardiffuni]

To mark #InternationalWomensDay we're celebrating the stories of inspiring #CardiffUni women from the Special Collections and Archives [@CUSpecialColls].

#IWD2021

[Alex Mullins @AlexJMullins]

Fantastic to see this work on @biorxiv_micrbio! A combination of my thesis and postdoc work to explore polyyne biosynthetic pathways and discover a #Pseudomonas metabolite we called protegencin!

Great study combining #bioinformatics, #genomics, and natural product chemistry

[Challis Group @Challis_Group]

Our paper on the molecular basis for regulation of antibiotic biosynthesis in Actinobacteria by bacterial hormones has just been published in Nature (https://t.co/OyYHtZCEUs). Great collaboration with @CorreLabo @warwickuni and colleagues @MonashBDI.

[Beky Weiser @BekyWeiser]

Excited that this paper from my first postdoc position at @CUBiosciences @CardiffMMI is published! Working with #AlgiPharma to explore the application of microbiota analysis to clinical trials for cystic fibrosis lung infection. @MicrobeTweets

https://t.co/2WbB4bhe3d

[Alex Mullins @AlexJMullins]

A collaboration to characterise 2 well-known Bacillus biocontrol strain genomes has led to my debut in Bacillus genomics with the biocontrol agent B. velezensis, exploring antimicrobial metabolite gene clusters across 292 genomes @MicrobioSoc @CardiffMMI https://t.co/mXSroxJftx

[MMI Cardiff @CardiffMMI]

Description of a rapid screening method of specialised metabolites, with antibiotics used as inducers of known and uncharacterised natural products in Burkholderia

https://t.co/612NW27IRH

[MMI Cardiff @CardiffMMI]

Great to see this study published! Congrats to all involved!

[Mike Beeton @mike_beeton]

Some great news for a Friday! Work carried out by @cardiffmet student @HeyImNikki in collaboration with @CardiffMMI is now out! https://t.co/Zpeo9kIw98

[Challis Group @Challis_Group]

Our paper on discovery and biosynthesis of gladiostatin, the first glutarimide antibiotic from Gram-negative bacteria, has just been accepted for publication in @angew_chem and will be published back-to-back with a related study from @Hertweck_Lab. See https://t.co/ZDEAnTfmDC.

[Beky Weiser @BekyWeiser]

Congratulations to @Mayaiswright on completing her #MicrobiologySociety #HarrySmithVacationStudentship researching Burkholderia bacteriophages with me @CardiffMMI. It's been a great 8 weeks! Thanks to @MicrobioSoc for providing ECRs and undergrads with opportunities like these!

[Tom Connor @tomrconnor]

We are recruiting for someone to join the team running CLIMB in Cardiff. Opportunity for someone with an IT background who wants to develop new skills or bioinformatics postdoc/researcher who wants a change in direction: https://t.co/fvPLzeWxZR

[MMI Cardiff @CardiffMMI]

Collaborative effort between Cardiff, Bristol, and Aarhus University exploring the physiological capabilities of microbes in cryoconite holes (mini glacier freshwater ecosystems).

• Culturable microbes
• 16s rRNA diversity
• pH, salinity, temp, O2

https://t.co/FuIDIJhxsN

[MMI Cardiff @CardiffMMI]

Collaborative article with Cardiff University School of Pharmacy and industrial partner L'Oréal examining efficacy and mode of action of preservative ethylzingerone against Burkholderia

• Transposon mutagenesis
• RNA-sequencing
• MIC/MBC analyses

https://t.co/shnc683XkC

[MMI Cardiff @CardiffMMI]

Recent study in collaboration with University of Mysore on the culturable endophytic bacterial diversity of medicinal plants from the Western Ghats, India

• 16s rRNA diversity
• Phylogenomics
• ANI analyses
• AntiSMASH analysis

https://t.co/GWcU15ZdaS

[Challis Group @Challis_Group]

Congrats to Yousef Dashti, Ioanna Nakou and Xinyun Jian, whose paper on the discovery and biosynthesis of a new class of lipodepsipeptides in Burkholderia gladioli has just been published alongside a similar study from @Hertweck_Lab in @angew_chem. See https://t.co/oFa5DTBwz1.

[MMI Cardiff @CardiffMMI]

Massive congratulations to @edcoakes on passing his viva this morning by zoom! Best of luck with the new job, and an in person celebration will be organised once it's safe to do so!