Josie Elliott

PhD student studying evolutionary microbiology at the University of Bath in the Taylor and Westra lab groups
(She/her)

[Josie Elliott @Ellijos]

@ZaminIqbal @TaylorLabGroup @jpjhall @edzewestra @Anne_Chev Thank you so much ☺️

[Josie Elliott @Ellijos]

I could not be more grateful for having such lovely examiners in @jpjhall and @ZaminIqbal and moreover the best lab group ever with the @TaylorLabGroup. 4 years has fully converted me to a die hard phage lover 🦠🧬👩‍🔬

[Tiffany Taylor @TaylorLabGroup]

Hooray 🎉 @Ellijos, who passed her PhD viva with flying colours. Many thanks to examiners @jpjhall & @ZaminIqbal. Josie was cosupervised by @edzewestra, & will soon start her postdoc with @Anne_Chev. I'm so sad to see her go, but excited to see what's next. Go get 'em Dr Elliott

[Shani @ShaniUPAli]

Had a great time at #CHRO2024 !Grateful to be able to present on campy aerotolerance alongside great talks from @Benizao and Madison

[Josie Elliott @Ellijos]

@RobWJackson @drbridgetwatson @TaylorLabGroup @edzewestra Thank you so much!

[Josie Elliott @Ellijos]

Excited to share my 1st paper along with @drbridgetwatson @TaylorLabGroup @edzewestra Sylvain Gandon and David McLeod https://t.co/1fUpC1kU36 where we asked “when would using a defence system (CRISPR-Cas) be selectively advantageous over mutations that block phage binding?” 1/10

[Josie Elliott @Ellijos]

@Anne_Chev @RamaBhatia17 @drbridgetwatson @TaylorLabGroup @edzewestra Thanks Anne!

[Josie Elliott @Ellijos]

@drbridgetwatson Thanks Bridget! ☺️

[Keira Cozens @PinkPetri]

I am SO excited to announce that I have finally opened a microbiology jewellery shop! If you've ever seen me at conferences and liked my earrings, please check it out! ☺️🧬
https://t.co/8MLcLEkyXo

[Josie Elliott @Ellijos]

@ZaminIqbal @drbridgetwatson @TaylorLabGroup @edzewestra Thanks Zamin!

[Josie Elliott @Ellijos]

It's been a huge learning curve to take this paper from abstract discussion, through many revisions, to a real publication out in the world, and I can’t thank my colleagues – both those on this paper and many others not – enough for all the support and help during this process!

[Josie Elliott @Ellijos]

However, without imposing extra costs for mutating the phage receptor, and against a single, lytic phage, we see that something as simple as the difference in the frequencies of phage resistant cells can predict selection for a CRISPR-Cas system. 10/10

[Josie Elliott @Ellijos]

@landrychristian Thank you! The poster has the advantage of much higher colour contrast as compared to the talk 😅

[Josie Elliott @Ellijos]

For anyone in Montreal at #Evol2024 come say hi at my poster on what happens if a humble bacterial cell horizontally acquires itself a nice shiny new CRISPR-cas system. Today's poster session I1.