Paul CM Fogg

Senior Lecturer at the University of York

[Paul CM Fogg @PCMFogg]

It is a pleasure to announce the 4th UK MGE workshop will be in York on 23rd-24th June 2026! Registration is free and we are actively looking for contributors. Interested? If so, please register at https://t.co/8pkJRW4rxJ and select the talk option

We hope to see you in June!

[Paul CM Fogg @PCMFogg]

A few days left to apply for an exiting #PhD opportunity I am offering @BiologyatYork with Sean Meaden & @Hong_Gao_Tees. Join an interdisciplinary team to study how viruses shape bacterial evolution and the spread of antibiotic resistance. Apply by 7th Jan https://t.co/NpBcP8ZSSz

[Paul CM Fogg @PCMFogg]

Fantastic @BiologyatYork #Microbial_Life seminar yesterday by Mark Dillingham @BristolUni 🧬🧪. An engaging talk and fascinating to hear about RecBCD, phage-host arms race, DNA mimics and the enigmatic retrons! Massive thanks to @BioRad, Starlab and BMKGENE for their sponsorship.

[Paul CM Fogg @PCMFogg]

🚨Exciting #Postdoc opportunity in the Fogg & Antson labs at YorkUni: 3-year post to explore the #StructuralBiology & mechanism of viral DNA-packaging motors using cutting-edge #CryoEM, biophysical and molecular approaches. Apply by 9th Oct at https://t.co/ICeaDzWPCk #ScienceJobs

[Matthew @MatthewCraske1]

3rd year attending @VoM_UK & a first presenting 🎙️ Great experience being able to discuss the evolutionary function of Gene Transfer Agents & another brilliant year of talks from the phage community 👏

[Paul CM Fogg @PCMFogg]

Collaborative and interdisciplinary @BBSRC #PhDposition now available @UniOfYork - https://t.co/QSeeJGOvRn. Experience a vibrant mix of genetic and protein engineering, microbiology of an industrially relevant model organism, and single-molecule biophysics. Apply by 6th Jan.

[Steve Quinn @Steve_Quinn_Lab]

Fully funded #PhD position now available! Want to learn skills in protein engineering, microbiology and single-molecule biophysics? Come join our interdisciplinary team @BiologyatYork & @UoY_PET led by Dr Purba Mukherjee.
Apply here:
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https://t.co/GcX6jGGR1Y
🔬🧬🧫📊

[Paul CM Fogg @PCMFogg]

We have a fascinating preprint just out, revealing the widespread packaging of bacterial genomic DNA into capsids in the human gut:https://t.co/nuo0wLYRjh. Major denizens of the #microbiome implicated with broad potential impact on bacterial evolution and horizontal gene transfer

[Bardy Pavol @MojeMenoJeNikto]

We present a preprint about a “stargate” mechanism of the capsid opening required for genome delivery in members of the Microviridae family. See below for a short manuscript summary (1/9).
https://t.co/pYpM7T4rGy

[Paul CM Fogg @PCMFogg]

Last chance to apply for one of these bacteriophage #PhDposition I am offering in collaboration with Prof. Fred Antson @BiologyatYork @YSBL_York. Opportunities to study structural, molecular, genetic and evolutionary aspects of viruses of microbes.

[Paul CM Fogg @PCMFogg]

I am pleased to offer two exciting PhD opportunities @UniOfYork to study virus assembly, structure and genome processing. Viruses are the most abundant organisms on the planet with a massive impact on all aspects of life. Apply: https://t.co/56m52pbiNo or https://t.co/bC82Pf0iJB

[York Biomedical Research Institute @YBRI_UoY]

#NewPaper from @PCMFogg and colleagues 'The influence of coiled-coil motif of serine recombinase toward the directionality regulation'

Read it here:

https://t.co/dv1Al3fV6P

[Franklin Nobrega @NobregaFL]

We just updated our story about defence system synergism, https://t.co/dRVLHj7V3g . We teamed up with @Eugene_Koonin and @garushyants, and analysed >40,000 genomes to show that defence systems often non-randomly co-occur in bacterial genomes.

[Paul CM Fogg @PCMFogg]

I am pleased to offer two exciting PhD opportunities @UniOfYork to study virus assembly, structure and genome processing. Viruses are the most abundant organisms on the planet with a massive impact on all aspects of life. Apply: https://t.co/56m52pbiNo or https://t.co/bC82Pf0iJB

[Paul CM Fogg @PCMFogg]

Fantastic thread by Pavol, summarizing his discovery of most likely the founding member of a new family of tail-less phages - https://t.co/KXmgBWZFBN @iScience_CP. Also, crucial insights into how to handle these phages that are so often overlooked due to purification biases!

[Bardy Pavol @MojeMenoJeNikto]

Jorvik is the first characterised tailless membrane-containing dsDNA phage infecting an alphaproteobacterium. Read below the highlights of the study from @YSBL_York, @BiologyatYork and @LMDM17199375. It opens a new door to phage perception (1/7) https://t.co/VtfqroIxAk

[Antonia Sagona @antonia_sagona]

Thank you so much for inviting me to give a seminar @BiologyatYork @YBRI_UoY @PCMFogg @daniela_barilla ! I had excellent discussions with your team and @SeanMeaden @GavinHThomas @insanity_one , Paul Pryor and Marjan Van Der Woude. I am on my way back full of ideas!!

[Daniela Barilla' @daniela_barilla]

We are looking forward to hosting Dr @antonia_sagona for the inaugural seminar of our new seminar series #MicrobialLife: from molecules to communities @BiologyatYork @YBRI_UoY @UniOfYork
Supported by @genewizeu @StarlabUKLtd @Cytiva @DrMarkFrost @NEBiolabs @UnileverUKI

[Paul CM Fogg @PCMFogg]

Congratulations Laura!

[Bardy Pavol @MojeMenoJeNikto]

Apparently, capsids of marine phages are decorated with the same type of spikes as gene transfer agents. And the spike fibre is anchored in the base by the same amino acid motif.
https://t.co/ioJ2qjOdX4

[Paul CM Fogg @PCMFogg]

@raw9371 @UniOfYork @UniOfHull @YBRI_UoY @BiologyatYork @YorkBiolRes Hey Rick, it is good to hear from you! I haven't done a CsCl for a few years but still a phage enthusiast. I hope all is good with you too.

[Paul CM Fogg @PCMFogg]

Still time to apply for a fascinating collaborative #PhD project with Dr Holly Wilkinson #HYMS and myself. You will explore the impact of #AMR bacteria on skin wounds and the potential of phage & phage-derived products as antimicrobials https://t.co/zvXBBX06fX Apply by 3rd Nov!

[Paul CM Fogg @PCMFogg]

@PaulJaschke @DScopelliti3 @DominicLogel @RusselVincent25 @AHutvagner @han_zh @PTsoumbris @ellinium_ @Vawkstar Fantastic news - congratulations Paul!!🍾