Steven Hancock

Postdoc at The Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University Belfast. Molecular microbiologist. Amateur boulderer.

[Steven Hancock @SteveMicrobio]

The second paper from my PhD is finally out in @NatureMicrobiol! TraDIS on IncC conjugation.

Thanks to @pmduy,
@LabSchembri. Some really cool structural biology by Lou Zhenyao and Bostjan Kobe.

https://t.co/i6bVcPgbDI

[Schembri Lab @LabSchembri]

Very excited to share our work on NMEC led by @nhunguyen2811 (under review by eLife). We highlight that even with appropriate antibiotic treatment, causative NMEC that resides intestinally might not be eliminated and can cause relapse.

https://t.co/8nKXXRZ4FF

[Steven Hancock @SteveMicrobio]

@kaczmarski_joe This is neat. Is it possible to add functionality for showing domains? Colouring and labelling. Is there a way to show a deletion in the centre of the protein?

[Alexander Harms @AHarms485]

We discussed shipping strains today and it was surprising to me how much of it is still done in LB agar stabs. That is risky if genomic integrity matters - see paper below and this short thread 🦠📬👇🏼. 1/4
https://t.co/n4obOi0TkO

[EpicTV Climbing @EpicTVClimbing]

"Climbing has a weight problem."

Read more in the article below 👇 https://t.co/A7Loy00CwR

[Microbiology Society @MicrobioSoc]

Abstract submission is open for the 2022 Focused Meeting, Protein Secretion at the Host–Pathogen Interface, taking place 3–4 November in Belfast. Submit your abstract before 15 July. https://t.co/v0pdUxVm0Y #HostPathSecretion22

[M. Stephen Trent @m_strent]

PRETTY COOL STUFF on WaaL, the O-antigen ligase for building LPS. These folks were amazing to work with!
@pippomancia
@Khuram_U_Ashraf
@RieNygaard
@davidroper2
@ChrisLBGraham
@OliBClarke
@meagandufrisne
@VasileiosPetrou
& others
https://t.co/nrIv7FOAgb

[Cascales Lab @CascalesLab]

Diversity and distribution of type VI secretion system in bacterial plasmids.

https://t.co/qGp7GTThyo

[Brun Lab @BrunLabCaulo]

We are looking for a postdoc or research associate/technician to join a multidisciplinary team on an antibiotic discovery project combining high-throughput microscopy, imaging AI, and chemical AI. See https://t.co/Z1xV7MrAUJ. Apply at [email protected].

[David De Oliveira @DrDe_Oliveira]

Our research shows that efficacy of tetracycline class antibiotics can be restored to treat MDR Acinetobacter baumannii infection.

Great collaborative effort @fordebm @LabSchembri @davidantibiotic @mark_blaskovich @camcdevitt @MarkvonI

https://t.co/35GsxXqHCV

[Australian Academy of Science @Science_Academy]

Political interference in the selection of research grants is eroding Australia’s international reputation and the integrity of Australia’s research system. Of the 4 known occurrences of political interference, 3 have occurred in the last three years. https://t.co/VMxrshUusY

[Josebengoechea @josebengoechea]

Still time to apply for a PhD project in my lab to investigate the interface between K. pneumoniae T6SS and macrophages. Fun project in an international and supportive environment.https://t.co/awfAmOscar

[Gunnar Schroeder @gunnar_ns]

We search a #PhD student to join the team. Exciting, interdisciplinay project investigating new host defence mechanism and their subversion by #bacteria (#Legionella) @WWIEM_QUB. #microbiology #cellbiology #biochemistry https://t.co/sndtuBRXgO DM me for info. RT please!

[Luke Allsopp @luke_allsopp]

What factors are required for bacterial fighting? Our latest study in @NAR_Open shows that the H2-T6SS and its effectors requires the regulators Sfa2 and RpoN in #Pseudomonas Great work @AlColls Eleanor @towo_towo @FillouxLab @CMBI_Imperial @ImperialNHLI https://t.co/OLt7zBVYra

[Cascales Lab @CascalesLab]

RpoN/Sfa2-dependent activation of the P. aeruginosa H2-T6SS and its cognate arsenal of antibacterial toxins.
@luke_allsopp @towo_towo @FillouxLab
https://t.co/Nl1fIXeyHp

[Brun Lab @BrunLabCaulo]

Please RT: We are looking for a postdoc or research associate/technician to join a multidisciplinary team on an antibiotic discovery project combining high-throughput microscopy, imaging AI, and chemical AI. See https://t.co/Z1xV7MrAUJ. Apply at [email protected].

[Kate Baker @ksbakes]

Merry Christmas from the Bakery! https://t.co/zSJt3gAmia Our first combined wet and dry lab work - why has one AMR plasmid globally disseminated among Shigella and another has not? Led by @MalakaDes with @Jaws_Stenhouse @GraceBlackwel1 @RJBengtsson @ClaireJenkins2 @JPJHall

[Tao Dong @taogdong]

Many thanks to everyone involved for the hard work and to the anonymous reviewers for the very constructive comments! https://t.co/fRiLBCAUKR

[Schembri Lab @LabSchembri]

The plasmid gene aac(6’)-Ib-cr confers 4x increase in MIC to cipro in strains already harbour resistant gyrA and parC mutations. This dual resistance combination shows strong association with emerging carbapenem resistant clones.
https://t.co/Zj8K9SQpw7

[Grace Blackwell @GraceBlackwel1]

Excited to announce that the 661K resource is now live at Plos Biology @PLOSBiology
https://t.co/hoUA4qwv77
We uniformly assembled, ran quality control and performed general characterisation on 661,405 bacterial genomes that were in the ENA at the end of November 2018.