Dr. Ellie Harrison

Evolutionary microbiologist with a soft spot for the vectors of horizontal gene transfer. Sharer of notes from my sciencey travels. mostly human. she/her

[Dr. Ellie Harrison @ellieevolves]

reminder that if you are intersted in this project we have a webinar info session at 2pm TOMORROW. join with this link...https://t.co/J08VsG7Cyq

[Dr. Ellie Harrison @ellieevolves]

PhDs avaliable in the lab! No1....what are rhizobia up to OUTSIDE the symbiosis? https://t.co/wd9YfptMag with Prof Tim Daniell. Come along to our project info session Tues 10th at 2pm. register here https://t.co/kWLsCx2Ztl #microbialevolution #symbiosis #PhDposition

[Dr. Ellie Harrison @ellieevolves]

No2...Predicting pathogen evolution: using experimental evolution to understand the impact of phage therapy on Clostridioides difficile with @RobFagan https://t.co/Bo8IcVlhbK #microbialevolution #pathogenevolution #PhDposition

[Dr. Ellie Harrison @ellieevolves]

PhDs avaliable in the lab! No1....what are rhizobia up to OUTSIDE the symbiosis? https://t.co/wd9YfptMag with Prof Tim Daniell. Come along to our project info session Tues 10th at 2pm. register here https://t.co/kWLsCx2Ztl #microbialevolution #symbiosis #PhDposition

[Fagan Lab at the University of Sheffield @RobFagan]

We have 2 fully funded PhD studentships available through the new Yorkshire Biosciences DTP (starting Oct 25) - please share! Both projects are focussed on #phage that infect #Cdifficile

[Dr. Ellie Harrison @ellieevolves]

@CCWendling @zbailey1991 Congratulations @zbailey1991 on a brilliant defense and awesome thesis. Sad I missed out on that hat!

[Dr. Ellie Harrison @ellieevolves]

@RobFagan Oh that lab looks so shiny! Looking forward to lots of phagey adventures on F floor (ph phloor?)

[Tiffany Taylor @TaylorLabGroup]

Don't walk, run! This looks like an amazing project and dream team.

[MEEhubs @MEEhubs]

Exciting news: MEEhubs has been rescheduled and will be held from January 9-11th 2024! Mark your calendars and maps! Hubs will be in USA West (UC San Diego), Mexico (UNAM), USA East (Emory), USA NorthEast (Boston College), the UK (Oxford Uni) and Switzerland (Uni Lausanne) (1/3)

[Dr. Ellie Harrison @ellieevolves]

@LindC15 sadly this round of funding is not. The ACCE DTP (and most other UK DTPs) generally can fund one or more students to the international fee level but this one-off funding is restricted to the home student level only. Sorry!

[Dr. Ellie Harrison @ellieevolves]

More £££ is now available to study the interplay between evolution and horizontal gene transfer in the emergence of novel symbiotic strains. 🚨Closes 8th march 🚨 go to https://t.co/vrydsi2PtY to find out more about the lab and get in touch.
https://t.co/5I0dwIpN7o

[Dr. Ellie Harrison @ellieevolves]

🚨Funded PhD! Plasmid transfer can 'instantly' create new rhizobial symbionts. But can it really be that simple? Come explore the interplay between horizontal gene transfer and evolution in symbiont evolution with me and @Chomicki_G https://t.co/5I0dwIpN7o

[Dr. Ellie Harrison @ellieevolves]

@bramvandijk88 That'd the one 🤦 well spotted!!

[Catriona Thompson @Catriona1392]

As a regular listener of TWIM it’s super exciting to have our latest paper featured in it!
If anyone fancies a little listen to this week in Microbiology they’ve included our ⁦⁦recent @PLOSBiology⁩ paper. https://t.co/bGWb8lT45Z

[Akos T. Kovacs @EvolvedBiofilm]

Prophage mediated control of higher order interactions - insights from systems approaches

EcoRxiv by @CCWendling

https://t.co/00skkNrIO0

[Dr. Ellie Harrison @ellieevolves]

Closes 31st March, aiming for an early summer start!

[Dr. Ellie Harrison @ellieevolves]

🎉🚨 1 year, technician job available. We'll be working on a super fun project using experimental evolution to explore plasmid-mediated host shifts in rhizobia.

https://t.co/rGpRCDyWHt

https://t.co/6rqg2lf35V

[Dr. Ellie Harrison @ellieevolves]

HGT is not a bacterial process! It's a product of interactions between bacteria and all the inhabitants of the genetic ecosystem ❤️🦠👇 lovely perspective from @MicroTanya @Vicki_TR_Orr @jpjhall

[Catriona Thompson @Catriona1392]

So our recent paper from @JohnInnesCentre
with @BrockhurstLab, @ellieevolves @jpjhall @RobWJackson is out in @PLOSBiology. So here’s a little thread about what we found, because in my biased opinion it’s pretty cool.

[Dr. Ellie Harrison @ellieevolves]

@CyanoNey @coevolving We drizzle a line of phage down a plate then streak a bunch of bact across the line. Same idea but we don't have the high volume of concentrated phage for plates

[Dr. Ellie Harrison @ellieevolves]

this was published after we wrote it but a beautify and excellent resource showing how academia is failing black academics in particular...

https://t.co/rfIvtZJtYu

[Dr. Ellie Harrison @ellieevolves]

Are the 'pillars of ED&I' like '#BAME' limiting our approach to achieving equity for #academicsofcolour? We argue that it is the intersectional spaces that shape/limit careers.
https://t.co/xm2oToKtXH

#THEcampus #BlackinSTEM #EquityinSTEM #MinoritiesInSTEM #DiversityandInclusion

[Dr. Ellie Harrison @ellieevolves]

Co-created with my brilliant but not twittery colleagues Raheela Awais @LivUniLifeSci, Melody Obeng from @ScienceShef and Wajeeha Aziz from @BSMSMedSchool