Sam Willcocks

Lecturer at Brunel University London, working in the fields of TB drug discovery and antimicrobial resistance.

[Clare Chandler @AnthroAMR]

We are hiring! 0.5fte Project Manager and 1.0fte Project Administrator to support our #AMR capacity strengthening work with @FlemingFund in #Ghana and #Zimbabwe https://t.co/RLlsE8TYFb and https://t.co/vPnixy0XxN Please share!

[Rachel Tanner 💉 @ProfTtweetsTB]

📢 The Tanner Lab is #recruiting a #ResearchAssistant! We're looking for a team-player with a bachelor’s degree, excellent organisational & #lab management skills to perform experiments, help students & others & ensure smooth day-to-day running of the lab:
https://t.co/9iULZaQB99

[Stefan Niemann @stefan_niemann]

Quite important example for therapy failure and BDQ resistance development despite obviously effective background regimen. Much more research needed @unam_na @FZBorstel @medinflame @trans_evo

https://t.co/UhUwJflEYP

[Sam Willcocks @sam_willcocks]

@ProfJamesLogan James, is this new/recently moved? Sometimes they need time to adjust to their new environment and will drop leaves but then sprout new ones

[Sam Willcocks @sam_willcocks]

Inspired and refreshed by a fantastic Winter @AcidFastClub Meeting! Thank you to all the organisers @brunelun #acidfastclub

[Jeremy Farrar @JeremyFarrar]

UK Set to Rejoin EU Horizon Science Program After 2-Year Absence - good news for science, research, health, international collaboration, culture, careers - simply great news. https://t.co/h2lnaaB1oW

[Ronan McCarthy @McCarthy_Ronan]

Brunel has an open position for a Microbiology/ Immunology Lecturer. May suit ambitious early career scientists seeking to transition to an independent position. Happy to discuss, just send me a message.
https://t.co/QVfynWT2PI

[Sam Willcocks @sam_willcocks]

@mcclean_siobhan @NovaUCD @YueranHou @IreneJurado6 Congratulations!

[Sam Willcocks @sam_willcocks]

Great fun filming with @Raksha_Digs @LSHTM for @channel5_tv. The Great Stink continues tomorrow at 9pm!

[Sam Willcocks @sam_willcocks]

@Raksha_Digs 😀 the orange PPE steals the scene!

[Sam Willcocks @sam_willcocks]

Today marks the end of one chapter @LSHTM and the start of a new one @Bruneluni An opportunity to thank the many friends, students and supportive colleagues over the years who have so enriched my experience (you know who you are). Onwards!

[Sam Willcocks @sam_willcocks]

A pleasure meeting with early career researchers @imperialcollege this evening to discuss the ins and outs of academia. Thank you @kkrohnhuse for the invitation!

[Julia Sanchez Garrido @JuliaSanchezBio]

Thank you @sam_willcocks from @LSHTM for such a great talk combining insights into the different stages in his academic career (Groot stages 😝), the research involved & very useful advice for us #postdocs! And congrats for your new position @Bruneluni! #DoIDECR22

[Sharon Kendall @DrSharonKendal1]

Our ambitious study defining the genes required for the survival of M. bovis in cattle is finally out in MBio! We used Tnseq to identify 300 genes required for survival and show commonalities with mouse models. We identify some novel virulence factors and

[Sarah Murphy RGN 💙🧡 @tb_or_not_tb_uk]

Starting a new patient on #TB treatment. This is all the tablets they need to take for just one week - 10 tablets a day! It’s just too much! We desperately need more tolerable regimes already 😖🥺

[Sam Willcocks @sam_willcocks]

Great session on #WorldTBDay on understanding MTB in the post-Genomic era from: Prof McHugh; Dr Evangelopoulos; @TerryKipkorir and @gmknght . Thank you to my awesome co-chair, Dr Honeyborne! 👏

[UCL-TB @UCLTB]

Looking forward to our UCL-LSHTM World TB Day Symposium later today, >700 registered, joining @CITC_TB for our final session. Starts 1230 GMT: https://t.co/tfuHifBdGw @LSHTM_TB @MRCCTU

[Sharon Kendall @DrSharonKendal1]

We have used Tn-seq in M. bovis to screen genes required in vivo. Known "core" virulence factors seen (as expected - but also some novel observations! @jenni_jane1 @Meesh5_AJ @irileniaN @WerlingLab @ValwynneF @sam_willcocks and other not on Twitter.

https://t.co/iL0Y0yptMm

[Sam Willcocks @sam_willcocks]

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[Sam Willcocks @sam_willcocks]

1/2 New year, new opportunities! Are you interested in discovering new drug targets to combat #tuberculosis? We are pleased to announce a fully-funded Bloomsbury PhD position in our lab @LSHTM co-supervised by the fantastic Prof. Sanjib Bhakta @BirkbeckScience
See link below ➡️

[Werling Research Group @WerlingLab]

A Christmas present..finally "officially" out:
https://t.co/zWHFJMlLe9 with loads of data, a new genome...etc @marie_bartens @Meesh5_AJ @ScienceisGlobal @FrontImmunol @RoyalVetCollege @EarlhamInst