The Institute of Microbiology and Infection within the University of Birmingham is home to world-class research, from model-organism biology to translational bacteriology
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Congratulations, Prof Del Besra!
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It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Professor Jeff Cole. An esteemed academic, Jeffs research on bacterial adaptation to oxygen and nitrosative stress made a lasting impact on the field. He mentored nearly 60 doctoral students, our thoughts are with his family, friends & colleagues
Join the Barber Learning team at Winterbourne House and Garden on Saturday 22 November for an afternoon of creativity and funky fungi. You will get to ‘Meet the Microbes’ learning more about their weird and wonderful world and letting your imagination run wild!
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Fantastic Harry Smith Memorial Lecture given by Prof Nicole Dubilier @nicoledubilier.bsky.social today 'Eating your Microbiome: Nutritional Symbioses between Chemosynthetic Bacteria and Marine Invertebrates' with thanks to @pathogenomenick.bsky.social for hosting
Congratulations, @jessicamablair.bsky.social, Sara Jabbari and Tim Overton on winning prestigious BBSRC sLoLa grant www.ukri.org/news/powerin...
Expert Rebecca Drummond @therad-lab.bsky.social answers questions about the recent meningitis outbreak www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2026/tw...
The 2nd round of PhD projects for the DTP in Microbial Genomics for Health Protection, in collaboration with the UK Health Security Agency @ukhsa.bsky.social, has just launched, funded by @nihr.bsky.social 6 PhD projects are available (UK students only)
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We are recruiting! Join Dr Josh Quick @scalene.bsky.social as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Metagenomics edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Congratulations to Prof David Grainger @graingerlab.bsky.social who has been awarded a long term grant to lead a pioneering investigation into one of the world’s most dangerous and understudied pathogens 🧫🦠
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Excellent line-up for microbiology/microbiome speakers in Birmingham this week.
Yesterday we hosted @cibiocm.bsky.social, presenting his stunning work on the human microbiome, and today's @imibirmingham.bsky.social Harry Smith lecture by Nicole Dubilier
News item announcing Biochemical Society's new Vice President, Professor Gurdyal Besra.
Barber Family | Meet the Microbes Saturday 22 November 2025, 11am – 2pm Drop-in Included in the cost of admission to Winterbourne Old Tool Shed, Winterbourne House and Garden Perfect for ages 4 – 10 a...
Four world-class teams awarded major BBSRC sLoLa grants to push the frontiers of discovery in microbiology, photosynthesis, gene regulation and quantum biology.
Dr Rebecca Drummond writes for The Conversation about meningitis infections, how it spreads and who is most at risk
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PhD in Microbial Genomics, exciting new Doctoral Training Programme in Microbial Genomics for Health Protection in collaboration with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) launches
This post-doctoral position will contribute to both complementary programmes, developing ‘broadband’ metagenomic sequencing capabilities for rapid detection and characterisation of emerging and unknow...
