Hall Lab

Really looking forward to this and also hearing all the other exciting talks! Big thanks again for then invite 😀

ISBB 2026 registration is now open! 🧫🧬
📍Parma, Italy (University of Parma)
📅 17-19 Sept 2026
Updated programme + confirmed speakers now online. Early reg: 5 May 2026 | Abstracts: 30 June 2026.

Website/registration: www.bifidosympo26.it

#ISBB2026 #Bifidobacterium #microbiome #microbiology

🚨 Calling all ECR's #MicrobialGenomics & #Microbiome symposium in Nottingham (5th June)- present/chair/posters

Abstract submission is 5 pm TODAY!!!

Keynotes @halllab.bsky.social & @alexmsalmeida.bsky.social
#MNGPopUp #MicroSky

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Only 2 more days to apply for this post as Research Fellow in the Health Protection Research Unit - Public Health Genomics at the University of Birmingham.

Come and join us to exciting, cutting-edge genomics and metagenomics work to deliver public health benefits

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⏰ Don’t miss out!
📢 The TARGetAMR Annual Conference 2026 is coming 14–15 May to Birmingham.
🦠 Connect with experts & shape the future of AMR research.
👉 Register now: www.targetamr.org.uk/hdrevents/ta...
#TARGetAMR26

Research Associate - Department of Microbes, Infection and Microbiomes - 106850 - Grade 6 As a Research Associate in the Hall Lab, you will play a crucial role in supporting microbiome research initiatives aimed at enhancing our understanding of the role of early life microbes in promoting...

We’re recruiting for an RA @unibirmingham.bsky.social!

Support our #microbiome research - lab work + sample/data organisation & coordination. Looking for an organised, proactive & great team player.

🗓️ Closes 04/02/26 . To Mar 2028

Apply via UoB portal:
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This is a super exciting opportunity - at the interface of cutting edge (meta) genomic methods & public health with #UKHSA.

One aspect is working with us to define underappreciated pathogens contributing to maternal-infant infections and how the microbiome influences risk!

Further details below 👇

🚨 Get your abstract in NOW for POPUP Nottingham with @bugsinyourguts.bsky.social & Microbiome-Net deadline 9th Feb 👉 linktr.ee/microbesng

#MicrobialGenomics & #Microbiome symposium 5th Jun
Focus on #ECRs present/chair
Keynotes @halllab.bsky.social & @alexmsalmeida.bsky.social
#MNGPopUp #MicroSky

Research Fellow - Department of Microbes, Infection and Microbiomes - 106849 - Grade 7 To create and contribute to the creation of knowledge by undertaking a specified range of activities as part of an Investigator project funded by Wellcome, focusing on understanding microbial and diet...

Happy New Year – new role! 🎉

We’re looking for a PostDoc to join us in @halllab.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social.

Full-time, fixed-term to March 2028. Note tight closing date: 11 Jan 2026. CV + cover letter (submit via portal).

Further details 👇

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🧬 Free @microbesng.bsky.social PopUp ECR symposium 🧬

UK-based MRes or PhD student, research assistant or postdoc working on microbial genomics or metagenomics?

Present your work and/or chair a session, plus excellent keynote speakers: @halllab.bsky.social and @alexmsalmeida.bsky.social.

#MNGPopUp

As the year wraps up, a huge thank you to the team for an outstanding year of hard work. It’s been a fab one, with exciting outputs & great opportunities to share our work.
Here’s to 2026: welcoming new faces, generating new #microbiome discoveries & continuing to enjoy the process & the laughs! 🤩

Jobs View the current job vacancies at the Microbiology Society.

📢 We’re looking for Editors to join Microbial Genomics! We’re seeking Editors with some previous editorial experience to support our to help ensure the publication of high-quality, impactful research. Find out more and apply by 19 January 2026: microb.io/Vacancies

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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Want to shape future collaboration between Parliament and the research community?

Share your experiences, challenges and ideas by completing a short survey, led by a Parliamentary Thematic Research Lead. Please complete the survey by 31 December: microb.io/4pg68mB

Microbe–Diet Interactions and Personalized Nutrition Nutrition plays a fundamental role in shaping human health across the life course, influencing both host physiology and the composition and function of the gut microbiota. In turn, the gut microbiota ...

Delighted to share Magda's new review in Annual Review of Food Science and Technology 🎉

We explore how microbe-diet interactions shape health across the life course and the promise (and challenges!) of microbiome-informed precision nutrition 👇

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Whoop whoop! 🎉 @hannahtriv.bsky.social’s first-author paper is officially out as a preprint!

Some super interesting long-read metagenomics results - especially the dominance of MDR Enterococcus faecium in very sick liver patients.

Huge shout-out to the whole team and fab collaborators!

Last chance to register! #MMEG2025 is just two weeks away, and we’re shining a spotlight on two unmissable panel sessions at the event.

HoloGen Doctoral Network Retreat #2 – Barcelona! 🌞

All our PhD candidates together for the first time – a week of project presentations, hands-on workshops, industry talks, and an amazing sailing social on the Med. Science + collaboration + tapas = success!

#HoloGen #PhDLife #Microbiome #MSCADN

🚨 Join us on 2-4th March 2026 for this fantastic UK-based #microbiome conference!

A stellar line-up of speakers, plus plenty of opportunities for selected talks and flash poster pitches.

🗓️ Abstract deadline: 24th November 2025 - don’t miss out!

🧫 #MMEG2025 is back!

📍 University of Birmingham | 15-16 Dec
🎤 20+ ERC talks, posters & flash talks
🍽️ Social at Indian Brewery Taproom

Keynote: Prof. Corinne Whitby

Abstracts due 2 Nov - get those abstracts submitted!

Join us for a cracking microbial ecology community meeting 👉

Have research, results, or ideas to share with the microbial ecology community? Don’t miss your chance to present it at #MMEG2025 - abstract submissions close 2 November!

📨 Submit your abstract: appliedmicrobiology.org/ems-event-ca...

New paper out! 🎉 Our collab with Jorge & Amanda shows that Bifido can remotely control placental endocrine function (in 🐀) - modulating >400 proteins! 🚀 Published in J Transl Med - translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Gut microbes shaping the placenta - pretty amazing stuff! 🧫🤰

MMEG is coming to @unibirmingham.bsky.social in December - look out for some exciting announcements about the programme in the next few weeks! Abstract submission and registration is open 👇🏻

📢🚨 Check out @drgdavidson.bsky.social's 3-year senior PDRA role below @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social!
Super exciting project exploring wildlife ecology 🐾 and gut microbiome bioinformatics 🧬!
👉 Apply: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/18...
💬 Informal enquiries to Gabrielle welcome!

Come join us 2-4th March 2026 for a cracking #microbiome conference in Hinxton UK! Speaker line up is AMAZING and lots of opportunities for ECRs for selected talks, flash talks and posters.

Bursaries are also available!

See details below 👇

We were gutted that @eliza-coli.bsky.social’s stunning illustration wasn’t chosen for the front cover - I mean, just look at it! ✨

Working with Eliza was a joy & if you’re looking for a brilliant scientific illustrator to bring your projects to life, I can’t recommend her highly enough 🎨🧫🦠

Such an engaged audience at #EESMicrobiome with lots of great questions after my talk!

Big thanks to the organisers for inviting me to present some of the teams recent early life #microbiome work.

Conference has been AMAZING so far!

🚨 An excellent opportunity for scientists in Africa, at all career stages, working on maternal & child microbiome research 🚨

📚 Blended learning (3 months) incl. prep modules, hands-on training (12-17 Apr 2026) & mentoring.

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Thanks Jose!

Excited to share our @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social led by Magda showing how Bif has co-evolved with different animal hosts 🐒🐭🐷🐦

Key takeaways:
🔹 Host ancestry + diet shape Bif evolution
🔹 Mammals enriched for carb-busting enzymes
🔹 Untapped diversity in non-human hosts = new probiotic potential