Paul CM Fogg

3rd year attending @VoM_UK & a first presenting 🎙️ Great experience being able to discuss the evolutionary function of Gene Transfer Agents & another brilliant year of talks from the phage community 👏

Collaborative and interdisciplinary @BBSRC #PhDposition now available @UniOfYork - tinyurl.com/3ve22fx7. Experience a vibrant mix of genetic and protein engineering, microbiology of an industrially relevant model organism, and single-molecule biophysics. Apply by 6th Jan.

Fully funded #PhD position now available! Want to learn skills in protein engineering, microbiology and single-molecule biophysics? Come join our interdisciplinary team @BiologyatYork & @UoY_PET led by Dr Purba Mukherjee. Apply here: 👇👇 tinyurl.com/3ve22fx7 🔬🧬🧫📊

We have a fascinating preprint just out, revealing the widespread packaging of bacterial genomic DNA into capsids in the human gut:bit.ly/3B2ajza. Major denizens of the #microbiome implicated with broad potential impact on bacterial evolution and horizontal gene transfer

We present a preprint about a “stargate” mechanism of the capsid opening required for genome delivery in members of the Microviridae family. See below for a short manuscript summary (1/9). biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Last chance to apply for one of these bacteriophage #PhDposition I am offering in collaboration with Prof. Fred Antson @BiologyatYork @YSBL_York. Opportunities to study structural, molecular, genetic and evolutionary aspects of viruses of microbes.

#NewPaper from @PCMFogg and colleagues 'The influence of coiled-coil motif of serine recombinase toward the directionality regulation' Read it here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

We just updated our story about defence system synergism, biorxiv.org/content/10.110… . We teamed up with @Eugene_Koonin and @garushyants, and analysed >40,000 genomes to show that defence systems often non-randomly co-occur in bacterial genomes.

I am pleased to offer two exciting PhD opportunities @UniOfYork to study virus assembly, structure and genome processing. Viruses are the most abundant organisms on the planet with a massive impact on all aspects of life. Apply: bit.ly/3tqGVOJ or bit.ly/3ZJTmBx

Fantastic thread by Pavol, summarizing his discovery of most likely the founding member of a new family of tail-less phages - bit.ly/3Q3UPiP @iScience_CP. Also, crucial insights into how to handle these phages that are so often overlooked due to purification biases!

Thank you so much for inviting me to give a seminar @BiologyatYork @YBRI_UoY @PCMFogg @daniela_barilla ! I had excellent discussions with your team and @SeanMeaden @GavinHThomas @insanity_one , Paul Pryor and Marjan Van Der Woude. I am on my way back full of ideas!!

We are looking forward to hosting Dr @antonia_sagona for the inaugural seminar of our new seminar series #MicrobialLife: from molecules to communities @BiologyatYork @YBRI_UoY @UniOfYork Supported by @genewizeu @StarlabUKLtd @Cytiva @DrMarkFrost @NEBiolabs @UnileverUKI

Congratulations Laura!

Apparently, capsids of marine phages are decorated with the same type of spikes as gene transfer agents. And the spike fibre is anchored in the base by the same amino acid motif. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jv…

Antibiotic resistance (AR) is a major issue & could lead to 10 million deaths by 2050. We now have a funded PhD project to understand AR using advanced biophysical tools! Join @daniela_barilla, @PCMFogg and I @BiologyatYork & @PhysicsatYork! Apply now👇👇 tinyurl.com/yzkmus37

📢Looking for an exciting PhD? Interested in #AntibioticResistance plasmids🧬and the mechanisms responsible for their survival in bacteria? 💵Funded @BBSRC project open to applicants worldwide with me & @PCMFogg & @Steve_Quinn_Lab in York findaphd.com/phds/project/f… 📆8 Jan 2023

We have launched an inquiry looking at the potential of bacteriophages as an alternative to antibiotics. It is a result of the winning pitch for our #MyScienceInquiry. Deadline for submissions is Friday 20 January. For more details & how to submit: committees.parliament.uk/committee/135/…

Still time to apply for a fascinating collaborative #PhD project with Dr Holly Wilkinson #HYMS and myself. You will explore the impact of #AMR bacteria on skin wounds and the potential of phage & phage-derived products as antimicrobials bit.ly/3UczUcA Apply by 3rd Nov!

1 week to apply for 2 fully funded studentships focusing on #phage carriage in the lung and the evolution of chronic bacterial infection. Please share with any BSc or MSc students looking for an interesting PhD research project #prophage #bronchiectasis #cysticfibrosis @FindAPhD

Fantastic interdisciplinary #PhD position available with Dr Holly Wilkinson @UniOfHull #HYMS and myself @YBRI_UoY to study the impact of #AMR S. aureus on skin healing and the identification of novel antimicrobials. Applications by 2nd Sept 2022. bit.ly/3Ahqq8P