James Connolly

I’m thrilled to share our latest work in ⁦@NatureComms⁩ led by the brilliant ⁦@curtiscottam⁩ and the first paper from his PhD. He discovered a new arabinose transporter in EHEC and found that metabolism of this sugar enhances T3SS expression nature.com/articles/s4146…

Postdoc position available! This is a 2-year post funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences. You'll be based in the Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology here in Newcastle, using super-resolution microscopy to look at the bacterial cell wall. 🔬🦠 RT 🙏 jobs.ac.uk/job/DMY885/res…

Love phage-bacteria interactions, anti-phage systems, and a sprinkle of evolutionary biology? There’s still time to apply and join our team in Glasgow at @UofGSii !

🚨We are hiring! A MRC-funded PDRA position to study novel anti-phage systems & their evolutionary dynamics in P. aeruginosa, in collaboration with @friendlymicrobe. If you are passionate about phage-bacteria interactions & evolution, apply now ! tinyurl.com/bddz4z44

Over the moon to share some amazing news—I’ve been awarded an MRC Career Development Award to pursue my research at the University of Glasgow @UofGSii ! 🎉 Can’t wait to get started on this exciting new chapter. Stay tuned—I’ll soon be advertising a PDRA position!

Very pleased to present the next pre-print from our lab #glycotime We showcase PNGaseL from Flavobacterium akiainvivens that we hope will be a useful tool for the glyco community 🍬🧪👩‍🔬 Special shout out to @CassieBakshani and Paulina (Ludger) biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Looking to appoint a new or experienced Postdoc to join my team. Investigating novel therapeutics targeting Crohn's disease associated bacteria. Background in Microbiology, Immunology, Biochemistry or related field. 🦠🔬 Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/trrecruit/… Closes 31st May 2025

If you are interested in phage satellites, we hope you'll enjoy this. Fun collaboration with the Rocha, Seed, Bikard, and Chen labs! nature.com/articles/s4157…

Still time to apply for this PhD position with our team!

Come and do a PhD with me and @DrPaulJamesUK to find some new exciting enzymes! #glycotime findaphd.com/phds/project/n…

Fully funded PhD position available to join our team! We will focus on untangling the mechanisms used by antibiotic resistant E.coli to colonise the host gut. Highly interdisciplinary project with Karrera Djoko and ⁦@BanzhafLab⁩. Please share findaphd.com/phds/project/m…

The lab is now up and running at New England Biolabs @NEBiolabs! I'm looking for a postdoc to study phage defence systems. If you'd like the academic freedom to publish but the resources of industry, then take a look 🤓😃 neb.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NEB_Care…

#mBio is proud to announce that our new Editor in Chief, beginning July 1, 2025, is Dr. Marvin Whiteley! asm.org/Biographies/Ma…. He will build on the incredible & visionary work done by our Founding EIC, Dr. Arturo Casadevall. @whiteleylab @ACasadevall1 asm.org/Press-Releases…

We're hiring! Two new fellowships available in AMR at the UCD School of Medicine and the Vet School ucd.ie/adastrafellows…

Apply now, spread the word: three (3) fully funded Helmholtz research groups (assistant prof level) with attractive packages. Topics: RNA-based medicine, microbial RNA, and RNA-based infection research incl. RNA technologies. Great environment for young people. Come and join us.

OmpA controls order in the outer membrane and shares the mechanical load pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Giving these another airing... projects on bacterial pathogens, antimicrobial resistance, and basic mechanisms... all with a hint of gene regulation #PhD #opportunities

Exciting times! Our latest preprint is now live 🤩! I truly believe this is one of the most significant contributions we've made. It offers fresh hypotheses about how pandemic Vibrio cholerae spreads globally. Let’s dive in!🧵..1/n biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

PhD projects available in our lab all listed in the below link. All focus on bacterial gene regulation, in the context of basic understanding, disease, or anitbiotic resistance. Deadlines in January... findaphd.com/phds/?Keywords…

Officially Dr Githwe 👩🏾‍🎓🥂an incredible 4 years finished off in the most perfect way! I’m honoured to have had the most wonderful discussion with my examiners @NclFungalGroup @nkoropatkin. Thank you for all of your kind words + allowing me to geek out about such a fun project 🦠

Congrats Dr @dianagithwe! And big thanks to examiners @nkoropatkin and @NclFungalGroup for making it fun! PhD student number 4 😍