Matt Hutchings
Group Leader @ JIC. www.jic.ac.uk/people/matt-hutchings. Natural products, Streptomyces, plants & insects. Bearsuit drummer, dad, Norwich City ST holder
Streptomyces strains & resources @ http://streptomyces.org.uk
Engagement with @sawtrust.bsky.social
- Reposted by Matt HutchingsA little bear figurine carved out of amber some 6,000 years ago 🐻❤️ A hole runs through the bear’s torso suggesting it was threaded on a cord, perhaps worn or carried as a protective charm. Found in a peat bog near Słupsk, Poland, in 1887. 📷 National Museum in Szczecin #FindsFriday #Archaeology
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- Reposted by Matt HutchingsFour senior UKRI leaders appeared at a press briefing this morning in the wake of RPN stories over the last week about a shake-up to research council funding Our story that the MRC is expecting to fund fewer grants through applicant-led calls that closed in September last year was confirmed ...
- Medical Research Council ‘will fund fewer applicant-led grants’. Confirmation from deputy leader comes as council restructures investments, with calls on hold until summer. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
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- Reposted by Matt HutchingsWhere does PC’s squad stand after the end of the January transfer window?🔰 On January 17th, shortly after full time of the Walsall FA Cup tie, Mike Attanasio, son of Norwich majority shareholder Mark, took to X, aiming a... ─── My Football Writer ✍️ #NCFC
- Reposted by Matt HutchingsPRESS RELEASE - Sugar beet, oilseed rape, tomatoes and dandelions: precision breeding projects win major funding to support UK agriculture Alongside our industrial and academic partners, we have been awarded UK Government funding to deliver four ambitious projects: www.jic.ac.uk/press-releas...
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- Reposted by Matt HutchingsArtists have always loved to sketch! Sketch of a sparrow from Egypt dated c. 1479–1458 BC. Some 3,500 years ago in Egypt, artists used flakes of limestone as sketchpads! MMA excavations 1922-23, Deir el-Bahri. 📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #Archaeology
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- Reposted by Matt HutchingsTesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025. Meanwhile, thanks to his new Tesla pay package, Elon Musk could stand to make $3 billion more per year than all 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined. See the problem here?
- Reposted by Matt HutchingsRemember the medieval remedy we reconstructed years ago? We've now dissected the various ways it attacks and kills bacteria! Preprinted & submitted, led by @tosinorababa.bsky.social & Jess Furner-Pardoe w/ many collaborators #MicroSky #Ancientbiotics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
- UKRI report on funding for and encouraging more university spin-outs. The funding gap has always been between proof of concept/early stage ideas (HEIF & follow on funded) and establishing the spin out to turn a profit. Is this report a statement of intent by UKRI? www.ukri.org/news/report-...
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- Reposted by Matt HutchingsA gift of an article from the inimitable Colin Kleanthous as he says a moving farewell to his laboratory. A brave, unrepentant and scientifically brilliant journey is described - please have a read, friends. www.jbc.org/article/S002...
- Reposted by Matt HutchingsCalling all teachers!!! This one's for you guys. Come and get inspired at this FREE event all about science education. 🤫You can even apply for a grant to help with supply cover, so you can attend. 🧑🔬🧪
- Reposted by Matt HutchingsToday, we're sharing an open letter from our Chief Executive, Professor Sir Ian Chapman, outlining changes to UKRI investment approach, and addressing concerns about research funding and the financial position of STFC. Read his letter here: www.ukri.org/news/open-le...
- First results chapter from Kelly-Rose Tulley’s PhD is published. It was a great team effort to get this finished. This work supports previous results on S. coelicolor OrrA and suggests its function is highly conserved. #microsky #streptomyces 1/2
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- Reposted by Matt HutchingsThree of the largest UKRI research councils - MRC, BBSRC and EPSRC confirm they have suspended several of their main funding routes until further notice, amid mounting concerns for curiosity-driven research www.timeshighereducation.com/news/three-u... via @jgro-the.bsky.social
- Reposted by Matt HutchingsAttention: Reform UK is not Tory 2.0. It is the far right in a suit. When a far right racist thug like Tommy Robinson endorses them, believe him. I am sharing Labour chair @annaturley.bsky.social’s letter urging Reform’s candidate to reject this poison. I am posting the full letter here.
- Reposted by Matt Hutchings📢 New plant science textbook Staff and alumni from our institute and @thesainsburylab.bsky.social have recently published Essential Plant Biology, a new textbook presenting current and comprehensive knowledge of plant biology 🌱
- Reposted by Matt HutchingsBREAKING: UKRI shelves physics infrastructure projects worth £280m Major international collaborations with Cern and US Department of Energy in jeopardy, as agency pulls back funds Scoop by @francesjones.bsky.social www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
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- Reposted by Matt HutchingsAncient Greek silver stater (coin) with an octopus on the reverse side. 🐙 Minted in Eretria, Euboea, Greece, 500-480 BC. Photo: British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o... #Archaeology #ReliefWednesday
- Reposted by Matt HutchingsMood in minneapolis right now
- Reposted by Matt HutchingsI wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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- Microbe-derived aromatic polyketides toward MRSA infection: current advances and perspectives This review classifies all natural aromatic polyketides (discovered 2005-25) with anti-MRSA activity (MIC<10 µg/mL) and summarises SARs, bioactivities and mechanisms. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
- Reposted by Matt HutchingsA reminder to sign up for the 2026 EMBO archaeal meeting im Cambridge: meetings.embo.org/event/26-arc.... Registration is open. We are looking forward to hosting you!
- Reposted by Matt HutchingsSAVE THE DATE! The next instalment of the long-running Bacterial and Archaeal Cell Division Conference will take place at www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels..., Italy from the 20th to 23rd of April 2027. Organisers: me, @s-lab.bsky.social, @awehenkel.bsky.social. More info soon. #MicroSky
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- Wifi is down in NR4 so I’m diving into the attic CDs. #NowPlaying: Gene ‘To See The Lights’. A “Best of”album released 26/01/96
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- Want some editorial experience? The @microbiologysociety.org flagship journal Microbiology has opened a call for new editors, more details here: microbiologysociety.org/news/society...
- Reposted by Matt HutchingsExciting CASE funded PhD opportunity available in the NEEDL PhD programme with me and Thomas Howard: eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
- Reposted by Matt Hutchingswww.findaphd.com/phds/project... interested in bacterial antagonism? PhD opportunity in our team, see below. Please repost!
- Reposted by Matt HutchingsTomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
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