Dr Sariqa Wagley
Microbiologist, NERC Independent Research Fellow, STEM ambassador
Vibrio | dormant bacteria | seafood | marine environments | Burkholderia
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyPhD position available in our team to study how UPEC exploits metals to successfully colonise the host gut. Cool collaboration with @thecopperdoctor.bsky.social and @banzhaflab.bsky.social Please share and get in touch for more details
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyOur latest paper on how the coral microbiome affects resistance to different Vibrio coralliilyticus strains, while also suggesting some regulatory proteins are for defense vs offense. enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- Efficient resuscitation of early-stage viable but non-culturable cells of Vibrio cholerae using treatment with proteolytic enzymes by Shin-ichi Miyoshi and co workers journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyWe are recruiting for a number of PhDs in the HPRU in Public Health Genomics, based at @unibirmingham.bsky.social, in collaboration with UKHSA. 🦠🧬 Apply below to work on cutting-edge science and public health priorities! (NB deadline of 9th January / UK only due to funding restrictions) (1/7)
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleySpatial proximity dictates bacterial competition and expansion in microbial communities @natcomms.nature.com by @esimsek.bsky.social et al from @lingchongyou.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Coxiella burnetii Nine Mile II Δcbu0533 as a suitable laboratory replacement strain by Carrie Mae Long and co workers journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa Wagley📣🦠Check out our new Editor’s Spotlight! Senior MGEN editor Jesse Shapiro tells us about a recently published paper on the bystander effect on the evolution of Bordetella parapertussis, a non-target species of the pertussis vaccine #MGEN Read the full blog here: microb.io/48zfOlJ
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyVibrio cholerae interaction with predatory bacteria on chitin suggests an alternative mode of biofilm formation in marine snow conditions biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyStructures of the sheathed flagellum reveal mechanisms of assembly and rotation in Vibrio cholerae
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleySharing the link to our updated Vibrio preprint, where we compare and contrast Ecospecies with other genetic structures, and using the opportunity to fix typos and update some bluesky handles! with @danielfalush.bsky.social @whqqq.bsky.social @yjchao.bsky.social @chaooo.bsky.social
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyOnline today! De Novo Genome Sequence Assembly of the RNAi-Tractable Paramecium bursaria 186b: An Endosymbiotic Model System academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyMy takeaways from Virginia Guiffre’s new book on the sexual abuse she says she suffered at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell, & Prince Andrew (which he denies)
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[This post could not be retrieved] - Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyI have an MRC-funded PhD project available (www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...) on how warming will change the problem of AMR. Join a small and friendly group (padpadpadpad.netlify.app/about) in (sometimes) sunny Cornwall. 🧪🦠 #microsky Please share the ad below with anyone who may be interested.
- Analyses of protein expression and genetic fitness determinants reveal dynamic pathways active in starved Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Megan Bergkessel and group including my friend @chemsley.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyOk. They’ve pissed me off. I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards: 1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.
- Rapid detection & fast induction of viable but non-culturable V.parahaemolyticus & V.cholerae by Susanne Fleischmann &group Their viable quantitative PCR method detected V. parahaemolyticus & V. cholerae VBNC cells in 50% & 56% of retail samples, respectively. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyDelighted to announce that The International Meeting on the Biology of Vibrios will be back next year! Vibrio2026 will be held in Berlin in September 13-16. See you there Vibriologists! event.fourwaves.com/vibrio2026/p...
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyNew series from @EmpirePodUK THE HISTORY OF GAZA 291. Ancient Gaza: The Philistines Empire – Apple Podcasts share.google/7fne19kFfVLw...
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyIsrael has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN inquiry
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyWe must unite against those who seek to divide us.
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyI've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday. As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyThis is an excellent piece about how scientists discovered the culprit behind the mass die-off of sea stars along the West Coast: a warm-water bacterium called Vibrio pectenicida. Researchers are now working on breeding and restoring resistant populations. www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyExcited to share my latest review, now published in the Royal Society theme issue on ‘The ecology and evolution of bacterial immune systems' (available OA): Defence systems encoded by core genomic islands of seventh pandemic Vibrio cholerae royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleySo excited our antibiotic potentiation story is out 🤩 Led by the extraordinary @manonlang.bsky.social with @fox-science.bsky.social & @amazeld.bsky.social +amazing collaborators @immunobladder.bsky.social @imaneelmeouche.bsky.social 🦠 We believe it can make a difference in #AMR infections!
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyIsrael destroys second Gaza high-rise as military kills another 56 Palestinians, including aid-seekers
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyHHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced intense scrutiny yesterday over his vaccine policies, including claims that #COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are broadly harmful — claims not supported by evidence. More in this story by @fullerlab.bsky.social for @us.theconversation.com. 👇
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyNigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa Wagley🚨 Job alert 🚨 I’m recruiting two postdoctoral research associates to join my lab at KCL to study how #Klebsiella pneumoniae regulates virulence factor expression during infection! #klebclub Mol Micro: tinyurl.com/mtrwtx5e Infection: tinyurl.com/2s3u8ca2 Deadline: 21st September.
- End-to-end contact enables long-distance electron transport between filaments in cable bacteria: Cable bacteria are part The Family Desulfobulbaceae and found in freshwater, brackish water, marine, and haloalkaline habitat usually in the sediments. academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa Wagley🧬Aspiring Editors🧬 Access Microbiology is recruiting Editors to join our board! We welcome expertise across all areas of microbiology, and are especially keen to hear from microbiologists working in clinical microbiology or genomics. Feel free to DM with any questions.
- We are recruiting Editors to join Access Microbiology! We are looking to appoint Editors to play a vital role, ensuring the publication of high-quality research and fostering engagement within the Microbiology community. Find out more and apply here: microb.io/45JoSnP
- Melioidosis cases detected in Dhaka, Bangladesh: a positive impact of 3rd South Asian Melioidosis Congress by Saika Farook and co workers 2023https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666517425001257
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyVibrio cholerae motility is associated with inter-animal transmission www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🦠
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa Wagley‘Too many women choose death over divorce’: the Indian retreats taking the shame out of separation
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyThere is still time to register for our annual meeting! 📍 ZSL London 📅 15/16th Sep. 2025 💻 2x Workshops + Conference Join us if you are interested in anything #aquatic #marine #freshwater 💧🌊🌍🦠🐋🦪🦐🦀🪼🦑 **REGISTRATION DEADLINE now moved back to the 5th Sep ** www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/besag2025-...
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyFunds for monitoring foodborne infections including listeria (primarily milk products), campylobacter and salmonella to be cut by CDC in move to reduce food safety by MAHA - which again, akin to environmental protections and vaccines being reduced will make Americans much less healthier 🧪
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa Wagley"Egypt Isn’t Starving Gaza – Israel Is" Debunking the latest lie from pro-Israel propagandists: Egypt could open its border crossing with Gaza anytime and end the Israeli-created famine in the Strip. Here's the truth.
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- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyNetanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa Wagley‘We didn’t understand the goals of the war’: Israel’s inflated Hamas death toll shows lack of strategy in Gaza
- Effectiveness of a novel selective medium ‘Modified MacConkey Agar for Burkholderia’ for isolation of Burkholderia pseudomallei from contaminated specimen By Md. Shariful Alam Jilani and co workers www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyIsraeli media ‘completely ignored’ Gaza starvation – is that finally changing?
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa Wagley"Our society views women’s time as infinite like sand whereas we guard men’s time as if it’s finite like diamonds. Nowhere is this more obvious than the workplace.” @everodsky.bsky.social qz.com/women-workpl...
- Why RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vaccine Campaign is Working www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyHow German media outlets helped pave the way for Israel’s murder of journalists in Gaza | Hanno Hauenstein
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyWest Bank settler attacks happen on ‘daily basis’ – Israeli columnist www.channel4.com/news/west-ba...
- Surveillance gap in seafood safety: Multidrug resistant Vibrio parahaemolyticus detected in shrimp imported to Norway By Cecilie Smith Svanevik and co workers www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa Wagley“This is my duty…reporting the suffering of a people that I am living amidst, suffering that I am experiencing myself.” – Reporter Anas al-Sharif in what would become his final interview with us just weeks before being killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. Full report ⤵️ youtu.be/YeQD6spHyEU
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyAl Jazeera Media Network condemns the targeted assassination of its correspondents Anas Al Sharif and Mohammeel Qraiqea, along with photographers Ibrahim Al Thaher, and Mohamed Nofal, by Israeli forces. #JournalismIsNotACrime
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyAl Jazeera Media Network condemns the ‘assassination’ of its Gaza correspondents and photographers by Israeli forces. 🔗: aje.io/eeht0q | #JournalismIsNotACrime
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyThere are a huge number of people on the National March for Palestine in London. @pscupdates.bsky.social #FreePalestine
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyA protester in London held a sign at a Palestine march reading: “If you attended one funeral a day for every child killed in Gaza, you’d be going everyday for more than 52 years.”
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyNational March for Palestine is starting in London. We are loud, we are angry, and we are here to demand an end to Israel's genocide in Gaza, which our governments are supporting. #ShutItDownForPalestine #StopGazaGenocide #Intifada
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyType 6 secretion system immunity protein RhsFI has been repurposed for small RNA regulation in pathogenic Escherichia coli academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyA bacteria called Vibrio Vulnificus is widespread in warm saltwaters like the Gulf Coast. There has been a recent increase in cases of severe illness from this bacteria and we spotlight what you need to know. Our commitment is to keep you informed so you can remain vigilant.
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa Wagley“We're Seeing Flesh-Eating Infections Everywhere”: Vibrio Vulnificus Bacteria Surge Triggers Panic on Gulf Coast as Experts Warn Even Shellfish Are ->Sustainability Times | #Infection | More info from EcoSearch
- Melioidosis in Asia-Pacific Nations: Expanding Boundaries but Unknowns Remain By Bart Currie and Ella Meumann doi.org/10.1111/resp...
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyIsraeli denials of violence are ‘not accurate’, says doctor who visited Gaza www.channel4.com/news/israeli...
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa Wagley"Nothing could have prepared me for the extent of the starvation that I witnessed firsthand in the patients I was treating." Dr Nada Al-Hadithy, a consultant plastic surgeon who has just returned from Gaza, talks to @krishgm.bsky.social. Read and watch: www.channel4.com/news/israeli...
- Reposted by Dr Sariqa WagleyPalestinian self-determination is an inalienable right, not a bargaining chip. While children starve to death, Keir Starmer refuses to expel the Israeli ambassador, impose full trade sanctions, enforce a full arms embargo or end surveillance flights. It’s Labour’s genocide too.
