Lilly Cummins
she/her | Postdoc in Sheppard Lab @ University of Oxford | bacterial evolutionary genomics, pangenomes, AMR | I believe in equality
- Reposted by Lilly Cummins🔊 Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Bacterial Evolution. Looking to recruit a postdoc to join a UKRI FLF-funded project on antibiotic resistance evolution in the microbiome 🦠 3 years funding, deadline 26th Jan, please share! hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
- Reposted by Lilly CumminsMicrobial pangenomics is reshaping our understanding of microbial diversity. Reaching new frontiers of an open and evolving discipline, hear the latest insights at Annual Conference 2026. Registration is open: microb.io/AC26Register #Microbio26
- Reposted by Lilly CumminsThe first preprint from @izziepotterill.bsky.social PhD. A clone within ST131 clade C with a totally unique capsule region.
- Genomic rearrangement of the capsule operon in a phylogenetically distinct cluster of the multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli lineage ST131 biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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- Reposted by Lilly CumminsThe ContamCalendar 2026 will likely be the final calendar we make, so we wanted it to be a great one. The new design folds out to be A3, perfect for displaying the beautiful microbes inside 😍 Also full of microbe-related days throughout the year 📆🦠🧫🍄
- Reposted by Lilly Cummins💥CONTAM CALENDAR GIVEAWAY💥 Here's your chance to win a ContamCalendar 2026! 🗓️🍄🦠 Just follow @contamclub.bsky.social and repost this post to enter the competition Winner will be randomly selected from Bluesky or Twitter on Wednesday @ 6pm UTC
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- Reposted by Lilly CumminsTo celebrate Black in Micro Week, the @blackinmicro.bsky.social have published a new commentary, Reclaiming Microbiology: Scientists as Community Members & Advocacy Leaders. Read the article: doi.org/10.1099/mgen... #MGen #BiM2025
- Reposted by Lilly CumminsTo celebrate and support the great @blackinmicro.bsky.social initiative and what joining could mean for you, please take a look through the commentary in Microbial Genomics @microbiologysociety.org hot off the press today! #MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky 💻🧬🧪🦠 www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
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- Reposted by Lilly CumminsNote it in your calendars! Aug 3-5, 2026. Excited to bring back MEEHubs to a hub near you (Switzerland, USA, Canada, Mexico, UK, Ukraine, or virtual only)‼️
- We’re back! ✨ The next #MeeHubs26 is coming with 7 hubs across the globe and incredible lineups at each. Can’t wait to share more soon! meehubs.org
- Reposted by Lilly CumminsAfter being with the journal since its very inception, the time has come for me to step back from Microbial Genomics. This is a wonderful opportunity to have a leadership role in one of the leading journals for microbial genomics research microbiologysociety.org/news/society...
- Great science-filled afternoon at @microbiologysociety.org HQ watching finalists present at the Early Career Microbiologist of the Year Finals! All the speakers gave fantastic talks on a wide variety of subjects 🦠🧫🔬
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- ‘We identified clone-specific metabolic capabilities… that may contribute to the ecological success and dissemination of most prevalent ExPEC clones’
- Identification of specific metabolic capacities associated with major extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli lineages biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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- Reposted by Lilly CumminsDelighted to have this review out with @jpjhall.bsky.social! We discuss the risk of transmission of antimicrobial resistance in the hospital sink drain microbiome, highlight studies providing evidence of transfer, and consider strategies to mitigate these risks 🪠🦠 doi.org/10.1038/s442...
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- One week extension to submit abstracts and benefit from the early bird discounted registration fee!
- 🚨New pre-print 🚨 We introduce our new tool GOLD-GWAS and demonstrate its use by digging into the evolution of MRSA facilitated by SCCmec This work was led by talented PhD student @seungwonko.bsky.social who did most of the computational heavylifting 1/n www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- GOLD-GWAS (Guided Omission of Linkage Disequilibrium - Genome Wide Association Study) detects genomic regions that co-vary with a target gene/region of interest. This is important for discovering what co-evolves with ARGs in the genome to unpick the complicated evolutionary stepping stones of AMR 2/
- 🚨 10 days left to submit an abstract for #CampyUK2025 Please circulate within your networks for anyone working on any aspect of Campylobacter biology/epidemiology/food safety 🧫😷🍗
- Reposted by Lilly CumminsA few hours left for you to sneak in a cheeky last minute abstract! ECRs, you know what to do… #mevosky
- One week left to submit your abstract to @microbiologysociety.org meeting on “Understanding and Predicting Microbial Evolutionary Dynamics” at Liverpool 26-27 November Lots of spaces for ECR talks and posters! microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...
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- Sunny train to Newcastle on my way to #ECConf25 @microbiologysociety.org
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- Reposted by Lilly Cummins🚨 Very excited to finally say… 🚨 The story of Noodlococcus - the contaminant that started ContamClub - is available to read 📖🍜🦠 Check it out ➡️ doi.org/10.1101/2025... 1/15 🧵
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- Today marks the end of my research visit to the Corander Lab @uio.no A great trip with some amazing sights, wonderful people and some very cool science!
- Reposted by Lilly CumminsMyself and @yekwah.bsky.social are running our bacterial AMR databases and genotype prediction course again with @eventswcs.bsky.social. Completely free and study at your own pace. Check out the course objectives below and sign up before June 9th to join us! www.futurelearn.com/courses/anti...
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- Abstract deadline for the @microbiologysociety.org ECR summer conference is end of next week! Submit before May 4th and join us in Newcastle microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...
- Very pleased to have been awarded this grant to collaborate with researchers at the University of Oslo!
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- 📣 Opportunities to join our group, working on mycobacteria genomics and protein structures Happy to answer any questions!
- TWO postdoc positions in Computational Microbiology and/or biochemistry. Join our interdisciplinary group in the new Life and Mind Building @OxfordBiology, @UniofOxford, @IneosOxford Please apply and share this post: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMP641/p...
- Looking forward to speaking in the Genetics and Genomics Forum #Microbio25 this morning to present some early data on how we can go beyond ARGs in the evolutionary timeline of resistance using our novel approach ‘masking GWAS’ github.com/jeju2486/mas...
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- Reposted by Lilly CumminsIt’s Race Equality Week and we want to shine a light on a very important drop-in session the Black Microbiologists Association will be hosting during #Microbio25 on 31 March. Find out more via our programme and join them on the day: microb.io/Microbio25 #REW25 #BlackInMicro
