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October 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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
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a few days in the Peak District to reset the brain before #meehubs starts tomorrow!
August 3, 2026 at 8:24 AM
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Manchester is very happy and excited to be the UK host for #MEEHubs26!
August 3, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Manchester is very happy and excited to be the UK host for #MEEHubs26!
#Manchester #MEEhubs26 Day 2 is on! Fantastic talks from @olimeacock.bsky.social @melissalawson.bsky.social @evokait.bsky.social on microbial community interactions with keynote by @dundee.ac.uk's Prof. Sarah Coulthurst 🦠↔️🦠
August 4, 2026 at 1:58 PM
#Manchester #MEEhubs26 Day 2 is on! Fantastic talks from @olimeacock.bsky.social @melissalawson.bsky.social @evokait.bsky.social on microbial community interactions with keynote by @dundee.ac.uk's Prof. Sarah Coulthurst 🦠↔️🦠
August 5, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Great first two days at #MEEhubs26 in Manchester, looking forward to the third day of talks!
August 5, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Great first two days at #MEEhubs26 in Manchester, looking forward to the third day of talks!
Day 2 at #MEEHubs2026 Morelia.
Plenary talk by Etzel Garrido on bacteria shaping plant-insect interactions
#MEEHubs26
Plenary talk by Etzel Garrido on bacteria shaping plant-insect interactions
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August 5, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Day 2 at #MEEHubs2026 Morelia.
Plenary talk by Etzel Garrido on bacteria shaping plant-insect interactions
#MEEHubs26
Plenary talk by Etzel Garrido on bacteria shaping plant-insect interactions
#MEEHubs26
Finally, we have Sadhbh Dodd from Trinity College Dublin: "Intraspecific variation is key for predicting the outcome of bacterial species interactions in the cystic fibrosis lung" #meehubs26
August 3, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Finally, we have Sadhbh Dodd from Trinity College Dublin: "Intraspecific variation is key for predicting the outcome of bacterial species interactions in the cystic fibrosis lung" #meehubs26
Our next speaker this morning is down the drain, Greg McCallum from University of Liverpool: "The hospital sink drain microbiome: a melting pot for antimicrobial resistance plasmids" #Meehubs26
August 3, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Our next speaker this morning is down the drain, Greg McCallum from University of Liverpool: "The hospital sink drain microbiome: a melting pot for antimicrobial resistance plasmids" #Meehubs26
Next we have Oliver Meacock (Sheffield): "When cooperation isn't cooperative: resolving the paradox of stable mutualisms in microbial ecosystems" #meehubs26 #meehubs2026
August 4, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Next we have Oliver Meacock (Sheffield): "When cooperation isn't cooperative: resolving the paradox of stable mutualisms in microbial ecosystems" #meehubs26 #meehubs2026
What, is it over already? MEEHubs2026 concluded just minutes ago. It's been a blast, and here are some stats for you: 711 registrations, 241 posters, 71 talks, 3 days, participants from 32 countries. Bye from all the hubs 🩵🩵🩵
#MEEHubs2026 #MEEHubs26
#MEEHubs2026 #MEEHubs26
August 5, 2026 at 9:47 PM
What, is it over already? MEEHubs2026 concluded just minutes ago. It's been a blast, and here are some stats for you: 711 registrations, 241 posters, 71 talks, 3 days, participants from 32 countries. Bye from all the hubs 🩵🩵🩵
#MEEHubs2026 #MEEHubs26
#MEEHubs2026 #MEEHubs26
2. This work is motivated by big questions that have haunted me since my PhD:
Do genes or genomes (species?) inhabit ecological niches?
On what time scales do they respond to selection?
First, some theory on selective sweeps (slides from my talk at @meehubs.bsky.social #MEEHubs2026 #MEEhubs26)
Do genes or genomes (species?) inhabit ecological niches?
On what time scales do they respond to selection?
First, some theory on selective sweeps (slides from my talk at @meehubs.bsky.social #MEEHubs2026 #MEEhubs26)
September 29, 2026 at 12:05 PM
2. This work is motivated by big questions that have haunted me since my PhD:
Do genes or genomes (species?) inhabit ecological niches?
On what time scales do they respond to selection?
First, some theory on selective sweeps (slides from my talk at @meehubs.bsky.social #MEEHubs2026 #MEEhubs26)
Do genes or genomes (species?) inhabit ecological niches?
On what time scales do they respond to selection?
First, some theory on selective sweeps (slides from my talk at @meehubs.bsky.social #MEEHubs2026 #MEEhubs26)
First up in Manchester is our first plenary speaker, Professor Stineke van Houte: "Understanding the role of bacterial anti-phage defences to inform phage therapy" #meehubs26
August 3, 2026 at 10:13 AM
First up in Manchester is our first plenary speaker, Professor Stineke van Houte: "Understanding the role of bacterial anti-phage defences to inform phage therapy" #meehubs26
And our final speaker of the session is Kaitlin Schaal (Liverpool): "Modeling and experimental approaches allow us to parse drivers of community responses to environmental change" #meehubs26 #meehubs2026
August 4, 2026 at 10:09 AM
And our final speaker of the session is Kaitlin Schaal (Liverpool): "Modeling and experimental approaches allow us to parse drivers of community responses to environmental change" #meehubs26 #meehubs2026
Manchester kicking off today's MEEHubs with keynote speaker Professor Sarah Coulthurst (Dundee): "The bacterial Type VI secretion system – a versatile antimicrobial weapon" #meehubs26 #meehubs2026
August 4, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Manchester kicking off today's MEEHubs with keynote speaker Professor Sarah Coulthurst (Dundee): "The bacterial Type VI secretion system – a versatile antimicrobial weapon" #meehubs26 #meehubs2026
MEEHubs or MEEPubs? Our cross-hub pub quiz pitted hubs against each other in a thrilling battle. Congrats to "alan", "Tom" and "swayam" for winning free registration to a local hub at the next MEEHubs!
#MEEHubs26 #MEEHubs2026
#MEEHubs26 #MEEHubs2026
August 4, 2026 at 5:10 PM
MEEHubs or MEEPubs? Our cross-hub pub quiz pitted hubs against each other in a thrilling battle. Congrats to "alan", "Tom" and "swayam" for winning free registration to a local hub at the next MEEHubs!
#MEEHubs26 #MEEHubs2026
#MEEHubs26 #MEEHubs2026
And finally Adam Mulkern (Oxford): "Antibiotics reshape the antagonism landscape of polyclonal Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections" #meehubs26 #meehubs2026
August 5, 2026 at 3:01 PM
And finally Adam Mulkern (Oxford): "Antibiotics reshape the antagonism landscape of polyclonal Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections" #meehubs26 #meehubs2026
Melissa Lawson (Manchester): "Decoding Lung Microbial Interactions: Harnessing a High-Throughput Fly Model to Reveal Pathogen- Microbe Virulence Dynamics in the Lung Environment" #meehubs26 #meehubs2026
August 4, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Melissa Lawson (Manchester): "Decoding Lung Microbial Interactions: Harnessing a High-Throughput Fly Model to Reveal Pathogen- Microbe Virulence Dynamics in the Lung Environment" #meehubs26 #meehubs2026
Our keynote speaker Jasmine Ono (Nottingham): "Breaking a species barrier allows selection on recombinant hybrids in budding yeasts" #meehubs26 #meehubs2026
August 5, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Our keynote speaker Jasmine Ono (Nottingham): "Breaking a species barrier allows selection on recombinant hybrids in budding yeasts" #meehubs26 #meehubs2026
MEEHubs doesn't stop when the talks stop: from a mouth-watering spread in Morelia to a bonfire in Irvine to an Apero in Zurich, we've got your social calendar covered during the conference #MEEHubs2026 #MEEHubs26
August 5, 2026 at 4:52 PM
MEEHubs doesn't stop when the talks stop: from a mouth-watering spread in Morelia to a bonfire in Irvine to an Apero in Zurich, we've got your social calendar covered during the conference #MEEHubs2026 #MEEHubs26
So excited and looking forward to MEEhubs26. What a line-up!
🚨The program for MEEHubs2026 is now online, as is more detailed information about the hubs! Check it out at meehubs.org and register‼️
Less than a month before the conference kicks off! 🦠
Less than a month before the conference kicks off! 🦠
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July 8, 2026 at 9:54 AM
So excited and looking forward to MEEhubs26. What a line-up!
MEEHubs has both in-person posters at the hubs and virtual posters online! We're so excited to be able to bring great research together through this platform #meehubs26 #meehubs2026
August 4, 2026 at 8:15 PM
MEEHubs has both in-person posters at the hubs and virtual posters online! We're so excited to be able to bring great research together through this platform #meehubs26 #meehubs2026
Thanks all for the morning. Looking forward to the afternoon with Chernihiv, Morelia and Montreal! #meehubs26
August 3, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Thanks all for the morning. Looking forward to the afternoon with Chernihiv, Morelia and Montreal! #meehubs26
That is one of the blue-est rooms we have ever seen! In fact, it's looking pretty MEEHubs blue to us! 🩵 #MEEHubs26 #MEEHubs2026
#MEEHubs2026 Montreal may have collectively lost the quiz but we are winning the poster session ;)
August 4, 2026 at 8:18 PM
That is one of the blue-est rooms we have ever seen! In fact, it's looking pretty MEEHubs blue to us! 🩵 #MEEHubs26 #MEEHubs2026
Day 1 wrapped up with the Irvine and Ann Arbor hubs hosting. Thanks all for an amazing first day and see you tomorrow! Grab a beer, a coffee, or finish off your z's to prep for a fully packed Day 2.
#MEEHubs26 #MEEHubs2026
#MEEHubs26 #MEEHubs2026
August 3, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Day 1 wrapped up with the Irvine and Ann Arbor hubs hosting. Thanks all for an amazing first day and see you tomorrow! Grab a beer, a coffee, or finish off your z's to prep for a fully packed Day 2.
#MEEHubs26 #MEEHubs2026
#MEEHubs26 #MEEHubs2026