Rachel Wheatley@WheatleyRM

Evolutionary microbiologist interested in AMR & microbiomes 🫁🦠 Group Leader & UKRI Future Leaders Fellow @QUBelfast, previously @UniofOxford @wiko_berlin.

 Belfast, Northern Ireland
Joined August 2019
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Published today in @EvolLetters 🎉🎉 Antibiotic resistance alters the ability of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to invade bacteria from the respiratory microbiome academic.oup.com/evlett/arti… A short thread 🧵:

Antibiotic resistance alters the ability of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to invade bacteria from the...

Abstract. The emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens is a global health threat. One important unanswered question is how anti

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New pre-print from my lab: how does the chemical composition of infection-like environments shape how costly (or not) antibiotic resistance mutations are? TLDR;efflux pump mutants can have a selective advantage in synthetic human urine mediated by oxalate biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…

Fitness costs of antibiotic resistance mutations in rich media do not reliably predict those in...

The acquisition of antibiotic resistance is typically associated with a fitness cost, reducing the competitive ability of cells in the absence of antibiotics. Our ability to predict these costs...

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Great work by Jack Knowles for the first chapter of his PhD 🦠
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Aug 19
Check out our new review with @CarmenEscudero, @Andrzej_Tkacz & Marta Albereda, where we explore the fascinating social interactions of plant-associated bacteria. Thanks @WheatleyRM & @friendlymicrobe for the invitation to participate in this collection! doi.org/10.1042/EBC20250038

It takes a village: how plant-associated bacterial communities socialise to shape plant growth and...

Abstract. Plants outsource many functions to an associated microbiome, an ‘outside gut’ composed of socially interacting bacterial communities that support plant growth and health. These dynamic and...

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Excited to share this perspective article from my group - how can the interactions between microbes shape the spread of antibiotic resistance mutations? Thank you @MicrobioSoc for inviting us to submit this 🦠 microbiologyresearch.org/con…

Microbial interactions as key players shaping the emergence and spread of de novo resistance...

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We outline existing theory and empirical support for how microbial interactions can influence the probability of new antibiotic resistance mutations emerging, the costs associated with these mutations, and their ability to transit to new sites
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Great to write this article with two brilliant PhD students in my group, Lauren Pittaccio and Jack Knowles, who work on understanding these interactions in order to develop new strategies to combat resistance based on manipulating microbial interactions 🦠
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Microbiology Society@MicrobioSoc
Aug 12
🔍Check out our latest Micro Briefing highlighting a new review from @WheatleyRM and team at @QUBbioscience @QUBelfast on the influence of microbial interactions on the occurrence of resistance mutations, published in Microbiology. Read the full article🔗 doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.001749
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🔊 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_web…
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Arianne Babina@ArianneBabina
2 Oct 2025
🚨PHD PROJECT!🚨 Interested in #bacteria, #RNA, #evolution, #biotech, #EnvironmentalMicro? Opportunity for a fully-funded #PhD with me, @WheatleyRM, & Donal Wall via the NorthWestBio DTP: gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/docto… Deadline 21 Nov. Please share!
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Erik Bakkeren@ErikBakkeren
26 Feb 2025
My postdoc mentor Kevin Foster is hiring postdocs! Apply to join an exciting research group looking at ecology and evolution of the gut microbiome. Kevin is a fantastic mentor and I can completely recommend: fosterlab.uk/vacancies
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Brilliant seminar by @michpfeffer 🤩 (excuse me while I fangirl)
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Fiona J. Whelan@whelanfj
16 Jan 2025
🚨 PhD opportunity 🚨 The Whelan & Brockhurst labs are seeking a PhD student interested in investigating the ecol & evol of pathogens in cystic fibrosis exacerbations. This PhD is funded as part of pulse-cf.com/ w @AlexRHorsley et al. More info & link to apply below.

PULSE-CF

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Ross Cuthbert@ross_cuthbert
14 Jan 2025
Just out in Biological Reviews: Non-native species have higher consumption rates than their native counterparts Through a global meta-analysis, we show that non-native consumers are often characterised by more efficient use of resources 👾 🍱 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Non‐native species have higher consumption rates than their native counterparts

Non-native species can be major drivers of ecosystem alteration, especially through changes in trophic interactions. Successful non-native species have been predicted to have greater resource use...

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EMBL Events
@EMBLEvents
8 Jan 2025
✨ New Year's resolution: submit your abstract and join #EESDrugResistance. Abstract submission deadline is 12 January! 👉 s.embl.org/ees25-01-x With this new symposium, we gather a highly international group of researchers to exchange in-person on the latest work on the biological mechanisms that mediate drug resistance and tolerance across the species barriers. 📆 18 – 21 March 2025 📍 EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual
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Ralser Lab@RalserLab
7 Jan 2025
Abstract deadline approaching, for our exciting EMBO/EMBL symposium on drug resistance and tolerance mechanisms, across, fields! embl.org/about/info/course-a…
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Selva Dhandapani@DrSelvaDhan
3 Jan 2025
Please share: A few PhD opportunities based in @AFBI_NI @AfbiSoils and @QUBbioscience @QUBIGFS and supervisory teams from @UniRdg_Research , @AberUni and @LJMU. Please see the comment thread for details. #PhD
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Sharing three fully funded PhD opportunities to join my lab at @QUBbioscience to work on topics spanning bacterial pathogens, antibiotic resistance, microbial interactions, & mobile genetic elements. Closing dates in January and February, and open to international candidates.
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3. Farmscape of antibiotic resistance: metagenomes, antibiotic resistance genes, and mobile genetic elements. Closing: 3rd February. ➡️ shorturl.at/Z8id4
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2. Mapping spread of zoonotic bacterial pathogens and their mobile genetic elements as drivers of infection. Closing: 31st January. ➡️ shorturl.at/22AqE
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1. Genetic and metabolic factors underpinning successful pathogen invasion into microbial communities. Closing soon: 6th January. ➡️ shorturl.at/h0nDH
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