Chris Turkington
@Chrisjrt
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I do stuff involving things... those things being bacteriophage, and that stuff being something that kinda resembles science... 🏴 Postdoc
Glasgow, Scotland
Joined April 2010
RT @JeremyJBarr: Over the past two years, we've been working with @GenepoolTV & @Emma_WattsTV to document our journey from phage discovery….
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RT @JeremyJBarr: We have key dates to announce for #VoM2024 !. See the post below for our upcoming abstract submission, registration, and n….
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RT @JeremyJBarr: The latest work from our lab where we conduct the largest experimental validation of gut phages to date!. This included >2….
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Large-scale metagenomic and data mining efforts have uncovered an expansive diversity of bacteriophages (phages) within the human gut[1][1]–[3][2]. These insights include broader phage populational...
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RT @GB13Faithless: We've developed a simple tool to reorient complete microbial genomes to begin with conventional start genes - originally….
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Reorients assembled microbial sequences. Contribute to gbouras13/dnaapler development by creating an account on GitHub.
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RT @hibashareefdeen: What factors affect variability in the gut phageome? . Great review from @Tobin__Ciara @AShkoporov @colinhillucc!. htt….
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RT @Thomazsan: Are you looking to integrate multi-omic data, such as #microbiome and #metabolomics measurements? .I'm absolutely thrilled t….
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Motivation: Studies including more than one type of 'omics data sets are becoming more prevalent. Integrating these data sets can be a way to solidify findings and even to make new discoveries....
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RT @Lorr_Draper: APC Microbiome Ireland @Pharmabiotic PI @colinhillucc is recruiting a Research Assistant to join his Gut Phageomics Lab to….
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RT @AShkoporov: Looking for a #postdocposition in #microbiology #phage biology, or #microbiome science? Join us on an @ERC_Research funded….
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RT @ARFCCommunity: Hot homemade soup ✅ .Fresh filled rolls ✅ .Tea & coffee ✅ .Newspapers ✅ .Laptops & Internet access ✅ .Community library….
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RT @oxg_28: Excited to help out on this paper with @Hasanyesilkayaa studying regulation of pneumococcal capsule @PLOSPathogens, excellent w….
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RT @adriana_lowe: NERC just sent an email out recognising that the cost of living increase means its PhD stipend isn't sufficient to live o….
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RT @NaturePortfolio: A Review in @NatureRevMicro explores some of the mutualistic aspects of phage–bacterium interactions in the human gut….
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"Mutualistic interplay between bacteriophages and bacteria in the human gut" New review by @AShkoporov, myself, and @colinhillucc on how phage and bacteria in the gut are not each other's 'enemy' but rather, as Captain Holt would say are each other's.
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RT @AShkoporov: We are hiring! A 2-year @ERC_Research funded postdoctoral position is available in #PHAGENET project to study phage transdu….
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RT @LeptihnLab: MDPI Journals and their peculiar editorial process. Just asked to be removed as a guest editor from @VirusesMDPI, a journal….
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RT @haveigotnews: Government says ‘large number of tankers’ has been assembled to try and solve the fuel crisis - unclear if it’s a typo: h….
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RT @oxg_28: Last two months were nice to me. Our pneumococcal Rgg1518 paper is now out (Co-author) and my first fi….
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Rggs are a group of transcriptional regulators with diverse roles in metabolism and virulence. Here, we present work on the Rgg1518/SHP1518 quorum sensing system of Streptococcus pneumoniae. The...
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RT @phagedirectory: Christopher Turkington @Chrisjrt et al published a preprint on hafeZ, a #tool able to identify ‘active’ prophages withi….
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Summary Bacteriophages that have integrated their genomes into bacterial chromosomes, termed prophages, are widespread across bacteria. Prophages are key components of bacterial genomes, with their...
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