Lecturer in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioinformatics at the School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast. Phages, microbes, genomes, computers.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Timofey Skvortsov retweeted
I must be among an extremely small group of people (n=1?) that have both 1) trained a frontier LLM and 2) designed and synthesized custom viruses in a lab with my own two hands.
And I think that the takes on AI killing us all by creating dangerous viruses is total bogus.
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Timofey Skvortsov retweeted
Please share ๐จ We have a postdoc position open on avian influenza virus tracking and genomics across natural to develop an early-warning system to protect human and animal health hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webโฆ
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We are heading to Prague for the Viruses of Microbes 2026 conference!
We will be presenting our latest research on phage formulations and delivery systems (skvortsovlab.com). Looking forward to a week of fantastic science! See you in Prague!
#VoM2026 #phage
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Happy to announce that the second paper from the doctoral work of Akash Shambharkar (@ig_8mile) describing two Proteus phage endolysins, is now available on the website of the journal Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
doi.org/10.1007/s00253-026-1โฆ
#phage #endolysin #lysin
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I am looking forward to participating in the Health Tech Spring Conference 2026, where Iโll be speaking about our research into #phage-based pharmaceutical products. See more here: hira-ni.com/health-tech-spriโฆ
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Our lab is attending @MicrobioSoc Annual Conference in Belfast! I will be talking later today about new approaches to use phages against urinary tract infections caused by Proteus mirabilis. If you miss the talk or would like to learn more about this work, check the poster A224.
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Also check out posters from our group members:
Yuyang
๐ท A215 Transdermal delivery of bacteriophages with choline based ionic liquid
Xinyao @Yaoxinnnnn
๐ท A216 Liposome-encapsulated bacteriophages
Shauna @shaunammurray
๐ท A226 Freeze-dried bacteriophage formulations
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Come and chat to us during the conference and check our website (skvortsovlab.com) to learn more about these and other research projects we are working on. See you at the conference!
#Microbio26 #phage
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Are you interested in doing a #PhD? Are you excited about research and solving challenging problems? Do you like #phage? If you answered 'yes', I am happy to support your application for one of two studentships to join my research group (skvortsovlab.com) at @pharmacyatQUB
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1. For residents of Northern Ireland (incl. non-EU if settled). The 2026 DAERA Postgraduate Studentships (tinyurl.com/2m9zxx5h). Deadline: 19 Feb
2. For citizens of China. Queenโs-China Scholarship Council PhD Joint Awards 2026 (tinyurl.com/3kxhnc33). Deadline: 27 Jan
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Timofey Skvortsov retweeted
One Week left to apply for this exciting PhD via the QUARTILES DLA w/ Cecile Gubry-Rangin (Aberdeen), @timskvortsov & @juliannemegaw on understanding drivers of virus ecology in the largest freshwater lake in the British Isles, Lough Neagh! findaphd.com/phds/project/quโฆ
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I am pleased to announce that the AquaPhage team have been selected for Phase 2 of the programme to develop a solution for Lough Neagh algal blooms. To do this, weโll use #bacteriophages - viruses that kill the problem-causing cyanobacteria but are harmless to humans and wildlife
DAERA has awarded ยฃ2 million in funding to four suppliers to progress to Phase 2 of the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) aimed at tackling the growth of Blue-Green Algae in Lough Neagh and other affected waterbodies. More info: daera-ni.gov.uk/news/four-suโฆ @AndrewMuirNI
ALT Minister Muir is pictured with the four suppliers selected for Phase 2 of the In-Lough Mitigation of Blue-Green Algae SBRI.
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Our multidisciplinary team includes experts from @pharmacyatQUB and @QUBbioscience: @PMEze1, @juliannemegaw, @cggbamford, @Hairy_Llama, Neil Reid, @KCAL101, and me. We are honoured by this trust and look forward to working on this important challenge.
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Superb news to kick off the week! ๐ Our new paper is out today in @NatureComms:
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Finally, we provide a suite of tools that allow users users to convert PDB into ProFlex, search for proteins with similar flexibility patterns in structural databases, and compare ProFlex-encoded protein sequences with each other.
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We hope that our approach will facilitate new insights into protein function and make a better use of the expanding structural atlas.
Manuscript: doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-6โฆ
ProFlex Suite: github.com/DamianJM/proflex_โฆ
#protein #dynamics #phage
@pharmacyatQUB
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Timofey Skvortsov retweeted
Are you interested a fully funded PhD? We would like to understand the role phages play in well- and poorly-performing broiler flocks using AI!
Learn more here: sustain-cdt.ai/advertised-prโฆ
Apply by Friday, 17 October @ 12:00: sustain-cdt.ai/apply
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Are you interested a fully funded PhD? We would like to understand the role phages play in well- and poorly-performing broiler flocks using AI!
Learn more here: sustain-cdt.ai/advertised-prโฆ
Apply by Friday, 17 October @ 12:00: sustain-cdt.ai/apply
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