Jags Pandhal

Bringing British research to the Nordic Algae Symposium 2026, great event, great place. #microalgae #biotechnology

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sheffield.ac.ukManchester Offshored: a new report from Sheffield University Management School and University of Sheffield researchers launchedAdam Leaver, Richard Goulding and Jonathan Silver launch a new public interest report on the Manchester Life partnership between Manchester City Council and the Abu Dhabi United Group.

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15 Sept

linkedin.comHow universities have been reorganised into incompetenceThe people who administer the work of universities are known as professional services staff, or PS for short. As if their work was some sort of additional postscript to what universities do.

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3 Sept

pandhalresearchgroup.co.ukMicrobes, Mahi and Mountains at ISME20 AucklandBy Amy BirssISME is back!!! Every two years the International Society for Microbial Ecology descends on a city, creating a hotspot for the kind of people who get excited about organisms you can't see ...

bbc.co.ukTrump signs order to limit childhood vaccines and split MMR shotsThe American Academy of Pediatrics calls the recommendation on measles, mumps and rubella shots "dangerous".

11 Aug

I can’t believe that the Worlds “super power” has this dipstick in charge. Hang in there good Americans x Trump signs order to limit childhood vaccines and split MMR shots www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

wix.toBroadening Horizons: My Experience at the IIT Bombay International Summer SchoolBy Jose CachayOne of the most rewarding experiences during my PhD was attending the International Summer School at IIT Bombay. It had not been part of my original plans, but I had decided to apply, an...

27 July

New blog from our student Jose: Attending the IIT Bombay International Summer School was transformative. New research perspectives, global peers, and unforgettable experiences in Mumbai. Read my full reflections: wix.to/okYt4Kw

24 June

Great times at the Metaproteomics Symposium this year, highly recommend attending this, great people, great science @MetaP_Init

15 June

Oooh, red bird bath…could it be algae???

16 June

Boom!

29 May

My favourite image of the week, algae in microdroplets…🧪

wix.toPint of ScienceOur very own John Howard presented at Pint of Science at the Neepsend Social Club last night with a fantastic talk entitled

19 May

Last night John Howard spoke at Pint of Science 🍺🧪: “The Circle of (Micro)life - how microbe cooperation could help pollution remediation & agriculture." More: wix.to/C0KX5vf #PintOfScience #Microbes #SciComm

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Michael Brockhurst

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1 May

Join us! @wellcometrust.bsky.social postdoc position using experimental evolution to understand real-world resistance dynamics. See preprint for the 🤯 strain collection we will be working with www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Closing 15 May. Apply: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... #mevosky

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bbc.co.ukGardening world pays tribute to Sheffield's Nigel DunnettThe urban horticulture professor designed the wildflower planting in the Tower of London's moat.

27 Apr

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pandhalresearchgroup.co.ukMicrobiology Society Annual Conference Belfast: A practical guide to presenting at conference with no dataBy Luke RichardsonAnother year has passed, and just slightly less important than Christmas and Mum’s birthday is the Microbiology Society Annual Conference. This year, myself and José Cachay flew to s...

24 Apr

Always a good, honest conference review from our very own Luke Richardson 🧪 @MicrobioSoc #biotech www.pandhalresearchgroup.co.uk/post/microbi...

24 Apr

System clean and ready to go. Consortia 2…ready, steady…GOOOOOOO!!!!!

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Annual Conference is the UK's largest annual gathering of microbiologists. Register now to secure your spot: https://microb.io/AC26Register #Microbio26

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theguardian.comBlink and miss: Trump’s tactic of threats first and U-turn later is proving stale in Iran warPresident’s move, dubbed Trump Always Chickens Out, appears to have soured as he loses hold on situation in Iran

Blink and miss: Trump’s tactic of threats first and U-turn later is proving stale in Iran war

What the hell is eating our Nannochloropsis ?! ☠️🧪

pandhalresearchgroup.co.ukTwo days...two viva'sBoth Ali and Helen had their PhD viva examinations, one day apart. Here's what they had to say about it...Ali The day finally came that I would defend the research I conducted over the coarse of the m...

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26 Mar

Great to catch up with our polymer experts in the White City, Imperial College London. Love seeing actual products! 🧪

19 Mar

Maybe the MAGA was “Make Algae Great Again”, as we push to the magic $2.50 a barrel for algae biodiesel 😭🧪

18 Mar

Got soundly mocked for wearing this jumper during a conference call today…probably deserved

17 Mar

Wanted to show my second year students how tangential flow works in my biotech lecture earlier- the box was too heavy to transport so I took photos instead. Lame. So so lame.

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16 Mar

Register for our limited online seminar series, Safe Microbiome Perturbations. Join us next Friday at 1pm (GMT) for an insightful session on 'Oral Microbiome and Bioinformatics Approaches.' Register for free: https://microb.io/4cx4avi #OralMicrobiome #WebinarSeries

14 Mar

Friday drinks with the lab always taste the best 🧪🍻

sciencedirect.comCharacterising complex metabolic responses in an engineered, cross-feeding microbial co-culture using quantitative proteomicsMicrobial communities play a key role in biogeochemical transformations in a wide range of ecosystems, but they also hold significant potential to enh…

2 Mar

Engineering synthetic co-cultures to be "needy" leads to unexpected consequences. We barely scratch the surface here, but get some interesting insights #biotech 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

6 Feb

“Phycosphere Friday” Nannochloropsis and his pals. 🧪

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3 Feb

sheffield.ac.ukScaling up our research over seven orders of magnitudeWhen research outgrows the laboratory, the transition to industrial infrastructure marks a pivotal shift from theoretical discovery to practical application.

30 Jan

25 Jan

We need to sympathise with the USA people, not lambast them because their government is letting them down.

22 Jan

Microdroplets with algae a go! 🧪

21 Jan

Made an egg and coconut curry for dinner- it was disgusting 🤢

21 Jan

Sadly my research group don’t want to do Science conferences in USA🇺🇸 currently, despite my efforts to separate politics and science, I can’t make them go :-( 🧪 #science

21 Jan

I seem to have a good experience there- people are often friendly. Also, in terms of science it’s a world leader so sad to miss out

15 Jan

Peering into our new 1500 L photobioreactor- this will cultivate a consortia identified from screened in 100 uL…we are now 7 orders of magnitude bigger! 🧪

pandhalresearchgroup.co.ukScuttlebutt and Solutions: Why we should present our research problemsby Luke Richardson after MMEG 2025Occasionally, the life of an academic does feature some excitement: a conference. Now, I’ll take any opportunity to leave our windowless, underground lab (ironically ...

5 Jan

Research problems? Talk about it! 🧪 www.pandhalresearchgroup.co.uk/post/scuttle...

4 Jan

@frankiemaguire.bsky.social loved the pina colada analogy 😂

30 Dec 2025

Hmm, it’s really nerdy and sad what thought crossed my mind when I got these socks for Christmas 🎄🧪🧬

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19 Dec 2025

pandhalresearchgroup.co.ukMicrobial Ecology in Brumby John HowardMembers of the Pandhal Lab recently attended the Molecular Microbial Ecology Group Meeting (MMEG) 2025 at the University of Birmingham to share their own research and see what’s going on...

18 Dec 2025

Excellent Christmas Meal with the group to celebrate all the hard work in 2025…best nerd wishes to you all 🧪

18 Dec 2025

*Some people were more pleased with secret Santa presents than others 🎄

12 Dec 2025

It’s that time of year when I get back into the lab…vital job making “live” baubles…🧪

27 Nov 2025

Imagine getting a grant rejected as the panel believed that receiving purchased equipment is a risk. 😭🧪

27 Nov 2025

Panel: “seems like a good project, but what if their orders get lost in the post? No risk mitigation there. Reject.”

23 Nov 2025

Feeling a little fragmented myself to be honest #japantravel 🚝🧪😬

23 Nov 2025

Too many Sake’s last night

23 Nov 2025

Feeling a little fragmented myself to be honest #japantravel

13 Nov 2025

Pretty algae pigments! Chitose, Japan 🧪 chitose-bio.com

4 Nov 2025

Well, I feel better about mine now...🧪💩