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The most productive researchers are those who can engage in a critical exchange without letting their ego cloud their judgement https://go.nature.com/4j0dqYc

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"That telomere phages are so prevalent means that they are a selective force, one that we know little about. We now want to understand how the telomere-toxin is secreted and also understand how this ‘telocin’ wheedles its way into unsuspecting bacterial neighbors” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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If you have a background in #photosynthesis, N₂-fixing cyanobacteria, or photosynthetic biotechnologies, consider applying for a postdoctoral position in @photomicrobeslab.bsky.social group @utu.fi, Finland. tinyurl.com/4b4nvyn6

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This was another good paleobiology read Cyanobacteria developed phycobilisomes to absorb green light 2.4B yrs ago, as iron-rich Archaean oceans filtered sunlight. Phycoerythrobilin gave them a competitive edge, fueling oxygenation/biodiversity. Green light adaptation may mark life on exoplanets 🧪⚒️

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Whoa a lysogenic active virus in eukaryotic algae www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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📅 Les Journées Sécrétion 2025, c’est les 2-3 oct à Marseille 🧬🌊 🦠 Systèmes de sécrétion bactériens 🎤 Invitée : S.-V. Albers 🆓 Gratuit, places limitées ! 📥 Jusqu’au 15/05 🔗 forms.gle/DnKDVxQ1fR1h... #Microbio #Science #Sécrétion @cnrs.fr @univ-amu.fr

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Very interesting review estimating that cyanobacteria were already prepared for aerobic metabolism before oxygenating the global atmosphere! 🦠🌍💨🧪

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I'm beyond excited to share our new paper in Nature! We sequenced the first ancient human autosomal genomes from the Central Sahara, two ~7,000-year-old individuals from Takarkori in Libya, revealing a long-isolated North African lineage: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Here's a short thread: (1/n)

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Delighted to share that @asm.org has met its goal for all of its 'legacy' journals (ie favorites like J. Bact, I&I, AEM) so ALL 2025 articles will be published open access. Thanks to all institutional subscribers, this is the S2O way. Please submit to these great journals! asm.org/Press-Releas...

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In a new Science study, cryo–electron tomography captures the in-cell architecture of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, illuminating how the coordinated action of molecular machines drives life’s fundamental energy conversion. Learn more: scim.ag/41PWgYc

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The latest discovery from the lab and great colleagues at McMaster and U Illinois, Chicago. Lariocidin, a new lasso peptide antibiotic that inhibits the ribosome. rdcu.be/efdha

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Please spread the word! We have an opening in the Atkinson lab for a post-doc with a focus on the molecular mechanisms of microbial immune systems. Can be a fully computational or experimental or hybrid project. Read more and apply here: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/... #phage #bioinformatics

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How rapidly do oxygen & ROS cross biological membranes and what does this mean for their detoxification? Jim Imlay tackles this question in a new Perspective, which provides a quantitative framework for thinking about how gases interact with cells. #MicroSky onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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📢We are hiring : Are you skilled in microfluidics and fluorescence microscopy in biological contexts? We're seeking a postdoctoral researcher to delve into the spatio-temporal dynamics of carboxysomes . Join us in advancing the frontiers of microbial biology through innovative research!

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We would love feedback on a new NCBI-BLAST service we are launching today: sky-blast.com Under the hood it's the same BLAST executable and databases provided by NCBI, with a replica of the NIH's interface - providing an alternative to the US gov service that's less congested, faster & more reliable

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Susan Gottesman and Gisela Storz, pioneers in regulatory RNA research, reflect on their personal scientific journeys and the evolution of their groundbreaking group research in two compelling articles. Gigi: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Susan: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #RNA

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😮 methylation tells trauma inheritance

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How does MntR function as both repressor and activator with different Mn(II) sensitivity and cooperativity? Led by the remarkable Prof. Shivani Ahuju (Reed), our long-time collaborator Arthur Glasfeld, and Reed undergraduates! #MicroSky #ChemSky #cryoEM www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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🚀 Thrilled to share our latest work from Zhang Lab, now published in Science (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...) We introduce TIGR-Tas, a PAM-free, compact, modular RNA-guided DNA-targeting system in prokaryotes & their viruses. More details coming soon 👀 #TIGR #RNA #GeneEditing #CRISPR

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It's a cyanobacteria on the outside, fungus on the inside. Well, sort of. The fungus lives in the extracellular sheath produced by the Cyanobacteria, and therefore are not really true endophytes. But the cyanos do create the external structure.

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Interesting

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Join our lab in Amsterdam. We are looking for a Netherlands-based Technician/Analist (MBO-4 level) to apply advanced microscopy, imaging, and molecular techniques to study fungal-plant interactions. 2-yr position See link for details. Applications due Feb 23rd. workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/te...

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Out now in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Hello L’École Thématique de Microbiologie Moléculaire (ETMM) fait son grand retour ! Rendez-vous du 6 au 10 octobre 2025 @ben-ezraty.bsky.social Toujours à proximité de Marseille En attendant, suivez-nous ici pour ne rien manquer : @etmm.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/showcase/%C3...

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@stevestuwill.bsky.social you posted on 𝕏 on Dec 5, 2020 this stunning video - why not repeat on 🔵bsky ? (sorry, I did)... "Time-lapse footage of a vampire amoeba: a microscopic organism that feeds on algal cells by breaking through their cell walls and sucking out their insides." #ProtistsOnSky

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Emergence and evolution of heterocyte glycolipid biosynthesis enabled specialized nitrogen fixation in cyanobacteria | PNAS https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2413972122?af=R

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Circadian gating: concepts, processes, and opportunities Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B by Pirita Paajanen, @jkimmey.bsky.social and @antdodd.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....

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What limits rubisco function? Is it the chemical mechanism? Evolution? In this paper, @prywes.bsky.social et. al explore this question by assaying >99% of single amino acid mutants in Form II rubisco (1/7) doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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The majority of people who responded to a poll in Nature say they’re now using Bluesky. They’re using it to connect with other scientists, keep up to date with other research or researchers, and promote their own research. 🧪

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Nearly three-quarters of biomedical researchers think there is a reproducibility crisis in science https://go.nature.com/4joYKTT

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📢📣Are you a young scientist excited by sustainability, algae, and bioenergetics? We have a new opening for a junior research associate position to join our team👇 Please RT🤗 jobs.carnegiescience.edu/jobs/junior-...

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We have a new doctor in our team 🎉🎉Congrats to Chloe Caille who brilliantly defended her thesis. The first study of our team in nitrogen fixation by the marine unicellular cyanobacterium Crocosohaera. Chloe was also admired by her beautiful 😍 Lina ❤️

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Check out this Video Article from JoVE app.jove.com/t/67311/asse...

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The world doesn't immediately fall apart at the 1.5 °C limit, but experts say we are "reaching the end of what we thought was a safe zone for humanity". www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Female scientists are quitting academic publishing earlier than their male counterparts, even in biological-science disciplines that have roughly equal representation. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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5-year tenure track position at the Station Biologique de Roscoff (Roscoff, France) to work on marine fungi. If interested, contact Anne-Claire Baudoux ([email protected]), Aurélie Chambouvet ([email protected]) or Laurence Garczarek ([email protected]). Further info attached.

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