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evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social
Professor of Microbiome Ecology at Institute of Biology, Leiden University Bacillus subtilis, biofilms, plant microbiome, bacteria-fungi interactions
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Please encourage your students and colleagues to come to www.esoc2025.com in Copenhagen. Professor Eric Jacobsen (jacobsengroup.sites.fas.harvard.edu) is one of our plenary speakers, and he will deliver the Patai-Rappoport lecture www.esoc2025.com/programme/pa...!

See the dedicated @esoc2025.bsky.social for news regarding the European Symposium on Organic Chemistry in Copenhagen! See also our website www.esoc2025.com an d x.com/ESOC_ISC and sites.google.com/view/esochem/

New publication from our previous @cemist.bsky.social project by Rune Overlund Stannius that he also worked on during his external stay at #InstituteBiologyLeiden Plipastatin is a shared good by Bacillus subtilis during combating Fusarium spp academic.oup.com/femsec/advan...

Our newest research on plant-fungal trade published today in @nature.com. The work, led by scientists from Vrije Universiteit, Princeton University, SPUN & AMOLF combines robotics, mycology & biophysics to reveal underground supply-chain dynamics. Open access: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

It's out! Beautiful work led by Loreto Oyarte Gálvez & @cbisot.bsky.social! Do you want to learn more about how Mycorrhizal fungi extraordinary networks form and function? Read the open-access publication! Link below 👇

There is still time to apply to the Alma Dal Co School on Collective Behaviour! The deadline has been extended till March 16th. We would especially welcome applications from members of underrepresented groups. Limited travel grants are available. Apply now and join us! almadalcoschool.github.io

It is finally out! Muntathar Al-Shimary, @doudna-lab.bsky.social , @cresslab.bsky.social and I present a gene knockdown tool that works in diverse bacteriophages: CRISPRi through antisense RNA Targeting (CRISPRi-ART)! Check it out @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🆕 Vacancy! We’re looking for a Career Track Group Leader in multi 'omics data integration and analysis with a particular focus on functional analysis of microbiomes 💷 £44,500 to £55,000 🗓️ Apply by 17 March ➡️ https://buff.ly/3Xjt6h8

📣 Explore cutting-edge breakthroughs in microbiome research, from methodological innovations to integrative approaches and personalised therapeutics. Join #EESMicrobiome!🦠 📅 16 – 19 Sep 2025 📍 EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual 📥 Submit your abstract by 24 June ➡️ https://s.embl.org/ees25-08-bl

SpeSpeNet: an interactive and user-friendly tool to create and explore microbial correlation networks #ISMECommun from @binfutrecht.bsky.social @jwubs.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...

morning sun always refreshing ... especially before the predicted afternoon rain

Post-doc opportunities! Wet/dry/hybrid projects available in my group. Drop me an email with CV if interested. www.scilifelab.se/research/pul...

Morning run with doggie #DutchDunes

Surfactin inhibits enterococcal biofilm formation via interference with pilus and exopolysaccharide biosynthesis BMC Microbiology bmcmicrobiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

DNA methylome regulates virulence and metabolism in Pseudomonas syringae -in @elife.bsky.social elifesciences.org/articles/96290

Endophytic seed pretreatment: a strategy for boosting morphophysiological traits in tomato seedlings -in BMC Plant Biology bmcplantbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

I have an opening for a PhD student in my lab @unigroningen.bsky.social to explore the dynamics of the cytoplasm and its connection with metabolism. Application until March 18. For more info: heinemannlab.eu/wp-content/u... We are a cool lab with amazing, happy people. 😃 Please distribute.

Environmental matrix and moisture influence soil microbial phenotypes in a simplified porous media incubation #mSystems from Kirsten Hofmockel journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Context matters: assessing the impacts of genomic background and ecology on microbial biosynthetic gene cluster evolution #mSystems MiniReview by by @raufs.bsky.social & @lkalan.bsky.social journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Rationally minimizing natural product libraries using mass spectrometry #mSystems from Laura-Isobel McCall journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Embracing the systems complexity of microbial ecology and evolution: call for papers #mSystems Editorial by a group of editors, senior editors & editor-in-chief @leonorabit.bsky.social @gilbertjacka.bsky.social @ashley17061.bsky.social @markjmandel.bsky.social journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Non-disruptive matrix turnover is a conserved feature of biofilm aggregate growth in paradigm pathogenic species mBio by Courtney Reichhardt et al from Matt Parsek journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

We discovered the first alternative genetic code in Archaea! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

🚨 Moved from last week to next Friday 28/02 at 15:30 EU time, Rinke van Tatenhove-Pel (TU Delft) talking about Population dynamics in spatially structured environments at the Population Dynamics Seminars! To get the zoom link sites.google.com/view/popdyn/

📢@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social are seeking an Associate Professor or #Professor with experience in the #biology and mechanisms of microbial #biofilms to contribute to enhancing NBIC’s reputation as a pioneering centre for #biofilm research and #innovation Apply by 28 Feb 2025 ➡️ tinyurl.com/mr756rap

The role of bacterial metabolism in antimicrobial resistance www.nature.com/articles/s41...

@lbvpam.bsky.social Lab. of Plant Biotechnologies, UJM is hiring a professor in #Plant #Chemical #Ecology. The official link is now open: www.univ-st-etienne.fr/_attachment/... The official French application system will open 3rd of March. The deadline is the 4th of April.

Co-Existence Slows Diversification in Experimental Populations of E. coli and P. fluorescens EnvironMicrobiol by Gareth Howells with Aysha Sezmis, Chris Blake, Michael McDonald at Monash University enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Harnessing microbial co-culture to increase the production of known secondary metabolites - Nat Prod Rep @natprodreports.rsc.org Review pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Black yeasts are efficient heterologous hosts of a wide range of fungal polyketides Research Square preprint (under review at Nature portfolio) by Pablo Cruz-Morales @wemakemolecules.bsky.social et al www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...

Microbial inoculants drive disease suppression and rhizosphere modulation for effective management of pepper phytophthora blight Combined B. subtilis and T. harzianum inoculation -in Applied Soil Ecology www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Interspecies and Intraspecies “Talk” Shape the Bacterial Biofilms -in Food Quality and Safety academic.oup.com/fqs/advance-...

Excited to share our latest publication by Adel Yavarinasab et al!

Out today in Angewandte Chemie Evolution-Guided Discovery of Antimycobacterial Triculamin-Like Lasso Peptides doi.org/10.1002/anie... Fun collaboration with the Tørring lab @thomastorring.bsky.social @tizianasvenningsen.bsky.social @amerrild.bsky.social

Changes in Spo0A~P pulsing frequency control biofilm matrix deactivation bioRxiv from Oleg Igoshin www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Weekend morning run with doggie

I'm so happy that I can finally share the results of my first postdoc paper with @baym.lol!!! Turns out plasmids are an amazing system to study multi-scale evolution and we can track within-cell and between-cell dynamics! (1/n) www.biorxiv.org/content/earl...

Composing a microbial symphony: synthetic communities for promoting plant growth

🌱 This week we introduce two more Keynote Speakers of the 6th Plant Microbiome Symposium 2025 (3-7 Nov 2025)! 🌱 🔬 Angela Sessitch – Austrian Institute of Technology 🧪 Paolina Garbeva – NIOO-KNAW 📅 Register here: 6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com #PlantMicrobiome #MicrobiomeResearch #PMS2025

Only 3 weeks left to apply to the first Alma Dal Co School on Collective Behaviour! We have a great line-up of speakers and a program designed to maximize interactions between and among speakers and participants. Applications open to all ECRs (PhD - young PIs). More info: almadalcoschool.github.io

Interested in microbial #metabolism, #mucosalbiology and #UTI? Then check out the open postdoctoral position in the Mucosal Immunology Group at ETH Zurich! NB: All applications must go via the ETH job portal: www.jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP... Closing date: 24th Feburary 🧪🧫🔬

Disentangling the feedback loops driving spatial patterning in microbial communities #NPJbiofilmsandmicrobiomes by @adelpanta.bsky.social et al from @simonvanvliet.bsky.social @saramitri.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Can a microbial community become an evolutionary individual? #CurrOpinMicrobiol by @salazarafra.bsky.social and @saramitri.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Two (!) perspective pieces published today involving people from our lab! @adelpanta.bsky.social on spatial patterning in microbial communities www.nature.com/articles/s41... and @salazarafra.bsky.social on microbial communities as evolutionary individuals www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Nice to see how this project developed through the years & published in @currentbiology.bsky.social by Saheli Saha et al from @iamsamayp.bsky.social group 👏 Mass lysis of predatory bacteria drives the enrichment of antibiotic resistance in soil microbial communities www.cell.com/current-biol...

Experimental evolution of evolvability @science.org by Michael Barnett, Lena Meister, and paul Rainey at @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...