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#MicroSky: Microbes govern our planet! The International Microbial Literacy Initiative (IMiLI) promotes global microbial literacy with free, open-access resources in multiple languages. Understanding microbes is key to sustainability. Contact authors to contribute. doi.org/10.1111/1751...

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Traditional wisdom tells us that healthy food, in particular fruits & veggies, is the best medicine. Here @adhansonlab.bsky.social elaborates an straightforward 1-stop resource for decision-makers & concerned citizens 👉🏻 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Great science @pabnik.bsky.social and collaborators!!

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Join the Blokesch lab (@EPFL) as a postdoc in Molecular Microbiology 🤩 Study Vibrio cholerae defense systems (phage/plasmid) in a dynamic, collaborative environment in Lausanne close to Lake Geneva in 🇨🇭! Please visit my lab's webpage for details about the position and how to formally apply.

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Up to 4 type VI secretion systems #T6SS in Pseudomonas aeruginosa 60.1. Mining genomes is always worth and a source of fine discoveries. Great work from the Unterweger lab and @lukeallsopp.bsky.social . See @natcomms.bsky.social at www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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A natural compound, echinacoside, controls #c-di-GMP levels in #Pseudomonas aeruginosa via SiaD and is proven effective in combinatorial therapy with tobramycin. No doubt targeting c-di-GMP pathways is a nice path to tackle biofilm and chronic infections. See at www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Tweeps, please spread the word. We're still looking at recruiting a structural biologist (any level) to study plant-pathogen protein complexes especially in the context of coevolution. Direct inquiries welcome. Please include a cover letter. Applicant from US welcome? medium.com/@kamounlab/2...

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An engineered Vibrio natriegens strain containing synthetic degradation gene clusters bioremediates five organic pollutants in wastewater, seawater and soil. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #NBThighlight

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🧪 Finally out after peer review, our work showing that "Mobile #Integrons carry Phage Defense Systems" is now published in Science 🎉 Short 🧵 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Europe’s choice is clear. To put science at the heart of its economy. To become the home of scientific freedom and collaboration. And to welcome talent from all over the world. I’m glad to present the first elements of our Choose Europe Initiative. → europa.eu/!TTbWbJ

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I got hit by some rather sudden and extreme financial hardship so if anyone is in need of remote wetlab contract research, strictly BSL1, do let me know. Currently scrambling for gigs. Plant, Bacterial, Archaeal Non-model Bioeng Custom Lab Hardware Turn Key Genetic Design Please repost for reach 💚

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@davidnegus.bsky.social new paper on klebicin E.

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#MicroSky: Yeast in wine does not act alone—it is part of a dynamic microbial ecosystem! By applying ecology & evolution principles, Belda et al offer ways that can better predict, engineer, and improve fermentation for top-quality wine. doi.org/10.1111/1751...

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Phage people - does anyone have a lambda phage with a deletion/mutation in the integrase gene (unable to lysogenize)? If so, can you please share it with us to help us test a cool hypothesis? Thanks! Please RT. 🦠🙏

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Outstanding paper from @dgarrs.bsky.social and Christoph Keel on vertical microbiome transmission in wheat! -> Seed-borne bacteria drive wheat rhizosphere microbiome assembly via niche partitioning and facilitation

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Applications now open for UNIL Summer School on Modelling for Evo Bio (1–6 Sept 2025, Lausanne)! Aimed at PhD students interested in formal approaches to evolutionary ecology questions like sexual selection, social & life-history evolution. Scholarships available. Pls share! www.shorturl.at/znk5g

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ᗪIᗪ YOᑌ KᑎOᗯ? The biggest viruses are four times larger than the smallest bacteria 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 (top): • Size: 1,000 nm length • Genome: 2.5 million bp, encoding 2,000 genes 𝙈𝙮𝙘𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙢𝙖 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙪𝙢 (bottom): • Size: 200–300 nm diameter • Genome: 580,000 bp, encoding 480 genes

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The Microbiology Society is leading the way with the #KnockingOutAMR project, an ambitious, bold and extensive scheme of work aiming to promote feasible and effective solutions to AMR. Learn how you can get involved at stand J34. #ESCMIDGlobal #AMR

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🔈🎉 I will soon be advertising a postdoc in my friendly London lab, funded by MRC @ukri.org, to decipher uropathogen virulence and host response pathways in our 3D-UHU human urothelial model! A great collaboration with co-Is @gpollara.bsky.social and @scottishwormboy.bsky.social #UTISky #UTI

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Come and work with me! The Nature Micro team is expanding and we're looking for someone to champion microbial ecology, plant micro & related areas for the journal Knowledge of microbial ecology/plant micro is desirable but we're open to applications from all microbiologists Link below 👇

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Two ERC-funded postdoc positions available in the team - one here and second to follow - please repost! jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...

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This plot will never cease to amaze me

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#MicroSky: Rhizobia & legumes: a key symbiosis for sustainable agriculture! An elegant study by Reyes-Pérez et al reveals that the Type 6 Secretion System (T6SS) in Sinorhizobium fredii plays a crucial role in nodulation & root colonization—beyond just bacterial competition! doi.org/10.1111/1751...

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1/2 New paper by our PhD student Sompot Antimanon, where he uses Pseudomonas putida as a biocatalyst for cinnamic acid production in a process that increase water use efficiency. Sompot reached a TRY of T=143 g/L, R= 2.25 g/L/h, and Y 1.50 g/g glc after 8 recycles. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Congratulations to group leader @maxgg.bsky.social, who received a £3.4m @wellcometrust.bsky.social Discovery Award to study the effectiveness of antibiotics against tuberculosis. www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-04...

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We’re excited to host the 16th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference #ENFC2025 in Oxford! 🌱✨ Invited speakers are set, now we’re waiting for your abstracts! Key dates: 🗓️ 30/04 – Early Bird Registration 📝 01/05 – Abstract Submission Deadline Apply here 👉 web.cvent.com/event/aa2ad9...

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TWO postdoc positions in Computational Microbiology and/or biochemistry. Join our interdisciplinary group in the new Life and Mind Building @OxfordBiology, @UniofOxford, @IneosOxford Please apply and share this post: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMP641/p...

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P. syringae subpopulations cooperate by coordinating flagellar and type III secretion spatiotemporal dynamics to facilitate plant infection by @type3lab.bsky.social @crbeuzon.bsky.social @nieveslpg.bsky.social @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social @univmalaga.bsky.social #MicroSky www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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We’re piloting a new way to compare your samples to a reference. We automatically handle alignment and highlight differences—right on the results page. No need to mess around by hand. DM us to try it out! 📥

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Collaboration with Paco Perez lab (Seville University), where we characterised the S. fredii solo T6SS cluster. The system is induced in the stationary phase and minimal media, and importantly, in nodules being crucial for symbiosis with legumes.

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#Postdoc position - at the University of Marburg (Germany), funded within our ERC Advanced Grant "C-SWITCH" Focus: CTP-dependent molecular switches as a new principle of cellular regulation in bacteria (including bacteriophages) Apply by 04 May: stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/2...

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Beautiful work from @type3lab.bsky.social. Congratulations 👏👏👏

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Genetic dissection of cyclic di-GMP signalling in #Pseudomonas aeruginosa via systematic diguanylate cyclase disruption—led by Roman di Martino & Daniel Volke @labnikel.bsky.social @microbiotech.bsky.social #OpenAccess enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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(1/2) I am deeply honored to receive the Fleming Prize, named after one of my scientific heroes who transformed medicine with the discovery of penicillin. @microbiologysociety.org @upenn.bsky.social

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Our paper on vibrios isolated from Israel's coastal waters is now online in mSphere. We analyzed the pathogenic potential (genome sequences, toxicity, and antibiotic resistance) of 23 new isolates. 🦠 #T6SS #T3SS #MARTX journals.asm.org/eprint/VBFQ3...

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Excited about microbiomes and want to study them at the single-cell level? Join our team to pioneer research using microfluidics paired with automated timelapse microscopy. We're hiring motivated postdocs to push the boundaries of microbial ecology! Apply now: apply.interfolio.com/165601

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We have 3 positions for students who want to start a PhD in the next 12 months. If you like advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques and S. aureus cell biology, check links and apply(April 4) euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/325394 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/325395 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/325396

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We offer a PhD project within our International Max Planck Research School "Chemical Communication in Ecological Systems" on "Metabolic exchanges, regulation and equilibrium of an ancient insect symbiosis" (Project 5). Please share, inform & apply here: www.ice.mpg.de/129183/imprs

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Deadline for this position is coming up (2 April). Consider applying if you are interested.

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Join our favorite microbiology meeting! Fantastic talks, poster sessions, new technologies, and all the hot areas of microbiology in a great environment - experts in cell & systems biology, microbiomes, environment & evolution, pathogenesis, phage & antibiotics DON’T MISS abstract deadline, April 1

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Looking forward to attending this conference for the 1st time and co-chairing this session with amazing speakers! Join us on 2 and 3 April and listen to @gemmaatkinson.bsky.social, @epcrocha.bsky.social , @tatianadimitriu.bsky.social and Tim Blower! #Microbio25

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Origin and function of beneficial bacterial symbioses in insects @naturerevmicro.bsky.social by @kaltenpoth-lab.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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I am walking 800km of the Camino de Santiago to raise funds for cardiovascular research—the world’s largest killer! ❤️‍🩹 This journey is not just a personal adventure, but a mission to make a real difference in fighting heart disease. Check out the link to learn more www.justgiving.com/campaign/cam...

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IMBA is recruiting a Junior Group Leader! Are you interested in starting your own lab, pursuing curiosity-driven basic research in the life sciences? Apply now to our group leader position. The deadline is May 28. Link is below.

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Today we have published our first annual report on infectious disease trends. 📊 The report brings together all the key data from 2023 to early 2025 and outlines the steps our organisation is taking to tackle these threats. Read the full report 🔗🔽 www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Science isn’t just technical—it’s shaped by the institutions that fund, publish, and evaluate it. A new PNAS Special Feature explores how bureaucracy, rigid funding, and overregulation limit scientific freedom and innovation. Read the blog post: www.pnas.org/post/update/...

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Postdoc Opportunities: Unraveling Horizontal Gene Transfer and Ecosystem Impacts of Biopesticides 2 postdoc positions (4y and 2y) in molecular microbial ecology, metagenomics, & bioinformatics at the Department of Biology, Uni Copenhagen within EMBARQ candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

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Esto es MUY IMPORTANTE. Ya tenéis disponible, en preventa, este libro en el que hemos colaborado una larga lista de personas en beneficio a los afectados por la DANA. rhemata.es/producto/lib... @editorialrhemata.bsky.social Os agradezco máxima difusión.

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