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We have an open position PhD position in a project aiming to develop novel methodologies for phylogenomic reconstruction of plasmid evolution. See details and how to apply in the Ad. Candidates who will review the relevant literature (see Ad) have a higher chance to write a successful application.

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And now, we also have a 2-year postdoc position in the Stelkens Lab! 🧪 If you are interested in parallel evolution, genomics, yeast, and climate adaptation, this could be for you! Please apply through U Stockholm's job platform here: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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I'm delighted to announce that the 2025 @microbiologysociety.org meeting on "Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics" will be held in Liverpool 26-27 November 2025! Abstract submission will open soon... #microsky 🧪🧫🦠 microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...

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We have a 2-year postdoc position available in the Lind Lab at Umeå University, Sweden! Predicting and steering experimental evolution of antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Reposts appreciated. umu.varbi.com/en/?jobtoken...

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We have a 4-year fully funded PhD position available! Research topics include but are not limited to 1) Parallel evolution of climate adaptation in Europe and South America 2) The genetic architecture of temperature adaptation 3) The evolution of pathogenicity su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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1/46 Hey folks, we have a new paper out on the MuLTEE. Strap in and I’ll tell you the story of how this “little paper on polyploidy” turned into the most data rich paper our lab has produced, largely thanks to the leadership and work ethic of @kaitong25.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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📣Just 1 week left to apply for 2x 5-year researcher posts in experimental evolution #mevosky #microsky in @mermanchester.bsky.social @official-uom.bsky.social + 3-year research tech post www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... ERC project: how MGEs and defence systems control genome evoluton

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"Can natural selection structure genetic and developmental systems to bias mutations toward adaptive outcomes?" 🦠💫 #microsky www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Please circulate widely: We are hiring two Ass Prof tt at the Institute of #ecology and #evolution at @unibern.bsky.social in conservation biology; mathematical & computational ecology We are committed to diverse, inclusive and equitable leadership in research and education tinyurl.com/IEEjobs

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Two new positions for group leaders working on #AMR at the Ineos Oxford Institute. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

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Join our lively interactive community of evolutionary biologists in Northern Germany! 7 PhD positions on TransEvo topics, incl 1 PhD position in the Schulenburg lab. @transevo.bsky.social

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New paper from my group and the group of @kiranrpatil.bsky.social: Obligate cross-feeding of metabolites is common in soil microbial communities By Ghada Yousif @metagenomez.bsky.social with @swagatika.bsky.social @isamirgiri.bsky.social Sharvari Harshe et al. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵👇

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Gram-neg bacteria can resist #phages by modifying their LPS, also affecting #antibiotic susceptibility. @lavishaparab.bsky.social &co show that antibiotic concentrations influence evolution of E. coli phage resistance, leading to enhanced phage-antibiotic synergy 🧪 @plosbiology.org plos.io/4hPmO0X

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I am happy that my first post on bluesky is to congratulate my former PhD student Hanna Isaksson for publishing work from her thesis on multicellularity in PNAS (www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...).

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Interested in predicting AMR in bacteria? We show ignoring phylogenetic structure in genome collections leads to overly optimistic evaluations of machine learning methods for AMR prediction. With @nwheeler443.bsky.social and former PhD student Yanying Yu. 🦠🧫🧬🖥️🧪 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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🚨 Excited to share that our new study, “ESKAPE pathogens rapidly develop resistance against antibiotics in development in vitro” is published in @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social. For details, see the 🧵below and read the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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The U of Maryland's Department of Biology seeks applications for a tenure-track/tenured position in ecology and evolutionary biology using microbial systems. Apply by Jan 31, 2025: https://bit.ly/ecoevomicro-open-rank-umd. #job

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Super excited that the final version of our paper on mutation rate plasticity and oxidative stress is out now at PLoS biology! This paper shows how mutation rates are a highly dynamic trait shaped by genotype, community composition and abiotic factors. 1/8 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

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Final version of our article testing previous evolutionary forecasts in two Pseudomonas species is now out in Proceedings B royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... . Work led by @jtpentz.bsky.social, with Aparna Biswas and Bassel Alsaed.

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We are looking for 2 #postdoctoral fellows on #gutmicrobiota, #diet and the #gut mucosal barrier in #health and #disease! Details & Application: umustipendie.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Please share!! #postdoc #postdocjob #academicjobs #MicroSky #GISky #Microbiome #MicroSky #AcademicSky #PhdSky

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🚨 PhD opportunity 🚨 The Whelan lab, along w @brockhurstlab.bsky.social, are looking for a PhD student w bioinformatic experience/interest to investigate the evolution of transmissibility in bacterial pathogens, with a focus on P. aeruginosa. More info & link to apply below. Please spread the word!

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Available postdoc position the translation research team ‘Infection Biology Group’ of the Novo Nordisk Biosustain Center at DTU (Denmark) run by Søren Molin & Helle Krogh Johansen 👇

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Quick reminder, I am looking for a #postdoc interested in #bioinformatics approaches to understanding #mutation bias. Few more weeks left to apply!

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🚨Travel awards for Early Career Researchers to attend ASM Microbe🧫 1. Awarded through ASM Branches 2. $1650 per award, 3 per branch 3. Apps open now! 4. Named for Peggy Cotter, ASM past president & advocate 5. A proud accomplishment when I was COMS Chair 6. Apply / share! asm.org/Travel-Award...

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If you like plasmids, insertion sequences, and bacterial evolution, you'll like this one! Now published in its fancy journal format. Thanks to everyone involved in the project, especially Jorge Sastre-Dominguez, @sanmillan.bsky.social and the fundación "la Caixa". nature.com/articles/s41...

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An extreme mutational hotspot in nlpD depends on transcriptional induction of rpoS https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.07.11.603030v1

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Competition and cooperation: The plasticity of bacteria interactions across environments https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.07.03.601864v1

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Adaptive evolutionary trajectories in complexity: repeated transitions between unicellularity and differentiated multicellularity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.05.14.594091v1

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#PreprintAlertPlease share. Our latest #Ichthyosporean #EvoDevo story, led by M. Olivetta @chandnibhickta.bsky.social, N.Chiaruttini and in co with @burnsajohn.bsky.social . 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹 #𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗿𝘆𝗼 LINK tinyurl.com/MultiCSg

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We have a new preprint testing our previous evolutionary forecasts in two Pseudomonas species. Some successes & some surprises. Work mainly by Jennifer Pentz, with Aparna Biswas and Bassel Alsaed. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Three-year postdoc available on anti-phage defense systems and phage biocontrol of phytopathogenic Ralstonia solanacearum at Helsinki (FIN) in collaboration with @hauryliuk.bsky.social and gemmaatkinson.bsky.social. Application deadline 29.2.2024. #phagesky #microsky jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

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New #LTEE paper out in #Science today. I wrote about it here, with an emphasis on "how civility, cooperation, and collaboration can succeed even in the highly competitive world of science." the-ltee.org/an-update-to... And here's a link to the paper itself: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Forecasting antimicrobial resistance evolution #TrendsMicrobiol Opinion from Jens Wolff and colleagues www.cell.com/trends/micro...

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PhD project with me and @frimanscience.bsky.social (MSCA Horizon 2022 UTU-GreDiT). Project #11: “Understanding ecology and evolution of antimicrobial resistance in microbiomes”. Please share with potential candidates. How to apply: sites.utu.fi/utugredit/

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Are you planning to do a #PhD in #EvolutionaryBiology? do you like thinking about complex questions? Wanna integrate genomics, experimental evolution, population genetics? Get in touch with me! There are still 2 weeks to apply for our International #MaxPlanck PhD program!

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Starting 2024 with a PhD position advertised in our new group at #InstituteBiologyLeiden on the topic "Spatial and temporal plant microbiome" Apply before 11 February 2024 bit.ly/3S3isrN

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Ten days remaining to apply to this exciting PhD position - join us in our quest to explore novel archaeal lineages!

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If you are interested in doing a PhD (or can recommend a good candidate) we have a funded project available on the topic: “Understanding ecology and evolution of antimicrobial resistance in microbiomes”.

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We have a new preprint up. This one is a hypothesis paper, addressing one of the bigger unanswered questions that people have been asking me for the last 15 years: why has complex multicellularity only evolved in eukaryotes, never in prokaryotes? 1/33 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Link fixed, please share! The Hendrickson Lab is looking for a PhD student to join our team at @UCNZ as we embark on an ambitious new #phage hunt for marine phages in New Zealand. Join us in Christchurch as a member of this #MBIE Endeavour funded project! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Well, one of my favorite papers (3rd fav!) of my career was just published at @eLife. Here, we do what we do best: generate new understanding of the factors shaping multicellular evolution through a combo of synthetic biology, exptl evolution and theory. elifesciences.org/articles/84336

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MSU's EEB program is looking for one or more asst profs in quantitative ecology or evolutionary biology. Review begins Nov 8, so hurry up and get those applications in! Please repost. careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/51...

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Eric Libby and I are looking for a postdoc to model the dynamics of horizontal gene transfer in microbes to understand its impact on cell decision making. Part of the EC Postdoc programme in life sciences at Umeå University, Sweden: www.umu.se/en/ucmr/ec-p...

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Postdoc job: 10 days left to apply for this ERC funded postdoc position studying evolutionary biology of antibiotic resistance in my lab: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DDA647/p...

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We have a PhD vacancy. Structural and functional protein bioinformatics, with a focus on bacteria-phage interactions lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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