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Tomato phytoalexin disrupts bacterial type III secretion system. A widespread plant defense compound disarms bacterial type III injectisome assembly | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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🚨Ready to be part of a pioneering microbiology lab that pushes the boundaries of scientific discovery? We have an open postdoctoral position in our lab, where we delve into the fascinating world of T6SS, effectors, mobile genetic elements, and everything in between! @erc.europa.eu -funded 🦠

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I have an exciting opportunity to join my research team in Singapore @scelse.bsky.social as a PhD student to explore programmed cell death in biofilms. See below for more information and please share widely!

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Do you know (or are you) a senior scientist in the USA who might like to move to Canada in the near future? The 2026 call for CERCs (Canada Excellence Research Chairs) was posted last month: 🧪 ⚛️ 🔭 🇨🇦

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

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Excited to share that our paper on locus visualisation tool LoVis4u is out! Entirely driven by fantastic PhD student Artyom Egorov @egorov.bsky.social academic.oup.com/nargab/artic...

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Just a few days to get those abstracts submitted for what promises to be a great conference! www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/asm.html

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Ian Chapman to be next @ukri.org Exec Chair following his role as CEO of the UK Atomic Energy Authority www.gov.uk/government/n...

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400 jobs set to go at University of Sheffield, @sheffielducu.bsky.social warns - strike ballot now under way (and at @ducu.bsky.social too) www.timeshighereducation.com/news/union-f...

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Very excited about this project. Shoko is super cool and so brilliant - please spread the word and apply if you're looking for a PhD position!

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📢@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

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New in Nat Comm PROBIOTIC 🦠 DRUG 💊 DELIVERY 🚚 Type zero secretion system (T0SS) enables E. coli Nissle to package and deliver enzymes into the bloodstream via OMVs Demonstrated in hyperuricemic mice, this approach outperforms direct secretion for uricase therapy www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Reminder - still one month to apply to be a tenure track group leader at MRC LMB. Please do reach out for any information.

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📌 WE ARE HIRING! @uofgsii.bsky.social is seeking to appoint a Research Associate in Molecular Microbiology. ⏺️ Vacancy Ref: 164773 ⌛️ Closing date: 24 Feb 2025 📧 Informal Enquiries: Dr @giusym1990.bsky.social [email protected] More Info | How To Apply: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...

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Congratulations to Dr Christopher Stewart on being named as a finalist in the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK. The awards recognise scientific advances by UK researchers across Life Sciences, Chemical Sciences, and Physical Sciences & Engineering. #WeAreNCL

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Congratulations to AMI member Dr Christopher Stewart of @newcastleuni.bsky.social who has been named as a finalist in the eighth Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK! He is the 2023 winner of AMI’s WH Pierce Prize for microbiology. www.the-microbiologist.com/news/ami-mem...

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We are hiring - postdoc in molecular microbiology with a focus on cultivating microbial communities and their genetic modification. This collaborative project offers international partnerships and interactions with industry. contact: [email protected] www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/...

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My lab at SCELSE, NTU, Singapore, is recruiting a PhD student to study food chain biofilms! The PhD will commence in January 2026 and tuition and stipend is provided for 4 years. Singaporean and international applicants welcome. See attached for more details. Please share widely!

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Two more weeks to apply to join us in Paris ! research.pasteur.fr/en/call/call...

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#sciencejobs

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The University of Liverpool has become the latest institution to look at cutting staff numbers, in what academics have called a “shock” announcement. @julietterowsell.bsky.social reports www.timeshighereducation.com/news/liverpo...

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Brilliant opportunity to work with Alex and my team on our collaborative project. Don’t hesitate to apply!

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Latest from the lab, driven by Lizzie Ledger. Crossover in antibiotic resistance activity between oxacilin and daptomycin. …. All roads may lead to Rome in some places but for S. aureus they all lead to Agr activity!! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Fab new study from @ruamicro.bsky.social and team!

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☎️ Calling #MEvoSky ☎️ 2x 5-year research associate / research assistant positions in experimental evolution ERC-funded project: How do mobile genetic elements and defence systems shape bacterial genome evolution? Join the friendly and exciting @mermanchester.bsky.social community in Manchester!

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BBSRC fellowships are open: 3yrs of funding, ECRs worldwide are eligible (including the US 👀). Deadline 7th May. If you've a some postdoc experience (but no prior independent fellowships) and fancy coming to my Dept/ Institute in @liverpooluni.bsky.social, drop me a message.

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#academicsky A good piece on uk universities and the Elsevier OA deal... blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

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Applications are open for the 2025 GRS/GRC on Staphylococcal Diseases! Make sure to get your abstracts submitted for the potential to present your work in beautiful Barcelona! www.grc.org/staphylococc...

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Amazing!

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🎓 Higher Education News 🎓 [😔 Sadly, not news anymore...] Nearly one in four leading UK universities are slashing staff numbers and cutting budgets, with up to 10,000 redundancies or job losses, bringing calls for action to avoid damaging the sector’s international standing.

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We return after a few months' break the virtual microbiology journal club that I run for a few years now. We had some really great speakers along the years. If you want to be included in the mailing list, please email me to [email protected] The next speaker is Prof. Peter Sebo. Asaf

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If you have been affected by the fires in LA, or are concerned about your ability to keep precious Drosophila strains going during the latest funding crisis, we will host your strains as a backup. Please email me. Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.

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If 1000 job losses were announced in one day for another industry, it would make the top headlines. This one is going to take people by surprise with huge impacts on other sectors, cities, regions, life plans...

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We're hiring! Two new tenure track fellowships available in AMR at the UCD School of Medicine and the Vet School www.ucd.ie/adastrafello...

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Really excited about this meeting - please do consider joining us - registration is still open #AMR #MicroSky

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Some exciting news, folks. @timcoulson.bsky.social and I have a new science podcast launching soon. Please do follow the account for updates. More details coming very soon!

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Autistic people in the UK are being invited to participate in a University of Cambridge-led project exploring the uniquely powerful connection between autism and comics | Tom Kirk

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A ubiquitin-like protein controls assembly of a bacterial Type VIIb secretion system https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.24.634720v1

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🚨We are hiring! A MRC-funded PDRA position to study novel anti-phage systems & their evolutionary dynamics in P. aeruginosa, in collaboration with @friendlymicrobe. If you are passionate about phage-bacteria interactions & evolution, apply now ! tinyurl.com/bddz4z44

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Professorship of Infection / Immunity up for grabs in @cambridgeuni.bsky.social www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49381/

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ICYMI We are recruiting a new Associate Professor in cell and molecular biology, with a preference for immunology, inflammation and/or infection - all defined broadly Come and be our colleague! Deadline 28 Feb, please spread the word! www.path.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/asso...

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Applications are open for the 2025 Microbial Adhesion and Signal Transduction GRC and GRS! I’ve had the pleasure of planning the seminar with Dr. Delaney Miller, and the conference is organized by @proftracypalmer.bsky.social and Dr. Fitnat Yildiz!! Join us July 19-25 in RI! #MAST Please re-post!!

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That's it then. Inevitable, really, but still sobering. There never was any cavalry coming, and that means we will just have to get used to a much smaller sector. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/no-larg...

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"Tomatoes roaming the fields and canaries in the coalmine: another embarrassing paper for MDPI" Excellent blog post by @deevybee.bsky.social - telling how it is and quite rightly so.

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