🔊 Interested in doing a PhD on RNA-binding proteins in an abundant microbiota species and becoming a member of the German Priority Programme “Illuminating Gene Functions in the Human Gut Microbiome”? Apply here: www.uni-wuerzburg.de/karriere/sin...

My new lab at the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, in Warsaw is recruiting a PhD student. Further details are available in the link below. Deadline for applications is 03.11.2025.
ibb.edu.pl/en/phd-studi...

Barbara McClintock portrait

🧬🌽 Happy Transposon Day! 🌽🧬

Today we celebrate the birthday of Barbara McClintock - scientist extraordinaire and discoverer of jumping genes. Still the only woman to have an unshared Nobel Prize in the biomedical sciences #TransposonDay2025

I've been awarded a SONATA grant from NCN National Science Centre to explore RNA biology in Bacteroides fragilis 🧬🦠.
This project will kickstart the Ryan Lab at the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences! Grateful for the support and excited for the journey ahead 💪!

Unexpected Richness of the Bacterial Small RNA World I stumbled onto a small RNA (sRNA) induced by oxidative stress when I did the “wrong” northern blot experiment as a second-year graduate student. I wa…

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:
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Francis Collins, the NIH Director for 12 years, led the Human Genome Project and other NIH efforts for 32 years, resigned today. Key words from his resignation letter
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...

A call for the United States to continue investing in science | mBio The U.S. life science research mission is critical not only to human health and understanding the natural world but also to agriculture and food production, technological innovations, socioeconomic pr...

The @asm.org Journals Committee has published a response to the recent disruptions in science in the US... A call for the United States to continue investing in science | mBio journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

In toxic cultures, people get promoted for results even if they destroy relationships. Abuse is a price to pay for high performance.

In healthy cultures, no level of individual excellence justifies undermining people. You’re not a high performer if you don't elevate others.

Starting 2025 strong! 🚀 Our Nature Communications study unveils how the RNA-binding protein RbpB and the FopS sRNA family regulate PULs in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, optimizing gut symbiont fitness in dynamic nutrient landscapes. 🧬🌱

Dive into the details: t.co/kSN6fvrpZj

Thanks. Could I please be added as well.