A powerful electrical motor propels bacteria in virtually every gut and puddle on Earth. After 50 years, it has finally been understood. @nattyover.bsky.social reports: www.quantamagazine.org/what-physica...
My super department @warwicklifesci.bsky.social is hiring 6 assistant profs in the wake of recent retirements. We're looking for people in microbiology/infection, cellular disease / immunity; environmental biology; and plant/crop science. #MicroSky warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
🚨 A #postdoc position is available @lambrechtslab.bsky.social @pasteur.fr ➡️ Come join our team to investigate the #genomic variations underlying the adaptive potential and vectorial capacity of Aedes aegypti #mosquitoes 🦟 More details at this link: research.pasteur.fr/b/1Cov
📣Please check out our latest preprint on the #structure, stability and specificity of the type II secretion pilus. #nmr #cryoEM
Great collab with the teams of @oliverafr.bsky.social Nilges @pasteur.fr @ipdbsc.bsky.social @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social
Egelman, Shevchik
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
In @eLife.bsky.social: Gene synteny and translational coupling of sctS and sctT facilitate assembly of the unique helical T3SS export apparatus in Salmonella Typhimurium doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
These are excellent. Highly recommended.
An Asgard archaeon from a modern analog of ancient microbial mats (Current Biology)
Beautiful microscopy of an Asgard archaeon, in the same family as Lokiarchaea, in syntrophy with a sulfate-reducing bacteria
Very very nice paper we saw in preprint form:
www.cell.com/current-biol...
I spoke to @juliansimpson.bsky.social all about the excellent podcast The Lovecraft Investigations and its latest series, Crowley. And the new Mythos. Both of which are truly fantastic - links to get them are at the end of the article.
kotaku.com/lovecraft-po...
Christopher Penn wrote: Just remember that given the abundance of neurodivergent people in science, it's far more likely that autism causes vaccines.
A different perspective.
Always helpful.
So much quiet intelligence, compassion, beauty and humour in these women. Perhaps not escapism, but the humanity we need to reconnect with.
🔊 Looking for a Research Assistant in Bacterial Evolution to join my lab 🦠
🥼Main duties: Research (AMR + microbiome) + lab assistance.
⏲️ Post duration: 30 months
🗓️ Closing date for applications: 20th April 2026
💰 Salary: ~£35k
Details and how to apply: tinyurl.com/2a3v66y7
Please share!
Recent pair of earrings in my ongoing #mseries #sciart #jewellery , sterling silver, kyanite, Pearl and needled felt, inspired by the morphology of #monocytes they’re very dangly!
🔔 Another ill-fated Glasgow cultural hub is in its final four days before tenants must sign a new lease or get kicked out. The landlord is the council's City Property, and tenants aren't too happy with them. 🧵
(Photo: Neil Scott)
For those of you who haven't heard, the arts and cultural hub at 103 Trongate is being threatened with eviction. Amongst other things, it's home to the Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre, one of Glasgow's best-loved and unique visitor attractions.
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#glasgow #103trongate #trongate
The Glasgow Print Studio and the wider arts community at Trongate 103 are facing an uncertain future. Please consider supporting them.
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The Glasgow Print Studio and the wider arts community at Trongate 103 are facing an uncertain future. Please consider supporting them.
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Only 9 days left to apply for this post doctoral position. Please share and forward to your colleagues.
Delighted to share our latest research on EHEC type 3 secretion regulation through amino acid deamination. Big collaborative effort over several years. Thanks to all our co-authors and funders. 📄 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Top: Diagram showing Type VI Secretion System–mediated interbacterial antagonism integrated with a computational pipeline used to identify and classify previously uncharacterized antibacterial effector families. Created in BioRender. Bayer-Santos, E. (2026). Bottom left: E. coli toxicity assay. Serial dilutions of E. coli carrying pBRA and pEXT22 constructs. Bottom right: Time-lapse microscopy of E. coli carrying pBRA SP-Tox-Act1 grown on repressed or induced conditions. Scale bar: 5 µm. Timestamps in hours and minutes.
During microbial warfare, #bacteria deploy toxins to inhibit or kill competitors. @ebayersantos.bsky.social &co reveal lipid-targeting #antibacterial #toxins & novel toxin domains within #Salmonella T6SS effectors, broadening known toxin enzymatic diversity @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/40zTyEP
The Bayer-Santos Lab, along with researchers at the University of São Paulo, have discovered salmonella toxins that could lead to healthier microbiomes and new targetted antibacterial therapies. See: cns.utexas.edu/news/researc...
Our recent work is now available in bioRXIV!
Associate Senior Lecturer/Assistant Professor position in Molecular Microbiology available at Lund University, Sweden:
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Dear students in the UK, if you haven't had your teenage meningitis vaccine or aren't sure if you have had it, PLEASE arrange with your GP to get vaccinated www.nhs.uk/vaccinations... It helps prevent tragic deaths like those that have occured recently in Kent.
International Congress in Biological Physics, Genova, Italy, 28 June to 3 July 2026.
URGENT: submission deadline 25 March.
Session topics, plenary and invited speakers:
www.icbp2026.org
IUPAP Physics of Life medal awarded at meeting.
Spread the word - and act quickly to submit your work.
Two European women with one thing in common: they refused to stay silent.
Ahead of International Women’s Day, we want to honour two women that exposed corruption, challenged police abuse, fought for minorities, and built movements from the ground up.
Pls re-post: My department @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social are recruiting for several new faculty positions (links below). Broad search in molecular biology/biochemistry, across prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Interested in understanding life at the molecular level, this job might be for you!
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🌀 We solved the structure for T. denticola periplasmic flagella!
I'm very happy to finally showcase this work. A huge collaborative effort between myself, @bindusmitapaul.bsky.social, @debnathghosal.bsky.social, Jack Kim, @banfieldlab.bsky.social, Eric Reynolds and the Chris Fenno lab.
🦠 Enjoy!
VACANCY - We’re searching for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the newly appointed group of Dr @hassansalem.bsky.social, to explore the developmental biology of host-microbe symbiosis
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...
Deadline - 25 March 2026
Salary - £37,500 - £45,350
Contract - 3 years, full-time