Universal bacterial clade dynamics dominate under predation despite altered phenotypes and mutation targets Abstract. Recent studies have revealed bacterial genome-wide evolution to be complex and dynamic even in a constant environment, characterized by the emerg

Results from a long term bacteria - ciliate experiment:

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We serially transferred a 16-species synthetic community for 16 days across total carbon and resource complexity gradients.

Result? Three reproducible compositional states along the carbon axis. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @teppo-h.bsky.social

Cool preprint from Lutz Becks lab www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8...

We are organising an AMR meeting next spring in Helsinki. Meeting includes evolution of AMR and environmental AMR sessions. Please submit your abstract now! Deadline Dec 1st.

Normative assembly rule reveals fairness in microbial communities Understanding and predicting how communities assemble is a paramount challenge in ecology. Here we address these questions normatively by comparing the ecological distribution of growth surplus to a g...

Normative assembly rule reveals fairness in microbial communities

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On week until application deadline!

Massive undertaking with @teppo-h.bsky.social and others out. We studied 4 years (!!!) of synthetic 23 microbial species community evolution with/without antibiotic. Resistance mutations occurring over years led to stepwise restructuring and ultimately recovery of undisturbed community composition.

Evolution induced state shifts in a long-term microbial community experiment Biological communities are complex, dynamic systems that underpin ecosystem functionality, yet their long-term dynamics and predictability remain poorly understood. Understanding how Darwinian evoluti...

Evolution induced state shifts in a long-term microbial community experiment www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

AMR meeting in Helsinki. March 4th-6th 2026 Please join us!

Professor or Assistant / Associate (tenure track) Professor in Plant Ecology The Faculty of Science is looking for a full professor or assistant/associate professor (tenure track) in Plant Ecology. The aim of the professorship is to strengthen scientific research and education...

Open position: Professor or Assistant / Associate (tenure track) Professor in Plant Ecology (U. Turku Finland) Please share

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Professor or Associate professor (Tenure Track/Full) in Microbial Genetics of Health - Turun yliopisto - Työpaikat - Duunitori Avoin työpaikka: Professor or Associate professor (Tenure Track/Full) in Microbial Genetics of Health - Turun yliopisto, Turku. Duunitorilla lisäksi yli 30 000 muuta avointa työpaikkaa. Lue lisää nyt!

Professor (full) or Associate Professor (tenure track) in Microbial Genetics of Health (U. Turku Finland). Competitive starting package included! Please share.

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Doctoral Researcher / Project researcher in Experimental Evolution of Host–Microbiota Interactions The Faculty of Science at the University of Turku invites applications for a doctoral researcher / project researcher position at the Department of Biology. The position is fully funded 4-years. Emplo...

Dr. Anni Hämäläinen from @tcsmtutu.bsky.social is looking for a PhD researcher to @utu.fi co-supervised by me and @teppo-h.bsky.social on experimental evolution of host-microbiota interactions (Drosphila). Please spread the message. ats.talentadore.com/apply/vaitos...

Doctoral Researcher / Project researcher in Experimental Evolution of Host–Microbiota Interactions The Faculty of Science at the University of Turku invites applications for a doctoral researcher / project researcher position at the Department of Biology. The position is fully funded 4-years. Emplo...

Fully funded PhD position at the university of Turku. ats.talentadore.com/apply/vaitos...

My first GRC, but hopefully not the last one. One of the best meetings that I have ever attented

Universal bacterial clade dynamics dominate under predation despite altered phenotypes and mutation targets Recent studies have revealed bacterial genome-wide evolution to be complex and dynamic even in a constant environment. The evolution is characterized by the emergence of new clades competing or tempor...

Universal bacterial clade dynamics dominate under predation despite altered phenotypes and mutation targets

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Pre-exposure to disturbance enhances species resilience and protects from change - Nature Ecology & Evolution In a serial passage experiment with a 23-species model microbial community, we found that higher dispersal led to stronger spread of the effects of antibiotic disturbance across a metacommunity. This ...

Check out our new article in @natureecoevo.bsky.social Research Briefing: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41... We showed that antibiotic pre-exposure of abundant species protected entire communities and metacommunities from change during antibiotic exposure

Pre-exposure of abundant species to disturbance improves resilience in microbial metacommunities Nature Ecology & Evolution - Community resilience to stress is affected by factors such as pre-exposure to the same stress and intercommunity dispersal. The authors show that pre-exposing the...

Pre-exposure of abundant species to disturbance improves resilience in microbial metacommunities

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Temporal Changes in the Role of Species Sorting and Evolution Determine Community Dynamics Evolutionary change within community members and shifts in species composition contribute to community and trait dynamics. To integrate when and how both processes structure communities, we estimated...

Temporal Changes in the Role of Species Sorting and Evolution Determine Community Dynamics

Ecology Letters by Julius Hoffmann, @slhogle.bsky.social, @teppo-h.bsky.social, and Lutz Becks

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Great to see that this place is picking up among the scientists! Really looking forward that this could be the new happy (online) place for scientists. This has been missing for a while.

Venue of the Nordic AMR centers meeting in Tromsø. 😀

Application deadline has been extended until Feb 5th!

Our lab coffee mugs have arrived!

#MEEhubs2024 Finland watch party starting

Environmental ecology / conservation biology Professor position at U. Turku: ats.talentadore.com/apply/ympari...

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/

Jos akatemiaprof. rahoitukseen on tarve tehdä muutos, niin miksi kytkeä se huippuyksiköihin? Huippareiden pakottominen siihen että ne muodostuvat akatemiaprofessorin tasoisen henkilön ympärille ei lisää niiden tieteen uudistavaa vaikutusta. Tasavahvat PI:t ja hyvä kombinaatio on vahvuus.