We are truly overflowing with joy today as Dr. Landon Getz, Dr. Bruno Oliveira, and Dr. Edel Lopez accepted the Microbiology Society's 2026 EDI Award in Belfast at the 2026 Microbiology Society Annual Conference! Dr. Getz also presented an overview of our organization to the conference's attendees!

Absolutely stellar start to #Microbio26 with the EDI prize lecture to @prideinmicro.bsky.social ! Well done and so well deserved @landongetz.bsky.social @edelplopez.bsky.social @bfrancescol.bsky.social 👏

Oh that's lovely, @whelanfj.bsky.social 🤩 thanks you

🔊 Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Bacterial Evolution.

Looking to recruit a postdoc to join a UKRI FLF-funded project on antibiotic resistance evolution in the microbiome 🦠

3 years funding, deadline 26th Jan, please share!
hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

Annual Conference 2026 Industry opportunities

Explore fundamental and translational research on microbial structure, signalling, metabolism and molecular biology at Annual Conference 2026, in Belfast, with all speakers selected from submitted abstracts. Registration is open - microb.io/AC26Register #Microbio26

If you're about to push these last manuscripts before wrapping up 2025, remider that our MGen Eukaryotic collection @microbiologysociety.org is open & growing; #Protists #Parasites #Fungi; friend or foe; all welcome 😊
#MicroSky #IDSky #Protistsonsky 🧬💻
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/micr...

Visual description: Invitation for people to discover the Microbiology Society's new journal: Microbiology Horizons. In the image, the cover design of Microbiology Horizons is also visible, emphasising cutting-edge microbiology research and solutions.

We are delighted to announce Microbiology Horizons, the new title connecting microbiology with data science, engineering, social science and other disciplines to address global challenges. Read the full announcement: microb.io/4o8FyuX

Today is Trans Day of Remembrance (TDoR), a day to remember people lost to transphobic violence.

🏳️‍⚧️Today we mourn, but also reaffirm our commitment to fight for the living. Take care of yourselves Today!🏳️‍⚧️

Graphic titled ‘EDI Prize Lecture 2026.’ Showing 5 individuals' headshots. Including, Bruno Francesco Rodrigues de Oliveira, Edel Pérez-López, Katie Barnes, Landon J. Getz and Nicholas de Mojana di Cologna

EDI Prize 2026: @edelplopez.bsky.social — Université Laval, Canada, @bfrancescol.bsky.social — Fluminense Federal University, Brazil, @landongetz.bsky.social — @utoronto.ca, @katie-barnes.bsky.social — @uwmadison.bsky.social and @nicholasbio.bsky.social — The State University of New York, USA

The logo for LGBTQ+STEM Day, with the hashtags below and the date 18 of November, over a rainbow background

Happy International Day of LGBTQIA+ People In STEM!

How are you celebrating it?

#LGBTQSTEMDay #PrideInSTEM

Thank you for the opportunity @amiposts.bsky.social! 🦠🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Happy LGBTQIA+ STEMM Day for everyone! 🤩

Microbial Primer: Artificial intelligence for microbiologists Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are reshaping microbiology, enabling rapid antibiotic discovery, resistance prediction and clinical diagnostics. For microbiologists, the goal is...

New primer alert! Fantastic insight into how to apply machine learning and AI in microbiology. A must read. @microbiologysociety.org @delafuentelab.bsky.social www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

Over the moon with my short sentence describing my feelings on this new edition of "Marine Microbiology: Ecology and Applications" being printed in every hard copy of the book. Thanks to Taylor and Francis/CRC Press to the invitation for reviewing the book proposal in late 2023! 🌊🧫📖

A smiling person stands in front of research posters at a conference, with text announcing the Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2026 in Belfast, UK, from 13–16 April.

You can get two-day tickets for Annual Conference 2026. Registration is already open. Learn more and secure your spot: microb.io/AC26Register #Microbio26

For details on the prizes, check the link below!
viajabien.sharepoint.com/:b:/r/sites/...

Today is the deadline for abstract submissions to PANGENOME2025 (www.alocongress.com/pangenome2025), which will take place in Valencia (Spain) between December 02nd and 05th. As @microbiologysociety.org Microbial Genomics editor, we launched a Best Poster and Best Short Talk Prizes! 🏆🧬🦠

Please share this with anyone who may be interested in a post-doc in Germany:

jobs.awi.de/Vacancies/20...

This is quite an exciting opportunity to push the boundaries of what is known regarding the molecular basis of the formation and demise of photosymbiotic relationships in marine habitats.

See you Thursday 18th for our first seminar of the series with the inspiring @priyashah.bsky.social from @ucdavis.bsky.social with her talk
“Harder, better, faster, stronger: integrating virology and engineering to drive discovery”.
All welcome! email us for the zoom link.

Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics at University of Birmingham Apply now for the Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.

We have a position for an Assist Prof in Microbial Genomics in our School of III.

Hod Joan Geoghegan will be happy to field questions if you are interested. No specific area of microbial genomics preferred so please do consider it

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...

Electron micrograph of two phage infecting a host cell side-by-side, with hearts between them

Do you love phage? I have an opening for a postdoc in my lab at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science (@cmarinescience.bsky.social) looking at interactions between marine phage and iron, which is an important limiting trace metal in the oceans (1/5) 🧵#phagesky 🦠🌊

#MicroSky: Special Issue on “The Contribution of Microbial Biotechnology to Sustainable Development Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages". Submit your manuscript online at: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/microbio. Deadline 📆 20 December 2025. Thanks for RT

The Death of the Student Essay—and the Future of Cognition One professor's reflections on the end of an era, as AI tools such as ChatGPT have murdered the student essay (RIP). Here's why that threatens the future of human cognition—and how to save ourselves.

The most enlightened read I had in a long time about IA usage in universities and the deep corrosion of cognitive work, particularly by college students. A great perspective by a university professor and food for thought on the long and daunting path we have in front of us.

Protect transgender scientists Transgender and gender nonconforming (TGnC) people are a primary target of the Trump administration. Multiple executive orders seek to erase TGnC protections; mandate denial of gender identity; and ba...

Protect Trans Scientists.

cowritten with a lot of amazing people (I tagged those I could find but there are so many more incredible folks)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@thepunkscientist.bsky.social @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social @bfrancescol.bsky.social @drsueishaq.bsky.social

Protect transgender scientists Transgender and gender nonconforming (TGnC) people are a primary target of the Trump administration. Multiple executive orders seek to erase TGnC protections; mandate denial of gender identity; and ba...

Protect the transgender scientists 🏳️‍⚧️
A pleasure to be part of the AQTES group, so many amazing and inspiring scientists!
No better time to see this piece published. Happy Pride Month 🌈

Protect transgender scientists Transgender and gender nonconforming (TGnC) people are a primary target of the Trump administration. Multiple executive orders seek to erase TGnC protections; mandate denial of gender identity; and ba...

A letter from scientists to the community: Protect transgender scientists.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Protect transgender scientists Transgender and gender nonconforming (TGnC) people are a primary target of the Trump administration. Multiple executive orders seek to erase TGnC protections; mandate denial of gender identity; and ba...

Protect transgender scientist! 🏳️‍⚧️

Mandatory read! Amazing piece by @pedroleao.bsky.social

We have a new 3-year postdoc position in our group at the @hifmb.de to study plasmids and plasmids systems of the marine environment to survey their utility in microbial responses to environmental change.

Please see the official job ad here, and spread the word:

jobs.awi.de/Vacancies/20...

We have a postdoc position available in which we’re using flavivirus replication/molecular biology to make refractory mosquitoes - in collaboration with the Trevor Sweeney lab at @pirbrightinst.bsky.social. Check out the advert on LinkedIn and apply by 12/6.

www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

Marine microbial enzymes as potential antibiofilm agents: expanding the arsenal of bioactive agents targeting biofilm-forming microorganisms Biofilms are one of the most successful modes of life in the biosphere. In these assemblages, bacteria usually display higher resistance to environmental stressors, thus making their removal throug...

Over the moon with our new review on marine microbial enzymes as antibiofilm agents published on Critical Reviews in Microbiology! Setting the stage for our ongoing and future endeavours to hunt these antibiofilm enzymes in our marine host-associated and free-living bugs!
doi.org/10.1080/1040...