Just over two weeks left to register for MENI 2026! A !!free!! microbial evolution meeting in Ireland with some fantastic keynote speakers @jpjhall.bsky.social @rachelmwheatley.bsky.social @drrebeccajhall.bsky.social @tweethinking.bsky.social #Evolution #microbes
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Of all the plagues my 1 year old has brought home from crèche, hand foot and mouth disease is definitely the cream of the crop.
New data from the lab, showing how fungicides can drive rapid selection for multidrug resistance In soil bacteria - even under warming. This was probably the most clear cut data I’ve ever seen (collected by @kelbrick.bsky.social), with clear selection on efflux pump regulator PFLU_3160. Enjoy!
Fungicide drives de novo evolution of multidrug resistance in the plant growth promoting rhizobacterium, Pseudomonas fluorescens www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04...
Thanks to @siderophile.bsky.social for an excellent seminar today @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social showcasing how multiple stressors effect the ecology and evolution of soil microbes thanks to @microscrum.bsky.social for organising!
Just a few weeks left to register - places are filling up fast!
PLEASE SHARE. PhD Opportunity with me, Ben Raymond and Jan Engelstaedter and Andrew Letten at University of Queensland.
Experimentally testing mechanisms of how temperature may change selection and spread of AMR in E. coli. Coupled with some advanced modelling and sequencing.
🧪🦠 #microsky
🔊 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
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MENI is back! Join us in Dublin this August 2026 for our 3rd Meeting for Microbial Evolution in Ireland. We are delighted to have @rachelmwheatley.bsky.social @drrebeccajhall.bsky.social @jpjhall.bsky.social and @tweethinking.bsky.social join us as keynote speakers this year. miniurl.com/MENI
Why and how to study adaptation in invisible things. A follow up from @asgriffin.bsky.social 's talk at the 2024 @isbe2026.bsky.social meeting
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Register here: miniurl.com/MENI
And, as always, it is FREE!
MENI is back! Join us in Dublin this August 2026 for our 3rd Meeting for Microbial Evolution in Ireland. We are delighted to have @rachelmwheatley.bsky.social @drrebeccajhall.bsky.social @jpjhall.bsky.social and @tweethinking.bsky.social join us as keynote speakers this year. miniurl.com/MENI
@sadhbhnidhubhda.bsky.social 👀
How specific are heritable symbioses?
And what can we learn from swapping obligate symbionts across host species?
We address this in our latest, led by @inespons.bsky.social & in our collaboration w/ @microbiome.bsky.social 🦠🪲 Out today in @natcomms.nature.com!
1/n
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
The Nowak-Epstein emails reminded us about the genius summary of that strange paper, which has better stood the test of time 😂 youtube.com/watch?v=oE6I...
Some very juicy emails in these files also - especially like this absolute belter from Bob Trivers
Strange discovery that an email about inclusive fitness was forwarded to Jeffrey Epstein, with the emailer quoting Jerusalem and comparing themself to Einstein. Are you one of the >100 evolutionary biologists now in the Epstein files? www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
Combined anthropogenic stressors (warming and fungicide) synergistically reduce soil microbial ecosystem functioning (respiration, metabolic capacity, plant performance, fungicide resistance). A tour-de-force by @kelbrick.bsky.social!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
🚨4-year fully funded PhD in the lab of @magicmicrobe.bsky.social (& collaborating with me!): How does iron availability shape the ability of pathogens to invade the gut microbiome?
Apply by Jan 26th
Advert: research.reading.ac.uk/foodbiosyste...
How to apply: research.reading.ac.uk/foodbiosyste...
^^^ I am in the same boat right now since Sept and absolutely feel your pain! work efficiency is at an all time high, standards at an all time low. They will have immune systems of steel soon though, right?
Wrapping up 2025 with my favourite Dublin hike, the sea cures all!
@jpjhall.bsky.social starts the #MicroEvo25 strong! Looks like it's gonna be fun🧬🧫🧪
A great start to Session 1: Soil organisms, biodiversity & plant interactions 🪱🌱
🦠 Siobhan O'Brien @siderophile.bsky.social
🍏 Louise Robinson Boyer @niab-uk.bsky.social
🐛 William Hearty @universityofhawaii.bsky.social
#AAB_RegenAg
🏔️ EMPSEB31 is heading to the mountains!
This year we’ll meet in Oberwiesenthal, Germany (8–12 June 2026), a quiet mountain town in the Ore Mountains, right on the Czech border. Think forest trails, open skies, and fresh air.
Join us for a week of science and fun!🌿
#EMPSEB31 #EvoBio #PhD
Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
🔊 Applications for the tenure-track illuminate global challenge fellowships at Queen’s are now open!
Comes with 5 years protected research time, a PhD studentship, & 60k start-up. I had one of these before getting my FLF, happy to chat to anyone interested!
www.qub.ac.uk/Research/fel...
