In case you missed it: our review titled "Spatial structure: shaping the ecology and evolution of microbial communities" is out! 🚨
Let me hit you with some highlights on why spatial structure matters. (and why you should care!)
Sharing is appreciated 🙏 🧵👇
doi.org/10.1093/fems...
What’s holding back clinical use of phage therapy in the UK?
Our workshop last year brought together international experts, biotech and regulators to find out
Meeting Report out now in Nature Microbiology with our take on the challenges and opportunities facing the UK phage therapy sector
We are excited to share that @jeremyjbarr.bsky.social will be joining us as speaker at the 2026 International SPP 2330 Symposium.
We look forward to meeting you in Berlin!
📅 October 5 – 7, 2026
📍 Harnack House, Berlin
🌐 More information is available at lnkd.in/eeSphFER
»Es mag Dir pathetisch klingen, aber ich betrachte es als heilige Aufgabe mitzuhelfen in meiner Art im Kampf gegen Nazitum, menschliche Sturheit, Schlappheit und Barbarei. Was in Deutschland geschieht, geht die ganze Menschheit an.«
Irmgard Keun
geboren am 6. Februar 1905
Standing ovations and a deeply moved audience after Natalie Amiri’s brilliant White Rose memorial lecture at @LMU. Indifference is dangerous and helps the oppressors. Instead, we must stand up for freedom and democracy. @natalieamiri.bsky.social
@lmumuenchen.bsky.social
New paper out in @pnas.org, and it made the cover! 👁️
We represent plasmids as circles and mutations as dots, resembling an eye, because in this paper we literally 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ plasmids evolve.
‼️Check Paula’s 🧵 and the paper👇
𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗱 𝗺𝘂𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝘆 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Very happy and proud that our paper “Effector–host interactome map links type III secretion systems in healthy gut microbiomes to immune modulation” is out today in #NatureMicrobiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com
Paper 👉 t1p.de/v42xb
#microbiome #commensal #pathomechanism #T3SS #immune #health #IBD
Mark your calendars: deadline is January 31!
The University of Vienna awards at least 20 four-year and full-time (40h/week) postdoctoral positions to outstanding female scientists in natural sciences, life sciences, and economics.
The Clavel Group is recruiting a new postdoc for two possible projects dealing with plant-virus interactions and selective autophagy! More (wordy) details below ⬇️🌱🦠
Christmas market outing with our friends from @baerboletta.bsky.social lab 🎄
Phages are full of genes of unknown function that are likely adaptive in specific conditions.
New preprint: Phage TnSeq identifies essential genes rapidly and knocks all non-essentials. We would like to send a pool of phiKZ mutants to anyone wanting it! Reach out
tinyurl.com/bdcfrejh
Research Technician: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Postdoc: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Exciting news! I have two positions open in my lab at the UoManchester: one PDRA and one Research Tech.
Join our team to study evolutionary mycology and help us understand antifungal resistance in fungal pathogens. A fantastic opportunity to join the brilliant Manchester Fungal Infection Group!
#microsky #mevosky @spp2389.bsky.social
A PhD position is available in my lab to work on:
Emergence and self-organisation of bacterial metabolism in consortia of cross-feeding bacteria.
Please RT
Deadline: 12.11.25
More infos 👇
shorturl.at/rAKAT
#microsky #mevosky @spp2389.bsky.social
A PhD position is available in my lab to work on:
Emergence and self-organisation of bacterial metabolism in consortia of cross-feeding bacteria.
Please RT
Deadline: 12.11.25
More infos 👇
shorturl.at/rAKAT
Please RT:
We have an opening for a junior group leader position in „Phage Biology & Biotechnology“.
www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/...
Interested candidates are encouraged to contact me via email for further details.
@spp2330.bsky.social; @mibinet.bsky.social
#NobelPrize week is approaching fast, and it's a good time to remember scientists whose contributions were overlooked. Read this #GENETICS story from @ccwendling.bsky.social, Zachary Bailey featuring Esther Lederberg, whose work in bacterial genetics was attributed to her husband: buff.ly/LKYfqvQ
Professor (full) or Associate Professor (tenure track) in Microbial Genetics of Health (U. Turku Finland). Competitive starting package included! Please share.
duunitori.fi/tyopaikat/ty...
EXCITING NEWS!! We're searching for a new professor colleague at the Biozentrum🇨🇭. Ideal candidates are exploring novel biological questions with structure, biophysics, or high-resolution imaging. 🧪 🧶🧬 🔬
The call closes Nov 3. Please get in touch if you would like more information. Come join us! 👩🔬🤓
Dagegen sind Frauen bei der Leitung von Fakultäten immer noch deutlich unterrepräsentiert. Dies geht aus dem Datenreport Geschlechtergleichstellung in Hochschulgremien hervor.
New ERC funded computational postdoc position in my lab! We are looking for someone who will study the genomics of bacterial evolution using samples from experimental evolution and clinical trials. Lots of opportunities for interesting and fun collaboration!
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
2 job adverts on a NERC project w myself + @darrenobbard.bsky.social on “What determines the virome: ecology and the environment, evolution, or species history?” early 2026 in
@uniexecec.bsky.social
- Postdoc: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
- RA: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
Pls share!
We’re looking for curious, innovative science leaders at EMBL Heidelberg! 🔬🧬🦠
Join a vibrant, interdisciplinary community where collaboration and innovation are nurtured at all levels.
Take a look at these four open positions 👇
The EMBL PhD programme is open until 13th October (entry ~Sep 2026):
www.embl.org/about/info/e...
We have three positions in microbial genomics at EMBL-EBI, including one in my group. Please do apply, or if you know anyone that would be interested pass on to them
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Are you ready to lead ground-breaking research in Infection Biochemistry?
We are recruiting outstanding scientists to establish research groups based at @cssbhamburg.bsky.social tackling fundamental questions in molecular mechanisms of infection.
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
Open postdoc position in in my lab in Berlin @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de.
Join us to push the frontier in ancient microbial genomics. Please apply until Oct 17th. Reach out in case you have any questions.
www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/2193291/job_...
Looking for a new approach to studying or eliminating phages? Check out our study introducing anti-phage ASOs (antisense oligos) out in @Nature today. nature.com/articles/s4158…
