Interested in the regulation and evolution of multicellularity in Strepromyces?
Natalia Tschowri (@unihannover.bsky.social) and Daniel Rozen (@unileiden.bsky.social) are looking for a PhD student as part of #SPP2389 !
#PhDposition

And we’re back! The second funding period of #SPP2389 started this week with our kickoff meeting in Grimma

Stay tuned in the next few weeks/months to get to know both the old and new members working on projects centered around the fascinating world of bacterial multicellularity! 🦠

Bakteriopolis is in Halle at the #SilbersalzFestival this week! Even Come try water kefir, make your own bacterium, and learn about the hidden world of multicellular microbes! #SPP2389 #microsky #wisskomm

Danke an Mainzelmännchen Det für den Besuch! @zdfde.bsky.social

@kostchristian.bsky.social has an open PhD position as a part of #SPP2389 !
#microsky #mevosky

Interested in working on microbial interactions and cooperative cross-feeding? Join @kostchristian.bsky.social as a part of #SPP2389 !

Our head of #SPP2389 Thorsten Mascher also put the spotlight on the multicellular microbial communities of water kefir - thanks again @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social !
@embo.org #Multicellverse

Our #SPP2389 associated PhD student Luis gave a great talk on the effects of experimental evolution on Streptomyces aggregates and colonies at the #ISBA2025 !

Another #SPP2389 PhD student Martha with a great talk on phase transitions in B. subtilis macrocolonies!
Thanks again to @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social for capturing the moment! #BACELL2025

Resolving spatiotemporal dynamics in bacterial multicellular populations: approaches and challenges | Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews SUMMARYThe development of multicellularity represents a key evolutionary transition that is crucial for the emergence of complex life forms. Although multicellularity has traditionally been studied in...

Nice occasion for 1st post! Our contribution with Liraz Chai (not yet on 💙sky) to the review on modern methods to study #biofilms headed by Susann Müller (same) and members of #SPP2389 @emmanuel-saliba.bsky.social @knutdrescher.bsky.social @cyanolab.bsky.social
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Thank you to Ákos for allowing those of unable to make the trip to follow along this (sold out!) conference on Emergent Functions of Bacterial Multicellularity.
#SPP2389. #MultiBac2025

Molecular Microbiology is pleased to be able to sponsor a poster prize and support this amazing community!

Bartje in Berlin at the Harnack-Haus der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft for the 1st International Conference on
Emergent Functions of Bacterial Multicellularity organized by #SPP2389 program of @dfgpublic.bsky.social

Looking forward to 4 days of excellent science!

#MultiBac2025

Luckily above 0 C, thus no more snow but rain in the last hour… on my way to conferencing

#MultiBac2025 of #SPP2389 program

International conference by #SPP2389 on Emergent Functions of Bacterial Multicellularity next year January 6-9 in Berlin, Germany

with Tanmay Bharat, Sujit Datta, Kevin Foster, Roberto Kolter, Tam Mignot, @wcratcliff.bsky.social, Nicola Stanley-Wall, Gürol Süel & @cwhitch.bsky.social 👇