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Nicole Dubilier

@nicoledubilier.bsky.social

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Director Max Planck Institute Marine Microbiology Head of Symbiosis Department https://www.mpi-bremen.de/en/Department-of-Symbiosis.html Prof at Uni Bremen, MARUM symbiosis, microbiome, marine microbiology

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Nicole Dubilier is a marine microbiologist and director of the Symbiosis Department at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology since 2013 and a Professor of Microbial Symbioses at the University of Bremen. She is a pioneer in ecological and evolutionary symbiotic relationships between sea animals and their microbial partners inhabiting environments that harbour low nutrient concentrations. She was responsible for the discovery of a new form of symbiosis between two kinds of bacteria and the marine oligochaete Olavius algarvensis. .. more

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Kaiser Lab @clocksevolution.bsky.social · 2d

WE ARE HIRING!
Please spread widely!

#Postdoc in #Evolutionary #Genomics
-> www.mpg.de/25524526/

#Postdoc in #Molecular #Biology & #Cell #Signalling
-> www.mpg.de/25524509/

@mpi-evolbio.bsky.social @maxplanck.de

#ScienceJobs #EvoBio #MolBio #Ecology #Chronobiology #Marine #EntoSky #Biodiversity

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 2d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Nils Rädecker @radecker.bsky.social · 4d

🪸🧪 We’re hiring! Join our ERC-funded group at the @hifmb.de in Oldenburg, Germany to explore the cellular origins of photosymbiosis:⁣
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𝟏 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜 + 𝟐 𝐏𝐡𝐃𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.⁣
Deadlines: Oct 29 & Nov 5. Links below. ⁣

Questions: [email protected]⁣
#Photosymbiosis #HIFMB #ERC #AcademicJobs

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Nicole Dubilier @nicoledubilier.bsky.social · 7d

Yup

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Gautam Dey @gautamdey.bsky.social · 7d

If you’re applying to your dream lab for an internship/PhD/postdoc, always send a second email 1-2 weeks after the first one if you don’t hear back.

I promise we will be grateful rather than annoyed. My email inbox is a disaster and I’m quite junior - and very few of us have secretarial support

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Nicole Dubilier @nicoledubilier.bsky.social · 9d

So much wisdom from Jane Goodall over the years. But I believe the 'difficult women' quote, @jay.bsky.team, is by Karen Karbo. Still iconic.

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Reposted by Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Nicole Dubilier, Shelly Lundberg , and 3 more Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Nicole Dubilier, Shelly Lundberg, Rebecca Tushnet, Sebastiaan Faber, Daxton R. Stewart

Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 9d

If you are following the story of The Pentagon's new policy, nicknamed, "you must check with us before you dream of doing any journalism," you may enjoy this update from @status.news

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Nicole Dubilier @nicoledubilier.bsky.social · 10d

Welcome MarMic Newbies!

Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social · 11d

Welcome, MarMic Class of 2030!! 👩‍🔬

13 students from 8 countries have arrived to our International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology MarMic.
We’re very happy to have you & look forward to the years ahead!
www.mpi-bremen.de/en/Welcome-M...
@maxplanck.de #marinebiology

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Reposted by Nicole Dubilier, Trevon D. Logan, Melanie C. Green , and 7 more Nicole Dubilier, Trevon D. Logan, Melanie C. Green, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Robert B. Reich, Michael D. McDonald, David Rosnick, Ann Bartow, Nicole Guenther Discenza, Magda Teter

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 10d

BREAKING: Democrats vote down a GOP bill to keep the government open, putting it on track for shutdown after midnight.

Democrats vote down GOP funding bill, putting government on path to shutdown

Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a path to a shutdown after midnight Wednesday.

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Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social · 11d

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Reposted by Kimberly A. Prather, Nicole Dubilier, Jacob Montgomery , and 5 more Kimberly A. Prather, Nicole Dubilier, Jacob Montgomery, Joseph Schafer, Rebecca Tushnet, Brian Keegan, Greg Linden, Magda Teter

TVMoJoe @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 19d

As CNN offers daylong saturation coverage of the podcaster’s funeral, I went back and checked to see how CNN covered Melissa Hortman’s memorial on 6/28, where Walz spoke and Biden/Harris attended.

It got about four minutes during the hours it was happening—less than Jeff Bezos’s wedding that day.

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Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, Nicole Dubilier, Steve Peers , and 7 more Dorothy Bishop, Nicole Dubilier, Steve Peers, Sanford F. Schram, W. Andy Knight, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Henry Jones, Vaughan S. Roberts, David Koepsell, Christina Pagel

Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 19d

Jimmy Kimmel and other late-night comedians have certainly said things about me that I found offensive, even outrageous.

It never crossed my mind to call up the networks and say, "Hey, get rid of this guy."

Because that's not how America works.
play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr...

The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The Washington Roundtable is joined by the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Keren Yarhi-Milo, the dean of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, to discuss...

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 20d

Border Czar Tom Homan was caught by the FBI accepting bribes - on camera - to deliver government contracts in exchange for $50,000 in cash.

Pam Bondi knew.

Kash Patel knew.

Emil Bove knew.

And they made the investigation go away.

A corrupt attempt to conceal brazen graft.

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Reposted by Anders Levermann, Nicole Dubilier, Iain Davidson , and 12 more Anders Levermann, Nicole Dubilier, Iain Davidson, Guy Grossman, Dawn J. Wright, Joseph Schafer, Melanie C. Green, W. Andy Knight, Jesús Rodríguez Pomeda, Scott A. Imberman, Michael D. McDonald, Ann Bartow, Nelson Flores, Larry W. Hunter, Farah Mendlesohn

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 21d

Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption.

Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.

People have power. Ask Target

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Reposted by Nicole Dubilier, Benjamin Mason Meier, Amir Attaran , and 4 more Nicole Dubilier, Benjamin Mason Meier, Amir Attaran, Michael Kevane, Alan Richardson, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Timothy D. McBride

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 21d

"My thoughts turned to David Rose, who volunteered to try to prevent another such attack on our country, and then, when back home, ran toward danger once again to help his fellow Americans."
www.thebulwark.com/p/a-hero-dav...

A Hero We Didn’t Deserve

Remembering David Rose who ran towards danger.

www.thebulwark.com

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Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, Richard E. Lenski, Peter Thorne , and 10 more Dorothy Bishop, Richard E. Lenski, Peter Thorne, Michael S. Rosenberg, John R. Hutchinson, Nicole Dubilier, Iain Davidson, Rosemary A. Joyce, Dawn J. Wright, Margaret Johnston, Elizabeth Stevenson, Zen Faulkes, Aviel Roshwald

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 21d

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

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Honour McCann @honour.bsky.social · 23d

There’s a leak - and a conceptual artist - at the Max Planck 👌

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Reposted by Nicole Dubilier, Alison Johnson, Stacy D. VanDeveer , and 2 more Nicole Dubilier, Alison Johnson, Stacy D. VanDeveer, David Murakami Wood, Stuart White

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 24d

When journalism was cool. And risked everything to challenge power.

Robert Redford on the phone, plus Dustin Hoffman. From All the President’s Men

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Sara Wickstrom @sarawickstrom.bsky.social · 29d

My lab @mpi-muenster.bsky.social is looking for a computational biologist with a passion for imaging and spatial biology. A staff scientist position with long-term perspective! Apply and spread the word 🙏 jobs.mpi-muenster.mpg.de/jobposting/0...

Computational image analyst (m/f/d)

The Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine in Münster, Germany, has an opening for a

jobs.mpi-muenster.mpg.de

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Nicole Dubilier @nicoledubilier.bsky.social · Sep 10

THIS is amazing!

Jörg Vogel @jorg-vogel-lab.bsky.social · Sep 10

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…

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Jörg Vogel @jorg-vogel-lab.bsky.social · Sep 10

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…

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Reposted by Nicole Dubilier, Rosemary A. Joyce, Bonnie Honig , and 4 more Nicole Dubilier, Rosemary A. Joyce, Bonnie Honig, Scott A. Imberman, Josef Früchtl, Kathleen Kennedy, Colin Woodard

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Sep 10

Certainly looks like we scared the President away from Chicago. Fighting like hell works.

“They are a progressive city, and they don’t want the president’s help. That’s on them. It’s horrific that they don’t want President Trump’s help.”

“Chicago should be begging Donald Trump for help to keep Chicago safe,” Bondi added. “Yet, they aren’t so we’re going to go into a city who wants us there.”

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ISME - International Society for Microbial Ecology @isme-microbes.bsky.social · Sep 10

✈️ Calling all grad students & postdocs in microbial ecology!
Want to work, train, or collaborate abroad? ISME’s Scholar Mobility Fund can help you get there.
📅 Apply by 1 October
🌍 Open to applicants worldwide (esp. outside NA & Europe!)
Details: isme-microbes.org/isme-scholar...
#MicrobialEcology

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Sep 9

Why would any foreign country invest in a nation that did this?

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Vardilab @vardilab.bsky.social · Sep 4

📣 We are excited to share our latest paper, led by @taliashaler.bsky.social! We explore the transcriptional basis of #microalgae resistance to #viral_infection and identified a core group of resistance-related genes. >>
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#New_Phytologist #Marine_Biology #Viruses

Mapping the transcriptional landscape of algal resistance to viral infection reveals a core expression program

Algal blooms and their demise by viruses drive global-scale ecological processes in the ocean. These blooms form the foundation of marine food webs, regulate microbial communities, and shape biogeoc...

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Sorek Lab @soreklab.bsky.social · Sep 2

Preprint: De-novo design of proteins that inhibit bacterial defenses

Our approach allows silencing defense systems of choice. We show how this approach enables programming of “untransformable” bacteria, and how it can enhance phage therapy applications

Congrats Jeremy Garb!
tinyurl.com/Syttt
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Synthetically designed anti-defense proteins overcome barriers to bacterial transformation and phage infection

Bacterial defense systems present considerable barriers to both phage infection and plasmid transformation. These systems target mobile genetic elements, limiting the efficacy of bacteriophage-based t...

www.biorxiv.org

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Lukas VF Novak @animalculum.bsky.social · Aug 31

Partnership between #algae & #bacteria reveals secrets of evolution phys.org/news/2025-08...

Stepwise genome #evolution from a facultative symbiont to an endosymbiont in the N2-fixing symbioses www.cell.com/current-biol... #protists by @vesnagrujcic.bsky.social, @mehrshmali.bsky.social, et al.

photo of a string of algal cells and the same string under fluorescence microscopy showing glowing blobs inside each cell

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Vesna Grujcic @vesnagrujcic.bsky.social · Aug 30

How do microbes become permanent partners? 🌊🔬🦠 Check out our new study published in Current Biology showing how cyanobacterial genomes evolve step-by-step into endosymbionts of diatoms. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@currentbiology.bsky.social @mehrshmali.bsky.social

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Asaf Levy @asaflevylab.bsky.social · Aug 26

Tens of thousands in Tel Aviv are calling to stop the war and return of all hostages after nearly 700 days.

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