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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 1d

The Data Science team at EMBL is hiring for two open positions! First, for a Scientific Community Manager, focusing on community aspects and training on data science. embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

Scientific Community Manager

EMBL is Europe’s flagship research laboratory for the life sciences – an intergovernmental organisation with more than 110 independent research groups and teams performing scientific research in disci...

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Anna Mankowski @oceanna.bsky.social · 9d

Had a great time yesterday presenting my efforts to use large-scale computational analyses to better understand marine microbes and their impact on carbon cycling. Thanks #SAME18 for the opportunity!

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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · 23d

Our scientific organisers opened ‘The human microbiome’ symposium by giving us a brief update on their most recent work 🦠 #EESMicrobiome

🔹Mani Arumugam, University of Copenhagen
🔹Ami Bhatt, Stanford University School of Medicine
🔹Peer Bork, EMBL Heidelberg
🔹Nicola Segata, University of Trento

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Bork Group at EMBL Heidelberg @borklab.bsky.social · Aug 15

New preprint from lab: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... describing the Metalog database of manually annotated contextual data for >110k metagenomics samples around the globe metalog.embl.de

See the thread below from @biocs.bsky.social for more info!

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EMBL @embl.org · Aug 7

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 👇

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Typas Lab @typaslab.bsky.social · Jul 30

Ready to lead pioneering research that bridges systems-level investigations of biological systems to molecular mechanism? The EMBL Molecular Systems Biology Unit in Heidelberg is hiring a Group Leader!

Group Leader – Molecular Systems Biology Unit

Are you ready to lead groundbreaking research in Molecular Systems Biology? Join us at EMBL! We are seeking a motivated scientist to lead an independent research group, addressing original biological ...

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Raes Lab @raeslab.org · Jul 23

We're hiring a postdoc!🚨

Study human-associated microbial communities in health & disease.

🔬Requirements:
- PhD in bioinformatics, microbiology, or related field
- Expertise in omics data analysis
- Micro & molecular bio techniques are a plus!

Apply now!🌟
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Postdoctoral position in human gut microbiome and bioinformatics - VIB

About the Lab Thelab of JeroenRaes(VIB, KU Leuven) is home to a vibrant, dynamic and international group of researchers in the field of gut microbial ecology and its

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Bork Group at EMBL Heidelberg @borklab.bsky.social · Jul 22

At #ISMBECCB2025, @agrekova.bsky.social will present her recent work on detecting mobile genetic elements in both reference and metagenome-assembled genomes in the Microbiome track on Thursday at 3 pm. Come for a sneak peek of the content in promge.embl.de version 2 (to be released in ~1 month)!

proMGE

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Chan Yeong Kim @chanyeong-kim.bsky.social · Jul 21

Our new preprint is out!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
In this study, we present the largest systematic analysis of microbiome structure and function, integrating 85K uniformly processed metagenomes from diverse habitats worldwide.
@podlesny.bsky.social @jonas-bio.bsky.social @borklab.bsky.social

Planetary microbiome structure and generalist-driven gene flow across disparate habitats

Microbes are ubiquitous on Earth, forming microbiomes that sustain macroscopic life and biogeochemical cycles. Microbial dispersion, driven by natural processes and human activities, interconnects mic...

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Bork Group at EMBL Heidelberg @borklab.bsky.social · Jul 21

New preprint from the lab: "Planetary microbiome structure and generalist-driven gene flow across disparate habitats" analysing 85k metagenomes across the world, e.g. looking into generalism across habitats www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... – see the thread below for more details!

#MicroSky 🖥️🧬🦠

Chan Yeong Kim @chanyeong-kim.bsky.social · Jul 21

Our new preprint is out!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
In this study, we present the largest systematic analysis of microbiome structure and function, integrating 85K uniformly processed metagenomes from diverse habitats worldwide.
@podlesny.bsky.social @jonas-bio.bsky.social @borklab.bsky.social

Planetary microbiome structure and generalist-driven gene flow across disparate habitats

Microbes are ubiquitous on Earth, forming microbiomes that sustain macroscopic life and biogeochemical cycles. Microbial dispersion, driven by natural processes and human activities, interconnects mic...

www.biorxiv.org

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EMBLtrec @embltrec.bsky.social · Jul 16

TREC is hiring! @embl.org is looking for a field technician/engineer to coordinate soil sampling: plan activities, apply protocols, lead site scouting, coordinate teams & more. Join an amazing international team exploring a hidden universe beneath our feet. Please spread the word! bit.ly/4eSTPbZ

Environmental Technician or Engineer (Soil Lead)

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is Europe’s flagship research institution for the life sciences, bringing together over 110 independent research groups and service teams across six si...

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Guillaume Méric @gmeric.bsky.social · Jul 16

Very cool. Here, authors did pairwise co-culturing (mGAM/anaerobiosis) of 97 gut microbial species (113 strains) to infer ecological interactions (n=3233). Most negative were between distant taxa & positive were more among low-abundance taxa.
🔗 microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Systematic pairwise co-cultures uncover predominant negative interactions among human gut bacteria - Microbiome

Background Understanding pairwise bacterial interactions in the human gut is crucial for deciphering the complex networks of bacterial interactions and their contributions to host health. However, the...

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Jacobo de la Cuesta-Zuluaga @jdlcz.bsky.social · Jul 16

It's finally out!🎉

We known that the #microbiome confers colonization resistance against #pathogens, we know that some meds 💊 affect gut microbes 🦠

So, do 💊 alter colonization resistance? It turns out that some do! If you wanna know more, check out our latest work www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Sebastian Schmidt @tsbschm.bsky.social · Jun 27

The team's first preprint is out!

Led by ‪
‪@vishnuprasoodanan.bsky.social‬‬ & @omaistrenko.bsky.social , we asked a question (almost) as old as microbiology: how many prokaryotic species exist on Earth? More specifically, how much diversity is "hiding" in existing metagenomic data?

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bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · Jun 27

A census of hidden and discoverable microbial diversity beyond genome-centric approaches https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.26.661807v1

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zellerlab.bsky.social @zellerlab.bsky.social · Jun 26

After a long silence on X (for obvious reasons), the Zeller Lab is now on Bluesky! We’ll post updates soon on what’s been happening in the lab over the past few months. For the future, we promise to share our News in a more timely manner here on this channel.
#Microbiome #Bioinformatics #ZellerLab

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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · Jun 16

📥 You have only until 24 June to submit your abstract for 'The human microbiome'❗

🔬💊 Explore cutting-edge breakthroughs in #microbiome research, from methodological innovations to integrative approaches and personalised therapeutics. Join #EESMicrobiome 🦠🔍

➡️ https://s.embl.org/ees25-08-bl

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Segata Lab @cibiocm.bsky.social · Jun 6

Join us at #EESMicrobiome!

Organisers Mani Arumugam (#uni_copenhagen), Ami Bhatt (@stanfordpress.bsky.social), Peer Bork (@borklab.bsky.social) and Nicola Segata (#CIBIO_UniTrento) look forward to welcoming #microbiome scientists in September at @embl.org!

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Ewan Birney @ewanbirney.bsky.social · May 22

This is just an excellent preprint by Rasmus Jensen and colleagues from Julia Mahamid's lab @embl.org - a tour de force of Cryogenic electron tomography to do in cell structural biology in which they discover a new complex and solve its structure and function! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

In-cell discovery and characterization of a non-canonical bacterial protein translocation-folding complex

Cryo-electron tomography has emerged as powerful technology for in-cell structural biology, and in combination with breakthroughs in protein structure prediction, offers a unique opportunity for illum...

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Falk Hildebrand @bioinf.bsky.social · May 7

Open postdoc position in my lab @earlhaminst.bsky.social @quadraminstitute.bsky.social
We will generate large-scale soil metagenomes to research the impact of agriculture on healthy soil microbiomes, developing strategies to increase carbon retention: jobs.earlham.ac.uk/Details.asp?...
Please RT

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Daniel Podlesny @podlesny.bsky.social · Apr 28

Live in 2h: Metagenomic microbial strain tracking in the cloud! I'll be doing a quick demo showing how to use the SameStr workflow on the @nfdi4microbiota.bsky.social Cloud-based Workflow Platform (CloWM) - GUI / no-install / scalable / free for scientific use.

NFDI4Microbiota @nfdi4microbiota.bsky.social · Apr 7

Join our next Coffee Talk on 28 April at 14:30 CEST!
@podlesny.bsky.social (EMBL) presents SameStr—a new tool for strain-resolved metagenomics. Track microbes with high precision.
🔗 Zoom: ID 687 6408 9023 | PW: 826218
#Microbiome #Metagenomics #OpenScience

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EMBLtrec @embltrec.bsky.social · Apr 10

Two years ago, TREC began in Roscoff. Sampling at 120+ sites across Europe was supported by @embl.org custom-built mobile lab and @taraoceans-science.bsky.social schooner, enabling on-site processing across land and sea. Now this work continues, with 100s of projects initiated 📸 Kinga Lubowiecka

Building of a research institute by the sea in Roscoff, France

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EMBLtrec @embltrec.bsky.social · Apr 9

TREC is now on Bluesky! The expedition has gathered samples all along Europe’s coasts – now scientists are exploring what the data tell us. We’ll be sharing insights into this amazing ongoing work! Spread the word! @embl.org @taraoceans-science.bsky.social @embrc-eu.bsky.social 📸Massimo Del Prete

Zoomed out view of scientists sampling a beach on the TREC expedition

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NFDI4Microbiota @nfdi4microbiota.bsky.social · Apr 7

Join our next Coffee Talk on 28 April at 14:30 CEST!
@podlesny.bsky.social (EMBL) presents SameStr—a new tool for strain-resolved metagenomics. Track microbes with high precision.
🔗 Zoom: ID 687 6408 9023 | PW: 826218
#Microbiome #Metagenomics #OpenScience

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EMBL @embl.org · Mar 31

We announce changes in EMBL leadership as Edith Heard steps down as Director General.

EMBL will be led jointly by Peer Bork as Interim Director General and Ewan Birney in a new role of Executive Director until the appointment of EMBL’s next Director General.

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Bork Group at EMBL Heidelberg @borklab.bsky.social · Mar 31

Apparently the job application already appears closed, despite the deadline being today. Please contact us via email instead if you would like to apply!