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Vito Latorre, PhD @vlatorre.bsky.social · 1d

Reattempting to share this tiny piece of news article I wrote for The Microbiologist: How an alien life would survive in some of the weirdest atmospheres?

Applied Microbiology International @amiposts.bsky.social · 6d

Among the most promising indicators of extraterrestrial life are volatile organic compounds produced by life forms. Metabolites such as dimethyl sulphide and related compounds may hint at extraterrestrial biology. Read more: www.the-microbiologist.com/features/bre...

Breathing alien air: the search for biosignatures on exoplanets

Among the most promising indicators of biogenic elements are volatile organic compounds produced by life forms. The detection of specific metabolites such as dimethyl sulphide (DMS) and related compou...

www.the-microbiologist.com

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Adrian Cazares @cazares-adr.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine we could travel back in time ⏪⌛️to explore the world of bacterial pathogens before humans discovered and industrialised antibiotics

We just did that to study the history of #AMR spread @science.org
doi.org/10.1126/scie...

If you like time travel & biology, this 🧵is for you👇

Pre- and postantibiotic epoch: The historical spread of antimicrobial resistance

Plasmids are now the primary vectors of antimicrobial resistance, but our understanding of how human industrialisation of antibiotics influenced their evolution is limited by a paucity of data predati...

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Juan Carlos Illera @andalgalornis.bsky.social · 5d

Magnífico tema para hacer una tesis doctoral. ¡Y el equipo es increíblemente bueno! 🙂

Ferran Sayol @ferransayol.bsky.social · 13d

🚨PhD offer 👩‍🎓:
Fascinated by island biodiversity, palaeoecology & human impacts on ecosystems? 🌴🦜🌍 Join @creaf.cat to explore how island life changed over the last 11,700 years.
Deadline: 27 Oct 2025
Selection: ~November
Starting: ~January 2026
Supervision: @sandranogue.bsky.social & me
More info👇

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Hall Lab @halllab.bsky.social · 8d

📢🚨 Check out @drgdavidson.bsky.social's 3-year senior PDRA role below @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social!
Super exciting project exploring wildlife ecology 🐾 and gut microbiome bioinformatics 🧬!
👉 Apply: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/18...
💬 Informal enquiries to Gabrielle welcome!

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Gabrielle Davidson @drgdavidson.bsky.social · 8d

📢🚨Please share! We’re hiring! 📢🚨Have a strong interests in wildlife ecology and gut microbiome bioinformatics? 3 year Senior Research Associate for NERC Pushing the Frontiers grant. Apply here: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/18.... Informal enquiries welcome! drgldavidson.github.io/ACMEresearch

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 10d

Only a few days to go… please share!!!

Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 20d

Fully funded PhD working on insectivorous bird declines with a broad range of stakeholders. Starting ASAP #ornithology #zoology #biodiversity #science #ecology
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

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David S Richardson @david-s-richardson.bsky.social · 19d

An excellent PhD opportunity - at a great place - with a great system .....and with a great group! Should be fun....as well as very scientifically rewarding😀

Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · 19d

Come & work with us - fully funded 4 year PhD on Social Ageing: Social environment effects on senescence, using an epigenetic clock www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor... @rug.nl @david-s-richardson.bsky.social @keesvanoers.bsky.social @seychelleswarbler.bsky.social photo: @charlisdavies.bsky.social

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Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · 19d

Come & work with us - fully funded 4 year PhD on Social Ageing: Social environment effects on senescence, using an epigenetic clock www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor... @rug.nl @david-s-richardson.bsky.social @keesvanoers.bsky.social @seychelleswarbler.bsky.social photo: @charlisdavies.bsky.social

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Seth Bordenstein @symbionticism.bsky.social · 22d

A salient experiment that elegantly examines how context dependent is hologenome evolution in response to selection on diet quality? The short answer. It is resilient, even when faced with abiotic and biotic disruptors such as post-selection socialization and diet. Brilliant evaluation; a must read

KevinDKohl @kevindkohl.bsky.social · 26d

Pleased to share new work tinkering with and testing the concept of the holobiont
@isme-microbes.bsky.social

"Experimental evolution of a mammalian holobiont: bank voles selected for herbivorous capability evolved distinct and robust gut bacterial communities"
🌾🐭🦠

academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...

Experimental evolution of a mammalian holobiont: bank voles selected for herbivorous capability evolved distinct and robust gut bacterial communities

Abstract. According to the “hologenome” theory of evolution natural selection and evolution can act through a conglomerate biological unit, the “holobiont”

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Alice Godden @alicegodden.bsky.social · 22d

Our new paper is out in Dev Biol! 🎉 🐸🧬
We show #miR-196a directs #neural crest fate in #Xenopus by repressing immature neural #ectoderm — evidence #miRNAs can potentially drive, not just fine-tune, early patterning
👉 Read more here: doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
@devbiol.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social

Schematic overview of our project. Dissection of Xenopus neural crest following morpholino knockdown of miRNA, then extraction of RNA for RNA-seq

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KevinDKohl @kevindkohl.bsky.social · 26d

Pleased to share new work tinkering with and testing the concept of the holobiont
@isme-microbes.bsky.social

"Experimental evolution of a mammalian holobiont: bank voles selected for herbivorous capability evolved distinct and robust gut bacterial communities"
🌾🐭🦠

academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...

Experimental evolution of a mammalian holobiont: bank voles selected for herbivorous capability evolved distinct and robust gut bacterial communities

Abstract. According to the “hologenome” theory of evolution natural selection and evolution can act through a conglomerate biological unit, the “holobiont”

academic.oup.com

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Karl Grieshop @karlgrieshop.bsky.social · Jul 9

Out now in @molbioevol.bsky.social with Michelle Liu (co-first), Ryan Frost, Matthew Lindsay, Malak Bayoumi, Martin Brengdahl, @ruxmolnar.bsky.social and @aneil-agrawal.bsky.social, we evolved ~40% of the D. melanogaster genome under male-limited inheritance, ...

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Expression Divergence in Response to Sex-biased Selection

Abstract. It remains debated whether greater degrees of sexual dimorphism would evolve if not for intersexual genetic constraints. Here, we used experiment

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Alexander Schlatmann @aaschlatmann.bsky.social · Aug 27

Check out our new paper led by Gaoyang Yu!

Territorial aggression in blue tits is repeatable in both sexes, but females were the fiercer defenders. How does this challenge long-held assumptions about sex roles in territorial behaviour?

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧪

Intrasexual and intersexual territorial aggressive responses are repeatable and correlated in blue tits of both sexes

Aggressive behaviours are commonly expressed in the competition for limited resources and influence the survival and reproduction of individuals. Howe…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Chuen @chuenlee.bsky.social · Aug 27

‪@sarahfworsley.bsky.social‬

Chuen @chuenlee.bsky.social · Aug 27

New paper out now! 🥳📄
Massive shoutout to Sarah Worsley, who did the heavy lifting 💪 – absolute star! 🌟

Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · Aug 25

Congrats 🎉 Sarah Worsley "Gut microbiome communities demonstrate fine-scale spatial variation in a closed, island bird population" ISME Communications doi.org/10.1093/isme... @chuenlee.bsky.social @terryburke.bsky.social @david-s-richardson.bsky.social

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Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · Aug 25

Congrats 🎉 Sarah Worsley "Gut microbiome communities demonstrate fine-scale spatial variation in a closed, island bird population" ISME Communications doi.org/10.1093/isme... @chuenlee.bsky.social @terryburke.bsky.social @david-s-richardson.bsky.social

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EcoEvoRxiv @ecoevorxiv.bsky.social · Aug 17

The SORTEE Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

doi.org/10.32942/X24...

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ESEB 2025 Congress @eseb2025.bsky.social · Aug 20

Evolution never looked so inspiring 🌍 #ESEB2025

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ESEB 2025 Congress @eseb2025.bsky.social · Aug 22

✨ Day 5 of #ESEB2025 wrapped! Thanks for an inspiring week: safe travels home, and see some of you tonight 🎉

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Chuen @chuenlee.bsky.social · Aug 22

What a fantastic week at #ESEB2025! I'm still buzzing from all the incredible science and amazing connections.

A huge thank you to the organizers for putting together such a seamless and inspiring event.

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Elin Videvall @elinvidevall.bsky.social · Aug 22

Thanks #ESEB2025 for a great conference!

Our group had a lot of fun meeting people, learning new things, and talking about our research!

@madeleinebergstrom.bsky.social
@estermart.bsky.social
@cenkvist.bsky.social
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Anna Hewett @annamhew.bsky.social · Aug 20

I'll be presenting at #ESEB25 tomorrow! Pop along to room 114 @3:30 if you want to hear about inbreeding depression, hierarchical models and barn owls of course 🦉
S42.02 - looks like it's going to be a great session! 😊

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Charlotte Enkvist @cenkvist.bsky.social · Aug 18

Come by mine and my groups posters on wild animal #microbiomes this afternoon!

Elin Videvall @elinvidevall.bsky.social · Aug 18

Charlotte Enkvist @cenkvist.bsky.social presents a poster about gut microbiomes in the Scandinavian wolverine. P01.080. #ESEB2025

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Melissah Rowe @melissahrowe.bsky.social · Aug 18

TODAY!!!!!

Melissah Rowe @melissahrowe.bsky.social · Aug 16

Interested in host-associated microbiomes? Attending @eseb2025.bsky.social? Then come check out Symposium S07 on Monday August 18th and hear all about how microbiomes contribute to adaptation. Gut microbiomes, climate change, thermal physiology, behaviour, invasion biology, blood-feeding, and more!

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Elin Videvall @elinvidevall.bsky.social · Aug 18

Come meet all the WAME organizers at the #Microbiome symposium S07 at ESEB today! We're in meeting room 116. 🦠

#eseb2025 @eseb2025.bsky.social

Elin Videvall @elinvidevall.bsky.social · Aug 17

Wild Animal Microbiome Evolution (WAME) @stn-wame.bsky.social satellite meeting today prior to #ESEB2025 was fun!

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