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Ian Marshall @ianpgm.bsky.social · 12h

I'm recruiting a postdoc to figure out how aerobic methanotrophic bacteria oxidise methane in anoxic freshwater sediment environments: international.au.dk/about/profil... Come to Aarhus University in Denmark and work on this 2-year project funded by @villumfonden.bsky.social!

Postdoctoral position on methanotrophic bacteria - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at Department of Biology - Microbiology, Aarhus University

international.au.dk

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Leonid Digel @leodigel.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations, Ian! 🎉

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Ian Marshall @ianpgm.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks to @villumfonden.bsky.social for supporting my weird ideas again with a Villum Experiment project! Set to start next year: AGAMBLE – Anaerobic Growth of Aerobic Methanotrophic Bacteria in Lake Environments. Job ad for a 2-year postdoc position coming soon!

villumfonden.dk/en/nyhed/tra...

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Robin Talks Science @robintalksscience.bsky.social · 8d

Really, Robin? Another newsletter? 🫠
YES. and this one’s worth it:
🔥 News
🪶 SciComm tips
📅 Events
🧩 Puzzles
Once a month. Fun. Useful. Easy to read.

👉 Subscribe now to catch the very first edition: www.robintalksscience.com

#SciComm #ScienceCommunication

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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · 16d

The Senior Research Scientist will support the Group Leader with day-to-day running of the lab, including line management of staff, overseeing budgets, and leading the scientific direction.

💷 £45,450 to £56,750
🗓️ Apply by 2 October 2025
➡️ buff.ly/D6zr7fy

A social media card with a digital illustration of the gut microbiome and the text "Senior Research Scientist, to advance prevision prebiotic microbiome intervention trials and study the interactions of prebiotics, drugs and other xenobiotics"

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Robin Talks Science @robintalksscience.bsky.social · 21d

Hey ISMET member ✋
Did you think we could use a new website too?
Well here it is: www.is-met.org.

It was a pleasure working with @ismetsociety.bsky.social to make their website more engaging and interesting for their members.

Do you also have a website that could use some polishing?

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Center for Electromicrobiology @cemau.bsky.social · 21d

Last week, Prof. @larspeternielsen.bsky.social was the opening speaker at the 20th Congress of the Argentinian Microbiological Society in Puerto Madryn, Patagonia🌎
Exciting to see cable bacteria joining electromicrobiology research in Argentina🔬👏We look forward to future collaborations with SAMIGE.

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Pawel Burkhardt @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social · 28d

Our lab is 2.5 years into #ERC funding✨

Grateful for the support that enabled us to uncover the syncytial nerve net in a ctenophore - a discovery reshaping our understanding of nervous system evolution. Stay tuned for more exciting discoveries to come @erc.europa.eu

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DAE...

Flying into sensory and mesogleal neurons from a ctenophore (comb jelly).

YouTube video by Pawel Burkhardt

www.youtube.com

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Jenny Zhang @biophotoelectro.bsky.social · Sep 7

We have a project coordinator role open for a new EIC consortium project SOLARSPOON. It is suitable for anyone with a Masters or PhD www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/project...
Do you know anyone who might be suitable? Please let me know :)

Project Coordinator and Developer (full time or part time)

We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated, and highly organised person for a newly created role to act as coordinator and developer for the new European Innovation Council-funded

www.cam.ac.uk

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Microenvironmental Ecology and Symbiosis @microsensing.bsky.social · Sep 5

Functional imaging of 3D bioprinted microalgal constructs and simulation of their photosynthetic performance
doi.org/10.1088/1758...
via @ioppublishing.bsky.social

@moorefound.bsky.social
@villumfonden.bsky.social
www.flimagin3d.com

Functional imaging of 3D bioprinted microalgal constructs and simulation of their photosynthetic performance - IOPscience

Functional imaging of 3D bioprinted microalgal constructs and simulation of their photosynthetic performance, Murthy, Swathi, Mosshammer, Maria, Trampe, Erik, Kühl, Michael

doi.org

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Franz Narberhaus @franznarberhaus.bsky.social · Sep 3

jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/b...

W1TTW2 Professorship in Biology of Microorganisms (m/f/d)

jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de

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Leonid Digel @leodigel.bsky.social · Sep 3

@bavci.bsky.social

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Leonid Digel @leodigel.bsky.social · Sep 3

Mind the gap!

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Steve Portugal @sjportugal.bsky.social · Aug 26

Come join us in the @biology.ox.ac.uk at @ox.ac.uk! New Associate Professor position in Animal Behaviour, with Merton College:

my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Job Details

my.corehr.com

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Tanmay Bharat @tbharat-lab.bsky.social · Aug 31

Sub-cellular chemical mapping in bacteria using correlated cryogenic electron and mass spectrometry imaging

Congrats Hannah Ochner and authors on this important paper! Strong collaboration with @kiranrpatil.bsky.social

www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
@mrclmb.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social

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Ian Marshall @ianpgm.bsky.social · Aug 29

This is cool, @au.dk is also in @circleu.bsky.social, come and hang out in Aarhus and talk about doing a postdoc here!

Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · Aug 29

Are you an early career researcher? ✨ @circleu.bsky.social
offers mobility fellowships (5 - 30 days) to explore postdoc opportunities at partner universities. 🗓️ Extended deadline: Sept 15. More here: 👉 www.circle-u.eu/calls/circle...

Circle U. Postdoc Mobility Programme - Circle U.

Seed funding for your next cooperative research project!

www.circle-u.eu

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Microenvironmental Ecology and Symbiosis @microsensing.bsky.social · Aug 24

Now out in final version:

Functional imaging of 3D bioprinted microalgal constructs and simulation of their photosynthetic performance
doi.org/10.1088/1758...
via @ioppublishing.bsky.social

@villumfonden.bsky.social
@moorefound.bsky.social

Functional imaging of 3D bioprinted microalgal constructs and simulation of their photosynthetic performance - IOPscience

Functional imaging of 3D bioprinted microalgal constructs and simulation of their photosynthetic performance, Murthy, Swathi, Mosshammer, Maria, Trampe, Erik, Kühl, Michael

doi.org

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Ben Engel @cellarchlab.com · Aug 13

#TeamTomo 🧪

Lars-Anders Carlson @lacarlson.bsky.social · Aug 13

Repost appreciated:
Open #PhDposition in structural virology in my group! Join us in Umeå, Sweden to uncover how arboviruses remodel infected cells. In situ #cryoET and #cryoEM combined with #virology, #cellbiology, and #biophysics.
Deadline 7 September. More info: www.carlsonlab.se/join/

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Center for Electromicrobiology @cemau.bsky.social · Aug 13

Dissemination Artwork: Cross Section at Junction. Bringing together art and research is incredibly rewarding.
We are privileged to have this beautiful piece on display. Created by Matilda Tjelldén, the work is inspired by our research - and in turn, we are deeply inspired by Matilda's art.

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Pawel Burkhardt @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social · Aug 7

Ctenophores possess a unique aboral organ that acts as a multisensory center, controlling complex behaviors. We’ve now created a ctenophore model integrated with our 3D volume EM data. Puts it into perspective.

Check out our recent work here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#ctenophores #volumeEM

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Michael Sars Centre @msarscentre.bsky.social · Aug 7

New preprint from the @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social lab 🤩 @annaferraioli.bsky.social & colleagues created a 3D model of the ctenophore apical organ, revealing cell-type diversity and exciting new insights into the evolution of central nervous systems 🧠🧪 Congratulations to the team! 👏

Pawel Burkhardt @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social · Aug 7

Ctenophores possess a unique aboral organ that acts as a multisensory center, controlling complex behaviors. We’ve now created a ctenophore model integrated with our 3D volume EM data. Puts it into perspective.

Check out our recent work here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#ctenophores #volumeEM

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · Aug 6

Exciting news from the Royal Society Publishing: our journals will be fully open access in 2026 as we move to adopt the 'Subscribe to Open' model:

Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · Aug 6

We're excited to announce our plan to make the Royal Society journals fully open access in 2026 by adopting the ‘Subscribe to Open’ model. This change supports global access to research without shifting costs to authors and relies on continued library participation. Find out more: buff.ly/18m5g6z

Royal Society sets out plan to move journals to full open access in 2026 through Subscribe to Open | Royal Society

The Royal Society has agreed plans that would make its journals fully open access in 2026 by adopting the ‘Subscribe to Open’ model.

royalsociety.org

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · Aug 5

#MicroSky

Amelia Randich @ameliarandich.bsky.social · Aug 4

Dianne Newman: beautiful demonstration of maintenance metabolism in #Psuedomonas, which uses PCN redox cycling to support PMF during anaerobic growth #Phages2025

www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...

Mechanistic study of a low-power bacterial maintenance state using high-throughput electrochemistry

Anaerobic phenazine cycling by an opportunistic bacterial pathogen supports a low-power, non-growth metabolism that lends itself to quantitative and mechanistic study of maintenance physiology.

www.cell.com

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Christine Moissl-Eichinger @chmoei.bsky.social · Aug 5

🚨 2 funded #PhD positions (ERC Adv Grant) in the Moissl-Eichinger Lab, Graz! Study Methanobrevibacter as a keystone in the gut microbiome.
💡 Omics, modeling, synthetic consortia
📅 Deadline: Sept 10, 2025
🌍 Int’l applicants welcome!
Application link below.
#microbiomesky #archaeasky #microsky

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Pawel Burkhardt @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social · Aug 4

Marine biodiversity: Gone with the wind? Our dispatch out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social

New research shows that wind and currents act as invisible barriers, reshaping our view of ocean connectivity. 🌊🪼

authors.elsevier.com/a/1lYLj3QW8S...
@iramaegele.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social

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