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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 1d

Metabolic interplay drives population cycles in a cross-feeding microbial community www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs

Metabolic interplay drives population cycles in a cross-feeding microbial community - Nature Communications

Here the authors leverage a crossfeeding, engineered microbial community to demonstrate that strain abundance cycles are robust across environmental conditions. They pair this with a nonlinear dynamic model to elucidate population cycles.

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Erik Bakkeren @erikbakkeren.bsky.social · 1d

Note it in your calendars! Aug 3-5, 2026. Excited to bring back MEEHubs to a hub near you (Switzerland, USA, Canada, Mexico, UK, Ukraine, or virtual only)‼️

MEEhubs @meehubs.bsky.social · 1d

We’re back! ✨ The next #MeeHubs26 is coming with 7 hubs across the globe and incredible lineups at each. Can’t wait to share more soon! meehubs.org

Home

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Alan McNally @alanmcn1.bsky.social · 1d

After being with the journal since its very inception, the time has come for me to step back from Microbial Genomics. This is a wonderful opportunity to have a leadership role in one of the leading journals for microbial genomics research

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<i>Microbial Genomics </i> Deputy Editor-in-Chief: Call for Expressions of interest

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Claudia Bank @cbank.bsky.social · 1d

Please spread the word! 10 days left to apply for this #sciencejobs as Assistant Professor Tenure Track in Quantitative Cell Biology 👩‍🔬
@izb-unibern.bsky.social @unibe.ch! ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
#QueerInSTEM #DisabledInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #CarersInSTEM #AcademicSky #HigherED

Uni Bern: Assistant Professor with tenure-track for Quantitative Cell Biology

Start date of employment: anticipated for August 2027

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Marjon de Vos @lizscurious.bsky.social · 1d

En peper

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Marjon de Vos @lizscurious.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for covering Ákos!
Nice to be able to somewhat follow the day from afar.

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 1d

Larissa Della Vedova (UU/WUR) on Optimization of a Mass Spectrometry and Computational Metabolomics Workflow to Unveil Microbial Dynamics in Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections

#metabolomics for #microbialecology

NWO-XL project by @lizscurious.bsky.social and colleagues
#NIME2025

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bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 2d

Pseudomonas aeruginosa lasR is a keystone gene in polymicrobial cultures https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.06.680631v1

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Arjen Dijkstra @afbdijkstra.bsky.social · 2d

Dit jaar geeft @andreawulf.bsky.social de Van der Leeuw Lezing in Groningen - kaarten zijn nu te bestellen:

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Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social · 2d

New preprint!

Ever wondered why only a fraction of genomes encode CRISPR immunity? 🧬 🦠

Turns out CRISPR is rarely beneficial against virulent phages, being most beneficial against those for which resistance mutations are rare!

An epic effort by Rosanna Wright

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Resistance mutation supply modulates the benefit of CRISPR immunity against virulent phages

Only a fraction of bacterial genomes encode CRISPR-Cas systems but the selective causes of this variation are unexplained. How naturally virulent bacteriophages (phages) select for CRISPR immunity has...

www.biorxiv.org

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Jan-Willem Veening @veeninglab.com · 4d

Finally out, such an awesome piece of work, very proud of this one: www.cell.com/cell-systems... #MicroSky

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闵娅(Min Ya; Minya) PhD @minyaaa.bsky.social · 4d

And look at this graphic abstract….. 😱🤯

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Shabaana Khader @khadershabaana.bsky.social · 3d

UChicago Microbiology is searching for tenured or tenure-track faculty working in host-pathogens interactions, viral and bacterial pathogenesis, and emerging infectious diseases. Come join our vibrant Department! microbiology.uchicago.edu
Apply here apply.interfolio.com/174404

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Marjon de Vos @lizscurious.bsky.social · 6d

Ai.
Beterschap in elk geval!

Marjon de Vos @lizscurious.bsky.social · 6d

Hoornaar?

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Michael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social · 6d

"Wir stehen an einer Weggabelung: Spielen wir weiter in der Champions League? Holen wir die besten Köpfe aus der ganzen Welt? Wollen wir souverän werden? Oder werden wir uns selbst verzwergen? Welchen Weg wir nehmen, liegt in unserer Hand – noch. "

www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Spitzenforschung kommt aus China. Wo bleiben wir?

Chinesische Forschenden übernehmen die Vormacht. Europa und die USA drohen abgehängt zu werden. Es geht um eine Richtungsentscheidung: Wollen wir wieder mitmischen oder uns selbst verzwergen?

www.derstandard.at

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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 7d

"Some have chosen to deride the increasingly evident signs of climate change, to ridicule those who speak of global warming, and even to blame the poor for the very thing that affects them the most."

BBC News - Pope Leo condemns climate change critics
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Pope Leo hits out at critics of global warming

In his first major statement on climate change, the pontiff criticises those who minimise climate change.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 8d

A landmark new study in JAMA Pediatrics shows the HPV vaccine is doing exactly what it promised & more. 17yrs after rollout, adolescent vaccination has slashed HPV infxns not only among those vaccinated but also those unvaccinated, showing powerful herd protection.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Population-Level Effectiveness and Herd Protection 17 Years After HPV Vaccine

This cross-sectional study investigates population-level effectiveness and herd protection in the first 17 years after human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among adolescent girls and young women at ...

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 8d

Two postdoc positions with @ajfedorec.bsky.social: one computational and one wetlab, for a 5 year grant on synthetic microbial communities

Research Fellow in Computational Synthetic Biology
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Research Fellow in Synthetic Biology
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

#PostDoc

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Teppo Hiltunen @teppo-h.bsky.social · 8d

Professor (full) or Associate Professor (tenure track) in Microbial Genetics of Health (U. Turku Finland). Competitive starting package included! Please share.

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Professor or Associate professor (Tenure Track/Full) in Microbial Genetics of Health - Turun yliopisto - Työpaikat - Duunitori

Avoin työpaikka: Professor or Associate professor (Tenure Track/Full) in Microbial Genetics of Health - Turun yliopisto, Turku. Duunitorilla lisäksi yli 30 000 muuta avointa työpaikkaa. Lue lisää nyt!

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Luuk Loeff @lloeff.bsky.social · 9d

Hiring! 🧬🔬

Ever wondered how bacteria fight off viruses? We’re looking for a PhD student to dive into the molecular basis of newly discovered microbial immune systems, an area of biology where much remains to be uncovered.

RT/share to help us find our next team member!
www.lumc.nl/en/about-lum...

PhD-positie Bacteriële Verdedigingssystemen tegen Virussen | LUMC

Wij zoeken een getalenteerde en gemotiveerde PhD-kandidaat om het onderzoeksteam van Luuk Loeff te versterken. In dit project maak je gebruik van geavanceerde technologieën om te ontrafelen hoe bacter...

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Rhys White @rhystwhite.bsky.social · 9d

Where else is ST1 hiding?

We need to start thinking about environmental & farm worker sampling to map the spread & persistence of ST1

#AMR #Genomics #OneHealth #Staphylococcus #Biosecurity #NZ

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#AcademicSky
#MicroSky
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Dorottya Nagy @dotnagy.bsky.social · 9d

To summarise our recent pre-print: Autocycler, the automated consensus assembler, when used with Nanopore long-read only Enterobacterales assemblies, produces more complete chromosomes and plasmids, with an accuracy comparable to hybrid assemblies.

Figure 2 from my recently pre-printed manuscript on the completeness and accuracy of Nanopore long-read only bacterial genome assembly for Enterobacterales. a) tile plot of chromosome circularisation, with assembler on the x-axis and sample on the y-axis, shows that the consensus long-read only assembler, Autocycler, circularised more chromosomes at 95% (87/92) than any other long-read or hybrid assembler. b) complex upset plot of plasmid reconstruction, showing that the best plasmid reconstruction was achieved by long-read assemblers incorporating the separate plasmid assembly tool, Plassembler, namely Autocycler and Hybracter, reconstructing >96% of plasmids.

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Wolfgang Huber @wkhuber.bsky.social · 9d

Do you like theoretical biology, mathematical&conceptual modelling and want to apply yourself to cutting-edge research at all levels of biology, from molecules to ecosystems?

Come to EMBL! Scope includes physics-based models, emergence, statistics, ML/AI
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

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Natacha Couto @natachacouto.bsky.social · 11d

Com and join us in Groningen for an update on metagenomics 😊

ESCMID @escmid.bsky.social · 11d

New Course Alert: Rapid #diagnostics & #surveillance of critical pathogens in the hospital are essential for patient treatment and hospital outbreak detection. Learn more & sign up today for this 3-day course! ow.ly/xUyq50X1iWQ

#IDSky #clinmicro #MedSky

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