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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 · 2d

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

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Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell @kurzgesagt.org · 2d

AI-generated content is flooding the internet, and we're entering a new era of information overload. Watch our latest video to find out how AI slop affects the internet and why kurzgesagt videos will always remain human-made: https://kgs.link/AISlop

In the middle, there is an AI-generated picture of a duck. Below it, there is a human-illustrated Duck, looking at the other duck in shock, and saying "Wtf is this?"

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Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell @kurzgesagt.org · 16d

Pregnancy is brutal, strange, and miraculous. Babies begin as cute invaders, build a new organ inside a different human, and form a fragile truce. Watch the brutal and beautiful story of how you and all of us came to be: kgs.link/Pregnancy

Pregnancy is Insane

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Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell @kurzgesagt.org · 23d

What if a 100-meter asteroid was discovered just two weeks before impact? The collision would unleash the force of thousands of nuclear bombs. Could we stop it, or would millions die? www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKm7...

The Only Way To Stop A Killer Asteroid

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Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell @kurzgesagt.org · 28d

Our first PC game, Star Birds, is now available in Early Access on Steam! 🚀
Join your flock of Star Birds on a mission across the great beyond, establish a thriving mining operation, and discover new technologies to advance even further.
Play it now: kgs.link/4n1aYnq

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Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell @kurzgesagt.org · Sep 2

The sunfish, or Mola, looks like an evolutionary joke. With its car-sized body made of jelly and a brain smaller than a walnut, this awkward, derpy giant doesn’t just survive in the world’s oceans… it thrives. But HOW? Watch our latest video to find out: kgs.link/DumbestAnimal

The Dumbest Animal Alive

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Will Smith @willpjsmith.bsky.social · Aug 31

Does your lab perform killing assays?
TL;DR: we’ve identified a problem that can bias the outcome of killing assays, making antagonism look stronger than it really is.
Adding a simple extra step can mitigate this bias!

Out now at #MicrobioJ www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

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Type VI secretion system activity at lethal antibiotic concentrations leads to overestimation of weapon potency

Competition assays are a mainstay of modern microbiology, offering a simple and cost-effective means to quantify microbe–microbe interactions in vitro. Here, we demonstrate a key weakness of this meth...

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apreston243.bsky.social @apreston243.bsky.social · Aug 26

New paper alert! Toxins can skew the results of competition assays, fascinating short communication from @prokaryota.bsky.social and @willpjsmith.bsky.social. @microbiologysociety.org www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

Type VI secretion system activity at lethal antibiotic concentrations leads to overestimation of weapon potency

Competition assays are a mainstay of modern microbiology, offering a simple and cost-effective means to quantify microbe–microbe interactions in vitro. Here, we demonstrate a key weakness of this meth...

www.microbiologyresearch.org

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Was los, Wissenschaft?! - der Podcast @wasloswissenschaft.bsky.social · Jun 19

Was tun, wenn man plötzlich für tot erklärt wird? Elisa Granato @prokaryota.bsky.social wurde als erste mit AstraZeneca geimpft–und wurde wenig später Opfer von Fake News. Im Podcast spricht sie darüber und ihre Forschung – und wie sich Zellen gegenseitig bekriegen.

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#28 - Von Kamikaze-Bakterien und viralen Todeserklärungen – Mit Dr. Elisa Granato

Was los, Wissenschaft?! · Episode

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Elisa Granato @prokaryota.bsky.social · Jun 11

Postdoc alert!! Rolf is an amazing advisor and Zurich is a great place to live. Send your best students this way! ⬇️📢 #MicroSky 🦠❤️

Rolf Kümmerli @rkmicrobes.bsky.social · Jun 10

We are looking for a highly motivated postdoc to work on pathogen interactions. Please send in your application via

jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...

UZH: Postdoctoral researcher in microbiology

The Department of Quantitative Biomedicine is an interdisciplinary biomedical research unit that combines basic science with biotechnological and medical research, using both experimental and computat...

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Elisa Granato @prokaryota.bsky.social · Jun 4

Big news, friends! I just joined the team at Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell @kurzgesagt.org as a Researcher & Fact-Checker 🐦💻🔍

Basically I get to nerd out over science with wildly creative people every day. Dream job 💚

Go watch their stuff if you haven’t already!
www.youtube.com/@kurzgesagt

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

Animation videos explaining things with optimistic nihilism since 12,013. We’re a team of illustrators, animators, number crunchers and one dog who aim to spark curiosity about science and the world ...

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · May 22

#Bacteria use weapons to outcompete rivals, but what happens if they're transferred? @prokaryota.bsky.social @jdpal.bsky.social &co show that HGT of toxin #plasmids is rare but recipients can thrive under relaxed nutrient competition, reshaping bacterial warfare @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/43vC3X7

Modeling predicts that metabolic diversity increases the ecological impacts of weapon gene transfer. Modeling scenarios for each column are shown across the top row. Bottom row: Example dynamics of the strains (attacker, target, transconjugant) during a contest using parameters that correspond to the cross (X) shown in the parameter sweeps directly below.

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Sofia van Moorsel @sofiavanmoorsel.bsky.social · Apr 8

Our findings suggest that the growth and associated ecosystem services of species-rich mixtures in afforestation projects can be optimized by artificially selecting seed families with high mixture performance in biodiversity experiments.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Identifying seed families with high mixture performance in a subtropical forest biodiversity experiment

Afforestation projects using species mixtures are expected to better support ecosystem services than monoculture plantations. While grassland studies have shown natural selection favoring high-perfo...

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Courtney Graham, PhD @courtneyandcats.bsky.social · Jan 21

If you have one or two indoor-only cats between 6 months and 13 years of age, you can help researchers at the University of Edinburgh with a study about environmental enrichment! 🐱 #catscience

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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · Jan 23

I am confident that scientific societies will play an unusually important role in the coming years. If you are a microbiologist of any kind, please consider joining @asm.org if you haven't already. There are many ways to get involved, including advocacy.
To learn more:
asm.org/About-ASM/Vo...

Volunteer With ASM | Overview

ASM volunteer opportunities range from speaking with legislators about funding research during ASM's annual Hill Day, to writing articles for asm.org, to serving on committees and the Board of Directo...

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Sofia van Moorsel @sofiavanmoorsel.bsky.social · Dec 19

So this happened. Somebody is not getting tenure @ethzurich.bsky.social. It took a lot of people with a lot of courage and strength to make this happen. Thinking of them today!
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/klimaforsche...

Weltbekannter Klimaforscher muss die ETH Zürich nach Vorwürfen verlassen

Gegen den Professor haben acht Personen Vorwürfe erhoben. Er bestreitet jedes Fehlverhalten. Nach Berichten dieser Redaktion ordnete die ETH eine Untersuchung an und handelt nun.

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Elisa Granato @prokaryota.bsky.social · Dec 11

An important message

A black cat stretching and bending their tail in a funny way next to a cushion decorated with a black cat

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Sheppard Lab @sheppardlab.bsky.social · Dec 6

Interested in being and editor for the journal 'Microbial Genomics' @MicrobioSoc :
microbiologysociety.org/news/society...?

<i>Microbial Genomics</i> Editor and Editors: call for expressions of interest

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Dr Vanessa Pirotta @drvanessapirotta.bsky.social · Dec 2

It’s simple. Many of us share #science. Please join up.

go.bsky.app/H3qcvgP

Please add your name below and expertise and you’ll be added!

#scientistswhocommunicatescience #scicomm #womeninsciencw

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Elisa Granato @prokaryota.bsky.social · Dec 2

Reviewing my lab book

The duolingo owl waving happily and saying "you made 562 mistakes this year"

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Elisa Granato @prokaryota.bsky.social · Dec 2

An important message

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Elisa Granato @prokaryota.bsky.social · Dec 2

pretty sure we have some in Oxford but will confirm

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Paulina Arancibia @pauliarancibia.bsky.social · Nov 30

I created this stater pack with women in ecology and evolution.
If you want to be added you can comment or DM me, but also please suggest the names of those I am missing 🧪🌎🌐

go.bsky.app/8jFH7cS

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Justine Rudkin @scousemicrobe.bsky.social · Dec 2

Any peeps in the UK (to avoid import paperwork) got any mucin degrading bacteria I can get a colony of please? All species considered. Double points if they are nasal derived. #MicroSky #mucin

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Elisa Granato @prokaryota.bsky.social · Dec 2

The 4 stages of any experiment

🧬Jacob L Steenwyk @jlsteenwyk.bsky.social · Dec 1

Depictions of frogs in Japanese art

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