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Hall Lab @halllab.bsky.social · 8d

Come join us 2-4th March 2026 for a cracking #microbiome conference in Hinxton UK! Speaker line up is AMAZING and lots of opportunities for ECRs for selected talks, flash talks and posters.

Bursaries are also available!

See details below 👇

Wellcome Connecting Science Learning and Training @eventswcs.bsky.social · 8d

Showcase your microbiome research at our 2026 conference! #Microbiome26

Demonstrate how #genomics tools and technologies are contributing to a deeper understanding of the microbiome.

🗓️ 2-4 March
Submit an abstract by 24 November ✍🏼

📎 bit.ly/4kttBOX
#MicrobiomeSky #AcademicSky

Wellcome Connecting Science hybrid conference
Microbiome Interactions in Health and Disease

Conference dates: 2-4 March 2026
Location: Hinxton Hall Conference Centre, Wellcome Genome Campus, UK and online

Bursary and abstract deadline: 24 November 2025
Registration deadline
In person: 2 February
Virtual: 14 February

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George O'Toole (he/him/his) @geiselbiofilm.bsky.social · 9d

Please share - an Assist Prof position in microbiology

employmentopportunities.umb.edu/mob/cw/en-us...

@asm.org

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Jeff Lewis @lewislab.bsky.social · 12d

Very excited to announce that our department is now accepting applications for a tenure track faculty position in Cell Biology: uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UASYS/...

Come join our wonderful department!

Assistant Professor Cell Biology

Current University of Arkansas System employees, including student employees and graduate assistants, need to log in to Workday via MyApps.Microsoft.com, then access Find Jobs from the Workday search ...

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Seema Sheth @seemasheth.bsky.social · 11d

Tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Bioinformatics in the Department of Biology at the University of San Francisco
usfca.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USF_Fu...

Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Department of Biology, University of San Francisco

Job Title: Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Department of Biology, University of San Francisco Job Summary: The Department of Biology at the University of San Francisco invites applications for a fu...

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Carolyn Ibberson @cbibberson.bsky.social · 21d

Come join us in Knoxville! 🧫🧪🦠

utkmicrobiology.bsky.social @utkmicrobiology.bsky.social · 22d

We’re hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Microbial Drivers of Chronic Disease, starting Fall 2026!

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Christina Faherty @christinafaher1.bsky.social · 13d

Exciting to see the Standardized #Organoid Modeling Center is opening to help standardize protocols, provide tools and resources, and connect the research community at the national level after being in development for a few years
www.nih.gov/som

NIH Standardized Organoid Modeling (SOM) Center

The Standardized Organoid Modeling (SOM) Center will be the nation’s first fully integrated platform dedicated to developing standardized organoid-based New Approach Methodologies (NAMs).

www.nih.gov

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Sara Di Rienzi @saradirienzi.bsky.social · 13d

What a pleasure to be a part of Advocacy Day with the @amergastroassn.bsky.social to help Americans get better GI healthcare and science!

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Philip Gordts @philipgordts.bsky.social · Sep 5

The University of Utah’s Pathology Dept. & Huntsman Cancer Institute seek a tenure-track faculty (any level) with a passion for the microbiome–cancer interface. Apply by Nov 17, 2025.
👇
utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/187...

#ScienceJobs #Microbiome #CancerResearch @uofumandi.bsky.social @utah.edu

Microbiology & Immunology/HCI Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor

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Eileen Furlong @eileen-furlong.bsky.social · Jul 30

To all post-docs: The Genome Biology dept ‪@embl.org
has an Independent faculty position. Fantastic place to set up your lab –great package: core funding, fantastic Ph.D. students, cutting edge core facilities & great colleagues. Closing date Sept 19th
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

Group Leader - Genome Biology Unit

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

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Laura Been @laurabeen.bsky.social · Aug 8

Haverford is hiring a Neuroscientist! Please spread the word and share with anyone interested in a faculty position at a research-intensive liberal arts college. Motivated students, competitive start ups, hard money, great location, wonderful colleagues!
www.haverford.edu/provost/news...

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

Haverford College invites applications for a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Neuroscience.

www.haverford.edu

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Edelblum Lab @edelblumlab.bsky.social · Aug 1

🚨Postdoc position available! We're looking for recent immunology PhD graduates interested in studying #gdTcells & #IELs in #IBD to join our team at Mount Sinai. Sinai has high stipends and a great location next to Central Park 🤩 #GIsky #IBDsky #Immunosky careers.mountsinai.org/jobs/3029365...

Post Doctoral Fellow-MSH-20093-003 in New York, NY | Mount Sinai Health Systems

Mount Sinai is hiring a Post Doctoral Fellow-MSH-20093-003 in New York, NY. Review all of the job details and apply today!

careers.mountsinai.org

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Guillaume Méric @gmeric.bsky.social · Aug 5

Is the gut microbiota composition in the 1st week of life linked to viral lower respiratory tract infections (vLRTIs) in early childhood? Here, work using the BBS birth cohort identifies Bifidobacterium longum-dominated cluster linked to lowest vLRTI rates
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Investigation of associations between the neonatal gut microbiota and severe viral lower respiratory tract infections in the first 2 years of life: a birth cohort study with metagenomics

Early-life gut microbiota affects immune system development, including the lung immune response (gut–lung axis). We aimed to investigate whether gut m…

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Guillaume Méric @gmeric.bsky.social · Aug 5

>80% microb species detected by metagenomics are undetected by metaproteomics; because existing workflows rely on incomplete reference DBs, underutilize spectral data and don't robustly incorporate FDR control.
Here, a new workflow (uMetaP) seems to improve everything.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Ultra-sensitive metaproteomics redefines the dark metaproteome, uncovering host-microbiome interactions and drug targets in intestinal diseases - Nature Communications

The gut microbiome is key to health, yet its protein functions remain largely unexplored. Here, the authors present uMetaP, ultra-sensitive metaproteomics workflow that combines the timsTOF Ultra and ...

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Di Rienzi Lab @dirienzilab.bsky.social · Aug 4

Lab undergrads Shayan Shah and Nicole Lesiczka did a fantastic job presenting their posters at the SURE poster session! Also BIG congrats to Nicole for being awarded the best new sophomore award! 🏆🎉 #ProudPI

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Sara Di Rienzi @saradirienzi.bsky.social · Jul 19

Saturday reading on the developmental origins of enteroendocrine connections to the vagus. 👀 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Ontogeny of the vagal gut-brain axis

Gut-brain communication is a key component of homeostasis which regulates behaviors such as appetite and reward. Intestinal entero-endocrine cells (EECs) translate nutrient intake into signals which a...

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Sean Gibbons 🦠💩 @gibbological.bsky.social · Jul 18

Attention microbiome researchers! 📣

The 2025 Global Grants for Gut Health application is now open: www.nature.com/immersive/gu...

This year's focus is on the role of nutrition in modulating the gut microbiota and gut barrier function.

@natureportfolio.nature.com #Yakult #GGGH

Nature Awards Global Grants for Gut Health

Grants for researchers investigating the gut microbiota and its role in human health.

www.nature.com

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Katherine Xue @ksxue.bsky.social · Jul 17

The Xue lab at UC Irvine is looking for a staff scientist to support our work investigating how microbes interact and evolve in the gut microbiome! Open to a wide range of previous experience levels, see ad for more.
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09601

Junior, Assistant, or Associate Specialist – Xue Lab

University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!

recruit.ap.uci.edu

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Snippert lab @hugosnippert.bsky.social · Jul 16

📢 New preprint 🔥
1/ Stem cell regeneration is often viewed as an actively induced process, triggered by damage. But what if plasticity is actively suppressed by the stem cells themselves? We explored plasticity with 'new' cell type ablation tech in normal human colon organoids
tinyurl.com/3ky4ccxf

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Maitreya Dunham @maitreya.bsky.social · Jul 11

Genome Sciences is looking for a Director of Departmental Computing. This is a rare opportunity for someone interested in leading our excellent IT team, building and maintaining computational infrastructure, and working closely with our faculty and labs uwhires.admin.washington.edu/ENG/candidat...

UW Human Resources

University of Washington Human Resources

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John F. Cryan @jfcryan.bsky.social · Jul 7

Exciting Senior Scientist 👩‍🔬 👨‍🔬 role available in my research group 🧠 🦠 - Closing date Tuesday 5th August 2025.

Please Share

@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @anatneuroucc.bsky.social
Full details here
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Katrina Ray @heykatray.bsky.social · Jul 2

Fresh out! #microbiome #microsky #gastrosky

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology @natrevgastrohep.nature.com · Jul 2

New online! Intestinal pH: a major driver of human gut microbiota composition and metabolism

Intestinal pH: a major driver of human gut microbiota composition and metabolism

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Published online: 02 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41575-025-01092-6In humans, pH varies across the gastrointestinal tract. This Review provides an overview of gastrointestinal pH and its role in shaping the gut microbiota, highlighting major physiological and dietary factors that influence gastrointestinal pH and how in turn pH affects microbiota composition and metabolism in health and, potentially, disease.

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APC Microbiome Ireland @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social · Jun 20

World Microbiome Day is next week.
Register now for our webinar on Tues 24 June - Microbiome 101: The Gut Brain Axis.
MC: Prof Paul Ross APC
Speakers: - Felice Jacka - Deakin & @jfcryan.bsky.social
@ucc.ie
Register now to save your place: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c67e31...

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King Lab at McGill University @ikinglab.bsky.social · Jun 10

Are you an established PI that studies the human immune system and looking for a change of location? If the answer is yes, #McGill has an amazing opportunity to provide long-term funding at a world class institution. Apply now!!!! Please repost!!! mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...

Canadian Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Human Immunology

Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ...

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Angela Andersen @angelaandersen.bsky.social · Jun 4

Opportunity Alert for Scientists Facing Unfair, Systemic Barriers!

Apply for a Justice Equity Diversity Inclusion award & receive in-depth feedback on a manuscript, grant proposal, or job application.

We have three great awardees this year - could YOU be next? 😊
lifescienceeditors.org/apply/

Apply for a JEDI Award - Life Science Editors Foundation

“Before this backlash worsens, DEI advocates, the scientific community, universities, and federal agencies need to collectively call out the dangers of setting aside DEI and come up with robust ways t...

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Antoine Zalc @antoinezalc.bsky.social · Jun 4

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Dev bio is amazing !!

Maternal iron deficiency causes male-to-female sex reversal in mouse embryos - Nature

Iron-deficient conditions in pregnant mice can cause XY mouse embryos to develop female rather than male genitalia, revealing that iron metabolism has a role in determining male sex in mice.

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