SourjikLab
@sourjik-lab.bsky.social
Interested in quantitative understanding of microbial decision making, signal transduction, motility, physiology and evolution.
https://www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/sourjik
https://www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/sourjik
Great opportunity for those interested in doing a PhD in microbiology. Please spread the word!
🚨 Fully funded PhD positions in #microbiology!
Join IMPRS Principles of Microbial Life in Marburg,Germany
🌱 Interdisciplinary research
🧬 World-class mentoring
🧪 State-of-the-art research infrastructure
🗓️ Apply until Jan 31, 2026
🔗 imprs-marburg.mpg.de/3197/JOIN-US
#PhDposition #WomenInSTEM
Join IMPRS Principles of Microbial Life in Marburg,Germany
🌱 Interdisciplinary research
🧬 World-class mentoring
🧪 State-of-the-art research infrastructure
🗓️ Apply until Jan 31, 2026
🔗 imprs-marburg.mpg.de/3197/JOIN-US
#PhDposition #WomenInSTEM
December 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Great opportunity for those interested in doing a PhD in microbiology. Please spread the word!
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JB Editor's Choice: Panich, Wadhwa et al. describe a new type of motility in Salmonella they refer to as "swashing", which does not appear to require active propulsion.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
@asm.org #JBacteriology
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
@asm.org #JBacteriology
December 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
JB Editor's Choice: Panich, Wadhwa et al. describe a new type of motility in Salmonella they refer to as "swashing", which does not appear to require active propulsion.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
@asm.org #JBacteriology
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
@asm.org #JBacteriology
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Last call! Want to be considered for a short talk at the upcoming stim grc? Apply today to be considered! www.grc.org/sensory-tran...
2026 Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms will be held in Ventura, California. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Last call! Want to be considered for a short talk at the upcoming stim grc? Apply today to be considered! www.grc.org/sensory-tran...
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Oferta para solicitar un contrato Juan de la Cierva. Únete a un laboratorio líder en el estudio de señalización bacteriana. Please resend.
November 3, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Oferta para solicitar un contrato Juan de la Cierva. Únete a un laboratorio líder en el estudio de señalización bacteriana. Please resend.
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Interested in microbial sensing, signaling and regulation? Don’t miss the 2026 GRC! Submit your abstract to be considered for a short talk! I hope to see you in sunny Ventura in January! www.grc.org/sensory-tran...
2026 Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms will be held in Ventura, California. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Interested in microbial sensing, signaling and regulation? Don’t miss the 2026 GRC! Submit your abstract to be considered for a short talk! I hope to see you in sunny Ventura in January! www.grc.org/sensory-tran...
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📢 Postdoc position: Cell Biology of Cyanobacteria
in my group, as part of the Excellence Cluster "Microbes for Climate" (M4C) in Marburg, Germany.
More information at shorturl.at/wNnDT (see Project 2)
🔗Apply at shorturl.at/VsEDl
📅Deadline: Nov 16, 2025
Please repost. #Postdoc
in my group, as part of the Excellence Cluster "Microbes for Climate" (M4C) in Marburg, Germany.
More information at shorturl.at/wNnDT (see Project 2)
🔗Apply at shorturl.at/VsEDl
📅Deadline: Nov 16, 2025
Please repost. #Postdoc
November 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
📢 Postdoc position: Cell Biology of Cyanobacteria
in my group, as part of the Excellence Cluster "Microbes for Climate" (M4C) in Marburg, Germany.
More information at shorturl.at/wNnDT (see Project 2)
🔗Apply at shorturl.at/VsEDl
📅Deadline: Nov 16, 2025
Please repost. #Postdoc
in my group, as part of the Excellence Cluster "Microbes for Climate" (M4C) in Marburg, Germany.
More information at shorturl.at/wNnDT (see Project 2)
🔗Apply at shorturl.at/VsEDl
📅Deadline: Nov 16, 2025
Please repost. #Postdoc
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EVENT - Centre for Microbial Interactions Annual Conference 2026
Register now to attend in-person or virtually @norwichmicro.bsky.social
🗓️ 4-5 March 2026
📍John Innes Conference Centre, NR4 7UH
⏰ Deadline for registration - 25 February 2026: okt.to/16MLmH
Full programme: okt.to/YF8TVe
Register now to attend in-person or virtually @norwichmicro.bsky.social
🗓️ 4-5 March 2026
📍John Innes Conference Centre, NR4 7UH
⏰ Deadline for registration - 25 February 2026: okt.to/16MLmH
Full programme: okt.to/YF8TVe
October 28, 2025 at 9:36 AM
EVENT - Centre for Microbial Interactions Annual Conference 2026
Register now to attend in-person or virtually @norwichmicro.bsky.social
🗓️ 4-5 March 2026
📍John Innes Conference Centre, NR4 7UH
⏰ Deadline for registration - 25 February 2026: okt.to/16MLmH
Full programme: okt.to/YF8TVe
Register now to attend in-person or virtually @norwichmicro.bsky.social
🗓️ 4-5 March 2026
📍John Innes Conference Centre, NR4 7UH
⏰ Deadline for registration - 25 February 2026: okt.to/16MLmH
Full programme: okt.to/YF8TVe
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Registration for January 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Sensory Transduction In Microorganisms is now open:
www.grc.org/sensory-tran...
The meeting will be led by Ariane Briegel and Victor Sourjik.
There is also an accompanying Gordon Research Seminar on Sensory Transduction In Microorganisms!
www.grc.org/sensory-tran...
The meeting will be led by Ariane Briegel and Victor Sourjik.
There is also an accompanying Gordon Research Seminar on Sensory Transduction In Microorganisms!
2026 Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms will be held in Ventura, California. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
October 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Registration for January 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Sensory Transduction In Microorganisms is now open:
www.grc.org/sensory-tran...
The meeting will be led by Ariane Briegel and Victor Sourjik.
There is also an accompanying Gordon Research Seminar on Sensory Transduction In Microorganisms!
www.grc.org/sensory-tran...
The meeting will be led by Ariane Briegel and Victor Sourjik.
There is also an accompanying Gordon Research Seminar on Sensory Transduction In Microorganisms!
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Mark your calendars! The next SFB 1348 International Meeting will take place in #Münster from May 27-29, 2026, with a focus on #Mechanochemical signals at cellular interfaces. Stay tuned for more details and updates at www.uni-muenster.de/SFB1348/en/m...
October 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Mark your calendars! The next SFB 1348 International Meeting will take place in #Münster from May 27-29, 2026, with a focus on #Mechanochemical signals at cellular interfaces. Stay tuned for more details and updates at www.uni-muenster.de/SFB1348/en/m...
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Happy to share our latest preprint! Oscillators as building blocks: we model how intracellularly coupled oscillators interact and predict complex behaviors, from beats to chaos, guiding the next generation of synthetic biological circuits. @dmf-unil.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Intracellularly Coupled Oscillators for Synthetic Biology
Synthetic biology aims to engineer or re-engineer living systems. To achieve increasingly complex functionalities, it is beneficial to use higher-level building blocks. In this study, we focus on osci...
www.biorxiv.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Happy to share our latest preprint! Oscillators as building blocks: we model how intracellularly coupled oscillators interact and predict complex behaviors, from beats to chaos, guiding the next generation of synthetic biological circuits. @dmf-unil.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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My institution---the Sloan Kettering Institute, the basic science arm of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center---is hiring new faculty this cycle! Applications close Nov 15.
www.mskcc.org/research/ski...
www.mskcc.org/research/ski...
Faculty Positions
The Sloan Kettering Institute is seeking innovative scientists to join our faculty.
www.mskcc.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
My institution---the Sloan Kettering Institute, the basic science arm of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center---is hiring new faculty this cycle! Applications close Nov 15.
www.mskcc.org/research/ski...
www.mskcc.org/research/ski...
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Pls share:
A postdoctoral research position is available in the group of Prof. Dr. Kirsten Jung at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany focusing on SRBs (www.bio.lmu.de/en/research/...)
A postdoctoral research position is available in the group of Prof. Dr. Kirsten Jung at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany focusing on SRBs (www.bio.lmu.de/en/research/...)
Molecular Microbiology Group
Information about research topics and publications about the group around Kirsten Jung
www.bio.lmu.de
October 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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A postdoctoral research position is available in the group of Prof. Dr. Kirsten Jung at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany focusing on SRBs (www.bio.lmu.de/en/research/...)
A postdoctoral research position is available in the group of Prof. Dr. Kirsten Jung at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany focusing on SRBs (www.bio.lmu.de/en/research/...)
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🚨 #WeAreHiring a facility manager to lead our state-of-the-art research infrastructure at PoL! 🔬 Please share with your scientific network.
What we offer: A dynamic, international, and supportive environment at the frontiers of biophysics.
Curious? Apply here: tud.link/g4j5qy
🗓️Deadline: Nov 5.
What we offer: A dynamic, international, and supportive environment at the frontiers of biophysics.
Curious? Apply here: tud.link/g4j5qy
🗓️Deadline: Nov 5.
October 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
🚨 #WeAreHiring a facility manager to lead our state-of-the-art research infrastructure at PoL! 🔬 Please share with your scientific network.
What we offer: A dynamic, international, and supportive environment at the frontiers of biophysics.
Curious? Apply here: tud.link/g4j5qy
🗓️Deadline: Nov 5.
What we offer: A dynamic, international, and supportive environment at the frontiers of biophysics.
Curious? Apply here: tud.link/g4j5qy
🗓️Deadline: Nov 5.
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Pls share: Secchi group at ETH Zürich is recruiting two fully funded, four-year PhD positions for an SNSF-funded project investigating the nonlinear rheology of bacterial biofilms. Deadline: 30 November 2025. Full advert and submission details: jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...
Two PhD positions in Biophysics and rheology of bacterial biofilms
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October 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Pls share: Secchi group at ETH Zürich is recruiting two fully funded, four-year PhD positions for an SNSF-funded project investigating the nonlinear rheology of bacterial biofilms. Deadline: 30 November 2025. Full advert and submission details: jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...
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I’m excited to announce the launch of my lab at EPFL in Jan 2026 🎉. We’ll combine evolution & synthetic biology to study and (re)engineer bacterial communication.
I’m recruiting PhD students to start in the first semester of 2026.
Apply via EPFL PhD programs by Nov 1
drive.google.com/file/d/1cm-t...
I’m recruiting PhD students to start in the first semester of 2026.
Apply via EPFL PhD programs by Nov 1
drive.google.com/file/d/1cm-t...
October 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I’m excited to announce the launch of my lab at EPFL in Jan 2026 🎉. We’ll combine evolution & synthetic biology to study and (re)engineer bacterial communication.
I’m recruiting PhD students to start in the first semester of 2026.
Apply via EPFL PhD programs by Nov 1
drive.google.com/file/d/1cm-t...
I’m recruiting PhD students to start in the first semester of 2026.
Apply via EPFL PhD programs by Nov 1
drive.google.com/file/d/1cm-t...
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I'm advertising a PhD project on the evolution of horizontal transfer. Interested in this or other topics in evolution and species diversity, please get in touch. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
The evolutionary costs and benefits of horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotes (TB01) at University of Oxford on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - The evolutionary costs and benefits of horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotes (TB01) at University of Oxford, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I'm advertising a PhD project on the evolution of horizontal transfer. Interested in this or other topics in evolution and species diversity, please get in touch. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Oh! Highly recommended, please consider applying! 👇🏻🤩
ISTA @istaresearch.bsky.social is hiring a tenure-track staff scientist in Computational Structural Biology, to develop tools for cryo-EM, cryo-ET, structural prediction methods and protein interaction analysis!
Please spread the word!
ista.ac.at/en/job/tenur...
Please spread the word!
ista.ac.at/en/job/tenur...
Tenure-based Research Staff Scientist Position in Computational Structural Biology
ISTA (www.ista.ac.at) is seeking a highly skilled Staff Scientist in Computational Structural Biology to support and advance the Institute’s structural biology research through the development and imp...
ista.ac.at
October 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Oh! Highly recommended, please consider applying! 👇🏻🤩
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Interested in #PhilosophyOfBiology? Check out the new Cambridge Elements on "The Scope of Evolutionary Thinking" by @thomasreydon.bsky.social. Available #OpenAccess here: www.cambridge.org/core/element... #philsci #philsky #evobio
The Scope of Evolutionary Thinking
Cambridge Core - Philosophy of Science - The Scope of Evolutionary Thinking
www.cambridge.org
October 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Interested in #PhilosophyOfBiology? Check out the new Cambridge Elements on "The Scope of Evolutionary Thinking" by @thomasreydon.bsky.social. Available #OpenAccess here: www.cambridge.org/core/element... #philsci #philsky #evobio
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We’re excited to announce the incredible speaker line-up for the Prokaryotic Cell Biology Conference! Join the leading researchers as they explore the latest advances in Nanoimaging, Cell Growth and Cellular Structures.
Join our speakers & register today! ➡️https://bit.ly/47rtkbw
#ProkaryoticCellBio
Join our speakers & register today! ➡️https://bit.ly/47rtkbw
#ProkaryoticCellBio
October 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
We’re excited to announce the incredible speaker line-up for the Prokaryotic Cell Biology Conference! Join the leading researchers as they explore the latest advances in Nanoimaging, Cell Growth and Cellular Structures.
Join our speakers & register today! ➡️https://bit.ly/47rtkbw
#ProkaryoticCellBio
Join our speakers & register today! ➡️https://bit.ly/47rtkbw
#ProkaryoticCellBio
Everyone interested in bacterial signal transduction, environmental sensing and motility, don't miss this conference organised by Ariane Briegel @arianebriegel.bsky.social and myself! We have great invited speakers and a number of slots allocated to short talks: www.grc.org/sensory-tran...
2026 Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms will be held in Ventura, California. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
October 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Everyone interested in bacterial signal transduction, environmental sensing and motility, don't miss this conference organised by Ariane Briegel @arianebriegel.bsky.social and myself! We have great invited speakers and a number of slots allocated to short talks: www.grc.org/sensory-tran...
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Yesterday, our #ResearchCareers team gave an online presentation on DFG funding in the Walter Benjamin Programme. If you missed it, don't worry. We have a film about funded researchers and general information on this programme available: www.dfg.de/walter_benja...
youtu.be/wLe8xCMSpLA?...
youtu.be/wLe8xCMSpLA?...
Faces: The Walter Benjamin Programme of the DFG
YouTube video by DFG bewegt
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October 15, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Yesterday, our #ResearchCareers team gave an online presentation on DFG funding in the Walter Benjamin Programme. If you missed it, don't worry. We have a film about funded researchers and general information on this programme available: www.dfg.de/walter_benja...
youtu.be/wLe8xCMSpLA?...
youtu.be/wLe8xCMSpLA?...
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Starting your own lab is exciting—but challenging.
Join our GBM Young Investigator leadership workshop in Regensburg, April 13–16th, 2026.
Professional coaching, peer networking & practical tips for new PIs.
Apply by Nov 30, 2025.
👉 gbm-online.de/de/young-inv...
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Join our GBM Young Investigator leadership workshop in Regensburg, April 13–16th, 2026.
Professional coaching, peer networking & practical tips for new PIs.
Apply by Nov 30, 2025.
👉 gbm-online.de/de/young-inv...
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October 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Starting your own lab is exciting—but challenging.
Join our GBM Young Investigator leadership workshop in Regensburg, April 13–16th, 2026.
Professional coaching, peer networking & practical tips for new PIs.
Apply by Nov 30, 2025.
👉 gbm-online.de/de/young-inv...
Pls repost!
Join our GBM Young Investigator leadership workshop in Regensburg, April 13–16th, 2026.
Professional coaching, peer networking & practical tips for new PIs.
Apply by Nov 30, 2025.
👉 gbm-online.de/de/young-inv...
Pls repost!
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Are you a rising start—or know one? Check the *Rising Stars Symposium* organized by the IBFG (Salamanca) to identify & attract young researchers—mainly postdocs—who could join the institute in the future or establish their own research groups here. Check readymag.website/u1842310954/... for info 👇
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October 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Are you a rising start—or know one? Check the *Rising Stars Symposium* organized by the IBFG (Salamanca) to identify & attract young researchers—mainly postdocs—who could join the institute in the future or establish their own research groups here. Check readymag.website/u1842310954/... for info 👇
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Finally, someone has solved a real problem with AI! No more having to take a paper in the format for a journal that rejected you, and reformat it for a new journal. Well done!! formatmypaper.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Finally, someone has solved a real problem with AI! No more having to take a paper in the format for a journal that rejected you, and reformat it for a new journal. Well done!! formatmypaper.com
Expanding the range of stimuli for the model signaling pathway: Our short paper showing that E. coli exhibits a highly sensitive chemotactic response to pyrimidine deoxyribonucleosides has just appeared in Microbiology Spectrum journals.asm.org/eprint/JMVHA...
Response of Escherichia coli chemotaxis pathway to pyrimidine deoxyribonucleosides | Microbiology Spectrum
Chemotactic behavior is highly important for bacterial ecology, enabling motile bacteria
to locate environments that are optimal for growth, and it became a paradigm for bacterial
environmental sensin...
journals.asm.org
October 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Expanding the range of stimuli for the model signaling pathway: Our short paper showing that E. coli exhibits a highly sensitive chemotactic response to pyrimidine deoxyribonucleosides has just appeared in Microbiology Spectrum journals.asm.org/eprint/JMVHA...