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Chelsey Spriggs @drsprggs.bsky.social · 5h

Day 2 of #BlackInMicro week kicks off with our research symposium! Join us for a morning full of exciting science presented by early career scientists from across the world 👩🏾‍🔬🔬🌎

Black Microbiologists Assoc (Black In Micro) @blackinmicro.bsky.social · 5h

Welcome to Day 2, Black In Micro's Research Symposium is about to begin! Register here: tinyurl.com/BIMW25, then use the same link to login & attend

Donate to Early Career scientists: tinyurl.com/GiveBiM (all links in bio)

Black in Micro Week 2025 Early Career Research Symposium held on October 15, 2025, from 9 AM to 12 PM EST. Presenters include Katelyn Nicole Ward, Larisa Chila Kiki, Mallory Evans, Savannah Nicole Lewis, Enycé Fairbanks, and Khadijat Oluwapelumi Adefaye. It features six research presentations by early career scientists from various universities, covering topics such as drug repositioning for fungal infections, bacteriophage adaptation to silver ions, inflammasome responses to LPS, NK cell dynamics in malaria, organoid modeling of bacterial toxins, and protein disorder in Hepatitis E virus.

Early Career Research Symposium featuring Aureliana Filomena Chambal Chilengue, Hassan Abbas, Nazik Elmekki, Immaculata Chika Ede, Audrey Randall, and Justin Durunyamunwu. Topics include tuberculosis transmission analysis using reference-free clustering, gut microbiota comparisons in ulcerative colitis, fitness determinants of Phocaeicola vulgatus, wound biofilm modeling, the role of Parabacteroides distasonis in type I diabetes, and microvascular modeling in dengue virus research.

Early Career Research Symposium showcasing presenters howcasing presenters Nadia Holness, Deus Kamya, Trinity Moore, Caitlin Wiafe-Kwakye, Drea Darby, and Teni Shosanya. Topics include the role of Staphylococcus aureus in skin inflammation, the impact of Candida albicans on oral epithelial cells, the role of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron in gut inflammation, the effect of Enterococcus faecalis on colorectal cancer, the influence of Streptococcus pneumoniae on lung immunity, and the use of Escherichia coli in synthetic biology applications.

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WHO @who.int · 9h

Between 2018–2023, antibiotic resistance increased in over 40% of the pathogen–antibiotic combinations monitored, with an average annual rise of 5–15%.

Resistance is highest in the WHO South-East Asian & Eastern Mediterranean Regions, where 1 in 3 reported infections were resistant 👉 bit.ly/438Ta1u

Text reads “Antibiotic resistance is rising,” with an upward arrow and a “40%” warning icon. Below, a text box says: “Between 2018 and 2023, resistance increased in over 40% of the monitored pathogen–antibiotic combinations, with an annual rise of 5–15%.”

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Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org · 5h

There’s still time to sign up for our next AMR in Focus webinar! Taking place on 20 October at 13:00 BST, ‘Transitioning from academia to industry in AMR’ will feature insights from several key speakers, as well as a Q&A session. Sign up today: microb.io/42mO69s

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Ariane Briegel @arianebriegel.bsky.social · 10h

Interested in bacterial sensing, signaling and regulation? Come join us in January at the GRC in sunny California! 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

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Tung Le @tunglejic.bsky.social · 12d

Independent research fellowships leading to tenured positions at the John Innes Centre.

Repost = nice. Thank you very much!!!

John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 12d

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to give a seminar at the Fellows Conference, which will be held on 10 March 2026.

Candidates who win Fellowships will be offered a Tenure Track Group Leader position from the outset, initially for 5 years.

Find out more: www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...

Independent Research Fellowships Leading to Tenured Faculty Positions | John Innes Centre

The John Innes Centre (JIC), is a world leading centre of excellence in plant and microbial sciences based on the Norwich Research Park, UK. We are inviting applications from outstanding researchers…

www.jic.ac.uk

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Doudna Lab @doudna-lab.bsky.social · 13d

New paper online at @nature.com from co-leads @erinedoherty.bsky.social + @benadler.bsky.social !

Erin Doherty @erinedoherty.bsky.social · 13d

Now online at @nature.com we show how the Panoptes defense system protects against viruses that attempt immune evasion - and expands our understanding of the role of oligonucleotides in immunity.

Check out this work co-led with @benadler.bsky.social here:

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

A miniature CRISPR–Cas10 enzyme confers immunity by inhibitory signalling - Nature

Panoptes, an anti-phage defence system against virus-mediated immune suppression, is revealed.

www.nature.com

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Sonja-Verena Albers @archaellum.bsky.social · 28d

Happy to share that our story on the bacterial archaellum was published today in @natmicrobiol.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Congrats to the authors: @sshamphavi.bsky.social @loumollat.bsky.social @mariejoest.bsky.social Najwa Taib and @sgribaldo.bsky.social

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Ulrike Endesfelder @uendesfelder.bsky.social · Sep 12

Please share: The application for Les Houches is open (until Oct 31)

fluorescenceleshouches.wordpress.com

*This is for you, if you ever wanted to learn all about fluorescence markers & how to apply them for your biological research!*

PS: no fees this year, you just need to get there, that's all!

French-German WE-Heraeus-Seminar "Fluorescence markers for advanced microscopy : From photophysics to biology - 2026"

March 15-20 2026, Les Houches, France

fluorescenceleshouches.wordpress.com

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Yolanda Schaerli @yschaerli.bsky.social · Sep 10

Deciphering microbial spatial organization: insights from synthetic and engineered communities url: academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...

Deciphering microbial spatial organization: insights from synthetic and engineered communities

Abstract. Microbial communities are frequently organized into complex spatial structures, shaped by intrinsic cellular traits, interactions between communi

academic.oup.com

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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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Yann Quilcaille @yannquilcaille.bsky.social · Sep 10

🚨 Important paper in Nature: "Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors".

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

Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors - Nature

Climate change made 213 historical heatwaves reported over 2000–2023 more likely and more intense, to which each of the 180 carbon majors (fossil fuel and cement producers) substantially contributed.

www.nature.com

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GeminiTeamLab @geminiteamlab.bsky.social · Sep 9

📢 A Junior Professorship (W1, tenure track) is open at the Center for Plant Molecular Biology at Uni Tübingen (@zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social) — to work on plant protein biochemistry (composition, structure, dynamics, or regulation of protein complexes). 🌱 Great opportunity — Apply by Oct 17th!

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Tobias Warnecke @tobiaswarnecke.bsky.social · Sep 8

Please re-post:

Interested in chromatin and its evolution? Good news! There's still time to join us in beautiful Catalonia (9-12 Dec) to discuss eukaryotic, bacterial, archaeal, and viral chromatin and how it all hangs together meetings.embo.org/event/24-evo...

Abstract deadline: 30 September

EvoChromo: Evolutionary approaches to research in chromatin

Chromatin is the complex of DNA, RNA and protein that is found making up the chromosomes in eukaryotic cells. Chromatin is essential for proper genome function and is involved in chromosome segregati…

meetings.embo.org

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Marnix Medema @marnixmedema.bsky.social · Sep 8

We are looking for a 3-year postdoc to work with Daniel Probst, Justin van der Hooft and myself on an exciting project involving federated learning and integrative omics for discovery of new antibiotics from natural products.
Apply here: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
Please share!

www.wur.nl

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FMI science @fmiscience.bsky.social · Sep 8

🚨 We're hiring, please share! The FMI seeks a tenure-track Group Leader (Assistant Prof) in Structural Biology 🔬
Innovative scientists in genome regulation, RNA metabolism, or protein homeostasis—especially using cutting-edge approaches—apply now at www.fmi.ch/education-ca...

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Simona Huwiler @simonahuwiler.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thanks, Vera.

Simona Huwiler @simonahuwiler.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thank you very much, Carolin!

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Simona Huwiler @simonahuwiler.bsky.social · Sep 5

I am very much looking forward to starting my ERC Starting Grant at the Institute for Infectious Diseases at the University of Bern in 2026!

The details of all ERC Starting Grant 2025 projects at the University of Bern @unibe.ch are in the link below.

#ERCStG @erc.europa.eu

Universität Bern @unibe.ch · Sep 5

Congratulations to Jevgeniy Bluwstein, Simona Huwiler and Frerk Pöppelmeier! 🎉 Their outstanding research projects were awarded with an #ERC Starting Grant: mediarelations.unibe.ch/media_releas....
#ERCStG @erc.europa.eu

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Simona Huwiler @simonahuwiler.bsky.social · Sep 5

Ich freue mich sehr darauf, meinen ERC Starting Grant am Institut für Infektionskrankheiten der Universität Bern im 2026 zu starten!

Details zu allen ERC Starting Grant 2025 Projekten an der Universität Bern @unibe.ch sind unten.

#ERCStG @erc.europa.eu

Universität Bern @unibe.ch · Sep 5

Herzliche Gratulation an Jevgeniy Bluwstein, Simona Huwiler und Frerk Pöppelmeier! 🎉 Ihre Forschungsprojekte wurden mit einem #ERC Starting Grant des Europäischen Forschungsrats ausgezeichnet: mediarelations.unibe.ch/medienmittei....
#ERCStG @erc.europa.eu

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · Sep 5

In case you missed it...

Yesterday we announced the new 2025 ERC Starting Grant winners. 478 early-career researchers will be pushing the frontiers of science - from cancer and mental health to quantum breakthroughs.

👉 europa.eu/!89nG4M

5 explain what this funding means for their work & careers.👇

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Jessica Blair @jessicamablair.bsky.social · Sep 4

Assistant Prof post in bacterial genomics @unibirmingham.bsky.social Come and join us!!

@imibirmingham.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...

Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics at University of Birmingham

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics on jobs.ac.uk!

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Simona Huwiler @simonahuwiler.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚀 I am looking forward to get this exiting project started at the Institute for Infectious Diseases at the University of Bern @unibe.ch in 2026.

✉️ If you like to join, opportunities will be announced in late 2025.

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Simona Huwiler @simonahuwiler.bsky.social · Sep 4

✨I am thrilled to announce that my #ERCStG project will be funded by @erc.europa.eu. It explores how predatory bacteria interact with bacteria, which they invade and kill 🔬. I am very grateful to the ERC, the panel, reviewers, mentors, collaborators and colleagues! 🙏
#ERCStG => tiny.cc/174s001

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Tobias Warnecke @tobiaswarnecke.bsky.social · Sep 1

Please re-post: If you know (or are!) somebody who might fancy doing a PhD (Oct 2026 start) in my group @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social, working on chromatin evolution in prokaryotes (or other things we're interested in), please have a look at www.bioch.ox.ac.uk/supervisors-...

Supervisors and Projects

www.bioch.ox.ac.uk

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Simona Huwiler @simonahuwiler.bsky.social · Aug 28

Saying bye to Interlaken (CH) after inspiring microbiology meeting #SSM2025 with many great talks and posters! It’s great to see the phage field thriving with multiple keynotes, as well as poster and presentation prizes!

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