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Christian Kost @kostchristian.bsky.social · 3d

Check out this great opportunity to metabolically model microbial communities 👇

Christoph Kaleta @kaletalab.bsky.social · 3d

1/4 🌍 We are looking for a passionate #PhD student in #Metabolic #Microbiome #Modeling in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network MenoBrain. Join us at one of Europe’s microbiome research hubs and push the boundaries of microbiome science! @uni-kiel.de
🔗 www.uniklinikum-jena.de/menobrain/en...

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Jörg Vogel @jorg-vogel-lab.bsky.social · 3d

Two group leader positions available in the broader areas of RNA science, RNA technologies, and RNA medicine. Attractive packages and a great environment. Come and join us at Helmholtz RNA Würzburg, Bavaria.

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Christian Kost @kostchristian.bsky.social · 3d

This is a great opportunity to work with a fantastic supervisor in a great research environmenment on a super-interesting question 👇

Kaiser Lab @clocksevolution.bsky.social · 3d

WE ARE HIRING!
Please spread widely!

#Postdoc in #Evolutionary #Genomics
-> www.mpg.de/25524526/

#Postdoc in #Molecular #Biology & #Cell #Signalling
-> www.mpg.de/25524509/

@mpi-evolbio.bsky.social @maxplanck.de

#ScienceJobs #EvoBio #MolBio #Ecology #Chronobiology #Marine #EntoSky #Biodiversity

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Ewan Birney @ewanbirney.bsky.social · 3d

A reminder that the PhD program for EMBL is open for winter recruitment round. If you want to understand life at a molecular level and have a quantitative science (you don't have to have done biology - we love our mathematicians/physcists/chemists!) apply www.embl.org/about/info/e...

Application – EMBL International PhD Programme

www.embl.org

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Matthew Neville @mattneville.bsky.social · 4d

Now published! Our paper on:
(1) Accurate sequencing of sperm at scale
(2) Positive selection of spermatogenesis driver mutations across the exome
(3) Offspring disease risks from male reproductive aging
[1/n]
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Sperm sequencing reveals extensive positive selection in the male germline - Nature

A combination of whole-genome NanoSeq with deep whole-exome and targeted NanoSeq is used to accurately characterize mutation rates and genes under positive selection in sperm cells.

www.nature.com

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 4d

The Data Science team at EMBL is hiring for two open positions! First, for a Scientific Community Manager, focusing on community aspects and training on data science. embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

Scientific Community Manager

EMBL is Europe’s flagship research laboratory for the life sciences – an intergovernmental organisation with more than 110 independent research groups and teams performing scientific research in disci...

embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com

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KevinDKohl @kevindkohl.bsky.social · Sep 12

Pleased to share new work tinkering with and testing the concept of the holobiont
@isme-microbes.bsky.social

"Experimental evolution of a mammalian holobiont: bank voles selected for herbivorous capability evolved distinct and robust gut bacterial communities"
🌾🐭🦠

academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...

Experimental evolution of a mammalian holobiont: bank voles selected for herbivorous capability evolved distinct and robust gut bacterial communities

Abstract. According to the “hologenome” theory of evolution natural selection and evolution can act through a conglomerate biological unit, the “holobiont”

academic.oup.com

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Julia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social · 4d

Please RT:
We have an opening for a junior group leader position in „Phage Biology & Biotechnology“.
www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/...

Interested candidates are encouraged to contact me via email for further details.

@spp2330.bsky.social; @mibinet.bsky.social

Junior Group Leader - Phage Biology & Biotechnology

As a leading research institution for microbial biotechnology the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences - Biotechnology (IBG-1, https://www.fz-juelich.de/de/ibg/ibg-1 ) at the Forschungszentrum Jülich foc...

www.fz-juelich.de

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Khaled_Selim Lab @selimlab.bsky.social · 4d

A bit late 🙃 but happy to share our recent findings on #cdiAMP signaling in controlling #cyanobacteria #diurnal rhythm in @cp-iscience.bsky.social

www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

#cdiAMP is involved in almost all cellular processes, explaining it's essentiality in #cyano
@hhu.de
@mibinet.bsky.social

Diurnal rhythm causes metabolic crises in the cyanobacterial mutants of c-di-AMP signaling cascade

Biological sciences; Biochemistry; Microbiology; PII-like protein SbtB; c-di-AMP signaling; Cyanobacteria; Carbon/Nitrogen metabolism; Redox imbalance; Photosynthesis; Reactive oxygen species (ROS); C...

www.cell.com

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 4d

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

@natcomms.nature.com from @oventurelli2.bsky.social

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

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.

www.nature.com

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Filip Husnik @filiphusnik.bsky.social · 5d

OIST is seeking up to four tenure-track or tenured faculty in Ecology, Environmental Science, Earth Science, and Oceanography. Application deadline: Oct 15. Please share. Thx!
www.oist.jp/careers/facu...

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 5d

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Jean-Yves Tinevez @jytinevez.bsky.social · 5d

Job alert!

We are looking for a bioimage analysis to work in an image analysis core facility in beautiful Paris. Can I ask you to share this opportunity with your networks?

See also on the forum:
forum.image.sc/t/research-e...

Research engineer in Bioimage Analysis for the researchers of the inIdEx FORMULA

Hi all We are looking for a bioimage analysis to work in an image analysis core facility in beautiful Paris. Can I ask you to share this opportunity with your networks? The position is in the Instit...

forum.image.sc

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Christian Kost @kostchristian.bsky.social · 5d

This is actually available 👇 (heated butter sprayer)

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Tung Le @tunglejic.bsky.social · 9d

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

Repost = nice. Thank you very much!!!

John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 9d

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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Christian Kost @kostchristian.bsky.social · 6d

We know ... 🤷‍♂️

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Paul Rainey @paulbrainey.bsky.social · 6d

Two new positions are available at the MPI for Evolutionary Biology to support development of our genomics facility. Both stand to become permanent. Both offer a ton of opportunity to engage in a wide range of creative science.

Pls repost 🙏

www.evolbio.mpg.de/3838377/job_...

Two full-time positions | Bioinformatician (m/f/d) + Applications Specialist (m/f/d) - Molecular Biology

The Genome Facility at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Plön is seeking to fill two positions (full time) to support and expand our core facility services.

www.evolbio.mpg.de

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Ben R Lee, PhD @benrlee.com · 9d

🚨 Please repost widely!🚨

I am recruiting a PhD student to join my lab next fall to work on forest and climate change ecology projects in southern Appalachia! Come join me in one of the most beautiful, biodiverse, and understudied parts of North America. Details below and happy to answer questions

An ad for a PhD position to start fall 2026 working with me at ETSU. For more info, please email at LeeBR1@etsu.edu.

A close-up picture of dimpled trout lilies active in early spring, still largely surrounded by the previous year's senesced tree leaves.

A beautiful vista of the Blue Ridge Mountains from on top of Carver's Gap on the border between North Carolina and Tennessee.

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simonheilbronner.bsky.social @simonheilbronner.bsky.social · May 7

I am happy to share our latest preprint, spearheaded by Laura Camus. We show that tyrosin-dependent interactions can foster integration of S. aureus into the nasal microbiome. @cmfi.bsky.social @lmumuenchen.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Mizrahi Lab @mizrahilab.bsky.social · 14d

How to design new synthetic microbial communities? It's a huge question we're still deeply exploring 🦠
Check out this new preprint by @tcahitch.bsky.social & @tclavel.bsky.social! They developed an function-directed approach using metagenomic to build better SynComs.

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

Function-Based Selection of Synthetic Communities Enables Mechanistic Microbiome Studies

Understanding the complex interactions between microbes and their environment requires robust model systems such as synthetic communities (SynComs). We developed a functionally directed approach to ge...

www.biorxiv.org

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Christoph Kaleta @kaletalab.bsky.social · 6d

Excited to share a review on metabolic modelling of host-microbiome-interactions by Natchapon Srinak (@snatchapon.bsky.social) and Jan Taubenheim from the lab: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Metabolic Modeling of Host-Microbe Interactions

Host-microbe interactions play an integral role in the function and survival of eukaryotes, influencing various processes ranging from metabolism to i…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Ari Strandburg-Peshkin @arispeshkin.bsky.social · 9d

⭐PhD position available!⭐
Come join us @imprs-qbee.bsky.social to study communication and collective behavior in animal groups! We're looking for someone excited to use computational approaches to tackle biological questions, using our full-group tracking datasets
imprs-qbee.mpg.de/121465/analy...

Analysis of communication and collective behavior in animal groups

imprs-qbee.mpg.de

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Jeff Lewis @lewislab.bsky.social · 16d

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 ...

uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com

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Christian Kost @kostchristian.bsky.social · 16d

This is actiually quite important, because it contributes significantly to the taste. Not the same anymore after a deep-clean ...

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Christian Kost @kostchristian.bsky.social · 16d

Or the sink drain microbiome:

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Characterization of communal sink drain communities of a university campus

A characterization using 16S rRNA sequencing of the bacterial communities of communal restroom sinks located on a university campus to investigate the diversity, prevalence, and abundances of the bac....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Christian Kost @kostchristian.bsky.social · 16d

What did you expect? A microbiome that exists, everyone sees every day, and which has not been sequenced?

Similar to the dog and dust microbiome:

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

Associations between dog keeping and indoor dust microbiota - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Associations between dog keeping and indoor dust microbiota

www.nature.com

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