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Libusha Kelly
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Microbiome, drugs, phages, ecology, AI, the Bronx
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lacarlson.bsky.social
I am super happy to share this paper in its final form. We used FIB milling to "dig in to" cell lines and mouse brains infected with tick-borne flaviviruses, followed by cryo-ET to study the virus replication. It's open access, so have a look!
#virology #teamtomo
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cryo-electron tomography reveals coupled flavivirus replication, budding and maturation - Nature Communications
In this study, Dahmane et al use a method called cryo-electron tomography to uncover new details of how tick-borne flaviviruses transform cells into virus factories.
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January 23, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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The chemicals found in a person’s breath might reveal the identity of the microbes in their guts

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What your breath says about the bacteria in your gut
Metabolites in mouse and human breath correlate to gut-microbe populations and might be helpful in diagnosing disease.
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January 23, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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jcamthrash.bsky.social
Our latest. Led by the very talented @ahoiching.bsky.social

Cell cycle dysregulation of globally important SAR11 bacteria resulting from environmental perturbation www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs 🌊
Cell cycle dysregulation of globally important SAR11 bacteria resulting from environmental perturbation - Nature Microbiology
Without key cell cycle control genes, SAR11 cells experience aneuploidy and growth inhibition when exposed to changes in nutrients, carbon sources or temperature stress, a vulnerability that may repre...
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January 22, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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microbiomevif.bsky.social
It's Friday!
...and a new #MVIF program is out! 🤩

Free registration: cassyni.com/s/mvif-46

Highlights:
🇺🇸 Rebecca L. Knoll
🇯🇵 Akito Sakanaka

Keynote:
🇺🇸 @simrouxvirus.bsky.social

⭐️ Talks:
🇦🇺 @jeremyjbarr.bsky.social
🇨🇦 @erikbakkeren.bsky.social
🇨🇳 Guanxiang Liang
mvif 46 program
January 23, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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microbiomeresearch.bsky.social
🚨We are hiring a Bioinformatician who will be embedded in our lab and work with members of the NCCR Microbiomes at ETH Zurich, as well as the Institute of Microbiology.🚨
nccr-microbiomes.ch
jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...
Bioinformatician in Microbiome Research
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January 23, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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helmholtzhzi.bsky.social
Think outside the box and address the most pressing challenges in infection research with us!🧑‍🔬 We're offering 10 PhD positions at five HZI sites across Germany.
👉Don’t miss out—apply by February 28, 2026 and contribute to shaping the future of infection research
jobs.helmholtz-hzi.de/job/Braunsch...
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January 20, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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ricardsole.bsky.social
What kinds of cognitions are possible? Are there discrete classes of cognition? Here's our new paper with @brigan.bsky.social @jordiplam.bsky.social @mitibennett.bsky.social @mkhochb.bsky.social and @drmichaellevin.bsky.social arxiv.org/abs/2601.12837 We explore basal, neural and human-AI spaces.
January 21, 2026 at 10:06 AM
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guijacquemet.bsky.social
🚨 We are hiring TWO postdocs to join the Cell Migration Lab (cellmig.org) 🇫🇮 as part of the new Centre of Excellence in Immune–Endothelial Interfaces (IMMENs).
Join us to decode immune regulation & develop next-gen imaging tools! 🧪🔬
Details in thread 🧵👇
#ScienceSky #Postdoc #AcademicJobs Please RT🫶
CELL MIGRATION LAB
We study cell migration in health and disease
cellmig.org
January 21, 2026 at 7:57 AM
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vignuzzilab.bsky.social
Today, Fish Hui Xian Poh presented this work by groups at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. They dissected alpha virus SFV into nsPs, Capsid, Envelope to make VLPs for RNA or protein delivery - in some cases to target the blood-brain barrier. Very cool work!

doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Engineering a streamlined virus-like particle for programmable tissue-specific gene delivery - Nature Communications
Virus-like particles (VLPs) offer powerful gene delivery but face limits in targeting and complexity. Here, the authors create a streamlined SFV-based VLP platform that delivers mRNA, protein, or RNP ...
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January 21, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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mpi-evolbio.bsky.social
Expressions of interest: Director at MPI EvolBio (f/m/d) — We invite expressions of interest from distinguished scientists in evolutionary biology with a bold, long-term research vision that complements our Institute. More information: www.evolbio.mpg.de/3856225/Dire...
Directors
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January 21, 2026 at 11:15 AM
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mikebok.bsky.social
My collaborator at University of Copenhagen, Anders Garm, is looking for a 3 year postdoc to work on bioluminescence, neurobiology and ecology of ctenophores. More information here:
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
January 21, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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jonathanhaars.bsky.social
Interested in virome sequencing on @nanoporetech.com instruments? Check out our latest paper where we publish Twist-ONT, a modified protocol for the Twist Comprehensive Viral Research Panel (by @twistbioscience.com) so that it can be used with ONT.
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Twist-ONT: Combining nanopore sequencing with the twist comprehensive viral research panel
The Twist Comprehensive Viral Research Panel (Twist CVRP) is a probe-based hybridization capture enrichment method for whole-genome sequencing, design…
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January 20, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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aaronwhiteley.bsky.social
I’m thrilled to share our work on phage triggers of the bacterial immune system in its final form @natmicrobiol.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A phage protein screen identifies triggers of the bacterial innate immune system - Nature Microbiology
A library of 400 phage protein-coding genes is used to find a trove of antiphage systems, revealing systems that target tail fibre and major capsid proteins.
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January 18, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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tobybarilbio.bsky.social
🍄Transposon traffic in the mycocosmos🍄
Fascinating work reveals extensive horizontal TE transfer across fungi (@jromeijn.bsky.social, Iñigo Bañales & @mfseidl.bsky.social; doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...). I wrote a Dispatch to prime non-specialists,check it out here: doi.org/10.1016/j.cu....
#TEworldwide
January 19, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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microbiomevif.bsky.social
TODAY
microbiomevif.bsky.social Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 24d
#MVIF 45 starts tomorrow, with

🇳🇵 Bishwash Thapa
🇮🇷 Zahra Nezamivand Chegini
🇨🇭 Sara Mitri (@saramitri.bsky.social‬)
🇺🇸 Lilian Caesar (@liliancaesar.bsky.social)
🇮🇹 Haseeb Manzoor
🇦🇹 Laurenz Holcik (@laurenz0908.bsky.social)

Free registration: cassyni.com/s/mvif-45

See you 👋
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January 20, 2026 at 9:03 AM
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drhhnz.bsky.social
It’s officially happening folks! The Microbial Population Biology Gordon Research Conference is back in Andover, New Hampshire starting June 27th of 2027!
See you there!!

@wcratcliff.bsky.social @ksbakes.bsky.social @surtlab.bsky.social

#microsky #mevosky
Screenshot from GRC portal confirming microbial population biology meeting June 27, 2027 in Andover, New Hampshire.
December 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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profdaveleigh.bsky.social
Out today in @natchem.nature.com 😃 Huakui, @stefanborsley.bsky.social @benjaminoacid.bsky.social & co illustrate why catalysis-driven motors (like motor proteins) can't use designs based on light-driven motors or molecules-that-rotate-through-multi-reaction-sequences www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Chiral catalysis-driven rotary molecular motors - Nature Chemistry
The structural anisotropy necessary for the powered directional rotation of chemically fuelled molecular motors had previously been provided by chiral fuels or enzymes. Now it has been shown that asym...
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January 16, 2026 at 10:32 AM
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sramundo.bsky.social
Last Friday over dinner, we talked with @svenklumpe.bsky.social and @jnoms.bsky.social about this very creative paper—and quickly went off track. Why? Because, as Sven put it, Vaults ( #Vaults ) remain the “siren 🧜‍♀️ of cell biology 🔬” intriguing and attractive, but maddeningly hard to figure out. 1/3
science.org Science Magazine @science.org · 24d
The barrel-shaped structures found by the thousands in most animal cells are one of biology’s biggest mysteries. But although researchers haven’t figured out the function of these “vaults,” they now report a new use for the puzzling particles.

Learn more: https://scim.ag/49pv8mB
Two panel graphic showing new method for tracking gene activity.
January 20, 2026 at 5:46 AM
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natchem.nature.com
We're hiring! We're looking for a Locum Editor to cover our chemical biology/biochem. The role can be located in either our London or Pune offices. Planned start date is June 1st. Closing date for applications is Feb 2nd. #chemjobs #chemsky springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...
Locum Associate or Senior Editor
Job Title: Locum Associate or Senior Editor (Chemical Biology / Biological Chemistry), Nature Chemistry Company: Nature Portfolio Contract Type: Full-time, Fixed Term (maternity leave cover) Location(...
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January 20, 2026 at 9:32 AM
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steglelab.bsky.social
Together with Jeroen Krijgsveld, we are looking for a postdoc to help us unlock single-cell proteomics (SCP) through the establishment of a scalable computational framework.

For more information, see the @hlsalliance.bsky.social Postdoc Program:
www.health-life-sciences.de/opportunitie...
HEALTH + LIFE SCIENCE ALLIANCE | Interinstitutional Postdocs
www.health-life-sciences.de
January 20, 2026 at 9:43 AM
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scilifelab.se
SciLifeLab PULSE postdoc program focuses on innovative, fundamental, translational research. "The entrepreneurial track sparks the next generation of life-science ventures based on ground-breaking research at universities” says Kristian Sandberg. 🧪🌍

Apply today!
www.scilifelab.se/news/pulse-p...
PULSE postdoc program advances training through academic and industry secondments
The SciLifeLab PULSE postdoc program, currently recruiting the second cohort of international talent to Swedish universities has two tracks: the academic and the entrepreneurial, industry supported…
buff.ly
January 20, 2026 at 9:22 AM
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natcomms.nature.com
#Viruses & #Epidemiology

Unveiling the global urban virome through wastewater metagenomics

@marionkoopmans.bsky.social @nathalieworp.bsky.social @bom1986.bsky.social

#metagenomics #viromics
Unveiling the global urban virome through wastewater metagenomics - Nature Communications
Wastewater-based surveillance tends to focus on specific pathogens. Here, the authors mapped the wastewater virome from 62 cities worldwide to identify over 2,500 viruses, revealing city-specific virome fingerprints and showing that wastewater metagenomics enables early detection of emerging viruses.
dlvr.it
January 20, 2026 at 11:28 AM
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becctococcus.bsky.social
"Machine learning-based lineage prediction from antimicrobial susceptibility testing phenotypes for Escherichia coli sequence type 131 clade C surveillance across infection types" Spoiler: the MDR ST131-C is pervasive in UTIs, underlying BSI trends. doi.org/10.1099/mgen... @microbiologysociety.org
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January 20, 2026 at 9:49 AM
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nchemgav.bsky.social
Come work with us at Nature Chemistry! We're hiring a locum editor to handle our chembio content in London or Pune.
January 20, 2026 at 9:42 AM
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evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social
A chemically defined medium to support the growth of food-relevant Bacillus species

J Appl Microbiol from Dennis Nielsen #KUFood

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A chemically defined medium to support the growth of food-relevant Bacillus species
AbstractAims. Most chemically defined media for Bacillus are developed with a focus on an individual species. To broaden the applicability, this study aime
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January 20, 2026 at 11:59 AM