Lee Henry
@henrylabsymbio.bsky.social
Exploring endosymbiosis at Queen Mary University of London. Associate professor. Symbiosis, ecology, evolution, microbiology http://henry-lab.co.uk
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Lee Henry
@henrylabsymbio.bsky.social
· Dec 22
Recent publication in @Ecology_Letters investigating how selection from enemies shapes defensive symbioses in nature. Big ups to Taoping Wu and crew. Check it out! 🦠 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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My team at @cbitoulouse.bsky.social is recruiting a postdoc #bioinformatics with solid experience in metagenomic analyses.
Interest in evolution, ecology & MGEs is important.
The offer stands until the perfect candidate is found, and it could be you 🫵
🔁 🙏
#microSky #phagesky #UTIsky
@cnrs.fr
Interest in evolution, ecology & MGEs is important.
The offer stands until the perfect candidate is found, and it could be you 🫵
🔁 🙏
#microSky #phagesky #UTIsky
@cnrs.fr
January 15, 2026 at 11:19 AM
My team at @cbitoulouse.bsky.social is recruiting a postdoc #bioinformatics with solid experience in metagenomic analyses.
Interest in evolution, ecology & MGEs is important.
The offer stands until the perfect candidate is found, and it could be you 🫵
🔁 🙏
#microSky #phagesky #UTIsky
@cnrs.fr
Interest in evolution, ecology & MGEs is important.
The offer stands until the perfect candidate is found, and it could be you 🫵
🔁 🙏
#microSky #phagesky #UTIsky
@cnrs.fr
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Love microbes & omics? 🦠🧬
We’re hiring a Postdoc in Public Health Genomics at @unibirmingham.bsky.social
Work on cutting-edge research with wonderful people! @wvschaik.bsky.social @halllab.bsky.social @pathogenomenick.bsky.social @scalene.bsky.social @alanmcn1.bsky.social
📅 Closes 4th Feb
We’re hiring a Postdoc in Public Health Genomics at @unibirmingham.bsky.social
Work on cutting-edge research with wonderful people! @wvschaik.bsky.social @halllab.bsky.social @pathogenomenick.bsky.social @scalene.bsky.social @alanmcn1.bsky.social
📅 Closes 4th Feb
Research Fellow - Department of Microbes, Infection and Microbiomes - 105518 - Grade 7
The post holder will work within the newly established NIHR Health Protection Unit for Public Health Genomics, a partnership between the University of Birmingham and the UK Health Security Agency. You...
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January 16, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Love microbes & omics? 🦠🧬
We’re hiring a Postdoc in Public Health Genomics at @unibirmingham.bsky.social
Work on cutting-edge research with wonderful people! @wvschaik.bsky.social @halllab.bsky.social @pathogenomenick.bsky.social @scalene.bsky.social @alanmcn1.bsky.social
📅 Closes 4th Feb
We’re hiring a Postdoc in Public Health Genomics at @unibirmingham.bsky.social
Work on cutting-edge research with wonderful people! @wvschaik.bsky.social @halllab.bsky.social @pathogenomenick.bsky.social @scalene.bsky.social @alanmcn1.bsky.social
📅 Closes 4th Feb
Congrats and well deserved Toby! 👏
Congratulations to Dr Toby Kiers, winner of the @tylerprize.bsky.social Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement 🌱
Her ERC-funded research revealed how underground plant-fungal networks sustain life on Earth and shape global conservation thinking.
#ChooseEuropeforScience
Her ERC-funded research revealed how underground plant-fungal networks sustain life on Earth and shape global conservation thinking.
#ChooseEuropeforScience
The Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement names Toby Kiers as the 2026 Laureate.
Her research reveals how underground fungal networks support life on Earth.
Explore the hidden world beneath our feet:
tylerprize.org/laureates/toby-kiers
spun.earth/underground-atlas
@spun.earth
Her research reveals how underground fungal networks support life on Earth.
Explore the hidden world beneath our feet:
tylerprize.org/laureates/toby-kiers
spun.earth/underground-atlas
@spun.earth
January 14, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Congrats and well deserved Toby! 👏
New preprint out!
How do host regulate ancient symbioses to optimise benefits across environments? Using 🐜, we show hosts actively regulate symbionts, flexibly switching between symbiont-derived and environmental nutrients to thrive under changing diets.
👏 Well done Phoebe and team!
How do host regulate ancient symbioses to optimise benefits across environments? Using 🐜, we show hosts actively regulate symbionts, flexibly switching between symbiont-derived and environmental nutrients to thrive under changing diets.
👏 Well done Phoebe and team!
www.biorxiv.org
January 13, 2026 at 4:25 PM
New preprint out!
How do host regulate ancient symbioses to optimise benefits across environments? Using 🐜, we show hosts actively regulate symbionts, flexibly switching between symbiont-derived and environmental nutrients to thrive under changing diets.
👏 Well done Phoebe and team!
How do host regulate ancient symbioses to optimise benefits across environments? Using 🐜, we show hosts actively regulate symbionts, flexibly switching between symbiont-derived and environmental nutrients to thrive under changing diets.
👏 Well done Phoebe and team!
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We’re looking for a postdoc to join the Hendrickson lab!
The project will involve dissecting the molecular mechanisms of a fascinating mobile element in our honeybee biocontrol phages. Sound like something you would be interested in? Get in touch! Details:
jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...
The project will involve dissecting the molecular mechanisms of a fascinating mobile element in our honeybee biocontrol phages. Sound like something you would be interested in? Get in touch! Details:
jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...
Research Associate / Postdoctoral Fellow - Honeybee Bacteriophages and Advanced Biotechnology -
University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha
jobs.canterbury.ac.nz
January 9, 2026 at 12:27 AM
We’re looking for a postdoc to join the Hendrickson lab!
The project will involve dissecting the molecular mechanisms of a fascinating mobile element in our honeybee biocontrol phages. Sound like something you would be interested in? Get in touch! Details:
jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...
The project will involve dissecting the molecular mechanisms of a fascinating mobile element in our honeybee biocontrol phages. Sound like something you would be interested in? Get in touch! Details:
jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...
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The University of Vienna awards at least 20 four-year and full-time (40h/week) postdoctoral positions to outstanding female scientists in natural sciences, life sciences, and economics.
🚨 Postdoctoral Opportunity for Female Scientists🚨
The University of Vienna is awarding at least 20 fully funded 4 year postdoctoral positions to outstanding female scientists
Interested? Get in touch via direct message
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
#MicroSky 🧪
#PostDoc @univie.ac.at
The University of Vienna is awarding at least 20 fully funded 4 year postdoctoral positions to outstanding female scientists
Interested? Get in touch via direct message
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
#MicroSky 🧪
#PostDoc @univie.ac.at
January 5, 2026 at 5:13 PM
The University of Vienna awards at least 20 four-year and full-time (40h/week) postdoctoral positions to outstanding female scientists in natural sciences, life sciences, and economics.
Happy New Year! 🎉 New preprint out now: Defensive symbionts don’t protect against all enemies equally they are often highly specific. We show that toxin type drives which parasitoid species are killed, and reveal some truly wild new toxins! Read below.
Phage toxin variants are linked to protection specificity in a defensive symbiont
Insects often depend on symbiotic bacteria for protection, yet the mechanisms by which these microbes target specific natural enemies remain poorly understood. In aphids, different strains of the facu...
www.biorxiv.org
January 6, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Happy New Year! 🎉 New preprint out now: Defensive symbionts don’t protect against all enemies equally they are often highly specific. We show that toxin type drives which parasitoid species are killed, and reveal some truly wild new toxins! Read below.
Reposted by Lee Henry
Three #postdoc positions available in my lab @unibz.bsky.social focusing on #genomics of #eriosoma #aphids #psyllids and #phytoplasma please repost
January 5, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Three #postdoc positions available in my lab @unibz.bsky.social focusing on #genomics of #eriosoma #aphids #psyllids and #phytoplasma please repost
Recent publication in @Ecology_Letters investigating how selection from enemies shapes defensive symbioses in nature. Big ups to Taoping Wu and crew. Check it out! 🦠 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
December 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Recent publication in @Ecology_Letters investigating how selection from enemies shapes defensive symbioses in nature. Big ups to Taoping Wu and crew. Check it out! 🦠 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Finally made the switch....
To kick things off, here are a couple papers from the lab 🐜🦋https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02058-0
To kick things off, here are a couple papers from the lab 🐜🦋https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02058-0
Symbioses shape feeding niches and diversification across insects - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Insects rely on symbiotic microbes for nutrition and defence. Analysing a large dataset of microbe–insect symbioses, the authors show that symbiosis evolved in response to nutrient deficiencies but it...
www.nature.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Finally made the switch....
To kick things off, here are a couple papers from the lab 🐜🦋https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02058-0
To kick things off, here are a couple papers from the lab 🐜🦋https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02058-0