Leonora Bittleston
@leonorabit.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Boise State, microbial community ecologist, lover of pitcher plant microcosms, she/her
We have some great AEM sessions that need your exciting abstracts!
From the Rhizosphere to Pollinators: Studying Agricultural Microbiomes Across Biological Scales.
Microbial Traits Driving Host Resilience in a Changing Climate.
Mechanistic Basis of Coexistence in Microbial Communities.
From the Rhizosphere to Pollinators: Studying Agricultural Microbiomes Across Biological Scales.
Microbial Traits Driving Host Resilience in a Changing Climate.
Mechanistic Basis of Coexistence in Microbial Communities.
Early abstract submissions for ASM Microbe 2026—now 3 fully integrated meetings within 1 microbial world—are officially open. Submit by Dec. 2, 2 p.m. ET to elevate your research, spark new collaborations and join the conversations defining what’s next. asm.org/events/asm-m...
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 AM
We have some great AEM sessions that need your exciting abstracts!
From the Rhizosphere to Pollinators: Studying Agricultural Microbiomes Across Biological Scales.
Microbial Traits Driving Host Resilience in a Changing Climate.
Mechanistic Basis of Coexistence in Microbial Communities.
From the Rhizosphere to Pollinators: Studying Agricultural Microbiomes Across Biological Scales.
Microbial Traits Driving Host Resilience in a Changing Climate.
Mechanistic Basis of Coexistence in Microbial Communities.
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Some fantastic sessions being planned for ASM Microbe 2026, including "Long-term Dynamics of Environmental Microbiomes", and "Eco-evolutionary Dynamics of Phages and Their Roles in Horizontal Gene Transfer". Get your abstract(s) ready, and join us June 4–7, 2026 in D.C. ! asm.org/events/asm-m...
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Some fantastic sessions being planned for ASM Microbe 2026, including "Long-term Dynamics of Environmental Microbiomes", and "Eco-evolutionary Dynamics of Phages and Their Roles in Horizontal Gene Transfer". Get your abstract(s) ready, and join us June 4–7, 2026 in D.C. ! asm.org/events/asm-m...
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JOB OPPORTUNITY: Assistant Professor - Ocean Biogeochemical Modeller (University of Hawaii)
Full details here: www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawa...
#coralreefs #academia #assistantprofessor #hawaii #biogeochemical #modeller #marinebiology
Full details here: www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawa...
#coralreefs #academia #assistantprofessor #hawaii #biogeochemical #modeller #marinebiology
November 23, 2025 at 8:30 AM
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Assistant Professor - Ocean Biogeochemical Modeller (University of Hawaii)
Full details here: www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawa...
#coralreefs #academia #assistantprofessor #hawaii #biogeochemical #modeller #marinebiology
Full details here: www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawa...
#coralreefs #academia #assistantprofessor #hawaii #biogeochemical #modeller #marinebiology
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Come be our colleague! We are looking for a tenure track cell / molecular biologist with focus on biochemical sciences. Strong bio department, lovely rural communities and living among the redwoods! Ask me questions !
careers.humboldt.edu/mob/hm/en-us...
careers.humboldt.edu/mob/hm/en-us...
Tenure Track Faculty - Department of Biological Sciences (Cellular and Molecular Biology)
Cal Poly Humboldt and the Department of Biological Sciences invites applicants for a full-time, academic year, tenure-track faculty position with an emphasis in Cellular and Molecular Biology with a f...
careers.humboldt.edu
November 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Come be our colleague! We are looking for a tenure track cell / molecular biologist with focus on biochemical sciences. Strong bio department, lovely rural communities and living among the redwoods! Ask me questions !
careers.humboldt.edu/mob/hm/en-us...
careers.humboldt.edu/mob/hm/en-us...
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We're hiring! My dept. is looking for a candidate with a research program focusing on plant systems. All areas of molecular and cellular biology research will be considered. Not sure if you'd fit? Reach out to me. Please share! #microsky
November 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
We're hiring! My dept. is looking for a candidate with a research program focusing on plant systems. All areas of molecular and cellular biology research will be considered. Not sure if you'd fit? Reach out to me. Please share! #microsky
I was thrilled to be interviewed by Matt Candeias for his cool podcast In Defense of Plants! Check it out if you want to hear about sagebrush, pitcher plants and leaf microbiomes!
www.indefenseofplants.com/podcast/2025...
www.indefenseofplants.com/podcast/2025...
Ep. 551 - Sagebrush, Pitcher Plants, & Leaf Microbiomes — In Defense of Plants
In Defense of Plants' Matt Candeias talks with Microbial Ecologist Dr. Leonora Bittleston about the leaf microbiomes of sagebrush (Artemisia tridentat) and pitcher plants (Sarracenia, Nepenthes, and C...
www.indefenseofplants.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I was thrilled to be interviewed by Matt Candeias for his cool podcast In Defense of Plants! Check it out if you want to hear about sagebrush, pitcher plants and leaf microbiomes!
www.indefenseofplants.com/podcast/2025...
www.indefenseofplants.com/podcast/2025...
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Deep in the Sumatran jungle today we found the extraordinary flowers of Rhizanthes pushing their fangs through the forest floor. A sap-sucking, leafless parasite, this is one of the world's weirdest plants.
November 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Deep in the Sumatran jungle today we found the extraordinary flowers of Rhizanthes pushing their fangs through the forest floor. A sap-sucking, leafless parasite, this is one of the world's weirdest plants.
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If you're interested in working with me on a master's or PhD with questions related to genomics, biodiversity, and climate change, I'd love to chat about the CAMBIUM fellowship! There's an informational webinar next week and applications are due December 1st.
Join us on Nov 18 at 2:30 PM MST to learn about CAMBIUM grad fellowships in biodiversity informatics & climate change @uarizona.bsky.social. For incoming Fall 2026 students interested in big data, ecology, evolution, climate adaptation & more. Register: events.trellis.arizona.edu/en/f44lNu67/... 🌵🧬🌐
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
If you're interested in working with me on a master's or PhD with questions related to genomics, biodiversity, and climate change, I'd love to chat about the CAMBIUM fellowship! There's an informational webinar next week and applications are due December 1st.
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With much gratitude to everyone who supported the wonderful #STAMPS summer course at the MBL, I share that STAMPS will not be offered in 2026.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:05 AM
With much gratitude to everyone who supported the wonderful #STAMPS summer course at the MBL, I share that STAMPS will not be offered in 2026.
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Microbial eukaryote folks, you've got two more weeks to apply for this TT job: apply.interfolio.com/174456. We're a supportive department with a great breadth of interests, with really sharp students, in a very livable city with the nation's best park system. Come join us!
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November 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Microbial eukaryote folks, you've got two more weeks to apply for this TT job: apply.interfolio.com/174456. We're a supportive department with a great breadth of interests, with really sharp students, in a very livable city with the nation's best park system. Come join us!
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If you're looking for a faculty position at the intersection of ecology and computing (both broadly defined), please apply to this joint search between the CEE Department and the College of Computing at MIT: cee.mit.edu/people/share...
Faculty Position in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Schwarzman College of Computing - cee.mit.edu
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), together with the Schwarzman College of Computing (SCC) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge MA, seeks candidate...
cee.mit.edu
November 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
If you're looking for a faculty position at the intersection of ecology and computing (both broadly defined), please apply to this joint search between the CEE Department and the College of Computing at MIT: cee.mit.edu/people/share...
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We have TWO post-doctoral fellowships in the Biodiversity Centre at UBC next year! Am happy to chat if you might want to be hosted in my lab. biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and... Deadline January 15th!
November 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
We have TWO post-doctoral fellowships in the Biodiversity Centre at UBC next year! Am happy to chat if you might want to be hosted in my lab. biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and... Deadline January 15th!
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The Department of Biology at @eastcarolinauniv.bsky.social seeks to fill a tenure-track faculty at the Assistant Professor level with expertise in evolutionary Biology! Come join us!
ecu.peopleadmin.com/postings/89839
ecu.peopleadmin.com/postings/89839
Assistant Professor
The Department of Biology at East Carolina University (http://www.ecu.edu) seeks to fill a tenure-track faculty position (9-month appointment) at the Assistant Professor rank with expertise in evoluti...
ecu.peopleadmin.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The Department of Biology at @eastcarolinauniv.bsky.social seeks to fill a tenure-track faculty at the Assistant Professor level with expertise in evolutionary Biology! Come join us!
ecu.peopleadmin.com/postings/89839
ecu.peopleadmin.com/postings/89839
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1/ Ever needed to annotate TEs in a fungal genome, but didn't know where to start?
We have released #MycoMobilome, a community-focused non-redundant database of transposable element consensus sequences for the fungal kingdom, constructed from >4,000 fungal genomes!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We have released #MycoMobilome, a community-focused non-redundant database of transposable element consensus sequences for the fungal kingdom, constructed from >4,000 fungal genomes!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 29, 2025 at 9:02 AM
1/ Ever needed to annotate TEs in a fungal genome, but didn't know where to start?
We have released #MycoMobilome, a community-focused non-redundant database of transposable element consensus sequences for the fungal kingdom, constructed from >4,000 fungal genomes!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We have released #MycoMobilome, a community-focused non-redundant database of transposable element consensus sequences for the fungal kingdom, constructed from >4,000 fungal genomes!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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"Since 1850, human & domesticated mammal populations have grown rapidly. During the same period, the total biomass of wild mammals decreased by more than 2-fold." www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Excited to share our new paper out in @isme-microbes.bsky.social. We asked if environmental microbial communities can be adaptively modulated by host species that transiently acquire their symbionts from the environment #SymbioSky #MicrobiomeSky
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
Host-mediated niche construction of bacterial communities in an aquatic microecosystem
Abstract. Microbes coordinate homeostasis in host-associated and environmental ecosystems alike, but the connectivity of these biomes is seldom considered.
doi.org
October 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Excited to share our new paper out in @isme-microbes.bsky.social. We asked if environmental microbial communities can be adaptively modulated by host species that transiently acquire their symbionts from the environment #SymbioSky #MicrobiomeSky
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
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Postdoc vacancy: Microbial dormancy in the cryosphere
@erc.europa.eu #ERC_SIESTA
📢 PLEASE RT
🧬 Single cell microbial activity measurements, flow cytometry, cell sorting, omics, ecological interpretation
☀️ Marseille, France
‼️ Apply ASAP & before 7 Nov
Link: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
@erc.europa.eu #ERC_SIESTA
📢 PLEASE RT
🧬 Single cell microbial activity measurements, flow cytometry, cell sorting, omics, ecological interpretation
☀️ Marseille, France
‼️ Apply ASAP & before 7 Nov
Link: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
October 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Postdoc vacancy: Microbial dormancy in the cryosphere
@erc.europa.eu #ERC_SIESTA
📢 PLEASE RT
🧬 Single cell microbial activity measurements, flow cytometry, cell sorting, omics, ecological interpretation
☀️ Marseille, France
‼️ Apply ASAP & before 7 Nov
Link: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
@erc.europa.eu #ERC_SIESTA
📢 PLEASE RT
🧬 Single cell microbial activity measurements, flow cytometry, cell sorting, omics, ecological interpretation
☀️ Marseille, France
‼️ Apply ASAP & before 7 Nov
Link: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
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Reposting this just in case anyone who is interested missed it. We’ll be reviewing applications on Nov 1st, so there is still time to apply for this position this week! Great position for people who want to do both research and teach at a high level with undergraduates!
Interested in a tenure track position teaching and doing research with undergrads at a PUI? We are looking for a broadly-defined microbiologist who can teach Med Micro and Immunology. Apply at universityofscrantonjobs.com/postings/8308. Pls share widely to feeds (& on twitter if you still tweet)! 🦠
October 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Reposting this just in case anyone who is interested missed it. We’ll be reviewing applications on Nov 1st, so there is still time to apply for this position this week! Great position for people who want to do both research and teach at a high level with undergraduates!
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The INTP 2026 calendar is coming soon!
We are currently finalizing the program and we would be delighted to include your projects!
Would you like to organize a working group, a research residency, or an artistic workshop in a setting conducive to creativity, surrounded by nature? 🧪🌐🌍
👉 Contact us!
We are currently finalizing the program and we would be delighted to include your projects!
Would you like to organize a working group, a research residency, or an artistic workshop in a setting conducive to creativity, surrounded by nature? 🧪🌐🌍
👉 Contact us!
October 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The INTP 2026 calendar is coming soon!
We are currently finalizing the program and we would be delighted to include your projects!
Would you like to organize a working group, a research residency, or an artistic workshop in a setting conducive to creativity, surrounded by nature? 🧪🌐🌍
👉 Contact us!
We are currently finalizing the program and we would be delighted to include your projects!
Would you like to organize a working group, a research residency, or an artistic workshop in a setting conducive to creativity, surrounded by nature? 🧪🌐🌍
👉 Contact us!
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Bumping this up one last time. I'm looking to hire graduate student(s) to work on an NSF-funded project to study elevational range shifts among dragonflies here in Colorado. @cudenverclas.bsky.social 🧪🌍🐙
Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
October 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Bumping this up one last time. I'm looking to hire graduate student(s) to work on an NSF-funded project to study elevational range shifts among dragonflies here in Colorado. @cudenverclas.bsky.social 🧪🌍🐙
Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
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Ok, I have a minute, let's do this. Our lab is interested in contaminants found in Alaskan waters and identifying microbes from a fish native to Alaska, three-spine stickleback, to use in bioremediation in cold water lakes. Sarah was interested in microplastics, which I wasn't really studying. 1/n
I am so proud of @spasqualetti.bsky.social and this BioRxiv paper! I have to prep for class, but later today I'll highlight some of her findings about a stickleback gut isolate that can degrade plastic and other microbes that inhibit it's ability. 🦠🔬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Cold-water gut isolate from threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) reveals polypropylene surface oxidation and co-culture inhibition
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polypropylene (PP), two of the most widely produced plastics in the United States, persist in cold-water environments where plastic-degrading microbes have been po...
www.biorxiv.org
October 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Ok, I have a minute, let's do this. Our lab is interested in contaminants found in Alaskan waters and identifying microbes from a fish native to Alaska, three-spine stickleback, to use in bioremediation in cold water lakes. Sarah was interested in microplastics, which I wasn't really studying. 1/n
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'mRNA vaccines seem to boost the effectiveness of an immune therapy for skin and lung cancer.' @maxkozlov.bsky.social @nature.com
'COVID-19 mRNA vaccine acts like a siren and activates the immune system throughout the body - programming a response to kill the cancer.'
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
'COVID-19 mRNA vaccine acts like a siren and activates the immune system throughout the body - programming a response to kill the cancer.'
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
People with some cancers live longer after a COVID vaccine
mRNA vaccines seem to boost the effectiveness of an immune therapy for skin and lung cancer ― in an unexpected way.
www.nature.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
'mRNA vaccines seem to boost the effectiveness of an immune therapy for skin and lung cancer.' @maxkozlov.bsky.social @nature.com
'COVID-19 mRNA vaccine acts like a siren and activates the immune system throughout the body - programming a response to kill the cancer.'
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
'COVID-19 mRNA vaccine acts like a siren and activates the immune system throughout the body - programming a response to kill the cancer.'
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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JOB ALERT! We are looking for a LAB MANAGER (7-year position!) to help us build the MOLECULAR BIODIVERSITY lab in our @terra-cluster.org at @unituebingen.bsky.social. Are you a NGS wet lab expert, and you like the idea of supporting research on natural biodiversity, then apply!
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October 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
JOB ALERT! We are looking for a LAB MANAGER (7-year position!) to help us build the MOLECULAR BIODIVERSITY lab in our @terra-cluster.org at @unituebingen.bsky.social. Are you a NGS wet lab expert, and you like the idea of supporting research on natural biodiversity, then apply!
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