Siobhán O'Brien
@siderophile.bsky.social
Assistant Prof @ Trinity College Dublin. Microbial Ecology & Evolution. Eurovision fanatic. Mammy of two party animals. Probably awake. 🇮🇪🇵🇸
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@jpjhall.bsky.social starts the #MicroEvo25 strong! Looks like it's gonna be fun🧬🧫🧪
November 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
@jpjhall.bsky.social starts the #MicroEvo25 strong! Looks like it's gonna be fun🧬🧫🧪
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A great start to Session 1: Soil organisms, biodiversity & plant interactions 🪱🌱
🦠 Siobhan O'Brien @siderophile.bsky.social
🍏 Louise Robinson Boyer @niab-uk.bsky.social
🐛 William Hearty @universityofhawaii.bsky.social
#AAB_RegenAg
🦠 Siobhan O'Brien @siderophile.bsky.social
🍏 Louise Robinson Boyer @niab-uk.bsky.social
🐛 William Hearty @universityofhawaii.bsky.social
#AAB_RegenAg
November 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
A great start to Session 1: Soil organisms, biodiversity & plant interactions 🪱🌱
🦠 Siobhan O'Brien @siderophile.bsky.social
🍏 Louise Robinson Boyer @niab-uk.bsky.social
🐛 William Hearty @universityofhawaii.bsky.social
#AAB_RegenAg
🦠 Siobhan O'Brien @siderophile.bsky.social
🍏 Louise Robinson Boyer @niab-uk.bsky.social
🐛 William Hearty @universityofhawaii.bsky.social
#AAB_RegenAg
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🏔️ EMPSEB31 is heading to the mountains!
This year we’ll meet in Oberwiesenthal, Germany (8–12 June 2026), a quiet mountain town in the Ore Mountains, right on the Czech border. Think forest trails, open skies, and fresh air.
Join us for a week of science and fun!🌿
#EMPSEB31 #EvoBio #PhD
This year we’ll meet in Oberwiesenthal, Germany (8–12 June 2026), a quiet mountain town in the Ore Mountains, right on the Czech border. Think forest trails, open skies, and fresh air.
Join us for a week of science and fun!🌿
#EMPSEB31 #EvoBio #PhD
November 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
GitHub - hadley/genzplyr: dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap
dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap. Contribute to hadley/genzplyr development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
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🔊 Applications for the tenure-track illuminate global challenge fellowships at Queen’s are now open!
Comes with 5 years protected research time, a PhD studentship, & 60k start-up. I had one of these before getting my FLF, happy to chat to anyone interested!
www.qub.ac.uk/Research/fel...
Comes with 5 years protected research time, a PhD studentship, & 60k start-up. I had one of these before getting my FLF, happy to chat to anyone interested!
www.qub.ac.uk/Research/fel...
Our Illuminate Global Challenges Fellowships | Research | Queen's University Belfast
www.qub.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM
🔊 Applications for the tenure-track illuminate global challenge fellowships at Queen’s are now open!
Comes with 5 years protected research time, a PhD studentship, & 60k start-up. I had one of these before getting my FLF, happy to chat to anyone interested!
www.qub.ac.uk/Research/fel...
Comes with 5 years protected research time, a PhD studentship, & 60k start-up. I had one of these before getting my FLF, happy to chat to anyone interested!
www.qub.ac.uk/Research/fel...
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I'm v excited to be recruiting a PhD student to work on badger behaviour and ecology! Starting date is March 2026; see the ad here, or message me for more details: www.gregalbery.me/s/March-2026...
October 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I'm v excited to be recruiting a PhD student to work on badger behaviour and ecology! Starting date is March 2026; see the ad here, or message me for more details: www.gregalbery.me/s/March-2026...
This looks great but it's behind a paywall (!), would anyone like to send me a pdf? www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Phenazines contribute to microbiome dynamics by targeting topoisomerase IV - Nature Microbiology
Computational analysis and pairwise assays reveal that bacterial topoisomerase IV is a target of microbially produced phenazines, which informs synthetic-community design to treat fungal crop infection.
www.nature.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This looks great but it's behind a paywall (!), would anyone like to send me a pdf? www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Lecturership in Microbiolgy @uniofgalway.bsky.social. Application submission deadline coming soon - October 9th. universityvacancies.com/university-g...
Lecturer in Microbiology, Permanent, 1 FTE, Contract Type B, 011296 | University Vacancies Ireland
universityvacancies.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Lecturership in Microbiolgy @uniofgalway.bsky.social. Application submission deadline coming soon - October 9th. universityvacancies.com/university-g...
Dublin is looking especially radiant this evening, maybe it’s the tenure? Thanks Trinity! 🎉🎓
September 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Dublin is looking especially radiant this evening, maybe it’s the tenure? Thanks Trinity! 🎉🎓
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Delighted to share that I’ve been awarded a Future Leaders Fellowship to investigate the impact of microbial interactions on antimicrobial resistance evolution 🎉 🧫 really grateful for this investment in my lab and excited to start my fellowship in Jan’26!
www.ukri.org/news/ukri-an...
www.ukri.org/news/ukri-an...
UKRI announces winners of £120 million Future Leaders Fellowships
Research into the causes of lung cancer and Alzheimer’s disease are among 77 projects to be funded by UKRI’s Future Leaders Fellowships.
www.ukri.org
September 16, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Delighted to share that I’ve been awarded a Future Leaders Fellowship to investigate the impact of microbial interactions on antimicrobial resistance evolution 🎉 🧫 really grateful for this investment in my lab and excited to start my fellowship in Jan’26!
www.ukri.org/news/ukri-an...
www.ukri.org/news/ukri-an...
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I have an MRC-funded PhD project available (www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...) on how warming will change the problem of AMR. Join a small and friendly group (padpadpadpad.netlify.app/about) in (sometimes) sunny Cornwall. 🧪🦠 #microsky
Please share the ad below with anyone who may be interested.
Please share the ad below with anyone who may be interested.
September 16, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I have an MRC-funded PhD project available (www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...) on how warming will change the problem of AMR. Join a small and friendly group (padpadpadpad.netlify.app/about) in (sometimes) sunny Cornwall. 🧪🦠 #microsky
Please share the ad below with anyone who may be interested.
Please share the ad below with anyone who may be interested.
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Here's the paper you may be referring to
Maybe a reason for the omission: the word "evolution" is often not used in this context in biomedical journals
(or at least was not in a selection of papers when this 2007 article was published)
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... @jessieabbate.bsky.social
(or at least was not in a selection of papers when this 2007 article was published)
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... @jessieabbate.bsky.social
Evolution by Any Other Name: Antibiotic Resistance and Avoidance of the E-Word
The word "evolution" is rarely used in papers from medical journals describing antimicrobial resistance, which may directly impact public perception of the importance of evolutionary biology in our ev...
journals.plos.org
September 5, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Here's the paper you may be referring to
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We have a position for an Assist Prof in Microbial Genomics in our School of III.
Hod Joan Geoghegan will be happy to field questions if you are interested. No specific area of microbial genomics preferred so please do consider it
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...
Hod Joan Geoghegan will be happy to field questions if you are interested. No specific area of microbial genomics preferred so please do consider it
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...
Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics at University of Birmingham
Apply now for the Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
www.jobs.ac.uk
September 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
We have a position for an Assist Prof in Microbial Genomics in our School of III.
Hod Joan Geoghegan will be happy to field questions if you are interested. No specific area of microbial genomics preferred so please do consider it
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...
Hod Joan Geoghegan will be happy to field questions if you are interested. No specific area of microbial genomics preferred so please do consider it
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...
Heading home after #ESEB2025. Head is melted but inspired by all of the incredible science. Was great to present our work (mostly by the brilliant @kelbrick.bsky.social) on evolution in multistressor environments, and of course to reconnect with old friends and colleagues from across Europe!
August 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Heading home after #ESEB2025. Head is melted but inspired by all of the incredible science. Was great to present our work (mostly by the brilliant @kelbrick.bsky.social) on evolution in multistressor environments, and of course to reconnect with old friends and colleagues from across Europe!
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Want to name a real virus? I have recently discovered 9 new phages which now need names! To enter, you simply need to donate to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust on my JustGiving page (£2 = 1 entry) and share your email with me on donation (see link info). Please share 💚 www.justgiving.com/page/meaghan-c-1
August 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Want to name a real virus? I have recently discovered 9 new phages which now need names! To enter, you simply need to donate to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust on my JustGiving page (£2 = 1 entry) and share your email with me on donation (see link info). Please share 💚 www.justgiving.com/page/meaghan-c-1
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Our new paper on experimental evolution in wild tree-holes -Eco-evolutionary robustness of wild bacterial communities to experimental perturbation
#ISMEJournal
@duhitasant.bsky.social Tom Smith Edgar Wong Juli Cohen
@kayla-king.bsky.social
Tom Bell
academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
#ISMEJournal
@duhitasant.bsky.social Tom Smith Edgar Wong Juli Cohen
@kayla-king.bsky.social
Tom Bell
academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
Eco-evolutionary robustness of wild bacterial communities to experimental perturbation
Abstract. Most knowledge about bacterial evolution and ecological interactions comes from laboratory studies. One difference between the wild and most labo
academic.oup.com
August 1, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Our new paper on experimental evolution in wild tree-holes -Eco-evolutionary robustness of wild bacterial communities to experimental perturbation
#ISMEJournal
@duhitasant.bsky.social Tom Smith Edgar Wong Juli Cohen
@kayla-king.bsky.social
Tom Bell
academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
#ISMEJournal
@duhitasant.bsky.social Tom Smith Edgar Wong Juli Cohen
@kayla-king.bsky.social
Tom Bell
academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
Research Ireland have a new programme to attract mid and established researchers from abroad to Ireland. Nice starting package and we don’t have REF 😂https://www.researchireland.ie/funding/global-talent-ireland/
July 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Research Ireland have a new programme to attract mid and established researchers from abroad to Ireland. Nice starting package and we don’t have REF 😂https://www.researchireland.ie/funding/global-talent-ireland/
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Beautiful new review paper in preprint bridging microbial ecology and classic ecology led by Maggie Vogel, @olimeacock.bsky.social and @annasophieweiss.bsky.social, also by @juliensluneau.bsky.social and @lambdapp.bsky.social from our lab (not me :)) ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Bridging the scales: what can microbial ecologists learn from classic ecology?
ecoevorxiv.org
July 1, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Beautiful new review paper in preprint bridging microbial ecology and classic ecology led by Maggie Vogel, @olimeacock.bsky.social and @annasophieweiss.bsky.social, also by @juliensluneau.bsky.social and @lambdapp.bsky.social from our lab (not me :)) ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
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We are recruiting a tenure-track assistant professor in molecular microbiology in our department in Lausanne! Do consider appyling!!
Come join us in beautiful Lausanne! Deadline for applications: August 10th, 2025
wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...
wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...
June 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We are recruiting a tenure-track assistant professor in molecular microbiology in our department in Lausanne! Do consider appyling!!
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Looking to appoint a PhD candidate with background in Microbiology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology or related field to work on discovery of infection combatting therapeutics in marine sponge-associated bacteria. Closing date 31st May 2025. International applications welcomed!🌎
Four year fully funded PhD studentship: Bioprospecting Marine Sponge Streptomyces for Novel Anti-Virulence Therapeutics at Trinity College Dublin on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Four year fully funded PhD studentship: Bioprospecting Marine Sponge Streptomyces for Novel Anti-Virulence Therapeutics at Trinity College Dublin, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Looking to appoint a PhD candidate with background in Microbiology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology or related field to work on discovery of infection combatting therapeutics in marine sponge-associated bacteria. Closing date 31st May 2025. International applications welcomed!🌎
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Very excited to be presenting my work on how within-patient P. aeruginosa diversity can determine interspecies interactions with S. aureus in CF today at #Microbio25 !! 🦠 Come find me at B064 if you want to chat about Pseudomonas, microbial ecology or anything CF !!👩🏻🔬🧪
April 2, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Very excited to be presenting my work on how within-patient P. aeruginosa diversity can determine interspecies interactions with S. aureus in CF today at #Microbio25 !! 🦠 Come find me at B064 if you want to chat about Pseudomonas, microbial ecology or anything CF !!👩🏻🔬🧪
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Presenting some of my Masters work today at #Microbio25. Come chat to me at poster A260 :))
April 1, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Presenting some of my Masters work today at #Microbio25. Come chat to me at poster A260 :))
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I'm delighted to announce that the 2025 @microbiologysociety.org meeting on "Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics" will be held in Liverpool 26-27 November 2025! Abstract submission will open soon... #microsky 🧪🧫🦠 microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...
Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics - 2025 meeting
microbiologysociety.org
February 18, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I'm delighted to announce that the 2025 @microbiologysociety.org meeting on "Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics" will be held in Liverpool 26-27 November 2025! Abstract submission will open soon... #microsky 🧪🧫🦠 microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...
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Are plants more likely to be ‘eavesdroppers’ than altruists when tapped into fungal networks?
Read our new theory paper out today in @pnas.org w/ @stuwest.bsky.social @tomwscott.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
(photo T. Munita)
Read our new theory paper out today in @pnas.org w/ @stuwest.bsky.social @tomwscott.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
(photo T. Munita)
January 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Are plants more likely to be ‘eavesdroppers’ than altruists when tapped into fungal networks?
Read our new theory paper out today in @pnas.org w/ @stuwest.bsky.social @tomwscott.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
(photo T. Munita)
Read our new theory paper out today in @pnas.org w/ @stuwest.bsky.social @tomwscott.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
(photo T. Munita)