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Jesse M. Shapiro is an American economist who has served as the George Gund Professor of Economics and Business Administration… more

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Economics 40%
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bugsinyourguts.bsky.social
Very cool phage study from @jeremyjbarr.bsky.social's lab.

Isolation, engineering and ecology of temperate phages from the human gut
#microbiomesky #phagesky
Isolation, engineering and ecology of temperate phages from the human gut - Nature
Human host-associated cellular products may act as induction agents for bacteriophages.
www.nature.com
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by Jesse M. Shapiro

bjesseshapiro.bsky.social
Montreal scene
A mural of road cycling racers and the inclined tower of the Olympic stadium are illuminated by the golden light of the setting sun. In the foreground, orange cones casually delimit an intersection under construction.
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contaminatedsci.bsky.social
We are recruiting new faculty in IMES at MIT!

IMES (Institute for Medical Engineering and Science) is the MIT home of the famous HST program. As faculty are also appointed in a department at MIT, we have diverse research programs, all focused on human health.

faculty-searches.mit.edu/imes-search/
MIT Faculty Searches MIT INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE FACULTY SEARCH
faculty-searches.mit.edu
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Reposted by Jesse M. Shapiro, Simon Roux, Mart Krupovìč

fredoleroux.bsky.social
Phages evolve fast, or do they?
In oysters, some stay identical for years.
With >1,200 phages & 600 Vibrio genomes, we reveal long-term stability and new mobile elements.
Proud of this collaborative work across our teams (Roscoff-UdeM and @epcrocha.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
Ecological constraints foster both extreme viral-host lineage stability and mobile element diversity in a marine community
Phages are typically viewed as very rapidly evolving biological entities. Little is known, however, about whether and how phages can establish long-term genetic stability. We addressed this eco-evolut...
www.biorxiv.org
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Reposted by Jesse M. Shapiro, Ben C. Sheldon, Elena Litchman , and 1 more

brockhurstlab.bsky.social
Three Bicentenary research fellowships on offer at @officialuom.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social for exceptional ECRs with <3y postdoc experience

3yrs salary + £30k pa research expenses

Do you have a great idea & want to join @mermanchester.bsky.social?

www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/sup...
Bicentenary Early Career Research Fellowships | Biology, Medicine and Health | University of Manchester
Find out about and apply for a Bicentenary Early Career Research Fellowship.
www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk
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by Jesse M. Shapiro

bjesseshapiro.bsky.social
Reading the acknowledgments section of my student's PhD thesis...
a man in a blue jacket is crying and says " are you crying "
ALT: a man in a blue jacket is crying and says " are you crying "
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joshuasweitz.bsky.social
Meanwhile in Canada, there have been more reported measles cases in Alberta (cases: 1,923; population: ~5M) than reported in all of the US this year (cases: 1,563, population: ~340M).

Consequence: "The Americas region is at risk of losing its measles-free status..."

globalnews.ca/news/1146683...
Measles, Canada... 1,923 cases total https://www.alberta.ca/measles
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craigmaclean.bsky.social
New pre-print www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Plasmid-dependent phage (PDPs) are ubiquitous, but the selective pressures that they impose on plasmids are not well understood. Project led by Daniel Cazares in collaboration with @brockhurstlab.bsky.social!
#phagesky#microsky
Trade-offs between phage resistance and conjugative ability shape the ecological and evolutionary response of a multidrug resistance plasmid to plasmid-dependent phage
Phage therapy is a promising alternative to antibiotics to treat multidrug resistant infections. Plasmid dependent phages (PDPs) are particularly attractive as therapeutics because they can both kill ...
www.biorxiv.org
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by Jesse M. Shapiro

bjesseshapiro.bsky.social
Bon conseil ;)
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by Jesse M. Shapiro

bjesseshapiro.bsky.social
Would love to. Let’s keep in touch.
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by Jesse M. Shapiro

bjesseshapiro.bsky.social
Around Montpellier! Exact location TBA, depends on the quality of local bike routes ;)
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by Jesse M. Shapiro

bjesseshapiro.bsky.social
Fall 2026 to summer 2027! Want to come visit? Will you be nearby?

by Jesse M. Shapiro

bjesseshapiro.bsky.social
Sabbatical planning: step 1.
A photo of a cycling map of France on a table beside a glass of beer on a table in a bar.
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Reposted by Jesse M. Shapiro

drjdennehy.bsky.social
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

New entry into the Disability in Ecology and Evolution series in TREE featuring me :)
Disability in ecology and evolution
In this TrendsTalk series 'Disability in ecology and evolution' in Trends in Ecology and Evolution, we will be hearing from people about their experiences being disabled in ecology and evolution. We a...
www.cell.com
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Reposted by Jesse M. Shapiro, Danny Dorling, Juan Rocha

julietalbot.bsky.social
My department @geographieudem.bsky.social is looking for a professor in human geography specializing in the study of social-ecological transformations, political ecology, climate change, environmental justice and/or the geography of risks and infrastructures. Deadline November 10, share widely!
Glass buildings with a paved path in between (gray, with blue lines)
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surtlab.bsky.social
Here’s published version of our manuscript using GWAS to investigate tailocin sensitivity in Pseudomonas syringae. TL:DR pretty clear LPS is tailocin receptor but also that P.syringae often completely swaps out its entire O antigen biosynth pathway w/ recombination

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Genomic correlates of tailocin sensitivity in Pseudomonas syringae
Abstract. Phage-derived bacteriocins, also referred to as tailocins, are structures encoded by bacterial genomes and deployed into the extracellular enviro
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Reposted by Jesse M. Shapiro, Simon Roux, José R. Penadés , and 1 more

brockhurstlab.bsky.social
New preprint!

Ever wondered why only a fraction of genomes encode CRISPR immunity? 🧬 🦠

Turns out CRISPR is rarely beneficial against virulent phages, being most beneficial against those for which resistance mutations are rare!

An epic effort by Rosanna Wright

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Resistance mutation supply modulates the benefit of CRISPR immunity against virulent phages
Only a fraction of bacterial genomes encode CRISPR-Cas systems but the selective causes of this variation are unexplained. How naturally virulent bacteriophages (phages) select for CRISPR immunity has...
www.biorxiv.org
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evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social
Filamentous cheater phages drive bacterial and phage populations to lower fitness

Pseudomonas aeruginosa VS Pf phage

@currentbiology.bsky.social by @nanamikubota.bsky.social, @shellyscrib.bsky.social and @vscooper.micropopbio.org

www.cell.com/current-biol...

#PhageSky
Filamentous cheater phages drive bacterial and phage populations to lower fitness
Kubota et al. show that bacteria can use their filamentous phage to outcompete other bacteria, but increased phage production enables the evolution of cheater miniphages with truncated genomes. Miniph...
www.cell.com
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currentbiology.bsky.social
Sad news: Jane Goodall has died. She did more than any other human for our understanding and appreciation of our closest relatives, the chimpanzees.

That chimpanzees are Endangered tells you everything about our species and about what made her so exceptional.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91
www.nytimes.com
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by Jesse M. Shapiro

bjesseshapiro.bsky.social
Hello October!
A corner grocery store with a plethora of pumpkins spilling out on the sidewalk, draped with fake cobwebs and other Halloween decorations.
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Reposted by Jesse M. Shapiro

mcgill-microbiome.bsky.social
The McGill Centre for Microbiome Research is hosting a mini-symposium Oct 21! Microbiome and Pain: Unraveling the Gut-Brain connection. Sign up for a great morning of student talks, networking and a keynote from Dr. David Bulmer! www.eventbrite.ca/e/microbiome...
Microbiome and Pain: Unraveling the Gut-Brain connection
Join us for this co-hosted half-day seminar with the Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain. Keynote speaker: Dr David Bulmer.
www.eventbrite.ca
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Reposted by Jesse M. Shapiro, José R. Penadés

craigmaclean.bsky.social
New pre-print
Competition between phage constrains adaptation to thermal fluctuating temperatures.
More work led by Sam Greenrod in collaboration with @kayla-king.bsky.social lab.
#Phagesky#Microsky

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
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fabricejpierre.bsky.social
Plus que 10 jours avant la fin des soumissions des résumés pour le BiSP qui aura lieu le 5-6 novembre 2025 à l'Université de Sherbrooke. Nous aurons aussi la chance de recevoir @lalouxlab.bsky.social et @bjesseshapiro.bsky.social

Partagez! @micrhub.bsky.social

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BiSP - MicrHub
Fourwaves - BiSP - MicrHub
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I can send photos next week. And DNA extracts if you want.

by Jesse M. Shapiro

bjesseshapiro.bsky.social
Yep. Evidence for kin selection in action.
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by Jesse M. Shapiro

bjesseshapiro.bsky.social
How did you get into our shared office kitchen without card access Willem?!
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Leaky pipes, happy trees!

www.montrealgazette.com/news/article...
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by Jesse M. Shapiro

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Wow, superb thread Zam! I think we have our journal club paper for next week =)
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Reposted by Jesse M. Shapiro, Simon Roux, José R. Penadés

zaminiqbal.bsky.social
Delighted to see our paper studying the evolution of plasmids over the last 100 years, now out! Years of work by Adrian Cazares, also Nick Thomson @sangerinstitute.bsky.social - this version much improved over the preprint. Final version should be open access, apols.
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carlsonlab.bsky.social
🚨 We're about to start reviewing applications, but there's still time to reach out for our postdoc position on climate change impact attribution! If you have experience with attribution science or climate epidemiology, and want to help us launch the Global Burden of Climate Change Study, reach out!
yale's beautiful campus from overhead
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