Really grateful to have gotten to be a part of this paper just as my post doc started. Really neat stuff! A secreted endosymbiont protein essential for colonizing host cells www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A secreted endosymbiont protein essential for colonizing host cells - Nature

SyeA was present in the Buchnera ancestor, is secreted into the host cytoplasm, is homologous to secreted effectors of bacterial pathogens and is essential for Buchnera transmission.

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Thankful to have attended the Evolutionary Biology Summer School in Guarda, where we worked in groups to develop a grant proposal - without the internet. We received meaningful feedback from course directors, Drs. Dieter Ebert & Sebastian Bonhoeffer, along with other science heros. shorturl.at/Lo6wb

🚨 Register now for the next set of FREE symbiosis talks on 24 June at 4pm WEST over zoom: shorturl.at/uRMwQ

Symbiosis Alumni Seminar Series

Symbiosis Alumni Seminar Series   Bimonthly seminars on host-microbe symbiosis, genomics, and metabolomics.   Please join us on 24 June 2026 at 4pm WEST ov...

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Bailey Crowley@baileycrowley.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Grateful to have worked with a team of volunteers to initiate bimonthly seminars centered on host-microbe symbiosis. Keep an eye out for the next seminar on June 24th: lnkd.in/e-SGbGg5 @symbiosisalumni.bsky.social @symbnet.bsky.social ECODIM @mblscience.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social

Are you interested in flowering plants, pollinators or Alps? Plant Ecology Group at ETH Zürich is looking for a PhD student! I can warmly recommend the group! The meadows of the study area are simply amazing to anyone interested in biodiversity! Application DL 30.6. @ethz.ch @usyseth.bsky.social

I’m excited to share a new paper out today led by Dr. Younghwan Kwak. Cool story on symbiont genomic variation within individual hosts. (And, also, just an impressive display of -omics skill). academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-...

Intrahost mutational dynamics parallel long-term genome evolution in endosymbionts

Abstract. Obligate endosymbionts of insects undergo extreme genome evolution, marked by accelerated molecular evolution, severe base-pair compositional bia

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Delighted to see this out in its final form! doi.org/10.1093/isme... We established a discussion group focussed on the history of community ecology and how it informs our understanding of microbiota. This review distils those discussions to provide a guide for microbiologists entering the field

A microbiologist’s field guide to community ecology

Abstract. Many microbiological outcomes are shaped by the determinants of community composition, including the factors that allow pathogens to invade healt

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Pentapartite symbiotic system in #Legendrea loyezae by @filiphusnik.bsky.social & co. doi.org/10.21203/rs.... #SymbioSky #protistsOnSky

Why does antibiotic resistance evolution vary between patients? Come to @officialuom.bsky.social @mermanchester.bsky.social to help us find out! 2.5 year @wellcometrust.bsky.social postdoc position in experimental evolution Closing 15 May. Apply here: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Research Associate in Microbial Evolution:Oxford Road

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Grateful to have worked with a team of volunteers to initiate bimonthly seminars centered on host-microbe symbiosis. Keep an eye out for the next seminar on June 24th: lnkd.in/e-SGbGg5 @symbiosisalumni.bsky.social @symbnet.bsky.social ECODIM @mblscience.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social

GIMM FEST is dedicated to MICROBES - Join this event in PORTUGAL. With amazing speakers: Charles Rice, Nobel Prize, Bonnie Bassler, Princeton University and Prof. Yasmine Belkaid, Institut Pasteur, among others. Register here fest.gimm.pt GIMM is awarding travel grants, details below.

We're searching for a postdoc to work on insect-microbe symbiosis at UNC Chapel Hill ~ Project is flexible (funded from startup) with support for independence and collaboration in our broad Bio department. Details + apply: parkerlab.net/open-positions

Happening this Wednesday!

Bailey Crowley@baileycrowley.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Please join @symbiosisalumni.bsky.social during our next seminar with exciting talks by @pawley.bsky.social and @omaistrenko.bsky.social: 🗓️ April 29th 🕥 4pm WET 📍on zoom (PM for link) @symbnet.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social @mblscience.bsky.social ECODIM

Please join @symbiosisalumni.bsky.social during our next seminar with exciting talks by @pawley.bsky.social and @omaistrenko.bsky.social: 🗓️ April 29th 🕥 4pm WET 📍on zoom (PM for link) @symbnet.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social @mblscience.bsky.social ECODIM

Join @berasymbionts.bsky.social , @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social and us for a postdoc on the remarkable developmental biology of symbiosis! Applications are due March 25th 🪲🦠 @johninnescentre.bsky.social @thesainsburylab.bsky.social

John Innes Centre@johninnescentre.bsky.social · 5mo ago

VACANCY - We’re searching for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the newly appointed group of Dr @hassansalem.bsky.social, to explore the developmental biology of host-microbe symbiosis www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po... Deadline - 25 March 2026 Salary - £37,500 - £45,350 Contract - 3 years, full-time

The Microbiome Centers Consortium (MCC) Early Career Working Group is looking for committee members! It's a great opportunity to explore career paths and connect with scientists across academia, industry and policy by assembling speaker panels for fellow early-career scientists! lnkd.in/em4hyq7E

Curious whether bees can learn non-floral cues to find floral rewards? New paper in Animal Behavior @animbehsociety.bsky.social by @mtcastagna.bsky.social, @jentomology.bsky.social, Ciara Stewart, and myself! We find evidence that bees can learn leaf shape! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Take it or leaf it: bees learn leaf shape as a cue when flower colour is easily learned

Over a century of research has demonstrated that pollinators, such as bees, associatively learn diverse flower cues, including tactile, visual and olf…

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We are just one week away! Please reach out if you are interested in joining, we’d love to have you along.

Bailey Crowley@baileycrowley.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Please join the @symbiosisalumni.bsky.social during our next Alumni Network seminar to learn about the origin and complexities of mealybug endosymbioses from @filiphusnik.bsky.social: 🗓️ February 25th 🕥 8am WET 📍on zoom (PM for link) symbnet.bsky.social moorefound.bsky.social mblscience.bsky.social

How specific are heritable symbioses? And what can we learn from swapping obligate symbionts across host species? We address this in our latest, led by @inespons.bsky.social & in our collaboration w/ @microbiome.bsky.social 🦠🪲 Out today in @natcomms.nature.com! 1/n www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Happy to share a preprint—the last chapter of my dissertation with @mcsymbiont.bsky.social and Co—on what happens when bacterial endosymbionts accumulate huge numbers of pseudogenes during early genome reduction. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

NEW: Registration is now FREE for graduate students and postdocs for the 14th Annual Yosemite Symbiosis workshop. THANKS to the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation! Space is limited. Learn more and REGISTER here: snri.ucmerced.edu/form/symbios...

Please join the @symbiosisalumni.bsky.social during our next Alumni Network seminar to learn about the origin and complexities of mealybug endosymbioses from @filiphusnik.bsky.social: 🗓️ February 25th 🕥 8am WET 📍on zoom (PM for link) symbnet.bsky.social moorefound.bsky.social mblscience.bsky.social

*correct link Very excited to share a preprint from stellar lab postdoc, Dr. Younghwan Kwak. “Intrahost mutational dynamics parallel long-term genome evolution in endosymbionts” Cool, skillful work and a nifty story! #symbiosis #insects #evolution www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Can plant pathogens boost vector fitness? Together with @hassansalem.bsky.social, we review how phytopathogens can spread further by moonlighting as insect symbionts 🪲 More on this nifty lifestyle in @annualreviews.bsky.social! www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Plant Pathogens Moonlighting as Beneficial Insect Symbionts

Herbivorous insects can shape the epidemiology of disease in plants by vectoring numerous phytopathogens. While the consequences of infection are often well-characterized in the host plant, the extent...

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Thanks for the opportunity to share a little bit about the start of my PhD journey! The Alumni Network has been a great way to meet others excited about symbioses. Looking forward to learning more about ongoing research in the community. Shout out to the #BBSRC for funding this upcoming work.

The Symbiosis Courses Alumni Network@symbiosisalumni.bsky.social · 8mo ago

📣Alumni Voices Campaign Today we’re featuring @baileycrowley.bsky.social who shares a great snapshot of her current journey. Thank you Bailey! If you haven’t joined yet, we’d love to hear from you: a quick video, audio note, or image set is all it takes. Any language is welcome! 🚀

There’ll be several opportunities to join the group, starting w/ a PhD studentship via the BBSRC-NRP Doctoral Training Partnership. Team up w/ us, @saskiahogenhout.bsky.social & @berasymbionts.bsky.social to answer how microbes shape insect behavior: biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/mic...

Microbial determinants of behaviour in herbivorous beetles (SALEM_J26DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership

Many animals rely on beneficial microbes for nutrition, defence, or reproduction. In this project, the student will explore an exciting new dimension of these relationships:

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🐝🦠 New paper: rdcu.be/eOf7A Phages may drive microbial diversity, yet we often don’t even know how phages & bacteria correlate in nature. Our new study tackles this in the honeybee gut, thanks to the great work of PhD student @malickndiaye.bsky.social at @dmf-unil.bsky.social @fbm-unil.bsky.social

Phage diversity mirrors bacterial strain diversity in the honey bee gut microbiota - Nature Communications

Authors analyse paired viral and bacterial shotgun metagenomics data from individual honeybee guts, revealing modular, nested phage–bacteria networks, with viral diversity mirroring bacterial strain c...

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Save the date! Our next Alumni Network seminar: 📅 Wednesday, October 29th 🕙 12pm EST (Massachusetts) / 12pm CLT (Chile) / 4pm WEST (Oeiras) 📍 over Zoom (PM for link) @symbnet.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social @mblscience.bsky.social @ECODIM

New accepted manuscript (preprint) on the evolution, phylogenetic types, expression, and fxns of a male-killing gene from a phage in a common endosymbiont of animals. Credit to many lab coauthors and led by Dr. Emilie Lefoulon. Lots of fun and insights in this one. academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...

Evolutionary Diversification and Functions of the Candidate Male Killing Gene wmk

Abstract. Symbiont-mediated male killing (MK) is a mechanism that selectively eliminates male offspring, often by disrupting sex-specific developmental pro

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"Striking diversity of male-killing symbionts and their mechanisms" by Hiroshi Arai (@haraipapilio.bsky.social), Daisuke Kageyama (@daisukekageyama.bsky.social) & co "Why [and how] do maternally inherited endosymbionts kill male hosts?" Find out here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...