Interested in #archaea, #methane, #cell-envelopes? New paper out @nature.com ! We discovered an enzyme that specifically cleaves the cell wall of methanogens, revealing a new chemical structure of archaeal peptidoglycan, 50 yrs after its first description www.nature.com/articles/s41... #MicroSky 🧵👇

We are looking for a research assistant! Come join the team: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSZ826/r...

Research Support Officer | Cell Biology | Dr Buzz Baum | LMB 2904 at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

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21627 applications. Nothing to celebrate here. Impossible to evaluate fairly & safely. Neither the science (too diverse & possibly LLM generated) nor the soft criteria (likely LLM generated). Without an interview stage - a security risk! marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/whats-new/ne...

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026 receives record number of applications

The 2026 call has attracted considerable interest from the research community with 21,627 applications submitted.

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Are you a motivated researcher interested in bacteria-host interactions? We have postdoc position available in my lab to join our Wellcome Trust funded collaborative team. We will study the role and regulation of the enigmatic sphingolipids in E. coli. Please share. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSX115/r...

Research Assistant/ Associate in Bacteria-Host Interactions at Newcastle University

Explore an exciting academic career as a Research Assistant/ Associate in Bacteria-Host Interactions. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

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'Large outbreak of aggressive strain of MRSA superbug in Ireland was linked to bouncy castles' www.thejournal.ie/mrsa-bouncy-... Paper: www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...

Large outbreak of aggressive strain of MRSA superbug in Ireland was linked to bouncy castles

Most previous large outbreaks have been found in sporting activities, prisons and childcare facilities.

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Less than 2 weeks to apply! If you are looking for early career fellowship sponsorship, consider @dunnschool.bsky.social to launch your independent career Great science, great support and, of course, lovely colleagues... www.path.ox.ac.uk/work-with-us...

Group Leader Career Development Fellowships - Dunn School

Are you an early career researcher interested in the cell or molecular mechanisms underlying disease? Do you have an outstanding record and an innovative research plan?

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Chair in Bacteriology in Cambridge Department of Medicine. A great opportunity. Please circulate. www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

Stop paying predatory publishers of academic journals - A policy proposal to restore scientific integrity and transparency (via @febsletters.bsky.social) doi.org/10.1002/1873...

#Engineering microbial systems capable of sensing host-derived stress hormones has proved technically challenging. This study reconstitutes adrenergic sensing in E. coli, creating a probiotic strain capable of sensing host #stress and secreting #therapeutics. 🧪 #AcademicSky plos.io/4zI6itm

My MCDB Dept is hiring, again! Assistant Professor Faculty Search. Please Repost! Applications Due Oct 1st We welcome applications from all areas of cellular/molecular biology in prokaryotes, plants, and animals. More information can be found HERE: jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/679540/a...

Assistant Professor - Ann Arbor, Michigan job with University of Michigan - Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology | 679540

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FACULTY POSITION IN CELL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND RELATED FIELDS   The Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental B...

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Happy to see this one pre-printed - a little more understood about the protein-protein interactions involved in T7SS in mycobacteria 🥳

Tracy Palmer@proftracypalmer.bsky.social · last mo.

Happy to see this work preprinted! Only our second foray into the mycobacterial T7SS

Happy to see this work preprinted! Only our second foray into the mycobacterial T7SS

bioRxiv Microbiology@biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · last mo.

Characterizing the interaction of a type VII-secreted antimycobacterial toxin with its small helical partner proteins https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.24.746431v1

A massive update: At least ~15 companies~ are selling scientists antibodies using faked validation data. We've documented 18,000+ manipulated images on 17,000+ products sold by leading laboratory suppliers including Thermo Fisher, Abcam, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Millipore Sigma and Bio-Techne. 1/🧵

Structure and Function of the Type IX Secretion System for Protein Secretion and Cellular Motility - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Structure and Function of the Type IX Secretion System for Protein Secretion and Cellular Motility

The type IX secretion system (T9SS) is a Bacteroidota-specific multiprotein machine that supports a wide range of biological processes, from nutrient acquisition and surface modification to host inter...

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New preprint out - Jenn’s hard work over the last few years collaborating with @jnb-lab.bsky.social, Overkleeft Lab in Leiden, Spencer Williams, Hannah Bridges at Cryosparc and @pmoyniha.bsky.social. Feat. her beautiful 1.5A cryo structure with a covalent inhibitor 😍. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Professor in Bacteriophage Biology & Evolution at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Closing date 1 October, with an expected start date no earlier than January 1, 2027, and a salary within the range of $200,000 to $270,000 per year. For details: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcfac...

Proud to see our review "Anti-type VI tactics: bacterial defenses against T6SS attacks" featured on the Cover @cp-trendsbiochem.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/bioch... Kudos to @nicrivard.bsky.social for creating this fantastic Cover illustration! But… do do you recognize the original painting?

Interested in the Function and Regulation of #T6SS? Do you have relevant experience from your Master's project? Apply to this PhD position in our lab: www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/open-positio...

Some very exciting news - cryo FIB-SEM instrumentation will soon be coming to the University of York cryo-EM facility, thanks to funding from @ukri.org BBSRC ALERT. This will enable technically demanding cryo-CLEM and in situ structural biology workflows for multiple projects ❄️🦠🧫

A hierarchical regulatory cascade defines the temporal window of natural transformation in Staphylococcus aureus www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

A hierarchical regulatory cascade defines the temporal window of natural transformation in Staphylococcus aureus

Natural transformation (NT), a major mechanism of horizontal gene transfer, promotes bacterial genome plasticity and contributes to the dissemination of antibiotic resistance. NT requires the developm...

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Permanent academic position as a Lecturer in cryo-ET open at York. We are looking for someone to lead a research program making the most of the stunning advances occurring in cryo-ET. It's a research and teaching post but with a focus on research in the early years. jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...

Happy to share our latest review on the "Structure and function of the #T9SS for protein secretion and cellular motility" to be published in the incoming volume 80 of Annual Review in Microbiology. Kudos to Yaelle Aouizerate and @thicoz.bsky.social ! www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

We investigated and identified several skin-derived bacteria that antagonize common pathogenic species: www.nature.com/articles/s41... A cool highlight was that bacteria from feet, where fungi are particularly diverse, tended to be more broadly antifungal than those from other body sites! #microevo

Large-scale investigation for antimicrobial activity reveals newly-identified defensive species across the healthy skin microbiome - Nature Communications

Authors present the EPithelial Isolate Collection (EPIC), a large skin microbiome culture collection, uncovering new species, widespread antifungal activity, and hidden biosynthetic diversity, reveali...

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Excited to share our latest work with Wonpil Im lab about the modeling of mycobacterial inner membrane using atomistic simulations, published in the @pubs.acs.org the Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling! Congratulations Hwayoung and Nate! More details here: pubs.acs.org/jcisd8/artic...

Happy to share our recent story on the Type VII secretion system. Here were present new insights into the regulation of secretion mediated by the central pore. Thanks to all authors involved in the work. 🙂

bioRxiv Microbiology@biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Intrinsic flexibility of Type VII secretion central pore is required for substrate translocation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.31.742005v1

FEMS MICRO 2027 – Growing Microbial Futures ✨ Explore Ljubljana & the venue ✨ Submit a session proposal ✨ Save the date Be part of the conversations shaping the future of microbiology. Join us in Ljubljana next July and stay updated: buff.ly/5HEuk3g

The tradition of naming phage systems after ancient deities has the side effect that one cannot evade them even outside of microbiology journals... 🧬🛡☕️

Please repost! #microsky🦠 The Glickman Lab at MSK is recruiting! Projects in Mtb pathogenesis, basic biology of mycobacteria, and mycobacterial cancer therapies. See our publications here: tinyurl.com/3f386f4x Send CV and cover letter to: glickmanmycolab@gmail.com

Tragic and - according to scientists quoted in the article — avoidable.

Exclusive: Death of girl in Chinese gene-editing trial was never made public

Parents want accountability after study went disastrously wrong, Science and Retraction Watch investigation reveals

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The EMBO workshop (March 2027) on marine microbial chemicals communication is open for abstract submission and registration (deadline 20th Oct 2026). The inaugural meeting in 2025 was fantastic and there are already some great speakers lined up, highly recommended. meetings.embo.org/event/27-mar...