Our special issue on the social lives of bacteria is out today 🎉 it was a pleasure to edit this collection over the last year with @friendlymicrobe.bsky.social. Read our editorial here: portlandpress.com/essaysbioche...
Eric Déziel
@dezieleric.bsky.social
Microbiologist, professor-investigator at the Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie research center of INRS - Sociomicrobiology, Quorum Sensing, Biosurfactants, Pseudomonas, Burkholderia
I'm recruiting! I'm looking for a motivated postdoctoral scientist to join my new team at SCELSE in Singapore. The role will explore various aspects of how #eDNA is produced and utilised in #Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms. #Microsky #phagesky #Science ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/...
Research Fellow (eDNA in Biofilms)
The Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) is a unique interdisciplinary Research Centre of Excellence (RCE), funded by National Research Foundation, Ministry of Educati...
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Pls share: U of Washington has an opening for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor. This position is expected to specialize in molecular virology or bacteriology. Here is a link: microbiology.washington.edu/index.php/ne...
Micro is Hiring! | UW Microbiology
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Our Dept of Microbiology & Immunology @Geisel School of Medicine @Dartmouth has an opening for an Assistant Professor. Looking for programs bridging multiple areas in Micro & Immuno. A great place to be! Programs: www.M2P2.org www.dartmouthbiofilm.org Job ad: apply.interfolio.com/187637
Excellent dossier de @quebecscience.bsky.social sur l'agriculture durable. Le travail de certains de nos membres Centre SÈVE est mis en valeur: Maxime Paré, Tagnon Missihoun et @dezieleric.bsky.social ! 🌱 🧪 www.quebecscience.qc.ca/partenariat/...
Cultiver autrement : en chemin vers une agriculture durable
Préparer l’agriculture de demain
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Urinary Tract Infections: cranberry as a potential ally to antibiotics | INRS : inrs.ca/en/news/urin...
Urinary Tract Infections: cranberry as a potential ally to antibiotics
An INRS discovery opens new avenues against bacterial resistance. Each year, more than 400 million people worldwide, most of them women, experience urinary tract infections (UTIs), most commonly cause...
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New in JB: Borriss, Gao & Fan review the role of Bacillus velezensis, a strain isolated from a wheat field in Australia some 50 years ago, as a model for studying plant-associate beneficial bacteria. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... @asm.org #JBacteriology
A true labor of love for @calebmallery.bsky.social is out now in PLOS Pathogens: a review article where we highlight current and emerging examples of key protein-protein interactions with LuxR-type receptors that control community behaviors and pathogenesis. journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
Expanding the LuxR-type receptor functional repertoire: Protein-protein interactions in quorum sensing regulation
Quorum sensing (QS) enables bacteria to coordinate gene expression in response to population density, with LuxR-type transcription factors playing a central role in this process for many Gram-negative...
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Check out our most recent publication on antibiotic tolerance in biofilms. Thanks to all students for getting this done! Characterization of β-lactam resistance in dual-species biofilms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Characterization of β-lactam resistance in dual-species biofilms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus
Polymicrobial biofilms are frequently associated with chronic infections and are highly tolerant to antibiotic treatment. Given that β-lactam antibiotics are the most prescribed antibiotics worldwi...
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A must read! The constant and often irrational renaming of microbes is out of control, and bad for microbiology and microbiologists. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
The disputed identity of Pseudomonas putida KT2440: when taxonomists rename your favorite microbe | mBio
Names matter; they are not mere labels. They operate as anchors of memory, social coordinates, and references of collective identity. When a name becomes established through long-term use and broad ad...
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🚨 Hiring Alert! 🚨My lab at Institut Pasteur is recruiting several Postdocs! We have exciting open projects in: 🦠 Synthetic Biology and🛡️ Bacterial Immunity. Come do great science with us in the middle of Paris! 🇫🇷🥐 research.pasteur.fr/en/job/postd...
Postdoctoral position - Synthetic Biology / Bacterial Immunity - Research
The Bikard lab at Institut Pasteur in Paris is seeking to hire postdoctoral researchers. We are investigating bacteria / bacteriophages interactions, and the genetic innovation that happens at this in...
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Manchester Institute of Biotechnology is looking for a new Professor. There are a few priority areas including microbial engineering (broadly defined, from pathways to cells to microbiomes). Closing 12 Jan. Join us in the best city in the UK 😜 www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Professorial Appointment within the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology:Manchester Institute of Biotechnology
Applications are invited for a professorial appointment to be based in the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) at the University of Manchester (UoM). The successful candidate will join a dynamic research environment at an exciting time and will help shape the institute research priorities and national/international profile. We are open to high quality applications from across the broad engineering biology and biotechnology landscape. Specific areas of interest include but are not limited to chemical biology of disease related proteins, natural product biosynthesis and enzyme discovery; structural biology and mechanistic enzymology; and microbial engineering.
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New in JB: Trottier, Déziel et al. show that despite the conservation of the PqsE sequence of P. aeruginosa and some key conserved functions, including and essential role for HAQ biosynthesis, this protein has different impacts across strains of Pa. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Hey friends. I’m looking for a postdoc interested in studying host-pathogen interactions and immunology of tuberculosis. Send me some good people! We have a great group here! Email me joanne@pitt.edu. Thanks!
Join our wonderful #PeerReview team! We’re looking for a Scientific Editor to help uphold rigorous peer review and support our editors, reviewers, and authors. Applications are now open. Apply now 📚▶️ https://ow.ly/RCNQ50XulOF #ScienceJobs #NowHiring
WOW! Fluorescein-based dyes are not valid reporters of oxidative stress in bacteria, and conclusions based on their use must be reconsidered www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
New lab paper! Andrew Frando describes how MexT alters the quorum sensing cascade in P. aeruginosa. /1 With Nicole Smalley; two undergraduates, Jamal Omar and Bobby Parsek; and @dezieleric.bsky.social, @mariecg.bsky.social, and Mylène Trottier at INRS in Montreal journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Modulation of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing cascade by MexT-regulated factors | mBio
Bacteria interact with both abiotic and biotic factors in their environment. Quorum sensing (QS) is one mechanism that bacteria use to communicate with other bacteria and coordinate behaviors in the p...
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa lasR is a keystone gene in polymicrobial cultures
The airways of people with cystic fibrosis (CF) are often co-infected by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and a variety of other co-habiting microbes; the infections are polymicrobial. P. aeruginosa isolates fr...
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New in JB: Déraspe, Roy et al. perform a comparative genomics study of the PA7-clade of P. aeruginosa - now recognized as a distinct species, Pseudomonas paraeruginosa. This analysis revealed 2 sub-clades, the lack of T3SS & multiresistance. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... @asm.org #JBacteriology
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 event.fourwaves.com/bispmicrhubs...
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Please share - an Assist Prof position in microbiology employmentopportunities.umb.edu/mob/cw/en-us... @asm.org
Interesting: Canada's updated antimicrobial resistance pathogen prioritization list. 🦠📜 "Canada’s 2025 #AMR priority pathogens: Evidence-based ranking and public health implications" journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Volatile organic compounds from Bacillus velezensis FZB42 remodel Arabidopsis root architecture by an auxin-dependent mechanism -in Plant Cell Reports (Springer) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Volatile organic compounds from Bacillus velezensis FZB42 remodel Arabidopsis root architecture by an auxin-dependent mechanism - Plant Cell Reports
Key message Volatile organic compounds produced by plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria promote lateral root development by modulating the auxin signaling pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana, thereby remo...
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How do bacteria organize? 🦠 @bostonu.bsky.social researchers reveal in Cell Systems that colony shape, metabolism & nutrients drive growth, diversity & striking rings. Learn more: spr.ly/63321AGQbb @dsegre.bsky.social
Pseudomonas aeruginosa senses exopolysaccharide trails using type IV pili and adhesins during biofilm formation by O'Toole, Parsek, & Wong groups www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Pseudomonas aeruginosa senses exopolysaccharide trails using type IV pili and adhesins during biofilm formation - Nature Microbiology
Opposing forces generated by exopolysaccharide trail binding versus type IV pilus retraction generate a high cyclic diGMP–high cyclic AMP state in Pseudomonas aeruginosa that promotes social motility.
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New Primer alert! And now with the correct link, apologies @dezieleric.bsky.social! Microbial Primer on the essentials of biosurfactants. @microbiologysociety.org www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
Microbial Primer: Biosurfactants – the ABCs of microbial surface-active metabolites
Microbial surfactants (biosurfactants) are low-molecular-weight amphiphilic secondary metabolites synthesized by a wide range of micro-organisms, including bacteria, yeasts and fungi. These compounds ...
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What to know more about #biosurfactants but do not know where to start? We are publishing a «Primer» on the topic! Great contribution from PhD student Maude Dagenais Roy www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour... Thanks to @microbiologysociety.org
Microbial Primer: Biosurfactants – the ABCs of microbial surface-active metabolites
Microbial surfactants (biosurfactants) are low-molecular-weight amphiphilic secondary metabolites synthesized by a wide range of micro-organisms, including bacteria, yeasts and fungi. These compounds ...
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Assistant Prof post in bacterial genomics @unibirmingham.bsky.social Come and join us!! @imibirmingham.bsky.social www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...
Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics at University of Birmingham
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics on jobs.ac.uk!
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