🚨 We're recruiting! 🚨 Are you interested in antimicrobials and their evolution? Join Me, @coytelab.bsky.social and Tucker Gillman as we build a "silicon colosseum" to model their advantages in bacterial communities! Do share with anyone who might be interested :) willsmithlab.com/2026/10/06/n...

New vacancies opening! - SMITH lab @ Manchester University

Delighted to announce that the lab is recruiting! Bacteria poison prey and rivals using a diverse arsenal of weaponised toxins, spanning a huge diversity of molecular and interaction lengthscales. But...

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📣 New preprint: We looked at population survival and recovery of the thermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius at near-boiling temperatures—conditions that occur in its environmental niche. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

📣 We’re looking for the next director of the AMR Action Subcommittee! Member positions are also open for applications. Help shape ESCMID’s activities addressing #AMR and take an active role in this critical area. 👉 Learn more & apply: https://www.escmid.org/about-us/jobs-talents/

So proud of UoM & @mermanchester.bsky.social ECRs for putting together this amazing day of microbiology. Fully ECR conceptualized, organized, and led - brilliant!

Magdalena Kurteu@magdalenakurteu.bsky.social · 3w ago

Kicking things off for @atmicroverse.bsky.social with an introducing by @flanagella.bsky.social & our first keynote speaker @raveentank.bsky.social 🧫

My favourite conference--have been to every one since 2009 😱. Hopefully I get to go again 🤞

Will Ratcliff@wcratcliff.bsky.social · 4w ago

1/17 Submissions are now open for the 2027 Microbial Population Biology GRC! We expect this meeting to be extraordinarily oversubscribed. If you want to come, time is of the essence--apply ASAP! June 27–July 2 • Andover, NH www.grc.org/microbial-po...

1/17 Submissions are now open for the 2027 Microbial Population Biology GRC! We expect this meeting to be extraordinarily oversubscribed. If you want to come, time is of the essence--apply ASAP! June 27–July 2 • Andover, NH www.grc.org/microbial-po...

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

#AntimicrobialResistance We can have #FactoryFarming or modern medicine. Not both. #AMR means must close "ecological ‘pathogen sponges’, absorbing and amplifying bacterial strains from multiple sources”. www.ft.com/content/eba1...

The chicken farms that become ‘pathogen sponges’ for superbugs

Pakistan’s poultry houses provide protein for its population but they are also breeding grounds for antibiotic-resistant microbes

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Are you into mathematical modelling of ecological and evolutionary systems? Look at this job ad for a senior lecturer in Lund. I've visited many times, splendid compact city, splendid department! lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Senior Lecturer in Computational Biology

Lund University welcomes applicants with different backgrounds and experiences. Gender equality, equal opportunities and diversity are fundamental principles in all parts of the University’s activit

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Bayesian adaptive experimental design for efficient microbial genome-wide association studies https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.26.747358v1

Just over a month to go for our Microbiology Spotlight event! We can’t wait to bring researchers across @manchester.ac.uk working with microbes together 🧫🦠🔬 Watch your emails for your talk nominations, and remember to submit your research photo for a chance to win some exciting prizes 🏆

Job alert: Post-doc position working with Filipa Cox and me working on mycorrhiza and plant traits. Contact us for more information! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Research Associate in Plant-Mycorrhizal Interactions:Oxford Road

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Last Week's Coffee: A forgotten cup of coffee evokes a search glass through which the microbial world comes into focus. The image reflects both scientific curiosity and the relentless passage of time: while we attend to deadlines, life occupies the space behind.

Out Now! A roadmap to create FAIR collections of microbial strains #MicroSky

Come work with us! We're seeking someone process- and detail-oriented who's in their early/mid-career to join us as the second person on the fundraising side. Please apply if that sounds like you, and if that sounds like someone you know, please share!

Sponsorship Coordinator - Python Software Foundation - Career Page

Apply to Sponsorship Coordinator at Python Software Foundation in Remote.

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"Actionable baseline to integrate soil microbial genetic resources into global biodiversity targets and protected-area planning." Urgently needed. Healthy soil is not just a prerequisite for biodiversity. It IS #biodiversity www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🚨 Job alert! 🚨 Join the faculty at UW–Madison Bacteriology! We have two faculty searches: • Asst Prof (Microbial Communities & Bioeconomy) • Asst / Assoc / Full Prof (Systems & Synthetic Biology) Check out the open positions and apply👇 #FacultyJobs #SynBio #Microbiology #Astrobiology #Evolution

1st genome sequenced (Sanger 1977), 1st genome synthesised (Venter 2003), 1st genome + proteome fully mutated (Huijin Xiangua 2026!) @crg.eu @sangerinstitute.bsky.social Complete Mutagenesis of the Genome and Proteome of ΦX174 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Complete Mutagenesis of the Genome and Proteome of ΦX174

The bacteriophage ΦX174 was the first genome to be sequenced and the first to be chemically synthesised. Here we present a complete map of the consequences of changing every nucleotide in the ΦX174 ge...

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Day 1 wrapped up with the Irvine and Ann Arbor hubs hosting. Thanks all for an amazing first day and see you tomorrow! Grab a beer, a coffee, or finish off your z's to prep for a fully packed Day 2. #MEEHubs26 #MEEHubs2026

The next few sessions were hosted by Chernihiv, Morelia, and Montreal. That's excellent science spanning 9h of time difference! #MEEHubs2026 Sad you missed out on one of these talks? Don't worry! They're all recorded so you can view whenever you want!

New postdoc opportunity in our team! Topic is computational analysis of (meta)genomic data to study evolution of plant-microbiome interactions. Part of the AEGIS consortium (aegisearth.bio/en). Apply here: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p... Please RT!

Postdoc on computational (meta)genomic analysis

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges for global food security, requiring new approaches to understand and harness the natural diversity that enables plants and their associated microbiomes...

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Manchester is very happy and excited to be the UK host for #MEEHubs26!

📢 We're hiring! The Department of Microbiology & Cell Biology at Montana State University is hiring an Assistant Professor of Microbiology. We welcome applicants working in microbial pathogenesis, immunology, genetics, microbial evolution, and related areas. Apply: jobs.montana.edu/postings/52009

Coming close to the abstract deadline (July 1st) for our conference on Sept 8th at Nottingham Trent University! If you work on phage, microbiomes relating to pathogens, antibiotic alternatives or anything related, submit an abstract. Please spread the word! microbiologysociety.org/event/biotic...

Biotic Control of Bacteria

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🧬 New preprint! We clustered 5.6 million bacterial genomes into genomically cohesive units (GCUs) 500× faster than existing tools. (In just 14 hours, 16.5 GB RAM using 48 CPUs). 🦠🐙Meet gemsparcl 💎✨! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Excellent opportunity here: a 5 year senior research fellowship in Life Sciences (broadly defined) at All Souls College Oxford. Many opportunities to work with the diverse & inclusive community here in @biology.ox.ac.uk here in the brand new Life & Mind Buiilding www.asc.ox.ac.uk/post-doctora...

Molecular pet or parasite? Exploring selection for vertical and horizontal plasmid transfer https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.02.729688v1

Our Research Software Engineers work on projects of all shapes and sizes. In this instance they helped a large, busy lab to keep better track of thousands of yeasts, primer and bacterial samples stored in lab freezers.

Revamping the Strain Database Together

A two-phase collaboration between the Cai Lab and the Research Software Engineering team transformed a legacy Strain Database into a modern, scalable platform. The upgrade improved reliability,…

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Check out our newest pre-print about E. coli and phage evolution when the gut is on 🔥! It will only take 20 minutes to read the main text.

Marta Lourenço@martalourenco21.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🧵 New preprint out! We asked: what happens to gut bacteria when the intestine is under chronic inflammation (IBD)? Turns out, the host's inflammatory state reshapes how they evolve, and the results are pretty striking. A thread 👇

Eco-evolutionary dynamics of defense systems in mobile genetic elements: Cui bono? https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.25.727639v1