There's a great new spotlight article in @cp-trendsbiochem.bsky.social by @nmjgeerlings.bsky.social about cable bacteria and electrodes: www.cell.com/trends/bioch...

Cable bacteria use extracellular electron transfer

Recent work by Aiyer and colleagues demonstrates that cable bacteria can conserve energy and grow under anoxic conditions by transferring electrons to electrodes via extracellular electron transfer. T...

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Great spotlight article by @nmjgeerlings.bsky.social on our recent work on extracellular electron transfer in cable bacteria!

Ian Marshall@ianpgm.bsky.social · yesterday

There's a great new spotlight article in @cp-trendsbiochem.bsky.social by @nmjgeerlings.bsky.social about cable bacteria and electrodes: www.cell.com/trends/bioch...

It's #PeerReviewWeek2026! This year's theme explores the challenges of balancing volume, speed, and quality in peer review. We'll be sharing peer review content and resources throughout the week ⬇️ @peerreviewweek.bsky.social

An electrified future with microbial electrochemical technologies: how to realize the dream? #biotechnology #microbiology #electrochemistry #MicroSky @cp-trendsbiotech.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/biote...

An electrified future with microbial electrochemical technologies: how to realize the dream?

Microbial electrochemical technologies (METs) are emerging with innovative applications in various fields by harnessing the combined action of electrodes and microbes. What if METs could be the key to...

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NEWS - ‘Sunshine’ tomato one step closer to market The first marketing notice for a precision bred tomato in England has now been approved, moving the biofortified ‘Sunshine’ tomato closer to commercialisation: https://okt.to/v2Amjc

🚨 JOB ALERT🚨 Please repost! An exciting PhD position is now open in Niculina Musat’s team at Aarhus University! The successful candidate will become part of the PROMETHEUS initiative, developing advanced tools to visualize, & better understand, microbe–electrode interfaces. 🔬⚡🦠

Two PhD positions with me at Aarhus University in Denmark are now open for applicants: phd.nat.au.dk/for-applican... Deadline November 1. Thanks @carlsbergfondet.dk!

The Ray Lankester Investigatorship enables established researchers (more than 10 years post PhD) to undertake research at the Marine Biological Association. 📅 https://mymba.mba.ac.uk/member-homepage/discounts-and-bursaries/ray-lankester-investigatorship.html

VACANCY - Group Leader in Fundamental Biology of Legumes We’re hiring for a tenure track Group Leader in fundamental plant biology relevant to legumes or other rotation crops. https://okt.to/saqLz6

Group Leader in Fundamental Biology of Legumes | John Innes Centre

The John Innes Centre (JIC) seeks a creative junior or established researcher to set up and lead an internationally excellent, independent research programme in fundamental plant biology relevant to...

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Beautiful & absolutely mesmerizing 🤩

@voigtvision.bsky.social · 4w ago

🤩 It's time for some invertebrate eye candy! 🤩 Here's a ctenophore (or comb jelly) stained with phalloidin by John Alexander Salazar Hernandez & imaged on an exaSPIM built by Kaelin Wulf of the team of @adamkglaser.bsky.social as part of the FHL Functional Biodiversity course #microscopy

Postdoc opportunity in Copenhagen! Interested in marine bioluminescence, comb jellies & experimental biology? A great 2-year postdoc (possibility of 1-year extension), working with CRISPR, imaging & EM in the labs of Anders Garm & Cornelia Jaspers. Deadline: 16.08 jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...

Postdoc in Marine Bioluminescence - re-advertisement

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Come join us at ETH!

Pedro Beltrao@pedrobeltrao.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My department @eth-dbiol.bsky.social at ETH Zurich is hiring for a tenured professor in mol cell bio and biochemistry (associate/full). The position is within the Institute of Biochemistry (www.bc.biol.ethz.ch) and it is fairly open within their scope of research. www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Ever had issues with contamination in #Marchantia or #liverwort tissue culture? We've developed a protocol that is simple and low-effort (albeit slow) to get rid of fungi and bacteria: dx.doi.org/10.17504/pro.... Work led by Isaac Coven and supported by Chetan Pandey, myself & @dromius.bsky.social.

Pls share: GRINNELL COLLEGE – BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, TENURE-TRACK POSITION. Research and teaching interests might include but are not limited to organismal biology and ecology - apply by October 2, 2026. Please visit our application website at jobs.grinnell.edu

Are you a scientist with an interest in photography? Our Photography Competition is now open for entries until 14 August 2026! Categories include Astronomy, Behaviour, Earth Science & Climatology, Ecology & Environmental Science, and Microimaging: royalsociety.org/journals/pub... #RSPphotocomp

Calling All Ocean-Inspired Photographers! 🌊📸 Enter your photography to showcase marine life, ocean processes, and humanity’s connection to the coast. Enter by Friday 30th September 2026 ~ https://www.mba.ac.uk/ocean-image-collection/ #OceanImageCollection #PhotographyCompetition

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Mid-career Group Leader position in Chemistry for Health at Institut Pasteur, Paris - Research

Institut Pasteur and the CNRS are launching a joint call for a mid-career group leader position in Medicinal Chemistry and Chemistry for Health. We are looking for an experienced researcher (typically...

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Happy to share our new paper on cable bacteria. Motivated by the lack of pure cultures, we developed a standardized artificial sediment system that supports repeated cultivation of freshwater and marine cable bacteria under controlled conditions. Link: doi.org/10.1093/isme...

Artificial sediments enable reproducible cultivation and recapitulate ecological interactions of cable bacteria

Abstract. Cable bacteria are filamentous microbes that couple sulfide oxidation to oxygen reduction over centimeter distances via long-distance electron tr

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Our News & Views article “Body-plan organizer in comb jellies hints at animal ancestry” now published in @nature.com 🎉 We discuss fascinating work revealing organizer activity in comb jellies & the evolution of animal development. rdcu.be/fsLWq @ruthstyfhals.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social

VACANCY - Group Leader in Fundamental Biology of Legumes Closing date: 1 September 2026 Salary: competitive Contract: six-year tenure track or direct appointment, depending on experience Apply now: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...

There are still priority tickets available for the #SummerScience Exhibition, which opens in less than two weeks time with a jam-packed Lates event on Tuesday 30 June and runs until Sunday 5 July. Book now: https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/summer-science-exhibition/

Did you know that throughout 2026 you can publish #OpenAccess in the Royal Society's 8 subscription journals for free with no APCs to pay? Find out more about Subscribe to Open: royalsociety.org/journals/aut... #ProcA #ProcB #JRSocInterface #BiologyLetters #PhilTransA #PhilTransB #NotesandRecords 🧪

‼️Job alert📢🚨 We are recruiting a Junior Group Leader (f) in Protein Science at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, jointly hosted by the Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology and our Collaborative Research Centre CRC 1664 "Plant Proteoform Diversity – SNP2Prot."

How ancient are the building blocks of animal sensory systems? Key components of animal sensory systems evolved before animals. We find that choanoflagellates possess diverse & spatially segregated TRP channels, pointing to ancient origins of sensory specialization. doi.org/10.64898/202...

New preprint from the Burkhardt lab 🚨The work explores the origins of sensory system components by looking at the closest relatives to animals, choanoflagellates ⤵️ Congratulations @smannsaker.bsky.social, @jeffcolgren.bsky.social & @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social!

Pawel Burkhardt@pawelburkhardt.bsky.social · 3mo ago

How ancient are the building blocks of animal sensory systems? Key components of animal sensory systems evolved before animals. We find that choanoflagellates possess diverse & spatially segregated TRP channels, pointing to ancient origins of sensory specialization. doi.org/10.64898/202...

The Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition is now open for entries until 14 August 2026! Categories include Astronomy, Behaviour, Earth Science & Climatology, Ecology & Environmental Science, and Microimaging. Find out more: royalsociety.org/journals/pub... #RSPphotocomp

Are you a scientist with an interest in photography? We're delighted to announce that the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition is now open for entries until 14 August 2026! 🎉 Find out more: royalsociety.org/journals/pub... #RSPphotocomp

We have a new joint PDRA position open! If you are interested in using ultrafast spectroscopy to look at photosystems with myself, Akshay Rao (Physics, Cambridge) and Greg Scholes (Princeton), apply here: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

A fossil nervous system meets modern neurobiology. We found that a living comb jelly preserves neural architecture remarkably similar to those inferred from Cambrian fossils over 500 million years old 🤩. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Congratulations to @kartiksaiyer.bsky.social and co-authors for a new publication showing that cable bacteria can grow under anoxic conditions via extracellular electron transfer, with growth rates comparable to those of aerobic respiration (👉see link in comments)