Mijn persoonlijkste column tot nu toe 👇

OneWorld@oneworld.nl · 4w ago

De dood van Jason Arday legt allerlei bekende mechanismen bloot, ziet Nadia Bouras. Als wetenschapper van kleur wordt je werk verdacht gemaakt, en als je faalt, bewijs je dat diversiteit failliet is. ‘Ik wil hetzelfde privilege als iedere middelmatige witte man aan de universiteit.’

And by Michael Lässig Hope to see all of you at the symposium on Wednesday!

Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution@official-smbe.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Talks by: @dbajic.bsky.social @cauawest.bsky.social Carlos Martí-Gómez Charlie Hamilton RuYi Ma @junishigohoka.bsky.social Manuela Giraud Eamon Winship Kara Schmidlin

Still a few days to register!! #BCNCollaboratorium #IQS #Mathsandbiology

Great to see this out! doi.org/10.1093/evle.... Lead by @karenbisschop.bsky.social and Thomas Blankers. It discusses: If you repeat 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬, do you get the same result in terms of fitness? The answer is… not necessarily. Glad to have played a part!

Additive effects of environmental and demographic variation shape the repeatability of evolution across replicated experiments

Abstract. The repeatability of evolution is fundamentally important for understanding the origin and diversification of life as well as for developing evol

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How do human gut microbiome species interact? Can we explain their communities and invasion patterns form environmental factors alone? PhD students Pim van Leeuwen and Pietro Gadaleta set out to test this! TLDR: Indeed, for the 10 common species we can! Paper out in mSystems: doi.org/10.1128/msys...

Environmentally mediated interactions predict community assembly and invasion success in a gut microbiota synthetic community | mSystems

The stability of the human gut microbiome is crucial for host health, with opportunistic pathogen invasions causing diseases and healthy strain replacements needed for recovery. The microbiota’s compl...

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Enjoying my sabbatical visit in Barcelona, discussing science with @n-martin.bsky.social:

Lectures and Computer exercises from the last year's Summer School are now live! Watch here - principlescellphysiology.org/summer-schoo... Want to join us for the next one? Stay tuned, details on the upcoming school are on the way 🎆

Spring is here and Piglette is getting ready to swim in Liebig's barrel while reading about it in the brand new chapter on Microeconomics of cell metabolism by Jumpei Yamagishi and Tetsuhiro Hatakeyama. Find it here in the new edition of our textbook principlescellphysiology.org/book-economi...

Phd Position alert 🚨 Join our project ASTRAfun (Adaptation and Starship Traffic in Root-Associated fungi), in which we will use computational models to unveil the hidden dynamics of fungal evolution. It’s not going to be just regular fun. It’s going to ASTRAfun. 🤓 www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

PhD Position in Computational Modelling of Fungal Evolution

How do giant mobile elements called ‘Starships’ reshape fungal plant pathogens? Help us computationally model their spread and impact in nature and agriculture!

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🧵 New preprint: doi.org/10.64898/202... In 2023, Papkou et al. reported an empirical fitness landscape with a striking property: >500 local optima ("peaks"), spanning both high and low fitness. Despite this ruggedness, >75% of simulated adaptive walks reached the top ~14% of peaks.

New group website: www.noramartin-lab.com Get in touch if you are interested in joining the group, or know anyone who might be 📮

With @saramitri.bsky.social, @sonjalehtinen.bsky.social and L. Lehmann we’ve launched the UNIL Center for Theory in Ecology and Evolution @unil.bsky.social🇨🇭 To kick things off, we’re offering short visiting fellowships for theorists in ecology & evolution. Apply & pls RP 😀 tinyurl.com/2wem36zz

We regret to inform you that after four successful editions of the Summer School on the Economic Principles of Cellular Biology, the program will not take place in 2026.

Deadline for abstracts is extended untill March 19! So if you are interested in the interfase of physics of life and evolution, consider applying!

Liedewij Laan@liedewijlaan.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Meeting alert! EMBO workshop about molecular and physical principles in evolution in Portugal, 2-5 June 2026. Deadline for registration is March 1st. Check out the website it should be a fun and informative workshop bridging evolutionary biology and physics of life meetings.embo.org/event/26-cel...

Sounds like a great opportunity for a professor position in computational biology in the Netherlands careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Assistan...

We're Hiring! We're looking for a postdoc with bioinformatics/modelling skills to join us in an exciting microbiome ecology project in Manchester (deadline 1st March) www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Last chance to submit an abstract to our symposium on fitness landscapes and genotype-phenotype maps!

Meike Wortel@meikewortel.bsky.social · 8mo ago

New year, new conferences! Consider submitting to the symposium on Fitness landscapes and Genotype-phenotype maps, linking computational and experimental approaches (organising with @n-martin.bsky.social; @dbajic.bsky.social invited spreaker) at SMBE (28/6-2/7)! Abstract deadline February 3rd!

www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/f... Become our new colleague (and next door neighbor) and lead a chair/group/department of Biophysics at Wageningen University. Reach out to me for info and please spread!!!

Full Professor and Chair Laboratory of Biophysics

We are looking for a Full Professor in the Biophysics chair group, part of Wageningen University & Research (WUR)

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For a New Year, we have a new chapter in the latest edition of our textbook! Check out Benefit and cost of a protein and other chapters here principlescellphysiology.org/book-economi...

New year, new conferences! Consider submitting to the symposium on Fitness landscapes and Genotype-phenotype maps, linking computational and experimental approaches (organising with @n-martin.bsky.social; @dbajic.bsky.social invited spreaker) at SMBE (28/6-2/7)! Abstract deadline February 3rd!

Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution@official-smbe.bsky.social · 9mo ago

SMBE2026 Symposium 20 | Mapping fitness landscapes with mechanistic models, machine learning and experiments 📨 Abstract submission smbe2026.org/abstracts 📋 Programme details smbe2026.org/programme #SMBE2026

Organisers - @meikewortel.bsky.social | University of Amsterdam - @n-martin.bsky.social | @crg.eu Invited Speaker - @dbajic.bsky.social | Delft University of Technology

PhD position available at the University of Bern in Prof. Claudia Bank's lab. Application deadline: Jan 9, 2026. Ideal for candidates with a strong math and programming background. More info: https://banklab.github.io/positions/ #phd

Submit an abstract to our symposium "S20 Mapping fitness landscapes with mechanistic models, machine learning and experiments" 🧬 - organised with @meikewortel.bsky.social

Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution@official-smbe.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Abstract submission & Award applications for SMBE 2026 are now open! Submit your research and apply for SMBE awards via the submission portal. 📝 Read more & submit here: smbe2026.org/abstracts And symposium selection is now finalized! 👉 See all accepted symposia: smbe2026.org/programme #SMBE2026

Recently submitted a paper to iMetaOmics @imetascience.bsky.social which states to have fees waived at their website (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2996...), but after acceptence asks for fees. I hope this is a misunderstanding and resolved soon, but I'm wondering if others had similar issues...

We have an open PhD position (application deadline 9 January 2026) in "Theory of fitness landscapes" at @unibe.ch 🤓⛰️📊👩‍💻🎓: banklab.github.io/positions/ Please share widely! #QueerInSTEM #DisabledInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #CarersInSTEM #AcademicSky #HigherED

My department (Rutgers Med School Biochem & Mol Bio) is hiring a Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professor in Evolutionary Medicine. Topic is interpreted broadly, but candidates should integrate evolutionary theory with molecular mechanisms. Please share! jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/261...

What, where, when? 📅 October 31st, 2025 | 12:00 – 18:00 📍 Auditorium, O2 building, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 🎟️ Free, register here (before 1st Oct with a talk title; 15th Oct regular): forms.office.com/e/qCrRcXhsyA

Please spread the word! 10 days left to apply for this #sciencejobs as Assistant Professor Tenure Track in Quantitative Cell Biology 👩‍🔬 @izb-unibern.bsky.social @unibe.ch! ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo... #QueerInSTEM #DisabledInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #CarersInSTEM #AcademicSky #HigherED

Uni Bern: Assistant Professor with tenure-track for Quantitative Cell Biology

Start date of employment: anticipated for August 2027

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Note it in your calendars! Aug 3-5, 2026. Excited to bring back MEEHubs to a hub near you (Switzerland, USA, Canada, Mexico, UK, Ukraine, or virtual only)‼️

MEEhubs@meehubs.bsky.social · 12mo ago

We’re back! ✨ The next #MeeHubs26 is coming with 7 hubs across the globe and incredible lineups at each. Can’t wait to share more soon! meehubs.org

Leuk interview met voormalig PhD student Lars Zandbergen over zijn promotie onderzoek in NRC. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Is je blaas steriel? ‘Er leven wel honderd soorten bacteriën die elkaar beïnvloeden’

Jong geleerd: Ook in onze blaas leeft een complexe gemeenschap van microben. Hun onderlinge interacties hebben invloed op onze gezondheid, maar ook op antibioticaresistentie.

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