Behind every great scientist is a great community! @lisamaierlab.bsky.social, EMBL's 2026 John Kendrew Award recipient, reflects on how mentorship and support at EMBL shaped her journey into pioneering microbiome research. Read more about her journey 👉 www.embl.org/news/people-...

A journey through the microbiome, shaped by growth and support | EMBL

EMBL alumna Lisa Maier, recipient of the 2026 John Kendrew Award, discusses her scientific achievements, the importance of science engagement, and how she carries on the ‘EMBL spirit’

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Lipids build the membranes of all cells, but identifying their precise functions is extremely challenging. Here’s our attempt to change that: How to find and understand lipid-protein interactions, by Katelyn Cook & company. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Exciting opportunity: EMBL CPP Fellowships are open for applications until 31 July! Stay for 1 – 6 months at any of EMBL's six sites 🧪 Who's eligible: • Currently employed PhD researchers or postdocs • All nationalities, no age limit • First-time visitors to EMBL https://s.embl.org/cpp-fellowship

Together with @thanbichlerlab.bsky.social, we are looking for an ambitious PhD student to develop fluorescence imaging for anaerobic bacteria. Check out this and other positions that are announced as a part of the M4C Excellence cluster here: stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/2...

New updates to AllTheBacteria - some super cool results and an amazing resource for the community

César de la Fuente@delafuentelab.bsky.social · 2w ago

Biology has plenty of data—the challenge is making it usable. AllTheBacteria transforms 2.44 million public bacterial and archaeal genomes into an open, uniformly processed, searchable, AI-ready resource. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Check our preprint and this global effort "AllTheBacteria" to uniformly process all public bacterial and archaeal genomes and make them accessible, searchable and AI-ready.

César de la Fuente@delafuentelab.bsky.social · 2w ago

Biology has plenty of data—the challenge is making it usable. AllTheBacteria transforms 2.44 million public bacterial and archaeal genomes into an open, uniformly processed, searchable, AI-ready resource. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The labs of KC Huang and Justin Sonnenburg at Stanford are working on an exciting and impactful project related to infant probiotics and are hiring a Life Science Research Professional to be part of that team. Take a look at the posting if you're interested. Please share/apply

New preprint! We show that the bacterial predator B. bacteriovorus deploys a unipolar Tad nanomachine for irreversible attachment to prey and invasion. @coralietesseur.bsky.social used CRISPRi+microfluidics to overcome barriers associated with essential systems in an obligate predatory lifestyle 🦠

A polarity-controlled Tad nanomachine enables prey invasion in a bacterial predator

Type IV pili are dynamic surface appendages assembled by envelope-spanning nanomachines that mediate diverse bacterial interactions, yet how these systems are adapted to predatory lifestyles remains p...

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Support #microbiology research by nominating a scientist for the 2027 Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology!🦠Preference will be given to early-career scientists and those whose work hasn’t been recognized by other large prizes. Learn more: www.nasonline.org/award/selman... #NASaward

🚨Join us at the University of Geneva! We're seeking an outstanding junior researcher to apply for an ERC or SNSF Starting Grant with our institutional support in host–pathogen interactions, bacteriology, virology, parasitology, or mycology. www.unige.ch/medecine/mim... Please share!

So excited to share our new preprint! 🎉🤩 Check it out to discover how we investigated the role and spatiotemporal dynamics of an essential Tad nanomachine during the lifecycle of our favorite bacterial predator, B.bacteriovorus 🦠 Many thanks to everyone who made this work possible!

Géraldine Laloux@lalouxlab.bsky.social · 4w ago

New preprint! We show that the bacterial predator B. bacteriovorus deploys a unipolar Tad nanomachine for irreversible attachment to prey and invasion. @coralietesseur.bsky.social used CRISPRi+microfluidics to overcome barriers associated with essential systems in an obligate predatory lifestyle 🦠

Shigella vaccine shows promise in phase 2 trial. 💉 The live-attenuated vaccine showed high levels of protection against one of the leading causes of diarrhea worldwide. Read more: https://bit.ly/3SDC7T7 📷: Stephanie Rossow / CDC

Excited to share our preprint introducing ASHI: the Atlas of SLiM-mediated Human protein-protein Interactions. By screening 800+ domains against the human intrinsically disordered regions, we map 20,000 SLiM-mediated interactions. Many thanks to everyone involved! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

An Atlas of Short Linear Motif-Mediated Human Protein-Protein Interactions

Short linear motifs (SLiMs) within intrinsically disordered protein regions mediate transient interactions crucial for cell physiology. However, the global interaction landscape of human SLiMs remains...

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EMBL's new AI unit is recruiting. We are seeking a machine learning scientist to establish their independent research group bridging innovations in machine learning/AI with modern biology. embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

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...

Professor of Molecular Cell Biology and Biochemistry - Zurich, Switzerland job with ETH Zurich | 12861386

The Department of Biology at ETH Zurich invites applications for the above-mentioned tenured professorship at the Institute of Biochemistry

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📢 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

How can we harness the vast functional diversity of microbes on our planet? Join us at EMBL Heidelberg from 8–10 December 2026 to hear about ongoing efforts to decode gene function and organisation in human gut microbes, and to present your own research. www.embl.org/about/info/c...

Universal microbiome signature for CRC Large gut microbiome meta-analysis of colorectal cancer uncovers CRC microbiome signatures universal across ages & sequencing methods & modifiable by dietary interventions, ie fiber. www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

Meta-analysis reveals microbiome signatures for colorectal cancer that are universal across age groups and sequencing methods

Pekel, Karcher, et al. present the largest gut microbiome meta-analysis of colorectal cancer to date, integrating 6,779 amplicon and shotgun sequencing profiles. They establish a robust microbiome sig...

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World Microbiome Day is almost here! As we count down to June 27, we're highlighting trainees advancing microbiome science. Today's feature: Jessica Gaydos, a PhD candidate in Guy Townsend's lab at Penn State College of Medicine. @worldmicrobiomeday.bsky.social | #WorldMicrobiomeDay #OneHealth

I'm incredibly proud to share our paper on the preclinical evaluation of the BNT164 mRNA tuberculosis vaccine candidates. Now online in the final version at Nature Immunology. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

mRNA-based tuberculosis vaccines BNT164a1 and BNT164b1 are immunogenic, well tolerated and efficacious in rodent models - Nature Immunology

Here the authors characterize mRNA-based tuberculosis vaccine candidates BNT164a1 and BNT164b1 and show that they are immunogenic, well tolerated and efficacious in preclinical animal models.

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Pls share: Early Decision Deadline approaching (June 15th)- submit your abstracts! In addition to a great list of invited speakers, we anticipate selecting ~30 abstracts more for talks. Keen to highlight early career scientists. aegeanconferences.org/conferences/...

Nichole Broderick, PhD@nabroderick.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Call for Abstracts! Looking for a fall host-microbe meeting? Join us in Crete for the 8th Int'l Conf on Model Hosts Oct 3-8. Topics cover the spectrum of host-microbe interactions, using both established and emerging systems. Many opportunities for early career scientists to present and network.

Flagellar system translocates T3SS effectors critical for Salmonella infection https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.04.729515v1

We are recruiting a PI in biomedical data science at @bakerresearchau.bsky.social in Melbourne! A fantastic opportunity and do get in touch if any q's! www.seek.com.au/job/91619982...

Laboratory Head in Biomedical Data Science Job in Melbourne VIC - SEEK

Lead a biomedical data science lab, secure funding, publish research and collaborate globally to drive impactful cardiometabolic outcomes.

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New preprint from the lab! We developed a new tool to identify prokaryotic species (down to the strain level) directly from mass spectrometry-based bottom up proteomics data. #teammassspec #microsky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Congratulations to Dr. Julia Mahamid on receiving the 2026 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize! 🎉 Her pioneering work in cryo-ET is reshaping our understanding of how molecular architecture drives cellular processes and disease. #teamtomo #LeibnizPrize #StructuralBiology #LifeSciences #Innovation

Julia Mahamid, Ph.D. – Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prizewinner 2026

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Excited to announce our new journal from @isme-microbes.bsky.social ISME Host Microbe is live and now accepting submissions. Look forward to receiving your papers! #Microsky 🧫 🦠

We are excited to be recruiting into 3 Associate Professorship's in @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social. Come join us as a colleague and benefit from our vibrant and multidisciplinary environment. Reach out to me if you have any questions. Please repost! (tinyurl.com/48deybuu) (tinyurl.com/4pdvjaft).

Check the conference link: www.embl.org/about/info/c... Abstract submission & registration open, don’t miss out! #EMBLGutMicrobeFunction

Unlocking the functional diversity of gut microbiomes

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Join my campaign to properly fund medical research in Australia 🔬 www.moniqueryan.com.au/medical_rese...

Our work on bacterial Schlafens in phage defense is out today @natmicrobiol.nature.com! Check out the final version here: rdcu.be/e7Bmz We are looking for postdocs and students to expand our team! Official postings are coming soon. Please reach out if you're interested! #phage #phagesky #microsky

Bacterial Schlafen proteins mediate phage defence

Nature Microbiology - This study highlights that Schlafens are ancient, mechanistically conserved immune effectors that mediate antiviral immunity in organisms ranging from humans to bacteria.

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Artem Nemudryi@artemnemudryi.bsky.social · last yr.

First preprint from the Nemudryi Lab! 🍾 In this work, we link antiviral immunity in bacteria and humans by showing that homologs of human Schlafen nucleases protect bacteria from phages. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...