Our next speaker will be @dagivi.bsky.social speaking about his preprint on metagenomic analysis of communities in urinary tract infections. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Cross-study metagenomics analysis reveals distinct microbial signatures of urinary tract infections

Background Urinary tract infections (UTIs) represent a major public health concern, increasingly complicated by rising antibiotic resistance, diminishing treatment efficacy, and increasing prevalence ...

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️@napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 3w ago

If you are interested in microbiomes, this is an excellent group of international researchers coming together to discuss current research.

Starting with the DNA sequence of a #phage genome, #PholdAPhage will create a 3D reconstruction of the complete phage, almost like you did cryoEM on it! Check out Renee's awesome software github.com/reneegreen81... to assemble unknown phage particles one protein at a time

Got two grant rejections in 5 days 😅 Thank goodness I recently applied for another grant so I'm only a little sad. Is that the trick? So I should apply for a new grant the week before this third grant is supposed to have its results? 😃

Recommendation: r/adhdwomen Funny that through 15 years of trial n error I developed the same strategies as in official ADHD accommodatns Tragic that trial n error caused my burnouts Wish my school hadn't just said, "She's an abnormal girl because she shows boy ADHD symptoms and is great at math"

A scientist I admire said that my posts on my experience of ADHD helped her 😃😃 Since she helped me overcome my fear of mixing math and evolution experiments I am very happy and I'll continue to post about weird shit that ADHD does to me and how it affects my science 🤗

If you are interested in microbiomes, this is an excellent group of international researchers coming together to discuss current research.

Lavisha Parab@lavishaparab.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Hi #microbiomesky and #mevosky and also #phagesky maybe? Some of us want a microbiome journal club to catch up on microbiology/evolution related microbiome research. Monthly@15:00 CET/09:00 EST/18:30 IST or so Please text my LMU email address if you're interested (not typing it here to avoid spam)

You know, I really like writing and editing grant applications. Helps me sort my thoughts out. 😌 Who knows if I'm doing it right of course... But other than the portals which stress me out, it's very fun! 😄

Where are mutations most likely to happen in the genome? @mattjago.bsky.social has answers! This paper is also a masterclass in simple visualizations of complicated ideas. I really enjoyed getting deep into these results as a middle author 🧬

Matt Jago@mattjago.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Our work characterizing how mutational bias is influenced by the local sequence context beyond trinucleotides is out now @pnas.org! We also showed which motifs are most prone to mutations caused by strand misalignment, revealing several new hotspots! 🧬 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Happy that this is out! Pyocyanin produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa promotes antibiotic resistance evolution in enterococci.

Pyocyanin produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa creates legacy effects that promote antibiotic resistance evolution in enterococci | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Bacterial infections may consist of different species that together form a polymicrobial community, as is the case in urinary tract infections (UTIs) (1–3). The response to antibiotic treatment of such polymicrobial infections may be affected by metabolic interactions among community members that affect the survival and resistance evolution of specific members (4–7). For example, β-lactamase-producing strains may cross-protect community members against β-lactams (8, 9), and antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli strains producing the signal molecule indole may induce antibiotic tolerance via enhanced efflux in susceptible bacteria (10). Previous research of polymicrobial UTIs has shown that interactions between UTI members can alter the growth, antibiotic tolerance, and evolvability of antibiotic resistance of other community members (7, 11, 12). Yet, the nature of interactions affecting the evolvability of antibiotic resistance is often unknown.

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Marjon de Vos@lizscurious.bsky.social · 8mo ago

New preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

New Perspective out co-led with Lisa Pagani! We look at how microbiome ecology and evolution shape AMR across scales, from within-host communities to hospitals and environments, and how mathematical models can help us understand them. @natmicrobiol.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Modelling the role of the microbiome in antimicrobial resistance across scales - Nature Microbiology

The microbiome plays a significant yet underexplored role in antimicrobial resistance by influencing ecological and evolutionary processes. This Perspective proposes a framework to integrate microbiom...

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The train writing effect is real even on warm trains! I do my personal best writing/editing/reviewing on trains because my thoughts just flowww. 🚄🚇✍️👩‍💻 Anyone else? #WomenInSTEM

Our preprint on using waxmoth larvae as a model for in vivo evolution experiments studying the microbiome is out! We'll write a bsky thread soon once we update the figures with new data, and early feedback is appreciated!

bioRxiv Microbiology@biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · last mo.

A humanized Galleria mellonella model reveals prophage-mediated breakdown of colonization resistance against Salmonella https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.24.734175v1

My boss is such a cheerleader! She's happier than I am when I have good news or small successes, or I do something well that I wanted to/tried. + finds the positive learning in many mistakes She's the happiest to see her mentees grow. And says thanks for every little thing I/we do. (Wendling)

Want to make one more my boss is so nice post but can't find the previous ones to continue the thread Anyway, she and I are very excited about something and it's very lovely to find someone to be excited with 😊

Presenting our latest prophage evolution work @ the Women in Evolutionary Biology workshop @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social Meeting all these inspiring incisive women and then popping home in time for my birthday cake 🎂 Best of both worlds I dare say! I'm happy Thanks to the workshop organisers!

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Clara Torres-Barceló@clara-inrae.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🚨 We’re looking for a PhD student to join @phimresearch.bsky.social and explore phages in emerging rice epidemics 🌾 We will investigate phage–bacteria interactions and the seed microbiome/phageome. #phd #phage #plantscience #microbiome #scijobs ‪ 👉 More info: tinyurl.com/yhc2fa7

🚨 We’re looking for a PhD student to join @phimresearch.bsky.social and explore phages in emerging rice epidemics 🌾 We will investigate phage–bacteria interactions and the seed microbiome/phageome. #phd #phage #plantscience #microbiome #scijobs ‪ 👉 More info: tinyurl.com/yhc2fa7

As a train nerd, I'm proud to announce to the void that I'm now a gold member of the Deutsche Bahn. I also possess so much train information, esp. about Deutsche Bahn, that my partner, a German and part train nerd, asks ME for DB help. Also to explain what the messages in *German* really mean.

Hi #microbiomesky and #mevosky and also #phagesky maybe? Some of us want a microbiome journal club to catch up on microbiology/evolution related microbiome research. Monthly@15:00 CET/09:00 EST/18:30 IST or so Please text my LMU email address if you're interested (not typing it here to avoid spam)

Lavisha Parab@lavishaparab.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Does anyone know of an online microbiome journal club? I'm interested in joining one. More along the lines of evolution and microbiology than immunology or human effects #mevosky #microbiomesky

After Eurovision 2019 I thought world peace was here! I was in Plön, my first trip to Europe. Told everyone I knew how "Europe made wars obsolete & replaced them with Eurovision and football"😊 Did I never see the wars inside Eurovision or has it ceased to bring people together? Or did I grow up?😅

Less than 1 week to apply for this postdoc! If you want to find out more about the project have a look at our recent preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #mevosky

Michael Brockhurst@brockhurstlab.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Why does antibiotic resistance evolution vary between patients? Come to @officialuom.bsky.social @mermanchester.bsky.social to help us find out! 2.5 year @wellcometrust.bsky.social postdoc position in experimental evolution Closing 15 May. Apply here: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Does anyone know of an online microbiome journal club? I'm interested in joining one. More along the lines of evolution and microbiology than immunology or human effects #mevosky #microbiomesky

I'm not even going to ASM microbe and I want to be a binned singleton now 😛 #microsky

I submitted my first big grant application! 😀 First one above 12000 euros Then I went to get biryani to celebrate and locked myself out of my house 😅

Connected our lovely woman-owned Plön bookstore as a partner with an audiobook purchasing platform and I feel so happy I could conquer the world 😃🏃‍♀️‍➡️. So now I'm working on a manuscript I was procrastinating 😛

ggdogs already exists: r-charts.com/miscellaneou...

Adding dogs to ggplot2 with ggdogs

Add dogs to ggplot2 charts instead of points with ggdogs. There are 15 types of dogs available to select using the geom_dog function of the package

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Reposting for the parents

CNN@cnn.com · 5mo ago

If a teen is interested in losing weight, chances are they may turn to artificial intelligence platforms to get advice. The AI advice they get may be to keep their calories and nutrients drastically below their daily needs, according to a new study by Frontiers in Nutrition. https://cnn.it/41clD52

If a teen is interested in losing weight, chances are they may turn to artificial intelligence platforms to get advice. The AI advice they get may be to keep their calories and nutrients drastically below their daily needs, according to a new study by Frontiers in Nutrition. https://cnn.it/41clD52

Dear letter writers, study sections, grant panels, etc…..(though expecting little will resonate)….

Maureen Barr@barrlab.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"men continued to publish the same number of papers after becoming fathers, women experienced a significant drop in research output (mothers had 31% fewer publications than did fathers 8 years after the birth of their first child)"

Okay now I'm on her 2025 episode on Night Science podcast and my god I need to listen to this woman every time I momentarily forget my love of research! And writing for whatever purpose! Gonna search for her name and update here which one's the best episode for the one person who saved this post.

Lavisha Parab@lavishaparab.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Listening to Maria Leptin (ERC president) talk about science, arts, research and grants. She is so wholesome and refreshing. Talks about funding from the perspective of the public, scientists, and government responsibility in such a lovely way! working scientist podcast 31.08.2023 (great podcast)