#Manchester #MEEhubs26 Day 2 is on! Fantastic talks from @olimeacock.bsky.social @melissalawson.bsky.social @evokait.bsky.social on microbial community interactions with keynote by @dundee.ac.uk's Prof. Sarah Coulthurst 🦠↔️🦠

@massimoamicone.bsky.social giving a fantastic talk on evolutionary rescue in simple microbial communities at MEEHubs 2026 @meehubs.bsky.social #meehubs2026

1/10 For decades, cellular aggregation was considered an evolutionary dead end. Cells could come together temporarily. But complex multicellular organisms like animals? Our study, led by JP Gerdt, with Ruibao & @jennahed.bsky.social suggests it may be time to rethink that🧵 #ProtistsOnSKy

Koonin & team dive deep into YprA-family defence systems that define “SPIDER” elements: satellite phage-like defence islands that overlap with the GIs we showed are transferred by jumbo phages. They're packed with ecologically relevant genes. The stuff that moves matters! doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...

How did complex cells emerge? In this groundbreaking paper, @tonigabaldon.bsky.social & co show that eukaryotes arose through multiple waves of ancient genetic exchange involving diverse bacteria (& giant viruses!) revealing a far more complex origin than we imagined. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Day 4, anthropologist Adeline Le Cabec and philosopher Mathilde Lequin making everyone wish they were paleoanthropologists this morning. Nothing more intellectually stimulating than listening to passionate experts speak about their research 🙏

Christopher J Stevens@metaphysiology.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Day 3 kicked off with a fascinating talk from @cmaley.bsky.social and Orsolya Vincze about evolution and species resistance to cancer (plus considerations on what cancer is!). Jonathan Sholl and I also spoke about various epistemological implications of animal model use across the life sciences.

Day 1 of Bordeaux philosophy in biology & medicine summer school @philinbiomed.bsky.social Program includes presentations of open scientific questions, how philosophical tools can be used to address them, plus-most importantly-group work where participants will do philosophy in science themselves.

#PhilinBioMedsummerschool2026 starts! @philinbiomed.bsky.social

Microbial predation conference: we have student support funds! Thanks to@snf-fns.ch! microbialpredation.ethz.ch/student_gran...

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What's predation like in the microbial world? Greg Velicer @usyseth.bsky.social and I take you on a tour in our new review! @ethz.ch @cnrs.fr

Nature Reviews Microbiology@natrevmicro.nature.com · 3mo ago

New online! Predation in microbial communities: gradients of nutritive killing

Registration is open for the Microbial Predation Conference 2026! Abstract submission deadline is May 29th microbialpredation.ethz.ch/registration...

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Hard to think the EMBO/EMBL symposium on the cellular mechanics of #symbiosis is already over @embl.org. Some personal scientific heroes in there, and a very unique collegial and open minded vibe (and great dancers💃🏻 ) #EESSymbiosis Wonderful way to reconnect with science after 🐣! #womeninscience

EMBL Events@events.embl.org · 5mo ago

Welcome to Day 1 of #EESSymbiosis! ✨ 🔬🧫 From host cells to insects and marine unicellular eukaryotes, today’s discussions showcased innovative methods in symbiosis research. We’re excited to take you along on this journey as we explore the fascinating complexities of symbiotic function.

Last talk for the day, @floravincent.bsky.social on diatomes' symbioses. How can we study them in natural environments? Expansion microscopy together with immunolabeling can give a high-resolution picture. See more here www.cell.com/current-biol... #EESSymbiosis

Diatom ultrastructural diversity across controlled and natural environments

Flori et al. establish high-resolution and generalizable immunofluorescence in cultured and environmental diatoms, thanks to 4-fold cryo-expansion microscopy. This represents a step-change for compara...

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Next, @marievasse.bsky.social on bacterial predator-prey interaction. Under specific conditions, prey can kill and eat the predator 🤯 More here journals.plos.org/Plosbiology/... #EESSymbiosis

Killer prey: Ecology reverses bacterial predation

Shifting temperatures can turn the tables in bacterial ecosystems. This study shows that varying temperatures prior to interaction can dramatically alter predation roles, turning bacterial prey into p...

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#rstats Here's a useful guide to creating publication-ready #ggplot figures to journal specifications, which is often quite fiddly. jaquent.github.io/2026/02/crea...

Welcome to 'Collectivity in living systems'! During the next few days we'll explore coordination, cooperation, emergence, and decision-making in systems ranging from bacterial biofilms and cell migration to tissue formation, disease models, and animal behaviour. Let's go! 🙌 #EESCollectivity

Interested in microbial predation? Join us in Ticino Switzerland on July 27-31, 2026! More info at microbialpredation.ethz.ch #predation #ecology #evolution #microbes

Interested in exploring prophages in your (meta)genomes, but don't know how and where to start? We've put together a beginners guide to exploring viral diversity in prokaryotes @marievasse.bsky.social @sebwielgoss.bsky.social @oxunipress.bsky.social

Séb Wielgoss@sebwielgoss.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Our new review is out in Briefings in Bioinformatics Phage quest: a beginner’s guide to explore viral diversity in the prokaryotic world @ccwendling.bsky.social @marievasse.bsky.social @sebwielgoss.bsky.social @oxunipress.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/bib/...

Impressions of Day 2 of the #PhilInBioMed at University of Bordeaux! (1/?) Full program here: www.philinbiomed.org/event/bordea... Marie Vasse on "Predictions and Unexpectedness" #BSS2025 #Philosophy #Biology #Medicine #SummerSchool

The #PhilInBioMed Summer School has started! Five days of exciting talks, big ideas, and fun crossovers between philosophy, biology, and medicine. @philinbiomed.bsky.social 👉 www.philinbiomed.org/event/bordea... #BSS2025 #Philosophy #Biology #Medicine #SummerSchool

Some impressions of the first day of the #PhilInBioMed at University of Bordeaux! (1/?) Full program here: www.philinbiomed.org/event/bordea... #BSS2025 #Philosophy #Biology #Medicine #SummerSchool