Come join us for a PhD looking at microbiome evolution and antibiotic resistance funded via the NWB DTP 🦠 🧬

Rachel M. Wheatley@rachelmwheatley.bsky.social · last mo.

🔊 Fully-funded 4 year PhD: How does the microbiome evolve under repeated pathogen exposure? 🦠 Project looking at how commensal microbes resist pathogen invasion, impact of antibiotics on these outcomes, and selective pressures in the microbiome. Come join us at QUB! www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

I share thoughts on controlled evolution experiments, data-driven life science, our upcoming work on polymicrobial UTIs, the predictability and control of evolution, and how to tackle AMR. In the AMR Podcast Series with Surajit Pal, Kiel University Graduate Center. youtu.be/ljtdUNdRi1M

Data-Driven Life Science & AI in AMR: Predicting Biofilm Evolution & Trade-offs| Dr. Johannes Cairns

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Postdoc position available in my group to work on ERC funded project on evolutionary biology of antibiotic resistance. Looking for someone with expertise in bacterial genetics, AMR, and evolutionary biology. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSZ416/p...

Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Oxford

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Fully funded 4-year PhD position in my lab on ecological and evolutionary dynamics in polymicrobial urinary tract infections using a model system, combining wet lab and computation: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Please share with your networks. I hope to find someone with a strong scientific drive.

Doctoral student in Medical Science: Predicting eco-evolutionary dynamics in a polymicrobial urinary tract infection model

Description of the workplace The position is based in the Microbial Evolutionary Genetics (MEG) Lab led by Johannes Cairns at the Department of Experimental Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Lund

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The Department of Integrative Biology at UT Austin has two open positions for assistant professors, one in evolutionary biology and one in mechanistic processes. Please share. Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/193270

Please share! We are looking for a PhD student excited about gene transfer, and tackling Antimicrobial Resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae. 🧬 More details & applications on funder website by 21st Oct 👇🏻 gw4biomed.ac.uk/developing-c...

Ever wondered how new evolutionary individuals arise? Wanted to engineer communities so the parts integrate to form a new whole? Or impose conditions that cause simple chemistries to become Darwinian? New MS shows how. Psst… don’t tell AI www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Forging an evolutionary individual from separate replicators

A central puzzle in the evolution of individuality is the origin of heredity. Egalitarian transitions integrate formerly independent replicators into a higher-level individual, but this requires the c...

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#Adaptation is assumed to proceed by survival of the fittest. The study shows that #mutation bias can drive adaptation via survival of the likeliest, steering bacteria along divergent paths to resistance with major consequences for control strategies. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Mutation-biased adaptation is consequential even in large bacterial populations - Nature Communications

Adaptation is assumed to proceed by survival of the fittest. The study shows that mutation bias can drive adaptation via survival of the likeliest, steering bacteria along divergent paths to resistanc...

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Academic advice travels downhill: manage your supervisor, publish early, protect your time. Where is the genre in which early-career researchers advise the people who hire, fund and judge them? New post 👇 academicrenewal.substack.com/p/the-first-...

The first curriculum

Academic survival guides teach junior researchers how to live with the judgements of senior scholars. No corresponding genre gives young researchers authority to advise the people who judge them.

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Open postdoc position in my lab on HGT and interbacterial competition. We seek candidates with a PhD in microbiology (or related fields)+ strong 1st-author publications. Curious, highly motivated, and dedicated team players ready to contribute fully are encouraged to apply. Details: tiny.cc/cz01101

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Evolution induced state shifts in a long-term microbial community experiment (now out, but previously posted here as a preprint) with Ville Mustonen, Lutz Becks @jcairns.bsky.social & others. Experiment continues @utu.fi and now 5+ years www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Evolution induced state shifts in a long-term microbial community experiment | PNAS

Biological communities are complex, dynamic systems that underpin ecosystem functionality, yet their long-term dynamics and predictability remain p...

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We are recruiting a #postdoc in #bioinformatics! If you are passionate about #gutmicrobiome analyses, data-driven approaches and #guthealth, please have a look at our offer: umustipendie.varbi.com/en/what:job/... #DataScience #MicrobiomeSky #MicroSky #CSMicrobiome2026

New results from our synthetic communities, antibiotics & resilience project: Eco-evolutionary dynamics and environmental detoxification jointly shape bacterial community response to antibiotic perturbation www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Work led by @jcairns.bsky.social

You are an ambitious young scientist, on the verge to independence, in a research field related to our Cluster of Excellence @cmfi.bsky.social “Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections”? Join our vibrant, interactive scientific community in Tubingen. Repost and apply! www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Independent Junior Research Group Leaders (m/f/d) - Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg (DE) job with Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen | 12858473

The Cluster of Excellence EXC 2124 “Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections” (CMFI) at the University of Tübingen invites applications for Indepen...

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Join us at Umeå University, Sweden: Expression of interest for Assistant Professor in Molecular Biology/Molecular Infection Medicine, startup package 20 million SEK (ca. EUR 1.8 million) over 5 years. www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in Molecular Biology/Molecular Infection Medicine - Call for EOI - Umeå, Sweden job with Umeå University | 12857147

Expressions of interest are invited for an Assistant Professor role with a generous 5-year startup package of about SEK 20M (≈EUR 1.8M)

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In case you missed it: our review titled "Spatial structure: shaping the ecology and evolution of microbial communities" is out! 🚨 Let me hit you with some highlights on why spatial structure matters. (and why you should care!) Sharing is appreciated 🙏 🧵👇 doi.org/10.1093/fems...

Associate Senior Lecturer/Assistant Professor position in Molecular Microbiology available at Lund University, Sweden: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Associate Senior Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Molecular Microbiology

The Department of Biology conducts research and teaching in many subject areas such as ecology, evolutionary biology, organismal biology and molecular biology. A total of approximately 300 people curr

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Context-dependent adaptation in structured environments Proc Biol Sci by @yuyakarita.bsky.social et al from @paulbrainey.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

⚡️Fully funded #PhD position in my lab at Stockholm University / SciLifeLab! If you’re interested in #lichens, #symbiosis, fungal biology, or meta-omics, please apply. Deadline Feb 1. Read more here: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

How do bacteria deal with double costs? And how costly are unusual levels of mistranslation anyway? In short - antibiotics are more of an issue than less/more mistranslation, but the latter changes how populations deal with antibiotics. For the long story, check out our new paper!

Laasya Samhita@laasya2.bsky.social · 11mo ago

So happy that this work simultaneously measuring the costs of antibiotic exposure and mistranslation is finally out in MBE! Work from @deepaagashe.bsky.social (who was ultra patient!) and my labs. Do see the research highlight here, with Nishant's lovely graphic. academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...

The 2026 Guarda Summer Course in Evolutionary Biology is now accepting applications. Amazing place, amazing course, amazing opportunity for early grad students. tb.ethz.ch/education/gu...

Summer school:<br> Evolutionary Biology in Guarda

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I am very excited to announce that a fully funded PhD position is available in my group. Topic: Synergistic coevolution in mono-specific and multi-species microbial consortia Please RT or forward this information to interested candidates. Deadline: 11.01.26 More info: shorturl.at/f1TuF

Great opportunity for those interested in fundamental questions in evolutionary biology and mathematical models: postdoc opening in Laurent Lehmann’s group @unil.bsky.social. We have a lively community of theorists here in Lausanne with good interactions across groups. Join us ! Please RP

EvolDir@evoldir.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Open postdoc position in Theoretical Evolutionary Biology at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, focusing on mathematical models of social traits. Details: https://tinyurl.com/37uhtbne #postdoc

We are organising an AMR meeting next spring in Helsinki. Meeting includes evolution of AMR and environmental AMR sessions. Please submit your abstract now! Deadline Dec 1st.

My department at UT Austin is looking to hire an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology, broadly defined. Feel free to reach out to me with any questions you may have. apply.interfolio.com/177547

We are looking for a PhD student to work on an exciting plastid endosymbiosis in microbial eukaryotes. This position involves sampling, exciting microscopy such as CARDFISH, ExM and FIBSEM, single-cell transcriptomics and more. #protistsonsky 1/2

I am recruiting for a 3-year Post-doctoral position in molecular microbiology. The project is about antimicrobial heteroresistance (HR)— an emerging and challenging form of antibiotic resistance found in clinical isolates. Please share post😀 See details here: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

Postdoc in Molecular Microbiology

Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, invites applications for a position as postdoc in Molecular Microbiology from April 1st, 2026, or as

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#microsky #mevosky @spp2389.bsky.social A PhD position is available in my lab to work on: Emergence and self-organisation of bacterial metabolism in consortia of cross-feeding bacteria. Please RT Deadline: 12.11.25 More infos 👇 shorturl.at/rAKAT

Join us at Umeå University: Expression of interest for an Assistant Professor in Molecular Biology or Molecular Infection Medicine. Starting package 1.8M$, <7 years after PhD. Details at: www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Assistant professor in Molecular Biology or Molecular Infection Medicine - Expression of interest - Umeå, Sweden job with Umeå University | 12847135

Expressions of interest are invited for an Assistant Professor (tenure track) role with a generous 5-year startup package of about SEK 20M (≈EUR 1.8M)

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We have a new preprint modeling the regulatory networks of efflux pumps to predict the evolution of multidrug resistance in P. aeruginosa. Also explore cross-resistance, collateral sensitivity & loss of resistance. With @suvamroy.bsky.social @elibbyscience.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Forecasting multi-trait resistance evolution under antibiotic stress

Many bacteria rely on efflux pumps to survive antibiotic stress, and exposure to antibiotics often leads to mutations in pump genes or their regulators that increase pump expression. Predicting the sp...

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