Since I dont think my coauthors are on here, I thought I should share this cool work showing how biosurfactants can enhance growth of a tricky but important dechlorinating bacterium Dehalobium chlorocoercia (DF1 for those that have followed along since its discovery) journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....

Rhamnolipid-augmented medium enhances growth of Dehalobium chlorocoercia on chloroethenes and polychlorinated biphenyls | Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and chlorinated ethenes remain widespread contaminants that are difficult to remove with conventional technologies, creating a need for scalable bioremediation strateg...

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I’m thrilled to share that our search for a tenure-track colleague in my *truly wonderful and collegial* Genetics, Genomics, Evolution and Development Division in the MCB Department at Berkeley @berkeleymcb.bsky.social is live! Please share this broad search widely: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05481

Assistant Professor -Genetics, Genomics, Evolution, and Development - Molecular and Cell Biology

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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🚨 Job alert! 🚨 Join the faculty at UW–Madison Bacteriology! We have two faculty searches: • Asst Prof (Microbial Communities & Bioeconomy) • Asst / Assoc / Full Prof (Systems & Synthetic Biology) Check out the open positions and apply👇 #FacultyJobs #SynBio #Microbiology #Astrobiology #Evolution

Dear microbiome enthusiasts: I'm excited to be moving my lab to New York University this fall (& the NYU Institute for Engineering Health); with joint-appointment @isbscience.org I'm hiring a postdoc @ NYU to look at diet-driven evolution in the gut: apply.interfolio.com/189980 Please share! 🦠🤓

This is our 2nd recently posted paper where we wanted to build off the fantastic 2023 PNAS paper by @prsecor.bsky.social group (www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...) 1/3

bioRxiv Microbiology@biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 3w ago

Long-term exposure to polyamines leads to bacteriophage resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.14.738440v1

Our group recently posted 2 new papers! This is the first one where we looked at how anaerobic metabolism in P. aeruginosa alters antibiotic resistance determinants. 1/2

bioRxiv Microbiology@biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 4w ago

Anoxia selects for high fitness biofilms and increased antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.09.737528v1

This is unbelievably cool

Theo Sanderson@theo.io · 6mo ago

I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself! bluesky-map.theo.io I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail

Very much worth 3 min of your day.

Omg. WTF is Happening?@lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

Friends, please help spread the word about our microbiology REU program at Montana State University. www.montana.edu/mbi/reu/ Each student receives a stipend ($7000 for 10 wks). Travel compensation, room, and board are also provided. Details in the attached pic--Feb 14 deadline 🧫🧪🦠#microsky

A free, open-access library of high-quality organism illustrations for science communication

A free, open-access library of high-quality organism illustrations for science communication

We create vector graphics of model organisms and emerging biological research organisms to enhance our publications. We’re sharing these editable graphics under a CC0 license for other scientists to...

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Starting this week, I set aside one hour each week to meet ECRs outside my group who want to discuss career development, mentorship, or any non-technical professional questions. Here is a blog that explains my motivation for this and how to schedule a meeting: merenlab.org/2025/11/16/E...

ECR connection: Meet Meren when you need to

A means for ECRs to get advice from a senior scientist outside of their support network

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SCIE exists for lazy evaluation panels that lack the expertise to assess scientific impact themselves to 'know' what journal names to look for in people's CVs. We need more eLifes. We need to flood this industry with creative, independent, non-profit publishing models for science.

View from the lab now. Did I mention that we are recruiting faculty microbiologists? www.linkedin.com/posts/vaughn...

we are happy to support this appeal 👇 we are also happy to repeat it...

Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her)@methanojen.bsky.social · 10mo ago

A reminder to please support non-profit publishers. It’s good for science and scientists. It’s a responsible use of taxpayer dollars. It requires resisting peer pressure to submit to Nature journals. Thanks @bacteriality.bsky.social for this helpful slide for microbiology journals.

Our Pitt Microbiology and Molecular Genetics department in the School of Medicine is recruiting.. Microbiologists! 🧫🦠🔬🧪 Please apply to join our faculty and enjoy these views 👀 while doing great science cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...

Getting ready to teach microbiology this semester, just using ChatGPT to help me freshen up the course

Carl Zimmer@carlzimmer.com · 12mo ago

Yesterday I discovered that ChatGPT's PhD-level expertise didn't extend to bird anatomy. This morning I thought, perhaps I was being too hard on the half-trillion-dollar company. Birds are a little weird, anatomically speaking. Let's try something more familiar. A mammal. Behold.

Applications due tomorrow for full consideration. Thinking about joining my fabulous department and becoming my colleague? Get that application in!!

K.T. Elliott@ktelliottmicro.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨🚨🚨PUI TT Job Alert!! My dept at TCNJ is hiring a tenure track cell and molecular biologist. Come join my supportive colleagues, helpful staff, & fabulous students! We're surprisingly well resourced w/excellent equipment (confocal, SEM etc) and research w/students counts towards our teaching load!

We are on the lookout for postdocs for two different projects at the intersection of ecology, evolution, and the human microbiome. See thread for more information and reach out!

What to expect at the ASM Biofilms Conference

Microbiology professor, want to join a slack for microbiology professors, any career stage, diverse career types (pure teaching, med school, R1, community college, pure research fed PIs, ...) Message me for an invite link if you are interested. No imposter syndrome, if you are 1% micro, join!

Kenyon is hiring a TT microbiologist! Please share widely. I’m the search chair & am happy to answer any questions. careers.pageuppeople.com/695/cw/en-us...

Notice of Award is in! Join our team at NIU to study marine microbial ecology & disease dynamics in sea urchins 🧫🌊🦠 PhD | Spring/Fall 2026 start Job Ad Here 👉 shorturl.at/fSMy9 Apply here 👉 forms.gle/gfMnHutijfqC... More: theaquaticmicrobiologylab.com @ianhewson.bsky.social @viromegirl.bsky.social

Funded Graduate Student Opportunity in Marine Microbial Ecology

**Applicants will be contacted if selected for next round. Applicants not selected will not receive any notice. If not selected, this is not indicative of your merit. ** Northern Illinois University |...

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POSTDOC🚨 With the excellent @anshika22.bsky.social moving to UCI 🥲Anna Zemke and I are again recruiting a postdoc on the HOST-PATHOGEN BIOLOGY of TRACHEOBRONCHITIS. This is a microbiome-device-host immunity problem of broad significance. Contact Dr. Zemke (zemkea at upmc dot edu) if interested! 👇🏻

Quote Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence. Louis Pasteur

AAU updates their excellent explainer about indirect costs to cover the current attacks... www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtqK... 1/2

Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Costs Explainer

YouTube video by Association of American Universities

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Resist, eggheads! Universities are not as weak as they have chosen to be.

Opinion: It’s time for public resistance.

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Also, for the record: 1. No it doesn't. 2. No it doesn't. 3. Kinda but not really. 4. This is unconfirmed and months early makes no sense. 5. It has.

Preprint out! Bacteria w/ hyper-replicative filamentous phage lead to overnight emergence of cheater phages. Bacteria w/ both phages can outcompete wildtype, then rapidly lose phage via a phage Tragedy of the Commons @shellyscrib.bsky.social @vscooper.micropopbio.org www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Filamentous cheater phages drive bacterial and phage populations to lower fitness

Many bacteria carry phage genome(s) in their chromosome (i.e., prophage), and this intertwines the fitness of the bacterium and the phage. Most Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains carry filamentous phages ...

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My (purely teaching-focused) unit is hiring. We teach the lecture and lab for 100-level bio majors. Starts at 1 year, but expectation is permanent. For more information and to apply, please visit careers.msu.edu (search for job# 1024852). Review of applications will begin on March 20, 2025.

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