We’re hiring! The Biology department at McGill is hiring a tenure-track professor in Quantitative Cell Biology. We’re looking for an outstanding researcher and educator to join our community. Deadline: October 9 Info & application: mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/McGill_Caree... Please share!

Assistant Professor in Quantitative Cell Biology - Department of Biology

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Out Now! Wall teichoic acids regulate peptidoglycan synthesis to maintain rod shape in Bacillus subtilis #MicroSky

Wall teichoic acids regulate peptidoglycan synthesis to maintain rod shape in Bacillus subtilis

Nature Microbiology, Published online: 26 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41564-026-02368-6Wall teichoic acids confer rod shape in the Gram-positive model organism Bacillus subtilis by occluding pores in the cell wall, thereby preventing runaway isotropic (non-oriented) peptidoglycan synthesis.

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📢Our MD simulation is out in Biophysical Journal! The nonequilibrium polysome dynamics expands bacterial nucleoids and helps separate daughter chromosomes. Results agree with our previous experiments and extend our earlier model. authors.elsevier.com/a/1mBGt_9FM7... #Microbiology #Biophysics

Our latest work is out in PNAS!🎉 We show that nonequilibrium polysome dynamics help drive sister chromosomes apart. The closing division septum also contributes via steric interactions.👇 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #MicroSky #Microbiology #Biophysics #CellBiology

How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think. A parliamentary committee is asking for researchers' personal information in what seems like an anti-DEI crusade, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

Opinion: How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think

A parliamentary committee is asking for academics’ private information on a strange anti-DEI crusade

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Plus que 10 jours avant la fin des soumissions des résumés pour le BiSP qui aura lieu le 5-6 novembre 2025 à l'Université de Sherbrooke. Nous aurons aussi la chance de recevoir @lalouxlab.bsky.social et @bjesseshapiro.bsky.social Partagez! @micrhub.bsky.social event.fourwaves.com/bispmicrhubs...

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Microfossils: Mimicking early life-forms in the lab Studying the growth of bacteria without cell walls in an artificial environment can shed new light on the proliferation of primitive life-forms billions of years ago. buff.ly/W7xDrWV

Saddened to learn of the passing of Moselio "Elio" Schaechter—Distinguished Professor at Tufts, SDSU and UCSD—humanist and visionary leader in the fields of microbiology and scientific communication—mentor, friend, and inspiration to me and so many others Small Things Considered Big Things Achieved

Please repost: PhD position with my lab and @weisslab.bsky.social in a great collaboration on bacterial adhesion #microsky. See drive.google.com/file/d/1GJD4...

How does your favorite species elongate? 🧵 "Phenotypic plasticity in bacterial elongation among closely related species". Happy to see this paper in print @natcomms.nature.com. Nice work by @mariedelaby.bsky.social, Liu Yang et al. See original 🧵, different colours, same data and conclusions.

Phenotypic plasticity in cell elongation among closely related bacterial species

Nature Communications - Multiple types of cell elongation have been described in bacteria, but little is known about how these strategies vary across species. Here, the authors use fluorescent...

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Yves Brun lab@brunlabcaulo.bsky.social · 2y ago

How does your favorite species elongate? 🧵 "Phenotypic plasticity in bacterial elongation among closely related species" by @mariedelaby.bsky.social, Liu Yang et al https://buff.ly/48Kw96x. How do cells elongate, all over, poles, middle? Close species do it the same way right? Not quite! #Microsky

Come join us at @mcgill.ca as an assistant professor in virus-host interactions! Please share widely. mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...

Assistant Professor (Research), Department of Microbiology & Immunology, (C2-240724)

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🚨👉 Please check our recent work on bacterial cell division. In situ Cryo-ET reveals the cellular function of the penicillin binding protein 1b supported by AFM, live-cell imaging, in silico AlphaFold proteome screen and TIRFM. Hope you enjoy the read! #teamtomo #cryo-ET ❄️🔬🐎 big thanks to the team!

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The aPBP-type cell wall synthase PBP1b plays a specialized role in fortifying the Escherichia coli division site against osmotic rupture https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.02.646830v1

The modified announcements say that up to 15% of doctoral, and 20% of postdoctoral, awards can be held by international scholars.

Steve Schwinghamer🇨🇦@sschwinghamer.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hey! Are you an American considering a PhD or a postdoc, and the funding / academic situation just went absolutely bonkers? Canada's federal funding awards just added eligibility for international applicants if at Cdn institutions. www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...

#Bundestagswahl Participating in elections is more important than ever, but for the 3-4Mio Germans abroad voting is way too complicated and this time not possible for many. Please sign this petition and share: www.openpetition.de/petition/onl...

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Alle deutschen Staatsangehörige sollten ihr Wahlrecht ausüben können! Jetzt handeln! Problem: Viele deutsche Staatsangehörige im Ausland können ihr Grundrecht auf Teilnahme an der Bundestagswahl fakti...

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Please repost!!!!! Abstraction submission for the next Great Wall Symposium is now open! Come to Sicily in September and learn the latest on bacterial cell wall biology. thegreatwall-symposium.org/abstract-sub...

I joined 75+ @nobelprize.bsky.social laureates urging US Senators to oppose RFK Jr.'s confirmation as DHHS Secretary. If you’re in a state with GOP senators, PLEASE reach out to them! I’d deeply appreciate it if you amplified this post! 🙏 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...

Crazy stuff in PNAS dental plaque bacterium 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘯𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘪 can divide into an unprecedented 14 daughter cells at once—then each daughter cell starts growing immediately in a rare process called multiple fission, achieving 0.5 mm per day of expansion www.snexplores.org/article/bact...

These mouth bacteria use a new type of cell division to make 14 cells at once

The newfound strategy seen in C. matruchotii might help oral bacteria recover lost territory after each eviction by toothbrushing.

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We’re looking to hire a theoretical #biological #physicist at either the Assistant or Associate professor level. The post closes soon, so please spread the word. #Toronto is a great place to live and work. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Excited to share our Cinqascience.bsky.social and our sites.google.com/view/cinq-a-... where you’ll find all details about our activities in Montréal and Québec! A huge thank you to Mafar (from @svanteeffelen.bsky.social sky.social lab) for supporting our communication 💙 #CinqAScience #5AScience

Cinq à Science (@cinqascience.bsky.social)

On se retrouve autour d’un verre, on écoute une présentation, puis on échange de manière informelle. Lien: https://tinyurl.com/4t7nvz6y

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New preprint spear headed by the amazing #LorenzoOlivi: "The Escherichia coli replication initiator DnaA is titrated on the chromosome" using, among many other techniques, #sptPALM to determine growth dependent mobilities of DnaA diffusing in live cells. doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.07.617004 1/n

The Escherichia coli replication initiator DnaA is titrated on the chromosome

DNA replication initiation is orchestrated in many prokaryotes by the replication initiator DnaA. Two models for regulation of DnaA activity in Escherichia coli have been proposed: the switch between ...

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Montréal, mark your calendars! Manon, postdoc in my lab, will lead the next Cinq à Science on 11/27, tackling the critical topic of antibiotic resistance (public, in french). Let’s show up big for Manon and cheer her on as she takes the stage! 🚀🔥 #SupportScience #AntibioticResistance #MontrealEvents

2 days left. Asst/Assoc Prof position in bacteriology, Université de Montréal. Deadline ***Nov. 15*** come join our growing community of bacteriologists. BTW Canada is the USA’s Bluesky!

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Please repost: Nov. 15 deadline! We are building a strong bacteriology community at Univ de Montréal, including recent hires Sven van Teeffelen, Frédérique Le Roux & myself. Moving to Montréal in 2018 is one of the best career decisions I made. Come join us! jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/664282/a...

Please repost: Nov. 15 deadline! We are building a strong bacteriology community at Univ de Montréal, including recent hires Sven van Teeffelen, Frédérique Le Roux & myself. Moving to Montréal in 2018 is one of the best career decisions I made. Come join us! jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/664282/a...

Assistant or Associate Professor in Bacteriology - Montréal, Quebec (CA) job with University of Montreal | 664282

Université de Montréal (UdeM) is looking for an Assistant or Associate full-time professor in the field of bacteriology.

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#JobAlert for (Asst/Assoc) Professor in #bacteriology in our Department of Microbiology at the @UMontreal. Join our increasing group of bacteriologists including recent hires of @brunlabcaulo.bsky.social, Frederique Le Roux and myself. jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/664282/a...

Assistant or Associate Professor in Bacteriology - Montréal, Quebec (CA) job with University of Montreal | 664282

Université de Montréal (UdeM) is looking for an Assistant or Associate full-time professor in the field of bacteriology.

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Very happy that our review on #singleparticletracking #SPT from experiment to analysis is now published. With @weisslab.bsky.social and Francois Simon. Must read for anyone tracking fluorescent molecules transitioning between motion states. rdcu.be/dTKHd vanteeffelenlab.org/publications