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

Know your music? Prove it with the new Spicks and Specks quiz

Can't get no satisfaction? Our Spicks and Specks quiz might help

That's right, it's time to stop, ________ and listen with this week's music quiz. Let's play!

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ASM has submitted formal comments urging the White House Office of Management and Budget to withdraw a proposed rule that would weaken the peer review process, limit scientific collaboration and networking and create new barriers to conducting and disseminating research: asm.org/articles/pol...

🚨Join us at the University of Geneva! We're seeking an outstanding junior researcher to apply for an ERC or SNSF Starting Grant with our institutional support in host–pathogen interactions, bacteriology, virology, parasitology, or mycology. www.unige.ch/medecine/mim... Please share!

MACSYS is proud to support the upcoming Yeast Products & Discovery Conference - bringing together emerging leaders, researchers, and innovators in yeast science from across Australia. 📆22-24 July 📌UQ Brisbane City (located in the CBD) 👉More info and/or register: ausyeastgroup.org/ypd-2026

Despite a long history of world-leading discoveries, Australia's science system is going backwards – at the very moment the rest of the world is moving forward, fast. That's why we've launched BACK AUSTRALIA'S ABILITY, a call to every Australian to do exactly that.

Send a message to your MP at restorescience.com.au?utm_source=i...

Homepage | Back Australia's Ability

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Like it or lump it, the College of Experts is probably set to remain a staple of ARC's system for some time yet. Most who serve on it report it's worth their time & effort, both as a service to the research community & for their proposal-writing abilities. So, maybe consider nominating for it?

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Nominations now open: ARC College of Experts 2027. We’re seeking leaders in research and peer review from across academia, industry and the public sector — with strong encouragement for multidisciplinary expertise and diverse nominations. Find out more: www.arc.gov.au/news-and-pub...

Basic science powers the biggest medical advances. Don’t miss Drs. Kim Orth and Mariana Byndloss, 2026 #ASMAwards recipients, at #ASMicrobe as they discuss how foundational discoveries become life‑saving treatments. Today at 10:45 a.m.: asm.social/2XK

This is one of the coolest projects I have had a chance to contribute to. Fabulous work by Thomas Williams @macsys.bsky.social modeling the consequences of proteins and LPS embedding into bacterial outer membranes doi.org/10.48550/arX...

You can catch the entire podcast episode by searching your podcast app for The Random Sample. The episode also features Deputy Director Jennifer Flegg and is hosted by Research Fellow Haripriya Sridharan. You can also watch the conversation on 📹MACSYS YouTube: youtu.be/plXmRoi5ydY

MACSYS Leaders on The Random Sample podcast

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🎙️Why MACSYS & why now? In this clip from The Random Sample podcast, Centre Director Trevor Lithgow explains that as biology increasingly moves into a quantitative space, the ability to work across maths & biology isn’t optional - it’s essential: 🎧 www.therandomsample.com.au/podcast/macs...

This is one of the coolest projects I have had a chance to contribute to. Fabulous work by Thomas Williams @macsys.bsky.social modeling the consequences of proteins and LPS embedding into bacterial outer membranes doi.org/10.48550/arX...

beautifully written article, on a complex case of a country whose people deserves so much more www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

'We're not fleeing': The disappearing Pacific nation relocating its people to Australia

Tuvalu is building new land to hold back rising sea levels, but the majority of its people are applying to relocate to Australia. As they do, many are confronting a disturbing question.

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#DECRA applicants, the rejoinder period begins on Monday (25 May). You'll get reports from "detailed assessors" – people in your general field, but not necessarily experts on your specific research. Reports will appear in your RMS portal, normally around 11am Canberra time (but it varies).

Congratulations to MACSYS Deputy Director Professor Jennifer Flegg - just named a 2026 Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, recognised for her internationally leading work in mathematical biology. 👉 Read the full story: macsys.org/jen-flegg-20...

🧪 Awesome new theme issue of Philosophical Transactions: ‘World models in natural and artificial intelligence’ Thank you Adam Safron! royalsocietypublishing.org/rsta/issue/3...

Volume 384 Issue 2320 | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A | The Royal Society

Influential themed journal issues across the physical mathematical and engineering sciences.

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Monash University is advertising the position of Director, Monash BDI and Head of School, Biomedical Sciences. The ad for this role is now live. Please contact the Dean of Medicine, Prof Christina Mitchell FAA FAHMS for further information onthe position careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

This dissolves the core-accessory distinction. Core genes are ones whose beneficial environment is always present. Accessory genes are ones whose beneficial environment is intermittent. Same dynamics, different p values. A continuum, no category boundary.

A very honest assessment of the 2-step EOI-style application procedure that has run for the past three rounds of ARC-DPs. It has failed to deliver on its stated aims, and the ARC has recognized why this was not a good idea for a broad-based scheme such as the ARC-DP scheme.

Australian Research Council@arc-gov-au.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The ARC has completed an internal review of the 2‑step application process introduced for Discovery Projects in 2023, following three rounds with an Expression of Interest (DP25–DP27). A summary of the review findings and supporting data is now available: www.arc.gov.au/publications...

Really reading the literature has always given scientists in training a huge advantage. But these days, it seems like a superpower. So many people skim/AI summarize papers, but then you miss out on so much! It's like reading a description of a Van Gogh painting vs. staring at it for 2h.

The VIIN Emerging Leaders Committee is delighted to invite you to our first workshop for 2026! Join us online for How to Get a Grant: Building Your Toolkit for Funding Success, to be held on Wednesday 13 May from 10am - 12pm. Register here: forms.gle/MBkiDutL1cwE...

What happens when you add one scientist to a team? New expertise. New ideas. New directions! 🧪 This year, #HFSP Accelerator Grants expanded research teams across India, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Korea, Singapore and South Africa. 🔗zurl.co/upL6c #HFSPResearchGrants #sts

My super department @warwicklifesci.bsky.social is hiring 6 assistant profs in the wake of recent retirements. We're looking for people in microbiology/infection, cellular disease / immunity; environmental biology; and plant/crop science. #MicroSky warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...

Was just asked to spread the word about this position. Structural biology and Chemical Biology positions in Barcelona, one of the great cities of the world! www.irbbarcelona.org/sites/defaul...

The provisional program for the 25th JFSP Awardees Meeting is now available! Get a first look at what’s planned in Geneva this July. 👉https://zurl.co/iOiAG 📅 8–10 July 2026 🧪 Registration is open: zurl.co/IBSRb #HFSPmtg2026 #sts

‼️ The 2nd session of #KlebClub2026 is tomorrow! This session will focus on pediatrics 🧸 — exploring the impact of Klebsiella infections in neonatal and pediatric populations, from clinical challenges to emerging research. 🗓 Thursday 16 🕘 9:00 -10:30 AM (EDT) (FREE registration) #microsky #AMR

Interested in synthetic biology & microbiomes? 🧬🧫 We are recruiting a PhD student to develop biosensors to study microbe–microbe & microbe–host interactions. In beautiful Lausanne, Switzerland🏔️⛵ @dmf-unil.bsky.social @fbm-unil.bsky.social Apply by 24.05.2026 👇 shorturl.at/6X7M4 Boosts appreciated!

Have you developed a new #bioinformatics tool to understand #phage or #virus? Make sure you add it to #awesome-virome github.com/shandley/awe...

Thanks to Marvin Whiteley and the @asm.org @mbio.bsky.social for a good time on their podcast talking about a bacteriophage that flexes and contracts in impossible ways. Also detailed in an mBio paper here DOI: 10.1128/mbio.03829-25 @macsys.bsky.social youtu.be/eDGta8xc4_0?...

Phage JS1: The Virus Breaking the Rules - Editors in Conversation, mBio Edition

YouTube video by American Society for Microbiology

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