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Teppo Hiltunen @teppo-h.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

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/...

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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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Sara Mitri @saramitri.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Check out our pre-print led by the fantastic Massimo Amicone, collaborating with the Bollenbach lab! tinyurl.com/4h9p8mfb We build a simple intuition on how ecological interactions affect resistance evolution by expanding evolutionary rescue theory and testing it with two large sets of experiments

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Guillaume Méric @gmeric.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

🚨New preprint from the lab!🚨 Check @gazollavolpiano.bsky.social 's thread on our latest study looking at bacterial diversity and strain dynamics in the early-life respiratory microbiome 🫁🧫🧬👶 🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... cc @bakerresearchau.bsky.social @uniofbath.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social

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Camila Gazolla Volpiano, PhD @gazollavolpiano.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Across the first year, babies' airways shift from a Staphylococcus aureus–dominated state to a Moraxella catarrhalis–enriched one by 12 months. S. aureus likely comes from mum, M. catarrhalis expands as infants meet more people. Dynamics differ by strain. 4/7

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Alvaro Sanchez @asanchezlab.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

The version of record of our revised preprint is finally out today. In it, we introduce a fast and reliable methdology for the full factorial design of microbial communities, i.e. constructing every monoculture, pair, trio, four-member,... n-member co-culture of N strains. doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

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Full factorial construction of synthetic microbial communities

A rapid, inexpensive, and easy to implement experimental protocol enables the construction of combinatorially complete sets of microbial consortia.

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MEEhubs @meehubs.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

We didn't want anyone to miss out, so we've extended the deadline for abstract submission to MEEHubs2026 until this Sunday (April 26). ✨ Please submit and please re-share! meehubs.org

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Sonja Lehtinen @sonjalehtinen.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Interested in predicting the dynamics of antibiotic resistance? Come work with us! We're looking for two postdocs to develop predictive models of resistance. We're interested in a range of approaches (mathematical & statistical modelling, causal inference, machine learning). tinyurl.com/6c4y3jke

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Career Opportunities: Postdoctoral positions in predictive modelling of antibiotic resistance spread (22755)

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Melanie Blokesch @mblokesch.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Excited to share our new paper out today in @science.org 🎉 We show that HGT via natural competence drives diversification of chromosomal integrons in V. cholerae 🤩 Below a 🧵 on key findings incl. background on natural competence in V. cholerae 1/ #microsky #phagesky www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Justine Debelius @jwoodelius.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

All I want for the editorial manager is for them to use a single, consistent password across all the journals based on my OCRID instead of having to create a new account every single time. My password manager cant keep the journal straight and neither can I.

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Guim Aguadé-Gorgorió @guimaguade.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Microbial communities can harbor many species that do not coexist in pairs, yet can coexist in the full community. Here we provide the mathematical foundations of emergent coexistence, and explain why it can't be predicted from pairwise tests journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...

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bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Inhibition of multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by commensal bacterial species from the human nose www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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Elisabetta Cacace @elisca.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Excited to announce my upcoming @snsf.ch Ambizione research group at EPFL on bacteria-host interactions, combining systems approaches and microphysiological models. 🚨 We have an open PhD position! More info on projects and how to apply here: elisabettacacace.github.io/BHI-Lab/ 🧪

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Guillaume Méric @gmeric.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Sharp followers will notice that it's been a long while I hadn't done this, but here is the latest personal reading list/summary for a few recent papers that I found relevant and interesting in the field of microbiome science, microbial ecology and others. mericlab.com/2026/02/05/n...

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Noteworthy from the blue skies — end of 2025-Jan 2026

Well, despite being marginally more active on BlueSky, my last blog post summarizing the papers I come across has been almost a year ago now. Shocking news, I know. Since then, I’ve moved acr…

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Christian Kost @kostchristian.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

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

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Paul Hoskisson 🧫 🦠🐸 @paulhoskisson.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Come and work with me and @ariannebabina.bsky.social on #Streptomyces evolution and antibiotic production Origins of a tangled bank: Adaptation and evolution in antibiotic-producing Streptomyces www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate... please repost

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University of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Centres for Doctoral Training - NorthWest Biosciences - Our Projects - Underpinning Bioscience - Paul A Hoskisson

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Christian Kost @kostchristian.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

I am excited to announce that the position of a senior postdoc (3 +3 years) in the field of theoretical biology is available in my group. The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects. Please RT. Details 👇: shorturl.at/iiiOv

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Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

We are also hiring a 4-year postdoc to study the dynamics and evolution of mobile genetic elements in the C-fixing Icelandic host-spring microbiomes Join our exciting multidisciplinary team funded by @ukri.org BBSRC sLoLa www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

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Research Associate in Microbial Evolution:Oxford Road

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Anaëlle Fait @anaellefait.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

10°C weather and non-stop rain is not what I expected on a trail run in late July, but turns out slipping and falling in the mud is actually quite fun

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Fabienne Benz @fabbenz.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

1/6 Excited to share our review 🚀 🧬 CRISPR–Cas therapies targeting bacteria! #MicroSky

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Sonja Lehtinen @sonjalehtinen.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Come work with us! We're looking of postdoc(s) with experience in bacterial genomics and interest in mathematical modelling to work on bacterial ecology and evolution in the context of public health. tinyurl.com/n34vzszu

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Opportunités de carrière : Postdoctoral researcher in bacterial genomics (22209)

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Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

☎️ Calling #MEvoSky ☎️ 2x 5-year research associate / research assistant positions in experimental evolution ERC-funded project: How do mobile genetic elements and defence systems shape bacterial genome evolution? Join the friendly and exciting @mermanchester.bsky.social community in Manchester!

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Elisabetta Cacace @elisca.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Interested in antibiotic cross-resistance/sensitivity? Tired of experimental evolution? Then check our new story led by brilliant @nazgulsakenova.bsky.social, now out on Nature Microbiology @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social !

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Christian Kost @kostchristian.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

A postdoctoral position is available in the lab of Faizan Said @ Cardiff University to work on multispecies bacterial biofilms and metabolic cross-feeding interactions in the context of antimicrobial tolerance and resistance evolution. Deadline: 3.01.2025 Please RT More info: shorturl.at/md3A8

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Julian Trouillon @juliantrouillon.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

I have an open Postdoc position in Molecular Systems Biology at ETH Zürich! The project is about the conservation of transcription factors functions between strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 🧬🦠 More details and application at: jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP... Please share!

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Postdoctoral Position in Molecular Systems Biology

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Fiona J Whelan @whelanfj.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

🚨 PhD opportunity 🚨 The Whelan lab, along w @brockhurstlab.bsky.social, are looking for a PhD student w bioinformatic experience/interest to investigate the evolution of transmissibility in bacterial pathogens, with a focus on P. aeruginosa. More info & link to apply below. Please spread the word!

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Alexander Harms @aharms485.bsky.social · 02/01/2024

Interested in how phages deal with dormant bacteria? After a looong and difficult peer review our paper by Enea Maffei and colleagues has finally been published: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Carolin Wendling @ccwendling.bsky.social · 19/12/2023

✨Big Career Announcement: Super happy to share that I’ve officially accepted a professorship @LMU ! Excited for new opportunities and collaborations. Stay tuned for more updates and job openings.

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Anaëlle Fait @anaellefait.bsky.social · 07/10/2023

Running the Lisbon marathon tomorrow 👏 The 30C weather is great for holidaying, maybe not so great for the run 😶‍🌫️

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Christian Kost @kostchristian.bsky.social · 19/09/2023

Are you interested in mutualisms? Have you always wondered how these cooperative interactions emerge and coevolve? If the answer to these questions is YES, then please consider joining my vibrant group as a PhD student. Please RT. More details👇 www.uni-osnabrueck.de/universitaet...

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Jessica Blair @jessicamablair.bsky.social · 19/09/2023

Outreach and engagement with the AMR message should be about more than just numbers. This is a great piece in npjAMR about how storytelling can help communicate in a different way. www.nature.com/articles/s44... #microsky

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Christian Kost @kostchristian.bsky.social · 14/09/2023

An exciting new PhD project is available in my group to work on synergistic coevolution. The project will analyse an experiment, in which a cooperative interaction evolved between two bacterial strains. Deadline: October 13, 2023 Please RT More details: www.uni-osnabrueck.de/universitaet...

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Anaëlle Fait @anaellefait.bsky.social · 12/09/2023

Probably my first post on here should be science but LOOOOK WHAT I MADE! Little cat ladder for kitten to explore and little teepee frame 💁‍♀️ Next stop, sewing machine

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Célia Souque @celiasouque.bsky.social · 05/09/2023

Also does Bluesky not allow gifs yet? 😥 That's the primary mode of communication of my millennial soul

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Elinne Becket, PhD @bielleogy.bsky.social · 26/08/2023

EcoEvo folks, this is a fun game! Figure out each day's mystery animal in as few guesses as possible; with each guess it builds a phylo tree and gives info on the common ancestor for clues. 🐶 Animal #26 🦤 I figured it out in 4 guesses! 🟥🟧🟧🟩 metazooa.com

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Metazooa

Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal!

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