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Salvador Almagro-Moreno

@bioetry.bsky.social
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Emergence and evolution of bacterial pathogens Complexity in biological systems Dept. of Host-Microbe Interactions St. Jude Children's Research Hospital NSF CAREER. BWF PATH

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Casey Dunn @caseywdunn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
My new book, Phylogenetic Biology, is now published. Available online for free at dunnlab.org/phylogenetic... . Physical copies can be purchased at shop.lightningsource.com/b/085?params... or your favorite bookstore.
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Nels Elde @elearlybird.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Open your lab here at Utah! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/208...
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Salvador Almagro-Moreno @bioetry.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The application period for PhD admissions at @stjude.bsky.social opens in September! Check out the admissions guide to see if you are eligible and, if so, do not hesitate to apply if interested in doing a PhD on the fundamental biology of infectious diseases www.stjude.org/education-tr...
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Biomedical Sciences PhD Program
St. Jude offers a unique biomedical PhD program at one of the world’s premier pediatric research centers. Find out about admissions, courses, faculty and more.
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Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Junior faculty position in Basic Sciences @fredhutch.org! Please repost!
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Rachael Bay @rachaelabay.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
My department, Evolution and Ecology at UC Davis is hiring a plant evolution position! I am biased, but it's a great department 😃 apply here: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07777
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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Come be our colleague. I have been in this Division for 27 years (4 as a postdoc and 23 as a PI). It is an amazing place to work, collaborate, and be inspired. If you are applying to be an Assistant or Associate Professor this Fall, don't miss this deadline.
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Salvador Almagro-Moreno @bioetry.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
We are looking for motivated Postdocs to join our lab to investigate the emergence and evolution of bacterial pathogens. If your profile and interests fit the description below get in touch! Please share.Thank you!
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Salvador Almagro-Moreno @bioetry.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
What an amazing conference with incredible science and even better colleagues! Thanks @torreslab.bsky.social and @sunnyshinlab.bsky.social for organizing it!
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Laura K. Jennings @laurakjennings.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
📢 We're hiring! The Department of Microbiology & Cell Biology at Montana State University is hiring an Assistant Professor of Microbiology. We welcome applicants working in microbial pathogenesis, immunology, genetics, microbial evolution, and related areas. Apply: jobs.montana.edu/postings/52009
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Salvador Almagro-Moreno @bioetry.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
This whole @natrevgenet.nature.com focus issue on evolutionary innovation is 🔥
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C. Brandon Ogbunu @cbo.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
1/3 🚨New Perspective🚨 (@genetics-gsa.bsky.social) "When evolvability meets constraint: reflections on empirical fitness landscapes after Weinreich et al. (2006)" 20 years after a seminal study, I discuss the forces that both constrain evolution + make it possible academic.oup.com/genetics/adv...
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When evolvability meets constraint: reflections on empirical fitness landscapes after Weinreich et al. (2006)
Abstract. In 2006, a manuscript appeared with a provocative title: “Darwinian evolution can follow only very few mutational paths to fitter proteins.” Twen
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Salvador Almagro-Moreno @bioetry.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Wow! This is fascinating. Also, what a can of worms this opens when it comes to antimicrobials…
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Nature @nature.com · 27/06/2026
A 'megacluster' of genes found in a common soil bacterium can produce a range of antibiotics that can act against multi-drug-resistant bacteria go.nature.com/4aRR6ii
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Antibiotic cocktail made by soil bacteria can kill superbugs
Nature - Four antibiotic compounds produced in Streptomyces bacteria attack multiple parts of an essential metabolic pathway.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
These jellyfish larvae: * . * . * . * . * * . * . * * . *
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Onisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Our latest issue is online. There's something to suit every taste.
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Gonzo Muppet's Expressive Faces and Outfits
Alt: Gonzo Muppet's Expressive Faces and Outfits
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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Reminder — UW #Microbiology has an open search for an Assistant Professor, focusing on fundamental problems in #bacteriology! If you or someone you know would be suitable, here's the ad: apply.interfolio.com/185622
Screenshot of the job listing linked in full above
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Salvador Almagro-Moreno @bioetry.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The deadline for abstracts to be considered for oral presentations is only 5 days away. Register soon! event.fourwaves.com/vibrio2026/r...
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Didier Mazel @amazeld.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
A great opportunity! www.linkedin.com/pulse/join-u...
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Join us in Paris: Systems and Synthetic Biology x AI and health - Inserm Tenuring Position and Starting Package
I'm delighted to announce that we - ELiS Lab / Inserm U1338 at the nascent Paris Biofoundry and the Computational, Quantitative, Synthetic Biology Dept. at the Sorbonne Université - are recruiting an ...
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Salvador Almagro-Moreno @bioetry.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Vibriophiles! Come join us in Berlin this September! Still time to register and submit your abstract
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Mark Mandel @markjmandel.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Vibrio2026 - Submit your abstract by June 15, and join us in Berlin for this wonderful conference in September!! event.fourwaves.com/vibrio2026
Promotional flyer for Vibrio2026: The International Meeting on the Biology of Vibrios. The illustrated logo shows a pink rod-shaped bacterium (a vibrio) with a smiling face, wearing a blue knit hat and scarf and a white shirt reading "I ♥ BERLIN," riding a kick scooter past a faint blue Berlin skyline. The logo is encircled by an arch of arrows reading "VIBRIO2026 · MOA Berlin." Below, the text reads: "Berlin, Germany. Sept 13–16, 2026. MOA Berlin. Oral Abstract Deadline: June 15, 2026." At the bottom is the round Vibrio International Society logo (a globe encircled by the society's name) next to "Scan for Registration and Details" with an arrow pointing to a QR code.
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C. Brandon Ogbunu @cbo.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The current moment is one of the most consequential for science since World War II. Join us this afternoon. I have the privilege of moderating the panel that follows.
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Patrick S. Mitchell @psmitchej.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Thrilled to announce that the Department of Microbiology at the University of Washington, School of Medicine is hiring at the Assistant Professor level (tenure-track)! The Pacific Northwest is an awesome place to live and do science 🧪🦠. Join us! apply.interfolio.com/185622 Applications due 8/1.
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Salvador Almagro-Moreno @bioetry.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Congrats to all the PATH awardees and welcome to the family! What an amazing cohort! So happy to see @laurenpalmer.bsky.social among the awardees!
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Burroughs Wellcome Fund @bwfund.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
BWF Announces the 2026 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease www.bwfund.org/news/bwf-ann... #bwfpath
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BWF Announces the 2026 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease - Burroughs Wellcome Fund
DURHAM, N.C. – The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH) awards, recognizing assistant…
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Salvador Almagro-Moreno @bioetry.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Thinking of doing a PhD with a focus on infectious diseases? My lab is seeking enthusiastic students to investigate the emergence and transmission of pathogenic Vibrios. Join us at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, an extraordinary research center! www.stjude.org/education-tr...
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Biomedical Sciences PhD Program
St. Jude offers a unique biomedical PhD program at one of the world’s premier pediatric research centers. Find out about admissions, courses, faculty and more.
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Salvador Almagro-Moreno @bioetry.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Very proud of having contributed to this timely and actionable report by the by @asm.org, American Academy of Microbiology and American Geophysical Union. The report was released today. asm.org/reports/role...
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Role of Climate Change on Infectious Diseases
This report from the Academy and AGU highlights climate change's impacts on infectious diseases and recommends improved disease models and research coordination to strengthen global public health.
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Salvador Almagro-Moreno @bioetry.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Thank you @stjuderesearch.bsky.social for the wonderful highlight of our recent work in @natcomms.nature.com!
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realkarlklose.bsky.social @realkarlklose.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Vibriophiles! Achtung! Come to Berlin Sept 13-16 to learn the latest about your favorite bacteria. Great speakers, great venue, great topics, great location (home of Robert Koch). Oral abstract deadline June 15. Please share. @asm.org @rki-de.bsky.social #Vibrio26 #VIS
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Salvador Almagro-Moreno @bioetry.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Delighted to see our work recently published in @natcomms.nature.com ! In our article we describe a small RNA with a unique modular structure that shapes the evolution of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Modular small RNA drives the emergence of virulence traits and environmental trade-offs in Vibrio cholerae - Nature Communications
In this work, authors describe a modular small RNA that drives the emergence of virulence traits in the cholera pathogen. It controls key colonization phenotypes, acting as the functional surrogate of...
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Jonathan Pruneda @jnpruneda.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Interested in microbiology, immunology, and host-pathogen interactions? Come work with us! Our department at OHSU is opening a search for a new tenure-track faculty position. See the job advertisement for details. Please share within your networks! www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Faculty Position in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology - Portland, Oregon job with Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) - Molecular Microbiology and Immunology | 12858852
The Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at OHSU invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor position.
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Lauren Palmer @laurenpalmer.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
🚨Faculty job search: University of Illinois Chicago Micro & Immuno department is hiring! Open rank and open area within host-pathogen interactions. Apply by May 31 to join us in UI College of Medicine in the heart of Chicago! uic.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
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Salvador Almagro-Moreno @bioetry.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Biology is so fascinating!
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Wyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Please repost! This comes from the good people at ChimeraX, who produce powerful up-to-date software to study protein (etc) structures, which are FREE to the community. 🙏 To stay viable and serve us, they need an experienced structural biologist to assume the leadership role on a funded project.
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Faculty Position – In-Residence
University of California, San Francisco is hiring. Apply now!
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Séamus Holden 🔬🦠🧫 @seamusholden.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
There's more - we also have a broad call for 6 Assistant Professors in @warwicklifesci.bsky.social www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Assistant Professor x6 - Coventry, West Midlands (GB) job with The University of Warwick | 12858563
The School of Life Sciences (SLS) wishes to appoint six excellent and ambitious early career principal investigators
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Mark Mandel @markjmandel.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Check out this squid-vibrio postdoc position at Penn State with my colleague Tim Miyashiro, especially if you have a background in proteomics/metabolomics. psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
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Postdoctoral Position - BMB
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...
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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Micro-scale spatial metagenomics opens a new era in microbiome ecology @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social Opinion from @mizrahilab.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/micro...
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Micro-scale spatial metagenomics opens a new era in microbiome ecology
Understanding microbial communities requires moving beyond 2D representations toward a holistic view that couples 3D spatial organization with ecological function, integrating microbial inventories, g...
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 03/04/2026
I made a little Instagram reel about this image because it’s just so frickin’ cool
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Burroughs Wellcome Fund @bwfund.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
📣📣 BWF is hiring! www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43... #ProjectManagement #ScienceEducation #DiversityInScience #GrantsManagement #NonprofitJobs #STEMCareers #BWFJobs #DurhamNC #HybridWork
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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Very provocative new paper in @natmicrobiol.nature.com As global temps rise, drought is becoming more frequent and prolonged across many regions Paper shows climate-driven drying of soils can fuel antimicrobial resistance at its ecological source, independent of clinical antibiotic use 🧵 (1 of 6)
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EMBL-EBI @ebi.embl.org · 16/03/2026
You asked, we listened. Millions of AI-predicted protein complex structures are now available in the #AlphaFold Database. This spans homodimers from 20 of the most studied species, including humans, as well as the World Health Organization’s priority pathogens list. www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t...
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital @stjuderesearch.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
The 2026 St. Jude-PIDS Pediatric Infectious Diseases Research Conference marked 25 years of advancing pediatric infectious diseases research through collaboration, training and scientific discovery.
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Kurianlab @kurianlab.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Mind blowing
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A small polymerase ribozyme that can synthesize itself and its complementary strand
The emergence of a chemical system capable of self-replication and evolution is a critical event in the origin of life. RNA polymerase ribozymes can replicate RNA, but their large size and structural ...
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Alvaro Sanchez @asanchezlab.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
New preprint on the limits of detecting higher-order interactions in microbial communities. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... We find that the dominance of additive and pairwise interactions on community function may not reflect biological simplicity, but fundamental limits of statistical detection.
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Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org · 05/03/2026
#OnThisDay in 1938, American evolutionary biologist Lynn Margulis was born. Margulis is most known for developing and popularising the endosymbiotic theory, which explains how eukaryotic cells evolved organelles from simpler prokaryotic organisms that resided within another and became incorporated.
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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Faculty position in Plant Molecular Biology (Associate Professor or Tenure-Track Assistant Professor) at Aarhus University, Denmark mbg.au.dk/aktuelt/ledi...
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Dr. Sunny Shin @sunnyshinlab.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Please join us for the Cold Spring Harbor Asia @cshlnews.bsky.social meeting on Bacterial Infection & Host Defense this May 11-15 in Suzhou, China! We have a fantastic lineup of speakers. Abstract deadline is March 6. Hope to see you there!
Poster of the 2026 CSHA meeting on Bacterial Infection & Host Defense.
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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
have you ever seen 𝘊𝘩𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘺𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘴 doing a perfect breast stroke? here you go... #ProtistsOnSky
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 18/02/2026
Scientists have seen Asgard archaea crawling for the first time. When it comes to the origin of eukaryotes, this is like seeing a feathered dinosaur in the wild. (Video courtesy of Philipp Ralder)
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Victor de Lorenzo (CNB, Madrid) @vdlorenzo.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Synthetically-primed evolution enables emergence of Pseudomonas putida strains able to grow on explosive residue 2,4 DNT as sole C/N source. A case of *molecular negotiation* between the implanted pathway & the host’s regulatory & physiological network 🤔 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Luisa F. Pallares @luisapallares.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
New Perspective!🔥It's fascinating how scientists from different fields but interested in the same question [e.g. genotype-phenoytpe relationship] can have such different perspectives. Here we put in our 2 cents wrt genetic effects being context-dependent, and pheno variation being mostly polygenic
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Beyond Mendel: a call to revisit the genotype–phenotype map through new experimental paradigms
Abstract. The long-standing notion that genotypes map to phenotypes through simple one gene–one trait relationships continues to shape both research in the
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