DaganLab @daganlab.bsky.social · 09/08/2026📢 We have an open PhD position to study the evolution of antibiotic resistance plasmids! Ad and Application (English below): jobs.uni-kiel.de/jobposting/8... Candidates who read the recommended papers (see ad) will be well positioned to prepare a strong application. Deadline: 6. Septermber 2026.jobs.uni-kiel.dewissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in Zielrichtung Promotion 129
Reposted by DaganLabOded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Gloves are off! TODAY WE RELEASE THE 1% A list of the year’s very best papers 👇 (see thread) 144314
Reposted by DaganLabOded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Important announcement!!! 💫 Would you have a tooth pulled if it helped your chances to get an important grant funded? Absurd question, but the funding situation is so bad, that I bet some of you actually considered it for a second… keep your teeth! we created something that might help! 👇 (1/16) 57031
Reposted by DaganLabInstitute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) @istaresearch.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Photosynthetic bacteria helped shape Planet Earth. Among them cyanobacteria—microbes that produced the oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere & made complex life possible. They have captivated scientists for decades by offering insights into how life evolved from single cells into multicellular organisms. 23515
DaganLab @daganlab.bsky.social · 17/04/2026We will be advertising soon a PhD position in this consortium. Interested candidates (experimental/computational) are welcome to informally reach out to Tal Dagan. Practical experience (e.g., MSc thesis) in microbial genetics or molecular evolution (with programming) is a prerequisite. 012
Reposted by DaganLabSchulenburg Lab Kiel @schulenburglab.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Funding for new Leibniz ScienceCampus on AMR evolution at FZB Borstel and Kiel, with several open PhD positions! Incl @daganlab.bsky.social @bramkamplab.bsky.social @fzborstel.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de www.uni-kiel.de/de/detailans...uni-kiel.deNeuer Leibniz-WissenschaftsCampus zur Erforschung von Antibiotikaresistenzen FZB und CAU erforschen im WissenschaftsCampus „AMR-PLAS“ gemeinsam die AMR-Plastizität bei bakteriellen Krankheitserregern 076
DaganLab @daganlab.bsky.social · 18/03/2026New preprint! We show that conjugation accelerates the segregation of #plasmid alleles -> horizontal transfer is a route for allele segregation in MGE evolution. Led by Lisa Hartmann, with @mariosanter.bsky.social &Nils Hülter. Naturally, reviewed by @qedscience.bsky.social! doi.org/10.64898/202... 12313
Reposted by DaganLabDevani Romero Picazo @devaropica.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Finally out from @daganlab.bsky.social! 🌱🦠🧬 Evolution of the Plant-Associated Pantoea was Accompanied by Plasmid Domestication Events url: academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...academic.oup.comEvolution of the Plant-Associated Pantoea was Accompanied by Plasmid Domestication EventsAbstract. Plasmids are important drivers of evolutionary transformations and ecological adaptation in prokaryotes. Plasmids supplying the host with benefic 1105
Reposted by DaganLabSchulenburg Lab Kiel @schulenburglab.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Wonderful update on the exciting research during our annual Metaorganism CRC retreat, incl. fantastic guest talks by Chris Voolstra and Tommi Vatanen. Many thanks for all contributions! @crc1182.bsky.social @reefgenomics.bsky @daganlab.bsky.social www.metaorganism-research.com/news/crc-118...metaorganism-research.comCRC 1182 Retreat 2025The 11th CRC 1182 Retreat was held from October 8-10 at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre in Kiel. Our members presented the current state of research in the different sub-projects and discussed their plans... 191
DaganLab @daganlab.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Open W2-Professorship in Plant Genetics at CAU Kiel. See details in the link (English below the German text). Deadline: 19.10.2025. Join our community of evolutionary biologists on the coast of the Baltic sea. www.berufungen.uni-kiel.de/de/dateien/o...berufungen.uni-kiel.de 000
DaganLab @daganlab.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Happy to introduce SegMantX. Analyzing #plasmid we find that most duplications are MGE-driven. Additional use cases include detection of DNA transfer between replicons and examination of plasmid sequence similarity. Try it out! doi.org/10.1093/molb...doi.orgSegMantX: a novel tool for detecting DNA duplications uncovers prevalent duplications in plasmidsAbstract. Segmental duplications play an important role in genome evolution via their contribution to copy-number variation, gene-family diversification an 064
Reposted by DaganLabJulia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Please RT: We have an opening for a junior group leader position in „Phage Biology & Biotechnology“. www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/... Interested candidates are encouraged to contact me via email for further details. @spp2330.bsky.social; @mibinet.bsky.socialfz-juelich.deJunior Group Leader - Phage Biology & BiotechnologyAs a leading research institution for microbial biotechnology the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences - Biotechnology (IBG-1, https://www.fz-juelich.de/de/ibg/ibg-1 ) at the Forschungszentrum Jülich foc... 03857
DaganLab @daganlab.bsky.social · 05/09/2025A call for W 3 (full) professorship in Molecular and Evolutionary Zoology is now open at our department. Join our community of evolutionary biologists! Excellent facilities and scientific environment! www.nature.com/naturecareer...nature.comW 3 professorship in Molecular and Evolutionary Zoology - Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein (DE) job with Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel | 12844416Kiel University aims to attract more qualified women to professorship positions. The Institute of Zoology at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural... 057
DaganLab @daganlab.bsky.social · 21/08/2025W 3-Professorship in Benthic Biogeochemistry www.nature.com/naturecareer... An attractive position at our neighbor institute GEOMAR in Kiel!nature.comW 3-Professorship in Benthic Biogeochemistry - Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein (DE) job with Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel | 12842249Kiel University and GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel aims to attract more qualified women to professorships. The Faculty of Mathemat... 010
DaganLab @daganlab.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Dear colleagues, even if you are short in time, take a look at Figure 5B. Quote from the discussion: "First and foremost, we need to separate the different tasks required of a just accountability system: detection, investigation, and sanctioning." 011
DaganLab @daganlab.bsky.social · 03/08/2025Happy to finally share this! Read here about the best strategy the the persistence of low-copy plasmids. @mariosanter.bsky.social @iwangtoknow.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s414...doi.orgThe combination of active partitioning and toxin-antitoxin systems is most advantageous for low-copy plasmid fitness - Nature CommunicationsEffe et al. evaluate how specific plasmid traits influence plasmid fitness; they provide mechanistic insight into the persistence of large conjugative plasmids, including those that disseminate antibi... 24822
Reposted by DaganLabBram van Dijk 🏳️🌈 @bramvandijk.bsky.social · 03/06/2025This is still open for another week or so! Please apply :) 0413
Reposted by DaganLabPeter Andersen @germline.bsky.social · 16/05/2025📣 🥳 🧑💻 Our department is hiring: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor / Associate Professor in Bioinformatics at Aarhus University, Denmark Deadline June 1st Thanks for sharing! mbg.au.dk/en/news-and-...mbg.au.dkTenure-Track Assistant Professor / Associate Professor in Bioinformatics at Aarhus University, Denmark - Vacancy at Aarhus UniversityVacancy at Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - BiRC - Bioinformatics Research Center, Aarhus University 07089
DaganLab @daganlab.bsky.social · 26/04/2025An awesome position in a super enabling institute. Join us in Kiel! 036
Reposted by DaganLabMichael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Job alert ‼️ 2x professorships available @uniofmanchester.bsky.social - ecology www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... - organismal biology (inc genomics, evolution etc.) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI506/s...jobs.manchester.ac.ukSenior Lecturer/Reader/Chair in Ecology:Manchester 25374
Reposted by DaganLabTransEvo @transevo.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Another step closer to our new #research building on #translational #evolutionary #biology at @uni-kiel.de. Thanks to everyone involved in the realization of this fantastic new research environment www.gmsh.de/pressemittei...gmsh.deNeues Evolutionsforschungszentrum am Bremerskamp nimmt Gestalt anIm Center for Fundamental Research in Translational Evolutionary Biology (CeTEB) werden ab 2027 Forschungsprojekte zur Evolutionsforschung bearbeitet. Heute wurde gemeinsam mit den Handwerkern das Ric... 074
DaganLab @daganlab.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Segmental duplications are challenging to detect? Try SegMantX, a local alignment chaining tool to detect diverged #duplications. Applied to enterobacterial plasmids, it uncovers MGE's role in #plasmid #evolution & #antibiotic resistance amplification. Read here: t.co/akfYUYRTdd 031
Reposted by DaganLabmicamer.bsky.social @micamer.bsky.social · 11/03/2025We would love feedback on a new NCBI-BLAST service we are launching today: sky-blast.com Under the hood it's the same BLAST executable and databases provided by NCBI, with a replica of the NIH's interface - providing an alternative to the US gov service that's less congested, faster & more reliable 1012274
DaganLab @daganlab.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Imagine that you are a low-copy extra-chromosomal genetic elements invading a host cell. What’s your best strategy to survive? Check our new study of prokaryotic #plasmid for the answer! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... led by Johannes Effe with @iwangtoknow.bsky.social and more! (not on bsky)biorxiv.orgPersistence of large conjugative plasmids relies on the combination of active partitioning and addiction mechanismsExtrachromosomal and mobile genetic elements, including transposable elements, plasmids, and accessory chromosomes, are found across all domains of life. The replication and segregation of elements in... 0239
Reposted by DaganLabEvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Kiel University offers 7 PhD positions in "Translational Evolutionary Research" focused on applying evolutionary principles to real-world problems. Apply by March 27, 2025: transevo.de #gradstudent 023
DaganLab @daganlab.bsky.social · 04/02/2025We have an open position PhD position in a project aiming to develop novel methodologies for phylogenomic reconstruction of plasmid evolution. See details and how to apply in the Ad. Candidates who will review the relevant literature (see Ad) have a higher chance to write a successful application. 02523
Reposted by DaganLabJamie Hall @jpjhall.bsky.social · 03/12/2024🆕Read my short perspective on @daganlab.bsky.social's intriguing @currentbiology.bsky.social paper that examined plasmid-mediated gene mobilisation by comparing plasmid cargoes with chromosomal sequences across almost 2000 isolates, now in Trends in Microbiology 💻💫🧬 #MicroSkycell.comLoading and unloading plasmid cargoesPlasmids are vehicles for horizontal gene transfer between cells, but they also exchange genes with associated chromosomes in a process termed 'intracellular mobility'. I discuss a recent article by K... 210739
Reposted by DaganLabAmir Mitchell @amitchell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Colibactin is deeply studied in human cells due to its involvement in colorectal cancers, yet far less is known in the context of microbial communities. Our first study with @daganlab.bsky.social revealed self-inflicted DNA-damage in colibactin producers (2/9) genome.cshlp.org/content/earl...genome.cshlp.orgColibactin leads to a bacteria-specific mutation pattern and self-inflicted DNA damage An international, peer-reviewed genome sciences journal featuring outstanding original research that offers novel insights into the biology of all organisms 101
Reposted by DaganLabMartin T Jahn @microscape.bsky.social · 19/11/2024We are looking for a #Postdoc (m/f/d) with expertise in cell culture/immunology in the Bacterial Infection Ecology Lab @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social to study how gut microbiota manipulate their host landscape and to advance microbiome-based therapies. Apply here: bit.ly/4eFgQO1 0174
Reposted by DaganLabUte Hentschel @utehentschel.bsky.social · 26/11/2024W3-Professorship opening at GEOMAR Kiel with focus on interactions in marine pelagic ecosystems. Please RT. 064
Reposted by DaganLabMike Blazanin @mikeblazanin.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Applications are open for the Microbial Population Biology GRS and GRC! The GRS is a fun day for grad students and postdocs to network before the full GRC starts, and is co-chaired this year by me and Laura Suttenfield Get your applications in by Jan 15! #evosky 🦠🧪 www.grc.org/microbial-po...grc.org2025 Microbial Population Biology (GRS) Seminar GRCThe 2025 Gordon Research Seminar on Microbial Population Biology (GRS) will be held in Andover, New Hampshire. Apply today to reserve your spot. 08984
Reposted by DaganLabSchulenburg Lab Kiel @schulenburglab.bsky.social · 14/11/20241 more week to apply! A PhD and a postdoc project on the genomic basis of host-microbiome coevolution in the Schulenburg lab 0109
Reposted by DaganLabUte Hentschel @utehentschel.bsky.social · 02/11/2024 W 3-Professorship in Marine Pelagic Ecology Deadline 08. December 2024 by Kiel University and GEOMAR www.berufungen.uni-kiel.de/de/w-3-aussc... www.geomar.de/en/karriere/... 015
DaganLab @daganlab.bsky.social · 09/01/2024Two PhD positions for #plasmid evolution research are open in our group: 1) Computational evolutionary microbiology and 2) Microbial evolutionary genetics. Application deadline: 10.3.24. Details in evoldir: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi... 020
Reposted by DaganLabSchulenburg Lab Kiel @schulenburglab.bsky.social · 27/11/2023Our Collaborative Research Center on the Origin and Function of Metaorganisms was just approved for another 4-years funding period. Just wonderful to continue our work with fantastic colleagues at Kiel University and partner institutions! @daganlab.bsky.social @utehentschel.bsky.socialuni-kiel.deCollaborative Research Center on metaorganism research successfully extendedGerman Research Foundation continues to fund the CRC 1182 until 2027 1151
DaganLab @daganlab.bsky.social · 26/11/2023From #plasmid to #mitochondria and #plastid, extra-chromosomal genetic elements share many properties of their evolutionary dynamics. Great work by Marina Khachaturyan 051
