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Lee Henry @henrylabsymbio.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

⭐Postdoc position available⭐ How do symbionts evolve new beneficial functions? Join the Henry Lab to investigate how horizontal gene transfer drives host–microbe symbioses. 🦠 Apply below Enquiries: l.henry@qmul.ac.uk Please share! #Postdoc #EvolutionaryBiology #Symbiosis henry-lab.co.uk

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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Evolution of Host–Microbe Symbioses - QMUL Jobs

ID: 10612. Title: Postdoctoral Research Associate in Evolution of Host–Microbe Symbioses. Application Deadline:

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Glen Dsouza @nonresidentdesi.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Excited to share that I've been awarded a 5-year NIH MIRA (R35) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences! The lab is growing! We're recruiting postdocs and research techs interested in microbial ecology, quantitative microscopy, microfluidics, and molecular biology. Please share!

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Daniel Plaza Sáez @dplazasaez.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

After a wonderful #ASMicrobe I’m now enjoying more great science at #SynByss ! @taeseokmoon.bsky.social 🧬🦠

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Tiago Costa @tcostalab.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

📢 We are recruiting! I’m looking for a Research Associate in Structural Biology to join my lab at Imperial College London to study horizontal gene transfer using cryo-EM, biochemistry and microbiology. Please share with interested candidates! Apply: shorturl.at/gmJGS

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Daniel Plaza Sáez @dplazasaez.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Sunny DC! 🇺🇸☀️ Getting ready for the exciting days ahead at #ASMicrobe as an #ASM Future Leaders Mentorship Fellow! Looking forward to the amazing 2026 program! @asm.org 🦠🔬🧬

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Caro Kobras 🐍 @carokobras.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Super exciting news 🚨 I am hiring a technician to join my brand new lab at the University of Birmingham! @imibirmingham.bsky.social Come and support my BBSRC-funded research on understanding how staphylococci survive antibiotics. Please share! 🧫🧪 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRH271/a...

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Assistant Technical Specialist at University of Birmingham

Searching for an academic job? Explore this Assistant Technical Specialist opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

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Lilly Cummins @lillycummins.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

I’ve spent a lot of time over the past two years thinking about genome evolution and how recent research revealing complex gene-gene interactions has complicated traditional ‘gene-centric’ genomic approaches to evolution. So here is a review that consolidates these thoughts! rdcu.be/e6pHY

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Epistasis and co-adaptation in bacterial genome evolution

Nature Reviews Genetics - Bacterial genome evolution is shaped by epistasis, which can constrain or promote specific evolutionary paths. The authors review how integrating the effects of epistatic...

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Tae Seok Moon @taeseokmoon.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

#SynBYSS conference is scheduled on Jun 8-11, 2026 in Barcelona. Given the 100-year celebration of Architect Gaudi in Barcelona, we suggest early booking of hotels. Details can be found: www.jcvi.org/events/synbyss (speakers, abstract submission & registration) @jcvi.org @marcguellc.bsky.social

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SynBYSS

The International SynBYSS Conference is focused on bringing together the synthetic biology community with the explicit goal of developing young...

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Watson was a racist who, "near the end of his life, faced condemnation and professional censure for offensive remarks, including saying Black people are less intelligent than white people"

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James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97

Scientist James Watson, who shared a Nobel prize for helping discover the double-helix shape of the DNA molecule, has died. He was 97.

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Daniel Plaza Sáez @dplazasaez.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Great time at The New Microbiology @embo.org | FEBS course at Spetses! 🇬🇷 Truly thankful to attend and meet amazing researchers that shared their great stories and advice! One of the best courses I have ever participated! 😄 Lots of new insights, connections, and inspiration! 🦠 🧬 Thanks @AMI 🙏

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Daniel Plaza Sáez @dplazasaez.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Great talks in today’s session at GRC on Microbial Transcription 2025 by Gene-Wei Li and Celeste DiGennaro! 🦠🧬 #MoMT2025 #microbiology #microsky

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Daniel Plaza Sáez @dplazasaez.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

The GRS on Microbial Transcription 2025 is now over! Amazon science and people! 🦠🧬 Great experience to have served as a chair of this meeting along with @npokorzynski.bsky.social Passing the power now to Celeste and Caroline for #MoMT2027 !! #microbiology #microsky

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Daniel Plaza Sáez @dplazasaez.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Hello sunny #Boston !! ☀️ All set for my first time co-chairing the GRS (Gordon Research Conferences) on Mechanisms of Microbial Transcription 2025!! #MoMT2025 🧬🦠 Truly excited to welcome you all tomorrow on our first day!! 😊 See you!! #microbiology #microsky

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Daniel Plaza Sáez @dplazasaez.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

In case you missed this: We got some grants to cover some expenses of the Mechanisms of Microbial Transcription GRC/GRS attendees! Hope to see some of you in the US (June)! 😃 #Microbio25 #Microbiology #microsky

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Daniel Plaza Sáez @dplazasaez.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

#Microbio25 is now over This special @microbiologysociety.org anniversary (80th!!) conference was great!! 👏 🦠 Wonderful time in Liverpool to learn, present my work, reconnect with old friends, and make new ones!! (including @sheppardlab.bsky.social) 😊

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Wenlong Zhu @hiltior.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Amazing talk from George Salmond. Really informative for people interested in quorum sensing #Microbio25

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Martin Thanbichler @thanbichlerlab.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

#Postdoc position - at the University of Marburg (Germany), funded within our ERC Advanced Grant "C-SWITCH" Focus: CTP-dependent molecular switches as a new principle of cellular regulation in bacteria (including bacteriophages) Apply by 04 May: stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/2...

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Antoine Hocher @ahocher.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

The MIMIC lab is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join my team at @Cambridge_Uni! Exploration and engineering DNA-mimicking proteins (wet-lab position.) 🧬 Details: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50652/ Please get in touch / circulate !

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Research Associate (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge

Research Associate (Fixed Term) in the Department of Genetics at the University of Cambridge.

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Daniel Plaza Sáez @dplazasaez.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Richly deserved the Marjory Stephenson Prize lecture to George Salmond at #Microbio25 👏 @microbiologysociety.org Truly lucky to be part of his last generation of PhD students at University of Cambridge 🙏 This was a life-changing experience where I met fantastic people along the way! 😃 #Microsky

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Daniel Plaza Sáez @dplazasaez.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Curious about antibiotic biosynthesis regulation in an atypical producer? 👀 Come and find me at Poster A106 for a chat! 🦠🧫🧬😊 #Microbio25

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Daniel Plaza Sáez @dplazasaez.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Crossing the Andes again from Chile 🇨🇱 for the #Microbiology Society Conference 2025 !! @microbiologysociety.org 🇬🇧🥹 Looking forward to meeting fantastic people and science!! 🦠🧫🧬 See you at #Microbio25 ✨

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Daniel Plaza Sáez @dplazasaez.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Dear #microbiology community, Great news regarding the 2025 Mechanisms of Microbial Transcription GRC/GRS (US): We as chairs succeeded in securing more funds for trainees ! 😃💰 - Full & partial registration reimbursements and partial travel support are available! r u joining us in June? #microsky

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Giusy Mariano @giusym1990.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

🚨We are hiring! A MRC-funded PDRA position to study novel anti-phage systems & their evolutionary dynamics in P. aeruginosa, in collaboration with @friendlymicrobe. If you are passionate about phage-bacteria interactions & evolution, apply now ! tinyurl.com/bddz4z44

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Jacques Izard @jacquesizard.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

My lab is looking for a postdoctoral fellow (metagenomics/Metabolomics/human digestive tract microbiome). The position is available immediately and involves working with existing datasets from our lab. Location: USA - Omaha, Nebraska Apply at: unmc.peopleadmin.com/postings/88467

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Postdoctoral Research Associate/Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Position Announcement: Postdoctoral Research FellowWe are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow to join our research team working on the systemic effects of the human digestive tract microbio...

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Jimmy Saw @jimmysaw.bsky.social · 17/10/2023

I am looking for a postdoc to join my lab as soon as possible to work on the analysis of thousands of metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs). If you have someone who might be interested, please let them know. The position is funded for only one year. Thanks in advance. www.gwu.jobs/postings/106...

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Marco Fumasoni @marcofumasoni.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

🎺Please RT! We have a funded #Postdocposition in our lab at @IGCiencia in Portugal 🇵🇹🇪🇺! Come and join us in exploring the wonders and evolution of genome maintenance processes, and engage with the extended #LifeScience community in #Lisbon! Details here: fumalab.github.io/join

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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 09/10/2023

🚨My department is HIRING🚨 Microbiology & Molecular Genetics at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine invites applicants for tenure-track microbiology faculty at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. Our scope is broad, we seek creative colleagues! More info: tinyurl.com/PittMMG-Jobs

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