Elze Hesse @elzehesse.bsky.social · 30/03/2026I have a PhD position available within my group co-supervised by Gary Schenk (Queensland) on the use of biomolecules in lithium extraction – www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin.... Please share, and get in touch if interested! 132
Reposted by Elze HesseFEMS Journals @femsjournals.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Microbes grow in spatially structured communities. Bäcker et al. comprehensively synthesize evidence that spatial organization drives microbial ecological and evolutionary processes across scales. #FEMSMicrobiolRev buff.ly/wceLoPr @bramvandijk.bsky.social 2156
Reposted by Elze HesseJordan S. Martin @jsmartin.bsky.social · 02/02/2026I am looking for a PhD student to join my new Socio-Eco-Evo group, hosted in Katie Peichel's Evolutionary Ecology Division @ University of Bern. We're offering a fully funded 4-year position, studying social plasticity and behavioral adaptation among stickleback in Greenland. Please share around! 17895
Reposted by Elze HesseStu West @stuwest.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Strange discovery that an email about inclusive fitness was forwarded to Jeffrey Epstein, with the emailer quoting Jerusalem and comparing themself to Einstein. Are you one of the >100 evolutionary biologists now in the Epstein files? www.justice.gov/epstein/file... 6288
Reposted by Elze HesseGraduate School of Environment and Sustainability @exetergses.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Huge opportunity for marine scholarships! 🌊💸🧪 💸 2x £30k scholarships available 🎓 Available to black British students 🐟 Eligible courses: MSc Marine Environmental Management or MSc Marine Vertebrate Ecology & Conservation www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... @exetermarine.bsky.social 136
Elze Hesse @elzehesse.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Exciting PhD position on algal-driven metal remediation with Dr Michiel Vos and collaborators at the University of Exeter. This project combines plant and microbial ecology, and geochemistry to develop innovative biological solutions for metal pollution www.findaphd.com/phds/project...findaphd.comNERC RED-ALERT CDT: Green Rivers: harnessing freshwater algae for bioremediation and critical metal recovery. at University of Exeter on FindAPhD.comPhD Project - NERC RED-ALERT CDT: Green Rivers: harnessing freshwater algae for bioremediation and critical metal recovery. at University of Exeter, listed on FindAPhD.com 031
Reposted by Elze HesseLouis-Marie Bobay @lbobay.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Our latest paper is out with @adiop.bsky.social and @gmdouglas.bsky.social. We analyzed the extent of homologous recombination between bacterial species (introgression) and how it affects species borders (it can vary a lot depending on the approach used to classify species!). rdcu.be/eQAMfrdcu.beIntrogression impacts the evolution of bacteria, but species borders are rarely fuzzyNature Communications - It is commonly thought that bacterial species borders tend to be fuzzy, due to frequent exchange of DNA. Here, Diop et al. quantify the patterns of gene flow between core... 16043
Reposted by Elze HessePablo García-Palacios @pablogarciapal.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Our new paper from the MICROWILD consortium is published in ISME Comms, led by MJ Fernández-Alonso and @migueldc1.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...academic.oup.comNative edaphoclimatic regions shape soil communities of crop wild progenitorsAbstract. Unveiling the soil biological communities ecologically associated with crop wild progenitors (CWPs) in their habitats of origin is essential for 186
Reposted by Elze HesseMichael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Three Bicentenary research fellowships on offer at @officialuom.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social for exceptional ECRs with <3y postdoc experience 3yrs salary + £30k pa research expenses Do you have a great idea & want to join @mermanchester.bsky.social? www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/sup...bmh.manchester.ac.ukBicentenary Early Career Research Fellowships | Biology, Medicine and Health | University of ManchesterFind out about and apply for a Bicentenary Early Career Research Fellowship. 02137
Reposted by Elze HesseKsenia Krasileva @kseniakrasileva.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Spread the word 😃 Our department has an open position at the Assitant Professor level 🌱 02629
Reposted by Elze HesseEllinor Alseth @ellinoralseth.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Feels surreal to say but: I'm hiring! If you are or know anyone interested in looking at the evolution of phage resistance using A. baumannii and natural transformation, then this might be for you www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...jobbnorge.noResearch position in Microbial Pharmacology and Population Biology (282139) | UiT The Arctic University of NorwayJob title: Research position in Microbial Pharmacology and Population Biology (282139), Employer: UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Deadline: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 16965
Reposted by Elze HesseBrian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 16/07/2025the current rate of extinction, as estimated by ourselves and others, whom we cited, and across diverse major taxa, we may well be headed in the direction of a new mass extinction event www.cell.com/trends/ecolo... 🌐🧪cell.comDenying that we may be experiencing the start of the Sixth Mass Extinction paves the way for it to happenArguing that we are not currently experiencing a Sixth Mass Extinction, or at least playing down its possibility, gives support to those who would happily allow it to happen. Wiens and Saban [1], in a... 26534
Reposted by Elze HesseGermán Bonilla-Rosso @germusthermophilus.bsky.social · 12/07/2025🇨🇭The #ETH in #Zürich is looking for an Assistant Professor in #Soil (Bio-/Geo-) Chemistry! Deadline to apply is September 30th! Please Share! #AcademicSky #Biochemistry #biogeochemistry #soilscience ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z...ethz.chAssistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Soil Chemistry 02325
Reposted by Elze HesseJonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Re-reading this journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... “Holes in the Hologenome: Why Host-Microbe Symbioses Are Not Holobionts” and agreeing with a lot of itjournals.asm.orgHoles in the Hologenome: Why Host-Microbe Symbioses Are Not Holobionts | mBioABSTRACT The advent of relatively inexpensive tools for characterizing microbial communities has led to an explosion of research exploring the diversity, ecology, and evolution of microbe-host systems... 63914
Reposted by Elze HesseJens-Christian Svenning @jcsvenning.bsky.social · 14/07/2025🌱Alien #plants are reshaping the #tropics -our review @ninadm.bsky.social et al explores how they interact w land-use & #climatechange driving novel ecosystems🌴We call for nuanced adaptive strategies incl nature-based solutions to navigate tropical futures 🔗Free access www.nature.com/articles/s44...nature.comAlien plants and novel ecosystems in the Greater TropicsNature Reviews Biodiversity - The Greater Tropics are under substantial ecological pressure driven by anthropogenic change, including the introduction of alien plants. This Review explores the... 15920
Reposted by Elze HesseMeaghan Castledine @mcastd.bsky.social · 10/07/2025How do macrophages influence the evolution of phage resistance? We show that macrophages reduce the efficacy of a bacteriophage cocktail 🦠, resulting in greater bacteria population densities which, in-turn, facilitate greater rates of phage resistance. Pre-print 👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgAntagonism between bacteriophages and macrophages decreases efficacy of a bacteriophage cocktail and increases bacteriophage resistancePhage therapy, the use of viruses that infect bacteria (bacteriophages), is a promising complement to antibiotics during the antimicrobial resistance crisis, but treatment success is very variable. Ev... 087
Reposted by Elze HesseGlen Dsouza @nonresidentdesi.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Thrilled to share our new paper in @science.org describing our discovery that bacteria can switch from competitors to bonafide predators when resources run dry—arming nanoscale “spears” (T6SS) to stab & consume neighbours. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #MicroSKy #Microbiologyscience.orgAntagonism as a foraging strategy in microbial communitiesIn natural habitats, nutrient availability limits bacterial growth. We discovered that bacteria can overcome this limitation by acquiring nutrients by lysing neighboring cells through contact-dependen... 1213271
Reposted by Elze HesseÁkos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Microbial siderophores for One Health #Pseudomonas @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social Opinion by Zhong Wei et al with @rkmicrobes.bsky.social @veraeva.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/micro...cell.comMicrobial siderophores for One HealthOne Health is an integrative concept striving for healthy environments, animals, and humans. Microbes play a fundamental role for this concept as they are key drivers of ecosystem stability and host h... 0116
Reposted by Elze HesseSoil Biogeochemistry @ UNIL @keiluweitlab.bsky.social · 22/05/2025MSc and PhD students abroad: If you are interested in #microbiomes in #soils (or other systems) and keen on research in #Switzerland, consider applying for these #fellowships with us other other groups of the #NCCR Microbiomes nccr-microbiomes.ch/education/nc.... Interested? DM or Email.nccr-microbiomes.chNCCR Microbiomes Fellowships - NCCRSince 2023, the NCCR Microbiomes invites applications for short-term research fellowships. These fellowships will support undergraduate and graduate students and postdocs from outside of the NCCR who ... 397
Reposted by Elze HesseKate Parr @funkyant.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Closing tomorrow! Last chance to apply for postdoc to explore the role of animals in savanna ecosystem productivity & nutrient cycling! Link to job: tinyurl.com/53dy4584 #savanna #termites #largemammals 03427
Reposted by Elze HesseBram van Dijk 🏳️🌈 @bramvandijk.bsky.social · 09/05/2025🧩 PhD Position – Origins of Darwinian Inheritance 🧩 This joint PhD project between the @rug.nl (Rampal Etienne & Martijn Egas) and @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social (Bram van Dijk) explores how simple prebiotic systems could evolve reliable information transfer. Apply here: shorturl.at/WgYMF 23435
Reposted by Elze HesseMax Reuter @maxreuter.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Are you an early career researcher looking to establish your own group with as fellowship? Come and join us at @ucllifesciences.bsky.social! 13938
Reposted by Elze HesseKingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 18/03/2025Who wants some good news? The overwintering monarch population, which had plummeted last winter, has doubled this winter! www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...worldwildlife.orgEastern Monarch Butterfly Population Nearly DoublesThe population wintering in central Mexico's forests occupied 4.42 acres, up from 2.22 acres during the previous winter. 305163434037
Reposted by Elze HesseMolecular Biosystems Conference @molbiosystems.bsky.social · 17/03/2025🎯 Calling all students & postdocs! Applications for #mbiosys25 fellowships are now open! 🧬 We have multiple fellowships to support ECRs attend the meeting and join us in Chile for cutting-edge discussions in gene regulation & functional genomics. 📆 Apply by April 30! 🔗 molbiosystems.commolbiosystems.comMolecular Biosystems ConferenceMolecular Biosystems Conference 11110
Reposted by Elze HesseJamie Daw @jamiedaw.bsky.social · 11/03/2025I received one of the 232 NIH grant "terminations" sent to scientists at Columbia last night. My research focuses on improving maternal and child health in the US. Also affected: ongoing clinical trials, research training programs, and research centers that aim to improve the health of Americans.gothamist.comHundreds of research grants at Columbia canceled following Trump edict, administrator saysThe National Institutes of Health is terminating 232 grants for scientific research at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, according to an email an administrator sent to faculty. 711342668
Reposted by Elze HesseBen Longdon @blongdon.bsky.social · 07/03/2025From Vincent Doublet et al "Host ecology and phylogeny shape the temporal dynamics of social bee viromes" www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🐝🦠nature.comHost ecology and phylogeny shape the temporal dynamics of social bee viromes - Nature CommunicationsViromes, or viral communities, may evolve host-specificity. Here, the authors use 100 plant and insect viral sequences to find that plant-pollinator interactions and phenology shape the plant virus co... 084
Reposted by Elze HesseKarina Xavier Lab @karinaxavierlab.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Host-Microbe Symbioses- Our favorite summer school is back! Help us spread the word! 01514
Reposted by Elze HesseKatherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · 05/02/2025“In response to the shocking news predicting up to 10,000 imminent job losses across the UK higher education sector, we write to flag up a fact that the article largely misses: the degree to which arts and humanities subjects are bearing the brunt of these cuts.” ⮛ #academicskytheguardian.comThe deep cultural cost of British university job cuts | LettersLetters: Arts and humanities are being hit hardest by cuts in higher education, write Prof Thea Pitman and Prof Emma Cayley, and Dr Ronan McLaverty-Head and another letter writer comment on cuts at Ca... 07447
Reposted by Elze HessePhilip Donoghue @phil-donoghue.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Lectureship in Evolutionary Biology up for grabs @bristolbiosci.bsky.social for someone who studies "evolutionary processes and the emergence of large-scale patterns of organismal diversity using comparative genomics, and/or bioinformatics. Application deadline February 16bristol.ac.ukDetails | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol 01830
Reposted by Elze HesseCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 04/02/2025Sabotage. Criminal sabotage. "[The NSF] is planning to lay off between a quarter and a half of its staff in the next two months, a top National Science Foundation official said Tuesday." www.eenews.net/articles/sci...eenews.netScience funding agency threatened with mass layoffsNational Science Foundation staff heard the plans at a meeting Tuesday. 341239596
Reposted by Elze HesseUniversity of Exeter's Environment and Sustainability Institute @uniofexeteresi.bsky.social · 03/02/2025@davehodgson.bsky.social @stubearhop.bsky.social @neeltjeboogert.bsky.social @brendangodley.bsky.social @elzehesse.bsky.social @kjhockings.bsky.social @marinemollyk.bsky.social @blongdon.bsky.social @ilyamaclean.bsky.social @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social @padpadpadpad.bsky.social 001
Reposted by Elze HesseChristian Kost @kostchristian.bsky.social · 30/01/2025New paper from my group and the group of @kiranrpatil.bsky.social: Obligate cross-feeding of metabolites is common in soil microbial communities By Ghada Yousif @metagenomez.bsky.social with @swagatika.bsky.social @isamirgiri.bsky.social Sharvari Harshe et al. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵👇biorxiv.orgObligate cross-feeding of metabolites is common in soil microbial communitiesMany microorganisms are refractory to laboratory cultivation. One possible explanation, known as the great plate count anomaly, is metabolic dependencies among community members. However, systematic s... 78246
Reposted by Elze HesseWill Ratcliff @wcratcliff.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Yo, micro/evo/qbio/physics of living systems/astrobiology/renegade cell bio folks- if you are interested in starting a feed, reply/repost this. Let's get the crew back together! 5267
Reposted by Elze Hesseplanthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 19/01/2025#SOIL - THE WORLD AT OUR FEET new #exhibition 23 Jan-13 Apr 2025 @Somerset House inc: Merlin Sheldrake @cosmosheldrake.bsky.social Anya Gallaccio @dianascherer.bsky.social @elzehesse.bsky.social Book: www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/soil @kewgardens.bsky.social @rhulgeography.bsky.social 1162
Reposted by Elze HesseTobias Plieninger @plieningerlab.bsky.social · 19/01/2025"The people shepherding livestock across the continent's great open grasslands have been widely seen as the enemies of its charismatic wild mammals — to be fenced out of protected areas and policed by armed rangers. But that image is outdated..." @yalee360.bsky.social. e360.yale.edu/features/afr...e360.yale.eduHow African Communities Are Taking Lead on Protecting WildlifeA new analysis shows that African wildlife increasingly depend on lands managed by villagers and herders. In many areas, locally-run conservancies now more effectively protect wildlife than national p... 1194
Reposted by Elze HesseJonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 20/12/2024An important read for all microbiome researchers #microbiomania www.theguardian.com/science/2024...theguardian.comThere’s little evidence of a ‘brain microbiome’ | LetterLetters: Prof Mark Pallen, Dr Aimee Parker, Prof Nick Loman and Prof Alan Walker take issue with an article that discussed the existence of a brain microbiome and its impact on diseases 36222
Reposted by Elze HesseAna Nuno @ananuno.bsky.social · 18/12/2024What are the barriers and enablers for smallholders in Western Kenya to increase tree diversity on farms? Read our post in advance of @peopleandnature.bsky.social paper relationalthinkingblog.com/2024/12/18/p... Paper amazingly led by Ennia Bosshard! @uniexecec.bsky.social @isleconserv.bsky.social 🌍relationalthinkingblog.comPlain Language Summary: What are the barriers and enablers for smallholders in Western Kenya to increase tree diversity on farms?Photo by Anne Spratt on Unsplash. By Ennia Bosshard, Harrison Carter, Lillian Aluso, Reuben Chumba, Christopher N. Kaiser-Bunbury, Chris JKettle, Ana Nuno. This Plain Language summary is published … 063
Reposted by Elze HesseBotanical University Challenge @bucbotany.bsky.social · 19/12/2024🌍🌎🧪🌎🌱🌾🌴🌳🌼🌻🌺🍄🟫🍄Lovely new plants and fungi from around the world. Found in biodiversity hot spots like Indonesia but also intensively recorded places like UK. Seen this year, maybe not again, as land use is changed. So sad. #BUC2025 www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comToadstool with teeth and ghostly palm among plant and fungus finds of 2024Scientists race to discover new species before destruction of natural world drives them to extinction 05218
Reposted by Elze HesseAmy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Neglect, it is. WHO finds that the direct cause of "the mystery disease" in Congo is malaria, exacerbated by malnutrition. Malaria can be *cured* by a few cheap pills, as long as it's caught early. So these are deaths of neglect. www.reuters.com/world/africa...reuters.comCongo's health ministry says unknown disease is severe malariaDemocratic Republic of Congo's health ministry said on Tuesday that a previously unidentified disease circulating in the country's Panzi health zone is a severe form of malaria. 1543235
Reposted by Elze HessePLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 17/12/2024#Bioremediation using synthetic #microbiomes offers significant advantages over traditional single‐strain‐based approaches 🧫🦠. This Perspective outlines 5 important considerations for the rational design of pollutant‐degrading microbiomes for enhanced bioremediation: plos.io/3ZZbBEA 13311
Reposted by Elze HessePaul Kardol @paulkardol.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Curious how forest microclimate and soil microbes drive carbon cycling in a changing climate? 🌡️🌳🍄We're offering a 4-year PhD position at @mycopat.bsky.social, SLU-Uppsala. A cool new project in collaboration with @linegreis.bsky.social Apply now or help spread the word! www.slu.se/en/about-slu... 14340
Reposted by Elze HesseDaniel Padfield @padpadpadpad.bsky.social · 12/12/2024JOB OPPORTUNITY! I am hiring a postdoc for 18 months to investigate the links between temperature and antibiotic resistance. Ecoevo microbiology, plasmids, and some super fun stats, modelling, and bioinformatics. To starts in Feb 2025. Please share! #exetercec jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...jobs.exeter.ac.ukPowered by MHR 25842
Reposted by Elze HesseTatiana Dimitriu @tatianadimitriu.bsky.social · 11/12/2024PhD opportunity in St Andrews on plasmids, antibiotics and defence systems, in collaboration with Helen Alexander in Edinburgh. Funding via BBSRC EastBio, please share & pass on to anyone interested! #microsky🦠🧫🧬 www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 02847
Reposted by Elze HesseBen Longdon @blongdon.bsky.social · 11/12/2024PhD opportunities - including in @uniexecec.bsky.social 065
Reposted by Elze HesseMalcolm White @mfwhite2.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Shameful. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comBritain leads the world in cracking down on climate activism, study findsResearch shows UK police arrest environmental and climate protesters at three times the average global rate 001
Reposted by Elze HesseToby Kiers @tobykiers.bsky.social · 11/12/2024The rhizosphere has been called “one of the most complex ecosystems on earth” But how do host plants control benefits derived from their microbial partners? Read our paper in Nature Microbiology on how legumes mediate conflict & cooperation with N2-fixing symbionts. Here: tinyurl.com/4y4tjx6k 110441
Reposted by Elze HesseChristian Kost @kostchristian.bsky.social · 11/12/2024A 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/md3A8krb-sjobs.brassring.comJob Search | Cardiff UniversitySearch for Internet job results. 01614