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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

📣 📣 📣 UPDATE: The 2026-2027 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resource! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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IMPACTT Microbiome @impactt-microbiome.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This morning was full of inspiring talks and great research @HavingIMPACTT2026! We heard from Plenary Speakers - Drs. @erikbakkeren.bsky.social, Thierry Mallevaey, Maziar Divangahi and Aline Ignacio.

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David Sünderhauf @davvi36.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Please share! We are looking for a PhD student excited about gene transfer, and tackling Antimicrobial Resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae. 🧬 More details & applications on funder website by 21st Oct 👇🏻 gw4biomed.ac.uk/developing-c...

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Developing CRISPR-Cas antimicrobials to tackle antibiotic resistance spread in Klebsiella pneumoniae - GW4 BioMed MRC DTP

Project Code IIAR27Ex van Houte Project Type Wet lab Research Theme Infection, Immunity, and Antimicrobial Resistance Project Summary Download Summary Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a major thre...

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Noah Whiteman @nkwhiteman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I’m thrilled to share that our search for a tenure-track colleague in my *truly wonderful and collegial* Genetics, Genomics, Evolution and Development Division in the MCB Department at Berkeley @berkeleymcb.bsky.social is live! Please share this broad search widely: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05481

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Assistant Professor -Genetics, Genomics, Evolution, and Development - Molecular and Cell Biology

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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IMPACTT Microbiome @impactt-microbiome.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Meet Plenary Speaker Dr. Erik Bakkeren (@erikbakkeren.bsky.social), Assistant Professor @ucalgarymed.bsky.social, who will speak about ecology within the human gut: using bacterial competition to understand and engineer the gut microbiome at #HavingIMPACTT2026

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MEEhubs @meehubs.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Missing MEEhubs already? Well don't worry! If you have registered, you can still access the talks for a year from now! Catch up on the talks and posters you may have missed! #MEEHubs2026 #MEEhubs26 meehubs.org

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Abstract submission now closed but we now invite all poster presenters to upload their posters to our platform using the above link by July 31, 2026.

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MEEhubs @meehubs.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Congrats to our poster and talk winners at the various hubs! #MEEHubs26 #MEEHubs2026 Bhaskar Kumawat James Riddell Ariel Favier Kurt Castro Brenna Fox Pascale Lemieux Nicolás Rodríguez-Romero Yael Sorokin Rose Evard Greg McCallum Louise Flanagan

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Erik Bakkeren @erikbakkeren.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Excellent talk by Myles at #MEEHubs2026, our lab's first grad student. If you ever wonder what a gut microbiome and the different pieces of a burger have in common, ask him.

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Erik Bakkeren @erikbakkeren.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Please consider helping out next time!! It's a great time to organize! Have your say where the hubs are in 2028.

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MEEhubs @meehubs.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

What, is it over already? MEEHubs2026 concluded just minutes ago. It's been a blast, and here are some stats for you: 711 registrations, 241 posters, 71 talks, 3 days, participants from 32 countries. Bye from all the hubs 🩵🩵🩵 #MEEHubs2026 #MEEHubs26

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MEEhubs @meehubs.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

MEEHubs doesn't stop when the talks stop: from a mouth-watering spread in Morelia to a bonfire in Irvine to an Apero in Zurich, we've got your social calendar covered during the conference #MEEHubs2026 #MEEHubs26

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MEEhubs @meehubs.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

MEEHubs has both in-person posters at the hubs and virtual posters online! We're so excited to be able to bring great research together through this platform #meehubs26 #meehubs2026

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MEEhubs @meehubs.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

MEEHubs or MEEPubs? Our cross-hub pub quiz pitted hubs against each other in a thrilling battle. Congrats to "alan", "Tom" and "swayam" for winning free registration to a local hub at the next MEEHubs! #MEEHubs26 #MEEHubs2026

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MEEhubs @meehubs.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Great atmospheres at social events at each hub! Not only a great place to listen to MEE talks, but an opportunity to eat a massive spread in Chernihiv, play bocce in Ann Arbor, or stand in the rain in Manchester. Don't worry Montreal, you're not the only hub with downpour! #MEEHubs26 #MEEHubs2026

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MEEhubs @meehubs.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Day 1 wrapped up with the Irvine and Ann Arbor hubs hosting. Thanks all for an amazing first day and see you tomorrow! Grab a beer, a coffee, or finish off your z's to prep for a fully packed Day 2. #MEEHubs26 #MEEHubs2026

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MEEhubs @meehubs.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The next few sessions were hosted by Chernihiv, Morelia, and Montreal. That's excellent science spanning 9h of time difference! #MEEHubs2026 Sad you missed out on one of these talks? Don't worry! They're all recorded so you can view whenever you want!

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Anna S. Weiss @annasophieweiss.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

You know it’s @meehubs.bsky.social if one hub has beer while another has breakfast. The Zürich hub is concluding a fantastic first day of #MEEHubs26 - can’t wait to rewatch what we’ll be missing out on tonight and excited for two more days of science and fun across hubs 🙌🏼🚀

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MEEhubs @meehubs.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

MEEHubs2026 is underway! We had a great start in the first two sessions with Zurich and Manchester hosting some excellent talks! It's not too late to join us virtually via last-minute registration: meehubs.org #MEEHubs2026

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MEEhubs @meehubs.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Registration for MEEHubs2026 taking place Aug 3-5 is closing this Friday (July 31, 2026)!! There's still time to join us in Montreal, Ann Arbor, Irvine, Morelia, Zurich, Manchester, Chernihiv, or online. Register here: meehubs.org

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MEEhubs @meehubs.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

One week left to register for MEEHubs2026 taking place Aug 3-5!! Please join us in Montreal, Ann Arbor, Irvine, Morelia, Zurich, Manchester, Chernihiv, or online. Register here: meehubs.org

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Abstract submission now closed but we now invite all poster presenters to upload their posters to our platform using the above link by July 31, 2026.

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MEEhubs @meehubs.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

🚨The program for MEEHubs2026 is now online, as is more detailed information about the hubs! Check it out at meehubs.org and register‼️ Less than a month before the conference kicks off! 🦠

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A hub-based conference on Microbial Ecology and Evolution

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Ricardo León-Sampedro @rleonsampedro.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

New Perspective out co-led with Lisa Pagani! We look at how microbiome ecology and evolution shape AMR across scales, from within-host communities to hospitals and environments, and how mathematical models can help us understand them. @natmicrobiol.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Modelling the role of the microbiome in antimicrobial resistance across scales - Nature Microbiology

The microbiome plays a significant yet underexplored role in antimicrobial resistance by influencing ecological and evolutionary processes. This Perspective proposes a framework to integrate microbiom...

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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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MEEhubs @meehubs.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

2 days left ‼️ Don't forget to submit your abstract to MEEHubs2026: Aug 3-5, 2026 meehubs.org

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Will Smith @willpjsmith.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

🚨 Calling all microbiologists! 🚨 The MEEHubs abstract submission deadline (19/04) is fast approaching. Come showcase your science!! Submission portal is here: app.oxfordabstracts.com/auth?redirec...

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MEEhubs @meehubs.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Just a few days left‼️ Abstract submission deadline for MEEHubs2026 is April 19! Come present at one of the hubs August 3-5, 2026✨ Links and more info here: meehubs.org

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MEEhubs @meehubs.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

REMINDER - Abstract submission deadline for MEEHubs2026 is April 19! Get you abstract in and present at one of the hubs August 3-5, 2026✨You'll be in great company! We have a fantastic lineup of speakers‼️ Links and more info here: meehubs.org

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Erik Bakkeren @erikbakkeren.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Please register and submit an abstract to MEEHubs2026!

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MEEhubs @meehubs.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

MEEHubs2026 registration and abstract submission is now online! 🚨🦠✨ Join us Aug 3 - 5, 2026 at one of the 7 hubs or online. We are incredibly excited about our lineup of speakers, and hope that you submit an abstract to contribute too! More information and registration links at: meehubs.org

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Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · 19/12/2025

As the year ends, we decided to select our favorite papers of 2025 Turns out, it is impossible as we love them all! So, we picked 'some' that exhibit the range of microbiology highlighted through the columns of Nature Microbiology. Here is a glimpse into #EditorPicks of 2025 #MicroSky 🦠

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Atin Sharma @atinsharma.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Two interesting papers, two different contexts, but both reminded me of the super cool recent article in @natmicrobiol.nature.com by @erikbakkeren.bsky.social that goes about setting general rules for ecological success in microbial communities. #MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky Links in the reply

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Erik Bakkeren @erikbakkeren.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Can we leverage bacterial competition for targeted replacement of harmful strains? Maybe! Our recent piece in @natmicrobiol.nature.com provides a theoretical framework and a set of experiments to show what it might take: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Strain displacement in microbiomes via ecological competition - Nature Microbiology

Mathematical modelling and experimental tests reveal principles that govern displacement of a resident strain by an invader in microbial communities.

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Connor Sharp @magicmicrobe.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

So happy to share this! Bacteriocins were first discovered over 100 years ago, but what do they actually do? We look at >1000 bacteriocin plasmids and find links to virulence and antimicrobial resistance, and frequent bacteriocin sharing in Enterobacteriaceae. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Bacterial warfare is associated with virulence and antimicrobial resistance - Nature Communications

Bacteria employ a range of competition systems that deliver toxins to inhibit competing strains. This study shows that these systems are particularly important for the ecology of virulent and antibiot...

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Erik Bakkeren @erikbakkeren.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Note it in your calendars! Aug 3-5, 2026. Excited to bring back MEEHubs to a hub near you (Switzerland, USA, Canada, Mexico, UK, Ukraine, or virtual only)‼️

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MEEhubs @meehubs.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

While you wait for the next MEEhubs conference: We've written up the participants' impressions, the organisers' thoughts, reflections on the expectations we scientists have on conferences, and much more in @femsjournals.bsky.social, led by Ariane Wenger. Check out doi.org/10.1093/fems....

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Sara Mitri @saramitri.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

We are recruiting a tenure-track assistant professor in molecular microbiology in our department in Lausanne! Do consider appyling!!

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Erik Bakkeren @erikbakkeren.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Please read about how we think microbial metabolism might help us understand microbiomes a bit better! Also, please appreciate the mountain goat in Fig 1 ⛰️🐐 and that it also represents my joy for trail running and the mountains 😁

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Erik Bakkeren @erikbakkeren.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Out today, @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social! Microbiomes have many benefits, but they are also often incredibly diverse and variable. This makes them hard to understand and even harder to engineer. We argue that the key may lie in microbial metabolism! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Metabolic ecology of microbiomes: Nutrient competition, host benefits, and community engineering

Many plants and animals, including humans, host diverse communities of microbes that provide many benefits. A key challenge in understanding microbiom…

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Erik Bakkeren @erikbakkeren.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

My postdoc mentor Kevin Foster is hiring postdocs! Apply to join an exciting research group looking at ecology and evolution of the gut microbiome. Kevin is a fantastic mentor and I can completely recommend: www.fosterlab.uk/vacancies

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Ole Seehausen @oleseehausen.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Please circulate widely: We are hiring two Ass Prof tt at the Institute of #ecology and #evolution at @unibern.bsky.social in conservation biology; mathematical & computational ecology We are committed to diverse, inclusive and equitable leadership in research and education tinyurl.com/IEEjobs

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The Dunn School, Oxford @dunnschool.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Mentors play such an important role in the career and confidence of budding scientists... Many congratulations to Rebecca and Erik, winners of the first Dunn School Marvellous Mentor Award. Another great initiative by our student association! www.path.ox.ac.uk/news-article...

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Emma Slack @mucosalimmunology.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Interested in microbial #metabolism, #mucosalbiology and #UTI? Then check out the open postdoctoral position in the Mucosal Immunology Group at ETH Zurich! NB: All applications must go via the ETH job portal: www.jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP... Closing date: 24th Feburary 🧪🧫🔬

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Postdoctoral researcher –Understanding bacterial metabolism in the urinary tract

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The Dunn School, Oxford @dunnschool.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

We just can't stop recruiting! Associate professor in cell and molecular biology @dunnschool, with a preference for immunology, inflammation and/or infection - all defined broadly Come and be our colleague Deadline 28 Feb, please spread the word www.path.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/asso...

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Samir Giri @isamirgiri.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Excited to share our opinion piece with the KC Huang Lab. Check it out here: Harnessing gut microbial communities to unravel microbiome functions doi.org/10.1016/j.mi... @typaslab.bsky.social

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