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George O'Toole (he/him/his) @geiselbiofilm.bsky.social · 3h
Pls share:The Department of Microbiology at the University of Georgia invites applications for a tenure track Associate or Full professor position in Medical Mycology, beginning August 1, 2027. www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/508...
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Associate Professor or Professor of Microbiology in Medical Mycology
The Department of Microbiology at the University of Georgia invites applications for a nine-month, tenure-track position in Medical Mycology at the rank of Associate or Full Professor, with an anticip...
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LEGEND: Leukaemia EpiGenomic & ENhancer Dysregulation group @ljrusselllab.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🧬 Research Technician Opportunity 🧬 ​ ​ Looking to contribute to cutting-edge paediatric leukaemia research funded by @cancerresearchuk.org using advanced epigenomics and CRISPR methods?​ ​ The LEGEND group is hiring, join the team! 🔬​ Full details in the link 👇​ bit.ly/3VOQipJ%E2%8... ​
The LEGEND group in the lab, at the Wolfson Childhood Cancer Research Centre, Newcastle University.
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Biochemical Society @biochemsoc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
📣 Applications are now open! We’ve got some great opportunities to get involved with the Society, including roles in publishing 📚 Want to play an active role, gain experience, and help shape what we do? We’d love to hear from you! 🔗 Apply here: bit.ly/available_opportunities_sept…
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Maitreya Dunham @maitreya.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Here's the ad for the Genome Sciences faculty positions ap.washington.edu/ahr/position...
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Position Details - Academic Personnel & Faculty
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Brett Baker @archaeal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Two Assistant Professor Positions in Evolutionary Biology and Mechanistic Processes - including microbes! faculty.utexas.edu/career/191568
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Faculty Careers - The University of Texas at Austin
Unleash your intellectual power by joining a world-renowned faculty that is solving the world's most urgent problems. At UT Austin, we provide you the freedom to blaze trails, follow your curiosity, e...
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MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology @mrclmb.ac.uk · 02/10/2026
Considering a PhD in 2027? Applications for Gates Cambridge Scholarships @gatescambridge.bsky.social are now open for October 2027 PhD entry (deadline: 14 October 2026). Learn more about PhD study at the LMB: mrclmb.ac.uk/careers-and-...
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PhD Students | MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
PhD Students Budding scientists from all over the world undertake postgraduate research at the LMB. Our students are creative and innovative, driving the su ...
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Wiep Klaas Smits (ExpBac/CMAT) @smitslab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A dual-action bacteriophage protein Ped1 degrades DNA and blocks replication in Pseudomonas aeruginosa link.springer.com/article/10.1... #nuclease #helicase
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A dual-action bacteriophage protein Ped1 degrades DNA and blocks replication in Pseudomonas aeruginosa - The EMBO Journal
To fully harness phage therapy against escalating antimicrobial resistance, it is imperative to elucidate the fundamental mechanisms by which viruses systematically dismantle host physiology. In this ...
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Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org · 02/10/2026
Exciting news! As part of our Vacation Studentships, we're partnering with, New England Biolabs, who are funding two additional grants specifically for Black students. Learn more about how we’re working together: microb.io/4rIMPot #BlackInMicro 
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Didier Mazel @amazeld.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A step forward to control methane production? at long last Kudos to @sgribaldo.bsky.social and @ivo-boneca.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A methanogen hydrolase reveals the structure of archaeal peptidoglycan - Nature
ArmA from Methanobrevibacter smithii, a dominant member of the human gut microbiome, is identified and characterized as a glycosyl hydrolase specific for cleaving the cell wall of methanogens, reveali...
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Kranzusch Lab @kranzuschlab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Our story with @hobbslabutah.bsky.social discovering CBASS sensing of phage proteases out now in @science.org New data include CBASS recognition of diverse proteases beyond T4, and verifying CD-NTase activation loop cleavage as the trigger for defense in vivo www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Phage proteases activate CBASS antiphage immunity
Cyclic oligonucleotide–based antiphage signaling systems (CBASS) are bacterial immune pathways evolutionarily related to cGAS-STING (cyclic GMP-AMP synthase–stimulator of interferon genes) in humans. ...
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Michael Way @drmichaelway.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Looking for a PhD? @crick.ac.uk PhD applications for next year are open. 4 year program with lots of outstanding projects on offer. If you are interested in viral host interactions, cytoskeleton, cell bio, live cell imaging - see Way lab project + video. plz repost www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-...
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PhD student positions
PhD projects for the 2027 Crick PhD programme.
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Rachel M. Wheatley @rachelmwheatley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🔊 Fully-funded 4 year PhD: How does the microbiome evolve under repeated pathogen exposure? 🦠 Project looking at how commensal microbes resist pathogen invasion, impact of antibiotics on these outcomes, and selective pressures in the microbiome. Come join us at QUB! www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
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Philipp Radler @radler92.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The first paper of my PostDoc in Christa Schlepers group (@archaea-vienna.bsky.social) on the dynamics of Asgard archaea is now out in Nature! www.nature.com/articles/s41... This was a great team effort and I am looking forward to uncover the complex behavior of these cells further!
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Dynamic protrusions mediate crawling motility in Asgard archaea - Nature
Anoxic live-cell imaging shows actin-dependent crawling motility and dynamic protrusions in Asgard archaea, providing insights into cellular innovations that may have contributed to eukaryotic evoluti...
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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Two DNA double helices were directly imaged zipping together for the first time, confirming a more than 20-year-old model. The pairing was precise, groove for groove, but some sequences formed stronger hotspots.
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Decades-old DNA mystery solved after strands are captured zipping together for the first time
Researchers have captured the moment two DNA molecules zip together, overcoming their identical negative charges to pair up and revealing a mechanism that has puzzled scientists for more than 20 years.
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Matthew Freeman @mjafreeman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yet another opportunity @dunnschool.bsky.social! We are looking for an Associate Professor If you have exciting research plans, @dunnschool.bsky.social is a great place: excellent science (and lovely people, obvs) www.path.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/asso...
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Associate Professorship of Cancer Biology - Sir William Dunn School of Pathology in association with the Queen’s College. - Dunn School
We are seeking to appoint an Associate Professor working in the area of the cellular and/or molecular biology of cancer, to be based in Oxford University’s Sir William Dunn School of Pathology. The ro...
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Svetlana Dodonova @dodonova-sveta.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New preprint from Dodonova lab 🔔! Capturing multiple states by cryo-EM❄️, we show for the first time how archaeal RNA Polymerase engages a nucleosome and forms direct contacts with histones! 🧬 Great work by Gabriele & a fantastic collaboration with Dina Grohmann! 🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Joe Greener @jgreener64.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I gave a teaching lecture on molecular dynamics this morning. If anyone is interested in the slides they are at docs.google.com/presentation....
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LJC Summer School lecture
Molecular Dynamics Joe Greener MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology LJC Summer School - 30/09/26
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Craig MacLean @craigmaclean.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Postdoc position available in my group to work on ERC funded project on evolutionary biology of antibiotic resistance. Looking for someone with expertise in bacterial genetics, AMR, and evolutionary biology. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSZ416/p...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Oxford
Explore an exciting academic career as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
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Freya Harrison @friendlymicrobe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This will be a brilliant post with a super team #MicroSky
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Pleuni Pennings @pleunipennings.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I am hiring a postdoc! Are you interested to work on population genetics/ drug resistance/ data? Want to work in Montpellier, France? Fastq files don't scare you? PhD required, start date hopefully Nov 1! (end date Sep 30 2028) Please share! abetterscientist.wordpress.com/2026/09/29/p...
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Postdoc position on drug resistance evolution in Montpellier, France
I have some exciting news (again!). I got money from the region (Occitanie) to hire a postdoc (and later an engineer / technician) to work on drug resistance evolution in malaria (P. faciparum) and…
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Molecular Microbiology @molmicrounihoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wow: In-cell discovery and characterization of a non-canonical bacterial protein translocation-folding complex! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @cellpress.bsky.social #mycoplasma
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For the last 34 years I have been on the faculty of the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Biology and have never regretted that decision. This year we are hiring TWO new Assistant Professors in the broad area of Molecular, Cell, Developmental Biology 1/n bio.unc.edu
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Anita Devineni @anitadevineni.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Emory Biology department is hiring a tenure-track ecologist at any rank. Deadline is Nov 1, link below! As I've said many times before, I couldn't ask for a more supportive department. Our faculty colleagues, dept chair, and admin staff are truly awesome ❤️ apply.interfolio.com/191783
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IRB Barcelona @irbbarcelona.org · 28/09/2026
📢 The 𝗜𝗥𝗕 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗮 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 #𝗣𝗵𝗗 #𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 – 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 is now open, offering up to 8 PhD fellowships in #Biomedicine or #OrganicChemistry. Explore the participating groups, check the application requirements and apply 👉 shorturl.at/7iSOa 🧪
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Kranzusch Lab @kranzuschlab.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Stunning cryo-ET analysis from the Harrison Lab capturing every stage of how non-membrane viruses infect animal cells www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
TT Assistant Professor position in Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease at University of Florida
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University of Florida - Details - Assistant Professor of Biology
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George O'Toole (he/him/his) @geiselbiofilm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Pls share: Two tenure-track positions in Molecular Microbiology at Virginia Tech. I had a great visit there a couple of years ago! jobs.apply.vt.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant/Associate Professor - Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
Job Description The Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Science at Virginia Tech seeks applicants for two (2) tenure-track research and teaching positions at the Assistant/Associate ...
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Lorraine Reese @lorraine-reese.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Synthetic Biology UK 2026, 2-3 Nov, Southampton UK. Sessions will cover protein and enzyme design, genome-scale rewriting, next-generation nucleic acid technologies and the engineering of genetic circuits and cellular control systems. Still time to register! #synbio 🧪 bit.ly/Synthetic_Biology_2026
Biochemical Society Scientific Meeting: Synthetic Biology UK. Hampshire, UK, 2-3 November 2026. Includes image of delegates during a poster session at a previous Synthetic Biology meeting, and Biochemical Society and event logos
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Kristina Jonas @krijonas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Really looking forward to this! It’s going to be a great meeting. Please spread the word!
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Anthony Vecchiarelli @cellforganized.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Applications are now being accepted for the 2027 Bacterial Cell Biology & Development GRC, June 6–11! GRS will be on June 5-6, 2027 We’ll likely be oversubscribed, so please apply early!
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Alexander Harms @aharms485.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The final version of our manuscript on TnSeq in bacteriophages (“HIDEN-SEQ”) is out today – if you have an interesting phage phenotype and want to know the underlying genetic basis, this one is for you! 1/4
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Maitreya Dunham @maitreya.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Exciting news: @uwgenome.bsky.social will be hiring for two tenure-track faculty positions this year, one open rank and one assistant professor. Both are “Genome Sciences” interpreted broadly so we welcome applicants working in a variety of fields and methods. Ad will be out shortly.
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Craig Kaplan @triggerloop.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Cryo-EM peeps are living the dream www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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In-cell structures visualize human pre-ribosome assembly in the nucleolus
In eukaryotes, ribosome biogenesis initiates within the nucleolus, a hallmark multilayered compartment of the nucleus. Structures of pre-ribosomes have been characterized ex situ, but their assembly p...
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Malcolm White @mfwhite2.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New from the @multidefence.bsky.social consortium: a deep dive into MANTIS defence. Thanks to @ukri.org for funding. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Dual ATPase-activated DNA hemimethylation and cleavage by the MANTIS defence system
Bacterial defence systems are diverse and form major barriers to horizontal gene transfer and bacteriophage (phage) infection. Though restriction-modification systems were the first such defences disc...
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ChimeraX @chimerax.ucsf.edu · 25/09/2026
Make natural language requests to ChimeraX with the new Pellaeon plugin developed by Yam Amir that works with many free and paid large language models. Get Pellaeon using ChimeraX menu Tools / More Tools.... cxtoolshed.rbvi.ucsf.edu/apps/chimera...
PAR1 molecular structure shown in ChimeraX using Pellaeon chat bot.
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Kate Baker @ksbakes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We have an open Assistant/Associate Professor position in Pathogen Biology at the Department of Genetics - come and join us! 🦠 🧫 🧬https://www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assistantassociate-professor-in-pathogen-genetics-pc51175
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Assistant/Associate Professor in Pathogen Genetics
Applications are invited for an Assistant or Associate Professorship in Pathogen Genetics to be held in the Department of Genetics. We are searching for a talented individual with a track record of fu...
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Doug Kojetin @dougkojetin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Apply today to be my colleague at Vanderbilt in the Department of Biochemistry! 
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Imperial MRC DTP @imperialmrcdtp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
15 new 1+3 MRC Doctoral Landscape Award studentships @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social in medical research funded by the @The_MRC commencing October 2027. Admissions will open open 14 October 2026. #phd, #medicalresearch www.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/stu...
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HealthBRIDGE
HealthBRIDGE is an exciting and innovative 1+3-year PhD training initiative designed to improve human health and drive UK economic growth funded by t...
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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Amazing opportunity for post-doctoral researchers to move to the UK 'MOBILITY offers 6 outstanding postdoctoral researchers a 5-year opportunity to develop their own ambitious research programme at University of Birmingham' www.birmingham.ac.uk/about/colleg...
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MOBILITY - University of Birmingham
Retaining Europe's brightest researchers to drive the next generation of life science breakthroughs.
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Cell - a Cell Press journal @cp-cell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Now online! Direct cell-to-cell transmission of retrotransposons
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Direct cell-to-cell transmission of retrotransposons
Retrotransposons can infect neighboring cells using a mechanism that relies on a small fusogen-like protein rather than on the envelope protein that is typically required for infection.
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Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich @eth-eaps.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Earth and Planetary Evolution. ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z... Please apply online. The closing date for applications is 15 December 2026.
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Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Earth and Planetary Evolution
The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (www.eaps.ethz.ch) at ETH Zurich invites applications for the above-mentioned position.
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Thomas Ipoutcha @tomipou.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Finally out! 🎉 After 3 years of postdoc in London, here is my main work, now published in Nature Comm. (and as co-corresponding author!) Using a combination of bioinformatic and experimental approaches, we propose a model of plasmid evolution in Staphylococcus. www.nature.com/articles/s41... ⬇️ 1/4
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Mobile genetic elements drive a plasmid fusion and deletion lifecycle shaping evolution and antimicrobial resistance - Nature Communications
Plasmids drive bacterial adaptation, but how their diversity arises has remained unclear. Here, they show that in Staphylococcus aureus, mobile genetic elements repeatedly fuse and delete plasmids, re...
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University of Utah Microbiology & Immunology @uofumandi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We are hiring! The University of Utah and Huntsman Cancer Institute seek a tenure-track faculty member (Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor) working at the intersection of microbiome science and cancer biology. Review begins October 26, 2026. utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/208...
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Ellie Jameson @elliejameson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
MScRes bursary of £2000 available at Bangor University to study Bacteriophages as natural biocontrols for plant pathogens. Deadline is 19th October. Please contact me for more details #PhageSky #MicroSky
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Buzz Baum @buzzbaum.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We are looking for a research assistant! Come join the team: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSZ826/r...
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Research Support Officer | Cell Biology | Dr Buzz Baum | LMB 2904 at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
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Moi Expósito-Alonso (MOILAB) @mexpositoalonso.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
📣 We are looking for a PhD student in 2027! Interested in studying rapid evolutionary dynamics of species in changing climates? Apply to the MOI LAB by Nov 19! Flyer below & tinyurl.com/flyerphdmoilab @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @innovativegenomics.bsky.social @hhmi-science.bsky.social
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2027_PhD_RapidEvolutionGenomicsEcology-MoiLab_Berkeley-HHMI
PhD positions: Rapid evolutionary genomics in plants Moi Exposito-Alonso Lab — www.moilab.science Assistant Professor, Freeman Hrabowski Scholar HHMI · Department of Integrative Biology · Innovative G...
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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Thanks to the generosity of the Bezos Family Foundation, @basicsci.fredhutch.org is excited to announce a new search to recruit a Bezos Family Distinguished Scholar : apply.interfolio.com/193655
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Aurele Piazza @aurelepiazza.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
What molecular mechanisms underlie the needle-in-a-haystack search for homology required to fix a DNA break? In this preprint, we reveal multiple controls of homology search in cells: onset, coordination, reach and inactivation. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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WeberLab@McGill @weber-lab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🚨We're hiring!!🚨 @biomcgill.bsky.social is looking for a Quantitative Cell Biologist to join our diverse and interdisciplinary community. Please share this ad broadly, and reach out if you have any questions. mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...
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Assistant Professor in Quantitative Cell Biology - Department of Biology
Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ...
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