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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · 07/09/2026

At the start of 2026, EMBL lost long-serving colleague and Interim Director General Peer Bork. Join us in commemorating Peer and his legacy at the #EMBLBorkMemorial. Submit your abstract by 10 November: s.embl.org/pbs27-01-bl

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Marisa Isabell Keller @maelschermarisa.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Deadline extended to August 24th! ⬇️

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Marisa Isabell Keller @maelschermarisa.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

2-year international postdoc position available in Copenhagen! If you are interested in multi-omics, have a background in computational biology and a PhD from outside Denmark, check out this position about the oral-liver axis. Deadline 10th of August. employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...

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Postdoc in Deciphering the Oral–Liver Axis: Integrative Cross-Organ Multi-Omics Analysis

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Bork Group at EMBL Heidelberg @borklab.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

New in @natgenet.nature.com: a moving obituary for Peer. Francesca Ciccarelli, Jan Korbel & Christian von Mering reflect on his scientific vision, from protein domains and genome evolution to metagenomics, and on his generosity as a mentor and friend to so many. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Peer Bork (1963–2026) - Nature Genetics

Nature Genetics - Peer Bork (1963–2026)

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Marisa Isabell Keller @maelschermarisa.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Our work exploring host-microbial co-metabolism of bile acids in patients with alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) has been published in the JHEP Reports: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🪐 A big thank you to everyone involved, to the GALAXY and MicrobLiver consortia who made this possible! 🙌

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Alcohol overuse disrupts liver function and alters gut microbial communities, with alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) causing half of all liver-relat…

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Marisa Isabell Keller @maelschermarisa.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Nine members of the Hansen group at the @cbmr.science Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research will be participating in the Study Group on Genetics of Diabetes (SGDD) conference this week! If you are attending as well, we would love to meet you at our talks and posters! 🧬

Summary of our activities at the SGGD conference including a talk by Torben Hansen, 6 poster presentations and two selected Abstract talks

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The Symbiosis Courses Alumni Network @symbiosisalumni.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Join us Wednesday, 29th April, at 4pm WEST (Lisbon time), for two Symbiosis Alumni Seminars by @omaistrenko.bsky.social and @pawley.bsky.social. Zoom link upon free registration at gimm.idloom.events/symbnet_semi... @symbnet.bsky.social, @moorefound.bsky.social, @mblscience.bsky.social, ECODIM

Poster for seminar by Oleksandr Maistrenko with title "Consequences of symbiosis on genome evolution in prokaryotes across different habitats"

Poster for seminar by Jacob Pawley with title "Exploring foundations of animal host-microbe interactions in a freshwater sponge"

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Bork Group at EMBL Heidelberg @borklab.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

It has been two weeks since the unexpected death of Peer Bork, and all of us in his research group are deeply missing him. His scientific vision brought us together as a team, and we are immensely grateful for the time we spent together. 🧵

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Marisa Isabell Keller @maelschermarisa.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Thank you, Lars. Your words sum up Peer and the void he leaves behind perfectly.🥺

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Marisa Isabell Keller @maelschermarisa.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Very sad and shocking news. This is way to early. Peer had still so many big plans. As he was not only EMBL director and a great scientist but also my PhD supervisor, it feels that part of my scientific identity was dragged with im. RIP. In remembrance of Peer Bork www.embl.org/news/embl-an...

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In remembrance of Peer Bork | EMBL

EMBL and its community are deeply saddened by the death of Peer Bork, the organisation’s Interim Director General.

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Seth Bordenstein @symbionticism.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Professor Bosch and @crc1182.bsky.social are an inspiration that decisively revealed an ancient, elemental unity of life between the animal and microbial worlds. More importantly, he will stand as a giant that many, including me, have stood on to go farther. www.psu.edu/news/huck-in...

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Host-microbiome interaction biologist to receive inaugural Microbiome Medal | Penn State University

The One Health Microbiome Center will present the inaugural Microbiome Medal to Thomas Bosch on Dec 12. Bosch, a developmental biologist, zoologist and distinguished senior professor at Kiel Universit...

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Abraham Gihawi @abrahamgihawi.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Finding microbes in cancer sequencing data has been controversial. Are we seeing real biology… or just contamination + batch effects?

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Steven Salzberg @stevensalzberg.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

We're still not finding any good evidence for a microbiome in any cancer type: see our new paper in @ScienceTM led by PhD student Yuchen (Peter) Ge www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... and the accompanying news piece, www.science.org/content/arti...

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Comprehensive analysis of microbial content in whole-genome sequencing samples from The Cancer Genome Atlas project

An analysis of TCGA whole-genome sequencing samples yields a comprehensive resource for investigating the role of microbes in cancer.

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Michael Kuhn @biocs.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

We're very happy to release our new database Metalog metalog.embl.de ! It offers manually curated and harmonised contextual data for 110k metagenomics samples across the globe, incl. precomputed taxonomic profiles, for interactive browsing and for download 🧵 1/7 #microsky

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Metalog

Metalog is a repository of manually annotated metadata (or contextual data) for metagenomic sequencing data from across the globe.

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Karina Xavier Lab @karinaxavierlab.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Symbnet PhD Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses - Oeiras Portugal. Students from all over the world are eligible, we sponsor selected students. Please Repost! gimm.idloom.events/phd-summer-s...

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PhD Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses 2025

Symbnet PhD Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine (GIMM) & Católica Biomedical Research Centre (CBR) July 06...

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MICROB-PREDICT @microb-predict.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

🚀 7th GA #Meeting in Cologne, Germany from 27-29 January 2025! A huge thank you to everyone for sharing their latest results and project updates! 👏 And of course, we wrapped it up with some after-work fun, exploring Cologne with a @sciencerallye.bsky.social! 🏙️ ⛲

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Julien Tap @julientap.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Dear #microsky what is your favorite tool to manage your own strain lab collection (from storage to genomics)? we are looking for open source solution.

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Marisa Isabell Keller @maelschermarisa.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Nice work @fmikus.bsky.social It's amazing how much the EMBL pond has to offer! Consider adding your images here: maps.app.goo.gl/Jsc1dvQKEtqd...

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Marisa Isabell Keller @maelschermarisa.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I am happy to see this paper published. Already a fan of the preprint!

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Marisa Isabell Keller @maelschermarisa.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I've been invited to review a paper for the first time! As the Bluesky community continues to grow, I'd love to hear your insights: What are your key do's and don'ts as a reviewer? Any tips for a first-time reviewer like me would be greatly appreciated! 🧪👩‍🔬 #SciComm

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Marisa Isabell Keller @maelschermarisa.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

🎉 It’s finally official - I am a doctor now! 🎓 I defended my PhD last month and have just received the paperwork from my German university to make it all real. 😊 I am beyond grateful for all the incredible people, especially from the @borklab.bsky.social, who have supported me along the way! 🧫👩‍💻🧬👩‍🔬

Me, smiling as much as I can with my PhD hat after my defense

Me, in a lecture hall, in front of my slides, ready to give my defense presentation

My, smiling with sparking wine and my PhD hat

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Bork Group at EMBL Heidelberg @borklab.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

We're looking for a postdoc on the Computational Analysis of Environmental #Microbiome Data! www.embl.org/jobs/positio... In the past two years, #EMBL scientists have gathered more than 3000 soil, sediment and water samples from Europe's coastlines within the #TREC expedition. (1/4)

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We offer a wide range of challenging scientific and non-scientific positions at all of our European locations and encourage applications from international candidates at all career levels.

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Bork Group at EMBL Heidelberg @borklab.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

The first day of our lab retreat is underway. We didn't venture far from EMBL, just up the hill to Königstuhl overlooking Heidelberg and the Rhine valley. However, we did invite guest from other labs who are working on the microbiome and are enjoying the discussions across the groups!

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Marisa Isabell Keller @maelschermarisa.bsky.social · 15/08/2024

I am excited to share the first paper of my PhD as a preprint! 🥳 This is a huge milestone and I'm incredibly grateful to everyone who has been involved in this project. ✨ #Science #PhDLife 👩‍💻

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Bork Group at EMBL Heidelberg @borklab.bsky.social · 11/06/2024

Interested in analyzing the human #microbiome? We're looking for postdocs! www.embl.org/jobs/positio... We have lots of data to delve into: metagenomic and metatranscriptomic data from >1000 liver disease patients across disease stages (often w/ multiple timepoints and clinical follow-up data), 1/2

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EMBL Jobs

We offer a wide range of challenging scientific and non-scientific positions at all of our European locations and encourage applications from international candidates at all career levels.

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Bork Group at EMBL Heidelberg @borklab.bsky.social · 30/04/2024

Congratulations to Askarbek Orakov, who successfully defended his PhD at the University of Würzburg today! Peer is dressed in a Kazakh traditional “Shapan”, which is given to honorable people – a gift from Askarbek's and his wife's families. Thank you very much for this!

Askarbek Orakov wearing his PhD hat (based on an aquarium) and Peer Bork dressed in a Kazakh traditional “Shapan”

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Suguru Nishijima @suguru-nishijima.bsky.social · 19/03/2024

Excited to share our latest preprint on a novel computational tool to predict fecal microbial load solely from relative species profiles! Our study revealed that fecal microbial load is a substantial confounder in microbiome-disease association studies. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Marisa Isabell Keller @maelschermarisa.bsky.social · 12/03/2024

Our latest publication highlights the importance of studying antimicrobial resistance! We found an increase in bacterial antibiotic inactivation genes and infections with multi drug-resistant bacteria in patients with decompensated cirrhosis treated with terlipressin (a non-antibiotic drug). 🧫🧪🧬👩‍🔬

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Terlipressin therapy is associated with increased risk of colonisation with multidrug‐resistant bacteria in patients with decompensated cirrhosis

Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics is a global pharmacology journal concerned with the effects of drugs on the human gastrointestinal and hepato-biliary systems

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Roland Hatzenpichler @environmicrobio.bsky.social · 05/12/2023

Posted the same on X - show me that the blue skies are better! Any ideas on how to quantify sulfite in a(n aqueous or culture) sample? Thanks!

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Marisa Isabell Keller @maelschermarisa.bsky.social · 30/11/2023

quality time with my colleagues. 😊 #PhDSky #MicroSky 🧪👩‍💻

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Marisa Isabell Keller @maelschermarisa.bsky.social · 28/11/2023

It should be at least once part of every biologist's life to rescue lab stuff from the -80 freezer when they are broken. Otherwise the training seems somehow incomplete.. 👩‍🔬🧪 #PhDSky #MicroSky

Me standing in an elevator transporting boxes containing stuff from the -80 degree freezer.

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

🧪 Scientist? 🟦 New to BlueSky? 👀 Wanna find posts by other people in your area and use the right hashtags in your own posts? 📃 Here’s a list of over 170 science-related feeds and their hashtags. #AcademicSky #PhDSky

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Sheet1 Likes,Name (Click to visit feed),Tags,Contact to ask to be added to contributor list 11,<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ftnzzw4cnon2pzpw7i5m2xu7/feed/aaaiqnkwsgsz6">#AI&HCI</a>,#HCI,...

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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

**SAVE THE DATE** NOV 14 & 15/16 Remember to check the date and time in your region! FREE registration hopin.com/events/micro... We will have the pleasure to host 🇩🇪 @merenbey.bsky.social ey.bsky.social as a keynote & amazing speakers with their short talks and highlights (see below) 1/2

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Marisa Isabell Keller @maelschermarisa.bsky.social · 24/10/2023

The bravest thing a computational biologist 👩‍💻 can do is pipette in front of two trained technicians. 🧫👩‍🔬 ... just to sum up my day. 😀 #microbiomesky #MicroSky #PhDSky

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Marisa Isabell Keller @maelschermarisa.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

A look back at some moments from my Science Summer 2023 with the Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbiosis, the Human Microbiome Conference and consortium meetings. Everywhere I met incredibly talented researchers. It is very easy to become friends when you share the same passion! #MicroSky #PhdSky

A group picture from the phd students Summer School, together with microbiologist Martin

Me and two friends from the summer school. Their supervisors were once part of the lab where I am doing my PhD. We are like scientific cousins.

Me in front in my poster that I presented in the Human Microbiome Conference

Me with two female friends from the consortia in front of the ancient theatre of epidaurus in greece. We are all woman working in Computational biology.

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Marisa Isabell Keller @maelschermarisa.bsky.social · 28/09/2023

Do not miss the chance to apply for this PhD program! I am on of the PhD students and I am very happy about it.. ✨ see you soon!?

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Marisa Isabell Keller @maelschermarisa.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

#HiSciSky Hello Everyone, I am a PhD candidate interested in the microbiome and computational biology using metagenomics in combination with multi-omics and machine learning. I am also interested in talking about climcatecrisis, music, cats and phd life. #MicroSky #MLSky #MicrobiomeSky #PhDSky

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