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Dr Katherine Duncan @kateduncan.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Please share - full funded (UK students only) PhD studentship in the Duncan lab ‘intergrated ‘omics for accelerated antibtioic dicovery from abyssal actinomycetes’. Co-supervisors @thecopperdoctor.bsky.social, Marcel Jaspars, @zmaw.bsky.social- deadline 20th May www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Matthias Wietz @matthiaswietz.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Music is a big part of my life, and this is my band. open.spotify.com/album/5VxsyC...

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Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

🔊 APPLY NOW for our #MarMic #MSc/#PhD program! Come to #Bremen and take an interdisciplinary approach to #marine #microbiology, #molecularbiology, #biochemistry, #evolution and more. ⏳ Open until Feb 28 2026 ➡ marmic.mpg.de #graduatestudents #marinescience #sciencecareer #IMPRS @maxplanck.de

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A. Murat Eren (Meren) @merenbey.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

We have a date for the free-to-attend #anvio workshop and ECR Symposium for 2026, and we look forward to meeting you at the @hifmb.de in Oldenburg, Germany! Please find more information on the venue, program, and the application form here, and spread the word 😇 anvio.org/workshops/20...

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A. Murat Eren (Meren) @merenbey.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Please share this with anyone who may be interested in a post-doc in Germany: jobs.awi.de/Vacancies/20... This is quite an exciting opportunity to push the boundaries of what is known regarding the molecular basis of the formation and demise of photosymbiotic relationships in marine habitats.

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Taylor priest @taylorpriest.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

🚨Our book is now available for pre-order🚨 It was such an honour to contribute to this, as this was the book that opened my eyes to, and inspired me to study #marine #microbiology! Highly recommend for students/academics wishing to learn about marine microbes. www.routledge.com/Marine-Micro...

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Marine Microbiology: Ecology & Applications

The fourth edition of this bestselling text has been rigorously updated to reflect major new discoveries and concepts since 2019. This new edition reflects important new findings in marine microbiolog...

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James Bradley @drbradbrad.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

2 Postdoc vacancies: Microbial dormancy in the cryosphere @erc.europa.eu #ERC_SIESTA 📢 PLEASE RT Experimental: 🧬 Single cell microbial activity measurements, flow cytometry, omics, biogeochem Modelling: 🖥️ Bioenergetics, thermodynamics, ecological, biogeochem ☀️ Marseille, France ‼️ Apply by 30 Sept

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Taylor priest @taylorpriest.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Very excited to host the GRS Marine Microbes next year, which we are centering on three key themes: diversification, adaptation and resilience! Applications are now open - www.grc.org/marine-micro...

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2026 Marine Microbes (GRS) Seminar GRC

The 2026 Gordon Research Seminar on Marine Microbes (GRS) will be held in Castelldefels, Barcelona Spain. Apply today to reserve your spot.

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HIFMB @hifmb.de · 23/06/2025

The call for our 2026 Postdoc Cohort is now open. We offer 4 full-time positions. Apply until August 24th. hifmb.de/jobs Please spread the word. #postdoc #jobsinscience #marinebiodiversity #antarctica @awi.de @hillebr1.bsky.social @ibaums.bsky.social @thilogross.bsky.social @merenbey.bsky.social 🦑

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Matthias Wietz @matthiaswietz.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Happy to contribute #eDNA sequences from our #Arctic FRAM Observatory to GRUMP, a microbial database covering the world ocean 🌊 many thanks @jedfuhrman.bsky.social & @jcmcnch.bsky.social for the invitation to join! @awi.de @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social @chrbienhold.bsky.social

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A. Murat Eren (Meren) @merenbey.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

We have a new 3-year postdoc position in our group at the @hifmb.de to study plasmids and plasmids systems of the marine environment to survey their utility in microbial responses to environmental change. Please see the official job ad here, and spread the word: jobs.awi.de/Vacancies/20...

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PostDoc in ecology and evolution of plasmids in polar waters at HIFMB (f/d/m)

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Glen Dsouza @nonresidentdesi.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Excited about microbiomes and want to study them at the single-cell level? Join our team to pioneer research using microfluidics paired with automated timelapse microscopy. We're hiring motivated postdocs to push the boundaries of microbial ecology! Apply now: apply.interfolio.com/165601

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Taylor priest @taylorpriest.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Very excited to announce that @mehrshmali.bsky.social and I will be chairing a symposium (S10) at ESEB25 this summer on 'eco-evolutionary dynamics driven by mobile genetic elements' (eseb2025.com/list-of-symp...) 🚨Abstract submissions are now open🚨

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List of Symposia – ESEB 2025. Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology. Barcelona. Spain

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Matthias Wietz @matthiaswietz.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

10,000 miles on #Polarstern: from Namibia across the Weddell Sea to the Falklands 🇦🇶 We deployed autonomous samplers and filtered 2,000L of seawater to study microbial seasonality and ecology, in a team of 100 lovely people. Keen to join our science? PhD position open! bit.ly/phd-polar-mi...

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Steven Biller @stevenbiller.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Our latest on the genetic content carried within different populations of DNA-containing particles in the oceans! Vesicles and viruses likely play distinct roles in microbial horizontal gene transfer networks. Grateful to all collaborators www.nature.com/articles/s41... #MicroSky

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Distinct horizontal gene transfer potential of extracellular vesicles versus viral-like particles in marine habitats - Nature Communications

Biller et al. use long-read sequencing of fractionated ocean nanoparticles, showing that extracellular vesicles and virus-like particles contain distinct pools of genetic information and thus may diff...

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Nicole Dubilier @nicoledubilier.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Great thread on graduate positions in Austria and Germany. For more info on our graduate program see marmic.mpg.de/marmic2/. The deadline for this year's MSc program has passed, but PhD program doesn't have a deadline.

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MarMic - International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology

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Christian R Voolstra @reefgenomics.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Don't miss out, October 22-25, 2025: International Symposium – Trends in Marine Host-Microbe Symbioses with an exciting lineup of speakers marinesymbioses.eu/invited-spea...; looking forward to insightful & inspiring discussions; registration: marinesymbioses.eu/register/ @uni-konstanz.de

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Invited speakers – Trends in Marine Host-Microbe Symbioses Symposium

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Matthias Wietz @matthiaswietz.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Happy #PolarBearDay from a curious explorer 🐻‍❄️ in the central Arctic Ocean 🧊🚢 @awi.de @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social #Polarstern

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Sullivan Lab at OSU @sullivan-lab.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Summer School on Quantitative Phage-Bacteria Dynamics Across Scales -> Application date: March 21, 2025. Open to MS + PhD students + postdocs Application site: bit.ly/phageschool2...

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Matthias Wietz @matthiaswietz.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

New #PhD opportunity 🌊🧊 Join us to study the seasonality and ecology of microbiomes in the #Arctic and #Antarctic, combining 'omics and cultivation in a collaborative team. Please share and apply 🙂 career.mpi-bremen.de/jobposting/e... #AWI @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social @icbm-uol.bsky.social

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Matthias Wietz @matthiaswietz.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Our new study in @naturecomms.bsky.social showing the recurrent assembly of microbial modules over polar day and night, based on four years of autonomous sampling in the Arctic www.nature.com/articles/s41... Fantastic teamwork by #AWI @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social @hhu.bsky.social & many others 🙂

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Josephine Z. Rapp @zoraur0ra.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Hi 🧊bsky I'll be chairing the GRS on Polar Marine Science in Italy this March! We still have 10 seats available & 5 days left to apply! Join our ECR community to share your research and discuss the role of sea ice in ecosystem dynamics! www.grc.org/polar-marine... #polarresearch #marinescience

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A. Murat Eren (Meren) @merenbey.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

I just wanted to send a quick update and thank the 70+ people who applied for the upcoming #anvio workshop and ECR symposium in Oldenburg so far. We are very encouraged with the geographical diversity, which has been one of our main concerns. The applications are open until January 10.

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Matthias Wietz @matthiaswietz.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Hello Bluesky 👋 ...with some impressions from our North Pole expedition last year; studying the Arctic ecosystem from sea-ice 🧊 to seafloor 🐙 Exciting science and lovely people! 🎶 ...music by our Polarstern band, The Arcwatchers, recorded onboard 🙃 instagr.am/the.arcwatch...

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