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Martin Polz

@polzlab.bsky.social

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Ecology and evolution of microbes.

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Martin Polz @polzlab.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Very excited to share our new paper out in Nature. Congrats to Xiaoqian (Annie) Yu and all the coauthors. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Genome-wide sweeps create ecological units in the human gut microbiome - Nature

Genome-wide selective sweeps commonly occur in the human gut microbiome and can spread across the world within decades to produce epidemic-like population structures.

Martin Polz @polzlab.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

There is a postdoctoral position available in our group: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi... Please repost.

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University Assistant postdoctoral

University Assistant postdoctoral

Martin Polz @polzlab.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Great opportunity for postdocs transitioning to faculty positions: www.fwf.ac.at/en/funding/p... Please repost.

FWF ASTRA Awards

Martin Polz @polzlab.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

In a couple of months, my lab will have a postdoctoral position available for a computational biologist. The project will focus on bacterial population genomics with strong focus on mobile genetic element dynamics. Please get in touch if you feel qualified (martin.f.polz@univie.ac.at) or repost.

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Martin Polz @polzlab.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Great postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Vienna: careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e... Please repost.

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Martin Polz @polzlab.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Longstanding collaboration with Scott Manalis where we have developed technology to measure single cell growth rates of bacteria in native seawater with some very surprising results. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...