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Zachary M. Bailey

@zacharybailey.bsky.social
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Interested in all things phages and microbiology. Post-doc at the University of Bern in Terrestrial Ecology and Theoretical Ecology and Evolution.

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Lavisha Parab @lavishaparab.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Our preprint on using waxmoth larvae as a model for in vivo evolution experiments studying the microbiome is out! We'll write a bsky thread soon once we update the figures with new data, and early feedback is appreciated!
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Theoretical Ecology and Evolution (THEE) Group @thee-bank-lab.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The University of Bern's features the "Treasure Chest project", which uses real-world scenarios to teach stats to bio students. Our collaborator Stephan Peischl @spei.bsky.social connects genetics to epidemiology, bringing statistics to life! Article (in DE) in the link below:
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Die Schatztruhe macht Statistik lebendig
Das Programm «IMPULS: LEHRE» fördert innovative Lehrprojekte an der Uni Bern. Eines davon ist die «Schatztruhe».
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Gerard Martínez-De León @gerardmdl.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Our first study from the Hasli Outdoor Mesocosm Experiment (HOME) is out!! Here we focus on plant responses to extreme heat and drought during the first two years of the experiment, and we found that fast- and slow-growing plants fully recovered to drought onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Convergent Post‐Drought Recovery of Biomass and Functional Traits Under Constant and Periodic Warming in Slow‐ and Fast‐Growing Plants
In a 2-year outdoor mesocosm experiment, slow- and fast-growing grassland plants exhibit biomass-trait decoupling 1 month after drought, particularly under warmed conditions. This decoupling disappea....
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Zachary M. Bailey @zacharybailey.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This has been a really crazy read so far. Thanks to @lorhab.bsky.social for bringing it to my attention. I hope that there is even more quirky phage communication stuff in the future!
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Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org · 31/03/2026
It’s International Transgender Day of Visibility. Annual Conference 2026 includes the 5th LGBTQ+ Networking Event with Trans and Nonbinary pre-meet. Find out more and register: microb.io/Microbio26SocialProgramme
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Annual Conference 2026
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Department of Biology | San Francisco State University @sfstatebio.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Join us Wed, Mar 11 at 11 AM at EOS + on Zoom for a seminar by Dr. Sophie George (University of Washington; Professor Emerita, Georgia Southern University): Marine Heatwaves effects on growth and development of Pisaster ochraceus larvae in multidimensional space #MarineBiology #MarineHeatwaves
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Charles Mullon @charlesmullon.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
With @saramitri.bsky.social, @sonjalehtinen.bsky.social and L. Lehmann we’ve launched the UNIL Center for Theory in Ecology and Evolution @unil.bsky.social🇨🇭 To kick things off, we’re offering short visiting fellowships for theorists in ecology & evolution. Apply & pls RP 😀 tinyurl.com/2wem36zz
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Unil center for theory in ecology and evolution (UCTEE) - FBM Unil
Page Unil Center for Theory in Ecology and Evolution of site Faculty of Biology and Medicine hosted by the University of Lausanne
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Marie Vasse @marievasse.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Interested in microbial predation? Join us in Ticino Switzerland on July 27-31, 2026! More info at microbialpredation.ethz.ch #predation #ecology #evolution #microbes
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Hermina Ghenu (they/them) @a-hermina-ghenu.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Cool #OpenData and #reproducibility webinar coming up. SORTEE + Dryad = 💘 "Data all the way down: How uncovering the data underlying research findings impacts every aspect of scholarly communication" 📅 Thu, 12 Feb, 5–6pm WEST 🆓 Free registration: events.humanitix.com/love-data-we...
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Data all the way down: How uncovering the data underlying research findings impacts every aspect of scholarly communication
DataDryad & SORTEE are teaming up for a panel discussion for Love Data Week 2026 - join us for a lively chat about the present and future of data
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Hermina Ghenu (they/them) @a-hermina-ghenu.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Can interactive web apps help biology students become better modellers? peischllab.github.io/MEEW.html We're running an ethics-approved, pre-registered study thanks to funding from the University of Bern. Are you lecturing in the Spring? Contact me to receive the survey link!
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Zachary M. Bailey @zacharybailey.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
I had a really great time at ESEB 2025. I think the organizers did a great job 👍, and it was a truly gargantuan effort. I am excited that the next ESEB is a hub conference. I hope that future ESEBs also decide to go plant based and plastic free to become even more sustainable. #ESEB2025 #ESEB2027
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Zachary M. Bailey @zacharybailey.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
I wish all the best to everyone completing the Marie Curie fellowship application for next week. It's a big endeavor and you're in the home stretch now! Best of luck! #grants #mariecurie
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Dhanya Bharath @dhanyabharath.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
New beginnings!✨ Happy to share that I've started a PhD @eawag.bsky.social with Dr. Catalina Chaparro-Pedraza :) Excited to be working on the eco-evolutionary dynamics of regime shifts and tipping points in ecosystems integrating theory and experiments!
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Alexander Harms @aharms485.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
The movie about phage therapy in Switzerland and beyond is available online now 🍿🎬💊 - link to the English version here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUMJ...
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Viruses as hope against antibiotic resistance
YouTube video by Swiss Academy of Sciences SCNAT
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Zachary M. Bailey @zacharybailey.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Come to my talk on Thursday if you want to hear about some soil microbial metagenomics! We are studying how climate extremes affect soil microbial communities. #ESEB2025
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Alexander Harms @aharms485.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Phages on the big screen! 🎬 Premiere of a brilliant film about phage therapy by our friend Thomas Häusler - powerful story, a great panel discussion, and inspiring conversations over the apero. 🧬🥂 #PhageTherapy
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Microbetv @microbetv.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Look at this very cool #luxart of the late great Elio Schaechter by Jennifer Quinn 🤯😍 (wife of @markowenmartin.bsky.social )
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Zachary M. Bailey @zacharybailey.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Having a good time at #FEMS2025
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Zachary M. Bailey @zacharybailey.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Speaking later today at #FEMS2025 in the "Microbial dynamics in a changing world" symposium.
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Zachary M. Bailey @zacharybailey.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Looking forward to #FEMS2025! I am heading to Milan tomorrow to give a short talk and a poster.
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Thibaut Brunet @thibautbrunet.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Striking new study from @archaeon-alex.bsky.social's lab just out in @science.org on multicellular development induced by compression in Archaea: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Tissue-like multicellular development triggered by mechanical compression in archaea
The advent of clonal multicellularity is a critical evolutionary milestone, seen often in eukaryotes, rarely in bacteria, and only once in archaea. We show that uniaxial compression induces clonal mul...
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Zachary M. Bailey @zacharybailey.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Does anyone have suggestions on a UV Transilluminator for gel imaging?? We are in the market for one and apparently there are so so many to choose from. #gelimaging #gelectrophoresis #science #pcr
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Zachary M. Bailey @zacharybailey.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
This looks really cool! Another banger from Andrew Millard. I am excited to try this out later!
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Zachary M. Bailey @zacharybailey.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
With all of the uncertainty in the US regarding NIH funds. I wanted to share that the NIH MHRT program allowed me to do an internship abroad and is directly responsible for me being where I am today. It allowed me to connect with European research institutions, get my masters and my PhD here.
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Carolyn Ibberson @cbibberson.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
This hurts new and early career investigators (like me) the hardest. Most of us finished our postdocs & started our labs during the COVID-19 pandemic with shutdowns and supply issues at that time. Now we’re being hit with ::all of this:: www.science.org/content/arti...
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U.S. early-career researchers struggling amid chaos
Uncertain funding, government firings, and distressed universities hit vulnerable groups especially hard
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Elliot Lefkowitz @elliot-bhm.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Join us for an ICTV webinar on how to find information about viruses and virus taxa using the ICTV web site Date: March 11, 2025 Time: 10:00 AM CDT; 15:00 UTC For more information: ictv.global/news/webinar... Register here: uab.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Zachary M. Bailey @zacharybailey.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
My fiancé got me an amazing valentine's day gift. Now I get to add an E. coli and T4 phage to my collection.
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Zachary M. Bailey @zacharybailey.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Happy Valentine's Day! If you know me, you know I love to put comics at the end of my presentations. Here is one such comic done by The Amoeba Sisters for Valentine's Day.
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Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
☎️ Calling #MEvoSky ☎️ 2x 5-year research associate / research assistant positions in experimental evolution ERC-funded project: How do mobile genetic elements and defence systems shape bacterial genome evolution? Join the friendly and exciting @mermanchester.bsky.social community in Manchester!
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Zachary M. Bailey @zacharybailey.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
⚠️This is not your average preprint on antibiotic resistance. This preprint is a really interesting story from several researchers of my former lab about human gut-microbiota and one potential way AMR resistance is maintained. ☠️
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Zachary M. Bailey @zacharybailey.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
I was super happy to see this come out after hearing about this project during the MEEHubs conference in 2024. Congratulations to everyone who worked on this!
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Nora Pyenson @norapyenson.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Is it “winner-takes all” when the simplest living things compete? Check out my fresh publication on phage coexistence in Science and a thread below🧵 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Diverse phage communities are maintained stably on a clonal bacterial host
Bacteriophages are the most abundant and phylogenetically diverse biological entities on Earth, yet the ecological mechanisms that sustain this extraordinary diversity remain unclear. In this study, w...
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Zachary M. Bailey @zacharybailey.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
I have finally decided to switch from X (which I rarely used) to BlueSky (which I look forward to rarely using).
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Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Two amazing jobs at Uni Bern. Assistent professorships in conservation biology and computational ecology. Bern is a wonderful place to live and work in! www.iee.unibe.ch/about_us/job...
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