Helicobacter pylori allelic variation in cell surface genes influences human exoproteome binding and stomach tissue adherence https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.06.710112v1
Leipzig U and the MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA) have an open faculty position (W2) in evolutionary population genetics! This position is tenured and comes with generous core funding. We are eager to welcome a new colleague! Deadline March 11.
www.uni-leipzig.de/en/newsdetai...
Exciting news:
Our RNA community in @uniregensburg.bsky.social is set to grow!
We are opening a Junior Group Leader position in RNA biochemistry / ribonucleases / RNA stability. A great opportunity to start your own team within our collaborative RNA network.
Details & application 👇
New post-doctoral research position in my phage-host interactions (Phi) laboratory in @otagomicroimmuno.bsky.social at @universityofotago.bsky.social New Zealand. The project is focused on defences against jumbo phages. Please share and if interested apply using the link in the comments.
I’ve spent a lot of time over the past two years thinking about genome evolution and how recent research revealing complex gene-gene interactions has complicated traditional ‘gene-centric’ genomic approaches to evolution. So here is a review that consolidates these thoughts!
rdcu.be/e6pHY
Poster of the 2026 CSHA meeting on Bacterial Infection & Host Defense.
Please join us for the Cold Spring Harbor Asia @cshlnews.bsky.social meeting on Bacterial Infection & Host Defense this May 11-15 in Suzhou, China! We have a fantastic lineup of speakers. Abstract deadline is March 6. Hope to see you there!
Given that clonal biofilms of single bacterial species rapidly diversify into niche specialists, how do biofilms of multiple species evolve?
A 🧵 featuring new collaborative pubs:
1. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
2. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Interested in microbial predation? Join us in Ticino Switzerland on July 27-31, 2026!
More info at microbialpredation.ethz.ch
#predation #ecology #evolution #microbes
Source of image: https://heterodoxacademy.org/blog/social-science-pandemic-cultural-evolution/
A tenure-track faculty position (Professor of Evolutionary Biology) is open at #UQAR in Quebec, Canada. Teaching in French. Application deadline: 4 May 2026. Details: www.csz-scz.ca/job-postings... 🧪
"Mike Cashel: magic spot magician"
journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....
🧬 RNAMed is hiring!
Apply for one of 11 fully funded PhD positions in RNA medicine and work with leading RNA experts in an international, interdisciplinary environment.
📅 Deadline: 24 March 2026
More info & apply:
lnkd.in/eX7fQcJi
We’re recruiting new Research Group Leaders!
We offer:
🔬 Core funding
💻 Access to world-leading infrastructure
👩🏽🔬A network of world-leading scientists
…and much more.
Apply by 11 April: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
#ResearchCareers #Bioinformatics @timcoorens.bsky.social @embl.org
Like bacteria, phages use sRNAs to regulate gene expression! Out today in @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social, @mvelascogomariz.bsky.social and I highlight a recent RIL-seq study from the @saharmelamed.bsky.social lab that looked into posttranscriptional regulation of lambda!
tinyurl.com/lambda-RIL-seq
In case you missed it: our review titled "Spatial structure: shaping the ecology and evolution of microbial communities" is out! 🚨
Let me hit you with some highlights on why spatial structure matters. (and why you should care!)
Sharing is appreciated 🙏 🧵👇
doi.org/10.1093/fems...
JB Editor's Choice: As part of our History of Microbial Model Systems series, Snow, Hatzios & Salama discuss the first bacteria designated a class I carcinogen, Helicobacter pylori.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
@asm.org #JBacteriology
The Epstein files document what many women researchers have long experienced but rarely seen laid bare so starkly: exclusion operating behind closed doors, shaping who gets funded, invited, mentored, and taken seriously. How many of these networks, norms, and gatekeepers remain in place?
📢📢📢Lectureships at Bristol!📢📢📢
We're hiring 3 x lecturers (=assistant professor) in Biological Sciences, across the discipline.
Great department, great colleagues, great building, great city
Details here:
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Looking for a truly unique PhD programme on RNA drugs and therapeutics? We have just opened the call for the second cohort of RNAmed-Future leaders in RNA-based medicine. More details under www.rnamed.de Please spread the word.
My PhD work with the inimitable Joy Bergelson looking at local adaptation in a super-cool generalist pathogen that nucleates ice and decimates your favorite crop plant 🌱 👾 🧬 Thrilled to see this out (& reminded by @vscooper.micropopbio.org to celebrate each win)!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
It's a bit last minute, but we have an RA/junior postdoc position available in my lab (closing Sunday). Please reach out if you're interested in developing and applying methods to analyse microbial genomes and metagenomes! careers.petermac.org/job/MELBOURN...
💡 We are inviting you to nominate a woman in microbiology whose work or impact deserves to be seen.
Selected nominations will be featured on the FEMS website and across our social media channels on International Women’s Day, 8 March.
👉 Who inspires you? Nominate them by 4 March . buff.ly/AKyMbQD
Figure 3F from https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.12.705432v1. This shows a network of environmental meta-transcriptomics and TraDIS knockout results. Points are coloured based on gene function. Genes which are identified both by meta-t and TraDIS were associaetd with amino acid metabolism, nucleotide metabolism, biofilm and other.
What #Ecoli 🦠 genes enable environmental persistence?
Incredibly layered work in this study, spanning:
- Environmental meta-transcriptomics 📊
- Isolate culturing 🧫
- #metabolism ♻️
- Mouse survivability experiments 🐁
- TraDIS 🧬
- Isogenic mutant validation ∆
🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
🧵 New preprint! Our 4-lab team evolved Streptococcus pneumoniae in antibiotic-treated mice of varying immune states and discovered something surprising: bacteria rarely evolved resistance. Instead, they found a different way to survive — by rewiring RNA turnover.
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Happy CNY 🏮🧧🎇
Do you want to pursue your ideas in computational biology independently, running your group in @embl.org‘s uniquely collaborative environment, beside world’s most comprehensive biomolecular data resources @ebi.embl.org in Genome Campus next to @sangerinstitute.bsky.social?
Apply to join us & share 🙏
Our new cat perched on a laptop, demanding attention. (We used to be a dog family, lost our 17.5 yo dog a few months ago, and just adopted a cat with a surprisingly dog-like personality)
How your email finds me
🧬 Shape the future of #RNA-based infection research!
We are inviting applications for @helmholtz.de Junior Research Group Leader Positions (f/m/d). 👉 Apply by February 15 at www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/jobs-tale...
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Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
