Jie Deng

🌿 Postdoc opportunity in plant evolutionary ecology/genetics!

My lab in the Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to start Fall 2026.

We study plant adaptation, using weeds as model systems.

#Postdoc #EcoEvo

Pls RT!

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iDiv and @uni-jena.de are recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher (f/m/d) in Trait-Based Community Ecology and Modelling.

Highlights:
🔺Full-time (100%, 40 h/week) with the option to reduce to 80%
🔺Fixed-term for 2 years
🔺Salary up to E13 TV‑L

📆 Apply by: 29 March 2026

www.idiv.de/career/job-o...

Darwinian dynamics of Host-Pathogen interactions Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) causes varied clinical outcomes across ruminants and geographical locations. Northern white-tailed deer experience infrequent, high-mortality outbreaks; southern wh...

New paper just out on the Darwinian Dynamics of Host-Pathogen Interactions in #MBE! Had a blast working on this with Sabrina Streipert & Yun Kang 😊

www.aimspress.com/article/doi/...

📣We will be back soon with a new series of online theory seminars!

As ever, free and open for all via Zoom. Follow us on here, or join our email list (iite.info/seminar-emai...) for details.

In the meantime, all our past talks are on Youtube: www.youtube.com/@theoretical...

See you there!

Great opportunity to interact with the French Community of Ecological Theory: "Biodiversity in Equations" Conference in Montpellier, France on April 9 and 10, 2026, organized by GDR TheoMoDive and SFE2.
Registration is free! Find more info here: biodiveq.sciencesconf.org?forward-acti...

Exciting announcement! My new department is launching a postdoc fellowship in quantitative biology. Fellows will be co-advised by two Bio faculty, one that is quant focused (not me) and one that is not (me???). I would love to co-sponsor a postdoc and build a collaboration so please reach out!

2nd new postdoc in our group! Looking to hire postdoc in eco-economic modelling for our Amazon ornamental fish project, integrating biological data with supply-chain, livelihood & sustainability analyses. Participatory work in Brazil. Please share! www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...

Eawag 2-year postdoc fellowship in Switzerland. Funding for Independent projects hosted in one of the research departments… come join us in Switzerland 🇨🇭! apply.refline.ch/673277/1335/...

Early registration discount deadline March 13.
Register for the Cell Press Symposia #CSMicrobiome2026 (10–12 May 2026, Bruges).
Join leading experts exploring host–microbiome interactions and therapeutic innovation. @cellpressevents.bsky.social
http://dlvr.it/TQzzqr

Climate change effects on the human gut microbiome: complex mechanisms and global inequities Ongoing global climate change is affecting all aspects of life on Earth, including human health. The gut microbiota is an important determinant of health in humans and other organisms, but how climate...

How will climate change affect human gut microbiomes? In a new @thelancetplanet.bsky.social paper, I analyze the main mechanisms — changes in food availability & nutritional quality, environmental microbiomes, enteric pathogens, increased host stress — and their interactions.
tinyurl.com/27kny9z9

Postdoctoral Fellow in Eco-evolutionary Modelling and Machine Learning The Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences (DEEP) at Stockholm University is located in the Arrhenius Laboratories on the Frescati campus. Currently, approximately 100 people, including

Please help me spread this postdoc position with me at Stockholm University, Sweden!!!! su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Come join #LaurierBiology!
We're recruiting 3 tenure-track faculty positions!

Integrative Organismal Zoologist!
careers.wlu.ca/job/Waterloo...

Microbial Systems Biologist!
careers.wlu.ca/job/Waterloo...

Computational Ecology/Modeling Biologist!
careers.wlu.ca/job/Waterloo...

DEADLINE MARCH 22nd!

The Burmeister Lab: Studying Microbial Evolution and Extinction ​Our research integrates evolutionary biology and microbiology, using bacteria and phage as study systems to address fundamental questions in both fields. ​ ​We study microbial evolution, a...

Alita Burmeister (@aburmeister.bsky.social) is looking to hire a postdoc (or potentially a PhD student) for projects on phage resistance and evolution. The position description is posted to the Eco-Evo Jobs wiki and also available on her lab's website (arburmeister.weebly.com).

Fully funded PhD opportunity (4 years) at the University of Reading: Study how iron shapes bacterial competition 🧬🦠
research.reading.ac.uk/foodbiosyste...

Strain displacement in microbiomes via ecological competition - Nature Microbiology Mathematical modelling and experimental tests reveal principles that govern displacement of a resident strain by an invader in microbial communities.

#NewResearch

Strain displacement in microbiomes via ecological competition

@erikbakkeren.bsky.social

#microsky

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Paradoxical role of new endosymbiotic associations: they facilitate the emergence of new partnerships, but inhibit deeper integration between hosts and guests (by favoring uncoordinated reproduction over synchronized ones). That is, easy come, easy go. #Endosymbiosis doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Trade, Borrow, or Steal: How Acquired Metabolism Drives Evolution Trade, Borrow, or Steal: How Acquired Metabolism Drives Evolution on Simons Foundation

NYC and adjacent friends: I'm thrilled and terrified to be giving a public lecture in Manhattan at 6pm on Wednesday, 19 November. If you feel like coming into the city* for the evening, I'd love to see you there!

*Yes, NYC = "the city" for Jersey girls.

www.simonsfoundation.org/event/trade-...

Description Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...

Research Assistant or Associate opportunity at Imperial College London: Conduct temperature-resolved microbial experiments to understand how microbes adapt and thrive across thermal environments 🌡️🧫
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

Group Leader Career Development Fellowships - Dunn School Are you an early career researcher interested in the cell or molecular mechanisms underlying disease? Do you have an outstanding record and an innovative research plan?

Are you a postdoc interested in the mechanisms of disease?

Do you have a great record and an exciting vision?

Come and start your own lab @dunnschool.bsky.social by applying for sponsorship for early career fellowships.

Deadline 30th September...pass it on!

www.path.ox.ac.uk/work-with-us...

Boosting vaccines with harmless bacteria to fight intestinal pathogens - Dunn School Published in Science, a ground-breaking study by the Slack group reveals how combining vaccines with friendly bacteria can boost vaccination efficacy and potentially reduce reliance on antibiotics.

New study by @mucosalimmunology.bsky.social (Dunn School and @ethzurich.bsky.social) with Médéric Diard (@biozentrum.unibas.ch) reveals how combining vaccines with friendly bacteria can boost vaccination efficacy and potentially reduce reliance on antibiotics

www.path.ox.ac.uk/news-article...

Type VI secretion system activity at lethal antibiotic concentrations leads to overestimation of weapon potency Competition assays are a mainstay of modern microbiology, offering a simple and cost-effective means to quantify microbe–microbe interactions in vitro. Here, we demonstrate a key weakness of this meth...

Does your lab perform killing assays?
TL;DR: we’ve identified a problem that can bias the outcome of killing assays, making antagonism look stronger than it really is.
Adding a simple extra step can mitigate this bias!

Out now at #MicrobioJ www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

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Modeling predicts that metabolic diversity increases the ecological impacts of weapon gene transfer. Modeling scenarios for each column are shown across the top row. Bottom row: Example dynamics of the strains (attacker, target, transconjugant) during a contest using parameters that correspond to the cross (X) shown in the parameter sweeps directly below.

#Bacteria use weapons to outcompete rivals, but what happens if they're transferred? @prokaryota.bsky.social @jdpal.bsky.social &co show that HGT of toxin #plasmids is rare but recipients can thrive under relaxed nutrient competition, reshaping bacterial warfare @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/43vC3X7

Please read about how we think microbial metabolism might help us understand microbiomes a bit better!

Also, please appreciate the mountain goat in Fig 1 ⛰️🐐 and that it also represents my joy for trail running and the mountains 😁

Excited to see our latest work published on GEB! We comprehensively compared various environmental predictability measures, their impact on statistical analyses and their global patterns 🤩

Research Assistant opportunity in the Coyte Lab (University of Manchester): Lead analyses of large-scale, longitudinal datasets (already collected) exploring the dynamics of the mammalian immune system and gut microbiome 🦠
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Research Associate in Microbiome Ecology:Oxford Road

PDRA opportunity in the Coyte Lab at Manchester: modelling carbon-fixing microbial communities in Icelandic hot springs 🌋, with chances for field trips to some very beautiful places! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Theory of host-microbe symbioses: Challenges and opportunities Growing insight into microbial symbioses highlights the need to model these systems mathematically. We discuss three areas requiring theoretical advan…

Our article on the challenges and opportunities in studying host-microbe symbioses is now published in Cell Host & Microbe! @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We are on the lookout for postdocs for two different projects at the intersection of ecology, evolution, and the human microbiome.

See thread for more information and reach out!

This project is in collaboration with @jacrickets.bsky.social and Shawn McGlynn!