Plans to axe 600 jobs mooted at University of Nottingham to save £50 million; spokesperson says final decision yet to be made after document outlining new redundancy scheme leaked to press. #edusky #AcademicSky https://ow.ly/XQt950YQANc

30000 university jobs gone in the UK in 3 years. These are people who were working in all job types, at all levels from most junior to most senior.

It’s not review unless it comes from the Review region of France, otherwise it’s just sparkling criticism

Supported by FEMS and the official journal of EAM, microLife focuses on rigorous, interdisciplinary microbiology and studies that move the field forward. If your work doesn’t fit neatly into one box, it could be a good home. Explore publishing with microLife: buff.ly/JsrNgoc

A data set of thousands of advertisements selling research-paper authorships online sheds light on the global marketplace for academic fraud 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Doing the periodic cleaning of used plasmid miniprep columns and realized in honor of Earth Day it may be worth reminding you molecular biologists: Plasmid miniprep columns can be cleaned and reused essentially indefinitely! Just add 1 M HCl, soak overnight and wash 3x w/ water. Save $ and plastic

My super department @warwicklifesci.bsky.social is hiring 6 assistant profs in the wake of recent retirements. We're looking for people in microbiology/infection, cellular disease / immunity; environmental biology; and plant/crop science. #MicroSky warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...

Beautiful work from @pmoyniha.bsky.social presented at today’s MHD seminar. 👏🏻

I have now read this piece and it is very good. Massive respect for @merenbey.bsky.social and Iva for their persistence and documenting this torturous process. Highly recommended reading for anyone who cares about reproducibility in science.

Clostridia (especially non-toxigenic perfringens) from preterm infants metabolize human milk oligosaccharides to suppress pathobionts and modulate intestinal function in organoids www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I don’t know if you saw the MASSIVE news announced by @erc.europa.eu today: from now on, if you get a B at step 1 you are eligible to apply at N+3(!!!) years. Say you got a B in STG2026 step 1, you thought you could apply in STG2028, but no: only in STG2029! erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

We are recruiting postdocs to work on antimicrobial resistance and bacterial cell envelope biology. PLEASE SHARE.

Excited to share our new paper out today in @science.org 🎉 We show that HGT via natural competence drives diversification of chromosomal integrons in V. cholerae 🤩 Below a 🧵 on key findings incl. background on natural competence in V. cholerae 1/ #microsky #phagesky www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Postdoc position available in St Andrews for a structural biologist: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

CRUK goes green [OA] news.cancerresearchuk.org/2026/04/01/w...

How diverse is bacterial immunity ? We report in @science.org how language models allowed us to predict 2.4M antiphage proteins spanning >23K novel potential systems. 👏 @emordret.bsky.social, @alexhv.bsky.social & al doi.org/10.1126/scie... Explore them here defensefinder.mdmlab.fr/wiki/refseq_...

📣Huge preprint 🔔 Today we share something our group has been working toward for a long time, led by @lucasmoriniere.bsky.social We asked can we predict which receptor a phage targets from its genome sequence alone? For most phages, we couldn’t. So Lucas set out to do something I had only dreamed of.

FEMS is seeking a new President and two Trustees for our Board (2027–2029) Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for leadership and governance? We are looking for mission‑driven candidates dedicated to advancing microbiology across Europe and beyond. Apply by 10 June: buff.ly/btwi7u9

Apply now for the FEMS Summer School for Postdocs - a fantastic opportunity to connect, learn, and advance your career! Application deadline: 15 April 2026 Find out more: https://fems-microbiology.org/about_fems/network-and-activities/congress/fems-summer-school-for-postdocs/

Hollywood has gone too far this time.

Open postdoc position in my lab on HGT and interbacterial competition. We seek candidates with a PhD in microbiology (or related fields)+ strong 1st-author publications. Curious, highly motivated, and dedicated team players ready to contribute fully are encouraged to apply. Details: tiny.cc/cz01101

Crucial Gram-positive Type IV Secretion System protein TraF is a structural homolog of Type VII Secretion System protein EssB/YukC in #microLife @femsjournals.bsky.social academic.oup.com/microlife/ad...

So my last publication is out! From a clincial trial for a treatment that was argued could not lead to bacterial resistance, uro-associated bacterial isolates were found to be resistant and we show genetically how. Thanks to Chris Harding and Frank Sargent journals.plos.org/plospathogen...

A Type VII-secreted toxin enables inter-mycobacterial competition https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.26.714487v1

A GH with an immunity protein that binds with nM affinity and looks like this 🤩. Bacteria are always surprising us

And a big shout out to Kieran Bowran whose bioinformatics analysis suggests there are multiple toxins out there

We've been we've been working on this for quite a while now (hopefully published soon). Grateful to @proftracypalmer.bsky.social for concinving me & @lislowe.bsky.social that mycobacteria produce inter-bacterial toxins. Team science, led by @sambenedict5.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Please Repost 🔄 Global Staphylococcus research community is heading to the Canadian Rockies! Join the 20th International Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections 📅 September 20–24, 2026 📍 Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Canada #ISSSI2026 #Staphylococcus

Delighted to have @vichaicow.bsky.social as our keynote speaker at the @newcastleuni.bsky.social bioscience institute NUBI Live! conference

Two post-doctoral positions open in our lab. We're looking for people with expertise in molecular microbiology and/or genome-scale tools. Initially 3 yrs, posts could be extended for upto 8 yrs. If you'd like to know more about us take a look at www.graingerlab.com www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQY475/r...

95 new Fellows join the European Academy of Microbiology 🔬 The newly elected Fellows represent a wide range of expertise across microbiology and related disciplines , spanning institutions across Europe and beyond. Read the full announcement📄https://buff.ly/CdRK14U

#MicroSky people, have you ever grown a Staph aureus biofilm that forms a crispy or hard exterior crust (not in urine)? My MBio student Izabela has, and we are not finding much literature on this.

For the last 39 years, I have had the privilege of working with many of you on the fascinating #microbiology of #methane and #nitrogen cycling. On the 29th of May 2026, I will deliver a goodbye lecture. For details see link or picture attached MVH/ MJ. www.ru.nl/over-ons/age...

🚨*Save the date*🚨 To all staph enthusiasts in GB and Ireland, pleased to share that the 2027 StaphGBI will be hosted at Leeds Beckett University on 22nd & 23rd June 2027! More details to follow! #StaphGBI2027 #LeedsBeckettUni

We're hosting a virtual town hall on 24 Mar, 3-4pm, where our CEO, Professor Sir Ian Chapman, will outline UKRI's upcoming five-year strategy & new mission. He'll be joined by an executive panel and a Q&A will follow. Registration closes 23 Mar, 5pm. Register here⬇️

Associate Senior Lecturer/Assistant Professor position in Molecular Microbiology available at Lund University, Sweden: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Out Now! Clostridia from preterm infants metabolize human milk oligosaccharides to suppress pathobionts and modulate intestinal function in organoids #MicroSky

Major strikes at Strathclyde Uni this week: "400+ members of Unite, working at the University of Strathclyde will take 7 days strike action next week in response to proposed job cuts and a failure by the institution to consult on organisational change." www.unitetheunion.org/news-events/...

New preprint: Cyclic tri-adenylate signalling by a Panoptes anti-phage guard system with a CARF-TM effector. Great work led by Sabine Grüschow www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Interested in one of the top jobs in European biology? @embo.org has opened a call for its next Director, to succeed Fiona Watt Really spectacular opportunity! Spread the word... www.embo.org/features/emb...

MRC / @ukri.org are moving to in-person panel interviews for applicants. Have they done a disability and equity impact assessment on this? I know some great scientists with great ideas who would be unfairly disadvantaged, due to minority ethnicity, class background or neurodivergence.

MRC have announced their new approach to curiosity-driven research: www.ukri.org/news/mrc-cur... Boards gone (?) replaced with flexible panels and interviews. DPFS and Gap fund renamed.

Northumbria University’s attempt to entice academics to abandon expensive pension scheme by offering generous payouts described as ‘abject failure’

2 x Assistant Professor in Chemistry University of Warwick - Department of Chemistry. 📍 Location: University of Warwick, UK 📅 Start date: AY 2026/2027 ⏰ Deadline to apply: 8th April 2026 warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/appcentre...

Sheffield Hallam’s new plan to save cash: 🔸 All teaching-focused staff to be employed by a subsidiary firm 🔸 All non-REF staff to be moved to a pension scheme with a lower employer contributions #UKHE

2 year fellowship available in AMR research www.medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk/grants/antim...

Are you investigating the biology of prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells? Are you looking for an excellent scientific environment to establish and lead your own research team? The I2BC is your place and a new call for team leaders is now open. More info👇Deadline 22nd April @i2bcparissaclay.bsky.social

Interested in the Future Leaders Fellowship Scheme? Join our upcoming webinars to learn more about the scheme, application process and what support is available. 24 March: webinar for host organisations 26 March: webinar for applicants Register via the ‘additional information’ section ⬇️

Ubercool. Toxin-antitoxin systems were discovered 40 years ago in E. coli, and later on in many genomes including in euks. Now the 1st TA system is reported in the mouse genome! It affects embryo killing. Amazing distribution of a simple yet efficient genetic system www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...