Aspect Ratio as Driver of Bacterial Competition! Our latest work uncovers this simple and powerful determinant of bacterial competition. We demonstrate that longer bacteria consistently dominate colony fronts—even when outnumbered. The mechanism? Collective alignment. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Emergent collective alignment gives competitive advantage to longer cells during range expansion @natcomms.nature.com from @jauffred.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Still a very relevant and open question:

Genetic mixing and demixing on expanding spherical frontiers ISMEComms by Alba García Vázquez, Namiko Mitarai and Liselotte Jauffred at Uni Copenhagen academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...

Wolfram on chirality in E.coli colonies, see their #mBio paper journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... but also referring to Liselotte Jauffred et al #ISMEJournal on mutants and chirality www.nature.com/articles/ism... #MultiBac2025

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The bioinformatics research centre at Aarhus University is looking for TT Assistant + Associate Professors with a data science/ML/algorithms background. Apply here by June 1st international.au.dk/about/profil...

Join Emma Hammarlund @karinaksand.bsky.social @nposth.bsky.social and excellent lectures for this summer course in Copenhagen

We are searching for a new professor in genetics (W3) at Osnabrück University. Come and join us. 👇 www.uni-osnabrueck.de/universitaet...

We need changes to aid integrative efforts, like improved infrastructure and funding, to benefit research and address global issues, like antibiotic resistance, cancer, and plastic pollution: doi.org/10.1016/j.ev... emma hammarlund @nposth.bsky.social @jauffred.bsky.social @karinaksand.bsky.social

Another 👇opening for a postdoc🚨. Focus: Structural biology, membrane proteins, biophysics, sugar and hormone transport in plants☘️🔬👩‍🔬🧪 We are recruiting: - Deadline 28. Feb 2025. - 2(+2) year position. - Details and application link: tinyurl.com/yc43bhzs - PM for questions Please repost 💚

Great postdoc opportunity with our lab neighbours! I'm hard pressed to name scientists as inspiring, productive, and supportive as Bjørn Check out this exciting postdoc opportunity or nudge it to someone who might be interested