Happy and proud of our students Oluwatobi Fasiku & Nadya Pechnikova who successfully defended their theses this week!

This year we were pleasantly surprised by the quality of our 35 applicants. We selected 14 of them (max positions is 15) and we can’t wait to meet our new students and start collaborating with them in the 2025-6 academic year! #msc

Starting ticking the final tick boxes before #mbkceesme20025 kickoff !!! afea.eventsair.com/mbkceesme2025/ @scinews.bsky.social @esci.eu @chronicle.com @superbugs.bsky.social @scienseed.com #SciComm #ArchaeaSky #ProtistsOnSky #MicrobesOnSky #MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky

Promoting #transparency and innovation in #life #science #communication @sciencenews.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social @thephdplace.bsky.social @phdvoice.bsky.social asapbio.org

Our student Stahtis Alonaris will defend his thesis "Ecological water quality of Western Macedonian #Lakes based on classical #phytoplankton and #eDNA -based indicators" on 16 Jul. 2025, 14:00 Athens,GR time zone' please DM if interested to attend it remotely #limnology

Leadership from UC Berkeley. "...we see recent actions going beyond those purposes in ways that threaten core values: academic freedom, freedom of inquiry, & freedom of expression.... we will be steadfast and unrelenting in our efforts to defend those core values."

Integrating isotopic #niche metrics and #gut #microbiota assembly reveals coexistence mechanisms in subtropical riverine #fish #SymbioSky #MicroSky #microbiomesky #Microbiology @superbugs.bsky.social @microbiomevif.bsky.social #phylosymbiosis #holobiont www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Targeted analysis of #metagenomes: divide and conquer #SymbioSky #MicroSky #microbiomesky #Microbiology www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We are working on fitting the 185 submitted abstracts to the #mbkceesme2025 program. The abstracts came from 27 countries, 15 of which are from central and eastern Europe! @isme-microbes.bsky.social afea.eventsair.com/mbkceesme2025/

NAFSA 2024 - University of Thessaly https://hosmic.uth.gr/nafsa-2024-university-of-thessaly/

Everybody hurts and everybody needs love ... not just science ... @thephdplace.bsky.social @phdvoice.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social @academiclife.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/nj73...

Call for applicants!!! MSc Host-Microbe Interactions hosmic.uth.gr #AcademicJobs #AcademicJob #phdlife #highereducation #postdocjobs #postdocposition #postdoclife #research #studyabroad

@mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social @femsmicro.bsky.social #SciComm @scinews.bsky.social

A new contribution from @pci-microbiol.bsky.social to @peercomjournal.bsky.social 🐟🦠🧪 So nice to work hand in hand for #openscience

Do you like #fish? #freshwater fish? showing (some) #phylosymbiosis? Then here is a good read: Variable phylosymbiosis and #cophylogeny patterns in wild fish #gut #microbiota of a large #subtropical #river #SymbioSky #hostmicrobe #microbialecology #symbiosis #evolution doi.org/10.1101/2024...

We are happy to host Vasilis Kokkoris from The Free University of Amsterdam sharing with us his work on #arbuscular #mychorriza #fungi #SymbioSky #symbiosis @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social

Extremely proud of our two new graduates Alexandros Kanellopoulos and Domna Nikolaidou. Congratulations!!! @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social @thephdplace.bsky.social @phdvoice.bsky.social @insidehighered.com #SymbioSky #highereducation #studyabroad

#Fulbright Advocacy Alert #StandforFulbright fulbright.org/advocacy-ove...

Here is something to distract you from the gloom: What can metagenomics tell us about the taxonomic composition of lichen symbioses? A peer-reviewed version of our analysis of >400 lichen metagenomes from around the world is now out in @PLOSBiology 1/12 doi.org/10.1371/jour... 🧬 🖥️ 🧪 🦠 🧫 #SymbioSky

International #MSc courses at the #University of #Thessaly ips.uth.gr/wp-content/u...

Long-term ecological #research projects apart from being highly demanding, it deserves extra respect from the scientific community; funding agencies should consider the benefits of such projects #ecology #science #nature #evolution @ipbes.bsky.social @esci.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Do you want more information on #openscience? @peercommunityin.bsky.social organizes very interesting webinars, including this one with Fernando Racimo about Ethical Publishing: youtu.be/TzLgGSNq0Wk

📣 The replay of the PCI webinar of Johan Rooryck "Towards Responsible Publishing" is now available on the PCI YouTube channel youtu.be/oVWUq_Cu4_Y?...

The 11th MikroBioKosmos Conference + the 2nd Central & East Europe Symposium on #Microbial #Ecology will take place between 22 and 24 September 2025 in #Thessaloniki, #Greece! @ismeoffice.bsky.social #mbkceesme2025 @dome-vienna.bsky.social @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social @hologenomics.bsky.social

#diatom functions are (de)energized by physics: Effects of #turbulence on diatoms of the genus #Pseudo-nitzschia spp. and associated #bacteria doi.org/10.1093/fems... #phytoplankton #toxin @pebl-rice.bsky.social @fonamental.bsky.social @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social @britishecolsoc.bsky.social

Congratulations to our 12 new (for 2024-5) students from Australia, Ghana, Greece, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Russia @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social @hostmicrobelit.bsky.social @academiclife.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social @graduatefunding.bsky.social @insidehighered.bsky.social

For the next academic year we received 25 fantastic applications for 15 places. Applicants are from 17 countries from all continents except South America and ... Antarctica!!! Thank you for your interest, looking forward to work with the next HOSMICers!

At #AHC2024 the symbiotic dialogue with @momedinamunoz.bsky.social and Thomas Bosch is peaking nicely and is engaging the audience! @hologenomics.bsky.social @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social @hosmic.bsky.social

When referring to plant-microbes interactions, never forget (or underestimate) the #microalgae! Lone Gram explains everything about this in #AHC2024 @hologenomics.bsky.social @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social @hosmic.bsky.social @3domics.bsky.social

More on #plants-microbes: now at #AHC2024 Jos Raaijmakers, too, embraces #complexity for depicting the potential of plant #microbiome #rewilding to deal with the “ #domestication #syndrome” @hologenomics.bsky.social @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social @hosmic.bsky.social @3domics.bsky.social

Jacob Agerbo presented at #AHC2024 the powerful significance of a single #Mycoplasma in the #Atlantic #salmon #microbiome! @hologenomics.bsky.social @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social @hosmic.bsky.social @3domics.bsky.social

It was about time to start thinking about issues/actions related to #microbiome scientists towards state authorities, politicians etc. and this is what we discuss now at #AHC2024 @hologenomics.bsky.social @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social @hosmic.bsky.social @3domics.bsky.social

⭐Publication alert⭐ New paper is out from two associate members of our society: Marianna Dedousi and Eirini Maria Melanouri 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🦠🧫🧬🖥️🧪

#PhD positions on #algae mcam.mnhn.fr/en/phd-proje...

Once they are undergrads and then you meet them as independent and successful colleagues … priceless !!! Thank you @wesnerlab.bsky.social !!! @thephdplace.bsky.social @academiclife.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social #postdoclife #highereducation

#PhD position - Identifying #macrophyte #holobionts using #environmental #DNA #metabarcoding: importance in #biomonitoring and #ecosystem #management @hosmic.bsky.social @hostmicrobelit.bsky.social @phdvoice.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social @academiclife.bsky.social tinyurl.com/5n6dzbuf

Congratulations @dominikluecking.bsky.social for successfully defending his #PhD thesis on "Mechanisms of genetic transfer between archaea and bacteria via membrane vesicles, plasmid vesicles and viruses"!! 🎓🎉 www.mpi-bremen.de/en/Max-Planc...

Looking for a career in #marinescience? Then hurry up and apply! 🎓👩‍🔬 ... for our International #MaxPlanck graduate program in marine #microbiology #MarMic until February 28th, 2024 Apply online here: marmic.mpi-bremen.de/marmic2/appl... #mastersdegree #PhD #WomeninSTEM #MSc #Bremen #graduate

Come summer, come winter: Des­pite the strong sea­son­al­ity, #bacteria in #arctic #sediments are act­ive year-round❄️🌊 New research & instrument presented in ISMEJournal & L&O Read more here: mpi-bremen.de/en/Beyond-pe... #Svalbard #EllrottGrab #marinescience #microbiology @maxplanck.bsky.social