Very happy to share our recent work @cultivarium.bsky.social on genetic tools for Ideonella sakaiensis, a (Betaproteo-)bacterium that degrades PET plastic. We identified a plasmid vector for the strain and generated a large RB-TnSeq library, screening for genes impacting plastic degradation.

When you buy a cutting board from bioinformaticians

Job alert ‼️ UChicago Micro is hiring! Open to tenured/tenure track faculty at all levels in any area of microbiology. Come join our amazing and growing department. apply.interfolio.com/174404

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Please repost -- The Univ. California Davis dept of Plant Pathology is hiring a Fungal biologist / Mycologist Applications due Dec 1 Application portal: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339 Screenshot shows part of the job posting (with alt-text of the same text)

UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

✈️ Calling all grad students & postdocs in microbial ecology! Want to work, train, or collaborate abroad? ISME’s Scholar Mobility Fund can help you get there. 📅 Apply by 1 October 🌍 Open to applicants worldwide (esp. outside NA & Europe!) Details: isme-microbes.org/isme-scholar... #MicrobialEcology

Comparing EcoFab 2.0 results from 5 labs on 3 continents‼️ Breaking the reproducibility barrier with standardized protocols for plant–microbiome research @plosbiology.org by Vlastimil Novak et al from Trent Northen @jgi.doe.gov journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Our department (Berkeley PMB) is hiring an asst. prof. in Plant Resilience to Climate Change! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05049

This scientist is helping uncover the role of the immune system in endometriosis—while managing the disease herself. https://scim.ag/4oDvjAa

A 2022 study in #ScienceAdvances reveals that elephants have an exceptionally high number of facial neurons—perhaps the most known to any land-dwelling mammal. Learn more on #WorldElephantDay:

Carolyn Slupsky studies how diet impacts health from pregnancy through childhood. Her NIH-funded research examines how a mother’s nutrition affects her child’s development. One study investigates why some women are unable to produce enough breastmilk—focused on hormone and nutrition-related factors.

This ship braved the Greenland Sea in winter, venturing into ice-covered waters to capture crucial data about the Earth's future https://go.nature.com/4ljM1SW

A baby boy with a devastating genetic disease is thriving after becoming the first known person to receive a bespoke, CRISPR therapy-for-one, designed to correct his specific disease-causing mutation https://go.nature.com/4ml3ZW6

Do non-nutritive sweeteners alter the human microbiome? And why is this question important? Check out our new review in Immunometabolism, spearheaded by @kcrakes.bsky.social, Lauren Questell & @subah.bsky.social and quick 🧵👇: journals.lww.com/immunometabo...

I appreciate my lab mates for standing up for science @subah.bsky.social @alexanderhoward.bsky.social @ellenrim.bsky.social and Flor and Alyx

Thank you for the great opportunity 😊 really well organized conference with cool talks/posters from everyone!