⏰ My new comment article is out in @femsjournals.bsky.social! 🥳 I share a practical step-by-step storytelling approach to transform research into engaging science stories for #ScienceCommunication and my experience from workshops at #FEMSMicro2025 @femsmicro.org Read here👉🏾 doi.org/10.1093/fems...

Microbes have great potential to provide us with sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels. 🦠 This new #FEMSmicroBlog explores a bacterial co-culture with a magnetic twist to optimise bioalcohol production. #FascinatingMicrobes

New insights into #Hpylori’s virulence machinery 🕵️🧪 Josenhans lab & coll. unravel new interactions between CagT4SS surface proteins and outer membrane proteins HopQ & HopZ—key for host interaction and #proinflammatory signaling. 🦠 @lmumuenchen.bsky.social 👉 buff.ly/toApn0c

#Archaeasky #Microsky #Biotechnology #Enzymes

Even though all life shares the same carbon metabolism, gluconeogenic enzymes are more conserved in archaea and bacteria than glycolytic enzymes. Read in #FEMSmicroBlog why the metabolic pathway of glycolysis likely arose from gluconeogenesis in autotrophs. #FascinatingMicrobes

🚨 Today is the final day 🚨 This is it, your last chance to influence the future of microbiology in Europe. The FEMS survey closes TODAY at 23:00 CET. Don't miss out on helping FEMS shape the next steps for our community. Access the link buff.ly/ZghfWnM & finish strong.

🚨 Today is the final day 🚨 This is it, your last chance to influence the future of microbiology in Europe. The FEMS survey closes TODAY at 23:00 CET. Don't miss out on helping FEMS shape the next steps for our community. Access the link buff.ly/ZghfWnM & finish strong.

Microbiologists, take a bit of your time to advise FEMS online! Learned societies are the backbone of science - let's support them (and let them support us)

Final 48 Hours! A huge THANK YOU to everyone who has already completed the FEMS survey. Your input is shaping the future of microbiology. Have not finished yet? Please take a few more minutes to complete it. Every completed response is vital. If you haven't started, click here: buff.ly/ZghfWnM

If you are a microbiologist, please take the survey. Scientific societies are critical for supporting our communities-especially early career researchers. Give your opinion on future strategic direction!

3 DAYS TO GO⏳ Every bit of feedback makes a difference. By taking part, you will help identify the priorities and challenges facing microbiologists across Europe and ensure that your perspective is represented at the European level. Don't wait, complete the survey now. buff.ly/ZghfWnM

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📖 Perfect weekend reading for fungal fans! 😉 Our @mpm-hki.bsky.social colleagues uncover how #CandidaAlbicans manages to invade tissue as hyphae but spread as yeast. Published in @femsjournals.bsky.social. 🧑🏻‍🔬: @jlspragu.bsky.social

Inducible promoters are everywhere in bacterial biotechnology, but optimizing them isn’t easy. In this #FEMSmicroBlog, Andrés Felipe Carrillo Rincón walks us through how synthetic σ70 promoters and tunable plasmids can unlock stronger expression, tighter control, & portability:

The Federation of European Microbiological Societies (@femsmicro.org), of which AMI is a member, is conducting a survey to better understand the needs and priorities of microbiologists across Europe. Take part here: survey.alchemer.com/s3/8507451/A... The survey closes on 11 Nov 2025, 23:00 CET.

To all visionary microbe enthusiasts: @femsmicro.org is looking for an editor-in-chief for their flagship journal FEMS Microbiology Reviews! More details can be found here: fems-microbiology.org/opportunitie...

📢 We are down to the FINAL WEEK of the FEMS survey. If you have not shared your views on emerging science, career development, and community support, now is the time! It is quick—only about 12 minutes. The survey closes on Tuesday 11 November: buff.ly/ZghfWnM

What can an “orphan” #Cas4 do? 🧫 In #archaea M. mazei, Solo-Cas4 cleaves dsDNA in a metal-dependent manner and is upregulated in stationary phase—hinting at roles in stress or DNA metabolism. Biochemical characterization by Schmitz lab @uni-kiel.de 👉 buff.ly/kpz0yZ1

Featuring research from #FEMSYeastRes 👇

The FEMS strategic survey is open to all microbiologists across Europe 🌍 By contributing, you join a community effort to identify key challenges and influence the support structures that will benefit our field for years to come. Complete and share the survey by 11 Nov ➡️ buff.ly/5eCowPX

Why do some #yeast strains make wine smell like rotten eggs? 🥚🍷 We talk to the #FEMSYeastRes Article Award winners about their surprising genetic discoveries into S. cerevisiae and H₂S production. 👉 Listen now: buff.ly/VFaNoSm #FEMSArticleAwards #YeastResearch #WineScience #Microbiology

Viruses and parasitic worms sometimes meet in the same human host, where they start to interact. This #FEMSmicroBlog discusses how these interactions can have profound consequences on health, disease outcome, and vaccination efficiency. #FascinatingMicrobes

Help shape the future of microbiology in Europe and take part in the survey to identify key challenges in our field: t1p.de/uocd0

Hi Bluesky! 👋 We're the Academic division of Oxford University Press and we're excited to join this vibrant community, full of academics, thinkers, and those that are curious about the world around them.

Fellow microbiologists - your voice definitely matters so please do fill out this important survey! 🦠

To escape their hosts, bacteriophages use endolysins to break down bacterial cell walls and spread to new targets. For World Phage Day, our new #FEMSmicroBlog explores how the endolysin from a staphylococcal phage is optimized to kill its bacterial host. #FascinatingMicrobes

#Microsky -have your say! ✍️

✍️ I’ve just filled out the @femsmicro.org survey, a great chance to make sure microbiologists’ voices are heard across Europe! 🌍

Help shape the future of microbiology in Europe. FEMS is conducting a survey to better understand the needs of microbiologists. Your input will help identify key challenges & ensure the community’s voice is heard across Europe. Complete it today and share with your network: 🔗 buff.ly/5eCowPX

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How do tRNA-derived fragments regulate translation during stress? 🧬⚡ K. Bakowska-Zywicka & A. Tyczewska present tDR-quant—a new electroporation-based method to track ribosome binding of tRNA fragments in #S_cerevisiae. Read more: buff.ly/6qAVfxi #FEMSYeastRes

Excited to see my #FEMSmicroBlog online! It's about optimizing ethanol production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and the advantages (and challenges) related to combining different engineering strategies!

New tools unlock #Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus’s predatory secrets 🦠. By combining inducible gene expression with #CRISPRi-mediated depletion for precise control of essential genes, @lalouxlab.bsky.social uncovered new insights into its unique lifecycle and cell division. buff.ly/FcDzAY4

Yeast-based ethanol production is one of the largest biotechnological industries, always calling for new ways to optimise efficiency. This #FEMSmicroBlog explains two engineering strategies in a single yeast strain to boost the production of bioethanol. #FascinatingMicrobes

Predatory practices plague modern science, but the origins & reasons of their success can be identified—and solutions exist. Instead of blacklists, funding agencies should foster accreditation systems. See analyses & proposals of the EAM Task Force of @femsmicro.org on the matter shorturl.at/gVXJR

In cystic fibrosis (CF), targeting #hypoxia could present a new therapeutic frontier. Carey et al. review response and adaptation mechanisms of state-of-the-art CF pathogens to hypoxia during infection. #Pseudomonas #Burkholderia #Mycobacterium buff.ly/at61aBE #FEMSMicrobiolRev

Free Webinar Today at 3 PM CEST! Join Alessandro Passera, as he presents on "Advantages of nanoplate digital PCR in plant and soil microbiology." Learn how dPCR enhances accuracy, sensitivity, and efficiency through 3 real-world case studies. Register: buff.ly/XhqN338

Struggling with low-biomass microbiome samples? Join us today at 3 PM CEST as QIAGEN experts reveal how to tackle "needles in the haystack" challenges. Learn how to get high-quality data, effectively remove host DNA, and boost your research. Register for free: buff.ly/561oTw9

🎉 Celebrate #WorldTeachersDay with @femsmicro.org Microbiology Letters' latest issue: Learning Together for Our Future. Discover global perspectives on science education, public engagement & inclusivity. 🔗 oxford.ly/3VGDpLg

Happy Teacher’s Day! 🎉To celebrate, #FEMSMicrobiolLett has put together a new Thematic Issue highlighting how discoveries in the microbiology lab can be taught to inspire learning, build science literacy, and shape tomorrow’s solutions. ✨Read collection: buff.ly/3hPInyI

I finally got round to publishing the R code for my @femsmicro.org publication, academic.oup.com/femsec/artic..., on my GitHub profile: github.com/paddyhooper/... For fans of reproducibility, open science, and scrappy coding! 💻

What a week at the FEMS Summer School for Postdocs 2025 in Ohrid! 🤩 We spent 8 days collaborating on Microbial Solutions for One Health. Read the recap and see the winning projects! buff.ly/hZVAUwj #Microbiology #PostdocLife #Science

🦠 In May 2025, microbiology societies including @amiposts.bsky.social, @femsmicro.org, & @isme-microbes.bsky.social, met for the Global Strategy Meeting on Microbes & Climate Change hosted by @asm.org, launching a global alliance & 4 priorities for action. oxford.ly/4gU1jN5

Are your lab methods truly adapted to capture low biomass and complex samples?. Join the QIAGEN webinars on 7 & 8 October, from 3-4 PM CEST. Discover PCR techniques that can dramatically increase sensitivity and precision. 🕒🗓️Register here: buff.ly/o7FV0Kr #PCR #dPCR #MicrobialAnalysis #Genomics

The Monkeypox virus from the genus Orthopoxvirus has led to a rise in cases in recent years. This #FEMSmicroBlog discusses its molecular and clinical features, how the virus spreads and recommendations for vaccination, infection control and treatment. #FascinatingMicrobes

Excited to share our paper on grassland establishment 7 yrs after native #AMF inoculation—showing AMF result in higher diversity + prairie spread into old fields—was selected Editor’s Choice by @femsjournals.bsky.social.🦠🌎 I’ll discuss next week at #SER2025 Denver ! academic.oup.com/femsle/artic...

D M Maday et al. determined that plastic leachates produced from industry biodegradable plastics can alter the composition of marine microbial communities. Check out their results. buff.ly/yRaEYS9 #FEMSMicrobiolEcol #ecology #marinemicrobiology

This was published in the journals of other contributing societies, including @isme-microbes.bsky.social @femsmicro.org AuSM, Applied Microbiology, and others! academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...

Microbiology Leaders Launch Global Climate Change Strategy Published across 6 leading scientific journals, including #FEMSMicrobiolEcol, the strategy charts a path to integrate microbial science into global climate solutions. Read the Press Release and Editorial here: buff.ly/LwDt0Mw