We have special ornaments this year 😂

We are looking for a team leader to join the cryo-EM facility work at the new Ernst Ruska-Centre 2.0 at the Forschungszentrum Jülich. We have a series of microscopes used by (@irene-vercellino.bsky.social, Schröder, @sachsegroup.bsky.social) and external users. www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/...

Just in time for Christmas- a new feisty Squid sticker for the integrative structural cell biology unit, designed by the one and only @verawilliams.bsky.social

Successful Christmas tree hunt of the Integrative Structural Cell Biology unit @pasteur.fr ! Everyone found the tree 🙂

My first science animation was about the flexible kinase domains in the chemoreceptorarray in E. coli in 2020. Now, 5 years later, I have made an updated version of this animation: animini.nl/chemorecepto... Made in the group of @arianebriegel.bsky.social and based on the work of Dr. Alise Muok.

🔬 Call to create junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur Focus: Infectious diseases, host-microbe interactions, vaccines Special interest: AI methodologies 📅 Deadline: Feb 9, 2026 👥 2-12 years post-PhD Apply now 📝 research.pasteur.fr/en/call/crea... #JobOpportunity #Research

CryoET of microbes inside an animal organ? Yes it’s possible! Check out our new preprint showing how we did it! What an amazing collaboration with amazing scientists who made this possible!

Join CSSB! The Sondermann lab is interested in deciphering the molecular processes that determine bacterial interactions in microbial communities. They are looking for a PhD candidate to investigate the bacterial secretion systems involved in these processes. Apply now: v22.desy.de/e67416/recor...

Last call! Want to be considered for a short talk at the upcoming stim grc? Apply today to be considered! www.grc.org/sensory-tran...

Are you looking for female speakers in CryoEM for seminars and conferences? Are you a woman in CryoEM and not yet on the ‚woman in CryoEM‘ list? Find your speakers and add/update name and affiliation! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Wonderful 8th Austrian Cryo-EM Symposium - so many inspiring cryoEM presentstions! Thank you for the invitation. Can you spot our little lab mascot on the Titan G5?

Working in the field of Microbial Sensing, Signaling, and Regulation? Apply for the upcoming STIM GRC soon to be considered for a short talk! See you in sunny Ventura www.grc.org/sensory-tran...

📢 Postdoc position: Biochemistry & Bacterial cell biology in our group at Marburg University, Germany, funded by the ERC Advanced Grant "C-SWITCH" 🔗More information at shorturl.at/OlvlL 📅Deadline: Nov 30, 2025 Please repost. #Postdoc

Interested in microbial sensing, signaling and regulation? Don’t miss the 2026 GRC! Submit your abstract to be considered for a short talk! I hope to see you in sunny Ventura in January! www.grc.org/sensory-tran...

A postdoctoral research position is available in the group of Prof. Dr. Kirsten Jung at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany (www.bio.lmu.de/en/research/...)

It’s complicated! Wonderful podcast with two wonderful microbiologists!

We’re excited to announce the incredible speaker line-up for the Prokaryotic Cell Biology Conference! Join the leading researchers as they explore the latest advances in Nanoimaging, Cell Growth and Cellular Structures. Join our speakers & register today! ➡️https://bit.ly/47rtkbw #ProkaryoticCellBio

Oh! Highly recommended, please consider applying! 👇🏻🤩

Interested in bacterial sensing, signaling and regulation? Come join us in January at the GRC in sunny California! www.grc.org/sensory-tran...

EXCITING NEWS!! We're searching for a new professor colleague at the Biozentrum🇨🇭. Ideal candidates are exploring novel biological questions with structure, biophysics, or high-resolution imaging. 🧪 🧶🧬 🔬 The call closes Nov 3. Please get in touch if you would like more information. Come join us! 👩‍🔬🤓

Assistant/Associate Professor in Structural Biology, Biophysics or Biological Imaging www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/open-positio... #biozentrum #University #Basel #Professor #Structural #Biology #Biophysics #Biological #Imaging

As a farewell present, the biology department at Leiden University commissioned @lizahaart.bsky.social - thank you for this wonderful portrait!

🦠 Mycobacteria aren't just tough, they're interior designers! 🦠 Check out our latest #preprint 🚨, led by our PhD student @camimille.bsky.social , where we show that #Mycobacterium tuberculosis builds secret cytoplasmic membranes to adapt its metabolism and sneak past immunity 🤫 Thread coming soon!

Can’t wait to join this event!

Registration is open! Come join us at the sensory transduction in microorganisms GRC! Spread the word! www.grc.org/sensory-tran...

Congratulations to the one and only Lucy Shapiro on winning the Lasker! So deserved- Lucy is a true role model! 🎉

So grateful to work with this wonderful team of scientists!

Another week, another episode of #MattersMicrobial! Dr. Dennis Claessen of Leiden University joins the #QualityQuorum to chat about cell wall deficient bacteria, antibiotic resistance, and perhaps insights into how life evolved. Please spread the #GoodMicrobialWord? youtu.be/NIrmcitpBp8?...

Lab retreat!

Repost appreciated: Open #PhDposition in structural virology in my group! Join us in Umeå, Sweden to uncover how arboviruses remodel infected cells. In situ #cryoET and #cryoEM combined with #virology, #cellbiology, and #biophysics. Deadline 7 September. More info: www.carlsonlab.se/join/

Check out 🧐 our new preprint 📜: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Congrats🎉 to @vasilgaisin.bsky.social and Corina Hadjicharalambous, who studied contractile injection systems directly in hot spring♨️ bacterial mats🦠 #microsky #teamtomo #Chloroflexota

Summer vibes

Director at Max Planck - a unique position! The Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships is open now and can be submitted by the 31st of October 2025. ➡️ mpg.de/directors - Please share the Open Call among potential candidates.

Squids take over the G5! #squidsquad

Welcome TFS to team squid! I think the sticker would look stunning on the G5!

Ready to lead pioneering research that bridges systems-level investigations of biological systems to molecular mechanism? The EMBL Molecular Systems Biology Unit in Heidelberg is hiring a Group Leader!

I have some wonderful microbial enthusiast guests for the #MattersMicrobial podcast between now & the end of August. Between September and December I have two. So I need to continue to look (I understand people being too busy, etc). Please send me recommendations? I’m getting nervous. Microbe.tv/mm

Swimming or sessile: the interplay between c-di-GMP signalling and flagellar motility Current Opinion in Microbiology from Victor Sourjik www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Euprymna berryi as a comparative model host for Vibrio fischeri light organ symbiosis #ApplEnvironMicrobiol from @markjmandel.bsky.social journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

New preprint! We examined the morphological plasticity of Chitinophaga pinensis and how its small spherical cells differ from spores - revealing potential ecological roles in passive dispersal via hitchhiking. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

BPS is in San Francisco next year! www.biophysics.org/2026meeting

It was so much fun to give out our stickers promoting our symbiosis model system at the 3dem grc (designed by our very own @verawilliams.bsky.social in our unit @institutpasteur.bsky.social). Where did your stickers end up- post pictures! Most creative picture wins more stickers!

An amazing CryoEM GRC comes to an end! Thank you Julia Mahamid for a stellar meeting! See you all next year in Barcelona!

I have a question for all CryoEM folks here- has anyone done bsl2 pathogen survival tests after a cryocycle? Please let me know if anyone has any insights on this 🙏🙏🙏

🎉 Congratulations to Wolfgang Baumeister @maxplanck.de, awarded the 2025 #ShawPrize in Life Science & Medicine for pioneering work in cryo-ET! Learn more 👉 europa.eu/!JBXDBG #FrontierResearch #ERCSyG #CryoET #StructuralBiology #shawprize2025

Looking for a microbial enthusiast to share their #MicrobialCentrism on my #MattersMicrobial podcast (www.microbe.tv/mm) on June 26th between 7AM - noon. I have been writing to people but not a lot of traction yet. Please spread the word? @asm.org #TheMicrobesYoullKnow

And from the other direction (not mirrored I hope 🤚✋). Thanks so much for hosting us. So, Basel last week and Paris this week…. where’s dinner next week? (For those with keen eyes: there’s another member of #TeamTomo in this photo. But who?🔎)

Great dinner with our cryoET friends from Basel! @sofie-dot-rec.bsky.social @computingcaitie.bsky.social @cellarchlab.com @jacky and Mohamad Harastani

Interested in the microbiome? Don’t miss this meeting at CalTech in September!

You want to start tomography? Solve structures inside cells? Reach Nyquist 😳 ? @phaips.vd.st and I have a website for you! tomoguide.github.io You'll find a tutorial on how to reconstruct tomograms, pick particles and do subtomogram averaging, using different software! Hope it will be useful !