Something very weird happened these last three days; multiple lines of evidence point to the fact that I have read a book, yet I can't remember anything about it, nor find it in my ebook reader

We’re hiring 2 Postdocs (f/m/d) in Drug–Microbiome–Host Interactions 🦠💊 Focus: how non-antibiotic drugs shape the gut microbiome, drug efficacy & side effects. #PostdocJobs #Microbiome #AcademicJobs Full job ad: lisamaierlab.com/wp-content/u...

Manchester Institute of Biotechnology is looking for a new Professor. There are a few priority areas including microbial engineering (broadly defined, from pathways to cells to microbiomes). Closing 12 Jan. Join us in the best city in the UK 😜 www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Looking for a POSTDOC to work on jumbo phages (those with large genomes and fascinating cell biology), using our latest ASO technology (Gerovac M et al. 2025 Nature) to define RNA export mechanisms as well as to help to advance phage therapy. Here's the job ad.

Our new paper from my PhD work is online. It shows how bacterial population structure can trick machine learning—sampling matters! Many thanks to @lbarquist.bsky.social for the support and guidance! dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

I'm very happy to share our latest manuscript published today in @nature.com !! ➡️ doi.org/10.1038/s415... We analyzed data from over 34,000 participants in the US and UK, revealing strong associations between specific gut bacteria and markers of cardiometabolic health and dietary habits.

New PhD project, supervision by @alanmcn1.bsky.social and me. 'Nationwide Clostridioides difficile population dynamics' www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Deadline for applications 9 Jan 2026, UK students only.

Assimilation into German culture continues...

🚀 We're hiring! We are offering several exciting #PhD & #postdoc positions spanning a range of topics, from jumbo phage biology & phage therapy to programmable RNA therapeutics & Fusobacterium nucleatum research. The application deadline is Jan 11. Learn more: www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/jobs-tale...

We are hiring for a web developer position, ideally with some experience in bioinformatics. This position is aimed at helping us turn our research in human genetics into useful tools. A background in either bioinformatics or web development is required. jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...

We’re recruiting a PhD student as part of the AI-Intervene DTP to join FlightPath, an exciting project combining viral genomics, bird migration data, and AI-powered phylodynamics to forecast how avian influenza evolves and spreads. Project Details 🦠🧬🦅🦆🌎: tinyurl.com/2v4xaxmx.

Finally the scary example. The image of a western blot with a time course experiment, staining a protein of interest, showing the increase of protein over time and a second staining with a control antibody that does not change over time

Please join us for the @who.int EPI-WIN webinar introducing WHO’s report on Attributes and Principles of Pathogen Genomic Data-Sharing Platforms. 24 November 2025, 1-2pm CET. 🔗 Register: who.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 👉 Webinar info: www.who.int/news-room/ev... 📄 Report: iris.who.int/bitstreams/f...

Sic transit gloria mundi (yes, that's a bored ape advent calendar)

We are looking to fill a position for computational PhD student, focusing on the development and application of statistical genetics methods to large collections of bacterial pathogens. Have a look at the link for more info. RTs appreciated :) www.microbial-pangenomes-lab.org/2025/11/06/C...

How will population shifts affect the future burden of #AMR? 👶👩‍🦳 🧫 We use a new modelling framework to explore future projections of #AMR by age and by sex, as well as interventions for control, building on our earlier findings that AMR isn’t uniform across demographics. doi.org/10.1371/jour...

OpenFold3-preview (OF3p) is out: a sneak peek of our AF3-based structure prediction model. Our aim for OF3 is full AF3-parity for every modality. We now believe we have a clear path towards this goal and are releasing OF3p to enable building in the OF3 ecosystem. More👇

🚨 The #HIRI invites applications for 2 JUNIOR GROUP LEADER POSITIONS in the areas of: 🔵 RNA Biology 🔵 RNA Medicine 🔵 RNA Technology Apply by October 31 at www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/jobs-tale... Find an overview in this thread. 🧵👇 (1/6)

DISCARD - The aim is to combine gene segments to create a new genome, but recombination events will cause localised or system-wide death.

🚨 A fantastic opportunity to join HIRI to start your research group on RNA Biology 👇 www.nature.com/naturecareer...

The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast' 10/10 response, no notes

Can confirm that LLMs are still useless in unf*cking Cuda installations, which is pretty funny as that might be our best chance at containing the basilisk

Job alert🚨📢! Join us as Director of the SIB Centre for Pathogen Bioinformatics, on a topic where global collaboration is particularly important, in a highly stimulating environment. This is a research infrastructure leadership position. Apply or spread the word! apply.refline.ch/499599/0346/...

Yesterday the day finally came to open the Nintendo Labo box and try to make my daughter a hacker youtu.be/aCAzoSAQsvY?...

📢 The #HIRI is looking for a #postdoc & a #PhD student to join the research group of @jenshoer.bsky.social. His lab focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms of #phages with #RNA genomes during infection, host takeover & anti-phage defense. 🧫🦠 More info: www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/jobs-tale...

After a short website glitch, the applications are now open again - three #PhD opportunities; featuring (in no particular order) #Klebsiella, #protists, #biofilms, #microscopy, #bioinformatics, #mosquitoes, #midges and #microbiomes, see below! #MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky #ProtistsOnSky #evobio 💻🧬🧪🦠🦟🔬

🌿PhD in Wildlife Health🪰Want to track zoonoses in tropical rainforests? Vet/pathology specialist, fluent in English & French? Join us to study wildlife pathogens - linking lab & fieldwork across continents. 👉 Apply by 5 Nov 2025 www.helmholtz-hioh.de/fileadmin/HI... @taichimpproject.bsky.social

Last day to apply to come work with me on developing AI approaches to understanding pangenome evolution www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU184/p...

Looking to start your own lab? 🧬🧪 The Helmholtz Institute Würzburg (HIRI) is offering group leader positions in RNA biology, RNA medicine & RNA technology. Apply by October 31 at www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/jobs-tale...

Two group leader positions available in the broader areas of RNA science, RNA technologies, and RNA medicine. Attractive packages and a great environment. Come and join us at Helmholtz RNA Würzburg, Bavaria.

New AI term just dropped

Our group has a PhD position open in this Doctoral network. Our topic is around combining proteomics AI and protein structures. Look through the website below to look at all of the projects/groups and apply.

Biology is much more complicated than most non-biologists can imagine. And AI is not going to change this anytime soon. blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/we-still-c...

Nor can it automatically fetch any page from their docs

After being with the journal since its very inception, the time has come for me to step back from Microbial Genomics. This is a wonderful opportunity to have a leadership role in one of the leading journals for microbial genomics research microbiologysociety.org/news/society...

So, Claude Code won't implement almost anything using openAI's API, stopping with a generic error 💯

On Wednesday I started my postdoc at the Institut für Infektionskrankheiten (IFIK) @unibe.ch 🧬💻 Excited to get started on my project exploring Streptococcus pneumoniae virulence and all the science ahead!

Precisely calling mutations across hundreds of bacterial isolates has been hard, requiring manual filtering and expertise. Until now, using AccuSNV. Herui Liao trained an ML model based on our previous meticulously called SNVs. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

New ERC funded computational postdoc position in my lab! We are looking for someone who will study the genomics of bacterial evolution using samples from experimental evolution and clinical trials. Lots of opportunities for interesting and fun collaboration! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

OK, here it is. Come work with me at the University of Liverpool making ALL THE AI models from ALL THE prokaryote pangenome data. Heck, we will make models from ALL the pangenomes, even eukaryotes!!! (link below👇) 1/4

A new ggCaller version is out! v1.4 includes tweaks to improve efficiency, outputs Panaroo-friendly GFFs, and enables iterative gene calling; if you have already called a gene set, you can now add more genomes either one by one or in batches github.com/bacpop/ggCal...

If you made it this far, thanks for reading. I hope you enjoyed the thread. I am currently looking for my next research adventure. If you have insights on the microbiome/microbial genomics🧬🦠 job market in Europe (academia and industry), or want to chat about this work, please reach out!

MMseqs2-GPU sets new standards in single query search speed, allows near instant search of big databases, scales to multiple GPUs and is fast beyond VRAM. It enables ColabFold MSA generation in seconds and sub-second Foldseek search against AFDB50. 1/n 📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41... 💿 mmseqs.com

We are looking to integrate a fluorescent marker in an E. coli BW strain we built; what's your favorite integration site (and why)? (asking here seemed to have worked quite well for @wvschaik.bsky.social and so I figured why not trying?)

The EMBL PhD programme is open until 13th October (entry ~Sep 2026): www.embl.org/about/info/e... We have three positions in microbial genomics at EMBL-EBI, including one in my group. Please do apply, or if you know anyone that would be interested pass on to them

I'm curious if other mid career PIs have considered completely abandoning the trad publication model. We've been making gradual moves towards that end goal. But it's been difficult to completely jump ship for one main reason for me at least. 1/

My German might still be rusty, but I'm locked in culturally

#Job opportunity The Key Lab @keyfm.bsky.social is looking for a #postdoc in evolutionary genetics - join a young team in the heart of #Berlin to investigate the evolution of ancient microbial pathogens. ⏰ Deadline: October 17 📌 More info and how to apply: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/2193291/job_...

We are looking for a postdoc to study single-cell transcriptional heterogeneity in the human skin microbiome. We have a new protocol mostly developed, but need someone to see it through. Experience with protocol dev or RNAseq appreciated. Funded by a new grant from MIT-HEALS.