🚨 New Epi Alert this week: a suspected Hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship has caused three deaths and one ICU admission; chikungunya in Argentina and French Guiana; global updates on mpox; typhoid fever in El Salvador, and more. https://ow.ly/9HJm50Y3Qs0 #IDSky #clinmicro

I’m looking to hire a talented postdoctoral research assistant to work with me on my Wellcome Trust-funded project at the @dunnschool.bsky.social If you’re interested in bacterial pathogenesis and host-pathogen interactions, please apply below! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

What are the genetic and molecular determinants underpinning the repair of bidirectional replication fork collapse in bacteria? PhD position open in my lab in collaboration with the brilliant @heathmurraylab.bsky.social. Please share and contact me if interested: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Want to work on iron uptake in fungi? Together with Prof Jan Quinn, we have a 4-year funded PhD studentship (UK only) to join us here in Newcastle. Get in touch if you are interested. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

New release of bactopia from Rob Petit ! bactopia.io/blog/bactopi...

You have just over one week left to submit your abstract for UKHSA Conference 2026. 🔍📄 Find full details, including abstract guidance and submission instructions, on our conference website. www.conference.ukhsa.gov.uk

So pleased to have been involved with this paper from @nisbetalice.bsky.social, @gemma-langridge.bsky.social & collaborators @ukhsa.bsky.social If you like #Typhi, #Paratyphi or carriers of these its such a great read! A summary of #genomic #epidemiology of #enteric fever in England & Wales 2004-23

Interested in working on the evolution of photosynthetic endosymbioses? Come join us! I have 2 open positions in my new group @cemess.bsky.social in Vienna 3yr postdoc info: tinyurl.com/4emkjpn4 4yr PhD info: tinyurl.com/mtxmsjpy Apply by 1st June! Please share/repost #Protists #Symbiosis #PhD

Another brilliant PhD student joins the IMI alumni list

Excited to announce our new paper in Nature Microbiology describing diphtheria toxin homologues in Streptomyces called Streptomyces antiquus insecticidal proteins (SAIP), stemming from a long term collaboration with Ying Xu, Min Dong, Cameron Currie, and many others. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We are looking for a Post-Doctoral Researcher to come and help develop the projects that we work on. Particularly in the area of R-pyocins. Click on this link if you are interested. www.thedigglelab.com/opportunitie...

Want to research the basis of how drug resistant bacteria interact with human immune cells? Fully funded 4-year PhD position available (UK home students). Come and join our amazing interdisciplinary team at the intersection of microbiology, immunity, metabolism and the clinic! Please spread the word

Please repost: My department at USC is hiring for a teaching-track faculty position. We are looking for someone principally to teach statistics for biologists, but there will be opportunities for other courses in statistics & algorithms applied to biology usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...

⏰ Closing soon We’re looking for a Research Scientist (Metaproteomics) to join Dr Kai Cheng's group to develop and apply computational and analytical methods for metaproteomics 💻️ 💷 £37,500 to £45,350 🗓️ Apply by 6 May ➡️ buff.ly/8sZPg1T

Two positions at Aalborg University (Denmark) in microbial single cell genomics: Laboratory Engineer → aau.varbi.com/what:job/job... Bioinformatics Engineer → aau.varbi.com/what:job/job... Deadline: May 8, 2025 #Hiring #Microbiology #Bioinformatics #SingleCell #Microbiome #Denmark

Joseph Tsui, Ben Reddy and I are recruiting a postdoc @psioxford.bsky.social to work on AI methods for multi-pathogen and multi-country biosurveillance optimisation for epidemic and endemic pathogens. Closing date May 11th my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Research visit grant applications are now open. If you are planning a short research visit to another laboratory, don’t miss your opportunity to apply for funding. Check your eligibility and apply before 1 May 2026, 23.59 BST: https://microb.io/4sYNKRL

It's wisteria season in Oxford 😍 📷 Instagram | LinaFromOxford & UmairAtOxford

Do you have a PhD (or equivalent) in biology, bioinformatics, computer science or a related discipline? Check out our current vacancy ⤵️ 💷 £37,500 to £43,350 🗓️ Apply by 17 May 2026 ➡️ buff.ly/tUT3tBw

💉 For every generation, vaccines work. 📣 As we mark World Immunization Week 2026, we’re starting by looking back at where it all began — with a new series of infographics from Vaccine Knowledge. @ox.ac.uk

For now, I want to say that the Epi-Api lab is looking for a PhD student! If you are interested in host-pathogen interactions focusing on host cell biology and molecular parasitology, do apply. GIMM's next PhD cohort begins Feb 2027. Applications due May 3. Please share! gimm.pt/news/join-th...

Congratulations to all of the Poster Prize Winners at Annual Conference 2026! Access Microbiology: Ashleigh Tungate and Claire Davison Journal of General Virology: Adriana Tubb and Irma Laiter Journal of Medical Microbiology: Lauren Pittaccio and Nusrat Afrin #Microbio26

Microbial Genomics: Becca Morrell-Tomiczek and Victoria Orr Microbiology: Devon Darley and Weijie Zhou Microbiology Horizons: Jamie Gorzynski and Joseph Falconer #Microbio26

Excited to finally share our new preprint on bioRxiv describing Verticall (github.com/rrwick/Verti...), a robust & efficient tool for building recombination-free bacterial phylogenies. Huge thanks to @rrwick.bsky.social & @katholt.bsky.social for this incredible work! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Another lab presentation success - well done @kadeayomikun.bsky.social for winning "best talk" at the Warwick Respiratory Infections Sparking Chronic Diseases symposium 🎉

Vaccines are one of the most powerful tools in public health. Over the past 50 years, vaccines have saved over 150 million lives. By preventing diseases before they requires treatment, they are one of the most cost-effective health interventions ever. #VaccinesWork #Vaccines #WorldImmunizationWeek

Super exciting news 🚨 I am hiring a technician to join my brand new lab at the University of Birmingham! @imibirmingham.bsky.social Come and support my BBSRC-funded research on understanding how staphylococci survive antibiotics. Please share! 🧫🧪 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRH271/a...

Come and study for a PhD with us on antibiotic-producing Streptomyces, trying to understand the roles of primary metabolic enzymes with additional cellular roles - Details below - please repost www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

A metagenomic framework for rapid Listeria monocytogenes surveillance in food production environments https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.23.720354v1

That’s a wrap on #ESCMIDGlobal2026 in Munich! Thank you – your science, energy and engagement brought this unforgettable congress to life. See you next year in Stockholm for ESCMID Global 2027!

Given ongoing conversations around #measles and #vaccines, I wanted to share our poster on measles vaccine intentions among Canadians- currently presented at #ESCMIDGlobal2026 A similar study in the U.S. observed comparable patterns of hesitancy—a concerning signal as measles resurges globally.

Applications are officially OPEN for the 2027 Gordon Research Conference on Multidrug Efflux Systems. 📅 When: March 21–26, 2027 📍 Where: Ventura, California 🔗 Apply here: www.grc.org/multi-drug-e... #GRC #MultidrugEfflux

My super department @warwicklifesci.bsky.social is hiring 6 assistant profs in the wake of recent retirements. We're looking for people in microbiology/infection, cellular disease / immunity; environmental biology; and plant/crop science. #MicroSky warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...

Budding infectious disease modellers: We're running our intermediate-level infectious disease modelling short courses at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Each course is 4 days, and we're running them over the first two weeks of September.

#joboffer #Germany plz spread it I'm hiring a Junior leader (E13; 100% for 3-5 y) to start own independence w/ focus on #CryoEM SPA or ET Ideally 1-2y postdoc experience Plz get in touch, if you are interested in #Structural biology & #MicroBiochem @sfb1381.bsky.social @vaam-microbes.bsky.social

All set up to talk bovine TB genomics in Ireland north and south. #MicroBio26

Kasia Parfitt presenting her work on LINcodes ! Find her at poster 220. #MicroSoc26 @microbiologysociety.org @kasiamparfitt.bsky.social

If you want to hear about LIN codes and their application to meningococcal outbreaks, then please come along to my talk at 4:45pm today in the Transformative Tools session at @microbiologysociety.org #MicroBio26 #omics

About 18 months ago we held a @microbiologysociety.org meeting in Glasgow to discuss the thorny topic of #microbial #taxonomy and #nomenclature - and now you can read what we talked about :D #microbiology #controversy doi.org/10.1099/ijse...

@microbiologysociety.org annual conference has officially started today in Belfast. If you see me around, please come say hello and introduce yourself. I am happy to chat about anything; especially microbial genomics, meningococci, LIN codes, and being on the EC Forum committee #Microbio26

I’ll be at poster A038 at #microbio26 - why not pop by for some stickers and bioinformatics chat?

Each publication in a #Microbio26 journal helps fund 4 student travel grants. Please publish with us if you can!

Attending the @microbiologysociety.org Annual Conference? Visit us at booth 19. Stop by to explore how FEMS can help grow your microbial future at FEMS MICRO Ljubljana 2027 and beyond. Learn about the routes for how you can take part in European microbiology. Plus, pick up some inspiring merch!

⏰️ Closing soon! We’re looking for a Laboratory Support Technician to join our Science Operations team 🥼 💷 £24,250 to £26,500 🗓️ Apply by 31 March 2026 ➡️ buff.ly/9Y2vNNP

BIGSdb v1.52.1 has been released. This adds 2 new plugins for LIN code visualisation - LINtree (@giphy-ip.bsky.social) and LINvis. See github.com/kjolley/BIGS... for release notes. BIGSdb powers all the databases at @pubmlst.org and BIGSdb Pasteur.

UK Health Security Agency is inviting feedback on UK Standards for Microbiology Investigations for Streptococcus, Enterococcus, Moraxella and similar organisms. Have your say here: https://www.rcpath.org/profession/publications/standards-for-microbiology-investigations/uk-smi-consultations.html.

Despite thousands of years of dealing with tuberculosis, it remains the leading cause of death by infectious diseases worldwide. Can multi-drug resistant TB be combated? #WorldTBDay asm.org/articles/202...

Two post-doctoral positions open in our lab. We're looking for people with expertise in molecular microbiology and/or genome-scale tools. Initially 3 yrs, posts could be extended for upto 8 yrs. If you'd like to know more about us take a look at www.graingerlab.com www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQY475/r...

Really pleased to see our work (LIN codes developed for high-resolution typing of meningococci) has been directly utilised in the @ukhsa.bsky.social meningococcal disease outbreak technical briefing