Persistence of high-risk antimicrobial resistance genes in extracellular DNA along an urban wastewater-river continuum: Cell Reports www.cell.com/cell-reports...

We are recruiting! The DSTI-NRF SARChI in African Microbiome Innovation at Stellenbosch University is seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join us. #Postdoc #Microbiome #AfricanMicrobiome #ResearchJobs #AcademicCareers #HumanHealth #GutMicrobiome #StellenboschUniversity

Welcoming Dr. Thulani Makhalanyane as an advisor to the Trillion Gene Atlas — bringing his experience leading the African Microbiome Project to a global effort to expand known genetic diversity 100x and accelerate discovery for public & ecosystem health. #TrillionGeneAtlas #Microbiome

Scientific breakthrough versus successful startup: teaching scientists to navigate bench to business Stanford’s BioEntrepreneurship Bootcamp -in @cp-trendsbiotech.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/biote...

Pls share this poll with others. @asm.org

Persistence of high-risk antimicrobial resistance genes in extracellular DNA along an urban wastewater-river continuum www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Excited to announce our new journal from @isme-microbes.bsky.social ISME Host Microbe is live and now accepting submissions. Look forward to receiving your papers! #Microsky 🧫 🦠

🚨 New paper! Very excited to have been part of this collaborative work looking at the effect of antibiotics on the gut microbiota even years after prescription. Amazing effort led by Gabriel @tovefall.bsky.social and many others published today in Nature Medicine! 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

See our newest manuscript dissecting emergent functions in a multispecies biofilm (metabolite cross-feeding, siderophore induction and cross-species utilization) that translates to plant growth promotion Great work by @jiyuxie.bsky.social and Xinli Sun www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Work never stops (somehow) but some weekends are just perfect. Great weather, beautiful South African beaches, with amazing company.

Spatial structure: Shaping the ecology and evolution of microbial communities @femsjournals.bsky.social Microbiology Review by @marcelbaecker.bsky.social et al from @bedutilh.bsky.social @bramvandijk.bsky.social academic.oup.com/femsre/advan...

Discovery and cultivation of prokaryotic taxa in the age of metagenomics and artificial intelligence #ISMEJournal from @alexrosado.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...

Friends, please help spread the word about our microbiology REU program at Montana State University. www.montana.edu/mbi/reu/ Each student receives a stipend ($7000 for 10 wks). Travel compensation, room, and board are also provided. Details in the attached pic--Feb 14 deadline 🧫🧪🦠#microsky

Stressor Combinations Shift Soil Microbial Communities From Rare to Unknown Taxa and Alter Genomic Strategies onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #jcampubs

Gut microbiota has previously been linked to immune developement and allergies. But what is the mechanism behind? Find more about the role of Bifidobacteria 🦠, aromatic lactates and immune resilience in babies 👶 in the recent paper from our group @natmicrobiol.nature.com shorturl.at/peaI1 #microsky

Habitat and Hydrodynamics Influence Coral Reef and Seagrass Microbial and Exometabolite Dynamics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #jcampubs

Nature Microbiology turns 10! 🎂 As a special treat, we take you back to the editorial team that started it all and then fast forward to take a peek into the future of microbiology through some brilliant microbiologists. #MicroSky 🦠 www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...

Precious Matsoso, a public-health official based in Pretoria, South Africa, brokered the world’s first pandemic-preparedness treaty after years of hard-fought negotiations. She’s part of Nature’s 10 for 2025. 🧪

New paper up - inspired by the periodic table of the elements, we attempted to organize bacterial diversity in genome-inferred trait space academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...

🧬🦠🚨 Another new paper alert, this time led by @maureenbug.bsky.social ! In collaboration with the Emerson lab and @titus.idyll.org lab (@taylorreiter.bsky.social), both at UC Davis. Asking the question: what are we missing in short-read metagenome assembly, and why ? doi.org/10.1093/narg...

Would you like to work with us? At JAMSTEC, we are recruiting postdoctoral researchers through the Young Research Fellow program. This program allows fellows to independently pursue their own research projects. www.jamstec.go.jp/recruit/e/jy...

The position is still open. Please apply here: jobs.bc.cas.cz/en/detail/277

This week, we’re in Addis Ababa for an important symposium and workshop. Great to interact with such enthusiastic and exceptional participants. Thanks @amiposts.bsky.social and @isme-microbes.bsky.social for supporting this event!

Congrats @fullam.bsky.social @pangenomics.bsky.social @borklab.bsky.social & team(s). Great to see this published! proGenomes4: providing 2 million accurately and consistently annotated high-quality prokaryotic genomes: academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

Clone-FISH paper out: Manuscript/resource alert #microsky 🦠 We present a collection of 30 E. coli (CloneFISH) cultures, each carrying a plasmid for the heterologous expression of a (near) full-length 16S rRNA gene from one of 30 lineages of archaea, including 17 yet uncultured ones.

EndolithComparative genomics reveals adaptive traitsin novel Antarctic lithic cyanobacteria link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Please share this with anyone who may be interested in a post-doc in Germany: jobs.awi.de/Vacancies/20... This is quite an exciting opportunity to push the boundaries of what is known regarding the molecular basis of the formation and demise of photosymbiotic relationships in marine habitats.

A new UN report found that to meet various international climate, biodiversity and land restoration goals, annual global spending needs to triple to $300 billion by 2030.

Soil microbes: below-ground defenders against desertification @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social Forum by Ademir Araujo et al www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

We are searching for a 4- year postdoctoral fellow to work us on Microbial Ecology and Crop Disease Management. More details below. The position will start next year. Please circulate and repost. jobs.smartrecruiters.com/WesternSydne...

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia impedes Bacillus biocontrol of tomato wilt disease by degrading its lipopeptide antibiotics -in #ISMEJournal academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...

Eco-evolutionary strategies drive viral diversification in nutrient-poor soils across elevation gradients academic.oup.com/nsr/advance-...

Postdoc position available - pls share- to investigate molecular mechanisms of protein homeostasis during S. during infection. Send a CV, list of publications, and a statement about why you would like to join the laboratory. Eduardo Groisman Yale Med [email protected]

Enjoyed being back at the University of Pretoria to celebrate graduations. We had two PhDs (Drs. Mayibongwe Buthelezi and John Paul Makumbi) and a masters student (Michelle Bekker) at this ceremony. Congratulations to the graduates and wishing you all the very best in the next phase of your careers.

NTU shared our DNA alignment tool designed for microbes 🦠🧬☰! #Microbiomesky #Microsky blogs.ntu.edu.sg/science/2025...

How do we correct preprints? Caveat emptor, revisions & withdrawals - what this means for the scientific record. My presentation to the National Academies 1/n vimeo.com/1102568612?s...

Congratulations to Avery Imes and all of our collaborators on this cover & editor's spotlight article in #AEM! More details on the study in the preprint thread linked below. @asm.org bsky.app/profile/mark...

Discover 5 unforgettable reasons to travel to Africa, from its wildlife safaris to cultural treasures, and breathtaking landscapes.

Why is the New Zealand government cutting Māori words from some school books?

My Department (Biology) at @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social is hiring this year! We have an opening for a Tenure Track Cell and/or Molecular biologist (broadly defined). Please share with your trainees/labmates/friends and reach out if you have questions. apply.interfolio.com/171625

Race by other names: critiquing population categories in microbiome research #mSystems MiniReview by Marta Scaglioni journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Higher-order microbial interactions revealed by comparative metabolic modeling of synthetic communities with varying species composition academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a... #jcampubs

(1/5)For over a century, the hunt for new antibiotics has focused almost exclusively on bacteria and fungi. Today, that paradigm shifts. By coupling state-of-the-art AI with the vast, largely uncharted diversity of Archaea, we open a new frontier for molecular discovery.

Cheers go out to Brielle Hrymoc of Casey Hubert's Lab @ucalgary.bsky.social and Ania Szlembarska of Brett Poulin's Lab @ucdavis.bsky.social for two well-deserved poster prizes for ECRs at the 2025 AEM GRC Conference. Thanks to #FEMSMicrobiolEcol @femsjournals.bsky.social for sponsoring!

See the accepted paper of Xinli Sun in #ISMEJournal, highlighting how the presence of a biofilm beneficiary alters the evolutionary trajectory of a biofilm former academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc... Xinli stayed 2 years at DTU as part of her PhD performing the experimental evolution in the paper [1/n]