Metabolic modeling aficionados in the Netherlands (and close to border), attention please! (promo thread)

There’s a leak - and a conceptual artist - at the Max Planck 👌

It's a common wisdom that the whole genome is not expressed at the same time. Is trying to make a map of the 'entirety' of the metabolic potential (aka genome-scale model) useless, and potentially reckless? It's only an intermediate stop. Especially for unicellular parasites. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

Good ideas come from having lots of experience. And experience comes from having lots of bad ideas.

@berasymbionts.bsky.social speaking about socially transferred materials and her amazing beetles and fungal symbiont transfer opening the @socialtransfernet.bsky.social symposium at #ESEB2025

3.5-year #Postdoc position on avian microbiomes and reproduction @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @niooknaw.bsky.social on a fully-funded ERC project focused on understanding the significance of reproductive microbiomes for host biology and fitness. Reach out for more info! nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...

Scientific bedlam at the world’s weirdest and wildest research conference www.nature.com/articles/d41... @odedrechavi.bsky.social @sheilaroitman.bsky.social @alinapi.bsky.social @barakrotblat.bsky.social

🎬 Straight from the red carpet to the green screen 🎥 The Glorious Four, @diana-sz.bsky.social #EladNoor #FelipeScott #MarceloRivas close out our summer school saga in style 🎞️ Fall release coming to a thread near you, don’t miss it @economic-cell.bsky.social @univie.ac.at @cecamevents.bsky.social

Today wrapped up our 4th summer school on Economic Principles in Cell Biology organized by @economic-cell.bsky.social at the beautiful @univie.ac.at 🤩 Huge thanks to all the students, teachers and @cecamevents.bsky.social for the support! ✨️ See you next year!

Last day of our summer school! 🥹 So happy to have seen you all here in Vienna! 🇦🇹 @economic-cell.bsky.social

The cast keeps growing faster than E. coli in rich medium #SteffenWaldherr’s in, slate’s up, the signal is strong: Hasta la vista, baby. 🎥 @economic-cell.bsky.social @univie.ac.at 📚🌱

🎬 Hollywood called, but @meikewortel.bsky.social said: “I’m booked – starring in Economic Principles in Cell Biology: The Sequel.” Catch her and the rest of the cast at the @univie.ac.at summer school 👉 @economic-cell.bsky.social 🎥🌱📚

🎥 @pranasag.bsky.social understood the assignment: “Put your head in the game.” 🎬 The @univie.ac.at summer school Economic Principles in Cell Biology is in full swing! Catch us before we all lose our heads 👉 @economic-cell.bsky.social 🌱📚 supported by @cecamevents.bsky.social

📸 #MarkusKöbis. Green screen. Slate snap. Filming is underway for "Economic Principles in Cell Biology" at our summer school @univie.ac.at 🌱📚 Check us out at @economic-cell.bsky.social before #Netflix grabs exclusive rights 🎬 Supported by @cecamevents.bsky.social

🌐 Welcome to the Social Transfer Network (STN) on Bluesky! We’re an interdisciplinary community exploring how materials/signals (from molecules to microbes) transfer between individuals and shape health, behavior, and evolution. #STM

Dear early career scientists! Why not join us in September in Lithuania’s beautiful capital city for the EMBO Young Scientists’ Forum? We will have have a full Night Science workshop & exciting research sessions. Abstract submission: August 1 meetings.embo.org/event/25-eysf @evogytis.bsky.social

There is still time to join us for engaging lectures and provoking discussions at our Summer School on Economic Principles of Cell Biology - at least online! Mark your calendars, July 23-26, and register here: univienna.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

... and a few minutes ago our Chart-Checklist came out in @natcellbio.nature.com 🥳🎉 Gift link for #TCTeAC: rdcu.be/eqPpi www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Let's not be #TCTeAC "The Conference To END All Conferences", but a new format of many more such events. Depating science outside of our typical nutshell (scientifically and mentally) has great potential - we could have come up with 50+ project proposals together. Let's bring fun back to science :)

Oscar-grade acting!

#TCTeAC This is exactly what it looks like (fluid exchanging behaviors in ants🐜)

Power Corrupts. PowerPoint Corrupts Absolutely. Corrupted PowerPoint slides support creativity. #TCTeAC

You’re probably why it takes so long for your paper to get reviewed and your excuses are bad dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/y... 🧪

We have two new positions, a PhD and a Post doc at #InstituteofBiologyLeiden within our @microclockerc.bsky.social #ERCSyG project to discover interaction of #circadianclocks between Bacillus subtilis and Arabidopsis please share these with your network! 🙏 links below👇 [1/3]

Think Like a Microbe is back!! 🧪🧫 #philsci open.substack.com/pub/thinkmic...

One week from now!!! The craziest scientific conference ever www.the-scientist.com/a-scientific... @svobodalab.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social @zernickagoetz.bsky.social @itaiyanai.bsky.social @natanellae.bsky.social see more here woodstock.img.cas.cz

I am very happy to host a Marie Curie Fellow in my lab. Please email me in case you are interested in experimental evolution, evolution of cooperation, bacterial multicellularity, metabolic cross-feeding, or related topics. marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-p...

schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2... #MicroSky #SymbioSky #FungiFriends

PhD position alert! Fully-funded PhD in my group to work on avian reproductive microbiomes and immunity. Please RT! Deadline June 29th, reach out for more information. #microbiomes #sparrows #spermbiology

Finally out: cells-within-cells are not all made equal, despite the first impression they should. Huge thanks to @adriatica.bsky.social and @basteusink.bsky.social for giving a boost to what began as a rather silly "I don't understand" moment - make sure you explore your next dataset! A 🧵1/10

Had an extremely intense day on Thursday at the @synmikro.bsky.social in Marburg. After the whole day of speed-dating with the local PIs, I had an opportunity to showcase my past research and share my vision for the future of cellular economics - also outside a single cell!

We offer a PhD project within our International Max Planck Research School "Chemical Communication in Ecological Systems" on "Metabolic exchanges, regulation and equilibrium of an ancient insect symbiosis" (Project 5). Please share, inform & apply here: www.ice.mpg.de/129183/imprs

IT'S HAPPENING! The Woodstock of Biology 2.0 meets Night Science @nightsciencepod.bsky.social 10-13 of June in Prague & the Woods of Bohemia... Be there or be REJECTED. #theconferencetoendallconferences

Had the honor to close the #NIME2025 meeting! Thanks to everyone for discussions, and extra kudos to people who gave a talk or brought a poster!

Only one week left to apply for this exciting PhD position, supervised by @gillesvanwezel.bsky.social and me! Please apply if you are interested in microbial biochemistry and have a solid background in enzymes, metabolic pathways, and bacterial genetics. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...

🎥 Behind the scenes with @diana-sz.bsky.social shooting for the Economic Principles in Cell Biology summer school 🌱📚 Join us this July for cutting-edge lectures & interactive blended learning! 📢 Register epcp.univie.ac.at/summer-schoo... @economic-cell.bsky.social

It is true, we are coming back for the 4th Summer School "Economic Principles in Cell Biology" from July 23-26th 2025! Register to join us in Vienna or remotely epcp.univie.ac.at/summer-schoo...

Join us for the 4th summer school 'Economic Principles in Cell Biology' from July 23-26, 2025 in Vienna/online! Learn about mathematical modeling of cell systems and how resource allocation thinking helps explain cell behavior principlescellphysiology.org/summer-schoo... @economic-cell.bsky.social

Re: Limitations of LB Medium Read more > schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2... #MicroSky

📣 Bring-Your-Own-Fluid Seminar Mon Dec 9 @ 9am CST/4pm CET The #SocialTransferNetwork invites you to a fun hour of talks, connections, and your favorite social fluid - whether that's a study topic like mucus, milk, or regurgitate, or a seminar beverage ☕️🧋🥛🍹 DM for link!

A framework for understanding collective microbiome metabolism www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs

I don't have any photos of the event (yet?) but I was delighted to give a talk at BioQuant/Uni Heidelberg on cellular economics and future prospects - including my own aspirations. I hope this inspires some young scientists (a lot in the auditorium!) to pursue the economic view to living matter.

We had a great #MB10.0 meeting today in Delft! Genetic engineering toolboxes, algae for CO2 capture and valorisation, and plant-protecting molecules. My MSc student Blanka Izsó also presented a poster on the modeling toolkit she is busy extending. Proud supervisor moment! To be continued...

Thanks so much to the Lorentz Center and everyone that came for the #sociallytransferredmaterials meeting. It was great fun working with you all. I can’t wait to see the outputs of this meeting. Hint: #principles of #milkcus during #globalchange 😉