New @genomejournal.bsky.social special collection “Early Leads: Plant Biology Side Projects with Big Potential”. We’re looking for short, self-contained studies with big impact. Deadline July 31st, 2026. OA, no pub. fees, ECRs! Questions? Reach out to us (Olivia and @zoejolylopez.bsky.social)

Delighted to present on behalf of the BENEFIT project in the Climate-Smart Agriculture and Food Systems showcase @ Cultivating Resilience summit this week! (+ a lightening talk + a poster, for completeness' sake...) 🦠🌱

Here’s published version of our manuscript using GWAS to investigate tailocin sensitivity in Pseudomonas syringae. TL:DR pretty clear LPS is tailocin receptor but also that P.syringae often completely swaps out its entire O antigen biosynth pathway w/ recombination academic.oup.com/g3journal/ad...

Two new positions are available at the MPI for Evolutionary Biology to support development of our genomics facility. Both stand to become permanent. Both offer a ton of opportunity to engage in a wide range of creative science. Pls repost 🙏 www.evolbio.mpg.de/3838377/job_...

Editor’s Pick: Terrence H. Bell et al. believe that there is no single “best” approach to iterative microbiome passaging but that experimental design choices can have substantial impacts on outcomes. Learn more: https://doi.org/10.1094/PBIOMES-11-24-0113-P

1/2 What's best: a field-first or lab-first approach? No easy answers but differences between lab and field should not be seen as failure but motivate further inquiry and allow complementary discovery. Read our thoughts on this here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We are proud to announce the Keynote Speakers for ISME20, held in Auckland, New Zealand, from 16 - 21 August 2026! These eight internationally renowned microbial ecologists will each give a 45-minute presentation at the symposium. View them on isme-microbes.org/isme20-keyno... #isme20

Happy to share the first paper from my lab! We wrote a review on bacterial plant pathogen evolution 🧫 🌱 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @microsky.bsky.social @plantsky.bsky.social

Published in Nature today! Here, we sought to systematically ask how natural community's metabolism changes with the environment. A simple consumer-resource model can predict N-cycle metabolism (nitrate use) and, more importantly, the mechanism behind its change. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Extremely honoured to be a #2025ISMPMI travel awardee this year, and to be able to present the results of my masters degree all the way from NZ! Come and see me at P-319 to learn about the bacterial microbiome of Actinidia (kiwifruit).

Thrilled to see this work published! We analyzed foliar disease suppressive microbial communities from tomato to identify taxa and functions associated with suppression. Congratulations to lead author @hanareiaehau.bsky.social, and co-authors Javad Sadeghi and Terrence Bell! tinyurl.com/4pnxxuus

How Bacteria Outsmart Plants—Then Flee the Scene! #MicroSky #PlantScience #Pseudomonas Our new research in Nature Microbiology uncovers the sophisticated teamwork of Pseudomonas syringae, a notorious plant pathogen. 🔗 rdcu.be/egczU

Pseudomonas syringae subpopulations cooperate by coordinating flagellar and type III secretion spatiotemporal dynamics to facilitate plant infection www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I'm delighted to announce that the 2025 @microbiologysociety.org meeting on "Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics" will be held in Liverpool 26-27 November 2025! Abstract submission will open soon... #microsky 🧪🧫🦠 microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...

Great to see this preprint out, based on Haileigh Patterson's MSc work with me, Matt, & Jay! 🥝🌿

It’s finally out! The last paper from my PhD! enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Stoked to have my picture on the February cover of Plant, Cell & Environment! Massive win for Psa enthusiasts everywhere 🌿 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

It's a snowy end of the year at UTSC! ❄️

🚨PhD Opportunity - please share!🚨 We’re hiring a PhD student to start Sept 2025: how do bacteria ‘tame’ phage parasites, and turn them into deadly Tailocins? Come join me, @brockhurstlab.bsky.social, Patrick Cai & @raveentank.bsky.social as we study ZOMBIE PHAGES! findaphd.com/phds/project...

Excited to share our latest preprint! We've sequenced over 500 isolates from New Zealand's Psa3 population as part of ongoing genome biosurveillance efforts 🦠🥝 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Hot off the press from a great collaboration across Plant & Food Research - our new paper characterises Psa resistance in kiwiberry and creates opportunity for future resistance breeding! 🥝✨ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...