We are now recruiting for a 3 year NERC-funded postdoc to study the transmission dynamics of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in migratory birds. Based in the Wild Microbiome Lab @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful Cornwall.

Presenting my final poster later today at #ASMicrobe

The IDEA symposium organizers Yichen (Serena) Dai, @sabiagini.bsky.social, and @hayleybethfree.bsky.social, together with the entire task force are thrilled for the upcoming SMBE 2026 in Copenhagen! See you there! ✨ #SMBE2026 @official-smbe.bsky.social

Why we’re concerned about “Getting Major Projects Built in Canada” 👀 and its impact on nature and a healthy environment. Have your voice heard - read the govt’t proposal www.canada.ca/en/one-canad... and email feedback to [email protected] by June 7, 2026 🙏@baumlab.bsky.social

Excited to share this new paper from the lab: academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...! See thread below

We have an open PhD position in our Mol. Biochemistry of Plant-Microbe Interactions Lab Saurlab.com. Please see details below, share and consider applying. jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...

Fossilized Goniatite shells, spiraling throughout this piece of shale concretion. Each one a, stone imprint of a tiny life, lived out in a tropical sea over 300 million years ago. County Clare, Ireland. Cormacscoast.com walking tours

Two permanent positions in HPS, Sydney! #hps #philsci

When octopuses are stressed, they retreat into hiding to avoid attention, showcasing their unique coping mechanisms in the ocean's depths.

Conference alert: Ecology and evolution of host-parasite interactions in a changing world" in Roscoff (Brittany) France, Nov 2-6, 2026. Abstracts submission deadline: June 6

Out Now! Dysbiosis and succession in the scientific infobiome #MicroSky

"Science is not simply a sequence of tasks that can be optimized....The scientific system thrives on inefficiency: redundant efforts, failed attempts, and divergent paths. These are not costs to be eliminated but sources of discovery." Excellent essay! ⬇️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Reptiles with longer Wikipedia pages tend to be bigger. The relationship is a power law with exponent = 0.85. I guess humans really like writing about big lizards? The longest article is the Komodo Dragon.

Great to see this study by @sam-deakin.bsky.social and Anita Michalak published in Evolutionary Applications. Using genomic data from >750 caribou and hierarchical structure analyses, we show that genetic clusters do not align with current conservation units in western Canada doi.org/10.1111/eva....

Our annual conference last week was a great success and our biggest meeting ever! Here are some highlights from the meeting. Day 1: We kicked off the conference with opening remarks and an inspiring plenary from Elizabeth Clare and an opening reception at the ROM. #CSEE2026

The #DogAgingProject is recruiting #dogs to participate in the largest #canine health study ever conducted. This is an opportunity to be part of a research project that can dramatically extend what we know about health & aging in our dogs. 🐾 Join us dogagingproject.org 📽️

Forgive the title, but it's time we talk about it - 🐘🐣💩🦠 The elephant (bird) in the room: unknown mechanisms and unresolved impacts of low DNA yields in avian microbiome research link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Registration opened for our International Symposium of SPP 2330! This is going to be phage-tastic meeting in Berlin! Highlight of the second funding period! @spp2330.bsky.social, @dfg.de

Into transmission? Super spreaders? Super shedders? Which traits actually predict disease spread or secondary hosts’ infection outcomes? 🦠 🤧 Come check out my talk at #CSEE tomorrow (Wednesday 13th) at 4pm in Room BA-2165 👀 @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social @csee-scee.bsky.social

Join us tomorrow at the symposium or/and Share your ideas🙂 #CSEE2026 #microbiome #EcoEvo

Kind of surprised that this hasn't been bigger news. It's finals week for a whole lot of universities, and yet, Canvas (a learning/grading platform used by ~9,000 schools globally) is currently inaccessible because of a pay-or-have-your-data-leaked hack. www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...

Why do males and females differ in infection outcomes? In our study just published in #GENETICS @genetics-gsa.bsky.social using #Drosophila melanogaster, we show that #sexdifferences in nutritional #immunity - specifically iron sequestration—shape resistance to #infection by Providencia.

🚨Faculty job search: University of Illinois Chicago Micro & Immuno department is hiring! Open rank and open area within host-pathogen interactions. Apply by May 31 to join us in UI College of Medicine in the heart of Chicago! uic.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

🌱 We’re hiring in Plant Biology at Penn State! The Department of Biology at Penn State University Park is searching for a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor in any area of plant biology.

🚨 PhD opportunity 🚨 Fully funded PhD at the University of Bristol (UK) on how ant colonies remodel their nests to optimise performance under pressure, combining experimental work, quantitative analysis, and field work. Detail/how to apply: stroeymeyt-lab.co.uk/open-positio... Deadline: 5 June 2026

What are the biggest open questions in #microbiome and #symbiosis research? At #CSEE, we’re running a symposium on disturbance, adaptation, and the parasitism–mutualism continuum—and we want to foster discussion around these questions. Share your questions (& this post) ↓ forms.gle/huhvTgZCWVrS...

WE’d like to hear about your ideas! #CSEE2026

Please share - full funded (UK students only) PhD studentship in the Duncan lab ‘intergrated ‘omics for accelerated antibtioic dicovery from abyssal actinomycetes’. Co-supervisors @thecopperdoctor.bsky.social, Marcel Jaspars, @zmaw.bsky.social- deadline 20th May www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

New study co-authored by Symbiosis in Aquatic Systems Initiative Investigator Dr. Patrick Keeling used single-cell gene expression analysis to broadly sample uncultured Cercozoa (part of the supergroup Rhizaria)... 1/2 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #aquaticsymbiosis #evolution #discoveryscience

New funding opportunity from the Symbiosis in Aquatic Systems Initiative. We’re inviting teams of two researchers to pursue ambitious, high-risk projects advancing aquatic symbiosis (marine + freshwater). Open globally. Details + how to apply:  moore.org/SymbiosisRFP #RFP #AquaticSymbiosis

New PLOS Biology paper arising from a collaboration between us at the Sanger/U Cambridge and the U York and Sheffield, and many more collaborators across the Americas and Europe. Regulatory changes in the same genes (optix, ivory) led to the same colour patterns in mimetic butterflies and moths.

The Barrick & Lenski Labs in Dept of Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology at Michigan State Univ seek a Research Assistant II to manage their research operations and participate in projects related to microbial evolution and synthetic biology. See details below. careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc...

We're hiring a postdoc with research interests in AI explainability, ethics, and trustworthiness who is also interested in public engagement with AI and AI ethics. The postdoc will work with the UC Center for Humanities and Technology (CHaT)... #philsky #philsci

Simons Graduate Fellowship Applications are open! If you're applying to Ph.D. programs in ecology and/or evolution this year, or if you're an incoming Ph.D. student who won't start your degree program until Fall 2026 or later, apply! www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

Want to join us for Social Viruses in Vancouver this summer? One week to go until we start looking at applications (May 7th). To apply: socialviruses.zoology.ubc.ca #socialviruses #evosky #lovevirology #virosky

I'm looking to hire a postdoc. Please share if you can!

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...

Come work/study in a wonderful department with a great group leader!!!

We're recruiting! We're looking for two graduate students to join us at UBC in Vancouver. Fully funded and open to global applicants, with flexible start-date. Topics include theory, bioinformatics, and microbiology. More details: asherleeks.com/apply #socialviruses #evosky #virosky 🧪

JOB: 2 year postdoc in ecocriticism with project Ecotechnology and the Futures of Biodiversity, University of York, UK jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/post... #envhum #ecocrit

The spread of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) is a growing global threat to food security, livelihoods & ecosystems. Urgent action is needed to prevent, protect & transform poultry production for more resilient, sustainable systems. Learn more: https://doi.org/10.4060/cd3840en

🌟Nominations are now open for the 2026 SORTEE Commendation Awards! Know a project promoting #OpenScience in Ecology & Evolution (workshops, tools, outreach & more)? Projects can be local or global, team-based or individual Submit a nomination here: sortee.org/awards/

Identification of bacterial signals that modulate enteric sensory neurons to influence behavior in C. elegans -in @currentbiology.bsky.social www.cell.com/current-biol...

Interesting perspective on AI 🤔

The CDC issued an early advisory to the public this week to guard against ticks. "Tick bites typically spike in May, but the data are telling us now is the time to take action. Ticks are out and people are getting bitten." apnews.com/article/cdc-...

Why does New Zealand get to have all the cool stuff?? Both in terms of these gorgeously weird fungi and also the (presumably) delightful humans that make a fungus of the year contest 🧪

Applications now open for the UNIL Summer School on Modelling for Evolutionary Biology (31 Aug–5 Sep 2026, Lausanne)! For PhD & postdocs interested in formal approaches to evolutionary ecology (incl. social evo, life-history, species interactions). Scholarships available, Pls RP! shorturl.at/fo1GA

Dan Weinberger and I @yalesph.bsky.social are hiring multiple research positions in microbial/virus sequencing and bioinformatics workflows with respiratory pathogens, including Streptococcus pneumoniae, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, RSV, and/or hMPV. See 👉 forms.gle/xpmzTtNqHFqK...

🆒 new pub! Rapid evolution of Klebsiella pneumoniae biofilms in vitro -> adaptations selected during infection by @gretazabo.bsky.social & Linus Sandegren *hypermucoidy evolves via 📈c-di-GMP, overlaps w/ mutations in UTI and wound isolates. *pleasure to advise this! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The 'eyelashes' on a southern ground hornbill would make a model envious, but here's a neat trick: Those AREN'T eyelash hairs. They're modified FEATHERS. Let's take a look at these specialized structures & why the southern ground hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri) needs these long velvet veils.