What a privilege attending yesterday the 30th Norman Heatley lecture hosted by @dunnschool.bsky.social to listen in person to my favourite scientist and role model Bonnie Bassler talking about the wonders of #quorumsensing, the topic I started working on as a PhD student and future microbiologist!

📢 A toda la comunidad trabajando en interacciones beneficiosas planta-microorganismo, ¡reservad la fecha de nuestro próximo encuentro! El XX Congreso de la SEFIN y III BeMiPlant tendrá lugar en Cádiz entre el 26-28 mayo 2026. ¡Iremos compartiendo las novedades próximamente! 🌱🧫🔬

We’re looking for an enthusiastic postdoc to join our team. 😊 The project focuses on protein design and cryo-EM applied to cancer research. 🔬🧪 The position is fully funded for 3 years. Please share 🙏 Job description and application details (deadline: October 11th): www.cnio.es/en/empleo/po...

Localized glutamine leakage drives the spatial structure of root microbial colonization www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

NEW ARTICLE FROM THE LAB 🎉🍀🧫 Groundbreaking work performed by @hueihsuantsai.bsky.social and all! Please, go have a read! Congrats to making it to the cover!!! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

👩‍🔬 La investigadora @carmen-escudero.bsky.social se incorpora al #IRNASA-CSIC gracias al Programa de Atracción del Talento del Ayuntamiento de #Salamanca. Esta mañana, ha sido recibida por el alcalde. ➡️ www.irnasa.csic.es/carmen-escud...

Este lunes tuve la suerte de asistir en persona por 1a vez a un estudio de radio para abrir la sección de ciencia en #HoyPorHoySalamanca de #LaCadenaSER y disfrutar hablando de ciencia, mi nueva aventura profesional en @irnasa.bsky.social y #SRUK/CERU y atracción de talento! Gracias por invitarme! ☺️

👩‍🔬👨‍🔬Fabulosa Jornada de Atracción de #Talento "La carrera investigadora en el #IRNASA-CSIC". Estudiantes universitarios y de enseñanzas medias han conocido la #ciencia que hacemos. #NocheEuropeadelosInvestigadores

Wonderful (and humble) essay on mentorship by Brandon Gaut, on occasion of Brandon receiving the inaugural Mentorship Award of @genetics-gsa.bsky.social. I hope this will be widely read! academic.oup.com/genetics/art...

Excited to share that I’ll soon be joining @irnasa.bsky.social as #newPI! And I couldn’t imagine a better start than with a project that has just been selected for funding by @ageinves.bsky.social @ageinves.bsky.social Very grateful for the support to keep working on #bacterialregulation! 🌱🦠

📣 Are you a creative and articulate plant scientist looking to connect with other like-minded folks? Application is now open for the 2025-2026 Plantae Fellows program!🌱 👉 Learn more and apply by August 31! buff.ly/JqoDSHq #plantscience

Only a few days left to apply for one of three Lead Editor roles at the Journal of Applied Microbiology - a fantastic opportunity to shape the future of applied microbiology publishing. Deadline: this Thursday! ⏳

GROUP LEADER VACANCY JIC is recruiting a Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences. If you think your research would synergise and thrive at JIC, please apply. www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...

I am looking for a (bio)chemist to join the lab and help us making affinity-based probes for proteases! The project is truly interdisciplinary with a strong computational chemistry component, peptide synthesis and plant biochemistry! Text me if interested and please spread the word!

Enhorabuenísima!! Más qué merecido!! 💜👏🏻👏🏻

In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...

We have an open engineer position to work on type IX secretion (T9SS), under the supervision of @doan_thierry (collab with HP Fierobe & A. Tolonen). 1-year contract, renewable up to 3.5 years. Please apply here or forward to anyone potentially interested: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

#NewResearch 🚨Out now! Structural analyses of the extracellular flagellum shows mechanism for flagellin incorporation #MicroSky 🦠 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Amazing weekend at the #SRUK/CERU symposium in York! Thanks Sara for leading and charing this edition!! It's always so special to see old friends and meet new people in person!! What a great & supportive community we have of Spanish researchers in the UK 🍏🇪🇸🇬🇧 symposium.sruk.org.uk/event-2025/

🚨🚨New paper out in @natcomms.nature.com!! Come for the first large-scale analysis of plasmid copy number across species, stay for one of the most intriguing results of my lab: universal scaling laws in plasmid biology! 📈🧬 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Inspirational and very motivating talk by @jeffinerca.bsky.social at the closing remarks of #Rhizosphere6 emphasising the many research communities that fit in this meeting and "all the good that carbon does when it's in the soil"! Superb last talk! More people & friends in Vienna 2029!!

@royalsociety.org URF reunion at the #rhizo6 in Edinburgh. Beautiful dinner in the National Museum of Scotland. From left: Carmen Sánchez Cañizares, @iandealidbury.bsky.social, Laura Lehtovirta- Morley, Cecile Gubry-Rangin, yours truly and in the front Siul Ruiz. #rhizo6 📸 @jeffinerca.bsky.social

Switching gears to hear again some insights on bacterial motility in the soil by @carmen-agro.bsky.social

The @royalsociety.org URF crew on tour at #Rhizosphere6 in @edinburghup.bsky.social

On my way to Edinburgh for my first Rhizosphere conference - #Rhizosphere6! Very happy to share our work with a talk on Tuesday and looking forward to meeting other fellow researchers and hearing about all the exciting projects in the programme!! 🌱🦠 www.rhizo6.org

In his #ParentCarerScientist case study, Professor Ben Sheldon FRS talks about navigating crises at home and at work, and why it's important for leaders to set an example when it comes to balancing work with caring responsibilities: #CarersWeek #AndAScientist royalsociety.org/about-us/who...

If you are a Spanish researcher working in the UK, you can't miss our #SRUK/CERU annual symposium! Come to meet other fellow researchers & an incredibly supportive community in a weekend full of great talks & networking opportunities! Travel grants are available! ➡️ symposium.sruk.org.uk/event-2025/

🌱 We will soon open the search for a new W3 Professor in Plant Stress Resilience / Molecular Plant Physiology. 🌏Where? Germany, RWTH Aachen University @rwth.bsky.social We plan to look widely. Please let me know, if you want to be updated on the job announcement. #AcademicJobs

Para aquell@s investigadores en el extranjero que os estéis planteando el retorno a España - uni o CSIC - y queráis conocer dos de los trámites más comunes y solicitados para ello, ¡no os perdáis el webinario de este miércoles organizado por #SRUK/CERU! Más info 👉🏻 sruk.org.uk/ceru-events/...

Can confirm - both my children are grad students. My son’s 🇬🇧 laboratory just canceled a 🇺🇸 conference and my daughter’s 🇨🇦 lab is refusing all 🇺🇸 invites. This is unfortunate since young career academics need to network but it isn’t safe. #STEM #science

¡Ya estamos en BlueSky! 🦋🌱🌿🦠🧫🔬 Abrimos esta cuenta @sefin-esp.bsky.social con el objetivo de compartir noticias relevantes para nuestra comunidad y seguir en este espacio las novedades de nuestros socios y grupos en La Sociedad Española de Fijación de Nitrógeno. ¡Os invitamos a seguirnos! 👋

If you're a new PI within 5 years of your first faculty position, here are two fantastic grants to help develop your research: the Kickstart Travel Grant and ECR Visiting Fellowships. The next deadline is 6 June Find out more at biologists.com/grants/#jeb Please repost

It's now official!! The @poolelaboxford.bsky.social family is in full celebration mode today! Congratulations to Phil on becoming a new elected Fellow of the Royal Society! 🎉👏🏻

The abstract submission deadline for #ENFC2025 has been extended to May 30. There is still time to share your research and join us this September in Oxford! 📝 Submit here: web.cvent.com/event/aa2ad9...

Mi cuñada lleva dos años al frente de @yeswetech.bsky.social, una asociación malagueña que hace una labor maravillosa por el papel de la mujer y la niña en el sector tecnológico. Os animo a leer la entrevista y conocer a este equipazo de mujeres 🔝 y las actividades y eventos que organizan!! 🙌🏻😉💜

Tweeps, please spread the word. We're still looking at recruiting a structural biologist (any level) to study plant-pathogen protein complexes especially in the context of coevolution. Direct inquiries welcome. Please include a cover letter. Applicant from US welcome? medium.com/@kamounlab/2...

👋 Hello Bluesky — we’re RootPath. We build next-gen gene synthesis tools to unlock biology at scale. Today, we’re launching something big: 🎉 Megabase Spark — our commitment to support bold, underfunded research with 3 million base pairs of free synthetic DNA. Learn more at bit.ly/450ip7Z #SynBio

Join our group (www.luginbuehllab.com) at @camplantsci.bsky.social! Are you excited about mycorrhiza, (single-cell) transcriptomics, carbon physiology, and the model crop rice? We have a 2-year postdoc position available, starting ASAP. Closing date 23rd May 2025! www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51214/

📢 We're #hiring! Two positions available (Technician & Postdoc) in the project "Enhancing plant nutrition via host genetic modulation of the rhizosphere microbiota" 🔬🌱 📅 Deadline: 30 June Further info and inquiries: [email protected]/@carmen-escudero.bsky.social 🔗 shorturl.at/xyz123

Follow the new Poole lab 🦋 account if you want to get the latest updates for the upcoming #ENFC2025 conference on #nitrogenfixation! 🌱🦠🙌🏻

🚀 Apply now 🚀 The new Max Planck #Postdoc Program offers a guaranteed contract of at least 3 years, targeted mentoring, and career workshops. postdocprogram.mpg.de #ScienceCareer #PostdocProgram

Join the GMI as a Junior Group Leader! The GMI is seeking a talented scientist to lead an independent research group, addressing fundamental questions in molecular plant biology. More information is below.

Job alert ‼️ 2x professorships available @uniofmanchester.bsky.social - ecology www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... - organismal biology (inc genomics, evolution etc.) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI506/s...

Received your PhD in 2023-2024? Apply by July 15th for the @science.org & SciLifeLabPrize to win up to $30k. Categories: cell & molecular bio; genomics, proteomics & systems bio, ecology & environment; molecular medicine. 🧪 www.science.org/content/page...

We are looking forward to hosting the next European Nitrogen Fixation Conference in Oxford the 26th-29th August. We have already announced our invited speakers and are now excited to receive your abstracts! Keep an eye on our key dates: 🗓️ 30/04 Early bird registration 📝 01/05 Abstract submission

Was a great pleasure to welcome this delegation of leading Spanish research institutes, organisations and agri-tech innovators to campus last week ukagritechcentre.com/news/strengt...

Thanks for inviting me to participate in this amazing exchange and networking initiative this week! Getting to know key research institutes in plant & soil sciences, and agri-tech companies in the UK, while interacting with 🇬🇧 & 🇪🇸 researchers has been an incredibly positive and unique experience! 🙂🌱🦠

We're looking for a postdoc to join the lab to work on cell-to-cell communication via the apoplast. Candidate must be brave, as they will have to lead us (me) away from the plasmodesmata-lands we've inhabited for so long! www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...

Supporting all our USA colleagues in their defence of #Science on such a remarkable date! 💪🏻 #StandUpForScience #LaUniónHaceLaCiencia

Seeing US science being vandalised is devastating 💔 For anyone in need of a new job: we have several postdoc and PhD positions in computational genomics, cancer epigenetics and immunology available here in Oxford, UK. We still care about DEI, offer 3y+ contracts and do cool science - get in touch!