Hot off the press! Our latest paper led by @fernpizza.bsky.social, understanding how plasmids evolve inside cells. These small, self-replicating DNA circles live inside bacteria and carry antibiotic resistance genes, but also compete with one another to replicate. 1/ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Together with a team of great colleagues, we edit a collection titled "Harnessing plant microbiomes to improve performance and mechanistic understanding" nature.com/collections/cg… in the journals @natureportfolio.nature.com @microbiomej.bsky.social . It's open for submission till June 2026.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPI115/r... A postdoc position is open in my group for a bioinformatician with expertise in RNA-seq as part of our tree speedbreeding project with @forest-protection.bsky.social. If interested in speeding trees, please apply, deadline Dec 2nd 🙂 #Plantscience #Plantscijobs

Consistently an absolutely fantastic meeting - don’t miss out on an opportunity to interact with an awesome bunch of non-seed enthusiasts 🌱 😃 🧬

Localized glutamine leakage shapes root microbiome @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social Spotlight from Zheng Qing Fu/Youxiong Que on the recent publication by @hueihsuantsai.bsky.social et al from @nikogeldner.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/micro...

One of my first contributions at my new institute for a very cool initiative, to give visibility to every single person behind a successful research project! Da igual dónde esté, siempre acabo en todos los embolados pero rodeada de gente muy guay! 🤩 #inclusion #diversity

Our preprint is finally out 🌿 “𝒑𝒑𝑮𝒑𝒑 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉-𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑨𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒅𝒐𝒑𝒔𝒊𝒔” Its been a journey- first spotted by Matteo Sugliani over ten years ago, carried forward by Shanna Romand, and brought to the finish line with help from many collaborators. #PlantScience tinyurl.com/wpf3bp25

Such a team @iandealidbury.bsky.social, more conferences like this! 🙌🏻 @rafamorcillo.bsky.social @iplantmicro.bsky.social @vcarryon.bsky.social And well done the Sheffield group, congrats to Alex on the poster prize! 😉

From science talks to spontaneous laughter — the 6th Plant Microbiome Symposium gave us way more than great research updates! Somewhere between sessions, a new powerhouse (and comedy troupe?) of PIs was born for better future in the area! @itqbnova.bsky.social @microsos.bsky.social

Had such a great time at #PMS2025 🦠🌱 Met some of my favourite UK colleagues & made many new connections, especially in Spain! Huge shoutout to the organisers @vcarryon.bsky.social for putting together such an inspiring programme, creating the perfect atmosphere for networking & showing us Antequera!

🌱🧫🔬This week, three researchers from #IRNASA_CSIC are participating in the 6th Plant Microbiome Symposium in Antequera (Málaga, Spain). This conference brings together scientists working on the plant microbiome from different angles. #PMS2025 #PlantMicrobiome #PlantScience @microsos.bsky.social 🧵

Carmen Sanchez-Cañizares @carmen-agro.bsky.social from whole plant to single cell: why terminally differentiated bacteroids are more efficient nitrogen fixers in legume nodules #PMS2025

Bacteroids versus nodules @carmen-agro.bsky.social #PMS2025

Great to see that @courtneyherms.bsky.social is back in action at a microbiome conference here in Málaga for the #PMS2025, do follow her for the best and most interesting & fun live posting at a conference! She did such an amazing job at the #Rhizosphere6 conference in Edinburgh! 😉 🦠🌱🔬

Final countdown before the start of the #PMS2025!!! 🪴 Looking forward to seeing you in Antequera (Malaga) on 3-7 November! Final program at: 6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com/programme/ #Plantscience #MicrobiomeResearch #Bioinformatics

1️⃣ Bacterias beneficiosas para las plantas (22/09/2025) Con Carmen Sánchez (@irnasa.bsky.social) que investiga bacterias beneficiosas para las leguminosas, con el objetivo de reducir el uso de fertilizantes químicos en la #agricultura 👉 www.ivoox.com/bacterias-be...

Just last week we wrapped up this incredible training & support programme for #women in research by @acmedsci.bsky.social @royalsociety.org @raeng.org.uk. Thrilled to have been part of #SUSTAIN Round 11 and to have learnt so much from all the great workshops & this inspirational group of scientists!

📰La portada y el tema de apertura de La Gaceta de Salamanca están dedicados hoy a la nueva sede del #IRNASA-CSIC. 👏👏👏

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