Happy to share Estelle’s review on how we can use synthetic and engineered communities to learn about microbial spatial organization. @fbm-unil.bsky.social @dmf-unil.bsky.social

Deciphering microbial spatial organization: insights from synthetic and engineered communities url: academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...

Excited to finally share the typeset version of our very first venture into microbial ecology! 🤩 Big thanks to @simonvanvliet.bsky.social for a rewarding collaboration within the NCCR Microbiomes. @fbm-unil.bsky.social @dmf-unil.bsky.social

Uptake and leakage rates differentially shape community arrangement and composition of microbial consortia url: academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...

I am excited to announce that the position of a senior postdoc (3 +3 years) in the field of theoretical biology is available in my group. The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects. Please RT. Details 👇: shorturl.at/iiiOv

Can using synthetic approaches to build biology help teach us the design principles of how embryos build themselves? 👷‍♀️🔧 If this is a question that interests you, come and share your thoughts at this Royal Society Workshop on Generative Biology royalsociety.org/science-even...

🔬 🧫 The Collier lab is hiring a new Postdoc! 🧬 🧪 We are looking for a motivated candidate to study mechanisms controlling DNA replication in Alphaproteobacteria with complex genomes. --> Apply by 30th August 2025 using this link: tinyurl.com/y5e5pm59

Four leading researchers on bacterial computing in the @femsmicro.org Workshop on the the topic during the Congress—quite amazing talks by @angelgm.bsky.social, Yolanda Schaerli, Manish Kushwaha & Samgram Bagh. Do bacteria compute? Can we make them to compute wth our logic or do they have their own?

We're hiring for 2 postdocs to work in our lab in London on the newly announced Wellcome Trust SynHG project. If you know people looking to work on big-scale ambitious science like this, please RT and share this with them. Apply by 7/20, interviews in Aug. imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

Come join us in beautiful Lausanne! Deadline for applications: August 10th, 2025 wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...

New tenure track assistant professor position in molecular microbiology in our department @dmf-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social! We are casting a wide net for an experimental molecular microbiologist. Apply here: wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...

If you wish to attend the only #Systems #Biology meeting in #Switzerland this year, there are still a couple of days left to register to the Swiss Systems Biology Symposium! Register now and bring along a #poster to showcase your work! meetings.ls2.ch/systems-biol...

We are hiring for a funded PhD in design of cross- and multi-species genetic circuits. #PhD #synbio #crossspecies #multispecies #biocomputing #circuits #pathways @inrae-france.bsky.social @parissaclay.bsky.social Details here: www.cellularcomputing.team/joinus/

Engineering intercellular communication using M13 phagemid and CRISPR-based gene regulation for multicellular computing in Escherichia coli www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Come work with us! We're looking of postdoc(s) with experience in bacterial genomics and interest in mathematical modelling to work on bacterial ecology and evolution in the context of public health. tinyurl.com/n34vzszu

If you work in Systems Biology, join our Swiss Systems Biology Symposium on June 19, 2025! ❗Early Career researchers are especially welcome, we have plenty of talk spots for you! ‼️ Abstract submission deadline has been extended until 27.04.2025. ‼️ ▶️ Register: meetings.ls2.ch/systems-biol...

Very happy to share our newly published work! We engineered phages for intercellular communication in multicellular consortia and integrated it with CRISPR-based gene regulation for biocomputing. Congratulations to @astrikusuma.bsky.social @dmf-unil.bsky.social @fbm-unil.bsky.social rdcu.be/ehORO

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🚨We have a fully funded open PhD position in bacterial synthetic biology available in our lab (www.yschaerli.com) in beautiful Lausanne, Switzerland @dmf-unil.bsky.social @fbm-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social If you are passionate about #SynBio and #GeneCircuits, apply here: tinyurl.com/mry2xwa5

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Looking for #jobs in the field of synthetic biology? We have added new open positions on our #SynBio Job Board, for early, mid-career and late-career professionals. Discover them here: community.igem.org/job-board

Looking for a PhD? I have a fully funded one for UK nationals on engineering gene circuits in probiotic microbes. Will bring together a lot of existing stands of #synbio research in my group and push towards some exciting applications! Start date Sept 2025. Email me if interested! Pls RT

🚀 Exciting news! Our latest research is out in Nature Microbiology! 🌾 "Seed-borne bacteria drive rhizosphere microbiome assembly via niche partitioning and facilitation." Seed-inherited bacteria are the architects of #wheat #microbiome assembly! 🌱🦠 @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social rdcu.be/efagM

early career researchers: Do not miss this oportunity to present and discuss your work with an expert audience!

For all early career researchers interested in quantitative/systems/synthetic biology: Join us in Bern to present your work, discuss science and extend your network!

🚨 Join us for the LS2 Swiss #Systems #Biology Symposium in Bern! ❌ to talk marathons ✔️ to new connections and interactions ➡️Mini parallel sessions with Q&A during the talks. Keynotes by @ehannezo.bsky.social @leeat-keren.bsky.social tinyurl.com/5hf485ee @lifesciswitzerland.bsky.social

Now, more than ever, the #global #science community needs to stand together - #united against those who attack science 🧪, who seek to diminish #scientists, who destroy critical programs that advance #equality, #diversity and #inclusion Please consider to join us in signing the #MilanDeclaration ⏬

Revue de presse | Une exposition pour mettre en valeur la beauté des mathématiques → Emission du 05.02 www.rts.ch/audio-podcas... → Emission du 06.02 www.rts.ch/audio-podcas... #epfl #lausanne @icepfl.bsky.social @materials-epfl.bsky.social @maths-unige.bsky.social @gem-unige.bsky.social

Here is a video of our #SKINDEV project if you want to know more of what we are cooking in the background 😉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvhT...

Are you based in Europe and interested in #SciCom and #SynBio? At @eusynbios.org we are looking for you to join our team!

Looking for a #PhD that is at the intersection of #biodesign, #synbio, #openendedness, #evolution? Look no further. Great supervisory team too 😉

We are looking for a postdoc in bioinformatics interested in broad questions about the ecology and evolution of host-associated microbiomes using social bees as model. Please share with potential candidates and if interested apply here: career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...

We are pleased to announce that the upcoming conference, “Emergence and Self-organization in Biological Systems” (ESBS 2025), will be held at the Arnold Sommerfeld Center in the Physics Department of LMU Munich from August 18 to 22, 2025.

Interested in microbial #metabolism, #mucosalbiology and #UTI? Then check out the open postdoctoral position in the Mucosal Immunology Group at ETH Zurich! NB: All applications must go via the ETH job portal: www.jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP... Closing date: 24th Feburary 🧪🧫🔬

A beautiful and captivating exhibition! Truly worth a visit. And the cherry on top of the cake? It showcases the stunning microscopy pictures of Estelle Pignon, a talented PhD student/artist from my lab.🤩 @dmf-unil.bsky.social @fbm-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social #NCCR microbiomes

A new exhibition is opening at Pavilion A next week! Bringing together art, mathematics, materials science and biology, 'Shapes: Patterns in Art and Science' explores the richness of the natural and artificial patterns that surround us. 17.1.–9.3.2025 go.epfl.ch/Shapes2025 #epfl #Lausanne

Happy to present our latest pre-print: GRN_modeler - a user-friendly tool to model (synthetic) gene regulatory networks. We demonstrate its usefulness in designing new families of synthetic oscillators and build a light biosensor. Feedback welcome. @dmf-unil.bsky.social @fbm-unil.bsky.social

almadalcoschool.github.io Alma Dal Co School on collective behavior. 29/09-04/10/2025 in Venice

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We are looking for two #postdocs to join us: 1) @ERC_Research funded position in the context of RNA origami, cryoEM, synthetic cells, directed evolution; 2) A position in the excellence cluster @Cluster3DMM2O at the interface of chemistry & biology. Please share and get in touch!

🚨New PhD in my lab on "Understanding how micro- and macro-nuclei support adaptation in Paramecium"! This project will use advanced nanopore sequencing approaches to better understand how Paramecium adapt by altering the genetic content of their different nuclei. 🧬 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Applications are open for PhD places on the Engineering Biology CDT programme, beginning Sept 2025. The programme is run jointly by the Universities of Bristol and Oxford. Apply to Bristol (by 13 Jan 2025): bristol.ac.uk/study/postgr... Apply to Oxford (by 8 Jan 2025): ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...

Exciting post doc opportunity: we are seeking a post doc to work with us and @ProfTomEllis on large DNA engineering in mammalian cells funded by @ChanZuckerberg. Come and join us at @ImperialChemEng! Apply at the link below: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

🚨Interested in #evolution and #synbio and looking for a PhD? Then come join mine, @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social and Paps labs to trace and shape the evolutionary paths of engineered biology!🧬🔍🛠️🧪 Project details here: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo..., apply here: swbio.ac.uk/programme/ho...

Science friends coming from the bad place—let’s not lose each other in the void. Over the next few weeks, I'll try to put together some science "starter packs" of who to follow. Fill out this form to be included. bit.ly/sci-starterp... Share widely ❤️ Thanks @robp.bsky.social for the inspiration!

Join us for our annual in person DMF Impromptu symposium on the 22nd of November in the Biophore at UNIL. 'The bacterial cell across scales' organised by Paula Navarro and Andrea Vettiger with a great speaker lineup including @susanschlimpert.bsky.social @kimingeneva.bsky.social

New paper from our lab. Koray Malci, Ivy Li and Natasha Kisseroudis have written an in-depth review on Bacterial Cellulose based Engineered Living Materials (ELMs). Some great figures in this and importantly key work only found in patents is also covered. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

PhD position available in our lab in 🇨🇭! Interested in microbial ecology and evolution in the context of #Symbiosis, #Microbiota, #Bees? Like to analyze shotgun metagenomics data with the possibility for fieldwork and experiments? This is for you. Apply here: shorturl.at/swHf1 #SymbioSky

Congratulations to our UNIL iGEM team @unil.bsky.social 🥇Gold medal 🏆Nominated for conservation project 🏆Nominated for best wiki 🏆Nominated for best presentation We are very proud of you! Learn more about their cool project about invasive Asian hornets: 2024.igem.wiki/unilausanne/