This is great! Conjugation without pili was always an annoying paradox, and this finding shows that things finally make sense.

📣New preprint with @rberntsson.bsky.social👇We overturn the long-standing view that Gram-positive bacteria lack conjugative pili! We identify pili-forming proteins in a wide range of bacteria and show they're essential for the spread of #antibioticresistance #AMR 🧵1/6 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

”Så istället för att flytta kommunikationsavdelningarna längre bort från forskarna, genom att till exempel centralisera kommunikationen, borde motsatsen ske. Ge kommunikatörerna möjlighet att fördjupa sig i områden de är intresserade av” www.tidningencurie.se/kronikor/jag...

We've been moving the lab this week and it's been so much work as we're combining stuff from 3 smaller labs into 1 big one, but we're getting there and I think it will be good in the end. Unfortunately I lost my own office as well, but managed to make a cosy corner in the 6 person one... #Lab #Move

It's beginning to look a lot like... Microbial Christmas! 🦠🧫🔬🎄🎅🏻🛷🦌☃️ 👉🏻 www.superbugs.online/superblog/microbial-christmas

@sbgrid.bsky.social is looking for a Research Associate to provide support to our community of users. This position is for a computationally-minded PhD structural biologist, see their website for more info: academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15185.

✨Last chance to submit to our #BiofilmCreate #competition, which closes tomorrow (17 October 2025)! 🎨 📷 Showcase your talent in photography/art whilst highlighting the impact of #biofilms 🏆Gift cards will be awarded in both categories 🗳️biofilms.ac.uk/create #scicomm #AMR #MicroSky #biofilm

‘Alternative medicine’ is not harmless The rise of anti-science has been happening for more than a decade but was turbocharged by conspiracy theorists and alternative medicine ‘practitioners’ during the pandemic www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

👏lärosätena borde upphöra att vara statliga myndigheter och omvandlas till självständiga lärosäten. Utredningen föreslog också att ägandet av Akademiska hus skulle överföras till lärosätena, med motivet att en egen kapitalbas är viktig för reell självständighet.👏👍 www.tidningencurie.se/7655.html

After some more awesome science from amongst others @greening.bsky.social, Simon Newstead & @martinsteinegger.bsky.social and unfortunately a long drive back home, we made it back to Umeå! Thank you #Sweprot and all participants for the great company and hopefully see you next year!

Enjoying #Sweprot conference with good food and company & great science! #Sweprot2025 sweprot.se #Tällberg

Don't go the U.S. if you can at all avoid it, and hold your international conferences elsewhere. I feel bad for orgs with venues booked for this year, but for 2026- conferences, holding it in the US is a decision that says something to your global membership.

Please spread the word! We have an opening in the Atkinson lab for a post-doc with a focus on the molecular mechanisms of microbial immune systems. Can be a fully computational or experimental or hybrid project. Read more and apply here: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/... #phage #bioinformatics

The Dutch Research Council is funding 5 projects with €4.53 million to develop new antibiotics and tackle #AMR. These initiatives use AI-driven discovery, safer drug formulations, and alternative therapies, uniting universities, hospitals, and industry. www.innovationnewsnetwork.com/nwo-funds-5-...

Something to take into account next time I submit an article 🤔: "‘tripartite phrases’ enhance clarity by breaking down complex ideas into interconnected parts, create rhythmic patterns that are memorable and aim to communicate multiple aspects of research concisely." www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Vi är tillbaka i Väven (och online) nu på lördag med gofika och följande inspirerande forskare; Daniel Öhlund: Kan vi få cancer att läka ut? Anna Lövgren: Ansiktssmärta, en orättvis börda. Sophia Harlid: Miljö och bröstcancerrisk - spelar tidpunkten roll? Se www.umu.se/fika för all info! #forskom

Postdoc opportunity, please share! We are looking for a #postdoc to join our international team* in our quest to understand how Type 4 Secretion Systems facilitate the transfer of #antibioticresistance genes and other virulence factors in Gram-positive #bacteria.🧫👇 *5 people & 5 nationalities 🇸🇪🇳🇱🇳🇿🇺🇸🇪🇬

Please repost: Postdoc position in antibiotic discovery in a large multidisciplinary project combining high-throughput approaches, microscopy, AI, and hit-to-lead optimization at @umontreal.ca and @mila-quebec.bsky.social. Apply to [email protected]. See lnkd.in/dVVk4N3s. #microsky

In UK, antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections in humans have INCREASED by 13% since 2018… Despite a target to reduce them by 10%. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

🌟 Imorgon är vi tillbaka i Väven med Fika efter en forskare! 🔬Kom och ta del av spännande forskning och njut av gofika! ☕️🍰 Den här gången får vi möta följande forskare: 👨‍🔬 Gustav Andersson 👩‍🔬 Anna-Clara Rullander 👨‍🔬 Andreas Josefsson Se nedan för mer info eller gå till www.umu.se/fika👇

So proud of our postdoc who got a Marie Curie grant 👏👌👇 I’m so happy to have you as my colleague Kieran! 🤗

⚠️THREAD OF ALL SCIENCE-RELATED STARTER PACKS! ⚠️ 🔄Share to help people finding its topic/field - STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY Structural Biology 1: bsky.app/starter-pack... Structural Biology 2: bsky.app/starter-pack... Crystallography: bsky.app/starter-pack... Synchrotron&CryoEM: bsky.app/starter-pack...

Here is a starter pack for CryoEM/ET enthousiasts To be completed go.bsky.app/JmQksC

Ok, trying to bring my community back together... I created a starter pack for lipids and membrane protein aficionados! Feel free to share, add and distribute, so we can come together again! 😍 go.bsky.app/AEeXh86

Välkommen till årets första Fika efter en forskare, nu på lördag den 25 januari. Läs mer på www.umu.se/fika #forskom #Scicomm

Volume 2 of the #AMR Starter Pack is here! go.bsky.app/EUY2FUJ Follow these amazing people along with those in Vol. 1 go.bsky.app/KkZfvrh And don't forget to pin the Antimicrobial Resistance feed to get all the AMR posts in one place bsky.app/profile/did:...

In a great collaboration with @hummerlab.bsky.social and the Kräusslich lab: HIV capsid doesn't break at the NPC; instead, it cracks open the NPC itself! Details in Cell: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... @mpibp.bsky.social @uniheidelberg.bsky.social A thread below:

Such a cool study showing that #AI designed #proteins could function as snake antivenoms #AIinScience www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Hey bacteriologists! I want to test fluorescent proteins on different locations within E. coli cells and search for good membrane anchoring and periplasmic leading sequences. What are good candidates? #bacteria #fluorescentproteins #microscopy #fluorescence

I'm looking for musicians, artists, writers, filmmakers, etc. who are passionate about translating science to a broader audience. The field is at the intersection of geoscience, paleo, climate, biology, and conservation. This is a funded opportunity. Tag your favorite STEAM folks, please!

Interested in the plasmidverse? Then, don't think twice and join the International Society for Plasmid Biology Virtual Seminars Series. 👇

Type 4 Secretion Systems (T4SS) drive the spread of #AntibioticResistance and other virulence factors. Despite progress in understanding #T4SS, little is known about those in G+ #bacteria, which cause 50% of hospital infections and act as #AMR reservoirs. In our newly published article, 👇🧵1/2

Vill du hjälpa oss främja #dialog och öppenhet mellan #allmänhet och #forskare.? Vi behöver nu förstärka kansliet inom alla våra områden. Vi både #projektledare och #utredare med god kommunikativ kompetens. Kom och jobba med oss! (sök senast 12 jan) #nyttjobb vetenskapallmanhet.se/2024/12/vete...

Happy to kick off 2025 with this new review on gut microbiota-neuroepithelial signaling by the very talented Taka Ohara!

Published just in time for the holidays! I learned so much while writing about the past, present, and future of E. faecalis research with Gary. Check it out! 🦠🧫🧪🔬 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Planning your conference for 2025? Are you into toxins and secretion systems? Registration for ETOX 2025 opens tomorrow 6th until January 31st: www.etox-meetings.org. It will be amazing, check out our invited speakers 🤩. Go and prepare your abstract, we are looking forward to meeting you in Spain!!

Happy new year! Although I have to improvise a bit as school is closed, my year is starting well with proofs for our new article that got published on NewYears eve 🎆👇! #WomenInScience #AcademicTwitter #ResearchLife #SciMom #ParentsInScience #ScienceParents #STEMParents #AcademicParents

Wishing all our followers and everyone interested in the microbial world in, on and around us a Merry Christmas! 👉🏼 www.superbugs.online/superblog/microbial-christmas #AgarArt #MicrobialChristmas

Starting the holidays with a ski round and an e-mail that our review article is accepted for publication! 🥳

We're looking for a postdoc to come work with us on type 4 secretion systems in Gram-positive bacteria, that spread antibiotic resistance! We have great infrastructures in our building for a.o. cryo-EM , fluorescence microscopy and x-ray crystallography. Please check out the add! 👇

Vaccines work.

Yes science takes time and I would like to add that it also often takes (input from) a lot of people with different expertise!

Is it too early for this? #AgarArt #HoHoHo 🦠🧫🔬🎅🏽🎄

Come be my colleague! U Minnesota Microbiology & Immunology is hiring. We have a vibrant research/teaching community & great campus. The Twin Cities are a great place to live year round -- yes, even in winter! Virology: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/365... Bacteriology: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/365...

Plasmids are commonly viewed as burdensome. But maybe this burden can be advantageous? Check out this new review paper from the lab that investigates this further!! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

A complex of structural biologists by @kmichie.bsky.social go.bsky.app/DDetSBp

Wow, Bluesky really took off in the last couple of days! The first microbiome starter pack is full now and I started a second one with non-overlapping profiles. Check out these people below and please let me know if you would like to be included! go.bsky.app/6vPBEty

Hi Bluesky! I am excited to see the influx of scientists here! Our lab studies the skin microbiome including microbial biomarkers of wound infections and identifying bioactive molecules produced by skin microbes. We are recruiting to our lab at McMaster University, please connect and share!

Align to AllTheBacteria with low RAM (1-2Gb) and quickly (seconds if just 1000s of hits, 15 mins for a gene present in all 2.4 million genomes) using @shenwei356.bsky.social Lexicmap. So you can basically BLAST AllTheBacteria locally - but need 3-4Tb disk for index www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Biorender is great, but not cheap, so I’ll definitely check this out!