have you ever heard of "bacterial heterologous multicellularity" ? meet 𝘊𝘩𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘮, once thought to be one species, but it's actually two... #MicroSky #SymbioSky (from the STC archive)

Announcing our next #NSFfunded workshop on "Telling Stories Through Data", co-lead by myself + @vgwschutte.bsky.social! It’s half bioinformatics data viz & half #SciComm - this year’s focus is host-associated microbiome datasets. Apply here to join us (form closes 1/10) bit.ly/TSTD2026 #symbiosky

How host and symbiont cells interface in intimately symbiotic associations is still poorly undersood. @annazaidmanremy.bsky.social and her team @inrae-umr-bf2i.bsky.social identifed now a complex network of membraneous tubules containing carbohydrates presumably feeding Sodalis symbionts of weevils!

👇 #SymbioSky

Also on my Redbubble shop: www.redbubble.com/people/Chaii... #SymbioSky

FISH images of microbial cells in host organs/ tissues sometimes remind me of Van Gogh's starry night. Am I the only one? No? Yes? Maybe? Anyways, I just wanted to recreate it ;) #microbiomesky #microbiome #art

The 2nd edition of Comprehensive Molecular #Insect Science is out. As section editor for #Immunity and #Symbiosis, I had the privilege to work with outstanding contributors. Other sections cover #genomics, #physiology, #neurobiology, and #ecology 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/referencewor... #SymbioSky

Hi! Florence Hommais, @nicolasparisot.bsky.social , and I are looking for a postdoctoral candidate to investigate the molecular dialogue between three weevil species and their endosymbiotic bacteria #symbiosis! Please see the #post-doc offer for more information. #SymbioSky #Bioinformatics

Had to draw a cartoon for this fascinating finding! Defensive fungal symbiosis on insect hindlegs: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #SymbioSky

Bacterial tubular networks channel carbohydrates in insect endosymbiosis: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

#microsky #mevosky @spp2389.bsky.social A PhD position is available in my lab to work on: Emergence and self-organisation of bacterial metabolism in consortia of cross-feeding bacteria. Please RT Deadline: 12.11.25 More infos 👇 shorturl.at/rAKAT

Do you like microbes and insects, and would like to get your favourites printed on articles or clothing? check out my art prints on Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/Chaii... Happy to take requests to add to this collection too :) #sciart #art #symbiosis #microbes #insects

Here's a comic about a new approach to antibiotic-resitant bacteria I made for Louisiana State University with @fromthelabbench.bsky.social and @jpjordan.bsky.social #sciart Read the full comic and learn more about the research on the LSU website: www.lsu.edu/winning-team...

New biology: stink bugs inoculate their eggs with a fungus that protects them from parasitoids www.sciencemagazinedigital.org/sciencemagaz...

#Symbionts with eroded genomes adjust gene expression according to host life-stage and environment #SymbioSky @kaltenpoth-lab.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s443...

A small carpenter bee poised on a leaf🐝 #bees

🚨 Save the date! Thrilled to be co-organizing the next iteration of the @embl.org Symposium on the Cellular Mechanics of Symbiosis (📅 March 17-20), w/ @floravincent.bsky.social, @hassansalem.bsky.social & Tom Richards. www.embl.org/about/info/c... #EESSymbiosis #Symbiosis #SymbioSky #MicroSky 🦠

"MicroMundo" 🖌️ Illustration of a petri dish with soil bacteria colonies. Three of them produce antibacterial compounds, visible as clear halos with no growth around them. #MicrobeArt2025 #InternationalMicroorganismDay

A long, long time ago, we started this review project during the first Coron lockdown, but if finally made it out into the world - Origin and function of beneficial bacterial symbioses in insects! @naturerevmicro.bsky.social

Working on a little educational/sci-comm project about microbial life and symbiosis 🦠🧫 Pls share and send me your favorite and most interesting symbiont or pathogens from any form of life :) 👽 Happy to acknowledge all of your contributions! 🥳 #MicroSky #SymbioSky

Cool new paper by @shetoot.bsky.social Shitut et al. shows Bacteria with multiple different chromosomes can survive broad antibiotic exposure Check it out 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2... sorry that it took solong @tcsengl.bsky.social #MicroSky #SymbioSky

PhD Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses. Awesome topic. Unbeatable location. #symbiosky #microsky #evobio gimm.idloom.events/phd-summer-s...

Nice to see #portfolioday taking over Bluesky! Here are 4 of my all time favorite #illustrations to kick off the year - check out my website for more #sciart and science #comics matteofarinella.com

Science festive puns #science

Hi! I'm restarting my project to cartoon and post about cool animal - microbe symbioses. First up, Burkholderia bacteria, the symbiotic "superheroes" of Lagria beetles. I did my PhD work on identifying mechanisms that help this ectosymbiont establish in the host :) #SymbioSky

Genome dynamics across the evolutionary transition to endosymbiosis. #GenomeDynamics #Endosymbiosis #CurrentBiology #Genomics #Genomics #BioSky #SciSky 🧪🧬 www.cell.com/current-biol...

IMHO a must-read for *every* microbiologist (sensu lato) #MicroSky

#SymbioSky a great continuation of the story from takema fukatsu's lab that STC reported on earlier > schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2... journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Reposting for #SymbioSky, originally from @tcsengl.bsky.social. Symbiosis in context: Connecting insights across systems and scales When? 7th-10th October 2024 Where? Rothenburg Germany Some of the invited speakers in here @jillianmpetersen.bsky.social @keyfm.bsky.social

We have an opening for a PhD student in my group. Project: Understanding the mechanisms of synergistic coevolution. Approach: Coculture experiments, microscopy, analyses of fitness/ mutational effects. Deadline: 28.07.24 Please RT More info: shorturl.at/5ZP7R

Did you have no chance to attend a symbiosis conference this year in Europe or are you already looking forward for the next one? Then join us in Rothenburg o.d. Tauber this Oktober. We cover a wide spectrum, parasitism-mutualism, plants, animals, MOs, terrestrial & marine... x.com/SymbioseCont...

Evolutionary history of tyrosine-supplementing endosymbionts in pollen-feeding beetles -in #ISMEJournal from Kaltenpoth Lab academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...

Symbiosis nerds! Some of you might have seen a smattering of recent posts about papers in PLoS Biology, but it's worth looking at the entire special issue, called Symbiosis Across the Tree of Life (edited by Richards and Moran). There are so many interesting reviews, comments, etc. type things here!

How do bacterial endosymbionts work with so few genes? journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... #jcampubs

What can we learn from timing the onset of symbiosis? And how does symbiont acquisition & molecular evolution impact host adaptation & diversification? We ask these questions of leaf beetles, led by Marleny Lozano & out today in CurrentBiology! www.cell.com/current-biol... 🧵1/n 🦠 🧪 🧫

Seeking scientist volunteers! Want to practice science communication and help author a ✨comic✨ about your research? I need collaborators for this spring's cohort of SciComm & Comics art students! Please share widely. bit.ly/sciencecomicscollab