Most bacteria remain uncultured with vast microbial ‘dark matter’ awaiting discovery.. to address this am excited to share EDEN - an enhanced domestication method to grow uncultured bacteria & new diversity. Using EDEN we isolate a new species active against MDR pathogens.. doi.org/10.1093/isme...

📢 We are hiring 📢 1st round of recruiting for our ERC project BacImmune-Decode! @erc.europa.eu We are looking for a postdoc for wet-lab work on regulation of phage defence systems in bacteria using high-throughput microbial genetics. Check it out: lnkd.in/es7AE968 #Hiring #Postdoc #Microbiology

monday lab meetings at breakfast do have their perks… 🥞

📗 At the Green Policy Lab, a summer school co-organized by #univienna & @iiasa.ac.at, you’ll explore how researchers can meaningfully contribute to green and evidence-informed policymaking. Join us & become part of a growing community shaping greener and more resilient futures! 📅: Apply by 9 March ⤵️

Here we go again! Join us in Vienna, May 21–22, for two days of plant science—talks, discussions, and celebration of what makes plants both beautiful and essential 💚Full program + registration here: www.oeaw.ac.at/gmi/news-eve... Come be part of it — each of you counts!

Join us in Norwich this July for the TSL Summer Conference in Plant-Microbe Interactions! ☀️🌱🧬 Discuss the latest approaches & discoveries in plant health with international keynote and local speakers. APPLY by 30 March '26 ⬇️ Click link for more info www.tsl.ac.uk/tsl-summer-c...

📢 New preprint on bioRxiv! We introduce V4-EXT, a revised 16S rRNA V4 primer set that dramatically improves detection of Patescibacteria and other undersampled lineages ✅ 938 samples ✅ More novel ASVs Primer choice matters 👀 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @ppjevac.bsky.social #HuifengHu

Our paper describing the GlobDB is now published in @bioinfoadv.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/bioa... The GlobDB is the largest species dereplicated genome database currently available, containing 306,260 species representatives. More information on globdb.org 1/5 🖥️🧬🦠

Congrats André!! ⚡️

yesterday’s commute was different 🧚 got to present some of my recent work @amicimicrobiome.bsky.social 🤸 it was fun!

I bet Ariel was also stuck on fixing a PCR rx for weeks…. 🧚‍♂️ open.spotify.com/track/5RYJt9...

Truly honoured (and super happy) to announce that I am now a DOC Fellow! @oeaw.bsky.social ✨🪩 Grateful for the opportunity and excited to be part of such an inspiring community. Huge thanks to Shaul @envsysmicro.at and collaborators Omri Finkel @finkel-lab.bsky.social and Magnus Nordborg 🧚🧚‍♀️🧚‍♂️