The latest paper by @erikbakkeren.bsky.social and the Foster group shows a potential way to engineer the microbiome by replacing problem strains with beneficial ones Find out more @natmicrobiol.nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Here's a behind the paper blog post our recent @natmicrobiol.nature.com paper: communities.springernature.com/posts/learni...

Can we leverage bacterial competition for targeted replacement of harmful strains? Maybe! Our recent piece in @natmicrobiol.nature.com provides a theoretical framework and a set of experiments to show what it might take: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Strain displacement in microbiomes via ecological competition Cool @natmicrobiol.nature.com publication by @erikbakkeren.bsky.social @vit-pi.bsky.social @meganleeny.bsky.social @microscape.bsky.social & Kevin Foster www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#NewResearch Strain displacement in microbiomes via ecological competition @erikbakkeren.bsky.social #microsky www.nature.com/articles/s41...

So happy to share this! Bacteriocins were first discovered over 100 years ago, but what do they actually do? We look at >1000 bacteriocin plasmids and find links to virulence and antimicrobial resistance, and frequent bacteriocin sharing in Enterobacteriaceae. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Note it in your calendars! Aug 3-5, 2026. Excited to bring back MEEHubs to a hub near you (Switzerland, USA, Canada, Mexico, UK, Ukraine, or virtual only)‼️

While you wait for the next MEEhubs conference: We've written up the participants' impressions, the organisers' thoughts, reflections on the expectations we scientists have on conferences, and much more in @femsjournals.bsky.social, led by Ariane Wenger. Check out doi.org/10.1093/fems....

Thank you for the very well-written preview @romanagerner1.bsky.social !! Much appreciated. In other good news, the paper is finally available open access: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Our paper in @science.org 👉🏽 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... is accompanied by an especially thoughtful perspective by Carey Nadell and Chris Marx 👉🏽 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

We are recruiting a tenure-track assistant professor in molecular microbiology in our department in Lausanne! Do consider appyling!!

Please read about how we think microbial metabolism might help us understand microbiomes a bit better! Also, please appreciate the mountain goat in Fig 1 ⛰️🐐 and that it also represents my joy for trail running and the mountains 😁

Out today, @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social! Microbiomes have many benefits, but they are also often incredibly diverse and variable. This makes them hard to understand and even harder to engineer. We argue that the key may lie in microbial metabolism! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

My postdoc mentor Kevin Foster is hiring postdocs! Apply to join an exciting research group looking at ecology and evolution of the gut microbiome. Kevin is a fantastic mentor and I can completely recommend: www.fosterlab.uk/vacancies

Please circulate widely: We are hiring two Ass Prof tt at the Institute of #ecology and #evolution at @unibern.bsky.social in conservation biology; mathematical & computational ecology We are committed to diverse, inclusive and equitable leadership in research and education tinyurl.com/IEEjobs

Mentors play such an important role in the career and confidence of budding scientists... Many congratulations to Rebecca and Erik, winners of the first Dunn School Marvellous Mentor Award. Another great initiative by our student association! www.path.ox.ac.uk/news-article...

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 🧪🧫🔬

We just can't stop recruiting! Associate professor in cell and molecular biology @dunnschool, with a preference for immunology, inflammation and/or infection - all defined broadly Come and be our colleague Deadline 28 Feb, please spread the word www.path.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/asso...

Excited to share our opinion piece with the KC Huang Lab. Check it out here: Harnessing gut microbial communities to unravel microbiome functions doi.org/10.1016/j.mi... @typaslab.bsky.social

Delighted to share the first peer-reviewed paper from our team @camvetschool.bsky.social where we investigate the ecological dynamics of Enterobacteriaceae in the human gut #microbiome: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social

Joy! Published today in PNAS: multi-toxin T6SS attacks limit resistance evolution in competitors! Big thanks to our wonderful team of collaborators for all their help: @coytelab.bsky.social @knightjar.bsky.social @basler-lab.bsky.social @brockhurstlab.bsky.social 🎉 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Just as the year ends, I wanted to share some news! I will be starting at the University of Calgary as an Assistant Professor in Sept. 2025 🇨🇦 Very excited to continue to work on understanding and editing microbiomes using ecology with new colleagues and coworkers! Stay tuned for recruitment updates

Register by 11:59pm MST on Jan. 3, 2025, to save $200 on our joint conference on Human Microbiome / Host-Microbe Co-Evolution. Enjoy 2 conferences for the price of one! keysym.us/KSHumanMicro25 / keysym.us/KSHostMicrob... #KSHumanMicro25 #KSHostMicrobe25 #microbiome #humanmicrobiome #microbiota

Are #pyoverdines effective antibacterials?🦠💊 Yes! We found strong competitive and antibacterial effects against #ESKAPE pathogens via iron depletion. Out now in @elife.bsky.social: doi.org/10.7554/eLif... (1/4) With @rkmicrobes.bsky.social and amazing collaborators from #UZH & @ethzurich.bsky.social

Nora finished her paper with a sentence I like a lot "Our results show that even under extremely restrictive, competitive conditions, the simplest biological entities on Earth can still find paths to coexistence." There is a curious dichotomy in her experiments... 1/3 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🚨 New preprint!! How can antibiotic-resistant bacteria increase in abundance in the human gut microbiome, even without antibiotics? 🧐 We show that strain-specific ecological interactions are key to understanding resistance dynamics in microbial communities. 🧵👇 1/5 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

We are looking for 2 #postdoctoral fellows on #gutmicrobiota, #diet and the #gut mucosal barrier in #health and #disease! Details & Application: umustipendie.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Please share!! #postdoc #postdocjob #academicjobs #MicroSky #GISky #Microbiome #MicroSky #AcademicSky #PhdSky

🚨 Tenure-track jobs at NYU Biology!! We're going to hire two new assistant professors working in ecological and evolutionary genetics and genomics. Live and work in Greenwich Village, with friendly colleagues invested in your success. Apply! apply.interfolio.com/155792

There are four (that's right four!) academic posts open at the School of Biological sciences at Cambridge University. Check them out here: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/?categor... Gr10/11 (AssocProf/Reader; now Prof) Closing 26/1/25. Looking for excellent, collaborative people. Spread the word!

Associate Professor / Professor of Evolutionary Genomics www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49389/

We are recruiting an associate or full Professor of Infection and/or Immunity to the school biological sciences in Cambridge. Full details here: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49381/ #immunology #virology

2x professorships available in Manchester Institute of Biotechnology including in Microbial Engineering area (broadly defined to include microbiomes, environmental biotech etc) — join us! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

The Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of California Davis, School of Medicine, invites applications for a full-time faculty position in Microbiome Sciences. Apply by December 11th at: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06847

Incredible graphic - the myriad of ways that bacteria defend themselves against antibiotics. 14 resistance mechanisms, summarised by Idan Yelin & Roy Kishony in Cell www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Open-rank tenure track positions in computational biology! Come work with a gaggle of great colleagues in the CMSE department at Michigan State! #msu #cmse #compbio #bioinformatics #genomics #BioSky careers.msu.edu/cw/en-us/job...

We’re looking to hire a theoretical #biological #physicist at either the Assistant or Associate professor level. The post closes soon, so please spread the word. #Toronto is a great place to live and work. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

I'm so excited to announce that my department is now hiring TWO ECOLOGISTS at the Assistant Professor Level. We will be really excited to substantially expand research in ecology in our EEOB Department at UCR. Please Repost and share widely! aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01983

Salmonella invades the ileal mucosa to trigger lysine malbsorption, creating a a wave of lysine entering the cecum. Decarboxylation of lysine buffers the cytosol to protect against short-chain fatty acids, enabling the pathogen to invade the cecal ecosystem. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

A collection of researchers working on bacterial defense and offense systems, including secretion systems, immunity mechanisms, bacterial warfare, and microbial arms races. Please share and let me know if you'd like to be added (or removed) from the list.

Part 3/3 of my starter pack for Microbial Evolution go.bsky.app/GDUAZ4f

Tried to put together a Microbial Evolution starter pack, but there were so many great people I didn't want to leave out it turned into 3 starter packs Comment or DM me if you were missed or would like to be added! A thread (1/3) go.bsky.app/6pkuYhi

Hi everyone, I tried assembling a Microbiome & friends starter pack. 🦠🧫🔬 Still learning to use bluesky and might have missed you, let me know if you would like to be included. go.bsky.app/Fq36egy

Part 2/3 of my starter pack for Microbial Evolution go.bsky.app/3CSuqm7

Thrilled to share our new article now out in Nature Reviews Microbiology! We review how bacterial #AMR evolves within patients during #antibiotic therapy, highlighting the complexity of the problem and how to improve understanding in future work. 1/7 #MicroSky www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Elated that MEEHubs2024 was a huge success! I hope that others keep this experiment in mind when planning future conferences. A pleasure to work closely with @prokaryota.bsky.social @wolframmoebius.bsky.social and @saramitri.bsky.social, but thanks to all hub organizers, sponsors and volunteers!

Wow, remarkable statistics from the first in-person @meehubs.bsky.social! A massive gathering of outstanding microbial ecology and evolution science

Ahhh to be a microbiologist in these exciting times when evolution and ecology talk to each other… absolutely brilliant talks at @meehubs.bsky.social

On my way home from #MEEhubs2024. Feeling exhausted, proud, and privileged to haved worked with amazing colleagues, amongst many most closely with Sara Mitri, @prokaryota.bsky.social and @erikbakkeren.bsky.social. Hopefully, the next @meehubs.bsky.social can have (even) more hubs across the globe!

Fourth cross-hub activity on predicting evolution at @meehubs.bsky.social. Really nice to see the thoughts from the audience!

Second cross-hub activity on top-down and bottom-up approaches to study microbiomes including a discussion on the ethics of interventions in microbiomes. #MEEhubs2024