A new community-driven lab handbook for reducing conflict and creating more positive and equitable work environments gets strong support from a survey of 200 researchers. buff.ly/K7CGFLV

My team at @cbitoulouse.bsky.social is recruiting a postdoc #bioinformatics with solid experience in metagenomic analyses. Interest in evolution, ecology & MGEs is important. The offer stands until the perfect candidate is found, and it could be you 🫵 🔁 🙏 #microSky #phagesky #UTIsky @cnrs.fr

Link to the paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

L'INRAE recrute : @umr-iam.bsky.social devrait prochainement proposer un poste permanent de chargé(e) de recherche sur l’effet du #microbiote sur la #santé des #arbres. Rendez-vous sur jobs.inrae.fr/concours/con... fin janvier 2026 pour postuler !

INRAE is recruiting: @umr-iam.bsky.social should soon be offering a permanent position as a research scientist to study the effect of #microbiota on #tree #health. Visit jobs.inrae.fr/en/open-comp... at the end of January 2026 to apply !

Have you ever heard that women have more chances than men of getting grants or positions in academia? Of course you have, and here are my personal views on this. With the shocking revelation that no, it is NOT TRUE ! (1/n)

🚨We’re hiring! Please help spread the word! Our lab at @TheSainsburyLab is recruiting a pre-doctoral intern to work on plant immunity research. Ideal for those who are planning to pursue a PhD and seeking research experience. tatsuyanobori.com

⚡️Fully funded #PhD position in my lab at Stockholm University / SciLifeLab! If you’re interested in #lichens, #symbiosis, fungal biology, or meta-omics, please apply. Deadline Feb 1. Read more here: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

PhD position in Jena! Unique German-French collaboration to work on integrating phage genomic modules into VirJenDB.org - make sense of #phages, #big_data, #front_end, #back_end, #database. Please apply here 👇 jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/c...

🚨 Postdoctoral Opportunity for Female Scientists🚨 The University of Vienna is awarding at least 20 fully funded 4 year postdoctoral positions to outstanding female scientists Interested? Get in touch via direct message careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e... #MicroSky 🧪 #PostDoc @univie.ac.at

A four-year postdoc focusing on "plant growth-promoting bacteriophages" available in my group. Skills in metaviromics and metagenomics essential. Application deadline: 2.2.2026. For more info, see the link.

The Department of Plant Pathology @uwmadison.bsky.social is recruiting a phytobacteriologist faculty member to study bacterial pathogens and/or symbionts associated with plants: wisconsin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UW_Mad...

📢Postdoc position available!🧪🧫🧬 Our group is seeking a motivated researcher to investigate the molecular mechanisms driving host–endosymbiont interactions. Full details & application: karriere.hhu.de//index.php?a.... Please help us get the word out!

Please share one last time! 📢 We’re hiring a #PostDoc @ub.edu! ❗Deadline's coming up: Nov 24 Join us to model soil health using ML of microbiome data. Join a creative team working towards sustainable ag & spin-off innovation 🚀 📅: Jan 2026 📍: Barcelona, Spain 🔗: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/383350

📢 DAAD Scholarships 2026 open for PhD candidates! Research in Germany with: ✅ Up to €1,200/month ✅ 2-12 month grants ✅ All disciplines welcome Next deadlines: 🔹 Museums Lab: Dec 2 🔹 Medical Research: Jan 1 Apply: [https://www.daad.de/en/] #PhDLife #DAAD #AcademicOpportunities

1. Postdoc in plant-fungal interactions: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research... 2. Postdoc in molecular plant-microbe interactions: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research... 3. Research technician: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Technici... (Pls share!)

🎓 Doctorat en Suisse = Frais CHF 1'298/an + Salaire garanti Notre guide 2025-26 couvre : ✅ Innosuisse ✅ Bourses d'Excellence (CHF 3'500/mois) ✅ MSCA ✅ Industrial PhD 📅 Deadline : 25 nov 2025 👉🔗 FR www.abg.asso.fr/fr/article/2... Eng www.abg.asso.fr/en/article/2... #PhDFunding #Switzerland #ABG

💼 Industrial PhD Switzerland: 80% company + 20% research Our article details 7 funding programs for industrial doctorates in Switzerland 📅 Deadline: Nov 25 2025 👉🔗 FR www.abg.asso.fr/fr/article/2... Eng www.abg.asso.fr/en/article/2... #PhDFunding #Switzerland #ABG

PhD position in Jena with a dynamic young researcher!

go for it! it's a great community !

We are hiring! We are going to use some really, really cool new techniques to look at the chemical and spatial dynamics of how the plant micobiome takes shape and what it means. Join us! Apply online until 20th Oct here: www.microverse-cluster.de/files/conten...

‼️Vacancy for an Assistant Professor in Microbiome Engineering‼️ Join us at the Swammerdam Institute in Amsterdam 🦠🧠💻🌱 werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

📢 We are thrilled to announce the International Soil Virus Conference 2026 in conjunction with the Saint Loup Research Institute. 🗓️ June 16 – 18, 2026 📍 Château de Saint Loup sur Thouet, France 👇 RSVP by October 31st, 2025 #virus #phage #ISVC2026

Great Town Great Uni!!! Run!!!🏃‍♀️

Job Alert! The University of Tübingen is hiring a FULL PROFESSOR (W3) in FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY! Come and join our institute, and maybe our new excellence clusters @terra-cluster.org and @greenrobust.de. @gfoesoc.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Please repost!

I was recently interviewed by @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social for their Scientific Mobility series. I hope my 2 cents helped with your mobility ;) www.cell.com/trends/micro...

📢 A Junior Professorship (W1, tenure track) is open at the Center for Plant Molecular Biology at Uni Tübingen (@zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social) — to work on plant protein biochemistry (composition, structure, dynamics, or regulation of protein complexes). 🌱 Great opportunity — Apply by Oct 17th!

Scientific mobility in microbiology – 6

Scientific mobility in microbiology – 5

What really differentiates a beneficial endophytic fungus from a "real" mycorrhizal fungus? maybe not so much ...? 🤷‍♀️ My two cents on how lines are getting blurry in the mycorrhiza world, with the fascinating Metarhizium example 🍄🐛🌱 thanks to @natrevmicro.nature.com for the invite! rdcu.be/exbZY

🛑Academic mobility presents a range of challenges, but as a scientific community, we can all help ease the burden. In our series 👇🏼, we share advice and strategies to overcome the hurdles that come with moving across the 🌍. Check it out‼️ www.cell.com/trends/micro... with @julianaalma.bsky.social

Happy to have contribute to this series! To all foreign scientists facing visa hurdles 🛂 : you're part of a much larger community with similar struggles! You've got this! 👊

New Independent Fellowship position in Microbiology to launch your lab in our department @johninnescentre.bsky.social (UK). We are conducting a broad search in the area of plant-associated microbial interactions. Message me if you have any questions. Apply here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/in...

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

📣 We have a postdoc position in fungus-microbiota interactions! Apply here: jobportal.uni-koeln.de/bewerben/2197 ⁩ For more details, visit: bewerbungsmanagement.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...

The new Vienna BioCenter Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Program (VIP³) is here! We have 16 fully-funded positions for scientists with a PhD in biology, chemistry, physics, bioinformatics etc. The call opens on 1st June. More information: training.vbc.ac.at/post-docs/vi... #VBCPostDoc

New PhD position in our lab (IAM Unit): Elucidating the roles of trees’ Small Secreted Peptides in regulating ectomycorrhizal symbiosis in response to biotic and abiotic nutritional signals. Contacts: [email protected] et [email protected]

Offre de thèse dans notre groupe (Unité IAM): Etude du rôle des petits peptides sécrétés de l’arbre dans la régulation de la symbiose ectomycorhizienne en réponse au signaux nutritionnels biotiques et abiotiques. Contacts: [email protected] et [email protected]

Fresh off the press!!! How to culture root endophytic fungi, specially Helotiales ? 🍄🌱 open access paper on our 600 iso. fungal collection 👉 enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

To all expat scientist 🌎 @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social is putting together a series on inequalities associated to academic mobility My POV is that life in academia (in EU or US) is much tougher if you have a "3rd World" passport What is your experience? Share it with TIM and pls RT!

Please forward: 2-year post-doc position in the lab Evo-Eco-Paleo (Lille, France) to work on plant self-incompatibility & evolution - email me if interested!

We have a vacancy for a PhD position with our recently started PMI PI @arsheed-sheikh.bsky.social at Utrecht University. Please apply via: www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

We have an opening for a 4-year postdoc position to study the #rhizosphere #microbiome in @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social @w-u-r.bsky.social, joint project with @marnixmedema.bsky.social in the context of MiCRop. Please tag/forward this to potential candidates and/or repost: www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

It’s out!! We subjected soils from 30 different locations across Europe to extreme events and found that soil fungal and bacterial communities showed consistent responses that could be predicted from their origin! With @knightjar.bsky.social and many collaborators! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I’m also looking for a PhD student to investigate crop-mycorrhizal interactions, more info about the project and application process here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...