We are hiring! 🔬🧫 Join our lab at the Uni Southampton as a Research Technician working on bacteria-phage interactions to develop therapies for hard-to-treat infections. 2-year post Deadline: 27 May 2026 Position start date: 1 July 2026 or shortly after Apply: jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Dear PhD students and postdocs — we want to hear about your science firsthand at our annual Early Career Microbiologists Mini-Symposium @johninnescentre.bsky.social (UK) this September. For more information and to apply: www.jic.ac.uk/event/early-...

We’re pleased to unveil design images of the Institute for Medical Innovation - a £100m facility at @uhsft.bsky.social bringing together researchers, medics, engineers and computer scientists to tackle disease and drive breakthroughs faster than ever. More: https://southampton.pulse.ly/9w7l2djhle

Extremely happy to receive an Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard Award for my research program on phage-based approaches to tackle antibiotic-resistant and biofilm-associated infections 🧫 🔬 🧪 A research assistant position will be advertised soon - watch this space! @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social

Open postdoc position in my lab on HGT and interbacterial competition. We seek candidates with a PhD in microbiology (or related fields)+ strong 1st-author publications. Curious, highly motivated, and dedicated team players ready to contribute fully are encouraged to apply. Details: tiny.cc/cz01101

Apply now if you want to become a Master of Microbiomes! 🧙🧙‍♀️🪄🦠🧫🔬 #microbiomesky

It is a pleasure to announce the 4th UK MGE workshop will be in York on 23rd-24th June 2026! Registration is free and we are actively looking for contributors. Interested? If so, please register via the website and select the talk option www.ukmgeworkshop.org We look forward to seeing you in York!

Pls re-post: My department @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social are recruiting for several new faculty positions (links below). Broad search in molecular biology/biochemistry, across prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Interested in understanding life at the molecular level, this job might be for you! 1/n

The School of Biosciences @unibirmingham.bsky.social is recruiting five Assistant/Associate Professors working across a range of areas, including neuroscience. Join a vibrant interdisciplinary research environment. Deadline: 14 April 2026 edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Join us 4 #SOTSEF👇😀! with Masters students & Secret Life of Organoids, Inner working of Cells, Health Innovations 🏃‍♂️ @clarkinbonebiol.bsky.social @fnobrega.bsky.social 🦠 @nelani.bsky.social Microbes, Mood & Murals 🎨 @jt8teeling.bsky.social & Sci of Jurassic Park 🦖! @neilgostling.bsky.social #BSW26

Friends, please help spread the word about our microbiology REU program at Montana State University. www.montana.edu/mbi/reu/ Each student receives a stipend ($7000 for 10 wks). Travel compensation, room, and board are also provided. Details in the attached pic--Feb 14 deadline 🧫🧪🦠#microsky

PhD studentship available: Join the phage frontline against AMR! 🧫 🔬 Funded by Wessex Medical Research × Rosetrees Trust. With @fnobrega.bsky.social, Prof Saul Faust (NIHR Southampton), Dr Liz Sheridan (NHS Dorset). Info & Apply → www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Email me for informal enquiries

We are hiring new faculty!! Come join our amazing community in the Department of Molecular Microbiology at Washington University School of Medicine! The deadline for applications is 2/21, but applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. facultyopportunities.wustl.edu/Posting/Deta...

🚨 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

Manchester Institute of Biotechnology is looking for a new Professor. There are a few priority areas including microbial engineering (broadly defined, from pathways to cells to microbiomes). Closing 12 Jan. Join us in the best city in the UK 😜 www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

PhD Opportunity: Advance UTI treatment with on-chip tech! 🔬🧫 Work at the microbiology-bioengineering interface with Hywel Morgan, @fnobrega.bsky.social and me. Program EPSRC/MOD CISDnS CDT cisdns-cdt.ac.uk Co-funded by IfLS Southampton tinyurl.com/infoUTI tinyurl.com/applyUTI Deadline: 8 Dec 2025

Do you want to do a Masters in Evolutionary Biology? The call for applying to the MEME program is now open! MEME is a fantastic 2-year MSc between four European Universities on all areas of Evolutionary Biology. Apply and study in Sweden/France/the Netherlands/Germany/USA/Switzerland! www.evobio.eu

We are offering 5 paid internships for PhD students studying Maths, Stats, Bio Sciences, Social Research or Data Analysis to join our Early Career Researcher Programme, through the Isaac Newton Institute 🔬 🧪 https://gateway.newton.ac.uk/media/news/ukhsa-phd-student-internships-2025/

PhD Opportunity: RNA Phages in the Wild 🦠 🔬 Ready to uncover the overlooked players in microbial ecology? Join me, Dr Dumont & Prof Wilson in a project that explores how RNA phages (viruses that infect bacteria) influence microbial ecosystems. Email me for more information tinyurl.com/wildRNAphage

Please RT: We have an opening for a junior group leader position in „Phage Biology & Biotechnology“. www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/... Interested candidates are encouraged to contact me via email for further details. @spp2330.bsky.social; @mibinet.bsky.social

Please spread the word! 10 days left to apply for this #sciencejobs as Assistant Professor Tenure Track in Quantitative Cell Biology 👩‍🔬 @izb-unibern.bsky.social @unibe.ch! ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo... #QueerInSTEM #DisabledInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #CarersInSTEM #AcademicSky #HigherED

Become my colleague @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social ! 2 Associate Professorships in the areas of - prokaryotic/eukaryotic microbiology - metabolism my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Two weeks left for students and postdocs to apply to receive support for international research, training, or lab visits. Submit your application by 1 October 2025! Learn more and apply: isme-microbes.org/isme-scholar... #MicrobialEcology #microbes

We have a postdoc opening for a protistologist with biophysics inclinations to join our @hfspo.bsky.social project! (focus will be on characterising the morphology, ultrastructure and behaviour of excavates) #protistsonsky Apply by Sept 17th (RTs appreciated!) jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

STEM for Britain applications are now open! STEM for BRITAIN is a poster competition for early career researchers across all of science, technology, engineering, and maths with the opportunity to present research at the Houses of Parliament. Find out more: stemforbritain.org.uk

The #MaxPlanckPostdocProgram offers a guaranteed contract of at least 3 years, targeted mentoring, and career workshops. The call for applications is open now! 🚀 Take advantage of this opportunity and browse the job vacancies. www.mpg.de/en/max-planc...

Are you a postdoc interested in the mechanisms of disease? Do you have a great record and an exciting vision? Come and start your own lab @dunnschool.bsky.social by applying for sponsorship for early career fellowships. Deadline 30th September...pass it on! www.path.ox.ac.uk/work-with-us...

Great opportunity for postdoctoral fellows is open - deadline Oct 31 🦠🧪 #WomenInStem lsrf.org/apply/

Are you a postdoc and keen to enhance your scientific expertise in an international environment? Apply now to the NOMIS-ISTA #Fellowship Program based at the ISTA campus on the outskirts of Vienna, Austria. More info: https://bit.ly/49ivtnW#Fellowship

#phagesky I am looking for phages infecting Streptococcus pneumoniae to test a phenotype - does anyone have some and willing to share ? Repost appreciated :)

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...

Ready to lead pioneering research that bridges systems-level investigations of biological systems to molecular mechanism? The EMBL Molecular Systems Biology Unit in Heidelberg is hiring a Group Leader!

We’re pleased to announce two new vacancies for senior roles at our institute: Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr... 🗓️ Closes 25 August Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/in... 🗓️ Closes 5 September

This is a really unique and exciting opportunity for a full professorship in Vienna. Come be my colleague @ter-cemess.bsky.social and join a fantastic group of scientists!

Join us at #ViCAS - a new interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Studies at the University of Vienna! 🏛️ Application for Senior #Fellowships and Early-Career Fellowships are now possible. 👨‍🔬👩‍🔬 📅 Deadline for Application: 1st September 2025. Apply now: ⤵️ vicas.univie.ac.at #PhDSky #AcademicSky

Exciting and rare opportunity to join the @maxperutzlabs.bsky.social and the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social as a Full Professor! www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Karolinska is looking for 20 (!!) assistant professors and offering 6 year appointments with ~1M USD startup packages. ki.se/en/about-ki/...

I am recruiting - if you have a background in plant mol cell bio, a keen interest in sustainability and planetary health and are looking to move away from the bench, this may be for you! Have a 👀 and please reach out if Qs 1yr FTC, remote in the UK job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/46...

Happy to share these results at the 3rd UK Mobile Genetic Elements Workshop in Southampton 😎 Toxin-antitoxin systems vs RNA phages www.ukmgeworkshop.org @istaresearch.bsky.social

New paper out: E.coli uses the MazEF toxin-antitoxin system to help defend against RNA phages tinyurl.com/RNAphage The project that made it through maternity leave, pandemic, three institutions, an international move, and even unemployment 💪 @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social #Resilience #ResearchJourney

Postdoc alert!! Rolf is an amazing advisor and Zurich is a great place to live. Send your best students this way! ⬇️📢 #MicroSky 🦠❤️

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

We have two new positions, a PhD and a Post doc at #InstituteofBiologyLeiden within our @microclockerc.bsky.social #ERCSyG project to discover interaction of #circadianclocks between Bacillus subtilis and Arabidopsis please share these with your network! 🙏 links below👇 [1/3]

We invite women in science at an advanced stage of their PhD to 3 days of science & career development in the molecular and microbial biosciences. 🎤 Present your research 💬 Lab tours 💬 Learn about leadership, grants & communication ✈️ Fully funded Apply until 01.07.25 tinyurl.com/yj8vbnhj

We have an attractive opening for a tenure-track professorship in Single-Cell Systems Biology. Excellent package and infrastructure at @uni-wuerzburg.de Institute of Systems Immunology. Great place to live and work in the heart of the franconian wine region! jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/673667/j...

Join us in Tubingen as a Junior Research Group Leader if you do research on #ESKAPE pathogens and infections and are interested in the highly cooperative environment of @dzif.bsky.social‬ and @cmfi.bsky.social ! Please send your application or forward to colleagues! uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

Job alert 🦠🧪: We are looking for a postdoc (and PhD candidate!) to join our team at UCLouvain/de Duve institute in Brussels, Belgium. You will work on our ERC Starting Grant project aimed at characterizing cell cycle regulation in S. pneumoniae. More information here: dewachterlab.com/join-us/.

Pint of Science is coming to Southampton (May 19 to 21) 🍻🔬 Where science and beer join forces for a series of wacky and insightful sessions led by our amazing researchers 🤖 Read more 👉 tr.ee/0J2MLN @pintofscience.uk

UK Mobile Genetic Elements Workshop Southampton 16-17 June 2025 Free registration www.ukmgeworkshop.org