Together with @thanbichlerlab.bsky.social, we are looking for an ambitious PhD student to develop fluorescence imaging for anaerobic bacteria. Check out this and other positions that are announced as a part of the M4C Excellence cluster here: stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/2...

The Bacterial RNA Biology Group in Jena is hiring a new PhD student! 🔬🧫🧬 We are looking for a motivated candidate to study bacteriophages of the opportunistic pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae. 🔥 Apply by July 26, 2026 🔥 Details on the position and application: jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/9...

Great opportunity! We’re looking to hire a Platform Manager to lead the decelopment and operations of the @ircm.bsky.social RNA Therapeutics core facility. If you have solid expertise in #RNA biology, particularly in methodologies to synthesize and purify oligonucleotides, mRNA and LNPs, apply now!

Towson University Dept Biological Sciences is hiring! Full time,tenure track,9-month Assistant Professor of Cell/Molecular Biology/Microbiology. Will teach undergraduate lecture/lab courses in Introduction to Cell/Molecular Biology, Genetics, and/or Microbiology. towson.taleo.net/careersectio...

The NUCLEATE Cluster of Excellence is hiring! Shape the future of nucleic acid sciences 🧬 🚀 Group Leaders: All 3 locations (LMU, TUM, JMU Würzburg) 🔬 PhDs & Postdocs: Open call in Würzburg and speculative applications welcome! Deadline: Aug 16, 2026 👉 More info: nucleate-cluster.de/careers/

🚨The program for MEEHubs2026 is now online, as is more detailed information about the hubs! Check it out at meehubs.org and register‼️ Less than a month before the conference kicks off! 🦠

We have a new preprint out looking at pathogenic #Vibrio species in Teign Estuary, UK. Its not been peer reviewed yet and I welcome any feedback or comments. #MicroSky #sewage #AMR #Virulence #Microbiology www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Can bacterial genomics bring 70 years of epidemiological surveillance back to life? We're hiring a postdoc (2–3 years) to explore the historical evolution of Salmonella Typhi using a unique genomic dataset. More details: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/449895

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Pls share: U of Washington has an opening for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor. This position is expected to specialize in molecular virology or bacteriology. Here is a link: microbiology.washington.edu/index.php/ne...

📢 We're hiring! The Department of Microbiology & Cell Biology at Montana State University is hiring an Assistant Professor of Microbiology. We welcome applicants working in microbial pathogenesis, immunology, genetics, microbial evolution, and related areas. Apply: jobs.montana.edu/postings/52009

Leaving my latest and last humbling visa experience at the entry-exit bureau: I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me? (Sprechen Sie deutsch, baby?)

Another chapter of my thesis is out! We asked whether we could pair proteome-wide AlphaFold screening with Tn-seq to identify biologically relevant protein-protein interactions. We identify ClcR (formerly YerH) as a component of the Rod complex in Gram-positive bacteria. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Our Dept of Microbiology & Immunology @Geisel School of Medicine @Dartmouth has an opening for an Assistant Professor. Looking for programs bridging multiple areas in Micro & Immuno. A great place to be! Programs: www.M2P2.org www.dartmouthbiofilm.org Job ad: apply.interfolio.com/187637

NAPs anybody? it's H-NS again – @jayhinton.bsky.social you will like it, I assume 😊 #MicroSky #PhageSky

Join experts Alexandra Worden, Christian Voolstra & Jennifer Bowen for the webinar Marine microbiology in a changing climate. @northeasterncos.bsky.social @mblscience.bsky.social http://dlvr.it/TT44v1

To Move or Not to Move: When and How Bacteria Suppress Flagellar Motility onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #MicroSky

New paper 🧪🧬🧫GeneScanner is our new tool to profile genetic variation in bacterial populations. Use via GitHub or @pubmlst.org. Thanks to Ko and Pri @sheppardlab.bsky.social @broncio.bsky.social @kjolley.bsky.social @microbiologysociety.org @imibirmingham.bsky.social @ineosoxford.bsky.social

Our paper on a microbiology practical course for bachelor students focusing on T6SS dynamics, microbiology and fluorescence microscopy techniques is out @microbiologysociety.org, check it out! @basler-lab.bsky.social 👇 www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

The last bacterial common ancestor encoded a complex flagellum https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.11.731707v1

The deadline for abstracts to be considered for oral presentations is only 5 days away. Register soon! event.fourwaves.com/vibrio2026/r...

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Animal companions can be a lot of work and are difficult to fit into a busy professional’s life, but they can also enhance well-being. Scientists talk about their pets with Nature’s careers team. #Academicsky 🧪

Have you registered for TREnD2026?!?! TREnD is an action packed international RNA symposium organized BY trainees FOR trainees! Join us online on August 20th online & August 21st online and in person for some good RNA vibes 😎🧬 (pretend that’s not a DNA emoji)

jobs.surrey.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... Our School of Veterinary Medicine is recruiting a (senior) lecturer in #Microbiome Sciences, deadline is 16th of June 2026. We want to expand our capabilities in the microbiome field, quite flexible on what will be investigated within #OneHealth #MicrobiomeSky 1/n

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Why we’re concerned about “Getting Major Projects Built in Canada” 👀 and its impact on nature and a healthy environment. Have your voice heard - read the govt’t proposal www.canada.ca/en/one-canad... and email feedback to [email protected] by June 7, 2026 🙏@baumlab.bsky.social

Vibriophiles! Come join us in Berlin this September! Still time to register and submit your abstract

Vibrio2026 - Submit your abstract by June 15, and join us in Berlin for this wonderful conference in September!! event.fourwaves.com/vibrio2026

Come and start your group at @ki.se! ki.se/en/about-ki/...

The M&I Department is looking for a new faculty member with a passion for teaching graduate and medical students to join us at UofL - see the link 👇. We have a thriving collegial department in a great city. Email me if you have questions. I will also be at Microbe in June to talk more. Join us😀.

Come join our institute as a Full Professor! We are looking for outstanding scientists to join a highly collaborative and internationally recognized research environment in the beautiful city of Heidelberg! @uniheidelberg.bsky.social @sfb1638.bsky.social #TRR186 #TRR319

Save the date! The 27th Biennial Evergreen International Phage Meeting is coming to Canada for the first time in its history! 🦠 🧬 📅 July 25 - 29, 2027 📍 University of Guelph, Guelph, ON More info to follow...

Bacterial transmembrane proteins usually localize inside the cell by "finding" a pre-localized protein, but how did the 1st protein get there? @vanipande.bsky.social found a protein in #B.subtilis that localizes by recognizing a *lipid* localization cue. #Microsky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Thrilled to announce that the Department of Microbiology at the University of Washington, School of Medicine is hiring at the Assistant Professor level (tenure-track)! The Pacific Northwest is an awesome place to live and do science 🧪🦠. Join us! apply.interfolio.com/185622 Applications due 8/1.

Thrilled to see this out today in PLOS Biology. With postdocs Siqi Liu and Flávio Costa, we ask why the gut microbiome loses its balance with age. It's an Unsolved Mystery piece: a framework, not a finalized account, with predictions we lay out for the field to test. 🧵

Unser nächstes Infect-Net Netzwerktreffen steht bald an! Prof. Dr. Franziska Faber und Prof. Dr. Stefanie Kampmeier laden Infektionsforcherinnen zu unserem 7. Netzwerktreffen nach Jena ein. 📅 22.-23.09.2026 📍Würzburg, Deutschland Topic "RNA&Infection: From bed to bedside" Save the date!

Please share widely! Abstract submissions open for the 2026 Jacques Monod conference: Ecology and evolution of host-parasite interactions in a changing world! Held in beautiful Roscoff France from November 2- 6, 2026. Abstracts submission deadline : June 6 cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en/conferenc...

Delighted to see our work recently published in @natcomms.nature.com ! In our article we describe a small RNA with a unique modular structure that shapes the evolution of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae. www.nature.com/articles/s41...