📣 Calling all senior microbiology postdocs! The University of St Andrews is inviting applications from outstanding visionary Research Fellow and Future Leader candidates to attend a Biomolecular Science Fellowship Day. Applications due by 12th Dec, see link for full details: tinyurl.com/4n3na8vn

📢 Our Dept. of Systems Biology at Columbia University has an open tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the broad area of quantitative biology. Come join our awesome department in NYC! Please circulate. apply.interfolio.com/177622 Suggested deadline: 12/15/2025. @columbiasysbio.bsky.social

Introgression impacts the evolution of bacteria, but species borders are rarely fuzzy www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs

@sacrozhangt.bsky.social and I wrote a commentary on Jordi van Gestel and Carol Gross's latest paper, check it out! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Sadly, the Editors at PNAS rejected our initial introduction, which was a David Attenborough style voice over of the microbial Serengeti (included below)

My department at UT Austin is looking to hire an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology, broadly defined. Feel free to reach out to me with any questions you may have. apply.interfolio.com/177547

中国国家留学基金委和英国埃克塞特大学合作奖学金（博士生项目） There is still time to apply for this China Scholarship Council PhD opportunity. www.exeter.ac.uk/study/pg-res... Interested students please email at the email in the advertisement below. Thanks for circulating! #Drosophila #Aphid #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky

Assembly, architecture and functional roles of microbial surface layers Review article published in @natrevmicro.nature.com with @bupbuse.bsky.social, Andriko von Kügelgen and @vikramalva.bsky.social. S-layers are everywhere! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🚨 Applications close today! 🚨 @jenshoer.bsky.social is looking for a #postdoc & a #PhD student to join his lab. His research focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms of #phages with RNA genomes during infection, host takeover & anti-phage defense. 🧫🦠 ➡️ www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/jobs-tale...

We are recruiting the next scientific leaders - Our HUMAN program offers junior group leader positions to push the boundaries of infection biology and integrating #AI to advance global health🧫. Apply by November 26: 🦠 www.helmholtz-hzi.de/en/career/jo... 🧬 www.helmholtz-hzi.de/en/career/jo...

Very happy to share our recent work @cultivarium.bsky.social on genetic tools for Ideonella sakaiensis, a (Betaproteo-)bacterium that degrades PET plastic. We identified a plasmid vector for the strain and generated a large RB-TnSeq library, screening for genes impacting plastic degradation.

New PhD position in my lab at @uniofbath.bsky.social (with both @tweethinking.bsky.social & Dr Bethan Littleford-Colquhoun)! We're looking for someone keen on bioinformatics and microbiome evolution. Important info below on eligibility & URSA competition funding👇 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

#microsky #phagesky #phage defence Anti-CRISPR protein hijacks host’s enolase to tackle and block CRISPR-Cas www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Apply and come be my colleague!

Come and join us here in Cambridge! Applications open for a new faculty position, for a researcher in computational and/or theoretical biology, based jointly in Genetics and Mathematics. Happy to answer questions about research, teaching and working here. www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/faculty...

Two days left to apply for a PhD or postdoc position in my lab!

#microsky 😮 journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...

Great career opportunity at @viennabiocenter.bsky.social: The @impvienna.bsky.social is looking for a new Junior Group Leader in cell and molecular biology, synthetic biology, genomics, gene regulation, development, cancer, immunology or infection biology. More: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...

Opportunity! Anybody knows of young marine ecologists (within 7 years from earned PhD) that would like to come to Gothenburg, Sweden, for a nationally funded Assistant Professorship? It is highly competitive but well funded. (1) of (3)

We’re excited to announce the first dedicated Workshop for scientists interested in becoming journal editors.👇 This workshop will teach you transferable skills to support a career as a journal editor or whatever career path you pursue. Secure Your Spot: www.lifescienceeditors.com/workshop3-si...

Nothing is sacred anymore 🧪🧬 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Hi, I'm setting up a peer support platform for ECRs in ecology & evolution in China, aiming to address a huge problem --- academic burnout driven by hyper-competition and a system that often prioritizes elite background/title over actual research. #ECR #AcademicSupport #科研互助 #ecology #evolution

When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)

#NewResearch Structures of the sheathed flagellum reveal mechanisms of assembly and rotation in Vibrio cholerae #microsky www.nature.com/articles/s41...

and the English version. Thanks @pasteur.fr for highlighting this study. 🦠 #AMR

Starting your own lab is exciting—but challenging. Join our GBM Young Investigator leadership workshop in Regensburg, April 13–16th, 2026. Professional coaching, peer networking & practical tips for new PIs. Apply by Nov 30, 2025. 👉https://yi-workshop.gbm-online.de/yi-workshop-2.html

Re-boosting! The Dept. of Microbiology 🧫 at the University of Tennessee is hiring two 9-month faculty! Come join a vibrant and growing department located in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains! #microsky

New paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Klebs can evolve resistance to Colistin through mgrB mutation or by acquiring the mcr-1 gene. Both routes have similar fitness costs against a bacterial competitor, but mgrB mutations are associated with enhanced virulence.

📢 Open Call! The Max Perutz Labs invite applications for a Tenure-Track Professorship in Genome Biology. We are particularly interested in researchers investigating the molecular and biophysical mechanisms underlying genome function and regulation. More details ➡️ tinyurl.com/3t7vvdct

If you're looking for a faculty position at the intersection of ecology and computing (both broadly defined), please apply to this joint search between the CEE Department and the College of Computing at MIT: cee.mit.edu/people/share...

Our new paper maps the tRNA modification landscape in Vibrio cholerae! 💫 We describe differences from E. coli and discuss links to decoding of stress-related codons 🦠 Huge thanks to amazing co-authors and collaborators! @plos.org #rnasky #microsky #tRNAmodifications

Our department is hiring for 4 faculty positions! Come join a growing and dynamic group of scientists in a fun and engaging department! Assistant Professor of Cell Biology: bit.ly/4okizhq Assistant Professor of Microbiology:bit.ly/48ZVHz1 2 Lecturers of Microbiology: bit.ly/4qCwukr

The Department of Biology at @eastcarolinauniv.bsky.social seeks to fill a tenure-track faculty at the Assistant Professor level with expertise in evolutionary Biology! Come join us! ecu.peopleadmin.com/postings/89839

Stony Brook is hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor in Marine Molecular Ecology (assistant encouraged, molecular broadly defined, includes microbial omics!): apply.interfolio.com/174869

Evolutionary landscape of oral microbiome over 100,000 years https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.01.685986v1

Structures of the sheathed flagellum reveal mechanisms of assembly and rotation in Vibrio cholerae

Common food preservatives induce an oxidative stress response in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Published Open Access and fee-free in Microbiology using a Publish and Read agreement: doi.org/10.1099/mic.... #MicrobioJ #PublishAndRead

I've often wondered about what we should call organisms whose similarity might be due to acquired genetic material. It got a little complicated, but I made a stab at it here Classifying Convergences in the Light of Horizontal Gene Transfer: Epaktovars and Xenotypes academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...

#microsky Another 💎 from Byoung-Mo and Horia and-Gross lab at UCSF Comprehensive genetic interaction analysis of the Bacillus subtilis envelope using double-CRISPRi: Cell Systems www.cell.com/cell-systems...

Happy Halloween 🎃

parents, be sure to check your kids’ candy this halloween. I just found a novel phage defense system inside this snickers

We are hiring! Postdoc position exploring the ecological niche of the Molassodon ecospecies of Vibrio parahaemolyticus, that we @campy-bara.bsky.social have previously shown has a distinct "hunt, kill, devour phenotype in the laboratory. details here: www.simm.cas.cn/web/rcdw/rcz... please share.

Excited to share: DNA glycosylases are diverse antiviral effectors. They recognize phage base modifications and initiate genome destruction. A structure‑guided approach made the scope of this discovery possible! 🧪 #phagesky doi.org/10.1101/2025... #phage #microbiology

@prczhaoyansong.bsky.social’s deep dive into the dark matter of compost communities is now out 🎉 Genomic islands hijack jumbo phages—whose capsids enable transfer of large tracts of DNA—shedding new light on the scale & scope of phage-mediated gene flow 😎 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

🚨 A fantastic opportunity to join HIRI to start your research group on RNA Biology 👇 www.nature.com/naturecareer...

One transcript, two functions: the emerging roles of dual-function RNAs microLIFE review by @lizmarialuke.bsky.social and Kai Papenfort at @uni-jena.de academic.oup.com/microlife/ad...

How to become a "hot RNA" 🌡️? The answers were kindly provided by hyperthermophilic archaea: rRNA modifications are key! Check out this new publication presenting pan-modification profiling of the epitranscriptome. www.cell.com/cell/fulltex.... (1/3)

Full /Associate Professor (Department of Gene Function and Phenomics) The National Institute of Genetics (NIG) invites applications for one full or associate professor position in the Department of Gene Function and Phenomics. Please see the details below. www.nig.ac.jp/nig/2025/10/...

Most Nature papers are published in Current Biology

Applications are now open for two two-year UBC Biodiversity Postdoc Fellowships biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and.... $77,000 /y + benefits and $7000 /y research funds.