#MicroSky Please RT @erc.europa.eu-funded postdoc position in my lab to identify the molecular basis of prey-predator interactions using our favorite micro-vampire Bdellovibrio exovorus as a model. Let's find what the bite is made of! 🧛 Flexible start date. Info: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/415877

Great turnout today at the KNVM Fundamental Microbiology section Fall Meeting in Groningen, with keynote lectures from @bramkamplab.bsky.social and @liselotdewachter.bsky.social. Now on to drinks!

📝New preprint! #MicroSky 🕰️We chart the full, synchronized lifecycle of a predatory bacterium using Hi-C, RNA-seq, ChIP-seq & microscopy. 🧬We uncover dramatic shifts in nucleoid architecture & transcription, tightly coordinated with predation. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

There's so much more than just the peptidoglycan that protects bacteria from lysis 👀🦠🧪 Super interesting paper!

The DMF department at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland is an amazing place to be! Highly recommend!

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/.

Throwback to this beautiful video of S. pneumoniae dying because they don't have enough Und-P, the carrier that transports cell envelope building blocks from cytoplasm to extracellular space. RIP pneumo! 🪦🦠

When you have (1) a lab, and (2) a friend who is really into his new 3D printer, this is what you get: pokemon falcon tube holders 🤩🧪🦠

Proud to present our latest model of aggregation-induced dormancy, published in #NatureComms @liselotdewachter.bsky.social rdcu.be/d7EcI

🔬 New research by @michielslab.bsky.social @liselotdewachter.bsky.social @vibmicrobes.bsky.social in @naturecomms.bsky.social shows how protein 'clumps' drive bacteria into a state of dormancy, with implications for antibiotic resistance. ➡️ Read here vibbio.tech/40Qxc2M 🙌 FWO Vlaanderen - KU Leuven

Our department is recruiting a tenure-track Assistant Professor on microbial interactions linked to the NCCR Microbiomes nccr-microbiomes.ch Don't miss this opportunity to join a friendly, dynamic department in a city with hard-to-beat quality of life. Apply tinyurl.com/4k2mevax by Jan 31!