Hiring: two 3-year Postdoc positions We’re looking for postdocs who can design and run directed laboratory evolution experiments in microbial communities under electrochemical stimulation, and link adaptations to performance using shotgun meta-omics.

Don't miss this awesome postdoc opportunity! A chance to dive into mechanisms of symbiosis!

We are thrilled to announce that, thanks to the support of our institutional subscribers, all Royal Society subscription journals will be open access in 2026 through #S2O. Researchers can read all articles and publish #OpenAccess in our eight subscription journals for free buff.ly/4Lu9VpW

Darwin sketched the first “Tree of Life” in 1837. 🌳Today, the Darwin Tree of Life Project is sequencing all UK species. The MBA collects and prepares marine organisms for sequencing, helping us understand marine biodiversity, evolution and how species respond to environmental change.

SOLARSPOON has a PDRA position available in Cambridge, UK! More info and apply here⤵️⤵️⤵️ www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/post-do... @biophotoelectro.bsky.social @reisnerlab.bsky.social #PDRA #SOLARSPOON

Aarhus University is seeking a Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professor in Bioinformatics/Co… https://nat.au.dk/en/about-the-faculty/vacant-positions-and-career/job/tenure-track-assistant-professor-associate-professor-in-bioinformatics-and-or-computational-biology-at-aarhus-university-denmark #job

We have a postdoc position open! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/post-do...

In addition to the 2 postdoc jobs posted yesterday, we’re recruiting 2 PhD students (environmental microbiology/ molecular ecology) to join us from April. The projects will map microbial populations across niches in bioelectrochemical systems relevant to biomethanation & link them to performance.

I’m looking for two postdoctoral scientists in experimental evolution to join my team from April 2026 (or soon after). Please share! fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Some of Earth’s oldest fossils belong to microbes. I look at how these ancient fossils are preserved, how scientists study them, and what they reveal about early Earth and the origins of life. Link: asm.org/articles/202...

In an online-only environment, it is a rare pleasure to have your writing printed @bluescicam.bsky.social

🌱 Calling researchers and innovators in chemistry and biotechnology! 🌱 Excited to share that the RSC Biotechnology Group is hosting the Biotechnology for Sustainability meeting on 15 April 2026 at the RSC Burlington House in London.

Here is what prophages do when noone is watching www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Live within 70 miles of Norwich and think you might be low in vitamin D? 📍 Take part in our study investigating whether tomatoes biofortified through gene editing to be high in vitamin in D can help boost vitamin D levels🌞 @johninnescentre.bsky.social buff.ly/L3PbkUD

'We have found that air pollution, including exposure inside homes, contributes substantially to premature death worldwide' Read more ⬇️

Electromicrobiology in the latest issue ‘Unseen Worlds’ of BlueSci Cambridge University Science Magazine! Featuring a photograph I took a while back in Micropia Museum 🦠🧫 www.bluesci.co.uk/issue/

Join us in congratulating @karenlloyd.bsky.social, whose book Intraterrestrials has been longlisted for the 2026 @penamerica.bsky.social/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award! The winner will be announced in March 2026. Explore her outstanding work here: hubs.ly/Q03YLJl10

Link to the list of Student Projects: bio.au.dk/forskning/fo...

Congratulations to Associate Professor @ianpgm.bsky.social for receiving a Villum Experiment Grant of DKK 2.5 million for his project: AGAMBLE – Anaerobic Growth of Aerobic Methanotrophic Bacteria in Lake Environments🎉 We’re excited to see how this grant will lead to new insights and discoveries!🌿🔬

Please RT. Post-doc opportunity alert! 💥 closing 10th December.. Come join our team (www.thelowlab.org) at Imperial, London, working on the structure and mechanism of bacterial secretion systems. For more details and to apply please see www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

🪸 🪸 🪸 Postdoc position in my group at Bristol to study the role of venom in surviving environmental stress in corals! 🪸 Interested in venom biochemistry and coral ecology?Please apply by November 24! @bristolbiosci.bsky.social www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

🚨Exciting 🧪👩‍🎓🦠 job alert 🚨 Postdoc position on dark microbial O2 production in marine oxygen minimum zones with Bo Thamdrup and @beatekraft.bsky.social at @sdu.dk Love fieldwork, stable isotopes, the sea and a fantastic team? Then apply -> fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Happy to be a part of this!

Pleased to share this work on cable bacteria. We demonstrate that E.aureum GS, a freshwater cable bacterium, can use extracellular electron transfer to gain energy in anoxic conditions. Many thanks to @leodigel.bsky.social , @ianpgm.bsky.social and other coauthors at @cemau.bsky.social

I'm recruiting a postdoc to figure out how aerobic methanotrophic bacteria oxidise methane in anoxic freshwater sediment environments: international.au.dk/about/profil... Come to Aarhus University in Denmark and work on this 2-year project funded by @villumfonden.bsky.social!

Thanks to @villumfonden.bsky.social for supporting my weird ideas again with a Villum Experiment project! Set to start next year: AGAMBLE – Anaerobic Growth of Aerobic Methanotrophic Bacteria in Lake Environments. Job ad for a 2-year postdoc position coming soon! villumfonden.dk/en/nyhed/tra...

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The Senior Research Scientist will support the Group Leader with day-to-day running of the lab, including line management of staff, overseeing budgets, and leading the scientific direction. 💷 £45,450 to £56,750 🗓️ Apply by 2 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/D6zr7fy

Hey ISMET member ✋ Did you think we could use a new website too? Well here it is: www.is-met.org. It was a pleasure working with @ismetsociety.bsky.social to make their website more engaging and interesting for their members. Do you also have a website that could use some polishing?

Last week, Prof. @larspeternielsen.bsky.social was the opening speaker at the 20th Congress of the Argentinian Microbiological Society in Puerto Madryn, Patagonia🌎 Exciting to see cable bacteria joining electromicrobiology research in Argentina🔬👏We look forward to future collaborations with SAMIGE.

Our lab is 2.5 years into #ERC funding✨ Grateful for the support that enabled us to uncover the syncytial nerve net in a ctenophore - a discovery reshaping our understanding of nervous system evolution. Stay tuned for more exciting discoveries to come @erc.europa.eu www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DAE...

We have a project coordinator role open for a new EIC consortium project SOLARSPOON. It is suitable for anyone with a Masters or PhD www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/project... Do you know anyone who might be suitable? Please let me know :)

Functional imaging of 3D bioprinted microalgal constructs and simulation of their photosynthetic performance doi.org/10.1088/1758... via @ioppublishing.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social @villumfonden.bsky.social www.flimagin3d.com

Come join us in the @biology.ox.ac.uk at @ox.ac.uk! New Associate Professor position in Animal Behaviour, with Merton College: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Sub-cellular chemical mapping in bacteria using correlated cryogenic electron and mass spectrometry imaging Congrats Hannah Ochner and authors on this important paper! Strong collaboration with @kiranrpatil.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/... @mrclmb.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social

This is cool, @au.dk is also in @circleu.bsky.social, come and hang out in Aarhus and talk about doing a postdoc here!

Now out in final version: Functional imaging of 3D bioprinted microalgal constructs and simulation of their photosynthetic performance doi.org/10.1088/1758... via @ioppublishing.bsky.social @villumfonden.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social

#TeamTomo 🧪

Dissemination Artwork: Cross Section at Junction. Bringing together art and research is incredibly rewarding. We are privileged to have this beautiful piece on display. Created by Matilda Tjelldén, the work is inspired by our research - and in turn, we are deeply inspired by Matilda's art.

Ctenophores possess a unique aboral organ that acts as a multisensory center, controlling complex behaviors. We’ve now created a ctenophore model integrated with our 3D volume EM data. Puts it into perspective. Check out our recent work here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #ctenophores #volumeEM

New preprint from the @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social lab 🤩 @annaferraioli.bsky.social & colleagues created a 3D model of the ctenophore apical organ, revealing cell-type diversity and exciting new insights into the evolution of central nervous systems 🧠🧪 Congratulations to the team! 👏

Exciting news from the Royal Society Publishing: our journals will be fully open access in 2026 as we move to adopt the 'Subscribe to Open' model:

🚨 2 funded #PhD positions (ERC Adv Grant) in the Moissl-Eichinger Lab, Graz! Study Methanobrevibacter as a keystone in the gut microbiome. 💡 Omics, modeling, synthetic consortia 📅 Deadline: Sept 10, 2025 🌍 Int’l applicants welcome! Application link below. #microbiomesky #archaeasky #microsky

Marine biodiversity: Gone with the wind? Our dispatch out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social New research shows that wind and currents act as invisible barriers, reshaping our view of ocean connectivity. 🌊🪼 authors.elsevier.com/a/1lYLj3QW8S... @iramaegele.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social

What’s hiding in your drawer? Have a striking or off-the-wall photo from your research in Denmark? Enter the DNRF Photo Competition 2025 👇 dg.dk/en/dnrf-phot...

Director at Max Planck - a unique position! The Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships is open now and can be submitted by the 31st of October 2025. ➡️ mpg.de/directors - Please share the Open Call among potential candidates.

The biggest conference on Solar Fuels is coming to Newcastle in September! Join us there.

After 5 amazing years @pilhoferlab.bsky.social I'm starting my lab @embl.org Grenoble this November embl.org/wollweber We'll image Asgard archaea and many other strange microbes ( #archaeasky, #protistsonsky..) to understand eukaryogenesis First job ad: #teamtomo scientist!🔬❄️ tinyurl.com/2rdu2ze6