For a New Year, we have a new chapter in the latest edition of our textbook! Check out Benefit and cost of a protein and other chapters here principlescellphysiology.org/book-economi...

New year, new conferences! Consider submitting to the symposium on Fitness landscapes and Genotype-phenotype maps, linking computational and experimental approaches (organising with @n-martin.bsky.social; @dbajic.bsky.social invited spreaker) at SMBE (28/6-2/7)! Abstract deadline February 3rd!

Organisers - @meikewortel.bsky.social | University of Amsterdam - @n-martin.bsky.social | @crg.eu Invited Speaker - @dbajic.bsky.social | Delft University of Technology

PhD position available at the University of Bern in Prof. Claudia Bank's lab. Application deadline: Jan 9, 2026. Ideal for candidates with a strong math and programming background. More info: https://banklab.github.io/positions/ #phd

Submit an abstract to our symposium "S20 Mapping fitness landscapes with mechanistic models, machine learning and experiments" 🧬 - organised with @meikewortel.bsky.social

Recently submitted a paper to iMetaOmics @imetascience.bsky.social which states to have fees waived at their website (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2996...), but after acceptence asks for fees. I hope this is a misunderstanding and resolved soon, but I'm wondering if others had similar issues...

We have an open PhD position (application deadline 9 January 2026) in "Theory of fitness landscapes" at @unibe.ch 🤓⛰️📊👩‍💻🎓: banklab.github.io/positions/ Please share widely! #QueerInSTEM #DisabledInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #CarersInSTEM #AcademicSky #HigherED

My department (Rutgers Med School Biochem & Mol Bio) is hiring a Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professor in Evolutionary Medicine. Topic is interpreted broadly, but candidates should integrate evolutionary theory with molecular mechanisms. Please share! jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/261...

What, where, when? 📅 October 31st, 2025 | 12:00 – 18:00 📍 Auditorium, O2 building, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 🎟️ Free, register here (before 1st Oct with a talk title; 15th Oct regular): forms.office.com/e/qCrRcXhsyA

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

Note it in your calendars! Aug 3-5, 2026. Excited to bring back MEEHubs to a hub near you (Switzerland, USA, Canada, Mexico, UK, Ukraine, or virtual only)‼️

Leuk interview met voormalig PhD student Lars Zandbergen over zijn promotie onderzoek in NRC. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Assistant Professor position in the Microbiome Engineering group (Prof Sahar El Aidy) at University of Amsterdam Assistant Professor in Microbiome Imaging and Functional Analysis werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

I am recruiting a Ph.D. student in microbial ecology, evolution, and systems biology for fall 2026. Please share! Details: qevomicrolab.org/Documents/Gr... Apply by October 1 here: forms.gle/38pPS1Ky84HB...

After a mutation makes E. coli more resistant to cefotaxime, can it coexist with its less resistant ancestor? In collaboration (Philip Ruelens, Arjan de Visser, Eline de Ridder): with measurements of growth, detoxification, and death rates we can predict coexistence. doi.org/10.1128/mbio...

It was fun to record videos for the Economic Principles in Cell Biology MOOC ... coming this fall!

We are looking for a postdoc to join our group to work on an ERC funded project on avian reproductive microbiomes. nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies... Please RT! #microbes #microbiomes #sparrows #postdoc

There is still time to join us for engaging lectures and provoking discussions at our Summer School on Economic Principles of Cell Biology - at least online! Mark your calendars, July 23-26, and register here: univienna.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Postdoc in Experimental Evolution available at the University of Alberta with collaborators in our exciting HFSP project on predicting evolution in Candida communities! I Apply this month 🧫🥼📈 apps.ualberta.ca/careers/post...

New vacancy in my team! PhD student position on microbial genome evolution, focusing on the evolutionary principles underlying bacterial genome architecture. Please repost and share with talented MSc students in #evobio, bioinformatics or related :) www.uu.nl/en/organisat... #MEvoSky #MicroSky

🧩 PhD Position – Origins of Darwinian Inheritance 🧩 This joint PhD project between the @rug.nl (Rampal Etienne & Martijn Egas) and @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social (Bram van Dijk) explores how simple prebiotic systems could evolve reliable information transfer. Apply here: shorturl.at/WgYMF

Come work with us! We're looking of postdoc(s) with experience in bacterial genomics and interest in mathematical modelling to work on bacterial ecology and evolution in the context of public health. tinyurl.com/n34vzszu

I'm glad to have recommended this very nice (and my first) paper for @peercommunityin.bsky.social . The nice (and thorough) reviewers, authors and PCI support didn't make my job hard. It was a good experience! (I could recommend it 😀) doi.org/10.24072/pci...

We have a 2-year postdoc position available in the Lind Lab at Umeå University, Sweden! Predicting and steering experimental evolution of antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Reposts appreciated. umu.varbi.com/en/?jobtoken...

🎥 Behind the scenes with @diana-sz.bsky.social shooting for the Economic Principles in Cell Biology summer school 🌱📚 Join us this July for cutting-edge lectures & interactive blended learning! 📢 Register epcp.univie.ac.at/summer-schoo... @economic-cell.bsky.social

Join us for the Netherlands Society for Evolutionary Biology (NLSEB) annual meeting - April 8 in Ede, NL. Great keynote speakers and sure to be a fun day. Abstract submissions now open! @nlseb.bsky.social

It is true, we are coming back for the 4th Summer School "Economic Principles in Cell Biology" from July 23-26th 2025! Register to join us in Vienna or remotely epcp.univie.ac.at/summer-schoo...

PhD position in bottom-up synthetic biology, where you will couple regulation to sensing in synthetic cells. Apply if you have a quantitative mind set and like working in a collaborative, creative, pionieering and social team. Please share, deadline nov 22 www.academictransfer.com/en/346627/ph...

New preprint up! We sequenced hundreds of samples from across one of Earth's oldest living organisms - the Pando aspen clone - to understand how mutations accumulate and spread in long-lived clonal organisms. Our results were…surprising. 1/30

Microbes are everywhere, but postdocs are hard to find: apply before the end of the month: vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Post...

Hi all, I'm currently recruiting a PhD student who would like to use AI&Bioinformatics to discover the secrets how to grow bacteria that are currently uncultivable... Please repost. Applications can be done through the website only: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...

Over here in Amsterdam, we are still looking for a postdoctoral researcher with microbiome bioinformatics skills and a mindset for statistics: vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Post...

One week left to apply! Interested in computational models to study the predictability of evolution in Candida communities? Apply through the link below!

Is there a link between the microbes in your food and your gut microbiome? and how about the soil that your food grew on? join us for a postdoc to find out: vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Post...

I'm looking for a postdoctoral researcher for a 3-year position on the predictability of evolution using computational modelling: vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Post... Please share!

PhD position at Wageningen University supervised by me and Hilje Doekes. You will combine bioinformatics and modelling to untangle the drivers of phage diversity across space and time - www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p... #PhDposition #phage #bioinformatics #modelling

Two more days to apply to the PhD position on modeling the infant microbiome! vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/PhD-...

Please share: Funded PhD project on the ecology and evolution of antibiotic resistance 🦠🧬🫁 at Queen’s University Belfast. Application deadline: 21 June Please 📧 me with any questions, happy to chat! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

I am looking for a PhD candidate to work on computational metabolic modelling of infant microbiomes with me @SILS_UvA! Close collaboration with experimental research and cohort studies in nwo-metahealth.nl Info and apply (before June 1st!): vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/PhD-...

One more week to apply for our lab's biophysics/comp bio postdoc position on predicting evolution in microbial communities! A truly interdisciplinary opportunity to collaborate with @meikewortel.bsky.social and Daniel Charlebois on an HFSP-funded project. Please share if you can!

I am recruiting a postdoc in statistical physics, computational biology, or a related field to study the predictability of evolution in microbial communities. Please share! Details: qevomicrolab.org/wp-content/u... Apply by May 1 here: forms.gle/hMNgrh3Ja5dP...

Looking back on the wonderful 3rd quantitative microbial ecology meeting yesterday. As always, it was such a joy to be surrounded by wonderful people and stimulating research. sites.google.com/view/qme-nl

Dear colleagues: I am looking for a scientist on a very challenging project: sponge cell culture and co-culture with bacteria. Looking for someone with animal cell culture development skills. Please forward/repost: microbialifeaquatic.wordpress.com/group/ Laboratory for Microbiology, Wageningen, NL

Exciting PhD opportunity with my colleagues in Wageningen. Hilje, the supervisor, is the best teacher I have ever met. If you're looking for a cool modelling project, I say go for it! :) www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...

New collaborative work from our lab on the transmission of AMR in a community context. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... We find that Gram positive bacteria, particularly enterocci, increase the conjugation efficiency of uropathogenic E.coli.

Three more weeks to apply for the PhD position on mathematical modelling of microbial evolution in my group! vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/PhD-... Now also announced on my new website 🖥️: meikewortel.com Contact me if you are interested or forward to someone who might be. Thanks!

I'm happy 😀 to announce I have a PhD position on the mathematical 🧮 modelling 💻 of microbial 🦠 evolution! I'm looking forward to working with an enthousiastic candidate on this project, please contact me with any questions! #JobAlert Please retweet! vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/PhD-...

Postdoctoral fellowships available for interdisciplinary research related to emergence (FAEME): d-iep.org/emergencefello… (deadline Jan 31st)

The strain on scientific publishing 📄: We've got issues. Scientists overwhelmed, editors overworked, constant special issue invites, mass article retractions, journal delistings… JUST WHAT IS GOING ON!? See: arxiv.org/abs/2309.15884 A 🧵1/n #AcademicChatter #PublishOrPerish #PhDAdvice #PhDChat

Hi all, I have a postdoc position (3 years) in my group on a very challenging topic: co-cultivation of sponge cells and bacterial symbionts. Looking for someone with experience with marine invertebrate cells AND bacteria. Thanks for sharing! www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...