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Evolutionary Systems Biologist @ SILS University of Amsterdam
https://www.meikewortel.com/
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Ákos T Kovács
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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...
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Vacancy — Assistant Professor in Microbiome Imaging and Functional Analysis
Are you pioneering molecular tools and applying advanced imaging strategies to uncover how microbial communities are organized and interact in space and time? If so, we invite you to join The Swammerd...
https://werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies/assistant-professor-in-microbiome-imaging-and-functional-analysis-netherlands-14372
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Michael Manhart
20 days ago
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...
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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...
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Density-dependent feedback limits the spread of beta-lactamase mutants: experimental observations and population dynamic model | mBio
Since the discovery of penicillin, β-lactam antibiotics have become the most widely used antibiotics to treat bacterial infections. Their applicability is decreasing because bacteria evolve resistance...
https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.01500-25
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It was fun to record videos for the Economic Principles in Cell Biology MOOC ... coming this fall!
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about 2 months ago
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Melissah Rowe
2 months ago
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
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Postdoctoral researcher: avian microbiomes and reproduction
We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our team working on avian reproductive microbiomes at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) in the group of Dr. Melissah Rowe. The postd...
https://nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies/postdoctoral-researcher-avian-microbiomes-and-reproduction
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Economic Principles in Cell Biology
3 months ago
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...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: univie: summer school Economic Principles in Cell Biology. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
You can find the lecture schedule at: https://principlescellphysiology.org/summer-school-2025/schedule.html
https://univienna.zoom.us/meeting/register/JLuUA2ecTKy3u8RoAe5lbw#/registration
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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...
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Experimental Evolution -
[email protected]
University of Alberta:
[email protected]
https://apps.ualberta.ca/careers/posting/2470
3 months ago
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Daniel Tamarit
4 months ago
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
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Bram van Dijk 🏳️🌈
5 months ago
🧩 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
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Sonja Lehtinen
5 months ago
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
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Opportunités de carrière : Postdoctoral researcher in bacterial genomics (22209)
https://tinyurl.com/n34vzszu
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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...
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‘Goldilocks’-size extensively annotated model for Escherichia co...
https://doi.org/10.24072/pci.mcb.100403
5 months ago
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Peter Lind
6 months ago
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...
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Postdoctor, 2 years, in predicting the evolution of antibiotic resistance
The Department of Molecular Biology seeks a postdoctoral researcher who will work with forecasting and steering experimental evolution of antibiotic resistance. The employment is full-time for two yea
https://umu.varbi.com/en/?jobtoken=132983084131c9a4a81750ef530ab62e2ac9a5c36
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Jürgen Zanghellini
8 months ago
🎥 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
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Melissah Rowe
8 months ago
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
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Economic Principles in Cell Biology
8 months ago
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...
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Liedewij Laan
10 months ago
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...
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PhD Position Coupling Sensing to Intracellular Organization in Synthetic Cells
Join a cutting-edge research team and vibrant consortium to experimentally explore how synthetic cells dynamically respond to external signals.Job description To sense, a (synthetic) cell needs to dyn...
https://www.academictransfer.com/en/346627/phd-position-coupling-sensing-to-intracellular-organization-in-synthetic-cells/
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Will Ratcliff
11 months ago
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
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Anna Heintz-Buschart
11 months ago
Microbes are everywhere, but postdocs are hard to find: apply before the end of the month:
vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Post...
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Microbiome Analysis of the Soil-plant-gut-health Axis
Postdoctoral Researcher in Microbiome Analysis of the Soil-plant-gut-health Axis
https://vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Postdoctoral-Researcher-in-Microbiome-Analysis-of-the-Soil-plant-gut-health-Axis/803607002/
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Detmer Sipkema
11 months ago
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...
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PhD project: Metabolic Modelling and Cultivation of Bacteria from Marine Sponges
https://www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/phd-project-metabolic-modelling-and-cultivation-of-bacteria-from-marine-sponges.htm
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Anna Heintz-Buschart
11 months ago
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...
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Microbiome Analysis of the Soil-plant-gut-health Axis
Postdoctoral Researcher in Microbiome Analysis of the Soil-plant-gut-health Axis
https://vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Postdoctoral-Researcher-in-Microbiome-Analysis-of-the-Soil-plant-gut-health-Axis/803607002/
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One week left to apply! Interested in computational models to study the predictability of evolution in Candida communities? Apply through the link below!
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12 months ago
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Anna Heintz-Buschart
12 months ago
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...
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Microbiome Analysis of the Soil-plant-gut-health Axis
Postdoctoral Researcher in Microbiome Analysis of the Soil-plant-gut-health Axis
https://vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Postdoctoral-Researcher-in-Microbiome-Analysis-of-the-Soil-plant-gut-health-Axis/803607002/
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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!
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Predicting Evolution with Multiscale Models
Postdoctoral Researcher in Predicting Evolution with Multiscale Models
https://vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Postdoctoral-Researcher-in-Predicting-Evolution-with-Multiscale-Models/802063202/
about 1 year ago
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Anne Kupczok
about 1 year ago
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
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PhD position in spatiotemporal diversity of phages
https://www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/phd-position-in-spatiotemporal-diversity-of-phages.htm
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Two more days to apply to the PhD position on modeling the infant microbiome!
vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/PhD-...
over 1 year ago
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Rachel M. Wheatley
over 1 year ago
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...
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How do interactions in the microbiome shape the evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens? at Queen’s University Belfast on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - How do interactions in the microbiome shape the evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens? at Queen’s University Belfast, listed on FindAPhD.com
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/how-do-interactions-in-the-microbiome-shape-the-evolution-of-antibiotic-resistance-in-bacterial-pathogens/?p171982
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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-...
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Healthy weight and healthy teeth for children - MetaHealth
MetaHealth is a large research consortium with fundamental and applied research partners both from public and private organizations. The program ...
https://nwo-metahealth.nl
over 1 year ago
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Michael Manhart
over 1 year ago
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!
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Michael Manhart
over 1 year ago
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...
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Marjon de Vos
over 1 year ago
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
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NIME
The Netherlands Integrative Microbial Ecology initiative is a new initiative that brings together researchers from across the Netherlands working on questions of quantitative microbial ecology, very b...
https://sites.google.com/view/qme-nl
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Detmer Sipkema
over 1 year ago
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
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Bram van Dijk 🏳️🌈
over 1 year ago
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...
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Marjon de Vos
over 1 year ago
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.
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Community context influences the conjugation efficiency of E. coli
bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.30.577951v1
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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!
over 1 year ago
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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-...
over 1 year ago
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Postdoctoral fellowships available for interdisciplinary research related to emergence (FAEME): d-iep.org/emergencefello… (deadline Jan 31st)
almost 2 years ago
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Mark A. Hanson
almost 2 years ago
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
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Detmer Sipkema
almost 2 years ago
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...
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