MEEhubs

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)‼️

We’re back! ✨ The next #MeeHubs26 is coming with 7 hubs across the globe and incredible lineups at each. Can’t wait to share more soon! meehubs.org

While you wait for the next MEEhubs conference: We've written up the participants' impressions, the organisers' thoughts, reflections on the expectations we scientists have on conferences, and much more in @femsjournals.bsky.social, led by Ariane Wenger. Check out doi.org/10.1093/fems....

Catching up on @meehubs.bsky.social talks!

The best part of hybrid/dispersed meetings is that it’s not just travel, take in the science, go home… the recordings persist into lunch breaks and spare minutes for weeks to come.

#MEEhubs2024 was an incredible conference with amazing organisers!! Had a great time speaking, listening and chatting!

Fifth and last #MEEhubs2024 cross-hub activity on diversity in science. Lively discussion which could only scratch the surface.

Poster slide saying: Some statistics: 325 abstract submissions 64 talks 166 virtual posters (and some in-person-only posters) 899 registrations across 6 hubs and virtual only 9242 Slack messages and counting, about 3000 messages in the last month About 44 hours of live conferencing across 3 'days'

Wow, remarkable statistics from the first in-person @meehubs.bsky.social! A massive gathering of outstanding microbial ecology and evolution science

Ahhh to be a microbiologist in these exciting times when evolution and ecology talk to each other… absolutely brilliant talks at @meehubs.bsky.social

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Congratulations to our MEEhubs2024 Oxford Poster Award winner @josie-e.bsky.social! 🎉🏆 Prize generously sponsored by the Microbiology Society UK

Thank you Microbiology Society for sponsoring the poster prize at the Oxford hub of #MEEhubs2024!

Congratulations to @josie-e.bsky.social for winning the @meehubs.bsky.social poster prize 🏆 Thank you to the organisers for a brilliant conference.

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Me, with too many good @meehubs.bsky.social talks

The Architecture of Metabolic Networks Constrains the Evolution of Microbial Resource Hierarchies Abstract. Microbial strategies for resource use are an essential determinant of their fitness in complex habitats. When facing environments with multiple nutrie

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Amazing virtual talk at @meehubs.bsky.social from Djordje Bajić (TUDelft) finding how hierarchies in resource utilization is constrained by the metabolic network structure... from this publication!
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Fourth cross-hub activity on predicting evolution at @meehubs.bsky.social. Really nice to see the thoughts from the audience!

I love seeing how people adapt to the hub format of @meehubs.bsky.social. Questions across hubs and with online participants all the time. Now a talk in Lausanne advertising a related poster in San Diego!

Third cross-hub activity at #MEEHubs2024 was on art in science communication, experimenting with a fusion of panel discussion and including the audience using the technology.

A thought-provoking cross-hub discussion this morning on how to reconcile top-down and bottom-up approaches in microbiology research, led by Jan van der Meer at the Lausanne hub. If you weren't there, watch the recording! #MicroSky

Spending my evening “at” #MEEhubs2024 🤩 so many cool topics!

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Super excited to see Martin Kalthenpoth's work on beetle symbionts at our hub in Lausanne!

First day of @meehubs.bsky.social: small hiccups here and there, and running a bit behind schedule by the end of day, but overall -- incredibly smooth!

And cross-hub Q&A during live talks works reasonably well, too. Glad to be part of this even though it is a lot of work behind the scenes.

First out of five #MEEhubs2024 cross-hub activities was on sustainability. Colleagues from near and far shared concerns, reported failures and celebrated successes. Loads of overlap between reported failures and successes means it is worth to keep trying!

It was a beautiful presentation!

Lovely symbiosis/metabolism talk from Martin Kaltenpoth to start the day @meehubs.bsky.social , including an appearance from my favourite Sodalis

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Catching up with the @meehubs.bsky.social Mexico hub! So cool to find familiar names and sampling sites with impressive presentations!

Second cross-hub activity on top-down and bottom-up approaches to study microbiomes including a discussion on the ethics of interventions in microbiomes. #MEEhubs2024

First out of five #MEEhubs2024 cross-hub activities was on sustainability. Colleagues from near and far shared concerns, reported failures and celebrated successes. Loads of overlap between reported failures and successes means it is worth to keep trying!

Excited to be at @meehubs.bsky.social 2024! I'll be making a last minute entry to the speaker line-up tomorrow at the Oxford Hub, at 11am UK time. Also check out @brockhurstlab.bsky.social PhD student @taoranfu.bsky.social awesome poster (311), on effects of oxidative stress on QS in P. aeruginosa!

All #MEEhubs2024 hubs online early European evening / American morning. Each hub giving a good wave to colleagues across the globe before start of our first cross-hub activity.

Hard core Lausanne hub participants who stayed to attend the cross-hub activity. See you all tomorrow! 👋

a busy poster session at a conference

Poster session in full swing at the Oxford hub! 🔥 #MicroSky