Excited to announce the opening of the applications for the Master in Biomedical Research.
An international, hands-on programme for students to think like scientists, work in real labs, and prepare for PhD training or R&D careers, in Lisbon. GIMM Institute
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๐ฌ Join Professor Xavier Didelot, University of Warwick, at our next monthly webinar:
๐ Estimating the fitness cost and benefit of antimicrobial resistance from pathogen genomic data
โฐWednesday 18th March @ 12pm
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New personal view article
The role of microbial genomics in delivering the UKโs national action plan for confronting antimicrobial resistance 2024โ29
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#IDSky #ClinMicro #AMR #OpenAccess #OA
Stunning new structural analysis and mechanism for Tmn anti-phage defense by @fnobrega.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
New post-doctoral research position in my phage-host interactions (Phi) laboratory in @otagomicroimmuno.bsky.social at @universityofotago.bsky.social New Zealand. The project is focused on defences against jumbo phages. Please share and if interested apply using the link in the comments.
"we propose that the protoribosome was a parasite (...). If this view is correct, then like the spliceosome in the stem eukaryote, a repurposed host-parasite interaction led to a dramatic change in cell biology at the base of the tree of life, in this case leading to the exit from an RNA world"
This is an incredible resource:
The MicrobeAtlas Database www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
๐ฆ Microbial friends - what is the BEST thing you've ever seen done in a teaching seminar demonstration during an interview? Pitch was to do an upper level micro lesson. Appreciate any tips for @micromal.bsky.social to consider.
I just made an account and voted for this biology laboratory made of LEGO to "promote biological research and inspire more people into the world of biology". They need 10K votes. Reposting and/or voting below would be helpful. ๐ค
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๐Save the date for TAE Day at #ESCMIDGlobal2026! Take part in round tables, draw inspiration from experts, get career advice & more.
Sign up on the mailing list to be informed when registration opens in the spring. https://ow.ly/r04K50Y4mre
#IDSky #clinmicro
New from @dev-journal.bsky.social: we're launching a new initiative and hiring Preprint Editors to help navigate the growing world of preprints in developmental & stem cell biology
Join our community & shape the future of research
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Our metagenomic diet-tracking method made it into #STATMadness this year! doi.org/10.1038/s422...
Vote for us! isbscience.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?...
@isbscience.org @uwbioe.bsky.social @natmetabolism.nature.com @cdiener.com @medunigraz.at @chmoei.bsky.social @geeksthatspeak.bsky.social
Antimicrobial resistance in Helicobacter pylori: from mutation catalogues to clinical practice - The Lancet Microbe www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Researchers in the US might be having feelings about writing grants atm-I know I am!
We still need to write them. In this Evolution Exchange, I again chat with Sam Scheiner, who summarizes how to write a competitive proposal.
His advice is gold, and helpful regardless of funder. Pls RT!
One week from today--join us!
#MicroSky: Antibiotic resistance crisis: Ansari & Nagar isolated jumbo lytic phage P19 targeting MDR Aeromonas. Its T4-type endolysin shows broad antibacterial activity across MDR Gram-negatives, highlighting phages as promising alternatives to antibiotics. doi.org/10.1111/1751...
Great work by Jamie Gorzynski and Josh-Harling-Lee from the group providing insights into the evolutionary origins of bacterial lineages. A collaboration with @jrpenades.bsky.social @wfigueroac3.bsky.social. #Staph Cell Reports www.cell.com/cell-reports...
And in case people have not read it - this is worth a read www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... .. by @deevybee.bsky.social and others
WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 24-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION people in Denmark found NO LINK between aluminum in childhood vaccines and autism, asthma, OR chronic disorders.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
Thatโs it.
Really excited to share this amazing #job opportunity @univie.ac.at !!
The brand new Vienna Centre for Advanced Studies #ViCAS is now hiring a #scicomm expert to direct their comms strategy and vision.
Apply to be my colleague!
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Internat...
Hiring: two 3-year Postdoc positions
Weโre 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.
have you ever seen ๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐บ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ด doing a perfect breast stroke? here you go...
#ProtistsOnSky
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How do you effectively talk to a regulator?
Join Jess Field, Tui Biosciences, for a practical discussion on regulatory engagement for AMR-relevant products and programmes.
๐ 23 Feb 2026
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New paper from my team detailing a greatly expanded genomic database of Asgard archaea revealing of high energy metabolism those related to eukaryotes! Led by @katyappler.bsky.social lots of help from @jameslingford.bsky.social @valdeanda.bsky.social @kassipan.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Four graphs, showing the response of PA14 and an isogenic pel mutant, and PAO1 and an isogenic pel psl double mutant, to meropenem and colistin. There is no difference between the response of mutants and WTs.
During her PhD, Jenny found something unexpected: biofilm-deficient P. aeruginosa mutants were just as tolerant to antibiotics as the WT when grown in our cystic fibrosis lung model. But why? #MicroSky 1/n
Colony morphogenesis regulates sporulation dynamics in bacterial biofilms
#Bacillussubtilis #colonybiofilm #radialexpansion
bioRxiv
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Ah, a nice continuation of their previous Paenibacillus-mediated bioconversion of Pseudomonas lipopeptide (which I already like a lot); now, characterization of enzymes behind the process
Review of our book #ScienceUnderSiege @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @publicaffairs1796.bsky.social
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The identities of the reviewers remain anonymous at their request
