@symbiosisalumni
This Network connects alumni of the three international Summer Schools on Symbioses: Host-Microbe Symbioses (Portugal), ECODIM (Chile) and Molecular and Cell Biology of Symbiosis (MBL, Massachusetts, USA). Supported by @moorefound.bsky.social
This week, we’re excited to share a new story from our Alumni Voices Campaign 🎙️
Huge thanks to Ana Catarina da Silva for sharing insights from her research journey.
If you’re part of the alumni, we’d love to feature you! Short videos, audio clips, or image series welcome, in any language 💫
Join us this Wednesday, during our next Alumni Network seminar:
📅 Wednesday, December 17th
🕙 11am EST (Massachusetts, USA) / 1pm CLT (Santiago, Chile) / 4pm WEST (Oeiras, Portugal)
📍 over Zoom (PM for link)
symbnet.bsky.social moorefound.bsky.social mblscience.bsky.social ECODIM
📣Alumni Voices Campaign
Today we’re featuring @baileycrowley.bsky.social who shares a great snapshot of her current journey. Thank you Bailey!
If you haven’t joined yet, we’d love to hear from you: a quick video, audio note, or image set is all it takes. Any language is welcome! 🚀
📣Our Alumni Voices Campaign is officially rolling!
Huge thanks to @slipakanungo.bsky.social for sharing her story!
Alumni, feeling inspired to join in? We would love to hear from you! Just send a short video, audio note, or a few images about what you’re researching or working on right now.
Excited for this!
📣 Share Your Story: Alumni Voices Campaign
Prepare a short 45 - 90 sec recording about your current work/area of research:
🎥 A short video,
🎤 A voice recording,
📸 A set of images with captions
Send your entry to ana.teles@gimm.pt until November 30th. We’ll feature your entries on our channels.
Dr. Jordan Lewis seeks grad students for his research group at USC focusing on adaptation in host-parasite interactions. Apply by Dec 1. Details: https://jordanlewisphd.com/. Contact: jalewis@mailbox.sc.edu. #gradstudent
Collage with headshots of ten individuals with a message announcing 'Prize Winners 2026 – Presenting at Annual Conference 2026.'
The Microbiology Society is pleased to announce the winners of our 2026 Prizes! The winners will be awarded and deliver Prize Lectures at Annual Conference 2026 in Belfast from 13–16 April. Find out more about it: microb.io/PrizeWinners.... Meet the winners below. #Microbio26
Apply now to attend the next EMBO Bacterial Networks meeting #EMBOBacNet
🗓️13-18 September 2026
📍Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain
📝Program and registration info: meetings.embo.org/event/26-bac...
👩🔬Organised with co-chair @s-lab.bsky.social and ECR @coralietesseur.bsky.social
#MicroSky
Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow, during our next Alumni Network seminar:
📅 Wednesday, October 29
🕙 12pm EST (Massachusetts, USA) / 1pm CLT (Santiago, Chile) / 4pm WEST (Oeiras, Portugal)
📍 over Zoom (PM for link)
@symbnet.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social @mblscience.bsky.social @ECODIM
Join the interdisciplinary colloquium "New Challenges Induced by Microbiomes" on Dec 12, 2025, at University Jussieu. Register by emailing epbapteste@gmail.com. More details: https://www.sb-roscoff.fr/en/revmicnat. #conference
ESEB invites applications for its Outreach Initiative Fund to enhance global knowledge of evolution. Up to €4,000 available per project. Apply by March 15, 2026. Details at: https://eseb.org/prizes-funding/outreach-fund/
Advert for Art and Science session at upcoming ICRS in Auckland New Zealand. July 19-24 2026. Abstract deadline December 1, 2025.
Please join us in this uplifting and inspiring session bringing Art and Science together at the upcoming International Coral Reef Symposium in Auckland, New Zealand, July 19-24 2026. See you all there! Fighting to save reefs through Art!🧪🪸🧬🌎🌊🐙🦠🌿
Save the date! Our next Alumni Network seminar:
📅 Wednesday, October 29th
🕙 12pm EST (Massachusetts) / 12pm CLT (Chile) / 4pm WEST (Oeiras)
📍 over Zoom (PM for link)
@symbnet.bsky.social
@moorefound.bsky.social
@mblscience.bsky.social
@ECODIM
✨🚀 #EESSymbiosis is now open for registration!
Submit your abstract by 25 November 2025 and join us as we explore the evolution of intimate species-species interactions 👉 https://s.embl.org/ees26-03-bl
🗓️ 17 – 20 March 2026
📍 EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual
The microbial Pangenome in One-Health
👉 December 2 - 5 | Valencia, Spain
"A forum covering veterinary and human medicine, microbiology, ecology, public health, and epidemiology!"
October 10th, 2025 - Abstract submission deadline
www.alocongress.com/pangenome2025
The Institute of Evolutionary Biology in Barcelona invites applications for a fully-funded PhD position in Evolutionary Microbiology. Deadline: Sept 30, 2025. More info: https://www.ibe.upf-csic.es/evolutionary-microbiology-group #phd
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Coyte Lab, Manchester: Further details can be found here www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Looking forward to seeing you in our next Alumni Network seminar next week:
📅 Wednesday, August 27th
🕙 11am EST (Massachusetts) / 11am CLT (Chile) / 4pm WEST (Oeiras)
📍 over Zoom (PM for link)
@symbnet.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social @mblscience.bsky.social @ECODIM
Join Dr. Melissah Rowe's team at NIOO-KNAW as a postdoc focusing on avian microbiomes and reproduction. Position lasts up to 3.5 years; apply by Sep 12, 2025. More info: https://nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies/postdoctoral-researcher-avian-microbiomes-and-reproduction #postdoc
Oregon State University is seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar in Molecular Microbiology to study plasmid host range in microbial communities. Apply by sending a PDF with your CV and cover letter to Alexandra Weisberg. More info: https://weisberglab.com/?page_id=966 #postdoc
📢#TMHMS25 is just around the corner! 🦠🌊
Join us to dive into the latest discoveries in #marinehostmicrobesymbioses and explore how microbial superpowers can contribute to restoring ocean health!
Please share with fellow marine science and microbiology enthusiasts!
The @symbiosisalumni.bsky.social is excited to welcome our next seminar speakers, Dr. Leslie Daille and PhD candidate Lindsey Markowitz, on June 25th at 4pm WEST via zoom.
Please reach out if you are interested in attending.
We are recruiting a postdoctoral scientist to carry out innovative research in the field of host-microbiome interactions using one of the biggest and richest datasets ever collected. Consider applying or spread the word! recruitment.crg.eu/content/jobs...
The SMBE Satellite Meeting on Insect Antimicrobial Peptides will be at the University of Houston, Oct 13-15, 2025. It's free, with applications open from July 1-14, 2025. Info: https://uh.edu/nsm/biology-biochemistry/news-events/smbe-meeting/ #conference
Texas State University’s Sobol Ecology and Evolution of Early Life Lab seeks a Postdoctoral Scholar starting Fall 2025. Must have a PhD in microbiology or related field. Apply via email. More info: https://sobollab.wp.txstate.edu/ #postdoc
Our first seminar will be held next week, May27-28th, 2025. Please take note of the differences in dates for folks located in different time zones:
📆 May 27-28th, 2025
🕐 8pm on May 27th Lisbon time / 3pm on May 27th New York time/ 3pm on May 27th Santiago time / 7am on May 28th New Zealand time
Postdoc position available at the University of Edinburgh, focusing on antibiotic resistance in bacteria. Application deadline: June 2. Details: https://tinyurl.com/ws7s5dnb. #postdoc
We’re hiring: GIMM is launching its first call for Group Leaders.
Looking for scientists ready to push boundaries, ask bold questions & build the future of biomedical discovery.
🔗 gimm.pt/jobs/open-ca...
📅 Apply by June 8
#ScienceJobs #GroupLeader #BiomedicalResearch
