@iatsenkolab
PI interested in host-microbe and microbe-microbe interactions in the Drosophila model. Research group leader at Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology. https://www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/1946812/Genetics-of-Host-Microbe-Interactions
π£ JOBS!!! We're looking for new colleagues in the School of Biology @bioscienceleeds.bsky.social - two associate profs (plant sci and animal biology) and a lecturer (ecology/zoology)...
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Researchers working on insect infection, immunity and microbionts are invited to share their work at the upcoming two-day Infection, Immunity & Microbionts Special Interest Group Meeting at @uniofbath.bsky.social.
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16-17 April
π Abstracts Deadline: 17:00 (GMT), Friday 13 March π½
π VAAM Annual Conference 2026, Berlin, 23β25 March
Donβt miss out β register now & meet the microbiology community for talks, poster sessions, Research and PhD Awards, and special events for Young Scientists.
Connect, learn, and exchange ideas!
π Join us & register here: t1p.de/b2vf8
#VAAM2026
The registration is open! Junior #Drosophila PIs, join us for inspiring scientific discussion, contribute a talk and listen to our keynote speaker, Eugenia Chiappe. We meet in Palmela, Portugal from June 1st to 3rd. Register soon as spots are limited!
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Time-calibrated phylogeny of the family Drosophilidae showing major species groups, surrounded by representative adult flies that highlight the remarkable morphological diversity of this model insect group. The composite image was created using Microsoft PowerPoint. Fly photographs were taken by Darren J. Obbard and are published under the Creative Commons Attribution License with permission.
The #fly community aims to achieve a comprehensive genomic study of the Drosophilidae family. @pankajd.bsky.social @bernardkim.bsky.social @petrovadmitri.bsky.social @darrenobbard.bsky.social present a comparative gene annotation for 301 #Drosophilidae species @plosbiology.org π§ͺ plos.io/4c3pyrI
For folks in #Ecology and #Evolution, we are hosting a conference here in Cornwall UK! Great chance for a summer staycation June 29-July 3.
Plus, we've managed to make it affordable: Β£250 + Β£49/night for accommodation.
#EvolBiol #EcoEvo
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Looking forward to our International Symposium on "Microbial Networking - from organelles to cross-kingdom communities".
Highlight of our first funding period of our Collaborative Researc Center @mibinet.bsky.social, @dfg.de
www.sfb1535.hhu.de/mibinet
@hhu.de , @fz-juelich.de
Bacillus thuringiensis and insects: a century of intimate history
#JBacteriol #Minireview from Leyla Slamti and Didier Lereclus
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Nothing says peace like launching 400 drones and 29 missiles against a country you have been attacking non-stop for the past 4 years.
Now on the GREAT SCIENCE SHARE: Reaching thousands of primary schools across the UK and far beyond talking about the importance of the fruit fly #Drosophila
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Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! π§ͺ
The EMBO Women in Science Lectures address issues related to gender and diversity in science.
Find out more and apply here:
https://www.embo.org/funding/lecture-travel-and-childcare-grants/women-in-science-lectures/
1/ A field-wide audit of reproducibility in Drosophila immunity
The ReproSci project assessed how many claims from 400 papers had been verified by later research, and, in an accompanying study, tested those that remained uncorroborated.
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We've got ISSUES. Literally.
We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?
arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563
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Please do not miss the opportunity to apply for this exciting PhD position in my lab.
The project will providefundamental insights into the coevolution of cross-feeding microbial consortia within and between species.
The deadline ends this week.
Looking forward to receiving your application.
Our manuscript on the microbiome of a stingless bee hive is out! π¦ π So excited! Hereβs a short thread with some findings, going from the assembly of a consistent multi-kingdom microbiome to discussions on host traits that contribute to it. Please take a look and share : ) rdcu.be/eVNFJ
π New preprint alert! π Weβre excited to share the latest work from @francoisleulier.bsky.social lab, now on bioRxiv!
How to stop the revolving door of German academia π§ͺπ
www.nature.com/articles/d41... @nature.com
#IchbinHanna #wisszeitvg
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1/4 π We are looking for a passionate #PhD student in #Metabolic #Microbiome #Modeling in the Marie SkΕodowska-Curie Doctoral Network MenoBrain. Join us at one of Europeβs microbiome research hubs and push the boundaries of microbiome science! @uni-kiel.de
π www.uniklinikum-jena.de/menobrain/en...
Ever wonder how host genetics shape the microbiota? We found that heparan sulfate biosynthesis is a major host driver of L. plantarum levels. During infection, NF-ΞΊB increases HS, expanding commensals, enhancing resistance and maintaining gut homeostasis. www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Our work is out in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social!
Aranzazu nicely summarized it below.
#infection #symbiosky
#immunity #AcademicSky #insect #symbiosis #Drosophila
An open webinar on our reproducibility project 'WHAT 400 DROSOPHILA PAPERS Teach Us about Doing Better Science' on December 9th 2PM EEST time (1PM Swiss time). Registration below
6 fully funded phd positions in infectious disease research and immunology starting 2026 in Berlin.
π Are you looking for a #PhD project in infectious disease research and #immunology?
π§ͺ Do you want to be part of a vibrant research environment?
π The 2026 call of the IMPRS-IDI graduate school is now open with 6 exciting PhD projects in Berlin: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/imprs-idi-call
The 2nd edition of Comprehensive Molecular #Insect Science is out. As section editor for #Immunity and #Symbiosis, I had the privilege to work with outstanding contributors.
Other sections cover #genomics, #physiology, #neurobiology, and #ecology
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#SymbioSky
π£ Our latest article is out in Cell @cp-cell.bsky.social:
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A scientific adventure, retold as a π§΅!
Is the human microbiome a source for hospital-associated infections (HAI) and are any genetic changes associated with HAI? In our new preprint, we longitudinally reconstruct the evolutionary processes within the human microbiome leading up to HAI: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Diagrams of fruit fly larvae (left) and adult (right) annotated with genes expressed in different tissues, including male- or female-biased gene expressions.
A diagram providing an overview of the regulation of antimicrobial peptide and other host effector peptides by Toll and Imd signalling, alongside diagrams showing the diversity of the peptides.
A summary table illustrating sequence features common to antimicrobial peptides, and a summary table of gene families.
A diagram giving a model for the mechanisms of antimicrobial peptide and host defence peptide actions in killing microbial cells, including precise mechanisms, broader host-pathogen relationships, and non-microbicidal roles of these peptides in protecting the host.
Bizarre that our 2020 #Drosophila #AMP review already feels out of date.
Thanks to #AnnualReviews to cover the many updates in the field and present a much more complete picture of the diversity, mechanisms, topics, of fly immunity re: host defence peptides.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Colonization, translocation, and evolution of opportunistic pathogens during hospital-associated infections https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.23.683921v1
The Antimicrobial and Host Defense Peptides of Drosophila melanogaster
#Drosophila
Open call for life science interns Three-month fully funded internships for bachelorβs and masterβs students in the fields of biology, biochemistry, bioinformatics, epidemiology and any other related fields.
π£ Open call for life science #interns
Our International Summer #Internship 2026 is now open for applications. Three-months fully funded internships at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology.
π Information on the internship projects and how to apply: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/mpiib-isi
Our department is recruiting four microbiologists!
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