New paper out @molbioevol.bsky.social on antimutator Ecoli, mutational spectra and the distribution of fitness effects of antibiotic resistance with @knightjar.bsky.social @rokkrasovec.bsky.social and others @mermanchester.bsky.social doi.org/pzfm
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☎️ Calling #MEvoSky ☎️
2x 5-year research associate / research assistant positions in experimental evolution
ERC-funded project: How do mobile genetic elements and defence systems shape bacterial genome evolution?
Join the friendly and exciting @mermanchester.bsky.social community in Manchester!
Fully funded PhD project on single-molecule dynamics of phages & plasmids.
Join us and learn a broad range of skills, from synthetic biology and evolution to 3D microscopy.
#AMR #microscopy
Please contact me directly if you wish to discuss informally and please repost!
tinyurl.com/mrjmze7j
🚨 PhD opportunity 🚨 The Whelan lab, along w @brockhurstlab.bsky.social, are looking for a PhD student w bioinformatic experience/interest to investigate the evolution of transmissibility in bacterial pathogens, with a focus on P. aeruginosa. More info & link to apply below.
Please spread the word!
PhD studentship alert!
Fully funded, co-supervised with @rokkrasovec.bsky.social and Prof Mike Bromley, University of Manchester
Exploring routes of horizontal gene transfer in pathogenic fungi
Exciting project, will be a bunch of fun! Come & join us 🔬
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events
We’re out in Nature !! doi.org/ntzk Very exciting for my first bluesky post! – it’s been a long haul by an excellent team from across Europe, led by @frantecol.bsky.social
If understanding the eco-evo dynamics of Icelandic hot-spring microbial communities sounds like fun, then this might be the perfect PhD for you!
With @coytelab.bsky.social and Sophie Nixon and part of an exciting multidisciplinary consortium www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
One-week international workshop on evolution June 22-29 in the Swiss Alps for Master's & early PhD students. Application due 28 January 2024.
I've co-taught the course several times (but not this time), and it's a terrific format and beautiful location.
www.evolution.unibas.ch/teaching/gua...
