The registration is now open for BACELL meeting on 8-9 June 2026 at University of Malaga, Spain.
Register and submit abstract for oral or poster presentation: bacell2026.eu
Deadline for abstract submission: 31 March 2026
Registration deadline: 15 May 2026
Organizer @diegromero.bsky.social
(bacterial) chromosome segregationists take note ๐
membrane-anchoring of the ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ region to ensure proper daughter chromosome segregation after replication initiation โ proposed decades ago but never substantiated... ๐now shown for ๐. ๐ข๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ด by mariana pinho's lab
Just over ten years after the discovery of the first Asgard archaeal genomes, we revisit the rapid expansion of this remarkable archaeal lineage. From diverse genomes and metabolisms to eukaryotic signature proteins and the first cultured representatives.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We are one of the potential host labs for a Lecturer position in Molecular Genetics & Genomics โ please share, and get in touch for more info! ๐งฌ๐ฃ
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.
Save the date for the next International Conference on Gram-Positive Bacteria which will take place between 29 Juneโ2 July 2027. The organizers (@annadragos.bsky.social, @polonca32.bsky.social, and Ines Mandic-Mulec) look forward to welcoming you to Ljubljana, Slovenia
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
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
Posting again!
Weโre hiring at VIDO!
๐ฌ Principal Research Scientist โ ESKAPE Pathogens
๐ Principal Research Scientist โ Bovine Respiratory Disease
๐ก๏ธ Associate Biosafety Officer
Help us advance infectious disease research. Apply today: vido.org/careers/curr...
@usask.ca
Weโre hiring a Microscopy Core Director at the Wadsworth Center!
It's a state position (job stability & PENSION!) in a uniquely academic, research-driven environment ๐
Please share ๐
statejobs.ny.gov/public/vacan...
Exciting line up of talks for CauloCon 2026 - includes keynotes from @brunlabcaulo.bsky.social @lamasonlab.bsky.social and @thanbichlerlab.bsky.social! Hear work from Isaac Payne and Trung Nguyen, 2 students in my lab, on Weds and Thurs. ๐คฉ
"The Cyclops," painted by Odilon Redon, 1914. Via Wikipedia
The origin of our eyes over half a billion years ago is looking more and more weird--from a cyclops to four eyes to two. Here's my story (gift link): nyti.ms/4rzisQP
University of Toronto is hiring:
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology
#assistantprofessorposition
๐ข๐ข๐ขLectureships at Bristol!๐ข๐ข๐ข
We're hiring 3 x lecturers (=assistant professor) in Biological Sciences, across the discipline.
Great department, great colleagues, great building, great city
Details here:
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
How #baby #microbiomes in the West differ from those everywhere else ...
| #microbes | #bacteria | #diets | #gut | #stool | Via @newscientist.com
Putting a lot of work into a grant that probably won't get funded due to lack of funding in NIH/NSF. So I'm curious scientists: what work were you excited about that didn't get funding?
Non-scientists, this is the work we are missing out on in the US when we don't fully fund NIG/NSF/USDA/etc
Screenshot from an NIH website reading: "Table 1 shows the number of principal investigators (PIs) applying for or receiving an R01-equivalent grant in FYs 2021 to 2025, disaggregated by career stage. NIH supported 1,423 and 1,144 ESIs in FYs 2024 and 2025, respectively. The decrease seen in FY 2025 may likely be due in part to NIH implementing a requirement to use 50% of its remaining competing Research Project Grant (RPG) funds (starting in June 2025) for full-year funded competing RPGs, which was expected to lead to fewer awards and support fewer researchers overall."
Check this out straight from the NIH website, acknowledging that multiyear funding was likely responsible for a 20% decrease in early stage investigators.
And that it was expected.
A strange approach for someone so committed to the next generation of scientists.
grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
Xiaofeng combined 2D live-cell single-particle tracking with 3D simulations to specifically measure the bacterial nucleoid accessibility and viscosity! Our preprint describes how these nucleoid properties respond to cellular processes! Code is available too.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Come join #LaurierBiology!
We're recruiting 3 tenure-track faculty positions!
Integrative Organismal Zoologist!
careers.wlu.ca/job/Waterloo...
Microbial Systems Biologist!
careers.wlu.ca/job/Waterloo...
Computational Ecology/Modeling Biologist!
careers.wlu.ca/job/Waterloo...
DEADLINE MARCH 22nd!
Bacteria frozen in ancient underground ice cave found to be resistant against 10 modern antibiotics | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
A pilot in a submersible vehicle collecting sediments samples in 30 meters of water looking for Asgards (microbial relatives of eukaryotes)
One of the biggest questions in biology is how complex cells evolved about 2 billion years ago. Here's my new story on how scientists are solving the mystery of eukaryotes like us. Gift link: nyti.ms/4qMbo22
To learn more about this work, please read our preprint. We look forward to your comments and feedback. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 13/end
Please spread the word: the Structural Studies Division @mrclmb.bsky.social is looking for a new tenure-track, independent group leader with an exciting plan in any area of Structural (Molecular & Cell) biology, in discovery biology and/or methods development. ๐ฅณ
mrc.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...
How did life arise from simple chemical building blocks?
New #LMBResearch led by @edogia.bsky.social in @philholliger.bsky.social group has identified a small self-replicating ribozyme that could be the answer.
Read more: mrclmb.ac.uk/news-events/...
The moment youโve all been waiting forโฆ
๐ฆ SAVE THE DATE! ๐ฆ
BBM2026 will be held from June 22nd - 23rd at Boston Universityโs George Sherman Union. Our featured speaker this year is Dr. Eric Skaar from Vanderbilt University!
Registration opens soon!
More info at: bostonbacterial.org
#BBM2026
Unveiling hidden variables in stressed bacteria
@cp-cellreports.bsky.social Review by @divyach.bsky.social and @maxencevincent.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
I present the most interesting graph ever made.
HUMAN ON BICYCLE beats every other living thing.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
In our most recent work David Forrest has discovered a widespread mechanisms linking transcription initiation to DNA supercoiling...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
If you have an interest in mixing computation and experiments to understand microbial evolution (for example antibiotic resistance) and you think you might be a good fit for a postdoc in my lab, reach out. If it seems it might be a fit Iโm happy to help you frame it as AI for Biology per this call
