Welcome!
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Are you interested in studying RNA phages? We are looking for a PhD student and a postdoc to join the lab!
For more information and how to apply, see below π
Please RT!
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YouTube video by University of Oxford
Oxford's new Life and Mind Building
We have three senior and one early-career research fellowships open! It's an exciting time to join us as we've just moved into the new Life and Mind Building
Fellowships in fungal disease, mycology, conservation science + nature finance, & plant sciences in thread π
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31.10.2025 10:20 β π 3 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0
E15 Groups
The Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Researchopens a call for
π¨ Last chance!
The Helmholtz Institute WΓΌrzburg is offering 2οΈβ£ JUNIOR GROUP LEADER POSITIONS in RNA BIOLOGY, RNA TECHNOLOGY or RNA MEDICINE. π§¬π§« π» βοΈ
The deadline is today, so apply now at www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/e15-groups/
31.10.2025 09:58 β π 6 π 6 π¬ 0 π 0
π’ Open Call! The Max Perutz Labs invite applications for a Full Professorship in Integrative Structure Biology with a focus on in situ structural biology using cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) and related methods. More details β‘οΈ tinyurl.com/brswbymu
31.10.2025 09:24 β π 20 π 26 π¬ 0 π 2
Are you looking for a postdoctoral opportunity in the field of Biocatalysis and Structural Biology in Barcelona?
The Biotransformation and Bioactive Molecules Group at the IQAC-CSIC is seeking a potential candidate to apply for a Juan de la Cierva Postdoctoral Fellowship and join our team. π½
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Another PhD opportunity in my lab starting in September 2026. The CSC-funded project aimed at Chinese nationals will explore the structure and function of the archaellum machinery. #ArchaeaSky. If you are interested, get in touch with me! www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins...
30.10.2025 13:01 β π 2 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
π£ We are moving to Barcelona to join the amazing @crg.eu and explore how centrosomes & cilia work, evolve & respond to the environment. We are looking for
PhD students www.crg.eu/en/content/t...
Postdocs gimm.pt/jobs/postdoc...
Other calls to open, also for an experienced lab manager.
Get in touch!
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You've got just a few days left to submit your proposal to join us as a new Group Leader
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Applications close 2nd November
Package includes:
πͺMulti-year funding
π§ͺCore Facility Access
π₯Ό #Postdoc & #PhD positions
π€Mentorship
Visit our website to apply:
www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/career/new-g...
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Our Illuminate Global Challenges Fellowships | Research | Queen's University Belfast
π Applications for the tenure-track illuminate global challenge fellowships at Queenβs are now open!
Comes with 5 years protected research time, a PhD studentship, & 60k start-up. I had one of these before getting my FLF, happy to chat to anyone interested!
www.qub.ac.uk/Research/fel...
30.10.2025 12:19 β π 9 π 23 π¬ 1 π 1
Check our latest publication in #JACSAu @ACSPublications with Elliot Chan and @bpsiyork.bsky.social, where we describe how the bacterial protein HU binds DNA at atomic resolution. Thanks to EPSRC for funds and @n8cir.bsky.social and hecbiosim for computational resources. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
30.10.2025 15:01 β π 15 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0
Antiviral Defence is a Conserved Function of Diverse DNA Glycosylases
Bacteria are frequently attacked by viruses, known as phages, and rely on diverse defence systems like restriction endonucleases and CRISPR-Cas to survive. While phages can evade these defences by cov...
Excited to share: DNA glycosylases are diverse antiviral effectors. They recognize phage base modifications and initiate genome destruction. A structureβguided approach made the scope of this discovery possible! π§ͺ #phagesky doi.org/10.1101/2025... #phage #microbiology
30.10.2025 12:16 β π 49 π 18 π¬ 3 π 1
New internship opportunity!
The American Philosophical Society and CSHL invite applications for a joint summer internship program for undergraduates working on junior or senior research projects related to the history of the life sciences.
More info here: apply.interfolio.com/174285
29.10.2025 20:45 β π 11 π 15 π¬ 0 π 1
Please RT. Post-doc opportunity alert! π₯ closing 10th December.. Come join our team (www.thelowlab.org) at Imperial, London, working on the structure and mechanism of bacterial secretion systems.
For more details and to apply please see
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
29.10.2025 17:11 β π 48 π 40 π¬ 1 π 0
If youβre interested in metals, microbes and maths π€ - please check out this PhD on the impact of metals on microbial communities with @thecopperdoctor.bsky.social @blindmath.bsky.social Denis Patterson and myself, youβd be based in Durham & be part of a vibrant interdisciplinary research group
29.10.2025 14:49 β π 11 π 16 π¬ 0 π 0
Quick Check Needed
We are looking for a computational postdoc to work with us on new optimisation algorithms to make #RELION even better. Join our bubbly team at the @mrclmb.bsky.social in Cambridge, UK. π€ RTs appreciated.
mrc.tal.net/vx/appcentre...
29.10.2025 09:17 β π 63 π 57 π¬ 2 π 2
Cornell BME at Weill Hall in Ithaca
My department, Cornell BME, is hiring!
This tenure-track faculty position is a great opportunity to join a vibrant community that values research, teaching, and entrepreneurship.
π academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30816
28.10.2025 18:31 β π 50 π 38 π¬ 0 π 0
Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Molecular & Cellular Physiology (MCP) Monday
We are recruiting a tenure-track assistant professor to join the Dept of Molecular & Cellular Physiology at Stanford. Apply to be our colleague 1/n
facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
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π’ Excited to share that our study has just been published in Nature Communications! We uncover how CRL4-DCAF12 regulates the cellular levels of MCMBP, a chaperone essential for assembling nascent MCM2-7 complexes, to ensure accurate and error-free genome duplication.
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Labβs first paper is out!! We show the first structures of #Asgard #chromatin by #cryo-EM π§¬βοΈ
Asgard histones form closed and open hypernucleosomes. Closed are conserved across #Archaea, while open resemble eukaryotic H3βH4 octasomes and are Asgard-specific. More here: www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
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EVENT - Centre for Microbial Interactions Annual Conference 2026
Register now to attend in-person or virtually @norwichmicro.bsky.social
ποΈ 4-5 March 2026
πJohn Innes Conference Centre, NR4 7UH
β° Deadline for registration - 25 February 2026: okt.to/16MLmH
Full programme: okt.to/YF8TVe
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Rotation biology PhDs | John Innes Centre
Prestigious studentships, for entry in October 2022, this multi-disciplinary PhD programme includes; plant science, microbiology, biological chemistry, applied mathematicsβ¦
Applications are now OPEN for the JIF Rotation PhD Programme
This prestigious 4-year #PhD programme trains graduate students in Plant and Microbial Sciences at the JIC, @thesainsburylab.bsky.social and @earlhaminst.bsky.social.
ποΈ Closing date - 13 November 2025
www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...
08.10.2025 18:47 β π 21 π 27 π¬ 0 π 0
One of the best parts of my job is seeing brilliant scientists find a home for their research and thrive with the support around them. Hear from some of our early career group leaders about their experiences of starting their labs.
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What makes PhD students happy? Good supervision
Supervisors who invest in positive mentoring relationships with their PhD candidates also reap the benefits for their own research.
Results from Natureβs 2025 global survey of more than 3,700 doctoral students:
Supervisors who make a conscious effort to support and mentor their PhD candidates have more-satisfied students
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
27.10.2025 12:53 β π 7 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0
Our lab @mrclmb.bsky.social in Cambridge is seeking a passionate PhD student to explore transcription-coupled splicing! Join our team for an exciting project to understand human gene regulation 𧬠Feel free to get in touch directly #PhD #cryoEM #biochemistry
www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/students/int...
23.10.2025 10:32 β π 8 π 9 π¬ 0 π 0
The allotetraploid lycophyte Selaginella rupincola growing among the boulders at Cochise Stronghold in the Dragoon Mountains southeast of Tucson, Arizona.
Xanthisma spinulosum growing outside a gym in Tucson, Arizona.
Selaginella arizonica X eremophila hybrid zone at Alamo Canyon in Organ Pipe National Monument.
A Dieteria sp. being visited by a skipper in the White Mountains of Arizona.
I'm recruiting PhD students for the Barker Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study plant evolutionary genomics - polyploidy, hybridization & machine learning for genome evolution. Work with Selaginella, Xanthisma, Brassica & more. Funding available via CAMBIUM Fellowships. Reach out if interested! π§¬π΅π€
24.10.2025 05:01 β π 68 π 50 π¬ 2 π 0
A logo for the CAMBIUM NRT featuring stylized rings.
An organ pipe cactus in the moonlight with a starry sky above.
The CAMBIUM NSF NRT is recruiting PhD students @uarizona.bsky.social! Fellowships for interdisciplinary training in biodiversity big data to adapt to & mitigate climate change impacts. Great fit for evolutionary genomics, bioinformatics, plant adaptation, ecology & more. cambium.arizona.edu π§¬ππ
24.10.2025 05:19 β π 7 π 15 π¬ 2 π 0
keen on reverse transcription | also keen on spliceosomes | cryoEM dabbler
Assistant Member @MSKCC
Formerly post-doc @MIT
Formerly-formerly PhD @MRC_LMB
Formerly formerly-formerly Otago Uni
Kiwi π₯ π³πΏ
https://wilkinsonlab.bio/
We investigate molecular machines and cell-surface proteins using cutting-edge cryoEM
Senior Lecturer at the University of York. DNA, protein-DNA, biophysics, modeling, supercoiling, and much more
Group leader at the Institute of Biophysics, Czech Academy of Sciences | Czech Science Foundation Junior Star fellow | ERA & EMBO IG fellow | Deciphering DNA replication & genome integrity in normal & cancer development.
Group leader @EMBL Heidelberg | Archaea | Chromatin | Cryo-EM and cryo-ET | Evolution | Structure
RNA modifications, antibiotic tolerance, bacterial stress, non coding RNAs, Vibrio cholerae.
Institut Pasteur & EGM (IBPC, CNRS)
Promoting Useful Knowledge Since 1743.
amphilsoc.org
Scripps Research Professor. HHMI Investigator. Nobel Prize Physiology or Medicine 2021. Opinions my own.
Professor at Brunel University of London. Into all things Antibiotic Resistance, Drug Discovery, Biofilms and Signalling
Postdoc @Cambridge University and the Wellcome Sanger Institute. Pathogens evolution: Horizontal Gene Transferπ§¬, Phages, Mutational hotspots, AMR, virulence π²π½
Research interests: Bacterial replication, antimicrobials, and Lyme disease. Stanford, HHMI.
A blog that aims to share appreciation for the width & depth of microbial activities.
Posts by Christoph, not necessarily the opinion of all team members of Small Things Considered (STC) https://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/
Reader (Associate Professor) in School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, UK.
Interested in bacteriophages and phage therapy.
Postdoctoral scientist | JIC, UK
PhD | de Duve institute, Belgium
Passionate about killing E. coli and watching them die under theπ¬
Group Leader, Molecular mimicry / chromatin evolution / engineering
Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge. Wellcome Trust CDA fellow
https://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/research/research-groups/hocher-group
Group Leader Recruitment @crick.ac.uk
Science, books, cycling, comedy, music, yoga & dessert enthusiast.
The Department of Microbiology brings together scientists exploring various aspects of microbial life. Our research seeks to address how microbes shape our world and to develop insight to advance the prevention and treatment of human disease.
PDRA and microbiologist investigating the role of IM30 proteins in bacterial membrane repair at CBCB, Newcastle University π¬π¦
Evolutionary geneticist working with microbes. Absorbed by Major Evolutionary Transitions. Fighting the decline to grumpiness. MPI for Evolutionary Biology, PlΓΆn, Germany & ESPCI, Paris, France.
Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology, University of Chicago. Study the pathogenesis of tuberculosis, and other mycobacterial infections. Opinions my own.