Adam Valcek

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Molecular Microbiology

🚨 Job alert 🚨

I’m recruiting two postdoctoral research associates to join my lab at KCL to study how #Klebsiella pneumoniae regulates virulence factor expression during infection! #klebclub

Mol Micro: tinyurl.com/mtrwtx5e

Infection: tinyurl.com/2s3u8ca2

Deadline: 21st September.

26.08.2025 14:40 — 👍 23    🔁 30    💬 1    📌 3

New paper in collaboration with the @asantoslopez.bsky.social lab!

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

13.08.2025 06:39 — 👍 25    🔁 15    💬 0    📌 1

Research position in Microbial Pharmacology and Population Biology (282139) | UiT The Arctic University of Norway Job title: Research position in Microbial Pharmacology and Population Biology (282139), Employer: UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Deadline: Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Feels surreal to say but: I'm hiring! If you are or know anyone interested in looking at the evolution of phage resistance using A. baumannii and natural transformation, then this might be for you
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

08.08.2025 07:52 — 👍 68    🔁 65    💬 1    📌 4

Cross-border spread of a mosaic resistance (OXA-48) and virulence (aerobactin) plasmid in Klebsiella pneumoniae: a European Antimicrobial Resistance Genes Surveillance Network investigation, Europe, F... An investigation of the European Antimicrobial Resistance Genes Surveillance Network (EURGen-Net) detected the same mosaic IncHI1B(pNDM-MAR) resistance (OXA-48) and virulence (aerobactin) plasmid in 4...

🚨Plasmid ALERT – new @eurosurveillance.org rapid comms!

@ecdc.europa.eu-led study finds mosaic IncHI1B(pNDM-MAR) plasmid with blaOXA-48 + aerobactin in 492 K. pneumoniae isolates across 8 EU countries (2019–2024).

First ESGMAP-backed paper: tinyurl.com/4acezh92
#AMR #plasmids #OneHealth #ESGMAP

11.07.2025 08:57 — 👍 6    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0

Universal rules govern plasmid copy number - Nature Communications Plasmids exhibit a broad range of sizes and copies per cell, and these two parameters appear to be negatively correlated. Here, Ramiro-Martínez et al. analyse the copy number of thousands of diverse b...

Curious about plasmid biology? Our latest paper is out now in Nature Communications! 🚨

doi.org/10.1038/s414...

We analyzed thousands of diverse bacterial plasmids to shed light for the first time on a key aspect of plasmid biology: plasmid copy number. 1/7 👇

02.07.2025 10:07 — 👍 83    🔁 40    💬 4    📌 4

Postdoctoral Associate MIT - Postdoctoral Associate - Cambridge MA 02139

‼️I'm looking for a postdoc‼️ Come join effort in using metagenomes to quantify microbial catabolic potential and carbon substrate availability at the ecosystem level. We seek to understand evolutionary forces shaping the carbon cycle. Part of ccomp-stc.org

careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...

18.06.2025 14:39 — 👍 64    🔁 58    💬 1    📌 0

ESGMAP is now on LinkedIn and Bluesky!

We published our first newsletter (lnkd.in/dUe43t8y). It introduces us, our mission, activities, and ways to get involved. Fill out our members' survey, and associate your publications with the group.

Follow us for updates on the mobile elements and plasmids.

19.06.2025 08:56 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1

Plasmid–bacteria associations in the clinical context Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most pressing global health problems, with plasmids playing a central role in its evolution and dissemination. Over the past decades, many studies have inv...

New opinion paper from the lab!

www.cell.com/trends/micro...

15.05.2025 09:09 — 👍 70    🔁 48    💬 3    📌 1

WARNING: We have a postdoc position to work on the follow-up of this work. If you're interested, the deadline is tomorrow !!! (but I'll wait a few more days for interested candidates). research.pasteur.fr/fr/job/postd...

09.05.2025 13:06 — 👍 10    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 1

Check out our preprint on the loss of T6SS and the ompA in A. baumannii ST19!

01.05.2025 06:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

New postdoc position in our lab (2 y+): evolutionary genomics of integrons and MGEs with focus on vibrio-phage interactions. Great environment @pasteur.fr for science, career building. Super collaborators @celineloot.bsky.social @amazeld.bsky.social @fredoleroux.bsky.social 3 weeks to apply!

16.04.2025 07:14 — 👍 100    🔁 126    💬 2    📌 1

Looking forward to #ESCMIDGlobal on board a ship to Vienna!

11.04.2025 11:36 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0