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Evolution of the Plant-Associated Pantoea was Accompanied by Plasmid Domestication Events Abstract. Plasmids are important drivers of evolutionary transformations and ecological adaptation in prokaryotes. Plasmids supplying the host with benefic

Finally out from @daganlab.bsky.social! 🌱🦠🧬 Evolution of the Plant-Associated Pantoea was Accompanied by Plasmid Domestication Events url: academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...

CRC 1182 Retreat 2025 The 11th CRC 1182 Retreat was held from October 8-10 at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre in Kiel. Our members presented the current state of research in the different sub-projects and discussed their plans...

Wonderful update on the exciting research during our annual Metaorganism CRC retreat, incl. fantastic guest talks by Chris Voolstra and Tommi Vatanen. Many thanks for all contributions! @crc1182.bsky.social @reefgenomics.bsky @daganlab.bsky.social www.metaorganism-research.com/news/crc-118...

Open W2-Professorship in Plant Genetics at CAU Kiel. See details in the link (English below the German text). Deadline: 19.10.2025. Join our community of evolutionary biologists on the coast of the Baltic sea.
www.berufungen.uni-kiel.de/de/dateien/o...

SegMantX: a novel tool for detecting DNA duplications uncovers prevalent duplications in plasmids Abstract. Segmental duplications play an important role in genome evolution via their contribution to copy-number variation, gene-family diversification an

Happy to introduce SegMantX. Analyzing #plasmid we find that most duplications are MGE-driven. Additional use cases include detection of DNA transfer between replicons and examination of plasmid sequence similarity. Try it out! doi.org/10.1093/molb...

Please RT:
We have an opening for a junior group leader position in „Phage Biology & Biotechnology“.
www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/...

Interested candidates are encouraged to contact me via email for further details.

@spp2330.bsky.social; @mibinet.bsky.social

W 3 professorship in Molecular and Evolutionary Zoology - Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein (DE) job with Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel | 12844416 Kiel University aims to attract more qualified women to professorship positions. The Institute of Zoology at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural...

A call for W 3 (full) professorship in Molecular and Evolutionary Zoology is now open at our department. Join our community of evolutionary biologists! Excellent facilities and scientific environment!
www.nature.com/naturecareer...

W 3-Professorship in Benthic Biogeochemistry - Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein (DE) job with Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel | 12842249 Kiel University and GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel aims to attract more qualified women to professorships. The Faculty of Mathemat...

W 3-Professorship in Benthic Biogeochemistry www.nature.com/naturecareer...

An attractive position at our neighbor institute GEOMAR in Kiel!

Dear colleagues, even if you are short in time, take a look at Figure 5B. Quote from the discussion: "First and foremost, we need to separate the different tasks required of a just accountability system: detection, investigation, and sanctioning."

The combination of active partitioning and toxin-antitoxin systems is most advantageous for low-copy plasmid fitness - Nature Communications Effe et al. evaluate how specific plasmid traits influence plasmid fitness; they provide mechanistic insight into the persistence of large conjugative plasmids, including those that disseminate antibi...

Happy to finally share this! Read here about the best strategy the the persistence of low-copy plasmids. @mariosanter.bsky.social @iwangtoknow.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s414...

This is still open for another week or so! Please apply :)

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor / Associate Professor in Bioinformatics at Aarhus University, Denmark - Vacancy at Aarhus University Vacancy at Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - BiRC - Bioinformatics Research Center, Aarhus University

📣 🥳 🧑‍💻 Our department is hiring:

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor / Associate Professor in Bioinformatics at Aarhus University, Denmark

Deadline June 1st

Thanks for sharing!

mbg.au.dk/en/news-and-...

An awesome position in a super enabling institute. Join us in Kiel!

Senior Lecturer/Reader/Chair in Ecology:Manchester

Job alert ‼️
2x professorships available @uniofmanchester.bsky.social
- ecology www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
- organismal biology (inc genomics, evolution etc.) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI506/s...

Neues Evolutionsforschungszentrum am Bremerskamp nimmt Gestalt an Im Center for Fundamental Research in Translational Evolutionary Biology (CeTEB) werden ab 2027 Forschungsprojekte zur Evolutionsforschung bearbeitet. Heute wurde gemeinsam mit den Handwerkern das Ric...

Another step closer to our new #research building on #translational #evolutionary #biology at @uni-kiel.de. Thanks to everyone involved in the realization of this fantastic new research environment
www.gmsh.de/pressemittei...

Last week to apply! Deadline: 27.3.25.

SegMantX, a local alignment chaining tool

Segmental duplications are challenging to detect? Try SegMantX, a local alignment chaining tool to detect diverged #duplications. Applied to enterobacterial plasmids, it uncovers MGE's role in #plasmid #evolution & #antibiotic resistance amplification. Read here: t.co/akfYUYRTdd

We would love feedback on a new NCBI-BLAST service we are launching today: sky-blast.com

Under the hood it's the same BLAST executable and databases provided by NCBI, with a replica of the NIH's interface - providing an alternative to the US gov service that's less congested, faster & more reliable

Persistence of large conjugative plasmids relies on the combination of active partitioning and addiction mechanisms Extrachromosomal and mobile genetic elements, including transposable elements, plasmids, and accessory chromosomes, are found across all domains of life. The replication and segregation of elements in...

Imagine that you are a low-copy extra-chromosomal genetic elements invading a host cell. What’s your best strategy to survive? Check our new study of prokaryotic #plasmid for the answer! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... led by Johannes Effe with @iwangtoknow.bsky.social and more! (not on bsky)

Kiel University offers 7 PhD positions in "Translational Evolutionary Research" focused on applying evolutionary principles to real-world problems. Apply by March 27, 2025: https://transevo.de/ #gradstudent

We have an open position PhD position in a project aiming to develop novel methodologies for phylogenomic reconstruction of plasmid evolution. See details and how to apply in the Ad. Candidates who will review the relevant literature (see Ad) have a higher chance to write a successful application.

Loading and unloading plasmid cargoes Plasmids are vehicles for horizontal gene transfer between cells, but they also exchange genes with associated chromosomes in a process termed 'intracellular mobility'. I discuss a recent article by K...

🆕Read my short perspective on @daganlab.bsky.social's intriguing @currentbiology.bsky.social paper that examined plasmid-mediated gene mobilisation by comparing plasmid cargoes with chromosomal sequences across almost 2000 isolates, now in Trends in Microbiology 💻💫🧬 #MicroSky

Colibactin is deeply studied in human cells due to its involvement in colorectal cancers, yet far less is known in the context of microbial communities. Our first study with @daganlab.bsky.social revealed self-inflicted DNA-damage in colibactin producers (2/9)
genome.cshlp.org/content/earl...

We are looking for a #Postdoc (m/f/d) with expertise in cell culture/immunology in the Bacterial Infection Ecology Lab @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social to study how gut microbiota manipulate their host landscape and to advance microbiome-based therapies. Apply here: bit.ly/4eFgQO1

W3-Professorship opening at GEOMAR Kiel with focus on interactions in marine pelagic ecosystems. Please RT.

Applications are open for the Microbial Population Biology GRS and GRC!

The GRS is a fun day for grad students and postdocs to network before the full GRC starts, and is co-chaired this year by me and Laura Suttenfield

Get your applications in by Jan 15! #evosky 🦠🧪

www.grc.org/microbial-po...

1 more week to apply! A PhD and a postdoc project on the genomic basis of host-microbiome coevolution in the Schulenburg lab

W 3-Professorship in Marine Pelagic Ecology
Deadline 08. December 2024
by Kiel University and GEOMAR
www.berufungen.uni-kiel.de/de/w-3-aussc...
www.geomar.de/en/karriere/...

Two PhD positions for #plasmid evolution research are open in our group: 1) Computational evolutionary microbiology and 2) Microbial evolutionary genetics. Application deadline: 10.3.24. Details in evoldir: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...

Collaborative Research Center on metaorganism research successfully extended German Research Foundation continues to fund the CRC 1182 until 2027

Our Collaborative Research Center on the Origin and Function of Metaorganisms was just approved for another 4-years funding period. Just wonderful to continue our work with fantastic colleagues at Kiel University and partner institutions! @daganlab.bsky.social @utehentschel.bsky.social

From #plasmid to #mitochondria and #plastid, extra-chromosomal genetic elements share many properties of their evolutionary dynamics. Great work by Marina Khachaturyan