Linea Muhsal

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A PhD position is available in my lab to work on:

Emergence and self-organisation of bacterial metabolism in consortia of cross-feeding bacteria.

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Deadline: 12.11.25

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Postdoctoral researcher in molecular ecology - Uppsala University Postdoctoral researcher in molecular ecology, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University

📢 We have an open position for a postdoc to join my lab. It's a great position @animecol-uu.bsky.social, fully salaried for 2.5 years with all benefits.

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The project is about transmission patterns of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in aquatic insects. 🧬🦠 (1/3)

Non-conjugative plasmids limit their mobility to persist in nature Sabnis et al. explain why non-conjugative plasmids move at a low rate in nature. While increased mobility can easily evolve by incorporating phage DNA into plasmids, this is disadvantageous because it...

Do plasmids really move around that much? Well, maybe not always

Thrilled to have contributed to this story with two of my favourite microbiologists: @jrpenades.bsky.social & @sanmillan.bsky.social

This great work was led by Akshay Sabnis & @wfigueroac3.bsky.social

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"Join ISME’s #UnityinDiversity 2025 Virtual Meeting on 21 October, which will elevate diverse voices in microbial ecology and affirm the importance of equity, inclusion, and global collaboration"

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Predicting functions of uncharacterized gene products from microbial communities - Nature Biotechnology FUGAsseM predicts protein function in microbiomes using coexpression patterns from metatranscriptomes and diverse community-wide data.

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#microsky #microbiome

Communities of plasmids as strategies for antimicrobial resistance gene survival in wastewater treatment plant effluent - npj Antimicrobials and Resistance npj Antimicrobials and Resistance - Communities of plasmids as strategies for antimicrobial resistance gene survival in wastewater treatment plant effluent

🧬 What if #plasmids weren’t competitors, but cooperators?
A new study in npj Antimicrobials & Resistance shows that many plasmids coexist within the same bacterium — and that non-resistant ones survive thanks to those carrying #AMR genes.
#AMR #Plasmids #OneHealth
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Scientists have uncovered how social life shapes aggression in fruit flies: while loners rely on quick jabs, group-raised males prefer intense, full-on tussles, a shift that helps them win territory and mates.
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Engelberts et al. introduce GenomeFISH: a genome-based fluorescence in situ hybridization method that couples high-throughput single cell genomics with whole genome hybridization for strain-level visualization of microbial communities
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#imaging #microbiome #omics

Pls share: Hofstra University is looking for a Tenure-Track Microbiologists!
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We are seeking a microbiologist with a research focus on a non-pathogenic bacterial model system.
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Type IV secretion systems: from structures to mechanisms
Kévin Macé and colleagues summarize recent structural insights into the assembly and function of bacterial type IV secretion systems
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Carbon source diversity shapes bacterial interspecies interactions academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc... #jcampubs

A Genome-Based Pipeline for Digital Siderophore Typing in Pseudomonas Iron-Interaction Network https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.07.680951v1

Pseudomonas aeruginosa lasR is a keystone gene in polymicrobial cultures The airways of people with cystic fibrosis (CF) are often co-infected by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and a variety of other co-habiting microbes; the infections are polymicrobial. P. aeruginosa isolates fr...

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Direct single-molecule detection and super-resolution imaging with a low-cost portable smartphone-based microscope - Nature Communications Loretan and colleagues present a low-cost smartphone-based microscope capable of detecting single-molecule fluorescence. This approach opens doors to personalised and widely distributed applications in diagnostics, biosensing, and science education.

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Congratulations, great and important work.

Estimating the association of antimicrobial resistance genes with minimum inhibitory concentration in Escherichia coli: an observational study Surveillance and prediction of antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli relies on curated databases of genes and mutations. We aimed to quantify the …

Pleased to see this out today in @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... We estimate the independent effects of AMR genes on MIC at a drug-bug level and challenge the idea that resistance is a binary phenomenon.

Thinking about a postdoc in microbiome science?
Our lab at the MPI for Biology (Tübingen) builds on the culture I established at Cornell: collaborative, creative, and internationally diverse. Postdocs lead their own projects with secure funding. Join us!
#PostdocJobs #HostMicrobe #AcademicJobs

Could major evolutionary transitions arise "from within" -- through internal innovation rather than merger? The case for autogenic transitions in individuality is developed here: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/26847/

I'm guest editor for an article collection on the Ecology of Soils for BMC Ecology and Evolution. If you're interested to submit, check it here 👇 www.biomedcentral.com/collections/...

‘Google for DNA’ brings order to biology’s big data MetaGraph compresses vast data archives into a search engine for scientists, opening up new frontiers of biological discovery.

Metagraph: the new search engine that can quickly sift through the staggering volumes of biological data housed in public repositories

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Pain palette with microbes as the paint swatches.

It’s time to let your creativity grow! Submit your entry for this year’s Agar Art Contest: Microbes Make the World Go Round. From food and health to climate and beyond, microbes shape our lives—now show us your story in agar! Submit by Oct. 26: asm.social/2Dt

Half of microbial eukaryote literature focuses on only twelve human parasites Abstract. Although microbial eukaryotes comprise the majority of eukaryotic phylogenetic diversity and inhabit nearly all ecosystems globally, most researc

Half of microbial eukaryote literature focuses on only twelve human parasites

-in #ISMEJournal by Joanna Lepper, @hbrappap.bsky.social and @oliverio.bsky.social

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Interactions between Streptococcus agalactiae and Candida albicans affect persistence and virulence https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.07.681024v1

Joint Call for Papers: Leveraging AI Technologies for Discoveries and Solutions in Infectious Diseases The IDSA journals are seeking papers focused on artificial intelligence (AI) and how it enhances and impacts infectious diseases. The journals are interested in

AI in ID practice: diagnostics, stewardship, education & surveillance. CID wants papers exploring real-world benefits & risks. Proposals due Nov 2.

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The person behind the name – an open call for articles in a new series for CMI Communications

What’s in a name?” Even microbes carry stories. @cmicomms.bsky.social
is launching a new series exploring the people behind eponymous organisms—those whose names live on through microbes like Escherichia or Pasteurella. Open call for submissions #idsky
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The ISC - your new home at UMass Boston?

The view of Boston Harbor from front of campus

Heeeeey #Microbial #Ecology folk! My department has a job opening for a tenure track Microbial Ecologist! Feel free to DM me with questions. Come join our awesome supportive whip-smart & kind crew in the Biology Department of @umassboston.bsky.social! employmentopportunities.umb.edu/boston/en-us...

Impressive results, very cool approach. Congratulations!

Physics-constrained neural ordinary differential equation models to discover and predict microbial community dynamics Microbial communities play essential roles in shaping ecosystem functions and predictive modeling frameworks are crucial for understanding, controlling, and harnessing their properties. Competition an...

New Venturelli Lab preprint!
We develop physics-informed ML models to predict species and metabolite dynamics in microbial communities. By integrating biological knowledge, we outperform both standard ML & mechanistic models. Check out our preprint here! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Metabolic interplay drives population cycles in a cross-feeding microbial community - Nature Communications Here the authors leverage a crossfeeding, engineered microbial community to demonstrate that strain abundance cycles are robust across environmental conditions. They pair this with a nonlinear dynamic model to elucidate population cycles.

Metabolic interplay drives population cycles in a cross-feeding microbial community

@natcomms.nature.com from @oventurelli2.bsky.social

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Widely-distributed freshwater microorganisms with streamlined genomes co-occur in cohorts with high abundance - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Widely-distributed freshwater microorganisms with streamlined genomes co-occur in cohorts with high abundance

I am extremely happy to share our latest manuscript "Widely-distributed freshwater microorganisms with streamlined genomes co-occur in cohorts with high abundance". This project started back in 2021-2022 and after a long time, it sees the light today!

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