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Felix M Key

@keyfm.bsky.social

Research Group Leader @mpiib_berlin. #Genetics of clinical and ancient #microbes to understand the #evolution of #infectious #diseases and the #microbiome mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/2003543/key-lab

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Institut Pasteur (@pasteur.fr) is recruiting new young PIs to open new groups in the Institute. Deadline is February 9th! Don't miss the opportunity!

27.01.2026 18:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 49    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Postdoc in human evolutionary genetics and bioinformatics (M/F) Assurez-vous que votre profil candidat soit correctement renseignรฉ avant de postuler

๐Ÿ“ข We're hiring a postdoc (33 months) in human evolutionary genomics / paleogenomics / statistical genetics, Paris ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
Project on selection on disease-associated variants, integrating ancient genomes, GWAS, and Ancestral Rec. Graphs.
Start May 2026 (flexible).
Apply here: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

31.12.2025 10:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 35    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Please share: We are hosting the 2026 DZG evolutionary biology graduate meeting at Uni Hamburg on March 25-27: "Interactions and Coevolution: from Molecules to Species". #PhD students, early postdocs and advanced Master students in evolutionary biology are welcome to register! t1p.de/dzg2026evolbio

13.01.2026 16:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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๐Ÿ”Š Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Bacterial Evolution.

Looking to recruit a postdoc to join a UKRI FLF-funded project on antibiotic resistance evolution in the microbiome ๐Ÿฆ 

3 years funding, deadline 26th Jan, please share!
hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

05.01.2026 10:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 54    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Professurship (W2) in Microbiology - Regensburg (Stadt), Bayern (DE) job with Universitรคt Regensburg | 12851113 UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG ย  The Faculty of Biology and Pre-Clinical Medicine invites applications for a ย  Professurship (W2) in Microbiology ย  To be...

A new year brings new opportunities: we are looking to fill a permanent professorship position with a Microbiologist preferably with expertise on archaeal biology, RNA biology or imaging techniques to unravel cell biology in prokaryotes! Please share and/or apply :)! www.nature.com/naturecareer...

05.01.2026 09:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 43    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Weโ€™re hiring 2 Postdocs (f/m/d) in Drugโ€“Microbiomeโ€“Host Interactions ๐Ÿฆ ๐Ÿ’Š

Focus: how non-antibiotic drugs shape the gut microbiome, drug efficacy & side effects.

#PostdocJobs #Microbiome #AcademicJobs

Full job ad:
lisamaierlab.com/wp-content/u...

22.12.2025 14:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

We are recruiting!

If you like evolutionary biology, microbial genomics, and host-pathogen interactions we have a PhD opening at @ugiatucl.bsky.social using population-scale metagenomics to map global phage diversity and uncover evolutionary signatures that could point to new antimicrobials.

24.11.2025 10:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The genomics of modern human biological uniqueness (BERGSTROM_U26DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership Modern humans are unique as a species, having spread widely and transformed the world with technology and large-scale societies. But until relatively recently (~50,000 years ago)โ€ฆ

A PhD project in human genomics with me is open for applications through the @nrpdtp.bsky.social. Use biobank-scale genomics datasets to answer long-standing questions about the evolution of our species: biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/the...

17.10.2025 10:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Our new preprint, led by Martin (@mfenk.bsky.social), is online. We address the microbiomeโ€™s role as a source and incubator of acute infections by combining prospective collection of native samples with population-wide, culture-based sequencing. Please check out Martinโ€™s wonderful thread. โฌ‡๏ธ๐Ÿงต๐ŸŽ‰

27.10.2025 11:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Open call for 
life science interns

Three-month fully funded internships 
for bachelorโ€˜s and masterโ€˜s students in the fields of biology, biochemistry, 
bioinformatics, epidemiology and any other related fields.

Open call for life science interns Three-month fully funded internships for bachelorโ€˜s and masterโ€˜s students in the fields of biology, biochemistry, bioinformatics, epidemiology and any other related fields.

๐Ÿ“ฃ Open call for life science #interns
Our International Summer #Internship 2026 is now open for applications. Three-months fully funded internships at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology.
๐Ÿ‘‰ Information on the internship projects and how to apply: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/mpiib-isi

23.10.2025 15:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Two group leader positions available in the broader areas of RNA science, RNA technologies, and RNA medicine. Attractive packages and a great environment. Come and join us at Helmholtz RNA Wรผrzburg, Bavaria.

08.10.2025 21:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 67    ๐Ÿ” 78    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Two full-time positions | Bioinformatician (m/f/d) + Applications Specialist (m/f/d) - Molecular Biology The Genome Facility at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Plรถn is seeking to fill two positions (full time) to support and expand our core facility services.

Two new positions are available at the MPI for Evolutionary Biology to support development of our genomics facility. Both stand to become permanent. Both offer a ton of opportunity to engage in a wide range of creative science.

Pls repost ๐Ÿ™

www.evolbio.mpg.de/3838377/job_...

06.10.2025 11:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 31    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
University of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Centres for Doctoral Training - NorthWest Biosciences - Our Projects - Underpinning Bioscience - Arianne Babina

๐Ÿ”Š Fully-funded 4yr PhD studentship with the NWB DTP, working on novel regulators of bacterial nitrogen metabolism ๐Ÿฆ 
Primary supervisor: @ariannebabina.bsky.social (University of Glasgow)
Co-supervisors: myself (Queenโ€™s Belfast)+ Dรณnal Wall (Glasgow)
๐ŸŒŸ please share ๐ŸŒŸ

www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

01.10.2025 06:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great to see the preprint & code out. Large scale within host evolution analysis made easy. Happy that we could contribute to the development. Kudos to all involved including @i-light-maka.bsky.social & @mfenk.bsky.social from the Key lab.

30.09.2025 18:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fascinating study delineating plasmid evolution during the last 100 years.

26.09.2025 06:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New ERC funded computational postdoc position in my lab! We are looking for someone who will study the genomics of bacterial evolution using samples from experimental evolution and clinical trials. Lots of opportunities for interesting and fun collaboration!
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

25.09.2025 14:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 32    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Postdoctoral position in Population Genomics - Uppsala University Postdoctoral position in Population Genomics, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University

I have funding for a 2-year dry-lab postdoc to join our team @humanevouu.bsky.social ๐Ÿงช (Deadline Oct 21st)

The project will utilize modern and #aDNA data from humans and sheep to study environmental adaptation (including method development and simulations).

Please share!
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

17.09.2025 09:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 32    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Original post on genomic.social

โ“ Do you develop a #Nextflow pipeline for #metagenomics, #metataxonomics, #metatranscriptomics, #metaproteomics, etc?

๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป I'm looking for #bioinformatics developers to give demos of their #opensource pipelines to the scientific community in a โ€˜Meta-*omics Nextflow pipeline community exhibition [โ€ฆ]

16.09.2025 06:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Open postdoc position in in my lab in Berlin @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de.

Join us to push the frontier in ancient microbial genomics. Please apply until Oct 17th. Reach out in case you have any questions.

www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/2193291/job_...

15.09.2025 08:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 28    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We are looking for a postdoc to study single-cell transcriptional heterogeneity in the human skin microbiome.

We have a new protocol mostly developed, but need someone to see it through. Experience with protocol dev or RNAseq appreciated.

Funded by a new grant from MIT-HEALS.

12.09.2025 16:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 79    ๐Ÿ” 61    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We have a new article out in Cell! Learn more about plague in prehistoric livestock: "Bronze Age Yersinia pestis genome from sheep sheds light on hosts and evolution of a prehistoric plague lineage" www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

12.08.2025 11:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The FIRST International Conference on Palaeogenomics will happen in Stockholm, Sweden, June 23-26, 2026!

Topics will encompass all corners of ancient DNA research, from humans to wildlife and sediments๐Ÿงฌ๐Ÿฆฃ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿฆ 

Save the dates โœ…

Check the website icp2026.palaeogenomics.org and follow us for updates!

27.05.2025 08:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 81    ๐Ÿ” 49    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
AI-generated drawing of a woman looking through a microscope with DNA and fungi drawn in the background. The text contains the same content as the bsky post.

AI-generated drawing of a woman looking through a microscope with DNA and fungi drawn in the background. The text contains the same content as the bsky post.

My group at is hiring a PhD student to explore how fungal pathogens that live in the environment will adapt their genomes, acquire new phenotypes, and perhaps even increased infectivity as a result of climate change. Please share!

More info and applications at @ jobs.uni-jena.de/vrbup

29.07.2025 15:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 48    ๐Ÿ” 47    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Bronze Age Yersinia pestis genome from sheep sheds light on hosts and evolution of a prehistoric plague lineage A Yersinia pestis genome from a Bronze Age domesticated sheep provides insight into the host range, evolution, and possible transmission scenarios of an ancient lineage of the plague-causing bacteria,...

Ancient Yersinia pestis genome discovered in 4,000-year-old sheep tooth sheds new light on a mysterious infectious disease that plagued prehistoric Eurasia. New research by @keyfm.bsky.social and @i-light-maka.bsky.social now published in @cellpress.bsky.social: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

11.08.2025 15:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Livestock played a role in prehistoric plague infections Around 5,000 years ago, a mysterious form of plague spread throughout Eurasia, only to disappear 2,000 years later. Known only from ancient DNA, this enigmatic โ€˜LNBA plagueโ€™ lineage has left scientist...

Take a look at the open access publication to dig deeper into our natural selection and transmission inferences or check out our press release for a brief summary www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/livestock-in...

11.08.2025 16:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The paper is the result of a collaboration with experts from across the globe. Iโ€™d like to highlight my resilient student @i-light-maka.bsky.social as well as T Hermes, P Kosintsev, D Kim, @billhanage.bsky.social, A Herbig, C Jeong & @christinawarinner.bsky.social. It was a pleasure working together

11.08.2025 16:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.

First paper of the Key lab is out! We present the first prehistoric Y. pestis genome from a domesticated animal - a sheep - providing evidence that domestication elevated human infection risk with plague thousands of years ago. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

11.08.2025 16:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

We are on the lookout for postdocs for two different projects at the intersection of ecology, evolution, and the human microbiome.

See thread for more information and reach out!

22.07.2025 19:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 105    ๐Ÿ” 115    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Congrats Lisa and team.

17.07.2025 15:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ขJob alert!

W3 (Full) Professorship in Human Ecology at the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment, University of Tรผbingen.

โ›“๏ธโ€๐Ÿ’ฅ berufungen.uni-tuebingen.de

Deadline for applications: May 22, 2025 ๐Ÿ—“

Please share and repost ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ ๐Ÿคฉ

For questions please contact Prof. Harvati.

10.04.2025 10:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 31    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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