Bruno Francesco Rodrigues de Oliveira

See you Thursday 18th for our first seminar of the series with the inspiring @priyashah.bsky.social from @ucdavis.bsky.social with her talk
“Harder, better, faster, stronger: integrating virology and engineering to drive discovery”.
All welcome! email us for the zoom link.

Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics at University of Birmingham Apply now for the Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.

We have a position for an Assist Prof in Microbial Genomics in our School of III.

Hod Joan Geoghegan will be happy to field questions if you are interested. No specific area of microbial genomics preferred so please do consider it

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...

Electron micrograph of two phage infecting a host cell side-by-side, with hearts between them

Do you love phage? I have an opening for a postdoc in my lab at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science (@cmarinescience.bsky.social) looking at interactions between marine phage and iron, which is an important limiting trace metal in the oceans (1/5) 🧵#phagesky 🦠🌊

#MicroSky: Special Issue on “The Contribution of Microbial Biotechnology to Sustainable Development Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages". Submit your manuscript online at: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/microbio. Deadline 📆 20 December 2025. Thanks for RT

The Death of the Student Essay—and the Future of Cognition One professor's reflections on the end of an era, as AI tools such as ChatGPT have murdered the student essay (RIP). Here's why that threatens the future of human cognition—and how to save ourselves.

The most enlightened read I had in a long time about IA usage in universities and the deep corrosion of cognitive work, particularly by college students. A great perspective by a university professor and food for thought on the long and daunting path we have in front of us.

Protect transgender scientists Transgender and gender nonconforming (TGnC) people are a primary target of the Trump administration. Multiple executive orders seek to erase TGnC protections; mandate denial of gender identity; and ba...

Protect Trans Scientists.

cowritten with a lot of amazing people (I tagged those I could find but there are so many more incredible folks)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@thepunkscientist.bsky.social @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social @bfrancescol.bsky.social @drsueishaq.bsky.social

Protect transgender scientists Transgender and gender nonconforming (TGnC) people are a primary target of the Trump administration. Multiple executive orders seek to erase TGnC protections; mandate denial of gender identity; and ba...

Protect the transgender scientists 🏳️‍⚧️
A pleasure to be part of the AQTES group, so many amazing and inspiring scientists!
No better time to see this piece published. Happy Pride Month 🌈

Protect transgender scientists Transgender and gender nonconforming (TGnC) people are a primary target of the Trump administration. Multiple executive orders seek to erase TGnC protections; mandate denial of gender identity; and ba...

A letter from scientists to the community: Protect transgender scientists.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Protect transgender scientists Transgender and gender nonconforming (TGnC) people are a primary target of the Trump administration. Multiple executive orders seek to erase TGnC protections; mandate denial of gender identity; and ba...

Protect transgender scientist! 🏳️‍⚧️

Mandatory read! Amazing piece by @pedroleao.bsky.social

We have a new 3-year postdoc position in our group at the @hifmb.de to study plasmids and plasmids systems of the marine environment to survey their utility in microbial responses to environmental change.

Please see the official job ad here, and spread the word:

jobs.awi.de/Vacancies/20...

We have a postdoc position available in which we’re using flavivirus replication/molecular biology to make refractory mosquitoes - in collaboration with the Trevor Sweeney lab at @pirbrightinst.bsky.social. Check out the advert on LinkedIn and apply by 12/6.

www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

Marine microbial enzymes as potential antibiofilm agents: expanding the arsenal of bioactive agents targeting biofilm-forming microorganisms Biofilms are one of the most successful modes of life in the biosphere. In these assemblages, bacteria usually display higher resistance to environmental stressors, thus making their removal throug...

Over the moon with our new review on marine microbial enzymes as antibiofilm agents published on Critical Reviews in Microbiology! Setting the stage for our ongoing and future endeavours to hunt these antibiofilm enzymes in our marine host-associated and free-living bugs!
doi.org/10.1080/1040...

antiSMASH 8.0: extended gene cluster detection capabilities and analyses of chemistry, enzymology, and regulation Abstract. Microorganisms synthesize small bioactive compounds through their secondary or specialized metabolism. Those compounds play an important role in

We're happy to announce that the #antiSMASH v8 paper is out in @narjournal.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
Many thanks to @kblin.bsky.social, @marnixmedema.bsky.social and many international collaborators!

Bakta Web – rapid and standardized genome annotation on scalable infrastructures Abstract. The Bakta command line application is widely used and one of the most established tools for bacterial genome annotation. It balances comprehensiv

We happily present: “Bakta Web – rapid and standardized genome annotation on scalable infrastructures” @OxUniPress NAR’s Web Server issue
doi.org/10.1093/nar/...

Easy to use, no registration, fast, scalable, various visualizations, in sync with Bakta CLI:
bakta.computational.bio
(1/5)

🚨New publication🚨
Thrilled to share our article about the Importance of Diversity & Representation in Science, now out in npj Antimicrobials & Resistance @springernature.com

Huge thanks to my wonderful co-authors @blancaps.bsky.social & @edcoakes.bsky.social for their awesome support

Really delighted to see this out in npj antimicrobials and resistance! @emmabeansworth.bsky.social @blancaps.bsky.social & @edcoakes.bsky.social have done a fantastic job with this 🤩

Come and work with me!

The Nature Micro team is expanding and we're looking for someone to champion microbial ecology, plant micro & related areas for the journal

Knowledge of microbial ecology/plant micro is desirable but we're open to applications from all microbiologists

Link below 👇

Annual Conference 2026 13─16 April 2026, Belfast

Thank you to all those who joined us for #Microbio25. We hope you had a fantastic time. Don't forget to register your interest for next year #Microbio26 - microb.io/Microbio26-I...

Building an inclusive culture at scientific meetings: foundations for future progress Scientific meetings and conferences are crucial in knowledge dissemination, fostering collaborations, professional development and inspiring innovative research. However, their traditional structure and organization have remained largely unchanged, perpetuating barriers that continue to exclude scientists from historically marginalized backgrounds. In response, the Microbiology Society has begun its journey to address these longstanding challenges, redesigning its meetings to create a more inclusive culture and a welcoming environment for all participants.

Enjoy #microbio25? Read about how the Members Panel made @microbiologysociety.org events more accessible and inclusive. Proud of our achievements and honoured I get to work with inspirational #microbiologists as Co-Chair of the Panel, representing historically marginalised members. shorturl.at/Pch7c

A screenshot of a journal article in the "Microbiology" Journal by the Microbiology Society (UK). the title reads "Building an inclusive culture at scientific meetings: foundations for future progress". The authors are listed below: Kevin Maringer, Edward Cunningham-Oakes, Bruno Francesco Rodrigues de Oliveira, Aisha Baba-Dikwa, Arindam Mitra, Black Perez-Sepulveda, Callie R. Chappel, Prerna Vohra, Rowan Casey, Rushall Nepal and C. M. Anjam Khan.

Very proud that this article is finally out. It details the culmination of 3 years of hard work from the @microbiologysociety.org Members Panel. This work can sometimes go under the radar, but big thanks to Anjam for leading on this, allowing us to share our successes and hopes for the future.

Really excited about our next (fourth already!) LGBTQ+ networking event in the next @microbiologysociety.org Annual Conference 2025! Always a pleasure to organise this one more time with my friends from the Society's Queer in Micro Working Group! Join us, we're planning exciting things this year! 😍🏳️‍🌈

If you are looking for community, @prideinmicro.bsky.social has a discord channel that is becoming increasingly more active these days. Come hang out with us!

Check out @prideinmicro.bsky.social for more information on joining our community!

BBSRC NWD: Let the right one in: exploring the trade-offs between genome defence and openness in microbiomes at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - BBSRC NWD: Let the right one in: exploring the trade-offs between genome defence and openness in microbiomes at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com

🚨PhD studentship opportunity! Bacteria protect themselves with a huge arsenal of defences, but does this affect how they gain new traits on plasmids? 🧫🦠💫

Apply for a funded 4y position with me @livuni-ives.bsky.social, @brockhurstlab.bsky.social @jojofoth.bsky.social & @multidefence.bsky.social ⬇️

@microbiologysociety.org Microbial Genomics is looking for new Senior Editors and Editors, particularly those with expertise across the breadth of eukaryotic microbiology, viral genomics, and ecological microbiology. Candidates can send their CVs and cover letters by Friday 17 January 2025!

It’s official: The Microbiology Society is on Bluesky!

GitHub - medema-group/BiG-SCAPE: Similarity networks of biosynthetic gene clusters Similarity networks of biosynthetic gene clusters. Contribute to medema-group/BiG-SCAPE development by creating an account on GitHub.

Happy to announce the beta release of #BiGSCAPE2!
This is the result of a great effort by Arjan Draisma, Catarina Loureiro and Nico Louwen, who worked tirelessly to improve the code from the ground up!
Also major kudos to @marnixmedema.bsky.social for his leadership 💪
github.com/medema-group...

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The Wellcome Connecting Science Learning and Training team are aiming to develop a course focusing on capacity building and strengthening in genomics and are conducting a needs assessment survey and would love your input!

www.surveymonkey.com/r/GenomicsCa...

This is so nice, Michael!!! Congrats ☺️

We're looking for an Assitant Professor in Microbiology to join us @tcdgenmicro! Come and join our growing team.
www.tcd.ie/microbiology...
www.tcd.ie/hr/vacancies/ Job ID: 037876. Closes 31st January