Jake McKinlay

Global constraint principle for microbial growth laws
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Visiting UT Austin in Integrative Biology and came across this fantastic opportunity for senior grad students in the life sciences.

Are you a recent PhD interested in a postdoc in Canada? Up to 20% of NSERC Postdoc Fellowships (70k/y for 2y) will be awarded to International applicants, who did their PhD outside of Canada. Deadline is 17 October. See: www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etu...

'A Bacterium in Bangladesh' is now available in multiple formats: www.lulu.com/search?contr...
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Vibrio natriegens is sensitive to its acidic fermentation products Vibrio natriegens is an emerging bacterial platform for a range of biotechnological applications due to its rapid growth and ease of genetic manipulation. Whereas much has been learned about V. natrie...

Vibrio natriegens cultures are known to grow fast, but fermentative cultures also die fast, reaching extinction in < 12 h. A lack of acid tolerance mechanisms is likely the cause. Preprint now available. Congrats to grad student first-author Nick Haas! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

I am recruiting a Ph.D. student in microbial ecology, evolution, and systems biology for fall 2026. Please share!
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Apply by October 1 here: forms.gle/38pPS1Ky84HB...

An updated view of metabolic handoffs in microbiomes From the human gut to the deep ocean, diverse microbial communities underpin essential ecosystem processes. Limited understanding of the dynamics and interactions that shape these communities, however...

An updated view of metabolic handoffs in microbiomes

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I am excited to announce that the position of a senior postdoc (3 +3 years) in the field of theoretical biology is available in my group.

The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects.

Please RT.

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Kenyon is hiring a TT microbiologist! Please share widely. I’m the search chair & am happy to answer any questions. careers.pageuppeople.com/695/cw/en-us...

Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions | John Innes Centre An exciting opportunity for an Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions has arisen at the John Innes Centre. To read the full job description for this role…

New Independent Fellowship position in Microbiology to launch your lab in our department @johninnescentre.bsky.social (UK). We are conducting a broad search in the area of plant-associated microbial interactions. Message me if you have any questions.

Apply here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/in...

🌟 Exciting news! We’re launching three fully-funded postdoc positions for "New Horizons for Synthetic Phages”

Join us in tackling antimicrobial resistance with cutting-edge synthetic biology + AI bioinformatics. Based at Flinders Uni in vibrant Adelaide.

👇 Read on for details!
#Phage

There is also a version for early career scientists who are seeking postdoc positions: go.bsky.app/8zZNEGV

New faculty member studies how to leverage microbial forces to combat climate change - News The air we breathe is a direct result of the dirt under our feet. Trillions upon trillions of soil bacteria break down organic matter, releasing carbon dioxide and other potent greenhouse gases; photo...

This #EarthDay we are highlighting Rockefeller's Avi Flamholz, who is dedicated to leveraging microbial forces to combat climate change. Understanding how communities of microbes release and absorb carbon will help lead to more accurate climate models. www.rockefeller.edu/news/36919-n...

As Requested - A Starter Pack of PIs in Biology (or adjacent) fields who are recruiting POSTDOCS! Please don't hesitate to reach out if you wish to be added! go.bsky.app/4gbXXR3

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✨ The Bernhardt Lab at the University of Guelph is recruiting graduate students for 2026! Join us! We have several fully funded grad positions available ✨

Please spread the word!

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#CSEE2025

Indiana public colleges cut almost 20% of degrees Public Indiana colleges and universities have eliminated 19 percent of their degree programs to meet requirements added to the state’s budget, according to the Commission for Higher Education.

So, here it is. Thanks to a new state law that was NEVER DEBATED, Indiana University has committed itself to abolishing majors in African-American/African Diaspora Studies: American Studies; Art History; French; Italian; Religious Studies etc. DOZENS of majors. www.ipm.org/news-section...

This project always needed the right person: Congrats to Dr. @ofsheff.bsky.social for taking it on and seeing it through. Thanks also to our excellent collaborator and co-corresponding author Prof. Sima Setayeshgar.

An empty booth at ASM that should have housed the NSF

Well this is f’in sad #ASMicrobe

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

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Some advance copies of my next book "When Trees Testify" have gone out into the world.

Release date: January 20, 2026

What a journey it has been thus far, and looking forward to the continuing journey ahead.

#WhenTreesTestify
#WhenTreesTestifyTheBook

This is a great opportunity to pursue a PhD in marine virology, at a wonderful location, and terrific supervisors. Not to mention that it includes opportunities to do part of the work at UBC.

A screen shot of an email reading: Dear Dr. Gill, Jacquelyn, I am writing to let you know that given the current budgetary projections and recent adjustment of NSF’s over-arching priorities, NSF/BIO will not be making any new awards through the Biology Integration Institutes Program. Therefore, the solicitation has been archived, and NSF has returned your proposal without review so you can re-submit it, or portions of it, to appropriate BIO programs that currently are receiving new proposals, if you wish. Sincerely, Jim Deshler Division Director (Acting) Division of Biological Infrastructure

Last February, I led a proposal submission that encompassed six months, hundreds of hours, four institutions, a massive team, and and 256 pages. NSF just informed us that the entire Biology Integration Institute program was archived and our proposal would not even be reviewed.

With a form email.

Inactive “Ghost” Cells Do Not Affect Motility and Long‐Range Electron Transport in Filamentous Cable Bacteria Mechanisms for the creation of individual ghost cells within a cable bacterium filament. (A) Schematic overview of different stressors that can lead to cell lysis or cell death. (i) Viral particles i...

Do ghosts exist? They do for cable bacteria: enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Our paper in @science.org 👉🏽 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

is accompanied by an especially thoughtful perspective by Carey Nadell and Chris Marx 👉🏽
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

PBEEE/Quebec Merit Scholarship for Foreign Postdocs and Visiting Research Student and Visiting Researchers **Note that the FRQ is in the process of revamping their webpages. We will update links soon as we can with the current 2025 year's information. Be sure to check back to see if any eligibility or docu...

Are you a recent PhD (or soon to be PhD) from outside Canada looking to do a postdoc in Quebec?

Get in touch if you are excited about microbes, evolution, ecology, genomics (or all of the above!) and I'd be happy to help develop a project together!

www.mcgill.ca/gps/funding/...

TODAY is the LAST DAY to comment on 'a plan to reclassify tens of thousands of government jobs as “policymaking positions” and therefore subject to presidential appointment and removal of NSF and NIH leaders who occupy these positions.'

Thrilled to share our collaborative work with the Kearns Lab at Indiana University. Dan Foust quantified patterning and mobility of flagella on the bacterial surface!

Caroline Dunn et al. "Nascent flagellar basal bodies are immobilized by rod assembly in Bacillus subtilis"
doi.org/10.1128/mbio...

Starvation drives co-existence in cross-feeding bacterial populations Cross-feeding is a universal feature of natural microbial communities that extends even into subpopulation structures, generating cooperative ecotypes. However, we still lack an understanding of the e...

Very cool new work by @megbehri.bsky.social and William F. McLaughlin:

Starvation drives co-existence in cross-feeding bacterial populations

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

Linear dicentric chromosomes in bacterial natural isolates reveal common constraints for replicon fusion | mBio Most bacterial genomes are monopartite with a single, circular chromosome. However, some species, like Agrobacterium tumefaciens, carry multiple chromosomes. Emergence of multipartite genomes is often...

Happy to share a new publication on a collaboration with Xindan Wang and @fuquaclay.bsky.social labs. We identified and characterized naturally occurring Agrobacterium strains with fused chromosomes. Did mobile genetic elements play a role in fusion? journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...