Whow! Congratulations Dr. Garcia-Lozano ππ₯³π₯ and of course also to the proud supervisor.
06.03.2026 12:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Whow! Congratulations Dr. Garcia-Lozano ππ₯³π₯ and of course also to the proud supervisor.
06.03.2026 12:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Excellent!!
04.03.2026 08:57 β π 11 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0We are one of the potential host labs for a Lecturer position in Molecular Genetics & Genomics β please share, and get in touch for more info! π§¬π£
04.03.2026 06:56 β π 21 π 21 π¬ 0 π 010/10 would recommend
04.03.2026 06:33 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Final version @nature.com of our paper describing unconventional multicellular development in a choanoflagellate inhabiting an extreme environment. A ton of new data since the first @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social preprint (which we've kept updating).
A brief 𧡠(carried over from the old place)
Register for Theory across Biology 2026: 12 June, Bern.
One-day meeting on mathematical & theoretical approaches in biology with chalk talks and flip-chart sessions. Ideal for theorists, modelers, and interdisciplinary biologists.
Abstracts by: 10 May 2026
Register by: 24 May 2026: buff.ly/svAZ8NF
Call for applications, pls share!
2026 Evolutionary Medicine Summer Institute (EMSI) advances research in a frontier of evolutionary medicine. They provide training in methods needed to address cutting edge questions in that frontier.
2026 focus: Climate Change and Health
sites.duke.edu/emsi/
I am hiring a Postdoc (18 months contract in Montpellier, France) to study how polyploidy affects sex chromosomes in the plant Silene latifolia, using bioinformatic analyses of RNA-seq and DNA-seq data. Deadline for applications March 24th. euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/412961
24.02.2026 15:57 β π 18 π 36 π¬ 0 π 0
#Emergence seminar, next session:
Evolutionary transitions in individuality: one concept, two criteria? - by Johannes Martens (CNRS,SND)
March 27, 11am (Brussels time)
On-line attendance possible (just pm me and I'll give you a link).
#philsci #philsky #philbio
Call for 5-year NERC Independent Research Fellowships is now open. No limit on grant value and open to international applicants. If you're interested in being hosted by Earth Sciences at Oxford, our internal expression of interest deadline is 16th March. Further details: www.ukri.org/opportunity/...
27.02.2026 10:06 β π 13 π 13 π¬ 0 π 0
We are excited to be recruiting a new tenure track group leader in the Structural Studies Division at MRC LMB! It is an amazing place to start your own lab.
@mrclmb.bsky.social
Please get in touch if you have any questions.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Have you ever asked yourself, how insect brains represent places? And whether insects do have place cells? Then move to Germany this summer and start your PhD in my lab. We conduct tetrode recordings from bumblebees that freely forage laboratory mazes. π§ π#BeeSpace @erc.europa.eu @neuroethology.org
20.02.2026 12:06 β π 39 π 32 π¬ 0 π 1
This is a Nazi move. Stripping people of rights, invalidating their IDs, setting them up for criminalization and imprisonment.
If you don't support trans rights, you support fascism.
Nice! Looking forward to reading it Arvid.
25.02.2026 14:39 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
In case you missed it: our review titled "Spatial structure: shaping the ecology and evolution of microbial communities" is out! π¨
Let me hit you with some highlights on why spatial structure matters. (and why you should care!)
Sharing is appreciated π π§΅π
doi.org/10.1093/fems...
Faculty position in Plant Molecular Biology (Associate Professor or Tenure-Track Assistant Professor) at Aarhus University, Denmark
mbg.au.dk/aktuelt/ledi...
#rstats Here's a useful guide to creating publication-ready #ggplot figures to journal specifications, which is often quite fiddly.
jaquent.github.io/2026/02/crea...
Posting again!
24.02.2026 15:49 β π 4 π 10 π¬ 0 π 0
Our faculty has a particularly interesting PhD position open on antimicrobial resistance, effects of antibiotics treatment on the microbiome and resistome, restoration of the equine microbiome using FMT.
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
Please contact Mathijs Theelen, email address in the link below.
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Join us for a 3-year #Postdoc and help us find out! Our ERC-funded project at @hifmb.de offers excellent facilities and an international collaborative work environment.
Apply by April 1st: jobs.awi.de/Vacancies/21...
#ScienceJobs
Job opening for Research Group Leader in Structural Studies at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, focusing on macromolecular structures.
Are you a structural biologist pushing the boundaries of molecular science with an ambitious research programme?
Join our Structural Studies Division as a tenure-track Group Leader, with core funding, world-leading facilities & enthusiastic colleagues.
Apply by 16 MAR
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
There's still time to apply for this PhD position!
24.02.2026 10:48 β π 9 π 8 π¬ 0 π 0
π¨JOB alertπ¨
We have three (yes, THREE) πlectureshipsπ advertised in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol.
Broad remit, including #AnimalBehaviour & #GlobalChangeBiology
β±οΈDeadline: 8th March 2026
πPlease circulate widely
πCome join us!
Full #job details: tinyurl.com/y3us95rc
Interested in evolution, microbiota, and development? Then see the symposium in Glasgow below by @Tyler Carrier and Thomas Busch.
24.02.2026 05:42 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
π£Next week, we restart our online series with Theo Gibbs (NYU) @theogibbs.bsky.social, who will present:
βDo higher-order interactions promote coexistence in diverse ecological communities?β
Free and open!
Zoom link: iite.info/seminar/
Global time checker: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...
New pre-print with @wtmatlock.bsky.social!!!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
What shapes the distribution of plasmids across bacteria? Our paper shows that conjugative plasmids actually have a very narrow distribution compared to mobilizable plasmids. Conjugative systems restrict plasmid transfer!
π’π’π’Lectureships at Bristol!π’π’π’
We're hiring 3 x lecturers (=assistant professor) in Biological Sciences, across the discipline.
Great department, great colleagues, great building, great city
Details here:
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
A pilot in a submersible vehicle collecting sediments samples in 30 meters of water looking for Asgards (microbial relatives of eukaryotes)
One of the biggest questions in biology is how complex cells evolved about 2 billion years ago. Here's my new story on how scientists are solving the mystery of eukaryotes like us. Gift link: nyti.ms/4qMbo22
18.02.2026 19:17 β π 341 π 104 π¬ 9 π 8
How specific are heritable symbioses?
And what can we learn from swapping obligate symbionts across host species?
We address this in our latest, led by @inespons.bsky.social & in our collaboration w/ @microbiome.bsky.social π¦ πͺ² Out today in @natcomms.nature.com!
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
