David Gerlach

The human skin microbiome: from metagenomes to therapeutics Nature Reviews Microbiology, Published online: 04 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41579-025-01211-9In this Review, Oh and Voigt explore the major characteristics and functions of the skin microbiome, and they highlight potential therapeutic targets in the skin microbiome and ongoing progress in the development of skin microbiome-based therapeutics.

New online! The human skin microbiome: from metagenomes to therapeutics

We are searching for a professor in Biology Didactics (W2) at Osnabrück University. The research focus should be on organismic biology, biodiversity, organismic interactions in ecosystems and human-environment interactions.

Link to (German) advertisement 👇

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Staphylococcus aureus exploits lipoic acid salvage to combat host oxidative stress Acosta et al. find that ADP-ribosylation of the lipoic acid carrier protein GcvH-L promotes Staphylococcus aureus resistance to oxidative burst and facilitates infection. ADP-ribosylation leads to a s...

Happy to share Iván’s first-author pub from the lab! www.cell.com/cell-reports...

An ongoing Academic (Research and Teaching) position in Genomics, here at Monash University in Melbourne. Closing in a little over a week! Please share widely! Lecturer/Senior Lecturer level (similar to Assistant Professor). careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

Group Leader – Molecular Systems Biology Unit Are you ready to lead groundbreaking research in Molecular Systems Biology? Join us at EMBL! We are seeking a motivated scientist to lead an independent research group, addressing original biological ...

Ready to lead pioneering research that bridges systems-level investigations of biological systems to molecular mechanism? The EMBL Molecular Systems Biology Unit in Heidelberg is hiring a Group Leader!

Thanks a lot for this review. The students in the lab love it!

Microbial metal physiology: ions to ecosystems Nature Reviews Microbiology - Metal ions are required for all cells, and their homeostasis relies on ancient mechanisms that facilitate their import, distribution and storage. In this Review,...

Metal ions are universally required for life, and many of the foundational principles of metal homeostasis have emerged from studies of microbial systems. In this review, I provide a introductory overview targeted to those new to the field.
#MicroSky #Metals

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I am seeking a postdoc for my group at UCLA. We work at the intersection of population genetics x microbiome (garud.eeb.ucla.edu). If interested, please message me!

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!

AlphaFold - A practical guide AlphaFold - A practical guide

Recently I learnt that EMBL-EBI has a free online course about AlphaFold — how it works, strengths and limitations, how to use it — and it's very good!

There are also little quizzes and interactives.
www.ebi.ac.uk/training/onl...

Controlled colonization of the human gut with a genetically engineered microbial therapeutic Precision microbiome programming for therapeutic applications is limited by challenges in achieving reproducible colonic colonization. Previously, we created an exclusive niche that we used to engraft...

Seriously cool Microbiome Engineering work!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Prophages block cell surface receptors to preserve their viral progeny - Nature Zip promotes the accumulation of free phages in bacterial lysogen communities, safeguarding phage progeny.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Non-antibiotics disrupt colonization resistance against enteropathogens Nature - Non-antibiotic drugs from a wide range of therapeutic classes can alter the ability of gut commensals to resist invasion by enteropathogens, a previously underappreciated side effect of...

Finally online!
Our latest research is out @nature.com: We show that non-antibiotic drugs can disrupt colonization resistance, raising the risk of enteric infections.
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Inducing bacterial calcification for systematic treatment and immunomodulation against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus - Nature Biotechnology An antibody–polysialic acid conjugate induces calcification on the surface of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and boosts immunogenicity in mice.

Turning MRSA into stone:

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Fantastic opportunity at my postdoc institute 👇If you have any questions about a TT, life in Cambridge, the LMB or the PNAC division feel free to reach out !

Now published, congrats Bevika, Kinki, Vincent, Florian and Paddy! #MicroSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

And “hard science” careers are also WRITING INTENSIVE jobs! Want to be an astronomer, biologist, or chemist? You’ll spend years writing reports, grants, papers, reviews, reference letters, etc. Writing is never easy, but it’s much *easier* if you’re trained how to outline and structure text.

Beautiful work
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👋 A warm welcome from Martinsried

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#microsky #microbiomesky

Applications are now open! We are recruiting 20 Assistant Professors in a wide range of subject areas. We're looking for early-career researchers with strong scientific merits and future potential.
🔗 All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...

Great resources! Are there similar databases for other biological research areas such as microbiology or infection biology?

Just few days left to apply to one of these postdoc positions in my infectious disease modelling Unit at @pasteur.fr in Paris!

This is still open for another week or so! Please apply :)

Do you have any “published” E. coli phage? and willing to share for academic research?

most phages from yr 1980-2015 ish aren’t even available to researchers. they are either lost bcz of not sharing or archiving in registries.

Great work by Laura

@laucamus.bsky.social

I am happy to share our latest preprint, spearheaded by Laura Camus. We show that tyrosin-dependent interactions can foster integration of S. aureus into the nasal microbiome. @cmfi.bsky.social @lmumuenchen.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

I will be recruiting new postdocs with start dates end 2025 - early 2026. If you'd like to work at the Pasteur Institute in the heart of Paris surrounded by amazing scientists, reach out to discuss possible projects on SynBio / Bacterial Immunity!

Wie entstand Leben auf der frühen Erde? Neue Stickstoffquelle entdeckt Forschende unter Beteiligung der RPTU entschlüsseln Rätsel einer längst vergangenen Zeit: Im Rahmen von aktuellen Studien untersuchen sie, wie sich Leben auf der frühen Erde entwickelt haben könnte. D...

Setting up my Bluesky after deciding to venture into the chatty platforms again :-) Here a post from early march summarising our last research on nitrogen on early Earth.
rptu.de/newsroom/neu...

Intraspecies dynamics underlie the apparent stability of two important skin microbiome species Nearly all humans host Cutibacterium acnes and Staphylococcus epidermidis on their facial skin throughout life. Baker et al. reveal remarkable strain-level dynamism beneath this apparent stability. Sp...

This amazing collection and analysis, led by Jacob Baker @microjacob.bsky.social and supported many others in the lab, raises many new questions (why don’t parents share all their strains?) and has enabled many new studies in my lab.

Read about it here:
www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...