Tung Le

For a sec I thought so too😛🤣

Nice to see our recent work on the fascinating KorAB system be featured on the back of @johninnescentre.bsky.social Advances!
Read the full paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Many congratulations, Franklin and team!!!

Please RT! Call for Fellows! If you’re a structural biologist and wanting to start your lab by applying for an external Fellowship then we at Imperial may be excited to host you. Synthetic biologists too.. Please submit expression of interest with details below 🙏

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And the story is published now!🍾
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Open access link: rdcu.be/exnOc

Many years in the making, great collaboration with @archaellum.bsky.social & @tunglejic.bsky.social

Thanks @ukri.org BBSRC & @leverhulme.ac.uk for funding, reviewers & editor!! 🙏
#microsky #archaeasky

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…

Exciting opportunities to establish your group at JIC! Come join our vibrant research community in Norwich!

🔹 Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions (path to tenure-track)
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🔹 GL in Discovery Plant Sciences (tenure-track or tenured)
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Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences | John Innes Centre The John Innes Centre (JIC) seeks a visionary Group Leader to lead research on Discovery Plant Science.

GROUP LEADER VACANCY

JIC is recruiting a Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences.

If you think your research would synergise and thrive at JIC, please apply.

www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...

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One of the best UK funding schemes to ECRs!

Fantastic opportunity to start your independent career at the JIC here. Great startup package. Repost = nice. Thank you!!!

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...

🚨 Applications for the #ListerPrize2026 are now OPEN!
This prestigious award supports rising stars in #biomedical research and funds curiosity-driven work that informs innovative #health and medical solutions.

Get some great tips for a stellar submission ⤵️
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New Postdoc position (2yrs) available in our #EvoMPMI lab @JohnInnesCentre. Come and work with on harnessing the diversity of immune mechanisms to protect plants. jobs.jic.ac.uk/Details.asp?va…

Expanding the diversity of bacterial DNA partitioning: A CTP-independent ParABS system for plasmid partitioning in Streptomyces | PNAS The ATP- and CTP-dependent ParA-ParB-parS segrosome is a macromolecular complex that segregates chromosomes/plasmids in most bacterial species. CTP...

Finally published! Many thanks to the reviewers and editor whose comments & suggestions improved this work significantly more than the first preprint version!!!

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Great seminar today from @uphoff.bsky.social
on how bacteria can respond to stress using chaos– predictable in a machine learning model
@thesainsburylab.bsky.social

@johninnescentre.bsky.social

Incredible!!! Thank you so much for your hard work, Franklin!!!

Thank you to everyone who attended the 3rd UK MGE workshop. What an incredible few days of science and community building! Next stop: York 2026, hosted by @pcmfogg.bsky.social. See you all next year! #UKMGE

Many Congratulations, @kellythd-nguyen.bsky.social !!!

fantastic opportunity!!!

New tenure track assistant professor position in molecular microbiology in our department @dmf-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social! We are casting a wide net for an experimental molecular microbiologist. Apply here: wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...

pulse field electrophoresis!!!

Many congratulations, Tanmay!!!

Many congratulations!!!

Excited to share that my work in the @aaronwhiteley.bsky.social lab describing chaperone-mediated phage sensing by a bacterial NLR-related protein is out in @plosbiology.org!

Hopefully this will happen more in the future!!!

Widespread potential for phototrophy and convergent reduction of lifecycle complexity in the dimorphic order Caulobacterales Model bacteria are fundamental for research, but knowledge about their ecology and evolution is often limited. Here we establish evolutionary and ecological context for the model organism Caulobacter crescentus , an alphaproteobacterium intensively studied for its dimorphic lifecycle. By analyzing the species relationships and genetic potential of hundreds of Caulobacterales species, we reveal striking diversity regarding their environmental distribution, morphology, cell development, and metabolism. Our work provides insights into the evolutionary history of morphological features such as the cell curvature determinant crescentin and uncovers a striking case of convergent loss of traits for cellular dimorphism among close relatives of C. crescentus . Moreover, we find that genes for phototrophy are widespread across Caulobacterales and that the new genus Acaudatibacter , described here, includes the first reported Caulobacterales lineage with photoautotrophic potential. Our study advances our understanding of an environmentally widespread bacterial order and sheds light onto the evolution of fundamental prokaryotic features. ### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest. Stockholm University–Region Stockholm, FoUI-992787 SFO / SciLifeLab funding by Stockholm University Swedish Research Council, https://ror.org/03zttf063, 2022-06250, 2020-03545, 2018-05973 EMBO, ALTF 740-2022

Widespread potential for phototrophy and convergent reduction of lifecycle complexity in the dimorphic order Caulobacterales | bioRxiv https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.26.656076v1?rss=1

A very exciting 3rd edition of the MGE workshop, most talks are from early career scientists!!!

We still have space for additional attendees, and we encourage you to share this invitation within your networks so others can benefit from the fantastic panel we have assembled for this edition. Better program than your favourite paid conference - just saying 😉

very exciting program!!!!

Early Career Microbiologists Mini-Symposium 2025 | John Innes Centre The Department of Molecular Microbiology is organising a one and a half day Early Career Microbiologists Mini-Symposium. The symposium will be held from Monday 15 – Tuesday 16 September 2025.

EVENT - Early Career Microbiologists Mini-Symposium

Join our Department of Molecular #Microbiology Early Career Microbiologists Mini-Symposium.

Application deadline: 9 June 2025.

Event: 15 - 16 September 2025.
The John Innes Centre, NR4 7UH

Find out more and apply: www.jic.ac.uk/event/early-...