Pls share: Early Decision Deadline approaching (June 15th)- submit your abstracts! In addition to a great list of invited speakers, we anticipate selecting ~30 abstracts more for talks. Keen to highlight early career scientists. aegeanconferences.org/conferences/...
đ˘ Voices in Infection Biology
Join us next week for a talk by @kimingeneva.bsky.social on the pathogenesis of Enterococcus faecalis biofilm-associated infection, kindly hosted by @iatsenkolab.bsky.social.
đď¸ June 17
đ 4 pm
đ on-site (Berlin)
Talk info: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/events/45939...
Why do males and females differ in infection outcomes?
In the latest #GENETICS study, Alexandra Hrdina and @iatsenkolab.bsky.social show sex bias in nutritional immunity where differences in iron sequestration shape resistance outcome to infection in #Drosophila.đŞ°
đ buff.ly/aY2kUjr
A short, informal intro to Drosophila genetics (with a French accent đŤđˇ): key concepts & techniques for new lab members.
www.epfl.ch/labs/lemaitr...
Led by a talented PhD student, Alexandra (not on BlueSky), and supported by the @dfg.de
#AcademicSky #insect #symbiosky #NutritionalImmunity #HostPathogen
Weâre hiring! đ¸đŞđŹâ¨
Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Prokaryotic Microbiology (molecular focus) at Stockholm University.
Supportive environment + strong molecular research
đhttps://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:921526/type:job/where:125/apply:1
Please share!!
Why do males and females differ in infection outcomes?
In our study just published in #GENETICS @genetics-gsa.bsky.social using #Drosophila melanogaster, we show that #sexdifferences in nutritional #immunity - specifically iron sequestrationâshape resistance to #infection by Providencia.
Paying peer reviewers works.
Expanded Fast & Fair experiment @biologyopen.bsky.social:
⢠5.5 vs 37.7 working days to decision with reviews
⢠~3 vs ~9 reviewer invitations per manuscript
⢠no reduction in editor-assessed review quality
⢠similar acceptance rates
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
We have a PhD position in Leiden within our #ERCSyG @microclockerc.bsky.social project to dissect circadian clocks in bacterial biofilms
We are looking for candidates with optogenetics, single cell microscopy and image analysis background
Application deadline 12 June 2026
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