A century-old vaccine against tuberculosis helps to regulate blood sugar in people with diabetes
go.nature.com/49WsJja
Last Friday, we had the pleasure of attending the very first Belgian Microbiome Network Symposium in Antwerp!
Huge shoutout to @ruvaur.bsky.social, Sarah Ahannach and Ludovica Marinelli for organizing this great new initiative and bringing the community together!✨
Interested in synthetic biology & microbiomes? 🧬🧫
We are recruiting a PhD student to develop biosensors to study microbe–microbe & microbe–host interactions.
In beautiful Lausanne, Switzerland🏔️⛵
@dmf-unil.bsky.social @fbm-unil.bsky.social
Apply by 24.05.2026 👇
shorturl.at/6X7M4
Boosts appreciated!
#microsky
Check out our latest preprint from @jnvmartinson.bsky.social and @leosong.bsky.social! 🌟🦠
We found that conjugative plasmids can actively eliminate recipient bacteria that resist plasmid acquisition. 🧵
The immune systems paradox
Some widespread prokaryotic immune systems are absent in eukaryotes, whereas relatively rare ones became central to eukaryotic innate immunity
@audeber.bsky.social & E. Koonin hypothesize the answer is #HGT
shareable link: rdcu.be/e2EmD
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Join us as Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Computational Biology at Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL) / @leidenscience.bsky.social / @unileiden.bsky.social
Application deadline on 15 March 2026
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careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Assistan...
Research briefings in @nature.com about our latest study of the gut microbiome of infants in nurseries!
This work was a true multidisciplinary team effort and a testament to how science can be particularly impactful when built alongside the community. — @livi-ricci.bsky.social and
Nicola Segata
Emma Lemmens shares highlights from her research stay in Turku. At the Hanhineva lab, she explored untargeted metabolomics within the HealthFerm project.
The experience boosted her confidence and showed how a PhD is also about growth, connection, and new perspectives.
👉 blog.vib.be/two-weeks-in...
The ISME20 abstract submission deadline has been extended to 22 February. Microbial ecologists worldwide are invited to submit abstracts for oral, short talk, or poster presentations and contribute to the ISME20 programme.
isme-microbes.org/isme20-abstr...
#ISME20 #MicrobialEcology
Nature - The shot reduced insulin use for people with type 1 diabetes and another autoimmune condition.
The widespread prokaryotic immune systems, in particular restriction–modification, CRISPR–Cas and defensive toxin–antitoxin systems, are absent in eukaryotes, whereas relatively rare ones, such as Arg...
ISME - International Society for Microbial Ecology
Wrapping up a productive week: very glad to have contributed to this review on how spatial structure shapes microbial ecology and evolution, led by @marcelbaecker.bsky.social, @bedutilh.bsky.social, @bramvandijk.bsky.social and many others. doi.org/10.1093/fems...
Plasmids weaponize conjugation to eliminate non-permissive recipients https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.10.705089v1
