Heather Hendrickson
@drhhnz.bsky.social
#Evolution, #Microbiology, and #Phages. Associate Professor, University of Canterbury, Christchurch NZ. Adaptable Phage Solutions Co-Science Lead.Views my own. |She| Her|.
hendricksonlab.co.nz
hendricksonlab.co.nz
Are we there yet?
👩🏻🏫 👩🔬 💵 😦
Late last year my NZ University Women in Leadership Reunion led to a collaboration to investigate the gender and pay gaps in Universities in leadership.
TLDR: We are not there YET but we are making a kind of progress (which is good).
tinyurl.com/yjmj7rwx
👩🏻🏫 👩🔬 💵 😦
Late last year my NZ University Women in Leadership Reunion led to a collaboration to investigate the gender and pay gaps in Universities in leadership.
TLDR: We are not there YET but we are making a kind of progress (which is good).
tinyurl.com/yjmj7rwx
More women are professors, but gender gaps continue to plague NZ universities
New Zealand universities are slowly closing the pay gap, but men are still more likely to fill senior leadership roles in the highest pay brackets.
tinyurl.com
February 20, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Are we there yet?
👩🏻🏫 👩🔬 💵 😦
Late last year my NZ University Women in Leadership Reunion led to a collaboration to investigate the gender and pay gaps in Universities in leadership.
TLDR: We are not there YET but we are making a kind of progress (which is good).
tinyurl.com/yjmj7rwx
👩🏻🏫 👩🔬 💵 😦
Late last year my NZ University Women in Leadership Reunion led to a collaboration to investigate the gender and pay gaps in Universities in leadership.
TLDR: We are not there YET but we are making a kind of progress (which is good).
tinyurl.com/yjmj7rwx
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I am looking for wide-ranging mammalian DNA samples for a class I am developing. Especially sought-after would be parent-offspring paired samples.
Please retweet (re-skeet?), thank you!
Please retweet (re-skeet?), thank you!
February 19, 2026 at 5:29 PM
I am looking for wide-ranging mammalian DNA samples for a class I am developing. Especially sought-after would be parent-offspring paired samples.
Please retweet (re-skeet?), thank you!
Please retweet (re-skeet?), thank you!
What an incredible talk! Carl is such a clear and critical thinker I wish we didn’t have to give him back to the US at the end of his trip! The room was packed (standing room only) for his seminar today!
February 13, 2026 at 12:40 AM
What an incredible talk! Carl is such a clear and critical thinker I wish we didn’t have to give him back to the US at the end of his trip! The room was packed (standing room only) for his seminar today!
Reposted by Heather Hendrickson
@carlbergstrom.com is in Aotearoa and generously sharing his expertise with our early career researchers 🙌
February 11, 2026 at 3:27 AM
@carlbergstrom.com is in Aotearoa and generously sharing his expertise with our early career researchers 🙌
Pleased to say that Carl Bergstrom (@carlbergstrom.com) will be speaking at the University of Canterbury on 13th Feb!
He is hosted by @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social come see him at noon in Jack Erskine 441!
He is hosted by @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social come see him at noon in Jack Erskine 441!
February 2, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Pleased to say that Carl Bergstrom (@carlbergstrom.com) will be speaking at the University of Canterbury on 13th Feb!
He is hosted by @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social come see him at noon in Jack Erskine 441!
He is hosted by @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social come see him at noon in Jack Erskine 441!
Reposted by Heather Hendrickson
SAVE THE DATE!
The next instalment of the long-running Bacterial and Archaeal Cell Division Conference will take place at www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels..., Italy from the 20th to 23rd of April 2027.
Organisers: me, @s-lab.bsky.social, @awehenkel.bsky.social.
More info soon.
#MicroSky
The next instalment of the long-running Bacterial and Archaeal Cell Division Conference will take place at www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels..., Italy from the 20th to 23rd of April 2027.
Organisers: me, @s-lab.bsky.social, @awehenkel.bsky.social.
More info soon.
#MicroSky
www.marriott.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:14 PM
SAVE THE DATE!
The next instalment of the long-running Bacterial and Archaeal Cell Division Conference will take place at www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels..., Italy from the 20th to 23rd of April 2027.
Organisers: me, @s-lab.bsky.social, @awehenkel.bsky.social.
More info soon.
#MicroSky
The next instalment of the long-running Bacterial and Archaeal Cell Division Conference will take place at www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels..., Italy from the 20th to 23rd of April 2027.
Organisers: me, @s-lab.bsky.social, @awehenkel.bsky.social.
More info soon.
#MicroSky
Carl is a legend. We are really lucky to have him swinging through. If you think you can make one of his seminars, you should make the time :) I should be able to tell you when the UC talk will be if you are in the area!! Details soon!
Te Pūnaha Matatini is bringing acclaimed evolutionary biologist and science system researcher @carlbergstrom.com to New Zealand in February 2026 for a series of public engagements, including a keynote address at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium → www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/posts/carl-b...
Carl Bergstrom to visit New Zealand amid major shifts in science policy
Te Pūnaha Matatini is bringing acclaimed evolutionary biologist and science system researcher Professor Carl Bergstrom to New Zealand.
www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz
January 22, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Carl is a legend. We are really lucky to have him swinging through. If you think you can make one of his seminars, you should make the time :) I should be able to tell you when the UC talk will be if you are in the area!! Details soon!
Reposted by Heather Hendrickson
And for those who can't travel, I think it important to mention he is giving lectures at other centres-
And for instance the Otago ones Arte being shared via Zoom (see the Otago events calendar www.otago.ac.nz/news/events for details)
bsky.app/profile/carl...
And for instance the Otago ones Arte being shared via Zoom (see the Otago events calendar www.otago.ac.nz/news/events for details)
bsky.app/profile/carl...
2. NB these are rough dates, with time for travel and birding in between.
Feb 10-11 University of Otago
Feb 13 University of Canterbury
Feb 17-19 University of Auckland, NetSciX Auckland
Feb 24-25 CCCSS Wellington
Feel free to reach out if you'd like to connect or talk about scheduling a seminar!
Feb 10-11 University of Otago
Feb 13 University of Canterbury
Feb 17-19 University of Auckland, NetSciX Auckland
Feb 24-25 CCCSS Wellington
Feel free to reach out if you'd like to connect or talk about scheduling a seminar!
Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026
Join us to explore cutting-edge knowledge of complex systems and how this knowledge is being used to drive system change.
www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz
January 22, 2026 at 3:33 AM
And for those who can't travel, I think it important to mention he is giving lectures at other centres-
And for instance the Otago ones Arte being shared via Zoom (see the Otago events calendar www.otago.ac.nz/news/events for details)
bsky.app/profile/carl...
And for instance the Otago ones Arte being shared via Zoom (see the Otago events calendar www.otago.ac.nz/news/events for details)
bsky.app/profile/carl...
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I’m rapt that @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social is bringing Carl’s science and voice on important issues to NZ 🧪. Join us at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium in late February in Wellington, for a friendly and exciting discussion - when hopefully the weather will be settled.
Te Pūnaha Matatini is bringing acclaimed evolutionary biologist and science system researcher @carlbergstrom.com to New Zealand in February 2026 for a series of public engagements, including a keynote address at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium → www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/posts/carl-b...
Carl Bergstrom to visit New Zealand amid major shifts in science policy
Te Pūnaha Matatini is bringing acclaimed evolutionary biologist and science system researcher Professor Carl Bergstrom to New Zealand.
www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz
January 22, 2026 at 3:22 AM
I’m rapt that @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social is bringing Carl’s science and voice on important issues to NZ 🧪. Join us at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium in late February in Wellington, for a friendly and exciting discussion - when hopefully the weather will be settled.
Reposted by Heather Hendrickson
Looking for something new to integrate into an #evolution or #microbiology course? Useful for lectures, labs, homework?
Have a look at our STEPS program, which simulates bacterial evolution, including the #LTEE. Easy web-based interface & lab manual w/ exercises to help develop students' intuition.
Have a look at our STEPS program, which simulates bacterial evolution, including the #LTEE. Easy web-based interface & lab manual w/ exercises to help develop students' intuition.
Excited to share new #program, STEPS, which can simulate #dynamics of the E. coli Long-Term Evolution Experiment (#LTEE) or other microbes in serial transfer regime.
telliamedrevisited.wordpress.com/2025/08/12/s...
STEPS developed by @devinmlake.bsky.social, Zachary Matson, Minako Izutsu, and me.
telliamedrevisited.wordpress.com/2025/08/12/s...
STEPS developed by @devinmlake.bsky.social, Zachary Matson, Minako Izutsu, and me.
STEPS To It
Announcing a new program, called STEPS, to simulate the dynamics of evolving microbial populations.
telliamedrevisited.wordpress.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Looking for something new to integrate into an #evolution or #microbiology course? Useful for lectures, labs, homework?
Have a look at our STEPS program, which simulates bacterial evolution, including the #LTEE. Easy web-based interface & lab manual w/ exercises to help develop students' intuition.
Have a look at our STEPS program, which simulates bacterial evolution, including the #LTEE. Easy web-based interface & lab manual w/ exercises to help develop students' intuition.
Today we had this cool bunch of scientists from PFR BSI down for a good korero. I learn so much from having them all in the room! I am really excited about our next steps! #AdaptablePhages
January 19, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Today we had this cool bunch of scientists from PFR BSI down for a good korero. I learn so much from having them all in the room! I am really excited about our next steps! #AdaptablePhages
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Ever wondered if writing a grant proposal was actually worth your time? Presenting....The Grant Portfolio Evaluator - (for entertainment only) mol-evol.github.io/grant-evalua...
Grant Portfolio Evaluator
Rank and prioritize research funding opportunities. Calculate EV/hour and decide which grants are worth your time.
mol-evol.github.io
January 15, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Ever wondered if writing a grant proposal was actually worth your time? Presenting....The Grant Portfolio Evaluator - (for entertainment only) mol-evol.github.io/grant-evalua...
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We’re looking for a postdoc to join the Hendrickson lab!
The project will involve dissecting the molecular mechanisms of a fascinating mobile element in our honeybee biocontrol phages. Sound like something you would be interested in? Get in touch! Details:
jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...
The project will involve dissecting the molecular mechanisms of a fascinating mobile element in our honeybee biocontrol phages. Sound like something you would be interested in? Get in touch! Details:
jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...
Research Associate / Postdoctoral Fellow - Honeybee Bacteriophages and Advanced Biotechnology -
University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha
jobs.canterbury.ac.nz
January 9, 2026 at 12:27 AM
We’re looking for a postdoc to join the Hendrickson lab!
The project will involve dissecting the molecular mechanisms of a fascinating mobile element in our honeybee biocontrol phages. Sound like something you would be interested in? Get in touch! Details:
jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...
The project will involve dissecting the molecular mechanisms of a fascinating mobile element in our honeybee biocontrol phages. Sound like something you would be interested in? Get in touch! Details:
jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...
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🚨 New postdoc opportunity in Aotearoa 🇳🇿 with @drhhnz.bsky.social
RA / Postdoctoral Fellow in honeybee bacteriophages, microbial genetics & molecular evolution at the University of Canterbury (Christchurch).
3-year position, starts March 2026.
🔗 jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...
RA / Postdoctoral Fellow in honeybee bacteriophages, microbial genetics & molecular evolution at the University of Canterbury (Christchurch).
3-year position, starts March 2026.
🔗 jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...
Research Associate / Postdoctoral Fellow - Honeybee Bacteriophages and Advanced Biotechnology -
University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha
jobs.canterbury.ac.nz
January 12, 2026 at 3:38 AM
🚨 New postdoc opportunity in Aotearoa 🇳🇿 with @drhhnz.bsky.social
RA / Postdoctoral Fellow in honeybee bacteriophages, microbial genetics & molecular evolution at the University of Canterbury (Christchurch).
3-year position, starts March 2026.
🔗 jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...
RA / Postdoctoral Fellow in honeybee bacteriophages, microbial genetics & molecular evolution at the University of Canterbury (Christchurch).
3-year position, starts March 2026.
🔗 jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...
We’re looking for a postdoc to join the Hendrickson lab!
The project will involve dissecting the molecular mechanisms of a fascinating mobile element in our honeybee biocontrol phages. Sound like something you would be interested in? Get in touch! Details:
jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...
The project will involve dissecting the molecular mechanisms of a fascinating mobile element in our honeybee biocontrol phages. Sound like something you would be interested in? Get in touch! Details:
jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...
Research Associate / Postdoctoral Fellow - Honeybee Bacteriophages and Advanced Biotechnology -
University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha
jobs.canterbury.ac.nz
January 9, 2026 at 12:27 AM
We’re looking for a postdoc to join the Hendrickson lab!
The project will involve dissecting the molecular mechanisms of a fascinating mobile element in our honeybee biocontrol phages. Sound like something you would be interested in? Get in touch! Details:
jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...
The project will involve dissecting the molecular mechanisms of a fascinating mobile element in our honeybee biocontrol phages. Sound like something you would be interested in? Get in touch! Details:
jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...
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nobody will remember:
- your salary
- how “busy you were”
- how many hours you worked
people will remember:
- how many squid facts you knew
- if you offered others squid facts
- how you made people feel when you told them a squid fact
- your salary
- how “busy you were”
- how many hours you worked
people will remember:
- how many squid facts you knew
- if you offered others squid facts
- how you made people feel when you told them a squid fact
August 17, 2024 at 8:54 PM
nobody will remember:
- your salary
- how “busy you were”
- how many hours you worked
people will remember:
- how many squid facts you knew
- if you offered others squid facts
- how you made people feel when you told them a squid fact
- your salary
- how “busy you were”
- how many hours you worked
people will remember:
- how many squid facts you knew
- if you offered others squid facts
- how you made people feel when you told them a squid fact
Congratulations to Dist. Professor Gavin Martin for services to education and mathematics!!! amp.rnz.co.nz/article/c279...
New Year Honours 2026 - the full list
amp.rnz.co.nz
December 31, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Congratulations to Dist. Professor Gavin Martin for services to education and mathematics!!! amp.rnz.co.nz/article/c279...
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Christmas morning sunrise, and seagull posing, from Makorori Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand.
Meri Kirihimete / Merry Christmas 🎄
Meri Kirihimete / Merry Christmas 🎄
December 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Christmas morning sunrise, and seagull posing, from Makorori Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand.
Meri Kirihimete / Merry Christmas 🎄
Meri Kirihimete / Merry Christmas 🎄
Reposted by Heather Hendrickson
I always try to uphold the annual New Zealand tradition of the Nativicado.
December 23, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I always try to uphold the annual New Zealand tradition of the Nativicado.
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Appreciating the pōhutukawa this morning 🌺
December 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Appreciating the pōhutukawa this morning 🌺
Hendrickson lab and friends at the beach today for a BBQ. We celebrated our southern hemisphere holidays in the sun!
December 14, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Hendrickson lab and friends at the beach today for a BBQ. We celebrated our southern hemisphere holidays in the sun!
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indeed, 𝘙𝘶𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘻𝘢𝘦 looke like fusilli, which are notably better at holding on salsa di pomodoro than spaghetti... and as pasta addicts, we fell instantly in love with the shape of this newly described alphaproteo from the Rhizobiales 🤭
#MicroSky
#MicroSky
December 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
indeed, 𝘙𝘶𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘻𝘢𝘦 looke like fusilli, which are notably better at holding on salsa di pomodoro than spaghetti... and as pasta addicts, we fell instantly in love with the shape of this newly described alphaproteo from the Rhizobiales 🤭
#MicroSky
#MicroSky
It’s officially happening folks! The Microbial Population Biology Gordon Research Conference is back in Andover, New Hampshire starting June 27th of 2027!
See you there!!
@wcratcliff.bsky.social @ksbakes.bsky.social @surtlab.bsky.social
#microsky #mevosky
See you there!!
@wcratcliff.bsky.social @ksbakes.bsky.social @surtlab.bsky.social
#microsky #mevosky
December 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
It’s officially happening folks! The Microbial Population Biology Gordon Research Conference is back in Andover, New Hampshire starting June 27th of 2027!
See you there!!
@wcratcliff.bsky.social @ksbakes.bsky.social @surtlab.bsky.social
#microsky #mevosky
See you there!!
@wcratcliff.bsky.social @ksbakes.bsky.social @surtlab.bsky.social
#microsky #mevosky
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{Mariah Carey voice}:
🎶All I want for Christmas...
...Is yooooooooooooouuuuuuuu...
...r review of this manuscript submission even though I know you are burnt out and ready for break 🎶
🎶All I want for Christmas...
...Is yooooooooooooouuuuuuuu...
...r review of this manuscript submission even though I know you are burnt out and ready for break 🎶
Hey, I just met you...
And this is crazy...
Do me a favor???
Review this paper?
And this is crazy...
Do me a favor???
Review this paper?
I just stopped by to deliver this freshly baked strawberry-rhubarb pie. I’ll be long gone before you discover the review invitation I baked into it.
December 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
{Mariah Carey voice}:
🎶All I want for Christmas...
...Is yooooooooooooouuuuuuuu...
...r review of this manuscript submission even though I know you are burnt out and ready for break 🎶
🎶All I want for Christmas...
...Is yooooooooooooouuuuuuuu...
...r review of this manuscript submission even though I know you are burnt out and ready for break 🎶
Reposted by Heather Hendrickson
Happy to share our most recent work www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/.... Here we describe how efficient DNA replication in E. coli is dependent on an interaction between SSB-ssDNA and the DNA polymerase (Pol III). Thanks to all the co-authors for their hard work!
Genome integrity relies on rapid recycling of DNA Pol III in bacteria | PNAS
DNA replication requires precise coordination between DNA unwinding and DNA synthesis.
In all domains of life, protein–protein interactions at the ...
www.pnas.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Happy to share our most recent work www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/.... Here we describe how efficient DNA replication in E. coli is dependent on an interaction between SSB-ssDNA and the DNA polymerase (Pol III). Thanks to all the co-authors for their hard work!
