Ákos T Kovács
@evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social
Professor of Microbiome Ecology at Institute of Biology, Leiden University
Bacillus subtilis, biofilms, plant microbiome, bacteria-fungi interactions and circadian clock within @microclockerc.bsky.social #ERCSyG
https://linktr.ee/atkovacs
Bacillus subtilis, biofilms, plant microbiome, bacteria-fungi interactions and circadian clock within @microclockerc.bsky.social #ERCSyG
https://linktr.ee/atkovacs
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Ákos T Kovács
@evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social
· May 27
Glad to share our newest publication in Nature Communications 🎉🎉🎉… summarizing about a decade of work how Bacillus subtilis adapt when challenged with Aspergillus niger
Enhanced surface colonisation and competition during bacterial adaptation to a fungus
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Enhanced surface colonisation and competition during bacterial adaptation to a fungus
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Prority roads in case of snow in 🇳🇱… 🚲 path
January 6, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Prority roads in case of snow in 🇳🇱… 🚲 path
Morning walk with 🐕 - white ground version
January 6, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Morning walk with 🐕 - white ground version
New Year, ready for the new adventures and scientific discoveries at Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL)
January 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
New Year, ready for the new adventures and scientific discoveries at Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL)
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Our new study shows how nickel limitation changes electron flow in methanogens.
@nature.com
#methanogens #methane #archaea
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@nature.com
#methanogens #methane #archaea
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Electron flow in hydrogenotrophic methanogens under nickel limitation - Nature
Two distantly related methanogens shift the methanogenic pathway under nickel limitation, suggesting that methanogens adapt to changing bioavailability of nickel by rerouting electron flow between two...
www.nature.com
July 3, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Our new study shows how nickel limitation changes electron flow in methanogens.
@nature.com
#methanogens #methane #archaea
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@nature.com
#methanogens #methane #archaea
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A great tenure track position (Assistant Professor) of Sustainable Plant Nutrition @ethz.ch @usyseth.bsky.social @johansix.bsky.social ! Deadline to apply: 28/02/2026.
ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z...
ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z...
Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Sustainable Plant Nutrition
ethz.ch
January 4, 2026 at 6:29 PM
A great tenure track position (Assistant Professor) of Sustainable Plant Nutrition @ethz.ch @usyseth.bsky.social @johansix.bsky.social ! Deadline to apply: 28/02/2026.
ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z...
ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z...
Phage therapy of perinephric abscess in kidney transplantation recipients caused by drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
-In @mlifejournal.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
-In @mlifejournal.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Phage therapy of perinephric abscess in kidney transplantation recipients caused by drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
-In @mlifejournal.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
-In @mlifejournal.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
A prophage-encoded sRNA limits phage infection of adherent-invasive E. coli
#PLoSPathogen from @prsecor.bsky.social
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
#PLoSPathogen from @prsecor.bsky.social
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
A prophage-encoded sRNA limits phage infection of adherent-invasive E. coli
Author summary Prophages—viral genomes integrated into bacterial chromosomes—are common in enteric bacteria and can profoundly influence bacterial physiology and ecological fitness. Here we show that ...
journals.plos.org
January 3, 2026 at 11:18 AM
A prophage-encoded sRNA limits phage infection of adherent-invasive E. coli
#PLoSPathogen from @prsecor.bsky.social
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
#PLoSPathogen from @prsecor.bsky.social
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
Biofilms at work: what limits efficient consortia for industrial production?
in @cp-trendsbiotech.bsky.social
www.cell.com/trends/biote...
in @cp-trendsbiotech.bsky.social
www.cell.com/trends/biote...
Biofilms at work: what limits efficient consortia for industrial production?
Biofilms, complex and structured microbial communities encased within extracellular
polymeric substances, represent an emerging area of interest in bioprocesses for the
production of value-added chemi...
www.cell.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Biofilms at work: what limits efficient consortia for industrial production?
in @cp-trendsbiotech.bsky.social
www.cell.com/trends/biote...
in @cp-trendsbiotech.bsky.social
www.cell.com/trends/biote...
snowy view this morning walk with 🐕
January 3, 2026 at 10:32 AM
snowy view this morning walk with 🐕
Adaptive metabolic rewiring and ion homeostasis enhance oxidative stress resistance in Lacticaseibacillus casei
Applied and Environmental Microbiology by Lei Su et al from Yicen Lin (Kunming)
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Applied and Environmental Microbiology by Lei Su et al from Yicen Lin (Kunming)
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
January 2, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Adaptive metabolic rewiring and ion homeostasis enhance oxidative stress resistance in Lacticaseibacillus casei
Applied and Environmental Microbiology by Lei Su et al from Yicen Lin (Kunming)
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Applied and Environmental Microbiology by Lei Su et al from Yicen Lin (Kunming)
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Afternoon walk with 🐕
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January 2, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Afternoon walk with 🐕
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Reposted by Ákos T Kovács
March 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Less than two 2 weeks to apply for this PhD position in my group.
Please do not miss the opportunity to apply if the topic is of interest to you 👇
Please do not miss the opportunity to apply if the topic is of interest to you 👇
I am very excited to announce that a fully funded PhD position is available in my group.
Topic: Synergistic coevolution in mono-specific and multi-species microbial consortia
Please RT or forward this information to interested candidates.
Deadline: 11.01.26
More info:
shorturl.at/f1TuF
Topic: Synergistic coevolution in mono-specific and multi-species microbial consortia
Please RT or forward this information to interested candidates.
Deadline: 11.01.26
More info:
shorturl.at/f1TuF
December 30, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Less than two 2 weeks to apply for this PhD position in my group.
Please do not miss the opportunity to apply if the topic is of interest to you 👇
Please do not miss the opportunity to apply if the topic is of interest to you 👇
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This work was also our first time doing membrane localization (way to go Cassidy)! And so proud of Bella’s gorgeous Paenibacillus tree showing the distribution of the transmembrane containing Spo0B! Also it’s the lab’s first paper without ribosomes 🫨, but don’t worry - the ribosomes made the Spo0B!
December 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This work was also our first time doing membrane localization (way to go Cassidy)! And so proud of Bella’s gorgeous Paenibacillus tree showing the distribution of the transmembrane containing Spo0B! Also it’s the lab’s first paper without ribosomes 🫨, but don’t worry - the ribosomes made the Spo0B!
Reposted by Ákos T Kovács
The sporulation phosphorelay protein Spo0B is membrane localized in Paenibacillus! The transmembrane domain appears to increase interaction with relay partners. Congrats to former lab undergrad @isabellalin.bsky.social and her grad mentor @cassidyprints.bsky.social
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
journals.asm.org
December 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The sporulation phosphorelay protein Spo0B is membrane localized in Paenibacillus! The transmembrane domain appears to increase interaction with relay partners. Congrats to former lab undergrad @isabellalin.bsky.social and her grad mentor @cassidyprints.bsky.social
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Reposted by Ákos T Kovács
Happy to share our new work about the Bacillus-Trichoderma interactions. A new and interesting story😁
Our new publication in #ISMEJournal (@isme-microbes.bsky.social) describes how Bacillus and Trichoderma works together to fight against the plant pathogen Fusarium, a superb collaboration with Zhihui Xu at Nanjing Agricultural University, including the experiments by @jiyuxie.bsky.social at #IBL
1/7
1/7
December 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Happy to share our new work about the Bacillus-Trichoderma interactions. A new and interesting story😁
EMBO Workshop 24 – 27 April 2026 | Taipei, Taiwan
Evolving together: from genomics to biological interactions
meetings.embo.org/event/26-bio...
@chuanku.bsky.social
Evolving together: from genomics to biological interactions
meetings.embo.org/event/26-bio...
@chuanku.bsky.social
December 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
EMBO Workshop 24 – 27 April 2026 | Taipei, Taiwan
Evolving together: from genomics to biological interactions
meetings.embo.org/event/26-bio...
@chuanku.bsky.social
Evolving together: from genomics to biological interactions
meetings.embo.org/event/26-bio...
@chuanku.bsky.social
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We are looking for an exceptional scientist with a research focus on nutrition and microbiome-based interventions for the prevention and management of obesity to join our Food, Microbiome and Health research programme as a Group Leader.
💷 Competitive
🗓️ Apply by 18 January 2026
➡️ buff.ly/8KeAdxg
💷 Competitive
🗓️ Apply by 18 January 2026
➡️ buff.ly/8KeAdxg
December 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
We are looking for an exceptional scientist with a research focus on nutrition and microbiome-based interventions for the prevention and management of obesity to join our Food, Microbiome and Health research programme as a Group Leader.
💷 Competitive
🗓️ Apply by 18 January 2026
➡️ buff.ly/8KeAdxg
💷 Competitive
🗓️ Apply by 18 January 2026
➡️ buff.ly/8KeAdxg
Highlights of 2025: 4 PhD theses defensed this year 🎉
Congratulations to Dr Rune Overlund Stannius, Dr Caja Dinesen, Dr Lijie Song and Dr Adele Pioppi 👏
-funded by @cemist.bsky.social/ @dg.dk (Rune), #NNF_INTERACT/ @novo-nordisk.bsky.social (Caja and Adele), BGI-DTU (Lijie), and IBL startup
Congratulations to Dr Rune Overlund Stannius, Dr Caja Dinesen, Dr Lijie Song and Dr Adele Pioppi 👏
-funded by @cemist.bsky.social/ @dg.dk (Rune), #NNF_INTERACT/ @novo-nordisk.bsky.social (Caja and Adele), BGI-DTU (Lijie), and IBL startup
December 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Highlights of 2025: 4 PhD theses defensed this year 🎉
Congratulations to Dr Rune Overlund Stannius, Dr Caja Dinesen, Dr Lijie Song and Dr Adele Pioppi 👏
-funded by @cemist.bsky.social/ @dg.dk (Rune), #NNF_INTERACT/ @novo-nordisk.bsky.social (Caja and Adele), BGI-DTU (Lijie), and IBL startup
Congratulations to Dr Rune Overlund Stannius, Dr Caja Dinesen, Dr Lijie Song and Dr Adele Pioppi 👏
-funded by @cemist.bsky.social/ @dg.dk (Rune), #NNF_INTERACT/ @novo-nordisk.bsky.social (Caja and Adele), BGI-DTU (Lijie), and IBL startup
Our new publication in #ISMEJournal (@isme-microbes.bsky.social) describes how Bacillus and Trichoderma works together to fight against the plant pathogen Fusarium, a superb collaboration with Zhihui Xu at Nanjing Agricultural University, including the experiments by @jiyuxie.bsky.social at #IBL
1/7
1/7
December 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Our new publication in #ISMEJournal (@isme-microbes.bsky.social) describes how Bacillus and Trichoderma works together to fight against the plant pathogen Fusarium, a superb collaboration with Zhihui Xu at Nanjing Agricultural University, including the experiments by @jiyuxie.bsky.social at #IBL
1/7
1/7
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A four-year postdoc focusing on "plant growth-promoting bacteriophages" available in my group. Skills in metaviromics and metagenomics essential. Application deadline: 2.2.2026. For more info, see the link.
Postdoctoral Researcher in discovering the benefits of plant growth-promoting bacteriophages
Postdoctoral Researcher in discovering the benefits of plant growth-promoting bacteriophages
jobs.helsinki.fi
December 29, 2025 at 6:29 AM
A four-year postdoc focusing on "plant growth-promoting bacteriophages" available in my group. Skills in metaviromics and metagenomics essential. Application deadline: 2.2.2026. For more info, see the link.
Microbial biofilms as drought shields: Bacillus velezensis D103 enhances maize tolerance via aquaporin regulation
-in Microbiological Research
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
-in Microbiological Research
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Microbial biofilms as drought shields: Bacillus velezensis D103 enhances maize tolerance via aquaporin regulation
-in Microbiological Research
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
-in Microbiological Research
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Ákos T Kovács
Reposted by Ákos T Kovács
(OK, I know this is not how I'd do it from the start, but I'm not doing it from the start)
Anyone know of a pipeline that uses nanopore reads to call SNPs in a bacterial genome. Kind of like breseq but nanopore (guessing there's way to do this with minmap etc... looking for something benchmarked)
Anyone know of a pipeline that uses nanopore reads to call SNPs in a bacterial genome. Kind of like breseq but nanopore (guessing there's way to do this with minmap etc... looking for something benchmarked)
December 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
(OK, I know this is not how I'd do it from the start, but I'm not doing it from the start)
Anyone know of a pipeline that uses nanopore reads to call SNPs in a bacterial genome. Kind of like breseq but nanopore (guessing there's way to do this with minmap etc... looking for something benchmarked)
Anyone know of a pipeline that uses nanopore reads to call SNPs in a bacterial genome. Kind of like breseq but nanopore (guessing there's way to do this with minmap etc... looking for something benchmarked)