Greg Hurst
@greghurst.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist, interested in the origins of biodiversity. Mostly research the evolutionary ecology of symbiotic interactions. Professor at U.of Liverpool, UK. Born at 332ppm.
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Last chance to join us next month for the #Biodiversity25 conference.
A fantastic set of speakers, mix of talks & focused workshops, and the chance to meet others in the field of biodiversity genomics 🧬
In-person registration closes next Monday 29th September!
Registration 🔗: bit.ly/4j3vAZ9
A fantastic set of speakers, mix of talks & focused workshops, and the chance to meet others in the field of biodiversity genomics 🧬
In-person registration closes next Monday 29th September!
Registration 🔗: bit.ly/4j3vAZ9
Understanding Life: Using Largescale Biodiversity Reference Genomes — 20251027
Understanding life: Using largescale biodiversity reference genomes
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September 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Last chance to join us next month for the #Biodiversity25 conference.
A fantastic set of speakers, mix of talks & focused workshops, and the chance to meet others in the field of biodiversity genomics 🧬
In-person registration closes next Monday 29th September!
Registration 🔗: bit.ly/4j3vAZ9
A fantastic set of speakers, mix of talks & focused workshops, and the chance to meet others in the field of biodiversity genomics 🧬
In-person registration closes next Monday 29th September!
Registration 🔗: bit.ly/4j3vAZ9
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Two fully funded #PhD positions on insect #Symbiosis available in our lab: Spiroplasma in Neotropical Arthropods (tinyurl.com/spiroplasma) & Psyllid symbionts (tinyurl.com/psyllids).
Please contact me for any questions & share widely #symbiosky #academicjobs
Please contact me for any questions & share widely #symbiosky #academicjobs
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July 23, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Two fully funded #PhD positions on insect #Symbiosis available in our lab: Spiroplasma in Neotropical Arthropods (tinyurl.com/spiroplasma) & Psyllid symbionts (tinyurl.com/psyllids).
Please contact me for any questions & share widely #symbiosky #academicjobs
Please contact me for any questions & share widely #symbiosky #academicjobs
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We are offering an exciting opportunity for a clinical trainee to undertake a PhD in an area relating to outbreak prone infectious disease of public health importance or zoonoses: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNJ811/h...
HPRU Clinical Fellow at University of Liverpool
Apply now for the HPRU Clinical Fellow role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
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June 9, 2025 at 10:54 AM
We are offering an exciting opportunity for a clinical trainee to undertake a PhD in an area relating to outbreak prone infectious disease of public health importance or zoonoses: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNJ811/h...
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Looking for a postdoc on bacterial-insect symbiosis, combining evolution and molecular mechanisms? I'll have one open in my lab starting Sept 2025. If interested contact me (or find me at the GRC on Animal-microbe symbiosis if you'll be there). #SymbioSky
May 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Looking for a postdoc on bacterial-insect symbiosis, combining evolution and molecular mechanisms? I'll have one open in my lab starting Sept 2025. If interested contact me (or find me at the GRC on Animal-microbe symbiosis if you'll be there). #SymbioSky
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#drosophila @flybase.bsky.social request emergency funding:
"As it stands, by the end of July, 2025, there will be no future updates to FlyBase, and in the worst case scenario access to the website will also be lost" => please donate!
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
"As it stands, by the end of July, 2025, there will be no future updates to FlyBase, and in the worst case scenario access to the website will also be lost" => please donate!
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
Drosophila Genetic Database
The Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University ...
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk
June 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
#drosophila @flybase.bsky.social request emergency funding:
"As it stands, by the end of July, 2025, there will be no future updates to FlyBase, and in the worst case scenario access to the website will also be lost" => please donate!
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
"As it stands, by the end of July, 2025, there will be no future updates to FlyBase, and in the worst case scenario access to the website will also be lost" => please donate!
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
New preprint ex @bolinabug.bsky.social (+ @daisukekageyama.bsky.social & @scottishwormboy.bsky.social) on the pronounced secondary expansion of Spiroplasma and Rickettsia genomes in lacewings doi.org/10.1101/2025... #symbiosky 1/2
Concerted genome expansion of heritable symbionts in an insect host
Maternally transmitted symbionts represent important components of arthropod biology, acting as both beneficial partners and as reproductive parasites. Their strict vertical transmission greatly reduc...
doi.org
May 12, 2025 at 8:14 AM
New preprint ex @bolinabug.bsky.social (+ @daisukekageyama.bsky.social & @scottishwormboy.bsky.social) on the pronounced secondary expansion of Spiroplasma and Rickettsia genomes in lacewings doi.org/10.1101/2025... #symbiosky 1/2
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Rachel Drysdale and I prepared a biographical memoir for Michael Ashburner, now published at:
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Michael Ashburner. 23 May 1942—7 July 2023: 23 May 1942 — 7 July 2023: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society: Vol 0, No 0
Michael Ashburner had an extraordinary career. From his early passion for natural history, through his education and subsequent career at the University of Cambridge, Michael’s intellectual energy and boundless curiosity generated a prodigious output ...
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May 2, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Rachel Drysdale and I prepared a biographical memoir for Michael Ashburner, now published at:
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Our New Paper is out! Great work by Mashaneh Ahrar and the team - thank you all, especially @makaefer.bsky.social and Greg Hurst (is he on Bsky???)! TBC :)
New publication ( @greghurst.bsky.social @ewachrostek.bsky.social ) out using one of the @cci-liv.bsky.social microscopes and image analysis expertise: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@livuni-livsrf.bsky.social @livuniresearch.bsky.social @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social
@livuni-livsrf.bsky.social @livuniresearch.bsky.social @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social
Development of Antisense Tools to Study Bodo saltans and Its Intracellular Symbiont
Obligate symbioses present challenges for functional genetic analysis. This study shows that antisense inhibition cannot be used to investigate gene functions in the aquatic symbiosis between Bodo sa...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Our New Paper is out! Great work by Mashaneh Ahrar and the team - thank you all, especially @makaefer.bsky.social and Greg Hurst (is he on Bsky???)! TBC :)
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Please spread the word - 2 new PhD positions, one fully funded and one self-funded, with us at Durham and @clarahowcroft.bsky.social at Northumbria Uni! We are looking for people with interdisciplinary experience (biology, computer vision, engineering) and interest to work across disciplines.
Please re-post: We have 2 new PhD positions on insect behaviour. We are looking for people with interests and expertise in development of behavioural assays, working with insects, computer vision, image processing and data analysis, and previous research experience. Please email us to discuss! 🦟💻🐝
February 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Please spread the word - 2 new PhD positions, one fully funded and one self-funded, with us at Durham and @clarahowcroft.bsky.social at Northumbria Uni! We are looking for people with interdisciplinary experience (biology, computer vision, engineering) and interest to work across disciplines.
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Delighted to have been awarded a BBSRC Fellowship to look at the genetics of how insects have adapted to living in freshwater habitats 🧬🦋🪰🪲🌊
Extremely grateful to all who have supported me over the years and excited to be at Liverpool with some great colleagues!
www.ukri.org/news/9-milli...
Extremely grateful to all who have supported me over the years and excited to be at Liverpool with some great colleagues!
www.ukri.org/news/9-milli...
£9 million investment fuels groundbreaking bioscience research
From unlocking the secrets of animal movement to tackling antimicrobial resistance, UK’s brightest bioscience minds are pushing the boundaries of innovation.
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April 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Delighted to have been awarded a BBSRC Fellowship to look at the genetics of how insects have adapted to living in freshwater habitats 🧬🦋🪰🪲🌊
Extremely grateful to all who have supported me over the years and excited to be at Liverpool with some great colleagues!
www.ukri.org/news/9-milli...
Extremely grateful to all who have supported me over the years and excited to be at Liverpool with some great colleagues!
www.ukri.org/news/9-milli...
@haraipapilio.bsky.social paper on evolution of Wolbachia MK mechanism through prophage acquisition in molina butterflies - avoiding suppression by the host. Now out! #symbiosky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... With @daisukekageyama.bsky.social @bolinabug.bsky.social and others
Evolution of Wolbachia male-killing mechanism within a host species
Male-killing bacterial symbionts, prevalent in arthropods, skew population sex ratios by selectively killing male progeny, profoundly impacting ecolog…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
@haraipapilio.bsky.social paper on evolution of Wolbachia MK mechanism through prophage acquisition in molina butterflies - avoiding suppression by the host. Now out! #symbiosky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... With @daisukekageyama.bsky.social @bolinabug.bsky.social and others
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Happy to contribute to this piece in recognition of #InternationalWomensDay
How to keep more women in research.
Ahead of International Women’s Day, four female researchers (incl. @kimholzmann.bsky.social, @aislingbrady.bsky.social and @mbigoni.bsky.social) discuss the barriers and opportunities they have experienced.
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Ahead of International Women’s Day, four female researchers (incl. @kimholzmann.bsky.social, @aislingbrady.bsky.social and @mbigoni.bsky.social) discuss the barriers and opportunities they have experienced.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...
How to keep more women in research - Research Professional News
Ahead of International Women’s Day, four female researchers discuss barriers and opportunities they have experienced
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Happy to contribute to this piece in recognition of #InternationalWomensDay
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New study from my lab and former grad Dr. Kwak shows Liberibacter psyllaurous, a dual insect symbiont and plant pathogen, boosts psyllid fitness by providing essential nutrients like arginine. A rare case of nutritional benefits from non-obligate symbionts #symbiosis journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
A dual insect symbiont and plant pathogen improves insect host fitness under arginine limitation | mBio
Unlike obligate symbionts that are permanently associated with their hosts, facultative
symbionts rarely show direct nutritional contributions, especially under nutrient-limited
conditions. This study...
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February 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
New study from my lab and former grad Dr. Kwak shows Liberibacter psyllaurous, a dual insect symbiont and plant pathogen, boosts psyllid fitness by providing essential nutrients like arginine. A rare case of nutritional benefits from non-obligate symbionts #symbiosis journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Job! 2-year postdoc position in EVElab, Bristol UK on nutrition and infections in pregnancy (FLF-funded)
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLV631/r...
Apply if you are enthusiastic about:
- experiments on insects which get pregnant
- relevance of evolution to public health
- a vibrant city & research environment
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLV631/r...
Apply if you are enthusiastic about:
- experiments on insects which get pregnant
- relevance of evolution to public health
- a vibrant city & research environment
February 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Job! 2-year postdoc position in EVElab, Bristol UK on nutrition and infections in pregnancy (FLF-funded)
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLV631/r...
Apply if you are enthusiastic about:
- experiments on insects which get pregnant
- relevance of evolution to public health
- a vibrant city & research environment
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLV631/r...
Apply if you are enthusiastic about:
- experiments on insects which get pregnant
- relevance of evolution to public health
- a vibrant city & research environment
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Hardly new info, but BSky should know:
Warsaw's water quality is monitored by eight clams with magnets attached to their shells. If contamination in the water causes the clams to close, the magnets trigger an alarm and shut off the city's water supply.
Thank you, little guardian molluscs.
🧪🌏🚰
Warsaw's water quality is monitored by eight clams with magnets attached to their shells. If contamination in the water causes the clams to close, the magnets trigger an alarm and shut off the city's water supply.
Thank you, little guardian molluscs.
🧪🌏🚰
February 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Hardly new info, but BSky should know:
Warsaw's water quality is monitored by eight clams with magnets attached to their shells. If contamination in the water causes the clams to close, the magnets trigger an alarm and shut off the city's water supply.
Thank you, little guardian molluscs.
🧪🌏🚰
Warsaw's water quality is monitored by eight clams with magnets attached to their shells. If contamination in the water causes the clams to close, the magnets trigger an alarm and shut off the city's water supply.
Thank you, little guardian molluscs.
🧪🌏🚰
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🚨 Job alert 🚨 — are you interested in understanding how mobile genetic elements and defence systems shape bacterial genome evolution? 🧬 🧪 🧫 🦠 2x 5-year research positions available in experimental evolution @mermanchester.bsky.social Join us! #microsky
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Research Associate in Experimental Evolution:Manchester
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
February 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🚨 Job alert 🚨 — are you interested in understanding how mobile genetic elements and defence systems shape bacterial genome evolution? 🧬 🧪 🧫 🦠 2x 5-year research positions available in experimental evolution @mermanchester.bsky.social Join us! #microsky
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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NERC Fellowships are open! We (Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, at the @liverpooluni.bsky.social) have a policy to provide a PERMANENT JOB to successful candidates at the end of the fellowship. Please in touch if you're interested!
NERC Independent Research Fellowship 2024
Apply for funding to further your career through an independent research fellowship.
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January 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
NERC Fellowships are open! We (Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, at the @liverpooluni.bsky.social) have a policy to provide a PERMANENT JOB to successful candidates at the end of the fellowship. Please in touch if you're interested!
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BBSRC fellowships are open: 3yrs of funding, ECRs worldwide are eligible (including the US 👀). Deadline 7th May. If you've a some postdoc experience (but no prior independent fellowships) and fancy coming to my Dept/ Institute in @liverpooluni.bsky.social, drop me a message.
2025 BBSRC Fellowships scheme
Apply for funding to carry out independent research within a host laboratory and gain leadership skills.
www.ukri.org
February 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
BBSRC fellowships are open: 3yrs of funding, ECRs worldwide are eligible (including the US 👀). Deadline 7th May. If you've a some postdoc experience (but no prior independent fellowships) and fancy coming to my Dept/ Institute in @liverpooluni.bsky.social, drop me a message.
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Celebrating the work of Dr. Ruth Ella Moore, cph.osu.edu/news/2022/01..., who worked on #tuberculosis for her thesis!
#28DaysOfBlackSTEMHistory #BlackHistoryMonth
#28DaysOfBlackSTEMHistory #BlackHistoryMonth
Proud they're ours: Ruth Ella Moore
Ruth Ella Moore ’26 BS, ’27 MA, ’33 PhD Born: May 19, 1903 Died: July 19, 1994 Alumna Ruth Ella Moore's work continues to inform the global struggle against tuberculosis Ruth Ella Moore ’26 BS, ’27 MA...
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February 4, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Celebrating the work of Dr. Ruth Ella Moore, cph.osu.edu/news/2022/01..., who worked on #tuberculosis for her thesis!
#28DaysOfBlackSTEMHistory #BlackHistoryMonth
#28DaysOfBlackSTEMHistory #BlackHistoryMonth
It's the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. In 1995, I visited the camp's Hungarian room. A room of plain white walls with hundreds of thousands of names inscribed. Hundreds of thousands of lost lives. Now, more than ever, for people of all creeds, colours & identities, never again.
January 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
It's the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. In 1995, I visited the camp's Hungarian room. A room of plain white walls with hundreds of thousands of names inscribed. Hundreds of thousands of lost lives. Now, more than ever, for people of all creeds, colours & identities, never again.
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Lovely tribute from the Microbiology Society to a wonderful colleague who has left us too soon. microbiologysociety.org/news/society...
Professor Alan McCarthy: a tribute
microbiologysociety.org
January 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Lovely tribute from the Microbiology Society to a wonderful colleague who has left us too soon. microbiologysociety.org/news/society...
New preprint from @haraipapilio.bsky.social with @bolinabug.bsky.social @daisukekageyama.bsky.social and others not on bluesky #symbiosky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Evolution of Wolbachia male-killing mechanism within a host species
Male-killing bacterial symbionts, prevalent in arthropods, skew population sex ratios by selectively killing male progeny, profoundly impacting ecology and evolution of their hosts. Male-killing is a ...
www.biorxiv.org
January 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
New preprint from @haraipapilio.bsky.social with @bolinabug.bsky.social @daisukekageyama.bsky.social and others not on bluesky #symbiosky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Richard Cordeaux (EGCE lab, Gif sur Yvette, France) is offering an 18-month postdoc position in evolutionary genomics to study sex determination and resistance to vertical transmission of feminizing Wolbachia endosymbionts in an isopod. #SymbioSky #Wolbachia
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January 10, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Richard Cordeaux (EGCE lab, Gif sur Yvette, France) is offering an 18-month postdoc position in evolutionary genomics to study sex determination and resistance to vertical transmission of feminizing Wolbachia endosymbionts in an isopod. #SymbioSky #Wolbachia
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Two #postdoc positions available in my lab. Position 1 focusses on #phytoplasma transmission via #insects. Position 2 aims to investigate the dynamics of #symbiont #evolution in #psyllids in collaboration with @mgerth.bsky.social, Martin Kaltenpoth and Liliya Serbina. Please share.
January 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Two #postdoc positions available in my lab. Position 1 focusses on #phytoplasma transmission via #insects. Position 2 aims to investigate the dynamics of #symbiont #evolution in #psyllids in collaboration with @mgerth.bsky.social, Martin Kaltenpoth and Liliya Serbina. Please share.
BBSRC funded PhD - evolution in the early stages of symbiosis, using Arsenophonus as model. tinyurl.com/Edgeofsymbio.... Apply by 30/01/2025. Available for UK and International students. With @brockhurstlab.bsky.social and @acdarby.bsky.social. #symbiosky
BBSRC NWD: On the edges of symbiosis: how insect symbionts evolve in newly established interactions at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - BBSRC NWD: On the edges of symbiosis: how insect symbionts evolve in newly established interactions at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com
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December 18, 2024 at 5:02 PM
BBSRC funded PhD - evolution in the early stages of symbiosis, using Arsenophonus as model. tinyurl.com/Edgeofsymbio.... Apply by 30/01/2025. Available for UK and International students. With @brockhurstlab.bsky.social and @acdarby.bsky.social. #symbiosky