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Jan FM Van Impe
@janfmvi.bsky.social
Science is Art is Science is Art is…

Full Professor KU Leuven
Founder/Division Head of KU Leuven/BioTeC+
Course Director Erasmus Mundus MSc FOOD4S
Believes in a systems view on life, science in particular
www.cit.kuleuven.be/biotec
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Apply before November 17, 2025👇🏼
#science #research #PhD
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Join us at KU Leuven/BioTeC+ for an exciting #PhD opportunity non-alcoholic beer: design, optimize & validate pasteurization schemes, according to the research goals BEER4S - Safety, Sustainability, Sensory & Social Impact characteristics 🍻
In collaboration with Nofima 🇳🇴
BEER4S - "Beer Force"
Pasteurization of liquid foods: application to non-alcoholic beer
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October 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Join us at KU Leuven/BioTeC+ for an exciting #PhD opportunity non-alcoholic beer: design, optimize & validate pasteurization schemes, according to the research goals BEER4S - Safety, Sustainability, Sensory & Social Impact characteristics 🍻
In collaboration with Nofima 🇳🇴
BEER4S - "Beer Force"
Pasteurization of liquid foods: application to non-alcoholic beer
www.euraxess.be
October 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Apply before November 17, 2025👇🏼
#science #research #PhD
www.euraxess.be/jobs/382227
Join us at KU Leuven/BioTeC+ for an exciting #PhD opportunity non-alcoholic beer: design, optimize & validate pasteurization schemes, according to the research goals BEER4S - Safety, Sustainability, Sensory & Social Impact characteristics 🍻
In collaboration with Nofima 🇳🇴
BEER4S - "Beer Force"
Pasteurization of liquid foods: application to non-alcoholic beer
www.euraxess.be
October 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
www.euraxess.be/jobs/382227
Join us at KU Leuven/BioTeC+ for an exciting #PhD opportunity non-alcoholic beer: design, optimize & validate pasteurization schemes, according to the research goals BEER4S - Safety, Sustainability, Sensory & Social Impact characteristics 🍻
In collaboration with Nofima 🇳🇴
BEER4S - "Beer Force"
Pasteurization of liquid foods: application to non-alcoholic beer
www.euraxess.be
October 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Meet the BioF:GREAT Team at The Society for Glycobiology's Annual Meeting in San Diego this November and be part of the future of glycoscience! Register for SfGlycobiology here:

www.glycobiology.org/annual-meeting

See you there!
#SfGlycobiology #glycotime #biotech #glycotime #glycosylation
September 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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🎓 Applications for Institut Pasteur's PhD programs open Sept 1-Oct 20, 2025 for October 2026 entry.

Apply to up to 4 projects across 6 programs: PPU, PPU-IMAGINE @institutimagine.bsky.social, PPU-@ox.ac.uk, PPU-EID @upcite.bsky.social & more 🧬

Register now ✍️ www.pasteur.fr/en/education...
September 1, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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The Dept. of BioSciences at #RiceUniversity, in Houston, Texas, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Evolutionary Biology, with a preferred focus on organismal responses to environmental change. Please RT!

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September 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Deciphering microbial spatial organization: insights from synthetic and engineered communities url: academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
Deciphering microbial spatial organization: insights from synthetic and engineered communities
Abstract. Microbial communities are frequently organized into complex spatial structures, shaped by intrinsic cellular traits, interactions between communi
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September 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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The #MaxPlanckPostdocProgram offers a guaranteed contract of at least 3 years, targeted mentoring, and career workshops. The call for applications is open now! 🚀 Take advantage of this opportunity and browse the job vacancies. www.mpg.de/en/max-planc...
September 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Sub-cellular chemical mapping in bacteria using correlated cryogenic electron and mass spectrometry imaging

Congrats Hannah Ochner and authors on this important paper! Strong collaboration with @kiranrpatil.bsky.social

www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
@mrclmb.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social
August 31, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Defended my MSc thesis! Big thank you to everyone who supported me throughout the last few months.

I’m grateful to Prof. @janfmvi.bsky.social Jan Van Impe for giving the opportunity to join KU Leuven BioTeC+ and expand my knowledge on gut microbiome and in vitro digestive models. 🙏
August 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Brave defence, well done Dana! 👏🏼
@danasablan.bsky.social

Stay tuned for more news on our FooDSIM!
#food #digestion #simulator
@beste-id.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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August 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Individual-based modeling (IbM) unravels spatial and social interactions in bacterial communities

#ISMEJournal from @janfmvi.bsky.social

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Individual-based modeling (IbM) unravels spatial and social interactions in bacterial communities
Abstract. Bacterial interactions are fundamental in shaping community structure and function, driving processes that range from plastic degradation in mari
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August 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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🔬 We're hiring! Adelaide Microscopy is seeking a CryoTEM Microscopist to support cutting-edge research in South Australia. Passionate about cryo-EM & single particle analysis? 🧪 Apply by 18 Sept: careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...
#STEMjobs
August 22, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Er is niet veel dat me cynischer maakt dan een partij die aan tweezakkerij doet over een f*cking genocide.
July 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper!

We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media.

Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑

doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
doi.org
August 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Here is a press release/ summary blog post about our new paper.

Key conclusion: For every single professional use that scientists used to use Twitter for, Twitter is much worse now than it used to be, and Bluesky is better that Twitter currently is.

www.southernfriedscience.com/twitter-suck...
“Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky:” Our new survey shows that scientists no longer find Twitter professionally useful or pleasant
My colleague Dr. Julia Wester and I have a new paper out in the journal Integrative and Comparative Biology reporting on the results of a survey distributed to over 800 scientists, science educator…
www.southernfriedscience.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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August 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Check out our paper in Evolution Letters!

We used D. melanogaster pigmentation as a focal trait to explore parallelism in phenotypic and genomic responses to environmental change - read more at the link below 👇
How predictably does complex trait adaptation proceed over space and time in wild populations?
doi.org/10.1093/evle...

Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by @skylerberardi.bsky.social, @paulrschmidt.bsky.social et al.

📷: Dr. Rush Dhillon
July 31, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Director at Max Planck - a unique position! The Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships is open now and can be submitted by the 31st of October 2025. ➡️ mpg.de/directors - Please share the Open Call among potential candidates.
August 1, 2025 at 9:06 AM