Justine Collier
@justinecollier.bsky.social
Associate Professor at the Department of Fundamental Microbiology at the University of Lausanne. Also vice-Director of its School of Biology. Passionate about bacterial genetics!
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📢 Postdoc position: Cell Biology of Cyanobacteria
in my group, as part of the Excellence Cluster "Microbes for Climate" (M4C) in Marburg, Germany.
More information at shorturl.at/wNnDT (see Project 2)
🔗Apply at shorturl.at/VsEDl
📅Deadline: Nov 16, 2025
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in my group, as part of the Excellence Cluster "Microbes for Climate" (M4C) in Marburg, Germany.
More information at shorturl.at/wNnDT (see Project 2)
🔗Apply at shorturl.at/VsEDl
📅Deadline: Nov 16, 2025
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November 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
📢 Postdoc position: Cell Biology of Cyanobacteria
in my group, as part of the Excellence Cluster "Microbes for Climate" (M4C) in Marburg, Germany.
More information at shorturl.at/wNnDT (see Project 2)
🔗Apply at shorturl.at/VsEDl
📅Deadline: Nov 16, 2025
Please repost. #Postdoc
in my group, as part of the Excellence Cluster "Microbes for Climate" (M4C) in Marburg, Germany.
More information at shorturl.at/wNnDT (see Project 2)
🔗Apply at shorturl.at/VsEDl
📅Deadline: Nov 16, 2025
Please repost. #Postdoc
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PhD project available in my lab. Email me with CV if interested
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#microsky #bioimaging
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#microsky #bioimaging
Using super-resolution microscopy to investigate the mechanistic principles of bacterial cell wall remodelling at University of Warwick on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Using super-resolution microscopy to investigate the mechanistic principles of bacterial cell wall remodelling at University of Warwick, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:29 AM
PhD project available in my lab. Email me with CV if interested
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#microsky #bioimaging
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#microsky #bioimaging
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The @nccr-antiresist.bsky.social PhD fellowship call is now open! Apply now (deadline 15 January) for a unique PhD Fellowship in Antibiotic Discovery. Our lab will also offer a project that a selected candidate can choose!
www.nccr-antiresist.ch/join-us/
www.nccr-antiresist.ch/join-us/
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Open PhD Fellowship position in Infection Biology, and Fellowship for Clinicians, both now open
www.nccr-antiresist.ch
October 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The @nccr-antiresist.bsky.social PhD fellowship call is now open! Apply now (deadline 15 January) for a unique PhD Fellowship in Antibiotic Discovery. Our lab will also offer a project that a selected candidate can choose!
www.nccr-antiresist.ch/join-us/
www.nccr-antiresist.ch/join-us/
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Please RT:
We have an opening for a junior group leader position in „Phage Biology & Biotechnology“.
www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/...
Interested candidates are encouraged to contact me via email for further details.
@spp2330.bsky.social; @mibinet.bsky.social
We have an opening for a junior group leader position in „Phage Biology & Biotechnology“.
www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/...
Interested candidates are encouraged to contact me via email for further details.
@spp2330.bsky.social; @mibinet.bsky.social
Junior Group Leader - Phage Biology & Biotechnology
As a leading research institution for microbial biotechnology the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences - Biotechnology (IBG-1, https://www.fz-juelich.de/de/ibg/ibg-1 ) at the Forschungszentrum Jülich foc...
www.fz-juelich.de
October 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Please RT:
We have an opening for a junior group leader position in „Phage Biology & Biotechnology“.
www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/...
Interested candidates are encouraged to contact me via email for further details.
@spp2330.bsky.social; @mibinet.bsky.social
We have an opening for a junior group leader position in „Phage Biology & Biotechnology“.
www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/...
Interested candidates are encouraged to contact me via email for further details.
@spp2330.bsky.social; @mibinet.bsky.social
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Independent research fellowships leading to tenured positions at the John Innes Centre.
Repost = nice. Thank you very much!!!
Repost = nice. Thank you very much!!!
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to give a seminar at the Fellows Conference, which will be held on 10 March 2026.
Candidates who win Fellowships will be offered a Tenure Track Group Leader position from the outset, initially for 5 years.
Find out more: www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...
Candidates who win Fellowships will be offered a Tenure Track Group Leader position from the outset, initially for 5 years.
Find out more: www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...
Independent Research Fellowships Leading to Tenured Faculty Positions | John Innes Centre
The John Innes Centre (JIC), is a world leading centre of excellence in plant and microbial sciences based on the Norwich Research Park, UK. We are inviting applications from outstanding researchers…
www.jic.ac.uk
October 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Independent research fellowships leading to tenured positions at the John Innes Centre.
Repost = nice. Thank you very much!!!
Repost = nice. Thank you very much!!!
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🚨🚨🚨Calling all Caulophiles and Alpha aficionados - stayed tuned for a virtual CauloCon in early 2026. And HOPEFULLY an in person alpha meeting in 2027!! DM me or @chienlab.bsky.social w questions or to stay in the know.
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September 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
🚨🚨🚨Calling all Caulophiles and Alpha aficionados - stayed tuned for a virtual CauloCon in early 2026. And HOPEFULLY an in person alpha meeting in 2027!! DM me or @chienlab.bsky.social w questions or to stay in the know.
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I'm very excited to announce that the Worcester State University Biology Department has been approved to hire TWO new tenure-track faculty members to begin September 1, 2026! Here is a link to the job ad and application site: worcester.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
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September 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I'm very excited to announce that the Worcester State University Biology Department has been approved to hire TWO new tenure-track faculty members to begin September 1, 2026! Here is a link to the job ad and application site: worcester.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
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Apply now for FBM #PhD #Fellowships in #Life #Sciences – join one of the Faculty’s leading laboratories.
🚨 Application deadline for fellowships: October 6, 2025.
➡️ www.unil.ch/news/en/1756...
@unil.bsky.social @dmf-unil.bsky.social @dee-unil.bsky.social @dib-unil.bsky.social #fbm #unil
🚨 Application deadline for fellowships: October 6, 2025.
➡️ www.unil.ch/news/en/1756...
@unil.bsky.social @dmf-unil.bsky.social @dee-unil.bsky.social @dib-unil.bsky.social #fbm #unil
PhD Fellowships in Life Sciences: a competition open to future doctoral students.
Apply now for FBM PhD Fellowships in Life Sciences – join one of the Faculty’s leading laboratories.
www.unil.ch
September 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Apply now for FBM #PhD #Fellowships in #Life #Sciences – join one of the Faculty’s leading laboratories.
🚨 Application deadline for fellowships: October 6, 2025.
➡️ www.unil.ch/news/en/1756...
@unil.bsky.social @dmf-unil.bsky.social @dee-unil.bsky.social @dib-unil.bsky.social #fbm #unil
🚨 Application deadline for fellowships: October 6, 2025.
➡️ www.unil.ch/news/en/1756...
@unil.bsky.social @dmf-unil.bsky.social @dee-unil.bsky.social @dib-unil.bsky.social #fbm #unil
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Call for a tenure-track position at our Department of Plant Molecular Biology in Lausanne! We are searching for promising early-career researchers in the broad field of plant-organismal interactions. Deadline: November 30, 2025 - Please re-post!
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Career Opportunities: DBMV: Tenure Track Assistant Professor towards Associate Professor in the field of Plant-organism (22484)
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September 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Call for a tenure-track position at our Department of Plant Molecular Biology in Lausanne! We are searching for promising early-career researchers in the broad field of plant-organismal interactions. Deadline: November 30, 2025 - Please re-post!
career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
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My institution is looking to hire a new microbiologist: apply.interfolio.com/173702. Please share, and let me know if you have any questions about the position or UTA.
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September 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
My institution is looking to hire a new microbiologist: apply.interfolio.com/173702. Please share, and let me know if you have any questions about the position or UTA.
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Be our new colleague! 🎉
The Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Geneva is hiring an Assistant Professor or Associate Professor.
👉 More details here: lnkd.in/e8Z9eAm4
👉 Our department: mocel.unige.ch
Please feel free to share this opportunity with your network.
The Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Geneva is hiring an Assistant Professor or Associate Professor.
👉 More details here: lnkd.in/e8Z9eAm4
👉 Our department: mocel.unige.ch
Please feel free to share this opportunity with your network.
September 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Be our new colleague! 🎉
The Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Geneva is hiring an Assistant Professor or Associate Professor.
👉 More details here: lnkd.in/e8Z9eAm4
👉 Our department: mocel.unige.ch
Please feel free to share this opportunity with your network.
The Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Geneva is hiring an Assistant Professor or Associate Professor.
👉 More details here: lnkd.in/e8Z9eAm4
👉 Our department: mocel.unige.ch
Please feel free to share this opportunity with your network.
🤩 Exciting Summer! 🤩 Two of my former postdocs in Switzerland🇨🇭 obtained Lecturer positions (Maîtres de Conférences) in French universities 🇨🇵 : congrats to Antonio Frandi and Florian Fournès !!!! 👏 La relève est assurée! All the best to both of you for this new start. 🤩
September 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
🤩 Exciting Summer! 🤩 Two of my former postdocs in Switzerland🇨🇭 obtained Lecturer positions (Maîtres de Conférences) in French universities 🇨🇵 : congrats to Antonio Frandi and Florian Fournès !!!! 👏 La relève est assurée! All the best to both of you for this new start. 🤩
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Exciting to see our protein binder design pipeline BindCraft published in its final form in @Nature ! This has been an amazing collaborative effort with Lennart, Christian, @sokrypton.org, Bruno and many other amazing lab members and collaborators.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
August 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Exciting to see our protein binder design pipeline BindCraft published in its final form in @Nature ! This has been an amazing collaborative effort with Lennart, Christian, @sokrypton.org, Bruno and many other amazing lab members and collaborators.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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For those who love bacterial replicons, The ultimate review, from our lab, signed by the master of their evolution.
@val-meve.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@val-meve.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Taming wild replicons: evolution and domestication of large extrachromosomal replicons
Bacterial genomes often contain extrachromosomal replicons (ERs), ranging from small, mobile plasmids to large, stably inherited elements, such as meg…
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August 20, 2025 at 10:28 AM
For those who love bacterial replicons, The ultimate review, from our lab, signed by the master of their evolution.
@val-meve.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@val-meve.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🔬 🧫 The Collier lab is hiring a new Postdoc! 🧬 🧪
We are looking for a motivated candidate to study mechanisms controlling DNA replication in Alphaproteobacteria with complex genomes.
--> Apply by 30th August 2025 using this link:
tinyurl.com/y5e5pm59
We are looking for a motivated candidate to study mechanisms controlling DNA replication in Alphaproteobacteria with complex genomes.
--> Apply by 30th August 2025 using this link:
tinyurl.com/y5e5pm59
July 28, 2025 at 11:32 AM
🔬 🧫 The Collier lab is hiring a new Postdoc! 🧬 🧪
We are looking for a motivated candidate to study mechanisms controlling DNA replication in Alphaproteobacteria with complex genomes.
--> Apply by 30th August 2025 using this link:
tinyurl.com/y5e5pm59
We are looking for a motivated candidate to study mechanisms controlling DNA replication in Alphaproteobacteria with complex genomes.
--> Apply by 30th August 2025 using this link:
tinyurl.com/y5e5pm59
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One of my favourite serendipitous results from the lab came about because we were long-read sequencing bacterial:
Vibrio cholerae, which is "supposed to" have TWO circular chromosomes (3 + 1 million base pairs) often has just ONE fused chromosome (4 Mbp).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(1/n)
Vibrio cholerae, which is "supposed to" have TWO circular chromosomes (3 + 1 million base pairs) often has just ONE fused chromosome (4 Mbp).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(1/n)
Prevalent chromosome fusion in Vibrio cholerae O1 - Nature Communications
The pathogenic bacterium Vibrio cholerae typically has two circular chromosomes. Here, Cuénod et al. analyse 467 clinical isolates and identify several independent chromosome fusion events that are li...
www.nature.com
July 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
One of my favourite serendipitous results from the lab came about because we were long-read sequencing bacterial:
Vibrio cholerae, which is "supposed to" have TWO circular chromosomes (3 + 1 million base pairs) often has just ONE fused chromosome (4 Mbp).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(1/n)
Vibrio cholerae, which is "supposed to" have TWO circular chromosomes (3 + 1 million base pairs) often has just ONE fused chromosome (4 Mbp).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(1/n)
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New tenure track assistant professor position in molecular microbiology in our department @dmf-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social! We are casting a wide net for an experimental molecular microbiologist. Apply here: wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...
DMF: Tenure Track Assistant Professor towards Associate Professor in Molecular Microbiology - Site des postulations FBM
wwwfbm.unil.ch
June 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
New tenure track assistant professor position in molecular microbiology in our department @dmf-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social! We are casting a wide net for an experimental molecular microbiologist. Apply here: wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...
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Great job opportunity at The Center for Integrative Genomics, Lausanne University, Switzerland unil.ch/cig/en/home....
For a tenure-track Assistant Professor position. More details for how to apply are here nature.com/naturecareer...
For a tenure-track Assistant Professor position. More details for how to apply are here nature.com/naturecareer...
June 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Great job opportunity at The Center for Integrative Genomics, Lausanne University, Switzerland unil.ch/cig/en/home....
For a tenure-track Assistant Professor position. More details for how to apply are here nature.com/naturecareer...
For a tenure-track Assistant Professor position. More details for how to apply are here nature.com/naturecareer...
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Come join us in beautiful Lausanne! Deadline for applications: August 10th, 2025
wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...
wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...
June 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Come join us in beautiful Lausanne! Deadline for applications: August 10th, 2025
wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...
wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...
Just back home after a fantastic Bacterial Cell Biology and Development GRC conference. Many thanks to the organizers Pam Brown and Ethan Garner. It was fabulous to meet you all again!
June 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Just back home after a fantastic Bacterial Cell Biology and Development GRC conference. Many thanks to the organizers Pam Brown and Ethan Garner. It was fabulous to meet you all again!
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Just part of the Caulo crew at BCBD GRC. We would’ve gotten all the alphaphiles but it was too many people to herd into a pic!
June 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Just part of the Caulo crew at BCBD GRC. We would’ve gotten all the alphaphiles but it was too many people to herd into a pic!
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Our paper on how integrons are biobanks of novel minimal defense systems is now out www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Two main conclusions on this excellent work led by @eloilittner.bsky.social @baptistedarracq.bsky.social 1/n
May 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Our paper on how integrons are biobanks of novel minimal defense systems is now out www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Two main conclusions on this excellent work led by @eloilittner.bsky.social @baptistedarracq.bsky.social 1/n
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Job alert 🦠🧪: We are looking for a postdoc (and PhD candidate!) to join our team at UCLouvain/de Duve institute in Brussels, Belgium. You will work on our ERC Starting Grant project aimed at characterizing cell cycle regulation in S. pneumoniae. More information here: dewachterlab.com/join-us/.
May 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Job alert 🦠🧪: We are looking for a postdoc (and PhD candidate!) to join our team at UCLouvain/de Duve institute in Brussels, Belgium. You will work on our ERC Starting Grant project aimed at characterizing cell cycle regulation in S. pneumoniae. More information here: dewachterlab.com/join-us/.