Lilian Caesar
@liliancaesar.bsky.social
Postdoc at Newton Lab (@IUBiology). Eco-evolution of symbiosis. Microbiomes | Bees | Virus, Bact, Fungi. https://liliancaesar.com/
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Spatial segregation and cross-kingdom interactions drive stingless bee hive microbiome assembly
Nature Communications - Here, the authors characterize the microbiome assembly across an entire stingless bee colony, revealing site-adapted within-hive communities, and showing that nest...
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Our manuscript on the microbiome of a stingless bee hive is out! 🦠🐝 So excited! Here’s a short thread with some findings, going from the assembly of a consistent multi-kingdom microbiome to discussions on host traits that contribute to it. Please take a look and share : ) rdcu.be/eVNFJ
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Community conservatism is widespread across microbial phyla and environments www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
Community conservatism is widespread across microbial phyla and environments - Nature Ecology & Evolution
This study reveals that closely related microorganisms tend to inhabit similar communities across all major environments and phyla. The authors term this phenomenon ‘community conservatism’, extending...
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January 16, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Community conservatism is widespread across microbial phyla and environments www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
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Are you a graduate student or postdoc who wants to apply your science to policy?
The Gulf Research Program’s Science Policy Fellowship provides experience for one year on the staff of federal, state, local, NGO in the Gulf region and impt networking.
www.nationalacademies.org/programs/GUL...
The Gulf Research Program’s Science Policy Fellowship provides experience for one year on the staff of federal, state, local, NGO in the Gulf region and impt networking.
www.nationalacademies.org/programs/GUL...
Gulf Research Program Science Policy Fellowships
The Gulf Research Program’s Science Policy Fellowship helps scientists hone their skills by putting them to practice for the benefit of Gulf Coast communities and ecosystems. Fellows gain first-hand e...
www.nationalacademies.org
January 15, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Are you a graduate student or postdoc who wants to apply your science to policy?
The Gulf Research Program’s Science Policy Fellowship provides experience for one year on the staff of federal, state, local, NGO in the Gulf region and impt networking.
www.nationalacademies.org/programs/GUL...
The Gulf Research Program’s Science Policy Fellowship provides experience for one year on the staff of federal, state, local, NGO in the Gulf region and impt networking.
www.nationalacademies.org/programs/GUL...
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Phold's manuscript is now available @narjournal.bsky.social thanks to @susiegriggo.bsky.social @npbhavya.bsky.social @vijinim.bsky.social @linsalrob.bsky.social @martinsteinegger.bsky.social @milot.bsky.social @eunbelivable.bsky.social & others not on bsky #phagesky academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
January 14, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Phold's manuscript is now available @narjournal.bsky.social thanks to @susiegriggo.bsky.social @npbhavya.bsky.social @vijinim.bsky.social @linsalrob.bsky.social @martinsteinegger.bsky.social @milot.bsky.social @eunbelivable.bsky.social & others not on bsky #phagesky academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
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New preprint out!
How do host regulate ancient symbioses to optimise benefits across environments? Using 🐜, we show hosts actively regulate symbionts, flexibly switching between symbiont-derived and environmental nutrients to thrive under changing diets.
👏 Well done Phoebe and team!
How do host regulate ancient symbioses to optimise benefits across environments? Using 🐜, we show hosts actively regulate symbionts, flexibly switching between symbiont-derived and environmental nutrients to thrive under changing diets.
👏 Well done Phoebe and team!
www.biorxiv.org
January 13, 2026 at 4:25 PM
New preprint out!
How do host regulate ancient symbioses to optimise benefits across environments? Using 🐜, we show hosts actively regulate symbionts, flexibly switching between symbiont-derived and environmental nutrients to thrive under changing diets.
👏 Well done Phoebe and team!
How do host regulate ancient symbioses to optimise benefits across environments? Using 🐜, we show hosts actively regulate symbionts, flexibly switching between symbiont-derived and environmental nutrients to thrive under changing diets.
👏 Well done Phoebe and team!
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Last days to submit your cool symbiosis abstracts to our cool symbiosis-astrobiology session at #AbSciCon26!!!
Our session on symbiosis and biointeractions for the #Astrobiology meeting #AbSciCon26 was accepted! Please share widely and submit your abstract by 14 of January 2026; Let's put more biology into Astrobiology!
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January 12, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Last days to submit your cool symbiosis abstracts to our cool symbiosis-astrobiology session at #AbSciCon26!!!
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🚨vConTACT3 now in Nature Biotechnology:
- >95% agreement with ICTV for known viruses
- Classifies both prokaryotic and eukaryotic viruses
- Extends beyond genus → subfamily, family & order
- Systematically assigns taxonomy to tens of thousands of previously unclassified viruses
- >95% agreement with ICTV for known viruses
- Classifies both prokaryotic and eukaryotic viruses
- Extends beyond genus → subfamily, family & order
- Systematically assigns taxonomy to tens of thousands of previously unclassified viruses
January 12, 2026 at 4:34 PM
🚨vConTACT3 now in Nature Biotechnology:
- >95% agreement with ICTV for known viruses
- Classifies both prokaryotic and eukaryotic viruses
- Extends beyond genus → subfamily, family & order
- Systematically assigns taxonomy to tens of thousands of previously unclassified viruses
- >95% agreement with ICTV for known viruses
- Classifies both prokaryotic and eukaryotic viruses
- Extends beyond genus → subfamily, family & order
- Systematically assigns taxonomy to tens of thousands of previously unclassified viruses
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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 preprint out: Revealing the pervasive landscape of MGE-host interactions in situ with single-cell genomics
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
@mingyan-igi.bsky.social
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@mingyan-igi.bsky.social
Revealing the pervasive landscape of MGE-host interactions in situ with single-cell genomics
Mobile genetic elements (MGEs), including plasmids and viruses, drive microbial evolution and ecosystem dynamics, yet their distribution, host range, and functions remain poorly understood, especially...
www.biorxiv.org
January 7, 2026 at 10:20 PM
New preprint out: Revealing the pervasive landscape of MGE-host interactions in situ with single-cell genomics
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
@mingyan-igi.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
@mingyan-igi.bsky.social
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New paper up on bioRxiv! This is my third and hopefully final paper on rarefaction. It's still better than the other available methods.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Rarefaction is better than robust Aitchison PCA and other compositional data analysis methods at controlling for uneven sequencing effort
Amplicon sequencing typically results in a wide distribution in the number of sequences obtained from each sample. How best to account for this variation has been a persistent problem in the microbial...
www.biorxiv.org
January 7, 2026 at 6:58 PM
New paper up on bioRxiv! This is my third and hopefully final paper on rarefaction. It's still better than the other available methods.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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🐜 4-year #postdoc position in the @socialfluids.bsky.social lab @camzoology.bsky.social investigating metabolic cooperation between bodies in a BBSRC-funded project.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...
#ants #socialtransfers #sociallytransferredmaterials #autophagy #socialinsects #aging #job (🧵1/n)
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...
#ants #socialtransfers #sociallytransferredmaterials #autophagy #socialinsects #aging #job (🧵1/n)
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term)
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join the Social Fluids Laboratory (https://leboeuflab.com) led by Dr Adria LeBoeuf in the Department of Zoology
www.cam.ac.uk
January 6, 2026 at 9:33 PM
🐜 4-year #postdoc position in the @socialfluids.bsky.social lab @camzoology.bsky.social investigating metabolic cooperation between bodies in a BBSRC-funded project.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...
#ants #socialtransfers #sociallytransferredmaterials #autophagy #socialinsects #aging #job (🧵1/n)
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...
#ants #socialtransfers #sociallytransferredmaterials #autophagy #socialinsects #aging #job (🧵1/n)
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Happy new year! The second big project of my PhD in Rachel Whitaker's lab is now up! 🎉 We look at how provirus infection affects the evolution of the bacterial chromosome with different types of viral induction – with CRISPRs or antibiotics. Take a peek 🦠 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Provirus induction diversifies adaptive variation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa lysogen populations
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen that forms chronic infections in people with cystic fibrosis. Often P. aeruginosa strains are lysogens, infected with proviruses, that ...
www.biorxiv.org
January 5, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Happy new year! The second big project of my PhD in Rachel Whitaker's lab is now up! 🎉 We look at how provirus infection affects the evolution of the bacterial chromosome with different types of viral induction – with CRISPRs or antibiotics. Take a peek 🦠 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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The National Science Foundation just had a big reorganization.
Here are five things to know. ⬇️ https://scim.ag/4baWBcS
Here are five things to know. ⬇️ https://scim.ag/4baWBcS
The National Science Foundation just had a big reorganization. Here are five things to know
Divisions and rotators disappear as more career staff become supervisors
www.science.org
December 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The National Science Foundation just had a big reorganization.
Here are five things to know. ⬇️ https://scim.ag/4baWBcS
Here are five things to know. ⬇️ https://scim.ag/4baWBcS
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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 👇
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or Alice In Chains. >>> There are really good ones, just thought about this one since recently went to their concert :)
December 29, 2025 at 6:36 AM
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or Alice In Chains. >>> There are really good ones, just thought about this one since recently went to their concert :)
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As the year comes to a close, we are thrilled to share our final publication of 2025 at ISMEj! 🎉In this paper we reveals a persistent 'auxiliary' rumen microbiome that colonizes early in life and continues to shape rumen function well into adulthood. (1/7)
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December 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
As the year comes to a close, we are thrilled to share our final publication of 2025 at ISMEj! 🎉In this paper we reveals a persistent 'auxiliary' rumen microbiome that colonizes early in life and continues to shape rumen function well into adulthood. (1/7)
academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...
academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...
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I am beyond excited to announce that the Bisson Lab has a new home!!! Starting January 2026, I will join the Biology Department at Indiana University Bloomington as Associate Professor with tenure.
I am actively recruiting scientists across all levels. More in our website: bissonlab.com/join
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I am actively recruiting scientists across all levels. More in our website: bissonlab.com/join
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December 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I am beyond excited to announce that the Bisson Lab has a new home!!! Starting January 2026, I will join the Biology Department at Indiana University Bloomington as Associate Professor with tenure.
I am actively recruiting scientists across all levels. More in our website: bissonlab.com/join
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I am actively recruiting scientists across all levels. More in our website: bissonlab.com/join
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I've slowly been reformatting notes from my population and conservation genetics course at Montana State University into a web book—a rough draft is now live here: elinck.org/popgen_conge...
December 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I've slowly been reformatting notes from my population and conservation genetics course at Montana State University into a web book—a rough draft is now live here: elinck.org/popgen_conge...
Our manuscript on the microbiome of a stingless bee hive is out! 🦠🐝 So excited! Here’s a short thread with some findings, going from the assembly of a consistent multi-kingdom microbiome to discussions on host traits that contribute to it. Please take a look and share : ) rdcu.be/eVNFJ
Spatial segregation and cross-kingdom interactions drive stingless bee hive microbiome assembly
Nature Communications - Here, the authors characterize the microbiome assembly across an entire stingless bee colony, revealing site-adapted within-hive communities, and showing that nest...
rdcu.be
December 22, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Our manuscript on the microbiome of a stingless bee hive is out! 🦠🐝 So excited! Here’s a short thread with some findings, going from the assembly of a consistent multi-kingdom microbiome to discussions on host traits that contribute to it. Please take a look and share : ) rdcu.be/eVNFJ
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Grateful to share our paper on gene-specific selective sweeps in human gut microbiomes, now out in Nature! It has been a joy to work with @rwolff.bsky.social, whose insights and hard work made this possible.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Gene-specific selective sweeps are pervasive across human gut microbiomes - Nature
Development and application of the integrated linkage disequilibrium score (iLDS) reveals both selective pressures impacting the human gut microbiome and the mechanisms by which gut bacteria adapt to ...
www.nature.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Grateful to share our paper on gene-specific selective sweeps in human gut microbiomes, now out in Nature! It has been a joy to work with @rwolff.bsky.social, whose insights and hard work made this possible.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
After end/beginning-of-year celebrations and some well-earned rest, come start the year thinking and talking microbiomes: Jan 20 8:30am NY - or - Jan 22 9:30am Tokyo! I’ll share my latest work on bee hive-level microbiome assembly, including spatial organization and cross-kingdom interactions : )
We have an early New Year present for you:
🎁The new #MVIF program is out🎁
Highlights:
🇳🇵 Bishwash Thapa
🇮🇷 Zahra Nezamivand Chegini
Keynote:
🇨🇭 @saramitri.bsky.social
Talks:
🇺🇸 @liliancaesar.bsky.social
🇮🇹 Haseeb Manzoor
🇦🇹 Laurenz Holcik
Free registration: cassyni.com/s/mvif-45
See you in January!
🎁The new #MVIF program is out🎁
Highlights:
🇳🇵 Bishwash Thapa
🇮🇷 Zahra Nezamivand Chegini
Keynote:
🇨🇭 @saramitri.bsky.social
Talks:
🇺🇸 @liliancaesar.bsky.social
🇮🇹 Haseeb Manzoor
🇦🇹 Laurenz Holcik
Free registration: cassyni.com/s/mvif-45
See you in January!
December 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
After end/beginning-of-year celebrations and some well-earned rest, come start the year thinking and talking microbiomes: Jan 20 8:30am NY - or - Jan 22 9:30am Tokyo! I’ll share my latest work on bee hive-level microbiome assembly, including spatial organization and cross-kingdom interactions : )
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The Reck-Peterson lab at Weill Cornell Medicine is seeking a technician or staff scientist to work on Aspergillus projects. Broad background in fungal biology and techniques required. Bioinformatics skills preferred. Find out more at: reckpetersonlab.org.
December 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The Reck-Peterson lab at Weill Cornell Medicine is seeking a technician or staff scientist to work on Aspergillus projects. Broad background in fungal biology and techniques required. Bioinformatics skills preferred. Find out more at: reckpetersonlab.org.
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⚠️New format for ASM Microbe this June in Washington, DC⚠️
Applied and Environmental Microbiology is a new scientific unit @asm.org that will emphasize sustainability goals with a focus on foundations of basic science.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD6T...
Applied and Environmental Microbiology is a new scientific unit @asm.org that will emphasize sustainability goals with a focus on foundations of basic science.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD6T...
ASM AEM Meeting
YouTube video by American Society for Microbiology
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December 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
⚠️New format for ASM Microbe this June in Washington, DC⚠️
Applied and Environmental Microbiology is a new scientific unit @asm.org that will emphasize sustainability goals with a focus on foundations of basic science.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD6T...
Applied and Environmental Microbiology is a new scientific unit @asm.org that will emphasize sustainability goals with a focus on foundations of basic science.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD6T...
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The 2026 Guarda Summer Course in Evolutionary Biology is now accepting applications. Amazing place, amazing course, amazing opportunity for early grad students.
tb.ethz.ch/education/gu...
tb.ethz.ch/education/gu...
Summer school:<br> Evolutionary Biology in Guarda
Information about the annual summer school Evolutionary Biology in Guarda
tb.ethz.ch
December 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The 2026 Guarda Summer Course in Evolutionary Biology is now accepting applications. Amazing place, amazing course, amazing opportunity for early grad students.
tb.ethz.ch/education/gu...
tb.ethz.ch/education/gu...
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Now officially published in Current Biology 🥳🥳 @mfseidl.bsky.social @binfutrecht.bsky.social
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
December 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Now officially published in Current Biology 🥳🥳 @mfseidl.bsky.social @binfutrecht.bsky.social
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Ecologists recognize the importance of integrating across scales, yet our models often target specific scales. Our new paper presents models of population growth that scale up to explain community-level patterns, including interactions of temperature, light & nutrients. doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
December 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Ecologists recognize the importance of integrating across scales, yet our models often target specific scales. Our new paper presents models of population growth that scale up to explain community-level patterns, including interactions of temperature, light & nutrients. doi.org/10.1002/ecm....