Meike Wortel
@meikewortel.bsky.social
Evolutionary Systems Biologist @ SILS University of Amsterdam
https://www.meikewortel.com/
https://www.meikewortel.com/
Recently submitted a paper to iMetaOmics @imetascience.bsky.social which states to have fees waived at their website (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2996...), but after acceptence asks for fees. I hope this is a misunderstanding and resolved soon, but I'm wondering if others had similar issues...
November 17, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Recently submitted a paper to iMetaOmics @imetascience.bsky.social which states to have fees waived at their website (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2996...), but after acceptence asks for fees. I hope this is a misunderstanding and resolved soon, but I'm wondering if others had similar issues...
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We have an open PhD position (application deadline 9 January 2026) in "Theory of fitness landscapes" at @unibe.ch 🤓⛰️📊👩💻🎓: banklab.github.io/positions/
Please share widely!
#QueerInSTEM #DisabledInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #CarersInSTEM #AcademicSky #HigherED
Please share widely!
#QueerInSTEM #DisabledInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #CarersInSTEM #AcademicSky #HigherED
October 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
We have an open PhD position (application deadline 9 January 2026) in "Theory of fitness landscapes" at @unibe.ch 🤓⛰️📊👩💻🎓: banklab.github.io/positions/
Please share widely!
#QueerInSTEM #DisabledInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #CarersInSTEM #AcademicSky #HigherED
Please share widely!
#QueerInSTEM #DisabledInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #CarersInSTEM #AcademicSky #HigherED
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My department (Rutgers Med School Biochem & Mol Bio) is hiring a Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professor in Evolutionary Medicine. Topic is interpreted broadly, but candidates should integrate evolutionary theory with molecular mechanisms. Please share! jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/261...
Assistant or Associate Professor Tenure Track
The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS), Rutgers Health, seeks outstanding candidates for a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor...
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October 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
My department (Rutgers Med School Biochem & Mol Bio) is hiring a Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professor in Evolutionary Medicine. Topic is interpreted broadly, but candidates should integrate evolutionary theory with molecular mechanisms. Please share! jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/261...
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What, where, when?
📅 October 31st, 2025 | 12:00 – 18:00
📍 Auditorium, O2 building, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
🎟️ Free, register here (before 1st Oct with a talk title; 15th Oct regular): forms.office.com/e/qCrRcXhsyA
📅 October 31st, 2025 | 12:00 – 18:00
📍 Auditorium, O2 building, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
🎟️ Free, register here (before 1st Oct with a talk title; 15th Oct regular): forms.office.com/e/qCrRcXhsyA
Microsoft Forms
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September 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
What, where, when?
📅 October 31st, 2025 | 12:00 – 18:00
📍 Auditorium, O2 building, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
🎟️ Free, register here (before 1st Oct with a talk title; 15th Oct regular): forms.office.com/e/qCrRcXhsyA
📅 October 31st, 2025 | 12:00 – 18:00
📍 Auditorium, O2 building, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
🎟️ Free, register here (before 1st Oct with a talk title; 15th Oct regular): forms.office.com/e/qCrRcXhsyA
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Please spread the word! 10 days left to apply for this #sciencejobs as Assistant Professor Tenure Track in Quantitative Cell Biology 👩🔬
@izb-unibern.bsky.social @unibe.ch! ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
#QueerInSTEM #DisabledInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #CarersInSTEM #AcademicSky #HigherED
@izb-unibern.bsky.social @unibe.ch! ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
#QueerInSTEM #DisabledInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #CarersInSTEM #AcademicSky #HigherED
Uni Bern: Assistant Professor with tenure-track for Quantitative Cell Biology
Start date of employment: anticipated for August 2027
ohws.prospective.ch
October 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Please spread the word! 10 days left to apply for this #sciencejobs as Assistant Professor Tenure Track in Quantitative Cell Biology 👩🔬
@izb-unibern.bsky.social @unibe.ch! ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
#QueerInSTEM #DisabledInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #CarersInSTEM #AcademicSky #HigherED
@izb-unibern.bsky.social @unibe.ch! ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
#QueerInSTEM #DisabledInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #CarersInSTEM #AcademicSky #HigherED
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Note it in your calendars! Aug 3-5, 2026. Excited to bring back MEEHubs to a hub near you (Switzerland, USA, Canada, Mexico, UK, Ukraine, or virtual only)‼️
We’re back! ✨ The next #MeeHubs26 is coming with 7 hubs across the globe and incredible lineups at each. Can’t wait to share more soon! meehubs.org
Home
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October 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Note it in your calendars! Aug 3-5, 2026. Excited to bring back MEEHubs to a hub near you (Switzerland, USA, Canada, Mexico, UK, Ukraine, or virtual only)‼️
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Leuk interview met voormalig PhD student Lars Zandbergen over zijn promotie onderzoek in NRC.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Is je blaas steriel? ‘Er leven wel honderd soorten bacteriën die elkaar beïnvloeden’
Jong geleerd: Ook in onze blaas leeft een complexe gemeenschap van microben. Hun onderlinge interacties hebben invloed op onze gezondheid, maar ook op antibioticaresistentie.
www.nrc.nl
September 26, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Leuk interview met voormalig PhD student Lars Zandbergen over zijn promotie onderzoek in NRC.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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Assistant Professor position in the Microbiome Engineering group (Prof Sahar El Aidy) at University of Amsterdam
Assistant Professor in Microbiome Imaging and Functional Analysis
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Assistant Professor in Microbiome Imaging and Functional Analysis
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — Assistant Professor in Microbiome Imaging and Functional Analysis
Are you pioneering molecular tools and applying advanced imaging strategies to uncover how microbial communities are organized and interact in space and time? If so, we invite you to join The Swammerd...
werkenbij.uva.nl
September 5, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Assistant Professor position in the Microbiome Engineering group (Prof Sahar El Aidy) at University of Amsterdam
Assistant Professor in Microbiome Imaging and Functional Analysis
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Assistant Professor in Microbiome Imaging and Functional Analysis
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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I am recruiting a Ph.D. student in microbial ecology, evolution, and systems biology for fall 2026. Please share!
Details: qevomicrolab.org/Documents/Gr...
Apply by October 1 here: forms.gle/38pPS1Ky84HB...
Details: qevomicrolab.org/Documents/Gr...
Apply by October 1 here: forms.gle/38pPS1Ky84HB...
September 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I am recruiting a Ph.D. student in microbial ecology, evolution, and systems biology for fall 2026. Please share!
Details: qevomicrolab.org/Documents/Gr...
Apply by October 1 here: forms.gle/38pPS1Ky84HB...
Details: qevomicrolab.org/Documents/Gr...
Apply by October 1 here: forms.gle/38pPS1Ky84HB...
After a mutation makes E. coli more resistant to cefotaxime, can it coexist with its less resistant ancestor? In collaboration (Philip Ruelens, Arjan de Visser, Eline de Ridder): with measurements of growth, detoxification, and death rates we can predict coexistence.
doi.org/10.1128/mbio...
doi.org/10.1128/mbio...
Density-dependent feedback limits the spread of beta-lactamase mutants: experimental observations and population dynamic model | mBio
Since the discovery of penicillin, β-lactam antibiotics have become the most widely
used antibiotics to treat bacterial infections. Their applicability is decreasing
because bacteria evolve resistance...
doi.org
July 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
After a mutation makes E. coli more resistant to cefotaxime, can it coexist with its less resistant ancestor? In collaboration (Philip Ruelens, Arjan de Visser, Eline de Ridder): with measurements of growth, detoxification, and death rates we can predict coexistence.
doi.org/10.1128/mbio...
doi.org/10.1128/mbio...
It was fun to record videos for the Economic Principles in Cell Biology MOOC ... coming this fall!
🎬 Hollywood called, but @meikewortel.bsky.social said: “I’m booked – starring in Economic Principles in Cell Biology: The Sequel.”
Catch her and the rest of the cast at the @univie.ac.at summer school 👉 @economic-cell.bsky.social 🎥🌱📚
Catch her and the rest of the cast at the @univie.ac.at summer school 👉 @economic-cell.bsky.social 🎥🌱📚
July 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
It was fun to record videos for the Economic Principles in Cell Biology MOOC ... coming this fall!
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We are looking for a postdoc to join our group to work on an ERC funded project on avian reproductive microbiomes. nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
Please RT! #microbes #microbiomes #sparrows #postdoc
Please RT! #microbes #microbiomes #sparrows #postdoc
Postdoctoral researcher: avian microbiomes and reproduction
We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our team working on avian reproductive microbiomes at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) in the group of Dr. Melissah Rowe. The postd...
nioo.knaw.nl
July 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
We are looking for a postdoc to join our group to work on an ERC funded project on avian reproductive microbiomes. nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
Please RT! #microbes #microbiomes #sparrows #postdoc
Please RT! #microbes #microbiomes #sparrows #postdoc
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There is still time to join us for engaging lectures and provoking discussions at our Summer School on Economic Principles of Cell Biology - at least online! Mark your calendars, July 23-26, and register here: univienna.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: univie: summer school Economic Principles in Cell Biology. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
You can find the lecture schedule at: https://principlescellphysiology.org/summer-school-2025/schedule.html
univienna.zoom.us
July 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM
There is still time to join us for engaging lectures and provoking discussions at our Summer School on Economic Principles of Cell Biology - at least online! Mark your calendars, July 23-26, and register here: univienna.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Postdoc in Experimental Evolution available at the University of Alberta with collaborators in our exciting HFSP project on predicting evolution in Candida communities! I Apply this month 🧫🥼📈 apps.ualberta.ca/careers/post...
Postdoctoral Researcher in Experimental Evolution - Careers@UAlberta.ca
University of Alberta: Careers@UAlberta.ca
apps.ualberta.ca
July 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Postdoc in Experimental Evolution available at the University of Alberta with collaborators in our exciting HFSP project on predicting evolution in Candida communities! I Apply this month 🧫🥼📈 apps.ualberta.ca/careers/post...
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New vacancy in my team!
PhD student position on microbial genome evolution, focusing on the evolutionary principles underlying bacterial genome architecture.
Please repost and share with talented MSc students in #evobio, bioinformatics or related :)
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
#MEvoSky #MicroSky
PhD student position on microbial genome evolution, focusing on the evolutionary principles underlying bacterial genome architecture.
Please repost and share with talented MSc students in #evobio, bioinformatics or related :)
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
#MEvoSky #MicroSky
May 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
New vacancy in my team!
PhD student position on microbial genome evolution, focusing on the evolutionary principles underlying bacterial genome architecture.
Please repost and share with talented MSc students in #evobio, bioinformatics or related :)
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
#MEvoSky #MicroSky
PhD student position on microbial genome evolution, focusing on the evolutionary principles underlying bacterial genome architecture.
Please repost and share with talented MSc students in #evobio, bioinformatics or related :)
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
#MEvoSky #MicroSky
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🧩 PhD Position – Origins of Darwinian Inheritance 🧩
This joint PhD project between the @rug.nl (Rampal Etienne & Martijn Egas) and @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social (Bram van Dijk) explores how simple prebiotic systems could evolve reliable information transfer.
Apply here: shorturl.at/WgYMF
This joint PhD project between the @rug.nl (Rampal Etienne & Martijn Egas) and @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social (Bram van Dijk) explores how simple prebiotic systems could evolve reliable information transfer.
Apply here: shorturl.at/WgYMF
May 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🧩 PhD Position – Origins of Darwinian Inheritance 🧩
This joint PhD project between the @rug.nl (Rampal Etienne & Martijn Egas) and @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social (Bram van Dijk) explores how simple prebiotic systems could evolve reliable information transfer.
Apply here: shorturl.at/WgYMF
This joint PhD project between the @rug.nl (Rampal Etienne & Martijn Egas) and @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social (Bram van Dijk) explores how simple prebiotic systems could evolve reliable information transfer.
Apply here: shorturl.at/WgYMF
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Come work with us! We're looking of postdoc(s) with experience in bacterial genomics and interest in mathematical modelling to work on bacterial ecology and evolution in the context of public health. tinyurl.com/n34vzszu
Opportunités de carrière : Postdoctoral researcher in bacterial genomics (22209)
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April 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Come work with us! We're looking of postdoc(s) with experience in bacterial genomics and interest in mathematical modelling to work on bacterial ecology and evolution in the context of public health. tinyurl.com/n34vzszu
I'm glad to have recommended this very nice (and my first) paper for @peercommunityin.bsky.social . The nice (and thorough) reviewers, authors and PCI support didn't make my job hard. It was a good experience! (I could recommend it 😀) doi.org/10.24072/pci...
‘Goldilocks’-size extensively annotated model for Escherichia co...
doi.org
April 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I'm glad to have recommended this very nice (and my first) paper for @peercommunityin.bsky.social . The nice (and thorough) reviewers, authors and PCI support didn't make my job hard. It was a good experience! (I could recommend it 😀) doi.org/10.24072/pci...
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We have a 2-year postdoc position available in the Lind Lab at Umeå University, Sweden! Predicting and steering experimental evolution of antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Reposts appreciated.
umu.varbi.com/en/?jobtoken...
umu.varbi.com/en/?jobtoken...
Postdoctor, 2 years, in predicting the evolution of antibiotic resistance
The Department of Molecular Biology seeks a postdoctoral researcher who will work with forecasting and steering experimental evolution of antibiotic resistance. The employment is full-time for two yea
umu.varbi.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
We have a 2-year postdoc position available in the Lind Lab at Umeå University, Sweden! Predicting and steering experimental evolution of antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Reposts appreciated.
umu.varbi.com/en/?jobtoken...
umu.varbi.com/en/?jobtoken...
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🎥 Behind the scenes with @diana-sz.bsky.social shooting for the Economic Principles in Cell Biology summer school 🌱📚
Join us this July for cutting-edge lectures & interactive blended learning!
📢 Register epcp.univie.ac.at/summer-schoo...
@economic-cell.bsky.social
Join us this July for cutting-edge lectures & interactive blended learning!
📢 Register epcp.univie.ac.at/summer-schoo...
@economic-cell.bsky.social
January 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
🎥 Behind the scenes with @diana-sz.bsky.social shooting for the Economic Principles in Cell Biology summer school 🌱📚
Join us this July for cutting-edge lectures & interactive blended learning!
📢 Register epcp.univie.ac.at/summer-schoo...
@economic-cell.bsky.social
Join us this July for cutting-edge lectures & interactive blended learning!
📢 Register epcp.univie.ac.at/summer-schoo...
@economic-cell.bsky.social
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Join us for the Netherlands Society for Evolutionary Biology (NLSEB) annual meeting - April 8 in Ede, NL. Great keynote speakers and sure to be a fun day. Abstract submissions now open!
@nlseb.bsky.social
@nlseb.bsky.social
January 17, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Join us for the Netherlands Society for Evolutionary Biology (NLSEB) annual meeting - April 8 in Ede, NL. Great keynote speakers and sure to be a fun day. Abstract submissions now open!
@nlseb.bsky.social
@nlseb.bsky.social
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It is true, we are coming back for the 4th Summer School "Economic Principles in Cell Biology" from July 23-26th 2025!
Register to join us in Vienna or remotely epcp.univie.ac.at/summer-schoo...
Register to join us in Vienna or remotely epcp.univie.ac.at/summer-schoo...
January 20, 2025 at 10:49 AM
It is true, we are coming back for the 4th Summer School "Economic Principles in Cell Biology" from July 23-26th 2025!
Register to join us in Vienna or remotely epcp.univie.ac.at/summer-schoo...
Register to join us in Vienna or remotely epcp.univie.ac.at/summer-schoo...
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PhD position in bottom-up synthetic biology, where you will couple regulation to sensing in synthetic cells. Apply if you have a quantitative mind set and like working in a collaborative, creative, pionieering and social team.
Please share, deadline nov 22
www.academictransfer.com/en/346627/ph...
Please share, deadline nov 22
www.academictransfer.com/en/346627/ph...
PhD Position Coupling Sensing to Intracellular Organization in Synthetic Cells
Join a cutting-edge research team and vibrant consortium to experimentally explore how synthetic cells dynamically respond to external signals.Job description To sense, a (synthetic) cell needs to dyn...
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November 13, 2024 at 11:15 AM
PhD position in bottom-up synthetic biology, where you will couple regulation to sensing in synthetic cells. Apply if you have a quantitative mind set and like working in a collaborative, creative, pionieering and social team.
Please share, deadline nov 22
www.academictransfer.com/en/346627/ph...
Please share, deadline nov 22
www.academictransfer.com/en/346627/ph...
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New preprint up! We sequenced hundreds of samples from across one of Earth's oldest living organisms - the Pando aspen clone - to understand how mutations accumulate and spread in long-lived clonal organisms. Our results were…surprising. 1/30
October 26, 2024 at 5:45 PM
New preprint up! We sequenced hundreds of samples from across one of Earth's oldest living organisms - the Pando aspen clone - to understand how mutations accumulate and spread in long-lived clonal organisms. Our results were…surprising. 1/30
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Microbes are everywhere, but postdocs are hard to find: apply before the end of the month: vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Post...
Postdoctoral Researcher in Microbiome Analysis of the Soil-plant-gut-health Axis
Postdoctoral Researcher in Microbiome Analysis of the Soil-plant-gut-health Axis
vacatures.uva.nl
October 24, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Microbes are everywhere, but postdocs are hard to find: apply before the end of the month: vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Post...