Rok Krašovec
rokkrasovec.bsky.social
Rok Krašovec
@rokkrasovec.bsky.social
evolution admirer | mutation & drug resistance enthusiast | live-cell imaging fan
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New paper out @molbioevol.bsky.social on antimutator Ecoli, mutational spectra and the distribution of fitness effects of antibiotic resistance with @knightjar.bsky.social @rokkrasovec.bsky.social and others @mermanchester.bsky.social doi.org/pzfm
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Antimutator and Mutational Spectrum Effects Can Combine to Reduce Evolutionary Potential in Escherichia coli ΔnudJ
Abstract. The rate of spontaneous mutation is a key factor in determining the capacity of a population to adapt to a novel environment, for example, a bact
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August 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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☎️ Calling #MEvoSky ☎️

2x 5-year research associate / research assistant positions in experimental evolution

ERC-funded project: How do mobile genetic elements and defence systems shape bacterial genome evolution?

Join the friendly and exciting @mermanchester.bsky.social community in Manchester!
🚨 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...
Research Associate in Experimental Evolution:Manchester
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February 6, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Fully funded PhD project on single-molecule dynamics of phages & plasmids.

Join us and learn a broad range of skills, from synthetic biology and evolution to 3D microscopy.

#AMR #microscopy

Please contact me directly if you wish to discuss informally and please repost!

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December 17, 2024 at 1:47 PM
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🚨 PhD opportunity 🚨 The Whelan lab, along w @brockhurstlab.bsky.social, are looking for a PhD student w bioinformatic experience/interest to investigate the evolution of transmissibility in bacterial pathogens, with a focus on P. aeruginosa. More info & link to apply below.

Please spread the word!
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December 3, 2024 at 12:49 PM
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PhD studentship alert!

Fully funded, co-supervised with @rokkrasovec.bsky.social and Prof Mike Bromley, University of Manchester

Exploring routes of horizontal gene transfer in pathogenic fungi

Exciting project, will be a bunch of fun! Come & join us 🔬

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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November 28, 2024 at 3:06 PM
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Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events
We’re out in Nature !! doi.org/ntzk Very exciting for my first bluesky post! – it’s been a long haul by an excellent team from across Europe, led by @frantecol.bsky.social
Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events - Nature
Soils from 30 grasslands across Europe were subjected to 4 contrasting extreme climatic events under drought, flood, freezing and heat conditions, with the results suggesting that soil microbiomes fro...
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November 27, 2024 at 6:29 PM
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If understanding the eco-evo dynamics of Icelandic hot-spring microbial communities sounds like fun, then this might be the perfect PhD for you!

With @coytelab.bsky.social and Sophie Nixon and part of an exciting multidisciplinary consortium www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
January 5, 2024 at 6:07 PM
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One-week international workshop on evolution June 22-29 in the Swiss Alps for Master's & early PhD students. Application due 28 January 2024.

I've co-taught the course several times (but not this time), and it's a terrific format and beautiful location.

www.evolution.unibas.ch/teaching/gua...
Evolutionary Biology | University of Basel
www.evolution.unibas.ch
December 12, 2023 at 6:10 PM