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· Oct 20
Sign up for our annual Impromptu Symposium on Nov. 21 in the Biophore @unil.bsky.social organized by Christophe Keel and Jordan Vacheron, which will explore the fascinating world of microbe–plant interactions with an exciting speaker line up!
Registration (lunch included): forms.gle/t4fC8uQV5HQF...
Registration (lunch included): forms.gle/t4fC8uQV5HQF...
Sign up for our annual Impromptu Symposium on Nov. 21 in the Biophore @unil.bsky.social organized by Christophe Keel and Jordan Vacheron, which will explore the fascinating world of microbe–plant interactions with an exciting speaker line up!
Registration (lunch included): forms.gle/t4fC8uQV5HQF...
Registration (lunch included): forms.gle/t4fC8uQV5HQF...
October 20, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Sign up for our annual Impromptu Symposium on Nov. 21 in the Biophore @unil.bsky.social organized by Christophe Keel and Jordan Vacheron, which will explore the fascinating world of microbe–plant interactions with an exciting speaker line up!
Registration (lunch included): forms.gle/t4fC8uQV5HQF...
Registration (lunch included): forms.gle/t4fC8uQV5HQF...
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Excited to finally share the typeset version of our very first venture into microbial ecology! 🤩
Big thanks to @simonvanvliet.bsky.social for a rewarding collaboration within the NCCR Microbiomes.
@fbm-unil.bsky.social
@dmf-unil.bsky.social
Big thanks to @simonvanvliet.bsky.social for a rewarding collaboration within the NCCR Microbiomes.
@fbm-unil.bsky.social
@dmf-unil.bsky.social
Uptake and leakage rates differentially shape community arrangement and composition of microbial consortia url: academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...
Uptake and leakage rates differentially shape community arrangement and composition of microbial consortia
Abstract. Bacteria often grow as communities in intricate spatial arrangements on surfaces and interact with each other through the local exchange of diffu
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September 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Excited to finally share the typeset version of our very first venture into microbial ecology! 🤩
Big thanks to @simonvanvliet.bsky.social for a rewarding collaboration within the NCCR Microbiomes.
@fbm-unil.bsky.social
@dmf-unil.bsky.social
Big thanks to @simonvanvliet.bsky.social for a rewarding collaboration within the NCCR Microbiomes.
@fbm-unil.bsky.social
@dmf-unil.bsky.social
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@hueihsuantsai.bsky.social and colleagues showed that localized #glutamine leakage drives the spatial structure of root microbial colonization.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@dmf-unil.bsky.social @kathywippel.bsky.social @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@dmf-unil.bsky.social @kathywippel.bsky.social @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social
Localized glutamine leakage drives the spatial structure of root microbial colonization
Plant roots release exudates to encourage microbiome assembly, which influences the function and stress resilience of plants. How specific exudates drive spatial colonization patterns remains largely ...
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October 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
@hueihsuantsai.bsky.social and colleagues showed that localized #glutamine leakage drives the spatial structure of root microbial colonization.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@dmf-unil.bsky.social @kathywippel.bsky.social @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@dmf-unil.bsky.social @kathywippel.bsky.social @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social
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🆕 In an article featured on the cover of @science.org (October 2, 2025), @nikogeldner.bsky.social and his team @fbm-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social unveil the subtle alliances and rivalries that unfold between #bacteria and #roots, hidden beneath the #soil.
👉 www.unil.ch/news/en/1759...
👉 www.unil.ch/news/en/1759...
Plant Microbiota: War and Peace under the surface
When we talk about microbiota, we usually think of the one inhabiting our gut. But there is another, less known and equally vital: the plant microbiota. In an article featured on the cover of "Science...
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October 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🆕 In an article featured on the cover of @science.org (October 2, 2025), @nikogeldner.bsky.social and his team @fbm-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social unveil the subtle alliances and rivalries that unfold between #bacteria and #roots, hidden beneath the #soil.
👉 www.unil.ch/news/en/1759...
👉 www.unil.ch/news/en/1759...
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Happy to announce that our comparative metagenomic analysis of the gut microbiota of five honeybee species - spearheaded by @aiswarya.bsky.social - is finally published in a peer-reviewed journal! rdcu.be/eKMCs @fbm-unil.bsky.social @dmf-unil.bsky.social 🧵👇
Evolution of gut microbiota across honeybee species revealed by comparative metagenomics
Nature Communications - Here, the authors perform metagenomic analysis of honeybee gut microbes, uncovering many previously unidentified species and host specific differences in composition and...
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October 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Happy to announce that our comparative metagenomic analysis of the gut microbiota of five honeybee species - spearheaded by @aiswarya.bsky.social - is finally published in a peer-reviewed journal! rdcu.be/eKMCs @fbm-unil.bsky.social @dmf-unil.bsky.social 🧵👇
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...
Join us for our annual in person DMF Impromptu symposium on the 22nd of November in the Biophore at UNIL. 'The bacterial cell across scales' organised by Paula Navarro and Andrea Vettiger with a great speaker lineup including @susanschlimpert.bsky.social @kimingeneva.bsky.social
November 11, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Join us for our annual in person DMF Impromptu symposium on the 22nd of November in the Biophore at UNIL. 'The bacterial cell across scales' organised by Paula Navarro and Andrea Vettiger with a great speaker lineup including @susanschlimpert.bsky.social @kimingeneva.bsky.social