Elze Hesse
@elzehesse.bsky.social
UKRI Future Leaders Fellow based at the University of Exeter, interested in understanding the ecology and evolution of public goods, cooperation and plant-microbe interactions in metal- polluted soils
Exciting PhD position on algal-driven metal remediation with Dr Michiel Vos and collaborators at the University of Exeter. This project combines plant and microbial ecology, and geochemistry to develop innovative biological solutions for metal pollution
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
NERC RED-ALERT CDT: Green Rivers: harnessing freshwater algae for bioremediation and critical metal recovery. at University of Exeter on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - NERC RED-ALERT CDT: Green Rivers: harnessing freshwater algae for bioremediation and critical metal recovery. at University of Exeter, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Exciting PhD position on algal-driven metal remediation with Dr Michiel Vos and collaborators at the University of Exeter. This project combines plant and microbial ecology, and geochemistry to develop innovative biological solutions for metal pollution
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Our latest paper is out with @adiop.bsky.social and @gmdouglas.bsky.social. We analyzed the extent of homologous recombination between bacterial species (introgression) and how it affects species borders (it can vary a lot depending on the approach used to classify species!). rdcu.be/eQAMf
Introgression impacts the evolution of bacteria, but species borders are rarely fuzzy
Nature Communications - It is commonly thought that bacterial species borders tend to be fuzzy, due to frequent exchange of DNA. Here, Diop et al. quantify the patterns of gene flow between core...
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November 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Our latest paper is out with @adiop.bsky.social and @gmdouglas.bsky.social. We analyzed the extent of homologous recombination between bacterial species (introgression) and how it affects species borders (it can vary a lot depending on the approach used to classify species!). rdcu.be/eQAMf
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Our new paper from the MICROWILD consortium is published in ISME Comms, led by MJ Fernández-Alonso and @migueldc1.bsky.social
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academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
Native edaphoclimatic regions shape soil communities of crop wild progenitors
Abstract. Unveiling the soil biological communities ecologically associated with crop wild progenitors (CWPs) in their habitats of origin is essential for
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October 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Our new paper from the MICROWILD consortium is published in ISME Comms, led by MJ Fernández-Alonso and @migueldc1.bsky.social
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Three Bicentenary research fellowships on offer at @officialuom.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social for exceptional ECRs with <3y postdoc experience
3yrs salary + £30k pa research expenses
Do you have a great idea & want to join @mermanchester.bsky.social?
www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/sup...
3yrs salary + £30k pa research expenses
Do you have a great idea & want to join @mermanchester.bsky.social?
www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/sup...
Bicentenary Early Career Research Fellowships | Biology, Medicine and Health | University of Manchester
Find out about and apply for a Bicentenary Early Career Research Fellowship.
www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Three Bicentenary research fellowships on offer at @officialuom.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social for exceptional ECRs with <3y postdoc experience
3yrs salary + £30k pa research expenses
Do you have a great idea & want to join @mermanchester.bsky.social?
www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/sup...
3yrs salary + £30k pa research expenses
Do you have a great idea & want to join @mermanchester.bsky.social?
www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/sup...
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Spread the word 😃
Our department has an open position at the Assitant Professor level 🌱
Our department has an open position at the Assitant Professor level 🌱
Our department (Berkeley PMB) is hiring an asst. prof. in Plant Resilience to Climate Change! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05049
Assistant Professor - Plant Resilience to Climate Change - Department of Plant and Microbial Biology
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
September 3, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Spread the word 😃
Our department has an open position at the Assitant Professor level 🌱
Our department has an open position at the Assitant Professor level 🌱
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Feels surreal to say but: I'm hiring! If you are or know anyone interested in looking at the evolution of phage resistance using A. baumannii and natural transformation, then this might be for you
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Research position in Microbial Pharmacology and Population Biology (282139) | UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Job title: Research position in Microbial Pharmacology and Population Biology (282139), Employer: UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Deadline: Wednesday, August 27, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
August 8, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Feels surreal to say but: I'm hiring! If you are or know anyone interested in looking at the evolution of phage resistance using A. baumannii and natural transformation, then this might be for you
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
July 31, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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the current rate of extinction, as estimated by ourselves and others, whom we cited, and across diverse major taxa, we may well be headed in the direction of a new mass extinction event
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo... 🌐🧪
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo... 🌐🧪
Denying that we may be experiencing the start of the Sixth Mass Extinction paves the way for it to happen
Arguing that we are not currently experiencing a Sixth Mass Extinction, or at least
playing down its possibility, gives support to those who would happily allow it to
happen. Wiens and Saban [1], in a...
www.cell.com
July 16, 2025 at 7:02 AM
the current rate of extinction, as estimated by ourselves and others, whom we cited, and across diverse major taxa, we may well be headed in the direction of a new mass extinction event
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo... 🌐🧪
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo... 🌐🧪
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🇨🇭The #ETH in #Zürich is looking for an Assistant Professor in #Soil (Bio-/Geo-) Chemistry!
Deadline to apply is September 30th!
Please Share!
#AcademicSky #Biochemistry #biogeochemistry #soilscience
ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z...
Deadline to apply is September 30th!
Please Share!
#AcademicSky #Biochemistry #biogeochemistry #soilscience
ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z...
Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Soil Chemistry
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July 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🇨🇭The #ETH in #Zürich is looking for an Assistant Professor in #Soil (Bio-/Geo-) Chemistry!
Deadline to apply is September 30th!
Please Share!
#AcademicSky #Biochemistry #biogeochemistry #soilscience
ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z...
Deadline to apply is September 30th!
Please Share!
#AcademicSky #Biochemistry #biogeochemistry #soilscience
ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z...
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Re-reading this journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... “Holes in the Hologenome: Why Host-Microbe Symbioses Are Not Holobionts” and agreeing with a lot of it
Holes in the Hologenome: Why Host-Microbe Symbioses Are Not Holobionts | mBio
ABSTRACT The advent of relatively inexpensive tools for characterizing microbial communities
has led to an explosion of research exploring the diversity, ecology, and evolution
of microbe-host systems...
journals.asm.org
July 14, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Re-reading this journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... “Holes in the Hologenome: Why Host-Microbe Symbioses Are Not Holobionts” and agreeing with a lot of it
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🌱Alien #plants are reshaping the #tropics -our review @ninadm.bsky.social et al explores how they interact w land-use & #climatechange driving novel ecosystems🌴We call for nuanced adaptive strategies incl nature-based solutions to navigate tropical futures
🔗Free access www.nature.com/articles/s44...
🔗Free access www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Alien plants and novel ecosystems in the Greater Tropics
Nature Reviews Biodiversity - The Greater Tropics are under substantial ecological pressure driven by anthropogenic change, including the introduction of alien plants. This Review explores the...
www.nature.com
July 14, 2025 at 10:41 AM
🌱Alien #plants are reshaping the #tropics -our review @ninadm.bsky.social et al explores how they interact w land-use & #climatechange driving novel ecosystems🌴We call for nuanced adaptive strategies incl nature-based solutions to navigate tropical futures
🔗Free access www.nature.com/articles/s44...
🔗Free access www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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How do macrophages influence the evolution of phage resistance?
We show that macrophages reduce the efficacy of a bacteriophage cocktail 🦠, resulting in greater bacteria population densities which, in-turn, facilitate greater rates of phage resistance.
Pre-print 👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We show that macrophages reduce the efficacy of a bacteriophage cocktail 🦠, resulting in greater bacteria population densities which, in-turn, facilitate greater rates of phage resistance.
Pre-print 👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Antagonism between bacteriophages and macrophages decreases efficacy of a bacteriophage cocktail and increases bacteriophage resistance
Phage therapy, the use of viruses that infect bacteria (bacteriophages), is a promising complement to antibiotics during the antimicrobial resistance crisis, but treatment success is very variable. Ev...
www.biorxiv.org
July 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM
How do macrophages influence the evolution of phage resistance?
We show that macrophages reduce the efficacy of a bacteriophage cocktail 🦠, resulting in greater bacteria population densities which, in-turn, facilitate greater rates of phage resistance.
Pre-print 👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We show that macrophages reduce the efficacy of a bacteriophage cocktail 🦠, resulting in greater bacteria population densities which, in-turn, facilitate greater rates of phage resistance.
Pre-print 👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Thrilled to share our new paper in @science.org describing our discovery that bacteria can switch from competitors to bonafide predators when resources run dry—arming nanoscale “spears” (T6SS) to stab & consume neighbours.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#MicroSKy #Microbiology
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#MicroSKy #Microbiology
Antagonism as a foraging strategy in microbial communities
In natural habitats, nutrient availability limits bacterial growth. We discovered that bacteria can overcome this limitation by acquiring nutrients by lysing neighboring cells through contact-dependen...
www.science.org
June 13, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Thrilled to share our new paper in @science.org describing our discovery that bacteria can switch from competitors to bonafide predators when resources run dry—arming nanoscale “spears” (T6SS) to stab & consume neighbours.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#MicroSKy #Microbiology
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#MicroSKy #Microbiology
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Microbial siderophores for One Health
#Pseudomonas
@cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social Opinion by Zhong Wei et al with @rkmicrobes.bsky.social @veraeva.bsky.social
www.cell.com/trends/micro...
#Pseudomonas
@cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social Opinion by Zhong Wei et al with @rkmicrobes.bsky.social @veraeva.bsky.social
www.cell.com/trends/micro...
Microbial siderophores for One Health
One Health is an integrative concept striving for healthy environments, animals, and
humans. Microbes play a fundamental role for this concept as they are key drivers
of ecosystem stability and host h...
www.cell.com
June 4, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Microbial siderophores for One Health
#Pseudomonas
@cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social Opinion by Zhong Wei et al with @rkmicrobes.bsky.social @veraeva.bsky.social
www.cell.com/trends/micro...
#Pseudomonas
@cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social Opinion by Zhong Wei et al with @rkmicrobes.bsky.social @veraeva.bsky.social
www.cell.com/trends/micro...
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MSc and PhD students abroad: If you are interested in #microbiomes in #soils (or other systems) and keen on research in #Switzerland, consider applying for these #fellowships with us other other groups of the #NCCR Microbiomes nccr-microbiomes.ch/education/nc.... Interested? DM or Email.
NCCR Microbiomes Fellowships - NCCR
Since 2023, the NCCR Microbiomes invites applications for short-term research fellowships. These fellowships will support undergraduate and graduate students and postdocs from outside of the NCCR who ...
nccr-microbiomes.ch
May 22, 2025 at 7:26 AM
MSc and PhD students abroad: If you are interested in #microbiomes in #soils (or other systems) and keen on research in #Switzerland, consider applying for these #fellowships with us other other groups of the #NCCR Microbiomes nccr-microbiomes.ch/education/nc.... Interested? DM or Email.
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Closing tomorrow! Last chance to apply for postdoc to explore the role of animals in savanna ecosystem productivity & nutrient cycling! Link to job: tinyurl.com/53dy4584 #savanna #termites #largemammals
May 20, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Closing tomorrow! Last chance to apply for postdoc to explore the role of animals in savanna ecosystem productivity & nutrient cycling! Link to job: tinyurl.com/53dy4584 #savanna #termites #largemammals
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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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This meeting will be great!
Abstract submission open now
See you 26-27 Nov in Liverpool
microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...
Abstract submission open now
See you 26-27 Nov in Liverpool
microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...
Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics - 2025 meeting
microbiologysociety.org
May 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Are you an early career researcher looking to establish your own group with as fellowship? Come and join us at @ucllifesciences.bsky.social!
Interested in a starting PI position at University College London to work on Genetics, Evolution or the Environment? My department has opened the call for expressions of interest for sponsorship of independent fellowship applications.
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
March 22, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Are you an early career researcher looking to establish your own group with as fellowship? Come and join us at @ucllifesciences.bsky.social!
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Who wants some good news?
The overwintering monarch population, which had plummeted last winter, has doubled this winter! www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...
The overwintering monarch population, which had plummeted last winter, has doubled this winter! www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...
Eastern Monarch Butterfly Population Nearly Doubles
The population wintering in central Mexico's forests occupied 4.42 acres, up from 2.22 acres during the previous winter.
www.worldwildlife.org
March 18, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Who wants some good news?
The overwintering monarch population, which had plummeted last winter, has doubled this winter! www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...
The overwintering monarch population, which had plummeted last winter, has doubled this winter! www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...
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🎯 Calling all students & postdocs! Applications for #mbiosys25 fellowships are now open! 🧬
We have multiple fellowships to support ECRs attend the meeting and join us in Chile for cutting-edge discussions in gene regulation & functional genomics.
📆 Apply by April 30!
🔗 molbiosystems.com
We have multiple fellowships to support ECRs attend the meeting and join us in Chile for cutting-edge discussions in gene regulation & functional genomics.
📆 Apply by April 30!
🔗 molbiosystems.com
Molecular Biosystems Conference
Molecular Biosystems Conference
molbiosystems.com
March 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🎯 Calling all students & postdocs! Applications for #mbiosys25 fellowships are now open! 🧬
We have multiple fellowships to support ECRs attend the meeting and join us in Chile for cutting-edge discussions in gene regulation & functional genomics.
📆 Apply by April 30!
🔗 molbiosystems.com
We have multiple fellowships to support ECRs attend the meeting and join us in Chile for cutting-edge discussions in gene regulation & functional genomics.
📆 Apply by April 30!
🔗 molbiosystems.com
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I received one of the 232 NIH grant "terminations" sent to scientists at Columbia last night. My research focuses on improving maternal and child health in the US. Also affected: ongoing clinical trials, research training programs, and research centers that aim to improve the health of Americans.
Hundreds of research grants at Columbia canceled following Trump edict, administrator says
The National Institutes of Health is terminating 232 grants for scientific research at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, according to an email an administrator sent to faculty.
gothamist.com
March 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I received one of the 232 NIH grant "terminations" sent to scientists at Columbia last night. My research focuses on improving maternal and child health in the US. Also affected: ongoing clinical trials, research training programs, and research centers that aim to improve the health of Americans.
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From Vincent Doublet et al "Host ecology and phylogeny shape the temporal dynamics of social bee viromes" www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🐝🦠
Host ecology and phylogeny shape the temporal dynamics of social bee viromes - Nature Communications
Viromes, or viral communities, may evolve host-specificity. Here, the authors use 100 plant and insect viral sequences to find that plant-pollinator interactions and phenology shape the plant virus co...
www.nature.com
March 7, 2025 at 10:19 AM
From Vincent Doublet et al "Host ecology and phylogeny shape the temporal dynamics of social bee viromes" www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🐝🦠
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Host-Microbe Symbioses- Our favorite summer school is back! Help us spread the word!
Save the date 📅: The PhD Summer School on Host-microbe Symbioses is taking place from 6-19 of July in Oeiras, Portugal.
Registration is opening soon!
Learn more 👉 gimm.idloom.events/phd-summer-s...
@gimmfoundation.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social
@crc1182.bsky.social #CIFAR #CBR
Registration is opening soon!
Learn more 👉 gimm.idloom.events/phd-summer-s...
@gimmfoundation.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social
@crc1182.bsky.social #CIFAR #CBR
February 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Host-Microbe Symbioses- Our favorite summer school is back! Help us spread the word!