Ville Friman
@frimanscience.bsky.social
Professor in Microbiology at the University of Helsinki. Guitar in Insomnium. Honorary Fellow at the University of York and Honorary Professor at Nanjing Agricultural University
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/microbial-ecology-and-evolution
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/microbial-ecology-and-evolution
Interested in doing a PhD in phage biology? See below a super cool project on megaphage ecology and evolution available at the University of Jyväskylä (FIN) in Elina Laanto's lab (Project no. 4). Co-supervision provided by yours truly.
🚀 PhD opportunity
The Dept of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, is recruiting 1–4 new PhD candidates.
One of the positions is potentially in my lab, focusing on megaphages and their hosts.
Details and apply here 👇
bit.ly/48eqYNB
#phage
The Dept of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, is recruiting 1–4 new PhD candidates.
One of the positions is potentially in my lab, focusing on megaphages and their hosts.
Details and apply here 👇
bit.ly/48eqYNB
#phage
Doctoral Researcher positions, Biological and Environmental Sciences
The Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences is seeking applicants for 1–4 fully funded doctoral researcher positions. The positions will begin on August 1, 2026, or as agreed, for a maximu...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Interested in doing a PhD in phage biology? See below a super cool project on megaphage ecology and evolution available at the University of Jyväskylä (FIN) in Elina Laanto's lab (Project no. 4). Co-supervision provided by yours truly.
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Exciting news! I have two positions open in my lab at the UoManchester: one PDRA and one Research Tech.
Join our team to study evolutionary mycology and help us understand antifungal resistance in fungal pathogens. A fantastic opportunity to join the brilliant Manchester Fungal Infection Group!
Join our team to study evolutionary mycology and help us understand antifungal resistance in fungal pathogens. A fantastic opportunity to join the brilliant Manchester Fungal Infection Group!
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Exciting news! I have two positions open in my lab at the UoManchester: one PDRA and one Research Tech.
Join our team to study evolutionary mycology and help us understand antifungal resistance in fungal pathogens. A fantastic opportunity to join the brilliant Manchester Fungal Infection Group!
Join our team to study evolutionary mycology and help us understand antifungal resistance in fungal pathogens. A fantastic opportunity to join the brilliant Manchester Fungal Infection Group!
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The early bird 🐥 registration for the 8th International Bacterial Wilt Symposium has been extended until the 15th of November! To join those who have already registered visit our website 👉https://event.wur.nl/ibws2026
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October 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The early bird 🐥 registration for the 8th International Bacterial Wilt Symposium has been extended until the 15th of November! To join those who have already registered visit our website 👉https://event.wur.nl/ibws2026
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New paper with my (amazing) friend and mentor @jrpenades.bsky.social
Really looking forward to see what plasmid aficionados think of this one!!
With @asantoslopez.bsky.social @wfigueroac3.bsky.social Akshay Sabins and others
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Really looking forward to see what plasmid aficionados think of this one!!
With @asantoslopez.bsky.social @wfigueroac3.bsky.social Akshay Sabins and others
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Non-conjugative plasmids limit their mobility to persist in nature
Sabnis et al. explain why non-conjugative plasmids move at a low rate in nature. While
increased mobility can easily evolve by incorporating phage DNA into plasmids, this
is disadvantageous because it...
www.cell.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
New paper with my (amazing) friend and mentor @jrpenades.bsky.social
Really looking forward to see what plasmid aficionados think of this one!!
With @asantoslopez.bsky.social @wfigueroac3.bsky.social Akshay Sabins and others
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Really looking forward to see what plasmid aficionados think of this one!!
With @asantoslopez.bsky.social @wfigueroac3.bsky.social Akshay Sabins and others
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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We studied how exogenous mucins influence phage-bacterium interplay in human epithelial cells. This work is now available in BiorXiv
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Mucin-enriched environment shapes bacteriophage protection against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in airway epithelial cells
Mucin hypersecretion, a hallmark of chronic respiratory diseases (CRD), creates a complex microenvironment that reshapes host immunity and microbial behavior. However, its impact on bacteriophage ther...
www.biorxiv.org
October 20, 2025 at 8:29 AM
We studied how exogenous mucins influence phage-bacterium interplay in human epithelial cells. This work is now available in BiorXiv
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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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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Phages evolve fast, or do they?
In oysters, some stay identical for years.
With >1,200 phages & 600 Vibrio genomes, we reveal long-term stability and new mobile elements.
Proud of this collaborative work across our teams (Roscoff-UdeM and @epcrocha.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
In oysters, some stay identical for years.
With >1,200 phages & 600 Vibrio genomes, we reveal long-term stability and new mobile elements.
Proud of this collaborative work across our teams (Roscoff-UdeM and @epcrocha.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
Ecological constraints foster both extreme viral-host lineage stability and mobile element diversity in a marine community
Phages are typically viewed as very rapidly evolving biological entities. Little is known, however, about whether and how phages can establish long-term genetic stability. We addressed this eco-evolut...
www.biorxiv.org
October 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Phages evolve fast, or do they?
In oysters, some stay identical for years.
With >1,200 phages & 600 Vibrio genomes, we reveal long-term stability and new mobile elements.
Proud of this collaborative work across our teams (Roscoff-UdeM and @epcrocha.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
In oysters, some stay identical for years.
With >1,200 phages & 600 Vibrio genomes, we reveal long-term stability and new mobile elements.
Proud of this collaborative work across our teams (Roscoff-UdeM and @epcrocha.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
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5-years in the making this paper has been a real journey!
Also, a fun collaboration with @frimanscience.bsky.social @jofoth.bsky.social Edze Westra, Simon Lovell, Aras Kadioglu
#mevosky #phagesky
Also, a fun collaboration with @frimanscience.bsky.social @jofoth.bsky.social Edze Westra, Simon Lovell, Aras Kadioglu
#mevosky #phagesky
October 6, 2025 at 6:37 AM
5-years in the making this paper has been a real journey!
Also, a fun collaboration with @frimanscience.bsky.social @jofoth.bsky.social Edze Westra, Simon Lovell, Aras Kadioglu
#mevosky #phagesky
Also, a fun collaboration with @frimanscience.bsky.social @jofoth.bsky.social Edze Westra, Simon Lovell, Aras Kadioglu
#mevosky #phagesky
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I have an MRC-funded PhD project available (www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...) on how warming will change the problem of AMR. Join a small and friendly group (padpadpadpad.netlify.app/about) in (sometimes) sunny Cornwall. 🧪🦠 #microsky
Please share the ad below with anyone who may be interested.
Please share the ad below with anyone who may be interested.
September 16, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I have an MRC-funded PhD project available (www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...) on how warming will change the problem of AMR. Join a small and friendly group (padpadpadpad.netlify.app/about) in (sometimes) sunny Cornwall. 🧪🦠 #microsky
Please share the ad below with anyone who may be interested.
Please share the ad below with anyone who may be interested.
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Professor (full) or Associate Professor (tenure track) in Microbial Genetics of Health (U. Turku Finland). Competitive starting package included! Please share.
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Professor or Associate professor (Tenure Track/Full) in Microbial Genetics of Health - Turun yliopisto - Työpaikat - Duunitori
Avoin työpaikka: Professor or Associate professor (Tenure Track/Full) in Microbial Genetics of Health - Turun yliopisto, Turku. Duunitorilla lisäksi yli 30 000 muuta avointa työpaikkaa. Lue lisää nyt!
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September 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Professor (full) or Associate Professor (tenure track) in Microbial Genetics of Health (U. Turku Finland). Competitive starting package included! Please share.
duunitori.fi/tyopaikat/ty...
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A new 4 year PostDoc position in our lab! Modeling + experiments to explore dynamics of carbon fixing hot-spring microbiomes. Part of an exciting multidisciplinary team with Sophie Nixon, @brockhurstlab.bsky.social & others
Please share & get in touch if interested!
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Please share & get in touch if interested!
tinyurl.com/e7j7bha3
Research Associate in Microbiome Ecology:Oxford Road
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August 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A new 4 year PostDoc position in our lab! Modeling + experiments to explore dynamics of carbon fixing hot-spring microbiomes. Part of an exciting multidisciplinary team with Sophie Nixon, @brockhurstlab.bsky.social & others
Please share & get in touch if interested!
tinyurl.com/e7j7bha3
Please share & get in touch if interested!
tinyurl.com/e7j7bha3
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We are also hiring a 4-year postdoc to study the dynamics and evolution of mobile genetic elements in the C-fixing Icelandic host-spring microbiomes
Join our exciting multidisciplinary team funded by @ukri.org BBSRC sLoLa
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Join our exciting multidisciplinary team funded by @ukri.org BBSRC sLoLa
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
August 13, 2025 at 10:41 AM
We are also hiring a 4-year postdoc to study the dynamics and evolution of mobile genetic elements in the C-fixing Icelandic host-spring microbiomes
Join our exciting multidisciplinary team funded by @ukri.org BBSRC sLoLa
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Join our exciting multidisciplinary team funded by @ukri.org BBSRC sLoLa
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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One week left to submit your abstract to @microbiologysociety.org meeting on “Understanding and Predicting Microbial Evolutionary Dynamics” at Liverpool 26-27 November
Lots of spaces for ECR talks and posters!
microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...
Lots of spaces for ECR talks and posters!
microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...
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June 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
One week left to submit your abstract to @microbiologysociety.org meeting on “Understanding and Predicting Microbial Evolutionary Dynamics” at Liverpool 26-27 November
Lots of spaces for ECR talks and posters!
microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...
Lots of spaces for ECR talks and posters!
microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...
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1/27 We have a new paper out! Turns out that snowflake yeast have been hiding a secret from us - they've evolved a (very!) crude circulatory system. Not with blood vessels or a heart, but through spontaneous fluid flows powered by their metabolism. 🧪🔬
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
June 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
1/27 We have a new paper out! Turns out that snowflake yeast have been hiding a secret from us - they've evolved a (very!) crude circulatory system. Not with blood vessels or a heart, but through spontaneous fluid flows powered by their metabolism. 🧪🔬
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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🚨 Reminder! You have just over two weeks to submit an abstract, if you want to present at the @microbiologysociety.org meeting "Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics" in Liverpool in November! #microsky 🦠🧫🔬
‼️Update! Abstract submission is now open for the 2025 Liverpool UK @microbiologysociety.org meeting on "Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics”! Deadline July 7th #microsky 🧪🧫🦠 microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...
June 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🚨 Reminder! You have just over two weeks to submit an abstract, if you want to present at the @microbiologysociety.org meeting "Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics" in Liverpool in November! #microsky 🦠🧫🔬
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Fresh new abstract books are waiting for the #esm2025 congress, which starts in a few days. Don’t forget to follow us from Sunday onwards!
June 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Fresh new abstract books are waiting for the #esm2025 congress, which starts in a few days. Don’t forget to follow us from Sunday onwards!
Great postdoc opportunity available in Zurich!
We are looking for a highly motivated postdoc to work on pathogen interactions. Please send in your application via
jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
UZH: Postdoctoral researcher in microbiology
The Department of Quantitative Biomedicine is an interdisciplinary biomedical research unit that combines basic science with biotechnological and medical research, using both experimental and computat...
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June 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Great postdoc opportunity available in Zurich!
Top two recurring typos with the current grant write-up:
1) Metagnomes 🧌 (Metagenomes)
2) Pants 🩳 (Plants)
1) Metagnomes 🧌 (Metagenomes)
2) Pants 🩳 (Plants)
May 30, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Top two recurring typos with the current grant write-up:
1) Metagnomes 🧌 (Metagenomes)
2) Pants 🩳 (Plants)
1) Metagnomes 🧌 (Metagenomes)
2) Pants 🩳 (Plants)
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🧫🦠🔬🧬 @science.org Sedentary chromosomal integrons as biobanks of bacterial antiphage defense systems | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@baptistedarracq.bsky.social @eloilittner.bsky.social @celineloot.bsky.social @epcrocha.bsky.social et al.
#microbiology #phage #immunity #phagesky #MicroSky
@baptistedarracq.bsky.social @eloilittner.bsky.social @celineloot.bsky.social @epcrocha.bsky.social et al.
#microbiology #phage #immunity #phagesky #MicroSky
Sedentary chromosomal integrons as biobanks of bacterial antiphage defense systems
Integrons are genetic systems that drive bacterial adaptation by acquiring, expressing, and shuffling gene cassettes. While mobile integrons are well known for spreading antibiotic resistance genes, t...
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May 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
🧫🦠🔬🧬 @science.org Sedentary chromosomal integrons as biobanks of bacterial antiphage defense systems | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@baptistedarracq.bsky.social @eloilittner.bsky.social @celineloot.bsky.social @epcrocha.bsky.social et al.
#microbiology #phage #immunity #phagesky #MicroSky
@baptistedarracq.bsky.social @eloilittner.bsky.social @celineloot.bsky.social @epcrocha.bsky.social et al.
#microbiology #phage #immunity #phagesky #MicroSky
This will be an excellent meeting - highly recommended!
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
April 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This will be an excellent meeting - highly recommended!
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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
April 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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...
Hope to see lots of interesting Ralstonia research in Wageningen next year!
The 8th International Bacterial Wilt Symposium (8th IBWS2026) will be held on 22-26 March 2026 in Wageningen, the Netherlands. The preparations regarding its organization are in full progress! Follow us to stay updated 🧫🌱👩🔬
April 24, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Hope to see lots of interesting Ralstonia research in Wageningen next year!
Join the ESEB 2025 symposium on bacteria-phage ecology and evolution (S43) with Frédérique Le Roux and Michael Brockhurst as invited speakers. Submit abstracts by April 25, 2025 (eseb2025.com/call-for-abs...). See you in Barcelona, August 17-22, 2025! #phagesky
April 22, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Join the ESEB 2025 symposium on bacteria-phage ecology and evolution (S43) with Frédérique Le Roux and Michael Brockhurst as invited speakers. Submit abstracts by April 25, 2025 (eseb2025.com/call-for-abs...). See you in Barcelona, August 17-22, 2025! #phagesky
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👂We want to hear all about your work!
This is your chance to showcase your research in #EvolutionaryBiology and network with colleagues from all over the world!
Select from 51 symposia for your #Abstract: https://eseb2025.com/list-of-symposia/
👉🏻 Submit Now: https://eseb2025.com/call-for-abstracts/
This is your chance to showcase your research in #EvolutionaryBiology and network with colleagues from all over the world!
Select from 51 symposia for your #Abstract: https://eseb2025.com/list-of-symposia/
👉🏻 Submit Now: https://eseb2025.com/call-for-abstracts/
April 21, 2025 at 7:04 AM
👂We want to hear all about your work!
This is your chance to showcase your research in #EvolutionaryBiology and network with colleagues from all over the world!
Select from 51 symposia for your #Abstract: https://eseb2025.com/list-of-symposia/
👉🏻 Submit Now: https://eseb2025.com/call-for-abstracts/
This is your chance to showcase your research in #EvolutionaryBiology and network with colleagues from all over the world!
Select from 51 symposia for your #Abstract: https://eseb2025.com/list-of-symposia/
👉🏻 Submit Now: https://eseb2025.com/call-for-abstracts/
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Michael Lin (Stanford) reports his grant on anti-COVID meds was terminated.
Pandemics become endemic.
Endemic diseases require treatments.
Treatments require research.
Research requires continuity of support.
Continuity of support requires federal funding.
But the WH just doesn't get it.
Pandemics become endemic.
Endemic diseases require treatments.
Treatments require research.
Research requires continuity of support.
Continuity of support requires federal funding.
But the WH just doesn't get it.
March 26, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Michael Lin (Stanford) reports his grant on anti-COVID meds was terminated.
Pandemics become endemic.
Endemic diseases require treatments.
Treatments require research.
Research requires continuity of support.
Continuity of support requires federal funding.
But the WH just doesn't get it.
Pandemics become endemic.
Endemic diseases require treatments.
Treatments require research.
Research requires continuity of support.
Continuity of support requires federal funding.
But the WH just doesn't get it.