Miguel Ángel González Porras
@mag-porras.bsky.social
Microscopist studying the role of the gut microbiome in insect pest resistance to crop defenses | Postdoctoral researcher at @univmalaga.bsky.social |
"Weakness and ignorance are not barriers to survival, but arrogance is."
-Cixin Liu, Death's End.
"Weakness and ignorance are not barriers to survival, but arrogance is."
-Cixin Liu, Death's End.
Pinned
Very grateful to @iferrera.bsky.social for inviting me to talk about intranuclear parasites of deep-sea mussels at the Oceanographic Institute of Málaga.
I had the opportunity to talk about Endonucleobacter, an intranuclear bacterial parasite of bathymodioline mussels (more below!).
I had the opportunity to talk about Endonucleobacter, an intranuclear bacterial parasite of bathymodioline mussels (more below!).
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Opportunity!
Anybody knows of young marine ecologists (within 7 years from earned PhD) that would like to come to Gothenburg, Sweden, for a nationally funded Assistant Professorship? It is highly competitive but well funded. (1) of (3)
Anybody knows of young marine ecologists (within 7 years from earned PhD) that would like to come to Gothenburg, Sweden, for a nationally funded Assistant Professorship? It is highly competitive but well funded. (1) of (3)
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Opportunity!
Anybody knows of young marine ecologists (within 7 years from earned PhD) that would like to come to Gothenburg, Sweden, for a nationally funded Assistant Professorship? It is highly competitive but well funded. (1) of (3)
Anybody knows of young marine ecologists (within 7 years from earned PhD) that would like to come to Gothenburg, Sweden, for a nationally funded Assistant Professorship? It is highly competitive but well funded. (1) of (3)
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Oi, we did it!! 🥳
Opening #Bluesky after the #weekend, we have made it to more than 5000 #followers! Thanks so much to all of you for your interest in our work!🥰🧑🔬
We will now raffle out 10 #GoodieBags among you – we'll keep in touch!
@maxplanck.de #marinescience #marineresearch #scicomm
Opening #Bluesky after the #weekend, we have made it to more than 5000 #followers! Thanks so much to all of you for your interest in our work!🥰🧑🔬
We will now raffle out 10 #GoodieBags among you – we'll keep in touch!
@maxplanck.de #marinescience #marineresearch #scicomm
We are approaching 5000 #followers – time to say thanks! 😀👏
As soon as we hit this magic mark, we'll raffle off 10 goodie bags of MPIMM-merch among you, our 5,000 followers! 🎉🎁 🌊🔬🚢🧑🔬
It is wonderful to be in touch with so many of you & share & discuss our research! 🤩
@maxplanck.de #marinescience
As soon as we hit this magic mark, we'll raffle off 10 goodie bags of MPIMM-merch among you, our 5,000 followers! 🎉🎁 🌊🔬🚢🧑🔬
It is wonderful to be in touch with so many of you & share & discuss our research! 🤩
@maxplanck.de #marinescience
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Oi, we did it!! 🥳
Opening #Bluesky after the #weekend, we have made it to more than 5000 #followers! Thanks so much to all of you for your interest in our work!🥰🧑🔬
We will now raffle out 10 #GoodieBags among you – we'll keep in touch!
@maxplanck.de #marinescience #marineresearch #scicomm
Opening #Bluesky after the #weekend, we have made it to more than 5000 #followers! Thanks so much to all of you for your interest in our work!🥰🧑🔬
We will now raffle out 10 #GoodieBags among you – we'll keep in touch!
@maxplanck.de #marinescience #marineresearch #scicomm
The legendary biologist E.O. Wilson, who was on the losing end of Watson’s putsch, called him “the most unpleasant human being I had ever met”
lol
lol
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The legendary biologist E.O. Wilson, who was on the losing end of Watson’s putsch, called him “the most unpleasant human being I had ever met”
lol
lol
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No es un Pokémon; oruga de la mariposa del madroño (Charaxes jasius) en la Mayora @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social vista en primicia por @hromero.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
No es un Pokémon; oruga de la mariposa del madroño (Charaxes jasius) en la Mayora @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social vista en primicia por @hromero.bsky.social
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🚀 New in @natmicrobiol.nature.com
EMCG — droplet-based single-particle genomics method 🧬⚠️Sequencing marine microbes one by one — in nL of seawater!
Ultra-high resolution — no culture, no bulk averaging. A new way to see the invisible 🫥 🌊 rdcu.be/eOsUF #protistsonsky @bigelowlab.bsky.social
EMCG — droplet-based single-particle genomics method 🧬⚠️Sequencing marine microbes one by one — in nL of seawater!
Ultra-high resolution — no culture, no bulk averaging. A new way to see the invisible 🫥 🌊 rdcu.be/eOsUF #protistsonsky @bigelowlab.bsky.social
Single-particle genomics uncovers abundant non-canonical marine viruses from nanolitre volumes
Nature Microbiology - Environmental micro-compartment genomics provides efficient and high-throughput single-particle DNA sequencing that captures overlooked members of microbial communities.
rdcu.be
November 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
🚀 New in @natmicrobiol.nature.com
EMCG — droplet-based single-particle genomics method 🧬⚠️Sequencing marine microbes one by one — in nL of seawater!
Ultra-high resolution — no culture, no bulk averaging. A new way to see the invisible 🫥 🌊 rdcu.be/eOsUF #protistsonsky @bigelowlab.bsky.social
EMCG — droplet-based single-particle genomics method 🧬⚠️Sequencing marine microbes one by one — in nL of seawater!
Ultra-high resolution — no culture, no bulk averaging. A new way to see the invisible 🫥 🌊 rdcu.be/eOsUF #protistsonsky @bigelowlab.bsky.social
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🐝🦠 New paper: rdcu.be/eOf7A
Phages may drive microbial diversity, yet we often don’t even know how phages & bacteria correlate in nature. Our new study tackles this in the honeybee gut, thanks to the great work of PhD student @malickndiaye.bsky.social at @dmf-unil.bsky.social @fbm-unil.bsky.social
Phages may drive microbial diversity, yet we often don’t even know how phages & bacteria correlate in nature. Our new study tackles this in the honeybee gut, thanks to the great work of PhD student @malickndiaye.bsky.social at @dmf-unil.bsky.social @fbm-unil.bsky.social
Phage diversity mirrors bacterial strain diversity in the honey bee gut microbiota - Nature Communications
Authors analyse paired viral and bacterial shotgun metagenomics data from individual honeybee guts, revealing modular, nested phage–bacteria networks, with viral diversity mirroring bacterial strain c...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
🐝🦠 New paper: rdcu.be/eOf7A
Phages may drive microbial diversity, yet we often don’t even know how phages & bacteria correlate in nature. Our new study tackles this in the honeybee gut, thanks to the great work of PhD student @malickndiaye.bsky.social at @dmf-unil.bsky.social @fbm-unil.bsky.social
Phages may drive microbial diversity, yet we often don’t even know how phages & bacteria correlate in nature. Our new study tackles this in the honeybee gut, thanks to the great work of PhD student @malickndiaye.bsky.social at @dmf-unil.bsky.social @fbm-unil.bsky.social
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Probably my favorite publication ever: @hueihsuantsai.bsky.social of @nikogeldner.bsky.social lab explains microbial hotspots along the root via Casparian strip integrity #PMS2025
November 4, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Probably my favorite publication ever: @hueihsuantsai.bsky.social of @nikogeldner.bsky.social lab explains microbial hotspots along the root via Casparian strip integrity #PMS2025
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We are approaching 5000 #followers – time to say thanks! 😀👏
As soon as we hit this magic mark, we'll raffle off 10 goodie bags of MPIMM-merch among you, our 5,000 followers! 🎉🎁 🌊🔬🚢🧑🔬
It is wonderful to be in touch with so many of you & share & discuss our research! 🤩
@maxplanck.de #marinescience
As soon as we hit this magic mark, we'll raffle off 10 goodie bags of MPIMM-merch among you, our 5,000 followers! 🎉🎁 🌊🔬🚢🧑🔬
It is wonderful to be in touch with so many of you & share & discuss our research! 🤩
@maxplanck.de #marinescience
October 10, 2025 at 7:29 AM
We are approaching 5000 #followers – time to say thanks! 😀👏
As soon as we hit this magic mark, we'll raffle off 10 goodie bags of MPIMM-merch among you, our 5,000 followers! 🎉🎁 🌊🔬🚢🧑🔬
It is wonderful to be in touch with so many of you & share & discuss our research! 🤩
@maxplanck.de #marinescience
As soon as we hit this magic mark, we'll raffle off 10 goodie bags of MPIMM-merch among you, our 5,000 followers! 🎉🎁 🌊🔬🚢🧑🔬
It is wonderful to be in touch with so many of you & share & discuss our research! 🤩
@maxplanck.de #marinescience
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Europe's MSCA postdoctoral fellowships are now attracting many researchers who would have gone to the US. So the payline has dropped below 10% (~1,600 fellowships to 17k applicants). Super tough situation. One more reason to double the next Horizon budget, as proposed by the EU Commission.
Applications for MCSA are up 64%! 50% now come from outside the EU. Trump effect?
The European Research market just got a hell of a lot more crowded.
EU should turn on the tap
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/news/msca-po...
The European Research market just got a hell of a lot more crowded.
EU should turn on the tap
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/news/msca-po...
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 receives record number of 17,058 proposals
This year’s annual MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships call has attracted considerable interest from the research community with 17,058 proposals submitted.
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu
November 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Europe's MSCA postdoctoral fellowships are now attracting many researchers who would have gone to the US. So the payline has dropped below 10% (~1,600 fellowships to 17k applicants). Super tough situation. One more reason to double the next Horizon budget, as proposed by the EU Commission.
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Hi! Florence Hommais, @nicolasparisot.bsky.social , and I are looking for a postdoctoral candidate to investigate the molecular dialogue between three weevil species and their endosymbiotic bacteria #symbiosis! Please see the #post-doc offer for more information. #SymbioSky #Bioinformatics
November 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Hi! Florence Hommais, @nicolasparisot.bsky.social , and I are looking for a postdoctoral candidate to investigate the molecular dialogue between three weevil species and their endosymbiotic bacteria #symbiosis! Please see the #post-doc offer for more information. #SymbioSky #Bioinformatics
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🔎 Las investigadoras del Grupo de Ecología Marina y Limnología Sofía Rodríguez, Silvia Gabarrón y Paula Warren, Premio al Mejor Proyecto Científico de la iniciativa europea Water JPI.
¡Felicidades!
#TalentoUMA
¡Felicidades!
#TalentoUMA
November 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
🔎 Las investigadoras del Grupo de Ecología Marina y Limnología Sofía Rodríguez, Silvia Gabarrón y Paula Warren, Premio al Mejor Proyecto Científico de la iniciativa europea Water JPI.
¡Felicidades!
#TalentoUMA
¡Felicidades!
#TalentoUMA
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GcMeta - a new global resource of metagenome-assembled genomes and their encoded functions with an easy to use, interactive and searchable website academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
gcMeta 2025: a global repository of metagenome-assembled genomes enabling cross-ecosystem microbial discovery and function research
Abstract. The rapid growth of metagenomic sequencing has generated an unprecedented wealth of metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs), transforming opportuniti
academic.oup.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
GcMeta - a new global resource of metagenome-assembled genomes and their encoded functions with an easy to use, interactive and searchable website academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
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New #OpenAccess work in #RESInsectConsDiv by @graydongillies.bsky.social, @rishonavemulapalli.bsky.social & C.G.Eckert reports that Common #milkweed gardens increase occupancy by #MonarchButterflies & other specialist herbivores towards an urban centre
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70033
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70033
November 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM
New #OpenAccess work in #RESInsectConsDiv by @graydongillies.bsky.social, @rishonavemulapalli.bsky.social & C.G.Eckert reports that Common #milkweed gardens increase occupancy by #MonarchButterflies & other specialist herbivores towards an urban centre
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70033
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70033
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Morning run before conference start in Antequera
November 3, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Morning run before conference start in Antequera
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Had to draw a cartoon for this fascinating finding!
Defensive fungal symbiosis on insect hindlegs: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#SymbioSky
Defensive fungal symbiosis on insect hindlegs: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#SymbioSky
November 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Had to draw a cartoon for this fascinating finding!
Defensive fungal symbiosis on insect hindlegs: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#SymbioSky
Defensive fungal symbiosis on insect hindlegs: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#SymbioSky
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“The bad review will come from your list of suggested reviewers”
October 31, 2025 at 7:39 AM
“The bad review will come from your list of suggested reviewers”
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📣 #OurLastPaper is out! And it's a major breakthrough that we're publishing in @cp-cell.bsky.social l: we've discovered architect bacteria that build complex structures to feed themselves better!
#SymbioSky 1/5
#SymbioSky 1/5
October 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
📣 #OurLastPaper is out! And it's a major breakthrough that we're publishing in @cp-cell.bsky.social l: we've discovered architect bacteria that build complex structures to feed themselves better!
#SymbioSky 1/5
#SymbioSky 1/5
Bacterial tubular networks channel carbohydrates in insect endosymbiosis: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Bacterial tubular networks channel carbohydrates in insect endosymbiosis
Bacteria with an intracellular lifestyle need to feed from inside their host cells.
This study shows an adaptation of certain symbiotic bacteria, allowing them to actively
retrieve nutrients from the ...
www.cell.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Bacterial tubular networks channel carbohydrates in insect endosymbiosis: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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#microsky #mevosky @spp2389.bsky.social
A PhD position is available in my lab to work on:
Emergence and self-organisation of bacterial metabolism in consortia of cross-feeding bacteria.
Please RT
Deadline: 12.11.25
More infos 👇
shorturl.at/rAKAT
A PhD position is available in my lab to work on:
Emergence and self-organisation of bacterial metabolism in consortia of cross-feeding bacteria.
Please RT
Deadline: 12.11.25
More infos 👇
shorturl.at/rAKAT
October 28, 2025 at 8:43 AM
#microsky #mevosky @spp2389.bsky.social
A PhD position is available in my lab to work on:
Emergence and self-organisation of bacterial metabolism in consortia of cross-feeding bacteria.
Please RT
Deadline: 12.11.25
More infos 👇
shorturl.at/rAKAT
A PhD position is available in my lab to work on:
Emergence and self-organisation of bacterial metabolism in consortia of cross-feeding bacteria.
Please RT
Deadline: 12.11.25
More infos 👇
shorturl.at/rAKAT
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PhD studentship for interested chinese nationals funded by the China Scholarship Council!
Come work with us to investigate how innate immunity works in an important agricultural pest, and disentangle how the immune system evolves. 🇬🇧🇨🇳
For more info, see: bit.ly/4ntrsEe
#Drosophila #Aphid #Immunity
Come work with us to investigate how innate immunity works in an important agricultural pest, and disentangle how the immune system evolves. 🇬🇧🇨🇳
For more info, see: bit.ly/4ntrsEe
#Drosophila #Aphid #Immunity
October 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
PhD studentship for interested chinese nationals funded by the China Scholarship Council!
Come work with us to investigate how innate immunity works in an important agricultural pest, and disentangle how the immune system evolves. 🇬🇧🇨🇳
For more info, see: bit.ly/4ntrsEe
#Drosophila #Aphid #Immunity
Come work with us to investigate how innate immunity works in an important agricultural pest, and disentangle how the immune system evolves. 🇬🇧🇨🇳
For more info, see: bit.ly/4ntrsEe
#Drosophila #Aphid #Immunity
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📋 Join us on Friday 31st for a fascinating seminar with the researcher Hervé Vaucheret (Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE).
Don't miss it!
🕓 9:30 AM
📍 IHSM La Mayora Auditorium
More information here! ⬇️
Don't miss it!
🕓 9:30 AM
📍 IHSM La Mayora Auditorium
More information here! ⬇️
October 28, 2025 at 8:31 AM
📋 Join us on Friday 31st for a fascinating seminar with the researcher Hervé Vaucheret (Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE).
Don't miss it!
🕓 9:30 AM
📍 IHSM La Mayora Auditorium
More information here! ⬇️
Don't miss it!
🕓 9:30 AM
📍 IHSM La Mayora Auditorium
More information here! ⬇️
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The #TMHMS25 has just wrapped up!
It’s been four amazing days of stimulating discussions and sharing our science in a wonderfully relaxed and supportive atmosphere.
There was a truly genuine sense of community among all participants, which I really cherish.
Cheers, to the next one! 🌊
It’s been four amazing days of stimulating discussions and sharing our science in a wonderfully relaxed and supportive atmosphere.
There was a truly genuine sense of community among all participants, which I really cherish.
Cheers, to the next one! 🌊
October 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The #TMHMS25 has just wrapped up!
It’s been four amazing days of stimulating discussions and sharing our science in a wonderfully relaxed and supportive atmosphere.
There was a truly genuine sense of community among all participants, which I really cherish.
Cheers, to the next one! 🌊
It’s been four amazing days of stimulating discussions and sharing our science in a wonderfully relaxed and supportive atmosphere.
There was a truly genuine sense of community among all participants, which I really cherish.
Cheers, to the next one! 🌊
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📢 We have an open position for a postdoc to join my lab. It's a great position @animecol-uu.bsky.social, fully salaried for 2.5 years with all benefits.
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
The project is about transmission patterns of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in aquatic insects. 🧬🦠 (1/3)
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
The project is about transmission patterns of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in aquatic insects. 🧬🦠 (1/3)
Postdoctoral researcher in molecular ecology - Uppsala University
Postdoctoral researcher in molecular ecology, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University
www.uu.se
October 27, 2025 at 7:43 AM
📢 We have an open position for a postdoc to join my lab. It's a great position @animecol-uu.bsky.social, fully salaried for 2.5 years with all benefits.
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
The project is about transmission patterns of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in aquatic insects. 🧬🦠 (1/3)
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
The project is about transmission patterns of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in aquatic insects. 🧬🦠 (1/3)
Don't miss this amazing opportunity!
🚨 We’re #hiring! 🚨 Want to work on marine transmissible cancers at @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social in Bremen? Join us!
📈 2-year bioinformatics Postdoc: career.mpi-bremen.de/jobposting/a...
🎓 3-year PhD student: career.mpi-bremen.de/jobposting/f...
More info: albruzos.github.io/join-us/
📈 2-year bioinformatics Postdoc: career.mpi-bremen.de/jobposting/a...
🎓 3-year PhD student: career.mpi-bremen.de/jobposting/f...
More info: albruzos.github.io/join-us/
Join us
Join the Bruzos Lab to study marine contagious cancers. We welcome students, PhD fellows, and postdoctoral researchers — see open positions and opportunities to collaborate.
albruzos.github.io
October 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Don't miss this amazing opportunity!
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Postdoc vacancy: Microbial dormancy in the cryosphere
@erc.europa.eu #ERC_SIESTA
📢 PLEASE RT
🧬 Single cell microbial activity measurements, flow cytometry, cell sorting, omics, ecological interpretation
☀️ Marseille, France
‼️ Apply ASAP & before 7 Nov
Link: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
@erc.europa.eu #ERC_SIESTA
📢 PLEASE RT
🧬 Single cell microbial activity measurements, flow cytometry, cell sorting, omics, ecological interpretation
☀️ Marseille, France
‼️ Apply ASAP & before 7 Nov
Link: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
October 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Postdoc vacancy: Microbial dormancy in the cryosphere
@erc.europa.eu #ERC_SIESTA
📢 PLEASE RT
🧬 Single cell microbial activity measurements, flow cytometry, cell sorting, omics, ecological interpretation
☀️ Marseille, France
‼️ Apply ASAP & before 7 Nov
Link: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
@erc.europa.eu #ERC_SIESTA
📢 PLEASE RT
🧬 Single cell microbial activity measurements, flow cytometry, cell sorting, omics, ecological interpretation
☀️ Marseille, France
‼️ Apply ASAP & before 7 Nov
Link: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...