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Renata C. Matos

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Microbiologist 🇵🇹 @cnrs.bsky.social, @ENS-Lyon, @igfl.bsky.social, @LeulierLab #Probiotics #Growth #Prophages #Stress #Drosophila

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Rita Rebollo

@ritarebollo.bsky.social

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

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Cascales Lab

@cascaleslab.bsky.social

We have an open engineer position to work on type IX secretion (T9SS), under the supervision of @doan_thierry (collab with HP Fierobe & A. Tolonen). 1-year contract, renewable up to 3.5 years. Please apply here or forward to anyone potentially interested:

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Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Ingénieur d'Etude en Microbiologie (H/F)

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July 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM

Renata C. Matos

@renatafcmatos.bsky.social

Looking forward to GRC LAB biology, symbiosis and applications this summer on the ☀️ Southern California coast this July 13-18!! www.grc.org/lactic-acid-...

2025 Lactic Acid Bacteria Biology, Symbioses and Applications Conference GRC

The 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Lactic Acid Bacteria Biology, Symbioses and Applications will be held in Ventura, California. Apply today to reserve your spot.

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April 4, 2025 at 9:30 AM

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Zayna Chaker

@zaycha.bsky.social

Very excited to host the one and only @mads100tist.bsky.social at @igflyon.bsky.social in Lyon on April 7th! Don't hesitate to pass by for his talk if you're in the city, it promises to be a real treat!

March 25, 2025 at 7:12 AM

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IGFL

@igflyon.bsky.social

Seminar alert! 🧠🔬 Prof. Stefanie Schirmeier (TU Dresden) presents "Metabolic flexibility of the Drosophila nervous system" on March 17th, 11 am at Salle Condorcet. Explore glial cells & adaptive metabolism! #Neuroscience #Metabolism

Title of the presentation
Metabolic flexibility of the Drosophila nervous system
Short abstract
Neuronal function consumes large amounts of energy. This energy needs to be provided in order to maintain homeostasis. To deal with this disproportionate demand, glial cells support neurons metabolically. Like their mammalian counterparts, Drosophila glial cells are very glycolytically active and provide lactate to the neurons under optimal conditions. Upon suboptimal conditions, several aspects of brain metabolism can be adapted. On the one hand, nutrient uptake into the nervous system is regulated to ensure nervous system function. On the other hand, glial cellular metabolism can adapt to changing conditions. E.g. when carbohydrate supply is not sufficient to meet the metabolic needs of the neurons, the glial cells switch to ß-oxidation of fatty acids and produce ketone bodies as an alternate fuel that they supply to neurons. It turns out that glial metabolism can be adapted to different conditions, like starvation or cold exposure, in different ways to ensure neuronal function.
Short CV
Stefanie Schirmeier graduated from the University of Bayreuth (Germany) and joined Dominique Ferrandon’s team at the University of Strasbourg (France), where she studied host-pathogen interactions using Drosophila melanogaster as a model. She contributed to a genome-wide genetic screen and discovered the compensatory proliferation of intestinal stem cells in response to gut infection, as well as identifying a bacterial virulence factor required to counteract the cellular immune response.
She then moved to the University of Münster (Germany) for a postdoctoral position, joining Christian Klämbt’s team and later establishing her own research group there. Stefanie focused on investigating the physiology and metabolism of glial cells and uncovered their role in neuronal nutritional support via the astrocyte-neuron lactate shuttle.
Since 2021, Stefanie has been a professor at Dresden Technic…

March 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM

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Pierre Genevaux

@genevauxpierre.bsky.social

Hello
L’École Thématique de Microbiologie Moléculaire (ETMM) fait son grand retour !
Rendez-vous du 6 au 10 octobre 2025
@ben-ezraty.bsky.social
Toujours à proximité de Marseille
En attendant, suivez-nous ici pour ne rien manquer :
@etmm.bsky.social
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École Thématique de Microbiologie Moléculaire (ETMM) | 9 followers on LinkedIn. L’ETMM diffuse les avancées en microbiologie 🔬, réunissant experts et explorant concepts et thématiques clés 🥼

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February 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM

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Johanna Joyce

@johannajoyce.bsky.social

Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️

So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality?

We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary

#WomeninSTEM

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November 25, 2024 at 12:38 PM

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Patricia Bernal

@pbernalt6ss.bsky.social

Just did my first Starter Pack, I think it can be useful. Let me know if you miss any journal and I will add it. Enjoy!! go.bsky.app/QPFZpj9

November 25, 2024 at 8:26 PM

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Ákos T Kovács

@evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social

From advisors to mentors: fostering supportive mentorship in academia

#TrendsMicrobiol

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From advisors to mentors: fostering supportive mentorship in academia

A supportive mentorship has long-lasting effects on shaping students' personal and professional development. Here, we outline important aspects of mentoring and indicators of good mentors, focusing on...

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November 14, 2024 at 12:38 PM

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IGFL

@igflyon.bsky.social

Poste d'IE à pourvoir dans l'équipe "Physiologie intégrative des interactions hôte/microbes". Les candidatures sont à déposer exclusivement sur le portail emploi du CNRS.