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Susan Schlimpert
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Microbiologist, Group Leader at the John Innes Centre, UK. Our group is interested in bacterial cell biology and development. We are particularly passionate about #Streptomyces. Lab website: www.schlimpertlab.com
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Susan Schlimpert @s-lab.bsky.social · Oct 13
We have a PhD opportunity available in our group @johninnescentre.bsky.social through the NRP Doctoral Training Partnership. Help us uncover the Hidden Diversity of Bacterial NLRs.

Start date: October 2026. For more information and how to apply👉 biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/bey...
Beyond Immunity: Uncovering the Hidden Diversity of Bacterial NLRs (SCHLIMPERT_J26DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership
Join us in exploring the hidden functions of ancient immune proteins in bacteria. Bacteria, like plants and animals, have evolved sophisticated systems to detect and respond to threats.
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk
Reposted by Susan Schlimpert
miguelmontez.bsky.social
📣 Looking for a 3-Year Postdoc @johninnescentre.bsky.social to join my Wellcome project.

This is a highly interdisciplinary project that explores chromatin dynamics in 🌱 plant responses across timescales, from circadian rhythms to seasonal changes

📅 Closes on 10 Dec.
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/36...
Postdoctoral Researcher (Dr Miguel Montez) | John Innes Centre
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Wellcome Trust project led by Dr Miguel Montez and hosted within the Dodd Group at the John Innes Centre.
www.jic.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:34 AM
s-lab.bsky.social
‪Want to hear about exciting #microbial research from leading scientists? 🦠

The Centre for Microbial Interactions Conference is back next year with an amazing line-up 👇

@norwichmicro.bsky.social
johninnescentre.bsky.social John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 19d
EVENT - Centre for Microbial Interactions Annual Conference 2026

Register now to attend in-person or virtually @norwichmicro.bsky.social

🗓️ 4-5 March 2026
📍John Innes Conference Centre, NR4 7UH

⏰ Deadline for registration - 25 February 2026: okt.to/16MLmH

Full programme: okt.to/YF8TVe
November 13, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Reposted by Susan Schlimpert
johninnescentre.bsky.social
EVENT - Apply today for the John Innes/Rudjer Bošković: Applied #Molecular #Microbiology Summer School (Microbial Specialised Metabolites: Discovery, Biosynthesis and Function)

🗓️ 12 - 20 Sept 2026

📍Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Deadline: 23 Jan 2026

www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...
Applied Molecular Microbiology | John Innes Centre
John Innes/Rudjer Bošković – Summer Schools in Applied Molecular Microbiology Applications are invited for a summer school on Microbial Specialised Metabolites: Discovery…
www.jic.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
s-lab.bsky.social
Great lab and an amazing place to unravel some exciting questions in bacterial cell biology. And Marburg is nice too!
thanbichlerlab.bsky.social Martin Thanbichler @thanbichlerlab.bsky.social · 6d
📢 Postdoc position: Biochemistry & Bacterial cell biology

in our group at Marburg University, Germany, funded by the ERC Advanced Grant "C-SWITCH"

🔗More information at shorturl.at/OlvlL
📅Deadline: Nov 30, 2025

Please repost. #Postdoc
November 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Reposted by Susan Schlimpert
thanbichlerlab.bsky.social
📢 Postdoc position: Cell Biology of Cyanobacteria

in my group, as part of the Excellence Cluster "Microbes for Climate" (M4C) in Marburg, Germany.

More information at shorturl.at/wNnDT (see Project 2)

🔗Apply at shorturl.at/VsEDl
📅Deadline: Nov 16, 2025

Please repost. #Postdoc
November 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Reposted by Susan Schlimpert
kevindwhitley.bsky.social
Interested in a PhD at the intersection of biophysics and microbiology?

Apply for this MRC-funded opportunity at Newcastle University to do cutting-edge microscopy in Mycobacterium tuberculosis! 🔬🦠

Closing 4 Dec!

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Molecular mechanism of slow growth and antibiotic tolerance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using single-molecule microscopy at Newcastle University on FindAPhD....
PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Molecular mechanism of slow growth and antibiotic tolerance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using single-molecule microscopy at Newcastle Universit...
www.findaphd.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Reposted by Susan Schlimpert
evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social
Cellulose biosynthesis and function in Streptomyces

@cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social by Chennan Yang, @xiaobozhong.bsky.social and Dennis Claessen

www.cell.com/trends/micro...
Cellulose biosynthesis and function in Streptomyces
Cellulose, a ubiquitous polysaccharide with critical roles in life, provides structural integrity to cells in plants and aids biofilm formation in many bacteria. Although bacterial cellulose biosynthe...
www.cell.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Reposted by Susan Schlimpert
lowlab.bsky.social
Please RT. Post-doc opportunity alert! 💥 closing 10th December.. Come join our team (www.thelowlab.org) at Imperial, London, working on the structure and mechanism of bacterial secretion systems.

For more details and to apply please see

www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
October 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Reposted by Susan Schlimpert
s-lab.bsky.social
We have a PhD opportunity available in our group @johninnescentre.bsky.social through the NRP Doctoral Training Partnership. Help us uncover the Hidden Diversity of Bacterial NLRs.

Start date: October 2026. For more information and how to apply👉 biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/bey...
Beyond Immunity: Uncovering the Hidden Diversity of Bacterial NLRs (SCHLIMPERT_J26DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership
Join us in exploring the hidden functions of ancient immune proteins in bacteria. Bacteria, like plants and animals, have evolved sophisticated systems to detect and respond to threats.
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Reposted by Susan Schlimpert
johninnescentre.bsky.social
EVENT - Centre for Microbial Interactions Annual Conference 2026

Register now to attend in-person or virtually @norwichmicro.bsky.social

🗓️ 4-5 March 2026
📍John Innes Conference Centre, NR4 7UH

⏰ Deadline for registration - 25 February 2026: okt.to/16MLmH

Full programme: okt.to/YF8TVe
October 28, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Reposted by Susan Schlimpert
johninnescentre.bsky.social
Applications are now OPEN for the JIF Rotation PhD Programme

This prestigious 4-year #PhD programme trains graduate students in Plant and Microbial Sciences at the JIC, @thesainsburylab.bsky.social and @earlhaminst.bsky.social.

🗓️ Closing date - 13 November 2025

www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...
Rotation biology PhDs | John Innes Centre
Prestigious studentships, for entry in October 2022, this multi-disciplinary PhD programme includes; plant science, microbiology, biological chemistry, applied mathematics…
www.jic.ac.uk
October 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Reposted by Susan Schlimpert
seamusholden.bsky.social
PhD project available in my lab. Email me with CV if interested
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#microsky #bioimaging
Using super-resolution microscopy to investigate the mechanistic principles of bacterial cell wall remodelling at University of Warwick on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Using super-resolution microscopy to investigate the mechanistic principles of bacterial cell wall remodelling at University of Warwick, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Reposted by Susan Schlimpert
jacobswagnerlab.bsky.social
Hello! The Jacobs-Wagner lab is finally on Bluesky. We’re excited to celebrate science (and scientists!), share our research, and interact with the community. We look forward to connecting with friends and colleagues across the world.
October 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Reposted by Susan Schlimpert
fusionconf.bsky.social
We’re excited to announce the incredible speaker line-up for the Prokaryotic Cell Biology Conference! Join the leading researchers as they explore the latest advances in Nanoimaging, Cell Growth and Cellular Structures.
Join our speakers & register today! ➡️https://bit.ly/47rtkbw
#ProkaryoticCellBio
October 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Reposted by Susan Schlimpert
hendersonlab.bsky.social
Curing disease: it's in our nature! As the Institute for Molecular Bioscience enters its 25th year, we’re not just celebrating the milestones behind us we are shaping the future.

We invite the next generation of scientific leaders to join us in writing that future.

uniroles.com.au/display-job/...
Group Leader - Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB)
Institute for Molecular Bioscience Join a university ranked in the world’s top 50 Australia’s #1 research institute Based at St Lucia Campus About UQ What started as Queensland's first university in 1...
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October 14, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Reposted by Susan Schlimpert
talbotlabtsl.bsky.social
New PhD opportunity in my group @thesainsburylab.bsky.social through the BBSRC NRP DTP Programme - see details of host to apply below

biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/van...
Vanishing Virulence: Investigating pathogenicity loss in a plant pathogenic fungus (TALBOT_T26DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership
What makes a plant killer lose its edge? This project will investigate why fungal pathogens lose virulence when they are grown in laboratory culture away from their host plant. Use cutting-edge…
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk
October 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Reposted by Susan Schlimpert
philcarella.bsky.social
New opportunity to undertake a PhD in my group ⁦‪at the John Innes Centre - if you’re interested in plant immunity and evolution check out the link!
Understanding Host Compatibility in the Marchantia-Phytophthora System (CARELLA_J26DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership
The fossil record demonstrates that filamentous microbes invaded ancient plant cells with intracellular hyphal structures over 450 million years ago. To this day, a rich diversity of extant land plant...
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk
October 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Reposted by Susan Schlimpert
pdchristine.bsky.social
We have a project available for 2026 NRP Doctoral Training Partnership entry (i.e. PhD studentship opportunity!)

How do cells communicate when it's hot?

Don't know? Me either! Come work with us @johninnescentre.bsky.social and figure it out

biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/how...
How do cells communicate when it’s hot? (FAULKNER_J26DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership
Plant cells are connected to their neighbours via ‘tubes’ called plasmodesmata, creating an interconnected cytoplasm that joins cells within and between tissues and organs.
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk
October 12, 2025 at 11:48 AM
s-lab.bsky.social
We have a PhD opportunity available in our group @johninnescentre.bsky.social through the NRP Doctoral Training Partnership. Help us uncover the Hidden Diversity of Bacterial NLRs.

Start date: October 2026. For more information and how to apply👉 biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/bey...
Beyond Immunity: Uncovering the Hidden Diversity of Bacterial NLRs (SCHLIMPERT_J26DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership
Join us in exploring the hidden functions of ancient immune proteins in bacteria. Bacteria, like plants and animals, have evolved sophisticated systems to detect and respond to threats.
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Reposted by Susan Schlimpert
jovanakaljevic.bsky.social
Thrilled to see this work out. I enjoyed our collaboration @antoinehocher and loved working on this project. Congrats to the entire team! @tunglejic.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Reposted by Susan Schlimpert
tunglejic.bsky.social
new preprint from our group & Antoine Hocher: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A fantastic collaboration with Antoine, with Jovana Kaljevic' initiated the collaboration and drives the project.
Versatile NTP recognition and domain fusions expand the functional repertoire of the ParB-CTPase fold beyond chromosome segregation
Nucleotide triphosphate (NTP)-dependent molecular switches regulate essential cellular processes by cycling between active and inactive states through nucleotide binding and hydrolysis. These mechanis...
www.biorxiv.org
October 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Reposted by Susan Schlimpert
jorg-vogel-lab.bsky.social
Two group leader positions available in the broader areas of RNA science, RNA technologies, and RNA medicine. Attractive packages and a great environment. Come and join us at Helmholtz RNA Würzburg, Bavaria.
October 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Reposted by Susan Schlimpert
pilhoferlab.bsky.social
🧐Checkout our preprint revealing the stepwise firing💥 mechanism of a Contractile Injection System @xujwet.bsky.social&@chipericson.bsky.social trapped the complex by structure-guided engineering🧪 in multiple intermediate states and imaged them by multimodal #cryoEM❄️🔬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Reposted by Susan Schlimpert
frunzkelab.bsky.social
Please RT:
We have an opening for a junior group leader position in „Phage Biology & Biotechnology“.
www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/...

Interested candidates are encouraged to contact me via email for further details.

@spp2330.bsky.social; @mibinet.bsky.social
Junior Group Leader - Phage Biology & Biotechnology
As a leading research institution for microbial biotechnology the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences - Biotechnology (IBG-1, https://www.fz-juelich.de/de/ibg/ibg-1 ) at the Forschungszentrum Jülich foc...
www.fz-juelich.de
October 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Reposted by Susan Schlimpert
michaelwebster.bsky.social
Start independent research at the JIC with us 👇.

Really interested in finding those with an interest in structural biology and biochemistry of plants and microbes.

Please do get in touch by email if you'd like to know more 👍
johninnescentre.bsky.social John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · Oct 3
VACANCY - Independent research fellowships leading to tenured positions

We’re inviting applications from outstanding researchers who either hold, or wish to apply for, Independent Research Fellowships.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 10 November 2025

Click here to apply: jic.link/Fellows
October 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM