The Symbiosis Courses Alumni Network
@symbiosisalumni.bsky.social
This Network connects alumni of the three international Summer Schools on Symbioses: Host-Microbe Symbioses (Portugal), ECODIM (Chile) and Molecular and Cell Biology of Symbiosis (MBL, Massachusetts, USA). Supported by @moorefound.bsky.social
This week, we’re excited to share a new story from our Alumni Voices Campaign 🎙️
Huge thanks to Ana Catarina da Silva for sharing insights from her research journey.
If you’re part of the alumni, we’d love to feature you! Short videos, audio clips, or image series welcome, in any language 💫
Huge thanks to Ana Catarina da Silva for sharing insights from her research journey.
If you’re part of the alumni, we’d love to feature you! Short videos, audio clips, or image series welcome, in any language 💫
December 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This week, we’re excited to share a new story from our Alumni Voices Campaign 🎙️
Huge thanks to Ana Catarina da Silva for sharing insights from her research journey.
If you’re part of the alumni, we’d love to feature you! Short videos, audio clips, or image series welcome, in any language 💫
Huge thanks to Ana Catarina da Silva for sharing insights from her research journey.
If you’re part of the alumni, we’d love to feature you! Short videos, audio clips, or image series welcome, in any language 💫
Join us this Wednesday, during our next Alumni Network seminar:
📅 Wednesday, December 17th
🕙 11am EST (Massachusetts, USA) / 1pm CLT (Santiago, Chile) / 4pm WEST (Oeiras, Portugal)
📍 over Zoom (PM for link)
symbnet.bsky.social moorefound.bsky.social mblscience.bsky.social ECODIM
📅 Wednesday, December 17th
🕙 11am EST (Massachusetts, USA) / 1pm CLT (Santiago, Chile) / 4pm WEST (Oeiras, Portugal)
📍 over Zoom (PM for link)
symbnet.bsky.social moorefound.bsky.social mblscience.bsky.social ECODIM
December 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Join us this Wednesday, during our next Alumni Network seminar:
📅 Wednesday, December 17th
🕙 11am EST (Massachusetts, USA) / 1pm CLT (Santiago, Chile) / 4pm WEST (Oeiras, Portugal)
📍 over Zoom (PM for link)
symbnet.bsky.social moorefound.bsky.social mblscience.bsky.social ECODIM
📅 Wednesday, December 17th
🕙 11am EST (Massachusetts, USA) / 1pm CLT (Santiago, Chile) / 4pm WEST (Oeiras, Portugal)
📍 over Zoom (PM for link)
symbnet.bsky.social moorefound.bsky.social mblscience.bsky.social ECODIM
📣Alumni Voices Campaign
Today we’re featuring @baileycrowley.bsky.social who shares a great snapshot of her current journey. Thank you Bailey!
If you haven’t joined yet, we’d love to hear from you: a quick video, audio note, or image set is all it takes. Any language is welcome! 🚀
Today we’re featuring @baileycrowley.bsky.social who shares a great snapshot of her current journey. Thank you Bailey!
If you haven’t joined yet, we’d love to hear from you: a quick video, audio note, or image set is all it takes. Any language is welcome! 🚀
December 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
📣Alumni Voices Campaign
Today we’re featuring @baileycrowley.bsky.social who shares a great snapshot of her current journey. Thank you Bailey!
If you haven’t joined yet, we’d love to hear from you: a quick video, audio note, or image set is all it takes. Any language is welcome! 🚀
Today we’re featuring @baileycrowley.bsky.social who shares a great snapshot of her current journey. Thank you Bailey!
If you haven’t joined yet, we’d love to hear from you: a quick video, audio note, or image set is all it takes. Any language is welcome! 🚀
📣Our Alumni Voices Campaign is officially rolling!
Huge thanks to @slipakanungo.bsky.social for sharing her story!
Alumni, feeling inspired to join in? We would love to hear from you! Just send a short video, audio note, or a few images about what you’re researching or working on right now.
Huge thanks to @slipakanungo.bsky.social for sharing her story!
Alumni, feeling inspired to join in? We would love to hear from you! Just send a short video, audio note, or a few images about what you’re researching or working on right now.
December 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
📣Our Alumni Voices Campaign is officially rolling!
Huge thanks to @slipakanungo.bsky.social for sharing her story!
Alumni, feeling inspired to join in? We would love to hear from you! Just send a short video, audio note, or a few images about what you’re researching or working on right now.
Huge thanks to @slipakanungo.bsky.social for sharing her story!
Alumni, feeling inspired to join in? We would love to hear from you! Just send a short video, audio note, or a few images about what you’re researching or working on right now.
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Excited for this!
November 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Excited for this!
📣 Share Your Story: Alumni Voices Campaign
Prepare a short 45 - 90 sec recording about your current work/area of research:
🎥 A short video,
🎤 A voice recording,
📸 A set of images with captions
Send your entry to ana.teles@gimm.pt until November 30th. We’ll feature your entries on our channels.
Prepare a short 45 - 90 sec recording about your current work/area of research:
🎥 A short video,
🎤 A voice recording,
📸 A set of images with captions
Send your entry to ana.teles@gimm.pt until November 30th. We’ll feature your entries on our channels.
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
📣 Share Your Story: Alumni Voices Campaign
Prepare a short 45 - 90 sec recording about your current work/area of research:
🎥 A short video,
🎤 A voice recording,
📸 A set of images with captions
Send your entry to ana.teles@gimm.pt until November 30th. We’ll feature your entries on our channels.
Prepare a short 45 - 90 sec recording about your current work/area of research:
🎥 A short video,
🎤 A voice recording,
📸 A set of images with captions
Send your entry to ana.teles@gimm.pt until November 30th. We’ll feature your entries on our channels.
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Dr. Jordan Lewis seeks grad students for his research group at USC focusing on adaptation in host-parasite interactions. Apply by Dec 1. Details: https://jordanlewisphd.com/. Contact: jalewis@mailbox.sc.edu. #gradstudent
Jordan A. Lewis – Adaptive Evolution & Ecological Change
Jordan A. Lewis – Adaptive Evolution & Ecological Change
jordanlewisphd.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Dr. Jordan Lewis seeks grad students for his research group at USC focusing on adaptation in host-parasite interactions. Apply by Dec 1. Details: https://jordanlewisphd.com/. Contact: jalewis@mailbox.sc.edu. #gradstudent
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The Microbiology Society is pleased to announce the winners of our 2026 Prizes! The winners will be awarded and deliver Prize Lectures at Annual Conference 2026 in Belfast from 13–16 April. Find out more about it: microb.io/PrizeWinners.... Meet the winners below. #Microbio26
November 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The Microbiology Society is pleased to announce the winners of our 2026 Prizes! The winners will be awarded and deliver Prize Lectures at Annual Conference 2026 in Belfast from 13–16 April. Find out more about it: microb.io/PrizeWinners.... Meet the winners below. #Microbio26
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Apply now to attend the next EMBO Bacterial Networks meeting #EMBOBacNet
🗓️13-18 September 2026
📍Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain
📝Program and registration info: meetings.embo.org/event/26-bac...
👩🔬Organised with co-chair @s-lab.bsky.social and ECR @coralietesseur.bsky.social
#MicroSky
🗓️13-18 September 2026
📍Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain
📝Program and registration info: meetings.embo.org/event/26-bac...
👩🔬Organised with co-chair @s-lab.bsky.social and ECR @coralietesseur.bsky.social
#MicroSky
November 20, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Apply now to attend the next EMBO Bacterial Networks meeting #EMBOBacNet
🗓️13-18 September 2026
📍Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain
📝Program and registration info: meetings.embo.org/event/26-bac...
👩🔬Organised with co-chair @s-lab.bsky.social and ECR @coralietesseur.bsky.social
#MicroSky
🗓️13-18 September 2026
📍Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain
📝Program and registration info: meetings.embo.org/event/26-bac...
👩🔬Organised with co-chair @s-lab.bsky.social and ECR @coralietesseur.bsky.social
#MicroSky
Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow, during our next Alumni Network seminar:
📅 Wednesday, October 29
🕙 12pm EST (Massachusetts, USA) / 1pm CLT (Santiago, Chile) / 4pm WEST (Oeiras, Portugal)
📍 over Zoom (PM for link)
@symbnet.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social @mblscience.bsky.social @ECODIM
📅 Wednesday, October 29
🕙 12pm EST (Massachusetts, USA) / 1pm CLT (Santiago, Chile) / 4pm WEST (Oeiras, Portugal)
📍 over Zoom (PM for link)
@symbnet.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social @mblscience.bsky.social @ECODIM
October 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow, during our next Alumni Network seminar:
📅 Wednesday, October 29
🕙 12pm EST (Massachusetts, USA) / 1pm CLT (Santiago, Chile) / 4pm WEST (Oeiras, Portugal)
📍 over Zoom (PM for link)
@symbnet.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social @mblscience.bsky.social @ECODIM
📅 Wednesday, October 29
🕙 12pm EST (Massachusetts, USA) / 1pm CLT (Santiago, Chile) / 4pm WEST (Oeiras, Portugal)
📍 over Zoom (PM for link)
@symbnet.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social @mblscience.bsky.social @ECODIM
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Join the interdisciplinary colloquium "New Challenges Induced by Microbiomes" on Dec 12, 2025, at University Jussieu. Register by emailing epbapteste@gmail.com. More details: https://www.sb-roscoff.fr/en/revmicnat. #conference
GDR REVMICNAT
GDR REVMICNAT
www.sb-roscoff.fr
October 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Join the interdisciplinary colloquium "New Challenges Induced by Microbiomes" on Dec 12, 2025, at University Jussieu. Register by emailing epbapteste@gmail.com. More details: https://www.sb-roscoff.fr/en/revmicnat. #conference
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ESEB invites applications for its Outreach Initiative Fund to enhance global knowledge of evolution. Up to €4,000 available per project. Apply by March 15, 2026. Details at: https://eseb.org/prizes-funding/outreach-fund/
ESEB Outreach Initiative Fund - ESEB | European Society for Evolutionary Biology
ESEB Outreach Initiative Fund - ESEB | European Society for Evolutionary Biology
eseb.org
October 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
ESEB invites applications for its Outreach Initiative Fund to enhance global knowledge of evolution. Up to €4,000 available per project. Apply by March 15, 2026. Details at: https://eseb.org/prizes-funding/outreach-fund/
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Please join us in this uplifting and inspiring session bringing Art and Science together at the upcoming International Coral Reef Symposium in Auckland, New Zealand, July 19-24 2026. See you all there! Fighting to save reefs through Art!🧪🪸🧬🌎🌊🐙🦠🌿
October 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Please join us in this uplifting and inspiring session bringing Art and Science together at the upcoming International Coral Reef Symposium in Auckland, New Zealand, July 19-24 2026. See you all there! Fighting to save reefs through Art!🧪🪸🧬🌎🌊🐙🦠🌿
Save the date! Our next Alumni Network seminar:
📅 Wednesday, October 29th
🕙 12pm EST (Massachusetts) / 12pm CLT (Chile) / 4pm WEST (Oeiras)
📍 over Zoom (PM for link)
@symbnet.bsky.social
@moorefound.bsky.social
@mblscience.bsky.social
@ECODIM
📅 Wednesday, October 29th
🕙 12pm EST (Massachusetts) / 12pm CLT (Chile) / 4pm WEST (Oeiras)
📍 over Zoom (PM for link)
@symbnet.bsky.social
@moorefound.bsky.social
@mblscience.bsky.social
@ECODIM
October 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Save the date! Our next Alumni Network seminar:
📅 Wednesday, October 29th
🕙 12pm EST (Massachusetts) / 12pm CLT (Chile) / 4pm WEST (Oeiras)
📍 over Zoom (PM for link)
@symbnet.bsky.social
@moorefound.bsky.social
@mblscience.bsky.social
@ECODIM
📅 Wednesday, October 29th
🕙 12pm EST (Massachusetts) / 12pm CLT (Chile) / 4pm WEST (Oeiras)
📍 over Zoom (PM for link)
@symbnet.bsky.social
@moorefound.bsky.social
@mblscience.bsky.social
@ECODIM
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✨🚀 #EESSymbiosis is now open for registration!
Submit your abstract by 25 November 2025 and join us as we explore the evolution of intimate species-species interactions 👉 https://s.embl.org/ees26-03-bl
🗓️ 17 – 20 March 2026
📍 EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual
Submit your abstract by 25 November 2025 and join us as we explore the evolution of intimate species-species interactions 👉 https://s.embl.org/ees26-03-bl
🗓️ 17 – 20 March 2026
📍 EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual
September 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
✨🚀 #EESSymbiosis is now open for registration!
Submit your abstract by 25 November 2025 and join us as we explore the evolution of intimate species-species interactions 👉 https://s.embl.org/ees26-03-bl
🗓️ 17 – 20 March 2026
📍 EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual
Submit your abstract by 25 November 2025 and join us as we explore the evolution of intimate species-species interactions 👉 https://s.embl.org/ees26-03-bl
🗓️ 17 – 20 March 2026
📍 EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual
The microbial Pangenome in One-Health
👉 December 2 - 5 | Valencia, Spain
"A forum covering veterinary and human medicine, microbiology, ecology, public health, and epidemiology!"
October 10th, 2025 - Abstract submission deadline
www.alocongress.com/pangenome2025
👉 December 2 - 5 | Valencia, Spain
"A forum covering veterinary and human medicine, microbiology, ecology, public health, and epidemiology!"
October 10th, 2025 - Abstract submission deadline
www.alocongress.com/pangenome2025
PANGENOME2025
The biology of prokaryotic cells is directly dependent on the differential gene pools that characterize each cell or strain. This has been a fundamental aspect of epidemiology for delimiting outbreaks...
www.alocongress.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:50 AM
The microbial Pangenome in One-Health
👉 December 2 - 5 | Valencia, Spain
"A forum covering veterinary and human medicine, microbiology, ecology, public health, and epidemiology!"
October 10th, 2025 - Abstract submission deadline
www.alocongress.com/pangenome2025
👉 December 2 - 5 | Valencia, Spain
"A forum covering veterinary and human medicine, microbiology, ecology, public health, and epidemiology!"
October 10th, 2025 - Abstract submission deadline
www.alocongress.com/pangenome2025
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The Institute of Evolutionary Biology in Barcelona invites applications for a fully-funded PhD position in Evolutionary Microbiology. Deadline: Sept 30, 2025. More info: https://www.ibe.upf-csic.es/evolutionary-microbiology-group #phd
Evolutionary Microbiology Group - Institut de Biologia Evolutiva - CSIC UPF (UPF)
Evolutionary Microbiology Group - Institut de Biologia Evolutiva - CSIC UPF (UPF)
www.ibe.upf-csic.es
September 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The Institute of Evolutionary Biology in Barcelona invites applications for a fully-funded PhD position in Evolutionary Microbiology. Deadline: Sept 30, 2025. More info: https://www.ibe.upf-csic.es/evolutionary-microbiology-group #phd
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Coyte Lab, Manchester: Further details can be found here www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Research Associate in Microbiome Dynamics:Oxford Road
The Coyte Lab group within the Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomics wishes to appoint a Research Associate to an exciting project exploring the interplay between the mammalian immune system and gut microbiome, funded by an 8-year Wellcome CDA in collaboration with Prof. Matthew Hepworth.
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
August 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Coyte Lab, Manchester: Further details can be found here www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Looking forward to seeing you in our next Alumni Network seminar next week:
📅 Wednesday, August 27th
🕙 11am EST (Massachusetts) / 11am CLT (Chile) / 4pm WEST (Oeiras)
📍 over Zoom (PM for link)
@symbnet.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social @mblscience.bsky.social @ECODIM
📅 Wednesday, August 27th
🕙 11am EST (Massachusetts) / 11am CLT (Chile) / 4pm WEST (Oeiras)
📍 over Zoom (PM for link)
@symbnet.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social @mblscience.bsky.social @ECODIM
August 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Looking forward to seeing you in our next Alumni Network seminar next week:
📅 Wednesday, August 27th
🕙 11am EST (Massachusetts) / 11am CLT (Chile) / 4pm WEST (Oeiras)
📍 over Zoom (PM for link)
@symbnet.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social @mblscience.bsky.social @ECODIM
📅 Wednesday, August 27th
🕙 11am EST (Massachusetts) / 11am CLT (Chile) / 4pm WEST (Oeiras)
📍 over Zoom (PM for link)
@symbnet.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social @mblscience.bsky.social @ECODIM
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Join Dr. Melissah Rowe's team at NIOO-KNAW as a postdoc focusing on avian microbiomes and reproduction. Position lasts up to 3.5 years; apply by Sep 12, 2025. More info: https://nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies/postdoctoral-researcher-avian-microbiomes-and-reproduction #postdoc
Postdoctoral researcher: avian microbiomes and reproduction | Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)
Postdoctoral researcher: avian microbiomes and reproduction | Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)
nioo.knaw.nl
August 16, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Join Dr. Melissah Rowe's team at NIOO-KNAW as a postdoc focusing on avian microbiomes and reproduction. Position lasts up to 3.5 years; apply by Sep 12, 2025. More info: https://nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies/postdoctoral-researcher-avian-microbiomes-and-reproduction #postdoc
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Oregon State University is seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar in Molecular Microbiology to study plasmid host range in microbial communities. Apply by sending a PDF with your CV and cover letter to Alexandra Weisberg. More info: https://weisberglab.com/?page_id=966 #postdoc
Research - Weisberg Lab
Research Evolution of mobile genetic elements Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) play an important role in many plant/microbe interactions, as well as in human disease, such as those that carry genes conferring antibiotic resistance. MGEs, such as plasmids or integrative conjugative elements (ICEs), can cause bacterial hosts to transition from commensal organisms to pathogens or beneficial
weisberglab.com
August 16, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Oregon State University is seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar in Molecular Microbiology to study plasmid host range in microbial communities. Apply by sending a PDF with your CV and cover letter to Alexandra Weisberg. More info: https://weisberglab.com/?page_id=966 #postdoc
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📢#TMHMS25 is just around the corner! 🦠🌊
Join us to dive into the latest discoveries in #marinehostmicrobesymbioses and explore how microbial superpowers can contribute to restoring ocean health!
Please share with fellow marine science and microbiology enthusiasts!
Join us to dive into the latest discoveries in #marinehostmicrobesymbioses and explore how microbial superpowers can contribute to restoring ocean health!
Please share with fellow marine science and microbiology enthusiasts!
August 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
📢#TMHMS25 is just around the corner! 🦠🌊
Join us to dive into the latest discoveries in #marinehostmicrobesymbioses and explore how microbial superpowers can contribute to restoring ocean health!
Please share with fellow marine science and microbiology enthusiasts!
Join us to dive into the latest discoveries in #marinehostmicrobesymbioses and explore how microbial superpowers can contribute to restoring ocean health!
Please share with fellow marine science and microbiology enthusiasts!
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The @symbiosisalumni.bsky.social is excited to welcome our next seminar speakers, Dr. Leslie Daille and PhD candidate Lindsey Markowitz, on June 25th at 4pm WEST via zoom.
Please reach out if you are interested in attending.
Please reach out if you are interested in attending.
June 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The @symbiosisalumni.bsky.social is excited to welcome our next seminar speakers, Dr. Leslie Daille and PhD candidate Lindsey Markowitz, on June 25th at 4pm WEST via zoom.
Please reach out if you are interested in attending.
Please reach out if you are interested in attending.
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We are recruiting a postdoctoral scientist to carry out innovative research in the field of host-microbiome interactions using one of the biggest and richest datasets ever collected. Consider applying or spread the word! recruitment.crg.eu/content/jobs...
Postdoctoral scientist, gut microbiome, host genetics and emergent phenotypes | CRG Online Recruitment Portal
The Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) is an international biomedical research institute of excellence, based in Barcelona, Spain, with more than 400 scientists from 44 countries. The CRG is composed by an interdisciplinary, motivated and creative scientific team which is supported both by a flexible and efficient administration and by high-end and innovative technologies.
recruitment.crg.eu
May 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
We are recruiting a postdoctoral scientist to carry out innovative research in the field of host-microbiome interactions using one of the biggest and richest datasets ever collected. Consider applying or spread the word! recruitment.crg.eu/content/jobs...