Determinants of #microbiome composition: Insights from free-ranging hybrid zebras. 🦓x🦓

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/me…

We'll be discussing this paper at the lab meeting next Friday.

Our new study shows that different sets of gut microbes spread through social networks and shared environments among wild mice.

Social contacts tend to spread anaerobes while shared environments spread more oxygen-tolerant taxa.

See the whole story at
nature.com/articles/s4155…

HIRING! Come postdoc in the beautiful southwest 🌵

I'm recruiting a postdoc to work on mammalian microbiomes and physiological ecology.

More info in the ad below 👇 / contact me / apply here: tinyurl.com/petrullopostdoc

Review article:
When the #microbiome shapes the host: immune evolution implications for infectious disease. By Mark Hanson.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Review article: The role of animal hosts in shaping gut #microbiome variation. Maritan et al.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Our lab had a visit by Chris Hirst today!

He gave a super interesting talk about diet, nutrition and rumen microbiomes in roe deer. 🦌 Lots of fun discussions as well.

Thanks Chris for visiting and I hope you enjoyed sunny Uppsala. 😊

A naturally isolated symbiotic bacterium suppresses flavivirus transmission by Aedes mosquitoes. 🦟🦠
science.org/doi/full/10.11…
#microbiome

A reminder that we are hosting a virtual seminar on the microbiome and conservation this Thursday (18th)!

Join us at 3pm UK/10am Eastern/7 am Pacific time via the link: aarhusuniversity.zoom.us/j/68868377912

Open PhD position on the role of #microbiome in #thermal #adaptations in #birds , in Finland Faculty of Mathematics and Science! Application DL 15th May, start date August 2024 (flexible). With Charli Davies, Antoine Stier Andreas Nord #ecophysiology #temperature Please RT!

ats.talentadore.com/apply/doctoral…

Fantastic opportunity for any ECRs studying host microbe interactions- see the WAME STN website for more details!

Understanding why and how #microbiomes vary between animals is almost impossible.
Here we tried to summarise and review what we currently know about the impact of #host factors in shaping microbiome #variation between animals 🦠🐭🐝🪰🐟
Royal Society Publishing
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

📢 Announcing the next set of talks in our WAME STN ESEB virtual seminar series!

These talks will explore the importance of the microbiome in conservation with a fab lineup of speakers!

April 18th at 15:00 BST (10:00 Eastern, 7:00 Pacific time). See link below 🦠👇

Any wildlife metagenomics enthusiasts out there seeking employment? We have a range of projects that one could hop on and support ongoing analyses. Want to find out more? email: simone.sommer(at)uni-ulm.de #metagenomics #microbiome #bats #meerkats @BiologyUlm

Thanks to all who shared and applied to the advertised PhD student position on wolverine microbiomes. 😊 I received over 200 applications so it will take some time to go through them all. 🙂 I apologize for not being able to respond to all the emails. ✉️

If you are at #NordicOikos2024 #Lund 🇸🇪 and you are interested in microbial communities, I will give a talk today on the importance of small-scale habitat in the composition of gut #microbiota in birds (S5 Open session 1, Palaestra B, 14:25) 🐦‍⬛🦠🧬

Job alert (pls RT): an exciting #PhDposition in evolutionary microbiology available in my lab at Uppsala University! Help us study the evolution of early intracellular bacteria and what they can tell us about their first hosts. Apply before April 8th.

uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jo…

New paper on reproductive #microbiomes in black-footed ferrets in Communications Biology. We show links between female and male fertility with microbial signatures and discussion implications for #conservation . nature.com/articles/s4200…

we have an exciting #PhD project on offer to study #migration in #commonterns - tinyurl.com/43z82f5s
the position will be hosted at Uni Greifswald and co-supervised together with Common Tern Project and liedvogel lab at the Institute of Avian Research "Vogelwarte Helgoland" - deadline is 29th of February 2024