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Check out our latest findings showing convergence in the gut #microbiomes of bats and birds! Massive effort by a massive team including Sejeong @jongsanders Knight Lab Jack A Gilbert (he/him/his) Frédéric Delsuc @DirtySci Field Museum Valerie McKenzie Florent Mazel & more bit.ly/2FuSLeJ

Nice coverage of our new study in Forbes forbes.com/sites/linhanhc…

A birdy & traity thread... What can morphological form tell us, if anything, about ecological function? Our paper out today in NatureEcoEvo asks this question from the perspective of ecological niches and convergent adaptation of bird traits. 1/17 nature.com/articles/s4155…

Postdoc alert! 2 ERC-funded positions available in my lab knowleslab.com. If you ♥️ host-microbe interactions, & wonder how they arise and influence fitness in wild animals, come join us... 1. w/ @SuseJohnston my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit… 2. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit… Please RT

Excited to share our latest work! biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… Shotgun metagenomics reveals that the gut microbiota of two closely related honey bee species vastly differs at the strain-level. A. mellifera harbors many more strains & functional genes in its microbiota than A. cerana!

Pleased to share this video, ft. Emma George, about our new paper in Current Biology! We find highly specialized bacteria with tiny genomes residing within diplonemids - a group of marine heterotrophic protists. @pjkeelinglab UBCBiodiversity #symbiosis #microbiology #genomics

I offer a fully funded PhD position on macroecology and biodiversity change across scales. Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague. 1000 EUR/month net, new team, international dpt, beautiful Prague. Deadline is 15 March, starting October 2020. Details: petrkeil.github.io/website//posit…

I've just cancelled all social events and seminars in my department, even though this is not the university's advice. By the time we know we should act, it's too late... #COVID19 #FlattenTheCurve #WashYourHands #BeKind

Both, the Biodiversity Research Seminar series (BRS) and the Biodiversity Discussion group (BDG) UBC Zoology UBCBiodiversity are now cancelled for the rest of this academic year.

Are you looking for a postdoc in Spatial Modelling of Species and Biodiversity? Join our group in Lausanne unil.ch/ecospat/en/hom… ! Faculté Géosciences et Environnement - UNIL Université de Lausanne DEE UNIL Up to 3 years of funding, start Fall 2020. Deadline to apply June 30th ! More info: career5.successfactors.eu/career?company…

Despite being closely related and harboring similar 16S rRNA phylotypes, European and Asian honey bees show striking differences in strain-level diversity in their microbiota. Congrats to Kirsten Ellegaard Shota Suenami Ryo Miyazaki! Current Biology doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.…

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Our new Perspective paper Cell Host & Microbe with Florent Mazel & Eric Alm is out! We give our take on how cospeciation between gut bacteria and mammals can emerge 1/4 cell.com/cell-host-micr…

No need to invoke co-evolution to explain co-speciations/co-phylogenies in host-gut microbiome systems Cell Host & Microbe with Mathieu Groussin & Eric Alm doi.org/10.1016/j.chom…

Co-evolution & Co-speciation of Host-Gut #Bacteria: Mathieu Groussin Florent Mazel Eric Alm argue co-diversification of #gutbacteria w/ host is indirect consequence of mammalian speciation via geographic isolation, limiting inter-host bacterial dispersal & gene flow cell.com/cell-host-micr…

What is the role of the microbiome in the evolution of _the host_? Our new special issue at Phil Trans B explores this question in various systems and perspectives: royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/2020/… Thanks to co-editors oren kolodny and Angela Douglas #NCStateMicrobiome

I'm hiring a 2-year postdoc to work on modelling island extinctions in the context of interspecific interactions employment.ku.dk/faculty/?show=… . Good working conditions, great environment, important questions.

Why do different mammals host different gut bacteria? Limited bacterial transmission between species might be key #phylosymbiosis #gut microbiota evolution #specificity ➡️ buff.ly/3I2uM6o

PhD opportunities to join our lab! IMPRS is a great graduate school. Check it out! Deadline for applications: May 15th - contact us if interested 😉