Mind the GAP-New research alert!🚨Our latest study revealed the first known case of a pathogen effector targeting a RabGAP! 🦠The effector remodels the pathogen interface and suppresses defense-related secretion mediated by its cognate Rab.🌱🚦 #research biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

UNC-Chapel Hill Chapel Hill’s UNC_Biology is hiring a cluster of tenure track Assistant Professors: two in Plant Molecular Biology and one in Plant Evolutionary Biology. We're a vibrant community of awesome colleagues and an idyllic place to live. Please repost! unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/288640

We’re hiring for plant molecular biology. Please share! unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/288640

Are you or anyone you know looking for a research assistant position? I'm hiring! Come study survival of extremes in C. elegans and tardigrades in my new lab! Reach out if you have any questions. Share and apply by Oct 15. smu.taleo.net/careersection/…

📢 JOB ALERT! Three assistant professor positions in any area of ecology, evolution and organismal biology, special interest in plant and fungal biology. Apply before October 15: biology.duke.edu/about-us/jobs

The Chow Lab is looking for postdocs! Lots of rare disease projects looking for genetic modifiers and drugs, all focused on translational potential. Opportunities to work in a basic science lab but interface with physicians, foundations, and families. static1.squarespace.com/static/5586048…

🚨 We discovered a new genetic code, "Genetic Code 34," sporadically distributed in archaea. Select archaea have genome-wide recoding of the TAG stop codon to pyrrolysine; the adoption of this code was likely driven by metabolic processes. (1/2) biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

We found a way to implant bacteria 🦠 in fungi 🍄and used it to induce artificial endosymbiosis. Read all about it in our newest research paper nature . nature.com/articles/s4158…

BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Chemistry with one half to David Baker “for computational protein design” and the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper “for protein structure prediction.”

We have multiple faculty job openings again this year in the Dept of Human Genetics University of Utah (job ad links in the thread) please share and apply and join us for some groundbreaking science in the mountain west

New Preprint Alert! We uncovered how Mg²⁺ depletion by fungi drives P. aeruginosa to evolve novel colistin resistance mechanisms! Check out the details here 👉 [biorxiv.org/content/10.110…]

Very interesting article from my former student @Piero_is_cool. Congratulations Piero! Species-specific satellite DNA composition dictates de novo formation of PRC1-mediated pericentric heterochromatin biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Did you know there are more than bilayer #membranes in nature? Meet the #archaeal monolayer and its surprising mechanical properties! New #preprint! (1/7)

This is how far science has come Mice can be engineered so that shining a light activates a very specific subset of neurons Shining the light in this case induces a 'wet dog shake' - a behaviour shared by many hairy mammals, from mice to bears This is called optogenetics -

Thrilled to share that I'm starting my own lab at UC Irvine in April 2025 and am recruiting at all levels - please spread the word! My lab will study how microbes interact and evolve in complex communities like the human gut microbiome. kxuelab.com 1/2

We're hiring! If you're looking for a postdoc position and are interested in #fungal genomics and/or giant transposons please apply. We're hoping to find someone with experience transforming A. fumigatus. uu.varbi.com/what:job/jobID…

Could one envision a synthetic receptor technology that is fully programmable, able to detect diverse extracellular antigens – both soluble and cell-attached – and convert that recognition into a wide range of intracellular responses, from transgene expression and real-time

We're looking for a Protein Biochemist to join us Arcadia Science & spearhead our efforts to characterize proteins! You'll work on the full process, from expression & purification to developing & running assays to investigate protein functions. 🔗 jobs.lever.co/arcadiascience… 🧵👇

We are excited to report the discovery of TIGRs, a widely-occurring RNA-guided system found in bacteria and their viruses. TIGRs consist of a peculiar repeat region which is transcribed into RNA and processed into multiple guide RNAs to direct TIGR-associated proteins to their

The molecular mechanisms by which suppressors emerge and counteract meiotic drive genes remain unclear. This review from Jeffrey Vedanayagam highlights how small RNA pathways control the selfish activities of meiotic drive genes during male gametogenesis. doi.org/10.1042/BST202…