DaganLab
@daganlab.bsky.social
Evolutionary microbiology research group, Kiel University, Germany
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It’s finally starting to feel real 🧬🌾
Preprint's out! @daganlab.bsky.social we asked: when does a plasmid stop being “accessory”?
In Pantoea agglomerans, LPP1 promotes wheat-root colonization and is deeply integrated with chromosomal gene regulation and metabolism.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Preprint's out! @daganlab.bsky.social we asked: when does a plasmid stop being “accessory”?
In Pantoea agglomerans, LPP1 promotes wheat-root colonization and is deeply integrated with chromosomal gene regulation and metabolism.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org
October 2, 2026 at 11:28 AM
It’s finally starting to feel real 🧬🌾
Preprint's out! @daganlab.bsky.social we asked: when does a plasmid stop being “accessory”?
In Pantoea agglomerans, LPP1 promotes wheat-root colonization and is deeply integrated with chromosomal gene regulation and metabolism.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Preprint's out! @daganlab.bsky.social we asked: when does a plasmid stop being “accessory”?
In Pantoea agglomerans, LPP1 promotes wheat-root colonization and is deeply integrated with chromosomal gene regulation and metabolism.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
📢 We have an open PhD position to study the evolution of antibiotic resistance plasmids! Ad and Application (English below): jobs.uni-kiel.de/jobposting/8... Candidates who read the recommended papers (see ad) will be well positioned to prepare a strong application. Deadline: 6. Septermber 2026.
August 9, 2026 at 1:18 PM
📢 We have an open PhD position to study the evolution of antibiotic resistance plasmids! Ad and Application (English below): jobs.uni-kiel.de/jobposting/8... Candidates who read the recommended papers (see ad) will be well positioned to prepare a strong application. Deadline: 6. Septermber 2026.
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Gloves are off!
TODAY WE RELEASE THE 1%
A list of the year’s very best papers 👇 (see thread)
TODAY WE RELEASE THE 1%
A list of the year’s very best papers 👇 (see thread)
June 24, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Gloves are off!
TODAY WE RELEASE THE 1%
A list of the year’s very best papers 👇 (see thread)
TODAY WE RELEASE THE 1%
A list of the year’s very best papers 👇 (see thread)
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Important announcement!!! 💫
Would you have a tooth pulled if it helped your chances to get an important grant funded?
Absurd question, but the funding situation is so bad, that I bet some of you actually considered it for a second…
keep your teeth! we created something that might help! 👇 (1/16)
Would you have a tooth pulled if it helped your chances to get an important grant funded?
Absurd question, but the funding situation is so bad, that I bet some of you actually considered it for a second…
keep your teeth! we created something that might help! 👇 (1/16)
May 5, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Important announcement!!! 💫
Would you have a tooth pulled if it helped your chances to get an important grant funded?
Absurd question, but the funding situation is so bad, that I bet some of you actually considered it for a second…
keep your teeth! we created something that might help! 👇 (1/16)
Would you have a tooth pulled if it helped your chances to get an important grant funded?
Absurd question, but the funding situation is so bad, that I bet some of you actually considered it for a second…
keep your teeth! we created something that might help! 👇 (1/16)
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Photosynthetic bacteria helped shape Planet Earth. Among them cyanobacteria—microbes that produced the oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere & made complex life possible. They have captivated scientists for decades by offering insights into how life evolved from single cells into multicellular organisms.
April 16, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Photosynthetic bacteria helped shape Planet Earth. Among them cyanobacteria—microbes that produced the oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere & made complex life possible. They have captivated scientists for decades by offering insights into how life evolved from single cells into multicellular organisms.
We will be advertising soon a PhD position in this consortium. Interested candidates (experimental/computational) are welcome to informally reach out to Tal Dagan. Practical experience (e.g., MSc thesis) in microbial genetics or molecular evolution (with programming) is a prerequisite.
Funding for new Leibniz ScienceCampus on AMR evolution at FZB Borstel and Kiel, with several open PhD positions! Incl @daganlab.bsky.social @bramkamplab.bsky.social @fzborstel.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de www.uni-kiel.de/de/detailans...
Neuer Leibniz-WissenschaftsCampus zur Erforschung von Antibiotikaresistenzen
FZB und CAU erforschen im WissenschaftsCampus „AMR-PLAS“ gemeinsam die AMR-Plastizität bei bakteriellen Krankheitserregern
www.uni-kiel.de
April 17, 2026 at 1:17 PM
We will be advertising soon a PhD position in this consortium. Interested candidates (experimental/computational) are welcome to informally reach out to Tal Dagan. Practical experience (e.g., MSc thesis) in microbial genetics or molecular evolution (with programming) is a prerequisite.
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Funding for new Leibniz ScienceCampus on AMR evolution at FZB Borstel and Kiel, with several open PhD positions! Incl @daganlab.bsky.social @bramkamplab.bsky.social @fzborstel.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de www.uni-kiel.de/de/detailans...
Neuer Leibniz-WissenschaftsCampus zur Erforschung von Antibiotikaresistenzen
FZB und CAU erforschen im WissenschaftsCampus „AMR-PLAS“ gemeinsam die AMR-Plastizität bei bakteriellen Krankheitserregern
www.uni-kiel.de
March 27, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Funding for new Leibniz ScienceCampus on AMR evolution at FZB Borstel and Kiel, with several open PhD positions! Incl @daganlab.bsky.social @bramkamplab.bsky.social @fzborstel.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de www.uni-kiel.de/de/detailans...
New preprint! We show that conjugation accelerates the segregation of #plasmid alleles -> horizontal transfer is a route for allele segregation in MGE evolution. Led by Lisa Hartmann, with @mariosanter.bsky.social &Nils Hülter. Naturally, reviewed by @qedscience.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.64898/202...
doi.org/10.64898/202...
March 18, 2026 at 1:16 PM
New preprint! We show that conjugation accelerates the segregation of #plasmid alleles -> horizontal transfer is a route for allele segregation in MGE evolution. Led by Lisa Hartmann, with @mariosanter.bsky.social &Nils Hülter. Naturally, reviewed by @qedscience.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.64898/202...
doi.org/10.64898/202...
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Finally out from @daganlab.bsky.social! 🌱🦠🧬 Evolution of the Plant-Associated Pantoea was Accompanied by Plasmid Domestication Events url: academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
Evolution of the Plant-Associated Pantoea was Accompanied by Plasmid Domestication Events
Abstract. Plasmids are important drivers of evolutionary transformations and ecological adaptation in prokaryotes. Plasmids supplying the host with benefic
academic.oup.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Finally out from @daganlab.bsky.social! 🌱🦠🧬 Evolution of the Plant-Associated Pantoea was Accompanied by Plasmid Domestication Events url: academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
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Wonderful update on the exciting research during our annual Metaorganism CRC retreat, incl. fantastic guest talks by Chris Voolstra and Tommi Vatanen. Many thanks for all contributions! @crc1182.bsky.social @reefgenomics.bsky @daganlab.bsky.social www.metaorganism-research.com/news/crc-118...
CRC 1182 Retreat 2025
The 11th CRC 1182 Retreat was held from October 8-10 at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre in Kiel. Our members presented the current state of research in the different sub-projects and discussed their plans...
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October 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Wonderful update on the exciting research during our annual Metaorganism CRC retreat, incl. fantastic guest talks by Chris Voolstra and Tommi Vatanen. Many thanks for all contributions! @crc1182.bsky.social @reefgenomics.bsky @daganlab.bsky.social www.metaorganism-research.com/news/crc-118...
Open W2-Professorship in Plant Genetics at CAU Kiel. See details in the link (English below the German text). Deadline: 19.10.2025. Join our community of evolutionary biologists on the coast of the Baltic sea.
www.berufungen.uni-kiel.de/de/dateien/o...
www.berufungen.uni-kiel.de/de/dateien/o...
www.berufungen.uni-kiel.de
October 9, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Open W2-Professorship in Plant Genetics at CAU Kiel. See details in the link (English below the German text). Deadline: 19.10.2025. Join our community of evolutionary biologists on the coast of the Baltic sea.
www.berufungen.uni-kiel.de/de/dateien/o...
www.berufungen.uni-kiel.de/de/dateien/o...
Happy to introduce SegMantX. Analyzing #plasmid we find that most duplications are MGE-driven. Additional use cases include detection of DNA transfer between replicons and examination of plasmid sequence similarity. Try it out! doi.org/10.1093/molb...
SegMantX: a novel tool for detecting DNA duplications uncovers prevalent duplications in plasmids
Abstract. Segmental duplications play an important role in genome evolution via their contribution to copy-number variation, gene-family diversification an
doi.org
October 8, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Happy to introduce SegMantX. Analyzing #plasmid we find that most duplications are MGE-driven. Additional use cases include detection of DNA transfer between replicons and examination of plasmid sequence similarity. Try it out! doi.org/10.1093/molb...
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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
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
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
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
A call for W 3 (full) professorship in Molecular and Evolutionary Zoology is now open at our department. Join our community of evolutionary biologists! Excellent facilities and scientific environment!
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
W 3 professorship in Molecular and Evolutionary Zoology - Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein (DE) job with Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel | 12844416
Kiel University aims to attract more qualified women to professorship positions. The Institute of Zoology at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural...
www.nature.com
September 5, 2025 at 8:31 AM
A call for W 3 (full) professorship in Molecular and Evolutionary Zoology is now open at our department. Join our community of evolutionary biologists! Excellent facilities and scientific environment!
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
W 3-Professorship in Benthic Biogeochemistry www.nature.com/naturecareer...
An attractive position at our neighbor institute GEOMAR in Kiel!
An attractive position at our neighbor institute GEOMAR in Kiel!
W 3-Professorship in Benthic Biogeochemistry - Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein (DE) job with Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel | 12842249
Kiel University and GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel aims to attract more qualified women to professorships. The Faculty of Mathemat...
www.nature.com
August 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
W 3-Professorship in Benthic Biogeochemistry www.nature.com/naturecareer...
An attractive position at our neighbor institute GEOMAR in Kiel!
An attractive position at our neighbor institute GEOMAR in Kiel!
Dear colleagues, even if you are short in time, take a look at Figure 5B. Quote from the discussion: "First and foremost, we need to separate the different tasks required of a just accountability system: detection, investigation, and sanctioning."
Today, our article "The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly" is finally published in PNAS. I hope that it proves to be a wake-up-call for the whole scientific community.
reeserichardson.blog/2025/08/04/a...
reeserichardson.blog/2025/08/04/a...
A do-or-die moment for the scientific enterprise
Reflecting on our paper “The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly”
reeserichardson.blog
August 6, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Dear colleagues, even if you are short in time, take a look at Figure 5B. Quote from the discussion: "First and foremost, we need to separate the different tasks required of a just accountability system: detection, investigation, and sanctioning."
Happy to finally share this! Read here about the best strategy the the persistence of low-copy plasmids. @mariosanter.bsky.social @iwangtoknow.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s414...
The combination of active partitioning and toxin-antitoxin systems is most advantageous for low-copy plasmid fitness - Nature Communications
Effe et al. evaluate how specific plasmid traits influence plasmid fitness; they provide mechanistic insight into the persistence of large conjugative plasmids, including those that disseminate antibi...
doi.org
August 3, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Happy to finally share this! Read here about the best strategy the the persistence of low-copy plasmids. @mariosanter.bsky.social @iwangtoknow.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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This is still open for another week or so! Please apply :)
🧩 PhD Position – Origins of Darwinian Inheritance 🧩
This joint PhD project between the @rug.nl (Rampal Etienne & Martijn Egas) and @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social (Bram van Dijk) explores how simple prebiotic systems could evolve reliable information transfer.
Apply here: shorturl.at/WgYMF
This joint PhD project between the @rug.nl (Rampal Etienne & Martijn Egas) and @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social (Bram van Dijk) explores how simple prebiotic systems could evolve reliable information transfer.
Apply here: shorturl.at/WgYMF
June 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This is still open for another week or so! Please apply :)
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📣 🥳 🧑💻 Our department is hiring:
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor / Associate Professor in Bioinformatics at Aarhus University, Denmark
Deadline June 1st
Thanks for sharing!
mbg.au.dk/en/news-and-...
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor / Associate Professor in Bioinformatics at Aarhus University, Denmark
Deadline June 1st
Thanks for sharing!
mbg.au.dk/en/news-and-...
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor / Associate Professor in Bioinformatics at Aarhus University, Denmark - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - BiRC - Bioinformatics Research Center, Aarhus University
mbg.au.dk
May 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
📣 🥳 🧑💻 Our department is hiring:
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor / Associate Professor in Bioinformatics at Aarhus University, Denmark
Deadline June 1st
Thanks for sharing!
mbg.au.dk/en/news-and-...
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor / Associate Professor in Bioinformatics at Aarhus University, Denmark
Deadline June 1st
Thanks for sharing!
mbg.au.dk/en/news-and-...
An awesome position in a super enabling institute. Join us in Kiel!
Junior faculty job alert in Germany - Marine Evolutionary Genomics @geomarkiel.bsky.social / University of Kiel www.geomar.de/en/karriere/... Marine study system of your choice (no microbes, sorry…), excellent infrastructure and ship access, moderate teaching requirements, closing date 6 June
April 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
An awesome position in a super enabling institute. Join us in Kiel!
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Job alert ‼️
2x professorships available @uniofmanchester.bsky.social
- ecology www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
- organismal biology (inc genomics, evolution etc.) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI506/s...
2x professorships available @uniofmanchester.bsky.social
- ecology www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
- organismal biology (inc genomics, evolution etc.) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI506/s...
Senior Lecturer/Reader/Chair in Ecology:Manchester
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
March 26, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Job alert ‼️
2x professorships available @uniofmanchester.bsky.social
- ecology www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
- organismal biology (inc genomics, evolution etc.) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI506/s...
2x professorships available @uniofmanchester.bsky.social
- ecology www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
- organismal biology (inc genomics, evolution etc.) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI506/s...
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Another step closer to our new #research building on #translational #evolutionary #biology at @uni-kiel.de. Thanks to everyone involved in the realization of this fantastic new research environment
www.gmsh.de/pressemittei...
www.gmsh.de/pressemittei...
Neues Evolutionsforschungszentrum am Bremerskamp nimmt Gestalt an
Im Center for Fundamental Research in Translational Evolutionary Biology (CeTEB) werden ab 2027 Forschungsprojekte zur Evolutionsforschung bearbeitet. Heute wurde gemeinsam mit den Handwerkern das Ric...
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March 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Another step closer to our new #research building on #translational #evolutionary #biology at @uni-kiel.de. Thanks to everyone involved in the realization of this fantastic new research environment
www.gmsh.de/pressemittei...
www.gmsh.de/pressemittei...
Last week to apply! Deadline: 27.3.25.
We have an open position PhD position in a project aiming to develop novel methodologies for phylogenomic reconstruction of plasmid evolution. See details and how to apply in the Ad. Candidates who will review the relevant literature (see Ad) have a higher chance to write a successful application.
7 PhD positions in Translational Evolutionary Research available @uni-kiel.de
Application deadline is March 27, 2025
Please spread the word!
www.kec.uni-kiel.de/news_events/...
Application deadline is March 27, 2025
Please spread the word!
www.kec.uni-kiel.de/news_events/...
March 24, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Last week to apply! Deadline: 27.3.25.
Segmental duplications are challenging to detect? Try SegMantX, a local alignment chaining tool to detect diverged #duplications. Applied to enterobacterial plasmids, it uncovers MGE's role in #plasmid #evolution & #antibiotic resistance amplification. Read here: t.co/akfYUYRTdd
March 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Segmental duplications are challenging to detect? Try SegMantX, a local alignment chaining tool to detect diverged #duplications. Applied to enterobacterial plasmids, it uncovers MGE's role in #plasmid #evolution & #antibiotic resistance amplification. Read here: t.co/akfYUYRTdd