Zachary M. Bailey
@zacharybailey.bsky.social
Interested in all things phages and microbiology. Post-doc at the University of Bern in Terrestrial Ecology and Theoretical Ecology and Evolution.
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Our preprint on using waxmoth larvae as a model for in vivo evolution experiments studying the microbiome is out! We'll write a bsky thread soon once we update the figures with new data, and early feedback is appreciated!
A humanized Galleria mellonella model reveals prophage-mediated breakdown of colonization resistance against Salmonella https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.24.734175v1
June 27, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Our preprint on using waxmoth larvae as a model for in vivo evolution experiments studying the microbiome is out! We'll write a bsky thread soon once we update the figures with new data, and early feedback is appreciated!
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The University of Bern's features the "Treasure Chest project", which uses real-world scenarios to teach stats to bio students. Our collaborator Stephan Peischl @spei.bsky.social connects genetics to epidemiology, bringing statistics to life! Article (in DE) in the link below:
Die Schatztruhe macht Statistik lebendig
Das Programm «IMPULS: LEHRE» fördert innovative Lehrprojekte an der Uni Bern. Eines davon ist die «Schatztruhe».
www.uniaktuell.unibe.ch
June 10, 2026 at 5:53 AM
The University of Bern's features the "Treasure Chest project", which uses real-world scenarios to teach stats to bio students. Our collaborator Stephan Peischl @spei.bsky.social connects genetics to epidemiology, bringing statistics to life! Article (in DE) in the link below:
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Our first study from the Hasli Outdoor Mesocosm Experiment (HOME) is out!!
Here we focus on plant responses to extreme heat and drought during the first two years of the experiment, and we found that fast- and slow-growing plants fully recovered to drought
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Here we focus on plant responses to extreme heat and drought during the first two years of the experiment, and we found that fast- and slow-growing plants fully recovered to drought
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Convergent Post‐Drought Recovery of Biomass and Functional Traits Under Constant and Periodic Warming in Slow‐ and Fast‐Growing Plants
In a 2-year outdoor mesocosm experiment, slow- and fast-growing grassland plants exhibit biomass-trait decoupling 1 month after drought, particularly under warmed conditions. This decoupling disappea....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 9, 2026 at 6:32 AM
Our first study from the Hasli Outdoor Mesocosm Experiment (HOME) is out!!
Here we focus on plant responses to extreme heat and drought during the first two years of the experiment, and we found that fast- and slow-growing plants fully recovered to drought
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Here we focus on plant responses to extreme heat and drought during the first two years of the experiment, and we found that fast- and slow-growing plants fully recovered to drought
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
This has been a really crazy read so far. Thanks to @lorhab.bsky.social for bringing it to my attention. I hope that there is even more quirky phage communication stuff in the future!
This paper started as an idea @albertomarina.bsky.social had many years ago… which of course means he was right all along 😄. Some of us just needed a few years (and a lot of experiments) to catch up.
Grateful (and slightly humbled) to be part of this. Thanks Alberto!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Grateful (and slightly humbled) to be part of this. Thanks Alberto!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Phages communicate across species to shape microbial ecosystems
Gallego-del-Sol et al. show that arbitrium-coding phages can sense non-cognate peptide
signals from other phages to regulate lysis-lysogeny decisions. This crosstalk affects
lysis-lysogeny outcomes of...
www.cell.com
April 1, 2026 at 2:14 PM
This has been a really crazy read so far. Thanks to @lorhab.bsky.social for bringing it to my attention. I hope that there is even more quirky phage communication stuff in the future!
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It’s International Transgender Day of Visibility. Annual Conference 2026 includes the 5th LGBTQ+ Networking Event with Trans and Nonbinary pre-meet. Find out more and register: https://microb.io/Microbio26SocialProgramme
Annual Conference 2026
microb.io
March 31, 2026 at 9:00 AM
It’s International Transgender Day of Visibility. Annual Conference 2026 includes the 5th LGBTQ+ Networking Event with Trans and Nonbinary pre-meet. Find out more and register: https://microb.io/Microbio26SocialProgramme
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Join us Wed, Mar 11 at 11 AM at EOS + on Zoom for a seminar by Dr. Sophie George (University of Washington; Professor Emerita, Georgia Southern University):
Marine Heatwaves effects on growth and development of Pisaster ochraceus larvae in multidimensional space
#MarineBiology #MarineHeatwaves
Marine Heatwaves effects on growth and development of Pisaster ochraceus larvae in multidimensional space
#MarineBiology #MarineHeatwaves
March 10, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Join us Wed, Mar 11 at 11 AM at EOS + on Zoom for a seminar by Dr. Sophie George (University of Washington; Professor Emerita, Georgia Southern University):
Marine Heatwaves effects on growth and development of Pisaster ochraceus larvae in multidimensional space
#MarineBiology #MarineHeatwaves
Marine Heatwaves effects on growth and development of Pisaster ochraceus larvae in multidimensional space
#MarineBiology #MarineHeatwaves
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With @saramitri.bsky.social, @sonjalehtinen.bsky.social and L. Lehmann we’ve launched the UNIL Center for Theory in Ecology and Evolution @unil.bsky.social🇨🇭
To kick things off, we’re offering short visiting fellowships for theorists in ecology & evolution. Apply & pls RP 😀
tinyurl.com/2wem36zz
To kick things off, we’re offering short visiting fellowships for theorists in ecology & evolution. Apply & pls RP 😀
tinyurl.com/2wem36zz
Unil center for theory in ecology and evolution (UCTEE) - FBM Unil
Page Unil Center for Theory in Ecology and Evolution of site Faculty of Biology and Medicine hosted by the University of Lausanne
www.unil.ch
March 9, 2026 at 3:59 PM
With @saramitri.bsky.social, @sonjalehtinen.bsky.social and L. Lehmann we’ve launched the UNIL Center for Theory in Ecology and Evolution @unil.bsky.social🇨🇭
To kick things off, we’re offering short visiting fellowships for theorists in ecology & evolution. Apply & pls RP 😀
tinyurl.com/2wem36zz
To kick things off, we’re offering short visiting fellowships for theorists in ecology & evolution. Apply & pls RP 😀
tinyurl.com/2wem36zz
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Interested in microbial predation? Join us in Ticino Switzerland on July 27-31, 2026!
More info at microbialpredation.ethz.ch
#predation #ecology #evolution #microbes
More info at microbialpredation.ethz.ch
#predation #ecology #evolution #microbes
February 23, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Interested in microbial predation? Join us in Ticino Switzerland on July 27-31, 2026!
More info at microbialpredation.ethz.ch
#predation #ecology #evolution #microbes
More info at microbialpredation.ethz.ch
#predation #ecology #evolution #microbes
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Cool #OpenData and #reproducibility webinar coming up.
SORTEE + Dryad = 💘
"Data all the way down: How uncovering the data underlying research findings impacts every aspect of scholarly communication"
📅 Thu, 12 Feb, 5–6pm WEST
🆓 Free registration: events.humanitix.com/love-data-we...
SORTEE + Dryad = 💘
"Data all the way down: How uncovering the data underlying research findings impacts every aspect of scholarly communication"
📅 Thu, 12 Feb, 5–6pm WEST
🆓 Free registration: events.humanitix.com/love-data-we...
Data all the way down: How uncovering the data underlying research findings impacts every aspect of scholarly communication
DataDryad & SORTEE are teaming up for a panel discussion for Love Data Week 2026 - join us for a lively chat about the present and future of data
events.humanitix.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Cool #OpenData and #reproducibility webinar coming up.
SORTEE + Dryad = 💘
"Data all the way down: How uncovering the data underlying research findings impacts every aspect of scholarly communication"
📅 Thu, 12 Feb, 5–6pm WEST
🆓 Free registration: events.humanitix.com/love-data-we...
SORTEE + Dryad = 💘
"Data all the way down: How uncovering the data underlying research findings impacts every aspect of scholarly communication"
📅 Thu, 12 Feb, 5–6pm WEST
🆓 Free registration: events.humanitix.com/love-data-we...
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Can interactive web apps help biology students become better modellers?
peischllab.github.io/MEEW.html
We're running an ethics-approved, pre-registered study thanks to funding from the University of Bern.
Are you lecturing in the Spring?
Contact me to receive the survey link!
peischllab.github.io/MEEW.html
We're running an ethics-approved, pre-registered study thanks to funding from the University of Bern.
Are you lecturing in the Spring?
Contact me to receive the survey link!
January 16, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Can interactive web apps help biology students become better modellers?
peischllab.github.io/MEEW.html
We're running an ethics-approved, pre-registered study thanks to funding from the University of Bern.
Are you lecturing in the Spring?
Contact me to receive the survey link!
peischllab.github.io/MEEW.html
We're running an ethics-approved, pre-registered study thanks to funding from the University of Bern.
Are you lecturing in the Spring?
Contact me to receive the survey link!
I had a really great time at ESEB 2025. I think the organizers did a great job 👍, and it was a truly gargantuan effort. I am excited that the next ESEB is a hub conference. I hope that future ESEBs also decide to go plant based and plastic free to become even more sustainable. #ESEB2025 #ESEB2027
September 5, 2025 at 6:34 AM
I wish all the best to everyone completing the Marie Curie fellowship application for next week. It's a big endeavor and you're in the home stretch now! Best of luck! #grants #mariecurie
September 5, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I wish all the best to everyone completing the Marie Curie fellowship application for next week. It's a big endeavor and you're in the home stretch now! Best of luck! #grants #mariecurie
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New beginnings!✨
Happy to share that I've started a PhD @eawag.bsky.social with Dr. Catalina Chaparro-Pedraza :)
Excited to be working on the eco-evolutionary dynamics of regime shifts and tipping points in ecosystems integrating theory and experiments!
Happy to share that I've started a PhD @eawag.bsky.social with Dr. Catalina Chaparro-Pedraza :)
Excited to be working on the eco-evolutionary dynamics of regime shifts and tipping points in ecosystems integrating theory and experiments!
March 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
New beginnings!✨
Happy to share that I've started a PhD @eawag.bsky.social with Dr. Catalina Chaparro-Pedraza :)
Excited to be working on the eco-evolutionary dynamics of regime shifts and tipping points in ecosystems integrating theory and experiments!
Happy to share that I've started a PhD @eawag.bsky.social with Dr. Catalina Chaparro-Pedraza :)
Excited to be working on the eco-evolutionary dynamics of regime shifts and tipping points in ecosystems integrating theory and experiments!
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The movie about phage therapy in Switzerland and beyond is available online now 🍿🎬💊 - link to the English version here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUMJ...
August 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The movie about phage therapy in Switzerland and beyond is available online now 🍿🎬💊 - link to the English version here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUMJ...
Come to my talk on Thursday if you want to hear about some soil microbial metagenomics! We are studying how climate extremes affect soil microbial communities. #ESEB2025
Getting started at #eseb2025
Looking forward to seeing lots of cool science in the upcoming week
@zacharybailey.bsky.social
@wachalak.bsky.social
@dhanyabharath.bsky.social
@ellamrb.bsky.social
@lorhab.bsky.social
Looking forward to seeing lots of cool science in the upcoming week
@zacharybailey.bsky.social
@wachalak.bsky.social
@dhanyabharath.bsky.social
@ellamrb.bsky.social
@lorhab.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Come to my talk on Thursday if you want to hear about some soil microbial metagenomics! We are studying how climate extremes affect soil microbial communities. #ESEB2025
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Phages on the big screen! 🎬 Premiere of a brilliant film about phage therapy by our friend Thomas Häusler - powerful story, a great panel discussion, and inspiring conversations over the apero. 🧬🥂 #PhageTherapy
August 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Phages on the big screen! 🎬 Premiere of a brilliant film about phage therapy by our friend Thomas Häusler - powerful story, a great panel discussion, and inspiring conversations over the apero. 🧬🥂 #PhageTherapy
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Look at this very cool #luxart of the late great Elio Schaechter by Jennifer Quinn 🤯😍
(wife of @markowenmartin.bsky.social )
(wife of @markowenmartin.bsky.social )
August 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Look at this very cool #luxart of the late great Elio Schaechter by Jennifer Quinn 🤯😍
(wife of @markowenmartin.bsky.social )
(wife of @markowenmartin.bsky.social )
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Striking new study from @archaeon-alex.bsky.social's lab just out in @science.org on multicellular development induced by compression in Archaea: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Tissue-like multicellular development triggered by mechanical compression in archaea
The advent of clonal multicellularity is a critical evolutionary milestone, seen often in eukaryotes, rarely in bacteria, and only once in archaea. We show that uniaxial compression induces clonal mul...
www.science.org
April 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Striking new study from @archaeon-alex.bsky.social's lab just out in @science.org on multicellular development induced by compression in Archaea: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Does anyone have suggestions on a UV Transilluminator for gel imaging?? We are in the market for one and apparently there are so so many to choose from. #gelimaging #gelectrophoresis #science #pcr
March 5, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Does anyone have suggestions on a UV Transilluminator for gel imaging?? We are in the market for one and apparently there are so so many to choose from. #gelimaging #gelectrophoresis #science #pcr
This looks really cool! Another banger from Andrew Millard. I am excited to try this out later!
🚀 Excited to share our new paper: taxMyPhage: Automated Taxonomy of dsDNA Phage Genomes at the Genus and Species Level 🦠🔬!
Big thanks to all collaborators, especially @milja001.bsky.social & Thomas Sicheritz-Pontén! 🙌
📄 www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...
Big thanks to all collaborators, especially @milja001.bsky.social & Thomas Sicheritz-Pontén! 🙌
📄 www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...
taxMyPhage: Automated Taxonomy of dsDNA Phage Genomes at the Genus and Species Level | PHAGE
Background: Bacteriophages are classified into genera and species based on genomic similarity, a process regulated by the International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses. With the rapid increase in...
www.liebertpub.com
February 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This looks really cool! Another banger from Andrew Millard. I am excited to try this out later!
With all of the uncertainty in the US regarding NIH funds. I wanted to share that the NIH MHRT program allowed me to do an internship abroad and is directly responsible for me being where I am today. It allowed me to connect with European research institutions, get my masters and my PhD here.
February 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
With all of the uncertainty in the US regarding NIH funds. I wanted to share that the NIH MHRT program allowed me to do an internship abroad and is directly responsible for me being where I am today. It allowed me to connect with European research institutions, get my masters and my PhD here.
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This hurts new and early career investigators (like me) the hardest. Most of us finished our postdocs & started our labs during the COVID-19 pandemic with shutdowns and supply issues at that time. Now we’re being hit with ::all of this::
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. early-career researchers struggling amid chaos
Uncertain funding, government firings, and distressed universities hit vulnerable groups especially hard
www.science.org
February 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This hurts new and early career investigators (like me) the hardest. Most of us finished our postdocs & started our labs during the COVID-19 pandemic with shutdowns and supply issues at that time. Now we’re being hit with ::all of this::
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...