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Bailey Crowley
@baileycrowley.bsky.social
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PhD Student supervised by Dr. Greg Hurst at the Uni of Liverpool and supported by a UKRI BBSRC studentship | insect symbioses | Arsenophonus | she/her
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havandenburg.bsky.social
Great new study from our lab revealing insights in Xanthomonas evolution and how loss of the Crispr genome defense was a key step for X. campestris pv campestris.
February 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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johninnescentre.bsky.social
VACANCY - Funded by @European Research Council (ERC), we have three exciting opportunities for Postdoctoral Researchers to join the newly appointed Dr @hassansalem.bsky.social Group. These roles span:

Developmental biology - https://okt.to/nq50wC

🧵
August 17, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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draverbee.bsky.social
Would love to support a Smith Fellowship #postdoc application for projects on our Southwest #Missouri #Prairies! Incredible #pollinator & flowering #plant diversity, & thus lots of possible topics! Years of experience & collab with conservation agencies on these prairies to help scholars network 😇
Low horizon view of a Southwest Missouri Prairie, with flowers in the foreground (red paintbrush in the center) and blue, cloud-spotted sky in the background
July 6, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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kampamycin.bsky.social
Really grateful to have gotten to be a part of this paper just as my post doc started. Really neat stuff!

A secreted endosymbiont protein essential for colonizing host cells

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A secreted endosymbiont protein essential for colonizing host cells - Nature
SyeA was present in the Buchnera ancestor, is secreted into the host cytoplasm, is homologous to secreted effectors of bacterial pathogens and is essential for Buchnera transmission.
www.nature.com
July 1, 2026 at 5:09 PM
baileycrowley.bsky.social
Thankful to have attended the Evolutionary Biology Summer School in Guarda, where we worked in groups to develop a grant proposal - without the internet. We received meaningful feedback from course directors, Drs. Dieter Ebert & Sebastian Bonhoeffer, along with other science heros. shorturl.at/Lo6wb
June 22, 2026 at 4:45 PM
baileycrowley.bsky.social
🚨 Register now for the next set of FREE symbiosis talks on 24 June at 4pm WEST over zoom: shorturl.at/uRMwQ
June 12, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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mikkotiusanen.bsky.social
Are you interested in flowering plants, pollinators or Alps? Plant Ecology Group at ETH Zürich is looking for a PhD student! I can warmly recommend the group! The meadows of the study area are simply amazing to anyone interested in biodiversity! Application DL 30.6.
@ethz.ch @usyseth.bsky.social
A jpg version of the call pdf linked in the following message Dryas octopetala. White flowers with mountain peak in the background Ophrys sphegodes. A small orchrid with brown flowers Rosalia alpina. A light blue long-horn beetle with black spots
June 7, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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symboevo.bsky.social
I’m excited to share a new paper out today led by Dr. Younghwan Kwak.

Cool story on symbiont genomic variation within individual hosts. (And, also, just an impressive display of -omics skill).

academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-...
Intrahost mutational dynamics parallel long-term genome evolution in endosymbionts
Abstract. Obligate endosymbionts of insects undergo extreme genome evolution, marked by accelerated molecular evolution, severe base-pair compositional bia
academic.oup.com
May 29, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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olimeacock.bsky.social
Delighted to see this out in its final form! doi.org/10.1093/isme...
We established a discussion group focussed on the history of community ecology and how it informs our understanding of microbiota. This review distils those discussions to provide a guide for microbiologists entering the field
A microbiologist’s field guide to community ecology
Abstract. Many microbiological outcomes are shaped by the determinants of community composition, including the factors that allow pathogens to invade healt
doi.org
May 25, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Reposted by Bailey Crowley
amanzanom.bsky.social
Pentapartite symbiotic system in #Legendrea loyezae by @filiphusnik.bsky.social & co.

doi.org/10.21203/rs....

#SymbioSky #protistsOnSky
A novel mitochondrion-related organelle and complex endosymbiosis in a rare anaerobic single-celled predator
Anaerobic single-celled eukaryotes illustrate the remarkable diversity of adaptations to life without oxygen, including multiple mitochondrial reductions and various symbiotic interactions with prokar...
doi.org
May 6, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Reposted by Bailey Crowley
brockhurstlab.bsky.social
Why does antibiotic resistance evolution vary between patients?

Come to @officialuom.bsky.social @mermanchester.bsky.social to help us find out!

2.5 year @wellcometrust.bsky.social postdoc position in experimental evolution

Closing 15 May. Apply here: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Research Associate in Microbial Evolution:Oxford Road
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
May 1, 2026 at 12:01 PM
baileycrowley.bsky.social
Grateful to have worked with a team of volunteers to initiate bimonthly seminars centered on host-microbe symbiosis.

Keep an eye out for the next seminar on June 24th: lnkd.in/e-SGbGg5

@symbiosisalumni.bsky.social @symbnet.bsky.social ECODIM @mblscience.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social
April 29, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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symbiosisalumni.bsky.social
GIMM FEST is dedicated to MICROBES - Join this event in PORTUGAL. With amazing speakers: Charles Rice, Nobel Prize, Bonnie Bassler, Princeton University and Prof. Yasmine Belkaid, Institut Pasteur, among others. Register here fest.gimm.pt
GIMM is awarding travel grants, details below.
April 27, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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ben-parker.bsky.social
We're searching for a postdoc to work on insect-microbe symbiosis at UNC Chapel Hill ~ Project is flexible (funded from startup) with support for independence and collaboration in our broad Bio department. Details + apply: parkerlab.net/open-positions
Open Positions — Parker Lab @ UNC
parkerlab.net
April 27, 2026 at 1:17 PM
baileycrowley.bsky.social
Happening this Wednesday!
baileycrowley.bsky.social Bailey Crowley @baileycrowley.bsky.social · Apr 23
Please join @symbiosisalumni.bsky.social during our next seminar with exciting talks by @pawley.bsky.social and @omaistrenko.bsky.social:

🗓️ April 29th
🕥 4pm WET
📍on zoom (PM for link)

@symbnet.bsky.social
@moorefound.bsky.social
@mblscience.bsky.social
ECODIM
April 27, 2026 at 9:49 AM
baileycrowley.bsky.social
Please join @symbiosisalumni.bsky.social during our next seminar with exciting talks by @pawley.bsky.social and @omaistrenko.bsky.social:

🗓️ April 29th
🕥 4pm WET
📍on zoom (PM for link)

@symbnet.bsky.social
@moorefound.bsky.social
@mblscience.bsky.social
ECODIM
April 23, 2026 at 8:57 AM
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hassansalem.bsky.social
Join @berasymbionts.bsky.social , @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social and us for a postdoc on the remarkable developmental biology of symbiosis!

Applications are due March 25th 🪲🦠

@johninnescentre.bsky.social @thesainsburylab.bsky.social
johninnescentre.bsky.social John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · Mar 3
VACANCY - We’re searching for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the newly appointed group of Dr @hassansalem.bsky.social, to explore the developmental biology of host-microbe symbiosis

www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...

Deadline - 25 March 2026
Salary - £37,500 - £45,350
Contract - 3 years, full-time
March 4, 2026 at 11:08 AM
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kampamycin.bsky.social
The Microbiome Centers Consortium (MCC) Early Career Working Group is looking for committee members! It's a great opportunity to explore career paths and connect with scientists across academia, industry and policy by assembling speaker panels for fellow early-career scientists!

lnkd.in/em4hyq7E
A flyer reading "MCC Education Working Group Committee Members Needed" It asks if you are an early career scientist wanting to explore careers paths and if you enjoy networking. Learn more at microbiomecenter.org
March 2, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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draverbee.bsky.social
Curious whether bees can learn non-floral cues to find floral rewards? New paper in Animal Behavior @animbehsociety.bsky.social by @mtcastagna.bsky.social, @jentomology.bsky.social, Ciara Stewart, and myself!

We find evidence that bees can learn leaf shape!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Take it or leaf it: bees learn leaf shape as a cue when flower colour is easily learned
Over a century of research has demonstrated that pollinators, such as bees, associatively learn diverse flower cues, including tactile, visual and olf…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 25, 2026 at 9:20 PM
baileycrowley.bsky.social
We are just one week away! Please reach out if you are interested in joining, we’d love to have you along.
baileycrowley.bsky.social Bailey Crowley @baileycrowley.bsky.social · Feb 5
Please join the @symbiosisalumni.bsky.social during our next Alumni Network seminar to learn about the origin and complexities of mealybug endosymbioses from @filiphusnik.bsky.social:

🗓️ February 25th
🕥 8am WET
📍on zoom (PM for link)

symbnet.bsky.social
moorefound.bsky.social
mblscience.bsky.social
February 18, 2026 at 6:58 AM
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hassansalem.bsky.social
How specific are heritable symbioses?

And what can we learn from swapping obligate symbionts across host species?

We address this in our latest, led by @inespons.bsky.social & in our collaboration w/ @microbiome.bsky.social 🦠🪲 Out today in @natcomms.nature.com!

1/n
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 16, 2026 at 7:24 AM
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ironark.bsky.social
Happy to share a preprint—the last chapter of my dissertation with @mcsymbiont.bsky.social and Co—on what happens when bacterial endosymbionts accumulate huge numbers of pseudogenes during early genome reduction.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Diagram illustrating early genome erosion during the transition from a free-living Sodalis bacterium to two host-associated endosymbionts inside the long-tailed mealybug. Circular genomes show intact genes in blue and pseudogenes in red, highlighting increased pseudogene accumulation in symbiotic forms. Caption asks: “What are the downstream molecular consequences of early genome erosion?”
February 8, 2026 at 2:08 AM
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sachslab.bsky.social
NEW: Registration is now FREE for graduate students and postdocs for the 14th Annual Yosemite Symbiosis workshop. THANKS to the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation! Space is limited. Learn more and REGISTER here: snri.ucmerced.edu/form/symbios...
February 8, 2026 at 5:29 PM
baileycrowley.bsky.social
Please join the @symbiosisalumni.bsky.social during our next Alumni Network seminar to learn about the origin and complexities of mealybug endosymbioses from @filiphusnik.bsky.social:

🗓️ February 25th
🕥 8am WET
📍on zoom (PM for link)

symbnet.bsky.social
moorefound.bsky.social
mblscience.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Reposted by Bailey Crowley
symboevo.bsky.social
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Very excited to share a preprint from stellar lab postdoc, Dr. Younghwan Kwak.

“Intrahost mutational dynamics parallel long-term genome evolution in endosymbionts”

Cool, skillful work and a nifty story!
#symbiosis #insects #evolution

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org
February 2, 2026 at 5:11 AM