1/ Thrilled to share my final PhD project out as a preprint!

A simple regulatory network coordinates a bacterial stress response in space and time.

biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Fabulous work by my colleagues Sean Booth, William P J Smith, Kevin Foster - Stick'em with the pointy end ... UNLESS ... ?!?!
'The evolution of short- and long-range weapons for bacterial competition'
nature.com/articles/s4155…

New pre-print! My first research project with Sara Mitri is now live.
Interactions underpin our understanding of ecosystems, but can change in hard-to-explain ways. Here, we show that many of these variations can be predicted from underlying mechanisms: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Our manuscript on FAST is now out (with a few new results and analyses) at PLOS Computational Biology! It's been a joint effort with Mack Durham - co-author and mentor par excellence - to get this over the finishing line:
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/a…

Have you seen 👀 the BMA Job Board lately? If you are on the job market, visit to learn about employers that are currently hiring: blackinmicrobiology.org/resources/find…

Two years ago BioIcons was launched and the database has grown by almost 800 icons thanks to many scientists contributing illustrations ☺️
Now we're looking to grow more and need your feedback and support... 1/2

I’m 12 years behind the bus, but if you haven’t tried FastCloning yet, you should. No more ligations. No more Gibson master mix. Hell, no more PCR/gel purifications. I’ve wasted so much time 🥲

bmcbiotechnol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Are you interested in wastewater surveillance as a tool for monitoring infectious diseases? We are looking for a PhD-trained scientist that would lead our newly established provincial wastewater surveillance program at the Roy Romanow Provincial Lab in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Juneteenth in STEMM and the barriers to equitable science cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

PhD student position available, to be co-advised with Olivia Wilkins . This trainee will study interactions between plant roots and microbial inoculants using phenotypic screening, biochemical and physiological characterization, and functional genomic tools.
matt-bakker.github.io/media/UManitob…

Please sign the latest House of Commons petition calling for increased federal funding for graduate students and postdocs through scholarships, fellowships & grants. Thank you Liberal Party MP Iqra Khalid 🇨🇦 for sponsoring! Sign here & RT: petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/De… #SupportOurScience

#ISupportGradStudents #ISupportPostdocs – #Budget2023 means that Canada can't compete for the top students. The U.S. National Science Foundation pays $60k for postdocs and $37K for PhD students while NSERC / CRSNG pays $45k postdoc and $21k to Canadian students Chrystia Freeland @justintrudeau
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REMINDER: Are you an undergraduate student interested in a virtual summer research experience in the biosciences? If so, check out NSURP 2023!

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