Check out this cool fluorescent bacterial culture, originally isolated from pitcher plants! One of many in our lab’s current community coexistence experiment. #bittlestonlab #pitcherplants #microbes

Harvesting the first greenhouse experiment of the Locke Lab today and tomorrow! Processing that first plant this morning and seeing the Bradyrhizobium nodules felt so good——research students were equally excited. Maybe I actually can do this whole research & teaching gig?

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This is one of my favorite papers to assign for incoming graduate students. And, re-reading it for this morning's class gave me some reminders I needed myself. ✨ journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/12…

Learn more about our open PhD position!🌊🦠Chat with me if you are excited about marine microbes + numerical modeling + experimental evolution. ALL students encouraged to apply! Please DM me if you can help spread the word at local universities in Texas.

Tenure-track Biology job here at Bucknell University! Come join this fab group of #PUI teacher-scholars. Assistant Prof salary starts just over $80K/year, more w/ experience. I'm search chair, so DM with questions. #neurojobs #neuroscience bucknell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External…

One of my amazing colleagues is in search of a post-doc in metabolic engineering & synthetic microbio. Plz share!

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me at my big girl job

😬 I’m completely called out

Reminder- applications due Oct 1: We are searching for an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology!! Rice University #RiceEEB Details and application here: apply.interfolio.com/152527

Congratulations to our PhD student Jennifer Ruiz for the recognition at the Annual Hispanic Serving Institution Day University of Houston 🥳🎉🎖️

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📢Molecular microbiologists, plant pathologists, microbial ecologists, I am recruiting! Four-year post doc position available at UWE, Bristol working on quorum sensing in acute oak decline bacteria 🌳🦠🔬. Please share! ce0164li.webitrent.com/ce0164li_webre…

genetic drift lecture day let’s gooooo

New PI looking at how much I’m spending on lab supplies

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📢Hey Tweeps! We have an open Master internship (Jan-May 2025) We are looking for motivated candidates to study the microbiota of non-mycorrhizal plants🧫🦠🍄🌱 Send your applications (CV+Motivation letter) before Nov 1st. Please RT 💖 sites.google.com/view/juliana-a…

Excited about this collaboration and looking for a soil viromics postdoc (available immediately, hoping for someone who can start by January-ish). DM or email me if interested!

Come work at MSU!!! The Plant Biology department is hiring a TS professor in molecular biology (defined broadly). This is a really wonderful and supportive department, and the grad students are the best you could ask for! careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/5205…