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horizontal gene transfer / mobile genetic elements / microbial evolution / experimental evolutionary ecology

University of Liverpool, UK

websitewww.jpjhall.net
science comicswww.andthemicrobes.org
university websitehttps://www.liverpool.ac.uk/infection-veterinary-and-ecological-sciences/staff/james-hall/

"I think many students, especially from countries with cultures completely different from our own, genuinely don’t know how to get in touch with potential supervisors. If you have a few seconds a day, replying to these types of emails might do quite a bit of good."

How to respond to generic emails requesting to work with you. Matthew Holden

https://mathemagicalconservation.wordpress.com/2019/10/04/how-to-respond-to-generic-emails-requesting-to-work-with-you/

How to respond to generic emails requesting to work with you

Fresh out of Ph.D., during the first week of my first post-doc, I noticed a strange email in my inbox. It was a request from an international student who wanted to do a Ph.D. in my lab. Trouble is,…

Mathemagical Conservation
Phage-plasmids promote genetic exchanges between phages and plasmids and create novel ones.
Eugen Pfeifer, Eduardo P.C. Rocha
bioRxiv 2023.08.08.552325; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.08.08.552325
This is the last day of my Twitter account. I have over 52K followers there, but I can't remain on a platform that pays people like Andrew Tate to post. I do this knowing it significant limits my reach in the academic community, but the standard you walk past is the one you accept.

#EvolutionaryBiology picks of the day:

➡️ @ariskatzourakis - Prof. of Evolution & Genomics at Paleovirology Lab at Oxford Uni

➡️ @DenisMeuthen - Evolutionary ecologist & Junior Rsrch Grp Leader at Bielefeld Uni

➡️ @jpjhall - Lecturer, Dept. of Evolution, Ecology & Behaviour at Liverpool Uni

➡️ @CastellanoED - Evolutionary geneticist at Arizona Uni

➡️ @johnrhutchinson - Professor of Evolutionary Biomechanics at Royal Veterinary College, Univ of London

➡️ @StrepsipZerg - Evolutionary entomologist

📚One of the benefits of being an Editor for Microbiology is that I got to write a short retrospective on some cool science published in the last few months. Read my Spring 2023 ‘Microbial Musings’ here:

https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/mic.0.001379

Microbial Musings: Spring 2023

Microbiology Society journals contain high-quality research papers and topical review articles. We are a not-for-profit publisher and we support and invest in the microbiology community, to the benefit of everyone. This supports our principal goal to develop, expand and strengthen the networks available to our members so that they can generate new knowledge about microbes and ensure that it is shared with other communities.

microbiologyresearch.org
A new perspective on the 50-year-old mystery of why phages encode their own tRNAs. https://elifesciences.org/articles/85183?utm_source=mestodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic
Phage tRNAs evade tRNA-targeting host defenses through anticodon loop mutations

A new perspective on the 50-year old mystery of why phages encode their own tRNAs.

eLife

The Microbiology Society's journal 'Microbiology' is seeking Senior Editors to play a key strategic role in the journal. Applications close on 7 August 2023.

https://microbiologysociety.org/news/full-news-listing/microbiology-senior-editor-call-for-expressions-of-interest.html

Microbiology Senior Editor: call for expressions of interest

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As a regular listener of TWIM it’s super exciting to have our latest paper featured in it!
If anyone fancies a little listen to this week in Microbiology they’ve included our ⁦⁦recent @PLOSBiology⁩ paper. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/this-week-in-microbiology/id422332846?i=1000605786121
‎This Week in Microbiology: Quorum Sensing In The Gut on Apple Podcasts

‎Show This Week in Microbiology, Ep Quorum Sensing In The Gut - 24 Mar 2023

Apple Podcasts

New paper from the lab showing compensatory mutations in the gac signalling system reducing plasmid fitness costs occur in Pseudomonas populations living in wheat plant rhizosphere communities

https://academic.oup.com/femsec/article/99/4/fiad027/7084981

Compensatory mutations reducing the fitness cost of plasmid carriage occur in plant rhizosphere communities

Compensatory mutations reducing the cost of plasmid carriage occur in the plant rhizosphere.

OUP Academic
Fantastic celebration of microbiology afternoon with @MIHDNewcastle colleagues! Huge thanks to @MicKasia @CJStewart7 @RuaMicro and @Lis_Lowe for organising! Ended with a fascinating talk from @jpjhall on plasmids