Michael Borg @borglab.bsky.social 🇲🇹 🇬🇧 Exploring the weird and wonderful world of #redalgae www.borglab.org
Dario Riccardo Valenzano @dvalenzano.bsky.social I study the evolution of senescence.
Scientific Director at the Leibniz Institute on Aging.
Killifish, evolution, microbiome, and causal inference.
Bringing molecular genetics into field work.🇪🇺🐟🦠🧬
Devani Romero Picazo @devaropica.bsky.social Postdoc at @DaganLab studying plasmid evolution, microbial pangenomes and adaptation to plant-associated lifestyle. CAU, Kiel.
Gerrich @gerrich.bsky.social Non-conventional microbes, metabolic engineering and microbial genetics. Bacteria go brrr
Finally, finished with my thesis, now off to new frontiers!
https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1949-532X
Dor Salomon @drdorsalomon.bsky.social Professor, Tel Aviv University.
Bacterial toxins and secretion, T6SS, MGEs, syn bio, host-microbe interactions, anti-phage defense.
Model systems: Vibrio, Aeromonas, Pantoea.
ISM board member.
https://www.dorsalomonlab.sites.tau.ac.il/
Stephen Dolan @stephenkdolan.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Clemson University. Fascinated by all things microbiology.
https://www.thedolanlab.com/
Asaf Levy @asaflevylab.bsky.social Interested in computational biology, microbial toxins, plant microbiome, and microbial adaptation to different hosts.
PI at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
https://www.asaflevylab.com/
Expressing my personal opinions.
BejaLabTechnion @bejalab.bsky.social the unculturables: exploratory research & beyond. EMBO-YIP 2003, EAM 2012, adERC 2013, EMBO 2024. https://beja.net.technion.ac.il/
Sarah Svensson @campy-bara.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de Formerly at the Shanghai Institute Formerly known as Pasteur. Vibrio, Campy, Helicobacter, sRNAs, ecospecies 🇨🇦
Haim Ashkenazy @haimashkenazy.bsky.social Postdoc in WeigelWorld @PlantEvolution, @MPI_bio. Evolution of Plant-Microbe-Microbe interactions, molecular evolution, and comparative genomics
Elisabeth Bik @elisabethbik.bsky.social Science integrity consultant and crowdfunded volunteer, PhD.
Ex-Stanford University. Maddox Prize/Einstein F Award winner
NL/USA/SFO.
#ImageForensics
@MicrobiomDigest on X.
Blog: ScienceIntegrityDigest.com
Support me: https://www.patreon.com/elisabethbik
Benjamin Springstein @huepfkiesel.bsky.social Cyanos = green
Xin Hou @xinhou.bsky.social 🦠👩🏻💻Computational Virologists at the Institut Pasteur @pasteur.fr 🇫🇷, AI, Virus Discovery & Evolution, Metagenomics 🖥️🔬🧬🦠
Website: xin-hou.academicwebsite.com
Michelle Wille @duckswabber.bsky.social Avian influenza & avian virome ecology | "Expert in Ducks" | (she/her) | michellewille.com
Marco Fumasoni @marcofumasoni.bsky.social Biologist | Group leader of the Genome Maintenance and Evolution lab @gimmfoundation.bsky.social | Previously @IGC, @harvardmcb.bsky.social and @ifomresearch.bsky.social | https://fumalab.github.io/
Manuel Liebeke @manuelliebeke.bsky.social Professor for Metabolomics, Kiel University and Head of Metabolic Interactions group, Max Planck Inst. for Marine Microbiology #spatialMetabolomics #host-microbe #metabolomics #massspec #hostmicrobe #spatialbiology #coffeelover 
Marjon de Vos @lizscurious.bsky.social Cares about tiny things in a larger context
Assoc. prof @uniGroningen
Microbiology, ecology, evolution
#AMR, #UTI
microbecoevo.com
Metaorganism Research @crc1182.bsky.social The DFG funded Collaborative Research Centre 1182 is an interdisciplinary network of 80 researchers at Kiel University investigating associations between specific microbial communities and their multicellular hosts.
https://www.metaorganism-research.com
VAAM e.V. @vaam-microbes.bsky.social Vereinigung für Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie
Maliheh Mehrshad @mehrshmali.bsky.social Multipartite parasitic interactions in the microbial world,
Phage co-infection studies (ERC_StG: MULTIPHAGE)
Wallenberg Academy Fellow
#curiosity_driven #microbiology_without_borders
www.bionomics-mmlab.com
Filip Husnik @filiphusnik.bsky.social Associate Professor at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) 🇯🇵 previously 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇿
evolution | cell biology | symbiosis | genomics | microbiology | marine science
https://www.oist.jp/research/research-units/ecbsu/
Nancy Moran @nancy-moran.bsky.social Research biologist and lover of nature, mostly bacteria, insects and (lately) birds
Schulenburg Lab Kiel @schulenburglab.bsky.social The Schulenburg lab is headed by Hinrich Schulenburg, Kiel University and Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Ploen. We study the evolution and genetics of C. elegans-microbiome interactions and antibiotic resistance evolution in human pathogens
Chuan Ku @chuanku.bsky.social Associate Professor, Inst. Plant & Microbial Biology, Taipei, Taiwan
Adjunct Faculty, National Taiwan University
EMBO Global Investigator
#Evolution #Eukaryote #Algae #GiantVirus #Genomics
#Microbes in our environment
https://chuanku-lab.github.io/kulab
Hör Lab @hoerlab.bsky.social Molecular Principles of RNA Phages @helmholtz-hiri.bsky.social
https://www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/research/organisation/teams/team/molecular-principles-of-rna-phages/
@mariosanter.bsky.social @mariosanter.bsky.social 
Richard Neher @neher.io 
@iwangtoknow.bsky.social @iwangtoknow.bsky.social 
Yves Clément @yvesclement.bsky.social Assistant Prof @ U-Paris-Cité | Institut Jacques Monod
Molecular evolution and bioinformatics (and some other things, too)
Marco Molari @mmolari.bsky.social PostDoc @ Biozentrum - Basel in the group of Richard Neher
Interested in microbial genomics, pangenome graphs & evolution 🧬🦠💻
Vardilab @vardilab.bsky.social The official account of the Vardi Lab | Microbial Interactions in the Ocean | #phytoplankton #hostvirus #infochemical #stressresponse |
@WeizmannScience
Craig MacLean @craigmaclean.bsky.social Scientist working on antibiotic resistance, evolution, and mobile genetic elements. Prof at U.Oxford and Fellow of All Souls College 
Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social Microbial evolution / University of Manchester
Francisco Dionisio @franciscodionisio.bsky.social Antibiotic Resistance, evolutionary ecology of bacteria, plasmids, phages
Jörg Stülke @joergstuelke.bsky.social 
Uli Klümper @ulikluemper.bsky.social Microbial Ecologist @ TU Dresden
Focusing on Evolution, Ecology and Environmental dimensions of AMR & plasmids
Formerly @ DTU & UoExeter
He/him
Dorothee Huchon @dorotheehuchon.bsky.social Evolutionary Biologist - Prof of Zoology at Tel Aviv University
Phylogenomics - Myxozoa, Tunicates & Co.
Mother of four
TransEvo @transevo.bsky.social Graduate program studying the relevance of evolutionary principals to current societal challenges, e.g. the usage of antibiotics or anti-cancer drugs in medicine, of pesticides in agriculture, or human perturbation of the earth's ecosystems. 
@theobioarne.bsky.social @theobioarne.bsky.social 
Nicole Frankenberg-Dinkel @fkbmicro.bsky.social Professor for Microbiology @rptu_kl_ld w/ interest in phycobiliproteins, phage AMGs, moving towards synthetic biology. Views are my own.
Julia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social Professor at Forschungszentrum Jülich and HHU Düsseldorf. Phage-host interaction, regulatory networks, metabolic engineering, SPP 2330
Universität Kiel (CAU) @uni-kiel.de Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU)
🌐 https://www.uni-kiel.de
#️⃣ #UniKiel
@balazs-papp-lab.bsky.social @balazs-papp-lab.bsky.social We are interested in evolution and systems biology, including the evolution of metabolism, antibiotic resistance and compensatory evolution.
http://group.szbk.u-szeged.hu/sysbiol/papp-balazs-lab-index.html
PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org A leading life science journal that champions inclusive, high-impact research across all disciplines—from molecules to ecosystems. We offer innovative formats and collaborative editorial support to ensure your work achieves its full scientific impact.
Ran Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social Professor of Genetic Medicine at the University of Chicago. Decoding the human microbiome. http://BlekhmanLab.org
Xavier Charpentier @labxc.bsky.social Group leader.
HGT in bacterial pathogens. Acinetobacter, Legionella. Natural transformation. AMR. MGEs.
Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie
Ben Engel @cellarchlab.com cellarchlab.com Univ. of Basel Biozentrum🇨🇭. Exploring molecular architecture inside cells with #CryoEM #TeamTomo. Plants and algae in a changing climate. ❄🔬 OF 🌿 4THE 🌍! 
Shaul Pollak @envsysmicro.at Assistant Professor
Environmental Systems Microbiology.
Genetics, Genomics, Evolution, Ecology
w: https://www.envsysmicro.at
@dome-vienna.bsky.social
@cemess.bsky.social
@univie.ac.at.
Wei Shen 沈 伟 @shenwei356.bsky.social Associate professor of Bioinformatics at Chongqing Medical University, China. Lab: https://mbio.info
Jesse Shapiro @bjesseshapiro.bsky.social Macrobe qui aime les microbes
http://www.shapirolab.ca/
Eugen Pfeifer @eugenpfeifer.bsky.social Junior Professor @
MICALIS, Jouy-en-Josas, INRAE (France)
Passionated about gut phages, especially the temperate and episomal ones (phage-plasmids).
Pepi (Josefa) González @gonzalezlabbcn.bsky.social Evolutionary Biology. Adaptation Genomics. Transposable Elements. Drosophila.
@ibb-botanic.bsky.social @CSIC.es| @Embo.org member| #ERCgrantee
Web: gonzalezlab.es
Science outreach: melanogaster.eu| @lcatmon.bsky.social
DrosEU: www.droseu.net
Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social Cantankerous evolutionary biologist.
Detest hubris, pseudo-profound bullshit, bad science, & Open Access.
Art Lover.
Used to be a Democrat Before They Became Socialists (Been There Done That ... in Romania). Antizionism = Antisemitism.
Paul Johnston @paulrjohnston.bsky.social School of Medicine, University of St Andrews
"Cynical and scathing"
https://scholar.google.de/citations?hl=en&user=YKzmUT8AAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
Iliana Baums @ibaums.bsky.social Molecular Ecology, Evolution, Conservation - Corals; Professor of Marine Conservation at the Helmholtz Institute for functional marine biodiversity
Christian Kost @kostchristian.bsky.social Experimental ecology and evolution | microbes | evolution of metabolic interactions | cooperation | bacterial multicellularity.
Kat Holt @katholt.bsky.social Scientist… pathogen genomics & antimicrobial resistance, computational biology & infectious disease epidemiology.
Co-Director LSHTM AMR Centre @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social
holtlab.net | klebnet.org | typhoidgenomics.org | amr.lshtm.ac.uk
Genome Research @genomeresearch.bsky.social A leading peer-reviewed genomics journal. https://genome.cshlp.org
Submit: http://submit.genome.org
Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com Nature Microbiology publishes the latest research and commentary in all areas of microbiology.
https://www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/
Science Magazine @science.org Cutting-edge research, news, commentary, and visuals from the Science family of journals. https://www.science.org
Simon Roux @simrouxvirus.bsky.social Virus-obsessed bioinformatician, DOE JGI Scientist, Enjoy exploring the viral world with #metagenomics and other cool #omics toys. He/him. Opinions my own. 
Anne Kupczok @annecmg.bsky.social Assistant professor at Wageningen University, interested in Comparative Microbial Genomics, Phage genomics, Evolution
Franz Baumdicker @fbaumdicker.bsky.social Mathematical and Computational Population Genetics
Microbial Evolution | Machine Learning in PopGen | CRISPR-Cas | Pangenomes | HGT
🦠 ➔ 🧬 ➔ 💻 ➔ 🤔
www.baumdickergroup.de
Marie-Eve VAL @val-meve.bsky.social Microbiologist, plasmid biology, genome maintenance, DNA replication, Vibrio, Institut Pasteur - Paris 
Typas Lab @typaslab.bsky.social Systems Microbiology @EMBL, combining high-throughput approaches & mechanism in bacteria, antibiotics, microbiome, infection, species diversity, cell envelope
https://www.embl.org/groups/typas/
François Rousset @francoisrousset.bsky.social Principal Investigator | Microbial Molecular Genomics Lab | https://www.rousset-lab.com |International Center for Infectiology Research (CIRI) in Lyon 🇫🇷 Studying the molecular basis of phage-bacteria interactions.
Dina Hochhauser @dinahoch.bsky.social PhD student @SorekLab @WeizmannScience studying phage-bacteria interactions 🦠, MGEs 🛒 & defence islands 🛡🏝
Tatiana Dimitriu @tatianadimitriu.bsky.social @royalsociety University Research Fellow in St Andrews. Bacterial evolution, mobile genetic elements & defence systems, antibiotic resistance, social interactions. 🇫🇷 with some 🇷🇴 and 🇺🇦 roots. She/her
Osterman Ilya @ostermanilya.bsky.social Senior Research Associate in the Sorek Lab at the Weizmann Institute of Science. Since August 2026, Group Leader at EMBL Hamburg.
https://www.embl.org/groups/osterman/
Manuel Ares-Arroyo @aresarroyom.bsky.social Ramón y Cajal Fellow | Head of Biology of Mobile Genetic Elements Unit | Fisabio Foundation | Plasmids, MGEs, AMR, bacteria evolution
Fabienne Benz @fabbenz.bsky.social Working on the spread of antibiotic-resistance plasmids and the role of plasmid-encoded CRISPR-Cas currently postdoc @institut pasteur previously phd @ ETH
Sara Marti @saramarti2.bsky.social Group leader at IDIBELL, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, working on Haemophilus spp and Pseudomonas aeruginosa
#Microbiology #microbiome #biofilm #ATBs #COPD
Michael Baym @baym.lol Associate Prof @HarvardMed. Microbial evolution, antibiotic resistance, mobile genetic elements, algorithms, phages, molecular biotech, etc. Find me under “floating dumpster fire”
Jose A Escudero @jaescudero.bsky.social Scientist interested in #integrons, antimicrobial resistance and the molecular basis of adaptation. Working at at CNB-CSIC.
Britt Koskella @bkoskella.bsky.social Evo-ecologist (Assoc Prof at UC Berkeley) studying interactions among phages, microbiomes, and plants. Skeets (own view) about science, teaching, social justice, and politics. (profile pic unedited photo by my six-year-old son)
Dave Baltrus 🦦 @surtlab.bsky.social Professor at UArizona interested in genome rummaging, microbial evolution, and occasional tales about having backyard farm animals.
“I’m something of a scientist myself”
Baltrus(at)Arizona.edu
Amir Mitchell @amitchell.bsky.social Systems biologist trying to disentangle host-drug-microbiome interactions | PI at UMass medical school | hoping to keep the BS to a minimum (not always successful)
https://mitchell-lab.umassmed.edu
Martin Steinegger 🇺🇦 @martinsteinegger.bsky.social Developing data intensive computational methods • PI @ Seoul National University 🇰🇷 • #FirstGen • he/him • Hauptschüler
Allison Lopatkin, PhD @ajlopatkin.bsky.social Assistant prof at University of Rochester engineering genetic communication in microbial populations. Mountain enthusiast, passionate teacher
Jerónimo Rodríguez-Beltrán @jerorb.bsky.social We study Antibiotic Resistance Ecology and Evolution · Ramón y Cajal University Hospital · Madrid · www.evodynamicslab.com
Eduardo Rocha @epcrocha.bsky.social Scientist, genomics, evolution, microbiology, computational biology, Institut Pasteur/CNRS, Paris
Didier Mazel @amazeld.bsky.social Bacterial geneticist, Prof @ Institut Pasteur.
Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social Epigenetic Inheritance, Neuroscience & anything biology-related
https://www.odedrechavilab.com/
q.e.d: https://www.qedscience.com
Organizer of “The Woodstock of Biology”
TED: https://shorturl.at/myFTY
Huberman Lab Podcast: https://youtu.be/CDUetQMKM6g
Sorek Lab @soreklab.bsky.social The Sorek Lab
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
https://www.weizmann.ac.il/molgen/Sorek/
bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social 
Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social Scientific journal publishing research, overview and commentary across all of biology. All of it!
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/home
Part of CellPress @cellpress.bsky.social
Olivia Roth @oliviaroth.bsky.social Marine Evolutionary Biologist at Kiel University. Immune system evolution, evolutionary flexibility and male pregnancy. 
Jamie Hall @jpjhall.bsky.social microbiology // evolution // mobile genetic elements
🏫 University of Liverpool, UK
🦠 www.andthemicrobes.org
💻 www.jpjhall.net
Nicole Dubilier @nicoledubilier.bsky.social Director Max Planck Institute Marine Microbiology
Head of Symbiosis Department
https://www.mpi-bremen.de/en/Department-of-Symbiosis.html
Prof at Uni Bremen, MARUM
symbiosis, microbiome, marine microbiology
Reid Brennan @reidbrennan.bsky.social 
Marina Khachaturyan @zyukeriya.bsky.social Evolutionary biology of organelles
Ute Hentschel @utehentschel.bsky.social Professor of Marine Microbiology at GEOMAR. A particular interest in marine animal-microbe symbioses.
Frank Melzner @frankmelzner.bsky.social Professor of Marine Ecology at the University of Vienna & guest researcher at GEOMAR, trained physiologist, interested in coastal invertebrates, algae, ecoevo & climate change, https://homepage.univie.ac.at/frank.melzner/?p=1
Thorsten Reusch @thorstenreusch.bsky.social Marine evolutionary ecology, genomics and restoration at GEOMAR Kiel, Germany's Ocean Institute. Fascinated with ocean life, its adaptation and protection. Focus Baltic Sea & other world areas. Pet species cod, seagrass, comb jellies, phytoplankton