Juan Luis Ramos @jlramoslab.bsky.social 
Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social Space politician. ‘’Face of the Establishment’. Sane.
Heknitt @heknitt.bsky.social Handmade aesthetic frogs!
I use vegan yarn 🌱
Heknitt.myshopify.com
ellieevolves.bsky.social @ellieevolves.bsky.social All things mobile genetic elements, rhizobia-legume interactions and bacterial evolution
Jeroen Meijer @jeroenmeijer.bsky.social postdoc at Viral Ecology and Omics group, @microverse.bsky.social @uni-jena.de. Phages, metagenomics, evolutionary modeling, microbial communities, kendo.
Meeri Niemi @meeriniemi.bsky.social Doctoral researcher in microbiology
Researching large phages & viral ecology
Interested in virology, microbial ecology, and the world of viral-bacterial interactions
Phagers unite💪
University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Rafael Pinilla-Redondo (Rafa) @rafomics.bsky.social Asst. Prof. at Copenhagen University. Excited about phages, plasmids, and bacterial immunity!👨🔬🔬 https://pinillaredondolab.com/
Lee Henry @henrylabsymbio.bsky.social Exploring endosymbiosis at Queen Mary University of London. Associate professor. Symbiosis, ecology, evolution, microbiology http://henry-lab.co.uk
Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social Biologist @ The Sainsbury Lab; passionate about plant pathogens & evolution; open science advocate; loves travel, food and sports; nomad and hunter-gatherer. Web http://kamounlab.net | Medium https://medium.com/@kamounlab | GetGenome http://getgenome.net
Magdalena Kurteu @magdalenakurteu.bsky.social PhD student studying eco-evolutionary dynamics of hot spring microbial communities 🧫🧬🌋
She/Her 🏳️🌈
Elina Laanto @elaanto.bsky.social 
Suganya @suganya.bsky.social molecular biologist- Friman lab- university of Helsinki- host pathogen interactions
Ben Ashby @bnashby.bsky.social Professor in Math @ SFU, British Columbia | Scientific Director of PIPPS | Research: Eco-evolutionary theory ecoevotheory.com | Fun: hiking, biking, running, hockey...
Asher Leeks @asherleeks.bsky.social We study social evolution in viruses.
Assistant Professor @zoology.ubc.ca & @ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social
asherleeks.com
Jenni Lehtimäki @jennilehtimaki.bsky.social Principal researcher at Finnish Environment Institute (@syke.fi), Finland.
Studying associations between biodiversity, immune function and immune-mediated diseases. Running ERC Starting Grant project RESIDENTS (2025-2030).
Chloé Feltin @chloe-feltin.bsky.social 
Jogi Madhuprakash @jmadhuprakash.bsky.social 
Paul Fogg @pcmfogg.bsky.social Microbiology Lecturer at the University of York, studying all aspects of Phage Biology, Gene Transfer Agents, and Bacterial Evolution.
Maggie Smith @factor50.bsky.social Retired Professor of Microbiology in the UK. Love bacteriophages, Streptomyces, fun, outdoors, culture and politics.
Uli Klümper @ulikluemper.bsky.social Microbial Ecologist @ TU Dresden
Focusing on Evolution, Ecology and Environmental dimensions of AMR & plasmids
Formerly @ DTU & UoExeter
He/him
@annadragos.bsky.social @annadragos.bsky.social 
Eveliina Hanski @eveliinahanski.bsky.social Researcher in (early life) gut microbiome and epigenetics | Early-career fellow at the Collegium Helveticum🇨🇭| National Geographic Explorer, made of snow 🇫🇮
Tom Raaymakers @tmraaymakers.bsky.social Molecular phytopathologist at the Dutch National Plant Protection Organization/Netherlands Institute for Vectors, Invasive plants and Plant health (NIVIP)
Honour McCann @honour.bsky.social Max Planck Research Group Leader // Plant pathogen emergence and evolution // http://instagram.com/honourmccann // Opinions my own etc
IBWS2026 @ibws2026.bsky.social The 8th International Bacterial Wilt Symposium | 22-26 March 2026 | Wageningen, the Netherlands | https://event.wur.nl/ibws2026
Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social Cozy random passages from Arnold Lobel's Frog and Toad books. Posts auto-delete.
Josh Rand @joshdrand.bsky.social PhD student in infection and immunity at the Roslin institute, working on prophage and Group A Strep!
Nordregio @nordregio.bsky.social International research centre for regional development and planning located in the heart of Stockholm. We are bridging policy and research for a thriving, sustainable Nordic region and beyond.
Pavol Bardy @pavol.bsky.social Structural and molecular biologist working at the University of York exploring the possibilities of CryoET in the study of microbes
Colin Buttimer @colinthb.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher @ APC Microbiome Institute | PhD in Microbiology; GitHub: ColinTHB;
APC Microbiome Institute
Jonathan D G Jones aka JJ @jonathandgjones.bsky.social plant scientist - discovering and deploying plant immune receptor genes to protect crops from disease with biology, not chemistry
Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social Professor at UC Davis, studying plant immunity and bacterial pathogens. Loves weightlifting, running, and the outdoors. Views are my own.
Peter Fineran @peterfineran.bsky.social Prof. and Head of Phage-host interactions (Phi) lab. Phage defences, counter-defences, CRISPR-Cas, toxin-antitoxin. FRSNZ / James Cook Fellow
Craig Primmer @fishcongen.bsky.social Dean of Faculty of Biol. & Env. Sci. @helsinkiuni.bsky.social| evolution, conservation, genomics| own thoughts, some in (bad) Finnish.
🇦🇺 immigrant in 🇫🇮
http://www.helsinki.fi/evolution-conservation-and-genomics
Cress Lab @cresslab.bsky.social The Cress Lab | Innovative Genomics Institute @ UC Berkeley | Microbiome Editing | Microbiome Delivery Technologies | Phage and MGE Functional Genomics | Hiring!
https://www.cresslab.bio/
Pekka Varmanen @varmanenp.bsky.social Professor of Food Technology @helsinkiuni; interested in microbes in food systems; loves the outdoors, wild berry and mushroom picking, football. Views my own.
Gabriel M.F. Almeida @gabrielmfa.bsky.social Brazilian virologist who ended up in the Arctic.
Phage-therapy enthusiast.
Opinions are my own.
Associate professor of the CANS-UiT @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social - @cansuit.bsky.social
Marine Bioprospecting group leader.
Kate Baker @ksbakes.bsky.social Prof @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social Connecting pathogen evolution with public health outcomes. #Shigella and #AMR enthusiast. Views own. http://gen.cam.ac.uk/baker-group also www.pdu.gen.cam.ac.uk also @pducambridge.bsky.social
Zhiyuan Li @zhiyuanli.bsky.social Quantitative Biology, Network Science, and Microbiology, https://cqb.pku.edu.cn/zyli/
Marie Vasse @marievasse.bsky.social Research in Evolutionary biology | Community ecology and evolution | Philosophy of science
she/her
also @marievasse@ecoevo.social
Urwin Lab Leeds @urwinlab.bsky.social We are a Plant Nematology Group at the University of Leeds in the UK
Jose L. Balcazar @balcjos.bsky.social Senior Researcher at
@icrawater.bsky.social💧
Focus on #microbiology, #AMR, #OneHealth, #biofilms, #phages, #metagenomics, and #bioinformatics
Hanna Oksanen @hanna-m-oksanen.bsky.social Molecular virologist at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Archaeal viruses; Bacteriophages; Virus functions; Virus evolution; https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/molecular-principles-of-viruses
Belgian Society for Viruses of Microbes @bsvom.bsky.social 
Evelien Adriaenssens @evelienadri.bsky.social Group Leader @ Quadram Institute. Phages, viromes and taxonomy with a side of gaming and yarn arts. EDI & Athena Swan lead. Ally.
Pauline Scanlan @paulinedscanlan.bsky.social School of Microbiology and APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork 🇮🇪
Microbial Ecology | Microbial Evolution | Gut Microbiome
Michael Hochberg @mkhochb.bsky.social University of Montpellier - Santa Fe Institute. Working these days on intelligence in biological and artificial systems. Website https://mehochberg.wixsite.com/blog/academia
Richard Maguire @drmagsmaguire.bsky.social Developmental biologist, biomedical sciences leaning lecturer @BiologyatYork , stats nerd. Personal account. Boring views.
Interested in too many things. Pretends to be an 'all rounder'. Not actually good at much.
Sabine Nöbel @sabinenoebel.bsky.social Former research fellow at @iast.fr and EDB, now at Uni Halle working on cultural transmission of mating preferences in #Drosophila
Taina Pennanen @tainapennanen.bsky.social ❤️Microbes🤎Soil💚Ecology Natural Resources Institute Finland
Mercedes Rocafort @mercerf.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher at CRAG Barcelona.
Molecular plant pathology 🌱🍄 and microbiome 🧫
Ecology of Soil Microorganisms @esmmicrobes.bsky.social Conference on ecology of soil microorganisms in Helsinki, Finland.
June 15-19 2025
Networking accross scales
https://www.luke.fi/esm2025
#esm2025
Daniela Barillà @danielabarilla.bsky.social Microbial geneticist interested in large and small DNA 🧬 rings in bacteria and archaea.
Living in Brontë country and based at the University of Old York.
https://barillalabyork.weebly.com/
Emanuel Fronhofer @efronhofer.bsky.social ecological and evolutionary dynamics in space: theory, experimental evolution & pond metacommunities #FronhoferLab #CNRS #isemevol #umontpellier #GdRTheoMoDive #IDILProgram
https://www.emanuelfronhofer.net/
Jean-Paul Pirnay @jeanpaulpirnay.bsky.social Queen Astrid military hospital #phage / #phagetherapy / human cell and tissue #transplantation / my opinions are, of course, my own
Matthieu Haudiquet @matthieu-haudiquet.bsky.social Permanent researcher @inserm.fr
@pasteur.fr × @institutcurie.bsky.social
Studying ancestral immunity: bacterial anti-phage systems → human innate immunity.
Nathan Brown @nmb1.bsky.social Microbiologist working on phages and the skin microbiome
Ryan Cook @ryancook94.bsky.social Viral ecologist with Evelien Adriaenssens at The Quadram | All things phage (but mostly viromes) | Formerly at Uni of Nottingham with Andy Millard | All opinions my own.
Duerkop Lab @duerkoplab.bsky.social Phages and other mobile genetic elements of bacteria | Microbiome and pathobionts | Associate Professor CU-Anschutz | https://www.duerkoplab.org/
Vienna BioCenter Scientific Training @vbcscitraining.bsky.social Vienna BioCenter Scientific Training Unit, we share opportunities that exist at the Vienna BioCenter (VBC), which include our PhD, Post Doc and Summer School programs. https://training.vbc.ac.at/
Pathogenic Mechanisms Research Group @molecularpathogen.bsky.social Pathogenic Mechanisms Research Group - University of Galway.
PI: Dr Aoife Boyd. Host-microbe interactions: pathogenic Vibrio bacteria. Marine aquaculture. Natural antimicrobial molecules. Microbes & venomous animals.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4631-9792
Phage Seeker @phageseeker.bsky.social Phage Researcher
Molecular Microbiology, University of Sheffield @molmicrosheffield.bsky.social A multi-disciplinary research cluster studying the machinery of microbial life - from their fine molecular structure to interactions with their hosts and the environment.
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/biosciences/research/areas/molecular-microbiology
Emine Selçuk, PhD. @eminemselcuk.bsky.social Postdoc Bacteriophage Researcher |Microbiologist 🦠🧫🌻
#Atatürk
@richardwaites.bsky.social @richardwaites.bsky.social 
Caro Kobras 🐍 @carokobras.bsky.social BBSRC Fellow | University of Birmingham | Junior Research Fellow at Linacre College, Oxford | Investigating antibiotic resistance & tolerance, and better ways to kill pathogens 🧫
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=L2mEVzEAAAAJ
Katherine Xue @ksxue.bsky.social Assistant prof at UC Irvine. Ecology and evolution in microbial communities, and occasional writing.
https://kxuelab.com
Luisa De Sordi @luisadesordi.bsky.social Bacteriophages and microbiota 🧫 Associate professor at Sorbonne University, Paris, France
David Gerlach @dger.bsky.social Postdoc in bacterial systems biology in the Heilbronner lab, LMU. Previously Peschel lab and Brochado lab.
Benoit Pons @benoitjpons.bsky.social Lecturer in bacterial genomics at Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
Research in phage-bacteria co-evolution at LMGM @cbitoulouse.bsky.social
he/him
Clara Torres-Barceló @clara-inrae.bsky.social Researching the diversity and interaction of phages with plant pathogenic bacteria 🌱🔬 | INRAE | PHIM | Montpellier, France. 🇵🇸
Maija @maijajoki.bsky.social Post Doc at Laine lab, University of Helsinki.
I study (🌱) virus communities
Isa Moreno @isabmor.bsky.social Researcher studying amoeba and giant viruses at IGS-CNRS Marseille
Tom Ireland @tomireland.bsky.social Science writer, editor of The Biologist, & author of THE GOOD VIRUS, a Times book of the year 2023.
Bioscience, tech, cricket & comedy.
https://thebiologist.rsb.org.uk/biologist
https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/tom-ireland/the-good-virus/9781529365283/
Mike McDonald @mikejmcd.bsky.social Watching microbial evolution in mini-ecosystems and thinking of strategies to manipulate evolution. I lead a research group at Monash University. He/Him. www.mcdonald-lab.com
Klaus Schlaeppi @kschlaeppi.bsky.social Interested in plant root microbiome interactions.
University of Basel
https://duw.unibas.ch/en/pmi/
Antonia Sagona @antoniasagona.bsky.social Reader (Associate Professor) in School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, UK.
Interested in bacteriophages and phage therapy.
Steve Paterson @scottishwormboy.bsky.social Grumpy Scotsman. Mostly here for the science. Genomics of infectious disease, evolution and environmental science. University of Liverpool pays the salary but views are my own.
Francisco Dini-Andreote @fdiniandreote.bsky.social Assistant Professor | Penn State University | Microbial ecologist | Plant-microbe interaction | Community ecology http://dalab.psu.edu
Ute Hentschel @utehentschel.bsky.social Professor of Marine Microbiology at GEOMAR. A particular interest in marine animal-microbe symbioses.
Dunc Cameron @prof-dunc.bsky.social Microbial ecology, biochemistry & evolution / metabolomics & multiomics / Professor @ University of Manchester
Surviving #CerebellarAtaxia / tattooed 🌹gay 🏳️🌈 disabled ♿️ Scotsman 🏴 / dog Dad 🐶 / born at 335 ppm CO2
https://tinyurl.com/Dunc-Google-Scholar
Anna-Liisa Laine @annaliisalaine.bsky.social Professor of Plant Biodiversity at University of Helsinki interested in • Host-pathogen interactions • Biodiversity in a changing world • Plant-microbe interactions 📷 M. Kytöharju
Microbial Biotechnology (MBT) @microbiotech.bsky.social Official account of Microbial Biotechnology journal. Original research reporting significant advances in any aspect of microbial applications.
John-wiley & Sons Ltd
https://enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/17517915
Wei Shen 沈 伟 @shenwei356.bsky.social Associate professor of Bioinformatics at Chongqing Medical University, China. Lab: https://mbio.info
David Bikard @dbikard.bsky.social Bacterial Immunity and Synthetic Biology enthusiast. Head of Lab at Institut Pasteur. Co-Founder of Eligo Bioscience.
Jorge Moura de Sousa @jmouradesousa.bsky.social Staff researcher @institutpasteur and microbial eco-evolution aficionado.
Richard Everitt @bayesianstats.bsky.social Posts about Bayesian statistics, Monte Carlo, etc from a Reader and Deputy Head of Department (T&L) at Warwick Statistics. Personal account. https://richardgeveritt.github.io/
Lukas Malfertheiner @lukasmalf.bsky.social PostDoc in the von Mering lab. Interested in microbial ecology, phages and bioinformatics.
www.microbeatlas.org
Elizabeth Burgener, MD @ebburgenermd.bsky.social pediatrician, pulmonologist, clinician scientist, phage hunter, Pseudomonas slayer and mother of 2 boys. Stanford Peds --> Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
Paul Turner Lab @paulturnerlab.bsky.social Experimental evolution of viruses for basic science and evolutionary medicine at Yale Ecology & Evolutionary Biology.
Tweeting papers & news from our group. Acct managed by lab members.
SeppeKuehnLab @seppekuehnlab.bsky.social Physics and biology of microbial communities. Structure, function, evolution. Center for the Physics of Evolving Systems. Dept. of Ecology and Evolution. UChicago. @NITMB, @CLS. kuehnlab.org
Timofey Skvortsov @timskvortsov.bsky.social Lecturer in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioinformatics at the School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast. #Phage, microbes, genomes, computers.
Ville Ranta @villeranta.bsky.social Sarjakuvataiteilija, pilapiirtäjä Helsingin sanomissa, maailman syvällisin sarjakuvablogi 👉 villeranta.com
Comics artist, cartoonist, Finland.
Paula Elomaa @paulaelomaa.bsky.social Professor at University of Helsinki, Finland. Working on meristems, inflorescence diversity & evo-devo of plants 🌻🍓 and widely interested in biology.
Alex Best @bestieboy.bsky.social Maths lecturer, disease modeller, EDI empowerer, amateur percussion player, very amateur baseball player.
Jaakko Leskelä @jaakkoleskela.bsky.social Doctoral researcher @helsinkiuni Finland
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9670-339X
Timo Saratto @timosaratto.bsky.social Software engineering and microbial genomics 🇫🇮
Sabrina Green @motherofphage.bsky.social Phage scientist @KULeuven in Belgium | Science communicator | Phage therapy advocate for patients
Website motherofphage.com
Phage Directory @phagedirectory.bsky.social Making it easier to use, share & study phages. By Jess & Jan
Capsid & Tail Newsletter: http://phage.directory/capsid
Podovirus Podcast: http://shorturl.at/PDNIy
Corné Pieterse @cornepieterse.bsky.social Plant-Microbe Interactions group Utrecht University. We work on: plant immunity, plant microbiome, hormone crosstalk, plant-microbe phenotyping (NPEC) and, above all, "raising" the next generation of plant scientists within our UUPlants community.