Daria Van Tyne @dariavantyne.bsky.social Microbiology, evolution, and bacteriophages. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Jonathan Dushoff @jdushoff.bsky.social Theoretical biologist, recreational mathematician, anti-fascist*.
* I had planned not to be political here, but when circumstances change, decisions sometimes have to change.
MGE Workshop @mgeworkshop.bsky.social A meeting dedicated to researchers exploring the world of Mobile Genetic Elements across all kingdoms of life.
Monday 16th - Tuesday 17th June 2025 - B100, University of Southampton
François-Xavier WEILL @fxweill.bsky.social Public Health microbiology, genomic epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance, Salmonella, Shigella, E. coli, Vibrio cholerae and history ! Prof at @institutpasteur
Amy Zamora @amycrobes.bsky.social phage enthusiast 🦠 microbial marveler 😍 crunchy science gal 🌲🏔️ PhD at
@harvardmed
Kevin Ricks @kevinricks.bsky.social PhD from University of Illinois. Postdoc at University of Toronto🍁 Plant-microbe interactions, community and evolutionary ecology 🏳️🌈🌲🧫🧗♂️
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=9KlgDVMAAAAJ
Meaghan Castledine @mcastd.bsky.social NERC IRF 🦠 all things PHAGE and microbial communities 🧫🔬 I also have a dog and enjoy nerdy things 🧝🏻♀️
Urinary Tract Infections Revisited @uti-revisited.bsky.social NWO ENW-XL consortium - investigating the ecology and evolution of the urobiome in urinary tract infections in post-menopausal women.
https://www.nwo.nl/en/projects/ocenwxl21xl21088
Manuscripts and updates of the UTIr consortium.
Hosted by Marjon de Vos
New England Biolabs @nebiolabs.bsky.social Developing innovative products for the life science industry and providing insightful technical support.
izzylakis.bsky.social @izzylakis.bsky.social Microbiologist by day, birder at heart
Nadav Ben-Assa @nadavbenassa.bsky.social Postdoc @ Institut Pasteur - Bikard's lab - Computational & Synthetic Biology
PhD @ Technion - Geva-Zatorsky's lab - Gut microbiome & AMR
Adam Mulkern @mulkern.bsky.social Postdoc, MacLean lab, experimental evolution | University of Oxford
Nandita Garud @nanditagarud.bsky.social Associate prof. at UCLA
https://garud.eeb.ucla.edu
Jim Shaw @jimshaw.bsky.social Postdoc at Dana-Farber and Harvard Med with Heng Li (@lh3lh3.bsky.social). Prev: UBC / UofT.
I like thinking about biological sequence analysis and its applications to metagenomics / microbial genomics.
https://jim-shaw-bluenote.github.io
Rauf Salamzade @raufs.bsky.social Interested in microbial ecology & evolution.
Views are only my own. (he/him, 🇺🇸, 🌎)
https://github.com/raufs
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=OBPpZq4AAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
Isabel @isabelott.bsky.social Evolutionary & population biology of vector-borne viral disease systems. 🦟 genetics PhD candidate in NC.
Arbovirologist, orthobunyavirus wonk, feral reference librarian, & public health advocate. 80s mosquito. Coaster-sized earrings. (she/her) 🏳️🌈
Sean Meaden @seanmeaden.bsky.social Microbial ecology / evolution / genomics @ University of York
Mireille Farjo @mfarjo.bsky.social Postdoc in the Lowen lab at Emory, studying viral diversity (she/her)
Lilian Caesar @liliancaesar.bsky.social Assistant Professor at the University of Oklahoma. Ecology and Evolution of host-microbiome interactions in social bees https://liliancaesar.com/
Brian Stevenson Ph.D. spirochete lab @bstevensonlab.bsky.social Mostly about bacterial gene/protein regulation & function, esp. with Borrelia burgdorferi and Lyme disease. Professor at U Kentucky, views are my own. He/him
Lab= http://microscopist.net/Stevenson_Lab.html
UK= https://medicine.uky.edu/users/bstev0
Liz Thayer @lizthayer.bsky.social Microbiology PhD UIUC Brooke Lab 🦠 | dog and cat mom | she/her
Alexander Robertson @alexrob.bsky.social PhD candidate at UW Seattle. I study how interactions between viruses shapes their evolution. Also 📷, 🎹, 📽️, 🐦
Katrina Hofstetter @hofskatr.bsky.social Bacterial genomics | Evolution | Post Doc in the Read Lab at Emory University
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
Owen Hale @owenfhale.bsky.social Grad student working with @megbehri.bsky.social on bacterial evolution
Mike Bottery @mbottery.bsky.social Microbial Evolution - AMR - University of Manchester 
Connor Sharp @magicmicrobe.bsky.social Lecturer in Microbiology at the University of Reading. Interested in uncovering how bacteria fight it out and using those strategies against them
James McInerney @jomcinerney.bsky.social Writing a book about horizontal gene transfer and non treelike evolution. Bioinformatics, Evolutionary Biology. Pangenomes. https://profmcinerney.substack.com/ 🇮🇪 https://mol-evol.github.io/
Pat Schloss @patschloss.bsky.social Papa to 9 microbes, mackerel snapper, shepherd, master of sucking. I want to help you learn the skills you'll need to succeed in science. 
Christina Burch @c1burch.bsky.social Professor of Biology
University of North Carolina
Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org Illuminating math and science. Supported by the Simons Foundation. 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting. www.quantamagazine.org
Adrian Cazares @cazares-adr.bsky.social Bacterial Mobile Evolution. Staff Scientist at Sanger Institute. I study how pathogens emerge and evolve by sharing genes. Interested in AMR, Plasmids, Phages, ICEs, and everything that moves within and between genomes.
Jeremy Barr @jeremyjbarr.bsky.social Bacteriophage biologist and enthusiast. Associate Professor at the School of Biological Sciences, Monash University.
Chris Brooke @christopherbrooke.bsky.social Viral evolution, immunity, and infection biology. Professor at University of Minnesota. brookelab.org
bioRxiv Genomics @biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social 
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
Sergei Maslov @ssm57.bsky.social Professor of Bioengineering and Physics at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign working on microbial ecology, evolution, and systems biology
Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social Or just “Li” |
Assist. Prof. @ Plant Bio, Michigan State U. |
Also post data visualization |
Lab: https://cxli233.github.io/cxLi_lab/ |
GitHub: https://github.com/cxli233
Greg McCallum @gemccallum.bsky.social Post-doc at the University of Liverpool studying HGT in the hospital sink drain microbiome | Co-founder of @ContamClub.bsky.social
Richard McElreath 🐈⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social Anthropologist - Bayesian modeling - science reform - cat and cooking content too - Director @ MPI for evolutionary anthropology https://www.eva.mpg.de/ecology/staff/richard-mcelreath/
Nature Communications @natcomms.nature.com Nature Communications is an open access journal publishing high-quality research in all areas of the biological, physical, chemical, clinical, social, and Earth sciences.
www.nature.com/ncomms/
Alexandra Weisberg @weisbergaj.bsky.social Asst. Prof, Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University.
James Kosmopoulos @kosmopoulos.bsky.social Fourth-year microbiology PhD candidate in the Anantharaman Lab at UW-Madison | Developing bioinformatics tools and resources for #viromics & exploring viral community ecology in soils | he/him
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. 
Peter Girguis @pgirguis.bsky.social 🌊 Marine scientist and co-founder of the Girguis Flying Circus™️. Aspiring blacksmith, father of sea monsters, and occasional yapper.
“How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean”. -Arthur C. Clarke
GEMS Institute @gems-bii.bsky.social We are an NSF Biology Integration Institute located at UofIllinois, IU Bloomington, and NYUniversity studying multi scale symbioses.
Lily Khadempour @khadlily.bsky.social Assistant Prof at Rutgers Newark and PI of the Khadlab.com. Studying insect-microbial symbiosis and microbial ecology. she/her
Abdel Halloway @e-co-evo.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Case Western Reserve University using evolutionary game theory to study eco-evolutionary dynamics and interactions. Uses 'He' pronouns
www.e-co-evo.com
Le Blob @leblob.bsky.social Média d’actualité scientifique en ligne 🗞️🎥
👉 Conçu chez @citedessciences.bsky.social et @palaisdecouverte.bsky.social
https://leblob.fr/
Daniel Cooney @danielcooney1.bsky.social Applied mathematician at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Interested in evolutionary game theory, differential equations, and modeling biological and social systems.
Benoit Pons @benoitjpons.bsky.social Lecturer in bacterial genomics at Université de Toulouse
Research in phage-bacteria co-evolution at LMGM-CBI @cbitoulouse.bsky.social
he/him
Ben Ross @rossbenjamind.bsky.social Associate professor, Dept of Microbiology & Immunology at Dartmouth College. Studying interbacterial interactions among members of the human gut microbiota. https://geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/faculty/facultydb/view.php/?uid=7172
Kranzusch Lab @kranzuschlab.bsky.social Harvard Medical School, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
https://kranzuschlab.med.harvard.edu
Karen Maxwell @themaxwelllab.bsky.social Phage biologist focused on virus-host interactions and bacterial pathogenesis.
Anshika Gupta @anshika22.bsky.social 
Beatriz Baselga-Cervera @beabasel.bsky.social Evolutionary microbiologist and experimentalist with a focus on freshwater microbial interactions. Mother, Dog lover, swimmer, fantasy reader (she/her)
Becca Satterwhite @satterwhite.bsky.social Evolutionary microbiologist 🧪🧫🧪 Postdoc at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, co-advised by Dr. Vaughn Cooper and Dr. Kathy Shair
Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org Evangelist for the study of evolution in action by everyone.
Pitt Prof | ASM President|EvolvingSTEM | biofilms | EvMed | genomics entrepreneur (@SeqCoast.bsky.social, @midauthorbio.bsky.social)| exercise addict ~ swim bike run
Tera Levin @teralevin.bsky.social Assistant professor of Biological Sciences at Pitt, studying evolution, genes, and microbes. Same as @tera_levin in the other place. #NewPI She/her
Gavin Douglas @gmdouglas.bsky.social Bacterial ecology and evolution | Data analysis | Science publishing
Assistant Prof in Biology at University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada
https://douglaslab.ca
Vincent Somerville @vincentsomerville.bsky.social Studying the peculiar world of cheese starter cultures
Fatima Aysha Hussain @fatiaysh.bsky.social Assistant Professor Tufts University
Phage-driven evolution of the Vaginal Microbiome
Doran Goldman @goldmandoran.bsky.social UW-Madison Microbiology PhD candidate in the @molabuw.bsky.social, studying phage infection in microbial communities. Microbial ecology & evolution. Fan of birds, books, bacteriophages, and Beckett.
@austenrowell.bsky.social @austenrowell.bsky.social 
Tiffany Taylor @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social Professor of Microbial Ecology and Evolution at the Life Sciences Department at the University of Bath. Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow. Children's author evolution/genetics. Mum.
https://tiffanybtaylor.wordpress.com/
Teppo Hiltunen @teppo-h.bsky.social Professor, U. Turku. Microbes, Synthetic ecology, AMR, Experimental evolution; PI in FiMAR CoE
Iris Jia @tongqiu.bsky.social Graduate student at UW Genome Sciences. Currently studying evolution of tiny little things
Will Ratcliff @wcratcliff.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist (Multicellularity & social evolution). Prof. at Georgia Tech & Director of the QBioS PhD program.
https://ratclifflab.biosci.gatech.edu/
@miloj.bsky.social @miloj.bsky.social 
Sam Horsfield @samuelhorsfield.bsky.social Postdoc @ University of Neuchâtel, Laboratory of Evolutionary Genetics 🦠 Working on methods to study pathogen evolution and epidemiology using pangenomics 🧬 https://samhorsfield96.github.io/my-website/ 🌐
Emma Carlson @emmajoycarlson.bsky.social PhD candidate at #UMichEEB. ZE^3 Lab. I’m an inside biologist.
Former gopher, current wolverine.
Aline Cuénod @alinecuenod.bsky.social Postdoc at ETH Zürich
Alison Feder @alisonfeder.bsky.social Rapid evolutionary dynamics in viruses, cancer and bacteria. Assistant professor at UW Genome Sciences and Freeman Hrabowski Scholar at HHMI. federlab.github.io
Alita Burmeister @aburmeister.bsky.social Assistant Professor at UW Milwaukee | Molecular Microbiology and Evolution Lab | Microbes, Mentorship, and More | she/hers 
Ashley Alexander @peachypotato.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher
University of Zurich
Kümmerli Lab
Microbiology, ecology, and evolution
Bernadeta Dadonaite @bdadonaite.bsky.social Associate Researcher @ Fred Hutch.
Bhaskar Kumawat @kumawatb.bsky.social PhD Candidate | Evolution/Complex Systems, University of Michigan | kumawatb.com
Caitlin Billiot, PhD @microcait.bsky.social Postdoc in the Peijun Ma Lab at St. Jude | UAB Microbiology PhD | LSU alum | Uma' seyah | Views are my own
Canan Karakoç @ckarakoc.bsky.social Research scholar at Georgia Institute of Technology. Eco-evo | Host-pathogen interactions | Antimicrobial resistance | Survival | Coexistence | Cystic fibrosis. Loves microbes and math. Self-taught illustrator. Frog enthusiast. Punk.
www.ckarakoc.com
Carolyn Ibberson @cbibberson.bsky.social Microbiologist 🧫🧪 | Microbe-Microbe interactions in infection | Mom of 👧🏼👦🏼🐶| Asst. Professor at UTK | Views my own 
Chris Knight @knightjar.bsky.social Evolutionary genetics: microbes, microbial communities, models; academic at the University of Manchester
Clare Abreu @clabreu.bsky.social Assistant professor of biology @ NYU. Studying microbial ecology and evolution, changing environments, mathematical modeling. abreulab.org
David Guttman @dguttman.bsky.social Evolutionary genomics of bacteria pathogens with particular interest in Pseudomonas syringae, plant-microbe interactions, and effector function and evolution.
David Pollock @genomesevolve.bsky.social Evolutionary and Mathematical Biology, sequence structure and function, genomes evolve, statistical theory and knowledge, empirical-theoretical interface, communication of evolutionary genetics, collaboratives, the mind-body problem, humanism
Dinah Davison @dinahdavison.bsky.social NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at Kansas State University.
My research examines how gene-environment interactions shaped the evolution of differentiated multicellularity.
dinahdavison.net
Emma Derrick @emderrick.bsky.social PhD candidate in the Shapiro lab at McGill studying the evolution of aquatic microbial communities
Gina Lewin @ginalewin.bsky.social Assistant Prof at Case Western studying microbial interactions in the oral and vaginal microbiomes (and beyond!). Also find me outside, baking, coloring, or sleeping.
thelewinlab.com
Haim Ashkenazy @haimashkenazy.bsky.social Postdoc in WeigelWorld @PlantEvolution, @MPI_bio. Evolution of Plant-Microbe-Microbe interactions, molecular evolution, and comparative genomics
Heather Hendrickson @drhhnz.bsky.social #Evolution, #Microbiology, and #Phages. Associate Professor, University of Canterbury, Christchurch NZ. Adaptable Phage Solutions Co-Science Lead.Views my own. |She| Her|.
hendricksonlab.co.nz
Honour McCann @honour.bsky.social Max Planck Research Group Leader // Plant pathogen emergence and evolution // http://instagram.com/honourmccann // Opinions my own etc
Sungbin Lim @sungbin.bsky.social Doctoral Researcher at MPI for Evolutionary Biology
Microbiologist, Experimentalist
Interested in Microbiology, Evolution, Open Science practice, History & Philosophy of Science🧑🔬🔍- S Sylvie Estrela @sylvieestrela.bsky.social Ecology and evolution of microbial communities, mutualism, and symbiosis.
Tapan Goel @tgoel.bsky.social Postdoc in the @weitz_group at UMD College Park. Working on eco-evolutionary models of phages and their hosts. UCSD Physics PhD. he/his
Tatiana Ruiz-Bedoya @tatianaruizb.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist, curious to see what is happening here.
Postdoctoral fellow at the Desai and Baym labs, interested in infectious diseases, evolutionary genetics, and mountains. Santandereana. 🇨🇴
James Gurney @jamesgurney.bsky.social Assistant professor working on phage. Occasional writer/fact checker for kurzgesagt. I didn’t write dinotopia.
James Riddell V @jamesriddellv.bsky.social Microbiology Ph.D. candidate at Ohio State University studying virus-host dynamics in soils.
Jennifer Pentz @jtpentz.bsky.social Postdoc at Los Alamos National Laboratory 
Jiayue Yang @stjarnaa.bsky.social Grad student of Whitaker Lab at UIUC studying CRISPR ecology and evolution in archaea metapopulations ♨️
Joao Ascensao @joaoascensao.bsky.social Postdoc @ Harvard with Michael Desai | Genotype-phenotype maps & evolutionary dynamics
https://joaoascensao.github.io/