The Symbiosis Courses Alumni Network @symbiosisalumni.bsky.social This Network connects alumni of the three international Summer Schools on Symbioses: Host-Microbe Symbioses (Portugal), ECODIM (Chile) and Molecular and Cell Biology of Symbiosis (MBL, Massachusetts, USA). Supported by @moorefound.bsky.social
Sean Meaden @seanmeaden.bsky.social Microbial ecology / evolution / genomics @ University of York
Nancy Moran @nancy-moran.bsky.social Research biologist and lover of nature, mostly bacteria, insects and (lately) birds
Takema Fukatsu @fkttkm.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist, working on symbiosis between insects and microbes; Prime Senior Researcher, AIST; Professor, Univ. Tokyo/Univ. Tsukuba
Aileen Berasategui @berasymbionts.bsky.social Group Leader at The Sainsbury Laboratory | Chemical ecology of insect-microbe interactions 🪲🍄 🧬🇪🇸🇪🇺| PI of @ERC_Research: SymPathy
Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social Professor at UC Davis
Work: phylogenomics & microbiomes; wildlife and aquatic microbiology; #openscience;
Other: #birds; baseball; T1D
Lab phylogenomics.me
Pics jonathaneisen.smugmug.com
Links linktr.ee/jonathaneisen
TED go.ted.com/6WPm
Alejandro Manzano Marín @amanzanom.bsky.social Senior Scientist 👨🏽🔬 @dome-vienna.bsky.social, @univie.ac.at
🇲🇽🇪🇺(🇦🇹🇫🇷🇪🇸) Symbionts, bacteria, insects, leeches, viruses, bioinformatics, evolution, genomics. Opinions are my very own.
#SymbioSky
https://besymblab.univie.ac.at/
Victoria Calatrava @vickiecalatrava.bsky.social 🔬✨Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Researcher #AlgaeSphere Project ✨🧬 | @algaeFamLAB 🧪 | @uco.es 🌱🌍
Pratyaksh Singh @prats00.bsky.social PhD candidate | Symbiont Experimental Evolution 🪰 | Interested in behaviour, evolution of host-microbe interactions 🦠@iDiv & @UniHalle He/Him🌈
Oleksandr Maistrenko @omaistrenko.bsky.social Genomics, symbiosis, evolution.
MicroHealth consortium
Ukrainian School in Evolutionary Biology
Postdoc University of Amsterdam; NIOZ 🇳🇱; EMBL🇩🇪; North Dakota State University🇺🇲, Fulbright Program; Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine🇺🇦
Aiswarya Prasad @aiswarya.bsky.social Microbial ecology and evolution | Microbes and metagenomics | Bee gut microbiome
PhD student
https://engelbeelab.com/
🐝,
DMF, University of Lausanne
François Leulier @francoisleulier.bsky.social Scientist, Biologist @CNRS
Director and Group leader @IGFLyon @ENSLyon
We study how the #Microbiome together with #Nutrition influence #Juvenile #Physiology using #InMice and #Drosophila as models.
Michael Gerth @mgerth.bsky.social Insects, microbes, symbiosis, bioinformatics, molecular approaches in evolution & ecology. Emmy Noether Research Group Leader & Jun.-Prof. @iDiv & MLU Halle. he/him
Eduardo Rocha @epcrocha.bsky.social Scientist, genomics, evolution, microbiology, computational biology, Institut Pasteur/CNRS, Paris
Sarela Garcia-Santamarina @sarsarela.bsky.social Professor Deep Microbiome Metabolomics at @Leibniz-HKI
#MPS_NOVA Twinning Coordinator #microbiome #microphysiologicalsystems
https://leibniz-hki.de/en/deep-microbiome-metabolomics.html
Dr. Claudia Pogoreutz @cpogoreutz.bsky.social Coral scientist, microbiologist, bacteria, fungi, and algae aficionada, mother of Endozoicomonas 🧫 🧬🍄🪸laureate of ANR-CPJ professorship’a connected underwater world’ at CRIOBE #womeninstem #newPI 🇦🇹
Slipa Kanungo @slipakanungo.bsky.social PhD student working on “Quorum sensing signalling in the mammalian gut” @karinaxavierlab.bsky.social📍Portugal
Cyril Anjou @cyril-anjou.bsky.social Postdoc at CRSA Paris - Microbiota, Intestine and Inflammation team - Sokol's lab
Former PhD student at LPBA (Institut Pasteur)
Host-Microbe Interactions - International MSc Program @hosmic.bsky.social http://hosmic.uth.gr
Grant Hughes @mosquitomicrobe.bsky.social Mosquitoes, Wolbachia, microbiomes, symbiosis, arboviruses, Plasmodium, host-microbe interactions.
Mosquito Symbiosis and Infection lab account - @mossi-lab.bsky.social
ELIXIR Europe @elixir-europe.org A life sciences research infrastructure, bringing together #bioinformatics resources across Europe to store, analyse, share and reuse data.
BioData.pt @biodata.pt We're the distributed Life and Health data research infrastructure for Portugal, and home of Portuguese ELIXIR node.
#LivingData
Luis Pedro Coelho @luispedrocoelho.bsky.social Content creator for Elsevier, NPG, and others
Microbiome researcher
Based in Brisbane
@ls4future.bsky.social @ls4future.bsky.social 
Marta Agostinho @meagostinho.bsky.social Executive Director @eu-life.bsky.social. Scientist dedicated to the interface of science with policy. #research #sciencepolicy Sharing her personal views.
i3S - Institute for Research and Innovation in Health | UPorto @i3suporto.bsky.social Where ideas grow 👩🔬🧪👨🔬🇵🇹
Cancer | Infection, Immunity & Regeneration | Neurobiology & Neurologic Disorders
🔗 https://www.i3s.up.pt/
Champalimaud Foundation @champalimaudf.bsky.social Non-profit organisation
We conduct advanced biomedical research and clinical care, using our scientific discoveries to improve the quality of life of people around the world.
https://www.fchampalimaud.org/champalimaud-foundation
Champalimaud Research @champalimaudr.bsky.social Non-profit organisation - Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown
Neuroscience & Cancer Research
Science Communication & Outreach
https://www.fchampalimaud.org/champalimaud-research
Ana Santos Almeida @anasalmeida.bsky.social Microbiome in Health & Disease Translational Lab | PI @GIMM | Advisor @GetTinyHealth | Mom of 2 | Wife. PhD🇫🇷 Postdoc🇺🇸 🇨🇮 Always🇵🇹
Lúcia Antunes Illustration @luciaantunes.bsky.social I am a freelance Scientific Illustrator and Designer, creating work for scientific communication and also commercial pieces. Assistant teacher and PhD Student at Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa.
https://luciaantunes.com
Pieter Dorrestein @pieterdorrestein.bsky.social I love molecules microbes make and mass spectrometry. I can spend hours looking at MS/MS with the dream we can annotate every molecule.
Alison Ravenscraft @aravenscraft.bsky.social Brand new here. I study insect-microbe symbioses!
Rebecca Shapiro @shapirorebecca.bsky.social Associate Prof @ U Guelph. Fungal genetics and functional genomics (she/her)
The Microbiota Vault @microbiotavault.bsky.social The Microbiota Vault is a global non-profit initiative to conserve long-term health for humanity.
https://www.microbiotavault.org/
Eva Stukenbrock @estukenbrock.bsky.social Group leader and professor at Kiel University, Germany.
Evolutionary biology, fungi, plant-microbe interactions.
MibiNet @mibinet.bsky.social MibiNet aims to understand microbial networking in its full complexity to explain how organelles evolve and how the microbiome functions.
https://www.sfb1535.hhu.de/
Ramya Ganesan @chaintist.bsky.social Postdoc @gimminstitute.bsky.social | insect - microbe symbioses, microbial ecology and evolution | Also enjoys cartooning | 🪲& 🐝 | She/her
Art portfolio: https://chaintist.wordpress.com/
Shop: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Chaiintist/explore?asc=u
Carlos J. Blondel @cjblondel.bsky.social Researcher at Universidad Andres Bello- Chile working on host-bacteria interactions & contact-dependent systems #T3SS and #T6SS. Pew LAF class 2013 and HHMI IRS 2017-2022
Marco Fumasoni @marcofumasoni.bsky.social Biologist | Group leader of the Genome Maintenance and Evolution lab @gimminstitute.bsky.social | Previously @IGC, @harvardmcb.bsky.social and @ifomresearch.bsky.social | https://fumalab.github.io/
Emily Wissel, PhD @ewiss.bsky.social bioinformatician || human microbiome, multi-omics, and clinical health research
Swagatika Dash @swagatika.bsky.social Pursuing PhD @kostchristian.bsky.social's lab.👩🔬 Microbial ecology and evolution| Survival strategies of soil bacteria| Bacterial cross-feeding interactions
Hugo C. Barreto @hugocbarreto.bsky.social Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoc Fellow Institut Cochin Tenaillon-Matic Lab. PhD alumni Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência. Interested in host-microbe interactions and evolution.
Justin Stewart @thecrobe.bsky.social Ecology and evolution of plant-microbe symbiosis. Mapping fungal diversity and carbon. Postdoctoral Fellow at SPUN
Toby Kiers @tobykiers.bsky.social Executive Director http://SPUN.earth
Society for the Protection of Underground Networks
Professor Evolutionary Biology (VU, Amsterdam)
Mycorrhizal Fungi, Evolution of Cooperation, Symbiosis
http://tobykiers.com
Michael Zimmermann Lab @zimmermannlab.bsky.social We use high-throughput MS, bacterial genetics, gnotobiology & computational models to study metabolic interactions in microbial ecosystems
@EMBL
Homepage: https://www.embl.org/groups/zimmermann/
Ana Godinho @apmfgodinho.bsky.social Developmental neurobiologist turned science communication professional. Views my own.
Mathieu Groussin @mgroussi.bsky.social Professor at the Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology
https://www.ikmb.uni-kiel.de/
Host-microbiome systems in health & diseases https://mmmicrobiomelab.org/
Global Microbiome Conservancy https://microbiomeconservancy.org/
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation @moorefound.bsky.social We foster path-breaking scientific discovery, environmental conservation, and preservation of the special character of the Bay Area.
GIMM Institute @gimminstitute.bsky.social A big world needs a little curiosity.
Welcome to the oficial Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine account. We are On the Verge of Discovery.
www.gimm.pt
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
MIT Microbiome Club @mitmbiomeclub.bsky.social students & postdocs bringing together curious members of the MIT + Boston community interested in #microbiome studies + microbiome-based medicine
Broz Lab @brozlab.bsky.social Lab of Petr Broz @ UNIL. Cell death, innate immunology and pathogen defense
EU-LIFE @eu-life.bsky.social EU-LIFE is the alliance of independent research institutes in the life sciences across Europe, aiming to promote and strengthen European research excellence.
https://eu-life.eu/
Mateus lab @mateuslab.com Our lab at Umeå University uses proteomics to understand protein function and interactions in human gut microbiome species.
Rob Finn @robdfinn.bsky.social Senior Scientist, Section Head, Team Leader at EMBL-EBI. PI of MGnify and co-lead of Ensembl, passionate about microbes and microbiome research. Bit of a tech geek too.
Ewa Chrostek @ewachrostek.bsky.social Scientist, Wolbachiologist, dog person. Supporting this collection for the Foundation for Puppies Judyta: www.ratujemyzwierzaki.pl/interwencje-2026
André Mateus @andrenmateus.bsky.social Assistant professor at Umeå University and Team leader at the Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS)
Follow also lab account: @mateuslab.com
Alumnus at @uu.se and at the @EMBL.org (@savitski-lab.bsky.social and @typaslab.bsky.social)
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
Román Zapién-Campos @romanzapien.bsky.social PostDoc University College London 📚 | ecology and evolution of microbes 🦠 | 🇲🇽🇬🇧 | romanzapien.github.io
Ana Teles @anabteles.bsky.social Project Manager @gimmfoundation.bsky.social / SciComm @NativeScientists / PhD in Immunology / T Cells / Evolutionary Biology / Broad interest in the universe & the nature of everything
Karina Xavier Lab @karinaxavierlab.bsky.social Microbiologist working on Quorum Sensing, microbiota and microbe-host interactions. Working at Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine - GIMM, Oeiras, Portugal
Lisa Maier Lab | Tübingen @lisamaierlab.bsky.social Systematically dissecting the lifestyle of human gut microbes
Lucia Pita @lpita.bsky.social RamonyCajal Researcher @IIM-CSIC, Vigo, Spain.
Research on #MarineSymbiosis #host-microbe interactions in #sponges
www.luciapita.es
#momademia
Luisa Figueiredo @luisamfigueiredo.bsky.social 🔬Head of lab at GIMM, Lisbon. Studying host-trypanosome interactions.
DMF UNIL @dmf-unil.bsky.social News from the Département de Microbiologie Fondamentale (DMF) at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. 12 PIs tackling fundamental problems in microbiology. Co-leading the NCCR Microbiomes. http://www.unil.ch/dmf
Bork Group at EMBL Heidelberg @borklab.bsky.social Computational biology lab focusing on microbiomes in the human gut and the environment
Homepage: https://www.bork.embl.de/
Mastodon: https://mstdn.science/@BorkLab
Ute Hentschel @utehentschel.bsky.social Professor of Marine Microbiology at GEOMAR. A particular interest in marine animal-microbe symbioses.
Seth Bordenstein @symbionticism.bsky.social Scientist, Huck Professor: Microbiome, Virome, Symbiosis, Evolution, Genetics, Phylosymbiosis, Holobiont, Wolbachia, Phage | Director of One Health Microbiome Center @psumbiome.bsky.social | SciEd: @wolbachiaproj.bsky.social | @holobiontbiology.bsky.social
Stefan O. Bassler @stefanbassler.bsky.social Evolutionary Systems Biology of Aging, @typaslab.bsky.social @embl.org PhD & Bridging Excellence Postdoc (LifeScienceAlliance) with
@petrovadmitri.bsky.social & Steinmetz lab @stanford.edu and Aulehla lab @embl.org
Insect Symbiosis Lab @kaltenpoth-lab.bsky.social News from the Insect Symbiosis Department 🪲🦠 , at the MPI for Chemical Ecology, on how insects and their symbionts adapt to challenges.
Profile picture by Rebekka Janke
Kiran R. Patil @kiranrpatil.bsky.social Professor of Molecular Systems Biology, University of Cambridge
Olivia Roth @oliviaroth.bsky.social Marine Evolutionary Biologist at Kiel University. Immune system evolution, evolutionary flexibility and male pregnancy. 
EMBL Events @events.embl.org 🧬 Join our world-class courses, conferences, and workshops at the forefront of molecular life science and its applications. 👩🏻🔬 www.embl.org/events/ 🔬 
Gut Microbiota for Health @gmfhx.bsky.social Gut Microbiota for Health by experts, for experts from medical & scientific communities. www.gutmicrobiotaforhealth.com
By www.ESNM.eu
Anna Zaidman-Rémy @annazaidmanremy.bsky.social Scientist
Ricardo Henriques @henriqueslab.bsky.social @AIOpticalBioLab.bsky.social. Group Leader #ITQB & H. Prof #UCL. #Nanoscopy & #AI for #LifeSciences. #SRRF sensei. #ERCCoG, #EMBO member. Dad. Opinions my own
- henriqueslab.org -
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/
Jillian Petersen @jillianmpetersen.bsky.social 🇦🇺 Microbial ecologist, Professor at University of Vienna, Editor-in-Chief, The ISME Journal; she/her
Bärbel Stecher @baerboletta.bsky.social Microbiologist interested in gut microbiota-pathogen interaction. Professor at TU Munich, PhD ETH Zurich, studies at LMU Munich and University of Warwick, UK.
Vonaesch Lab, University of Lausanne @vonaeschlab.bsky.social We are fascinated about infectious diseases, the microbiome, nutrition and especially how they all play together. 
@mgnifydb.bsky.social @mgnifydb.bsky.social 
Savitski Lab @savitski-lab.bsky.social We are the Savitski lab located @ EMBL using and developing proteomics methods for assessing the state of the proteome
Sara Mitri @saramitri.bsky.social Microbial ecology and evolution | Professor at University of Lausanne | Theory | Experiments | Egyptian
Ana Aranda da Silva @anaaranda.bsky.social marine scientist turned science manager, interested in how to train the next generation of marine scientists. project manager of @aquaserv
EMBL-EBI Training @training.ebi.embl.org Delivering world-class bioinformatics training in data-driven life sciences virtually and onsite at EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute in Hinxton, UK.
www.ebi.ac.uk/training
EMBL-EBI @ebi.embl.org EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) provides open biological data resources and tools, and performs basic research in computational biology. https://www.ebi.ac.uk/
Philipp Engel @pengellab.bsky.social Microbiologist at UNIL Switzerland, interested in Microbiota-host interactions, symbiosis, evolution and genomics, and social bees
engelbeelab.com
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/
EMBL @embl.org The European Molecular Biology Laboratory drives visionary basic research and technology development in the life sciences. www.embl.org
Universität Kiel (CAU) @uni-kiel.de Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU)
🌐 https://www.uni-kiel.de
#️⃣ #UniKiel
ITQB NOVA @itqbnova.bsky.social Interdisciplinary research and advanced training institute of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, in Oeiras, Portugal.
Luis Teixeira @lmvteixeira.bsky.social Host-Microbe Interactions lab.
#Drosophila, #Wolbachia, #microbiota, and #viruses.
Católica Biomedical Research Centre.
Medical School, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
Portugal.
SymbNET - a EUHorizon2020 Twinning
network on Host-Microbe Symbiosis
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
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