Professor of Microbiome Ecology at Institute of Biology, Leiden University Bacillus subtilis, biofilms, plant microbiome, bacteria-fungi interactions and circadian clock within @microclockerc.bsky.social #ERCSyG https://linktr.ee/atkovacshttps://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mlxpde7gic26Premature transcription termination modulates stochastic gene expression in bacteria trp operon in E.coli vs B.subtilis -in Science Advances from Christoph Engl https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aed083116 May 2026 11:06 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxpde7gic26https://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mlxp6xobck26Anthracnose drives assembly of phyllosphere epiphytic bacterial communities to increase disease resistance -in NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes #SynCom vs foliar pathogen anthracnose (Colletotrichum lentis) via #CryForHelp https://www.nature.com/articles/s41522-026-00991-z16 May 2026 11:04 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxp6xobck26https://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mlvi54m4h22dThe concept figure from this paper looked quite familiar See our figure from last year October in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(25)01252-5 Nice to see the molecular details are dissected for rice in this recent publication... [1/2🧵] [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 May 2026 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvi54m4h22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mlvhxs3cbs2dEngineered Bacillus subtilis p43-Taglo1 fortifies the iron plaque-biofilm composite to reduce arsenic uptake and promote rice growth in @newphyt.bsky.social https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.7125515 May 2026 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvhxs3cbs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mlvhsqnz7s2dMfd interacts with RNA polymerase to modulate flagellum-dependent motility, chemotaxis, and population heterogeneity in the stationary phase of Bacillus subtilis in J Bacteriol https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jb.00589-2515 May 2026 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvhsqnz7s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mlvhrqaaac2dExploiting the ability of Bacillus subtilis to synthetize surfactin under oxygen limitation -in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00253-026-13868-015 May 2026 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvhrqaaac2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mlvha3he7c2nInteresting preprint in #ResearchSquare Root-derived reactive oxygen species spatially pattern bacterial cell-type differentiation during root colonization https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8407390/v1 #Bacillussubtilis #microfluidics #bacterialdifferentiation #heterogeneity #motility #matrix15 May 2026 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvha3he7c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mlsnxc5jws2qPGPR-mediated enhancement of soil nutrients, rhizosphere microbial ecology, and plant growth: a review review in NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes https://www.nature.com/articles/s41522-026-00966-014 May 2026 10:58 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsnxc5jws2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mlsn7wqde22qWe have a PhD position in Leiden within our #ERCSyG @microclockerc.bsky.social project to dissect circadian clocks in bacterial biofilms We are looking for candidates with optogenetics, single cell microscopy and image analysis background Application deadline 12 June 2026 👉 edu.nl/cqra314 May 2026 10:45 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsn7wqde22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mls73vcjs22xCool experimental system for phyllosphere microbial ecology from @mitjare.bsky.social in bioRxiv👇🏼 [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 06:32 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mls73vcjs22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mlqjsn2j4k2yGeometric ordering in bacterial communities -in PNAS https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2526643123 (Just look at the beautiful time lapse movies in the publication)13 May 2026 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqjsn2j4k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mlqcu4vj3c2uIf you are in Munich on 20 May, visit Pint of Science at Gans Woanders and listen to @borfebor.bsky.social talking about “A day in a 30-minutes life” Info: https://pintofscience.de/event/from-microscopes-to-telescopes/ @microclockerc.bsky.social #ChronoMicrobiology #ChronoSky13 May 2026 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqcu4vj3c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mlpyg3hbuk2pA ‘Genome-First’ Framework for Next-Generation Bioinputs: From Functional Mining to Rational Synthetic Microbial Communities in Environmental Microbiology by Osiel Silva Gonçalves https://enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1462-2920.70319 https://enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1462-2920.70319?campaign=woletoc13 May 2026 09:27 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpyg3hbuk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mlptwjpesc2uFe3+ Promotes Biofilm Formation and Biocontrol Efficacy of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens GZY63 via Transcriptomic and Metabolic Reprogramming -in @biofilmjournal.bsky.social https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590207526000249 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590207526000249?dgcid=raven_sd_aip_email13 May 2026 08:07 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlptwjpesc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mlps3to4ik2xDynamical model-guided SynCom design for sustainable agriculture @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social by Youzhi Miao (缪有志), Xinli Sun (孙新丽), Wei Wang, Qirong Shen (沈其荣), and Ruifu Zhang (张瑞福) https://www.cell.com/trends/microbiology/fulltext/S0966-842X(26)00099-5 https://www.cell.com/trends/microbiology/fulltext/S0966-842X(26)00099-5?dgcid=raven_jbs_aip_email13 May 2026 07:34 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlps3to4ik2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mlpro2z4322xSave the date for #miCROPe2027 International Symposium Microbe-assisted Crop Production - Opportunities, Challenges & Needs June 1-3, 2027 Vienna, Austria www.micrope.org13 May 2026 07:27 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpro2z4322xhttps://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mlnpwuvmp22nBacterial quorum sensing systems in cell-cell communication -in @FEMS Microbiol Rev @femsjournals.bsky.social https://academic.oup.com/femsre/advance-article/doi/10.1093/femsre/fuag020/867604012 May 2026 11:50 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnpwuvmp22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mlnmmpc2fk2nMicrobial genetic screen identifies bacterial genes that compromise Caenorhabditis elegans reproductive fitness E.coli - ΔcrcB, ΔpurE, and ΔyojI - cytidine diphosphate-diacylglycerol (CDP-DG) -in #mSystems https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msystems.01698-2512 May 2026 10:51 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnmmpc2fk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mllzcmwbwk2pJoin our institute in Leiden as Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Plant Molecular (and Cell) Biology at Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL) @leidenscience.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social Applying is possible until: 7 juni 2026 https://careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/AssistantAssociateFull-Professor-Plant-Molecular-%28and-Cell%29-Biology/16537-en_US11 May 2026 19:33 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