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/3mtz5aobt322sIt is now 12 years ago the last time I visited the place where I learned research and obtained my PhD - Biological Research Centre in Szeged 🇭🇺26 Aug 2026 20:09 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtz5aobt322shttps://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mtycvb3rf22dIt has been a while I checked the statistics... I missed when my citations surpassed 10k 🎉 Thanks to all group members from post doc and PhD fellows to MSc/BSc students, and collaborators 🙏26 Aug 2026 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtycvb3rf22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mtyaufl4es2dMetabolic Modelling Facilitates the Design of Synthetic Communities by Simplifying Natural Microbial Communities in Environmental Microbiology https://enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1462-2920.70404 https://enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1462-2920.70404?campaign=woletoc26 Aug 2026 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyaufl4es2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mtyalcimvk2dWow, this is cool citizen science project by @sfbender.bsky.social, @mvanderheijden.bsky.social and others in Plants, People, Planet journal Soil health assessment using buried cotton underpants with the help of 1000 citizen scientists https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp3.7025926 Aug 2026 11:36 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyalcimvk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mttpoiedw226Bacterial endosymbionts enhance fungal virulence by disrupting the disease-suppressive rhizobiome @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social from Zhong Wei at Nanjing Agricultural University with @fdiniandreote.bsky.social & Alex Jousset https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S193131282600321524 Aug 2026 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttpoiedw226https://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mttgovtfc22rLives in a gram of soil: linking life cycle biology to soil ecology - ISME Journal review by @jordivangestel.bsky.social https://academic.oup.com/ismej/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ismejo/wrag215/876723324 Aug 2026 13:42 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttgovtfc22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mtrfcf7lhk2gDecoding Bistability and Drivers of Phenotypic Variation in Bacteria Annual Reviews in Microbiology by Jesús Cámara-Almirón, Milena Jaskólska, and @veeninglab.com at @dmf-unil.bsky.social https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-micro-042424-02285123 Aug 2026 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrfcf7lhk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mtreympqds2gMicrobiome analysis and epigenetic patterns revealed distinct differences between two elm species with contrasting Dutch elm disease resistance -in Microbiome https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-026-02488-523 Aug 2026 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtreympqds2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mtr5bduy7c2lBacterial biosynthetic gene clusters Editorial by @evodivmet.bsky.social on the 16 articles published in the thematic issue in Essays in Biochemistry https://portlandpress.com/essaysbiochem/article/70/2/99/23794823 Aug 2026 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtr5bduy7c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mtr4r72vhc2j16S ribosomal RNA modification drives transcript-specific translation efficiency @cp-cellreports.bsky.social from @ramamurthilab.bsky.social https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(26)00965-4 Bacillus subtilis #MicroSky23 Aug 2026 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtr4r72vhc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mtr4mqmvyc2jProbiotic Bacillus strains enhance cellulose digestibility and silkworms growth via gut microbiota modulation -in Journal of Insect Physiology https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S002219102600120423 Aug 2026 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtr4mqmvyc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mtqi6g5yq22k16k morning run with daughter and 🐕23 Aug 2026 09:31 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqi6g5yq22khttps://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mtntkfbmf22bMonitoring the bioenergetic state and cell lysis of Bacillus subtilis throughout the growth cycle Microbial Cell Factories from @henrikstrahl.bsky.social https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12934-026-03086-822 Aug 2026 08:17 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtntkfbmf22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mtlxnvkmfk2rBacterial nanotubes extend from a tubeosome organelle to establish an intercellular bridge bioRxiv by @mkguria24.bsky.social et al from Sigal Ben-Yehuda https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.27.740770v121 Aug 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlxnvkmfk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mtlxly3uu22rGenetic code expansion enables plant-directed control of bacterial activity (in Bacillus subtilis) bioRxiv by @vivzhong.bsky.social et al from Jennifer Brophy https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.29.728790v221 Aug 2026 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlxly3uu22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mtlwr4tzo22rPostdoctoral position with Salma Balazadeh at the University of Göttingen to study plant-microbe interactions and plant responses to drought (2 years, with the possibility of extension for up to 6 years)👇 https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/644546.html?details=7662221 Aug 2026 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlwr4tzo22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social/post/3mtjiao6fjk22Bacterial small regulatory RNAs @natrevmicro.nature.com Review by Kai Papenfort (FSU Jena, Germany / @microverse.bsky.social) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-026-01353-420 Aug 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:bcfu2kvabxqcelryrogrli45/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjiao6fjk22