How do gut bacteria cope with both proteolytic stress and phage attack? 🧵👇

Our latest preprint is live!

Ulcerative colitis (UC) creates a distinct gut environment: protease activity rises, the virome shifts, and phages expand.

#Microbiome #Bacteriophages #IBD
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Thanks to additional funding, the registration fees for #EMBLBorkMemorial have been set at a reduced rate.

This symposium will reflect on Peer Bork's past achievements and explore future directions of fields such as protein biology and more.

Submit your abstract by 10 Nov: s.embl.org/pbs27-01-bl

EMBL scientists uncovered new interactions between molecular machines directly inside cells.

With cryo-ET, they gleaned new aspects of bacterial protein production, transport, and folding in cells – and a new way to analyse ‘communities’ of molecular machines.

www.embl.org/news/science...

Alessio Yang @alessioyang.bsky.social (from @typaslab.bsky.social ) on Phages carry multiple triggers and blockers against bacterial defence systems

#Retrons toxin-antitoxin systems as phage defense

#EMBOBacNet #PhageSky

We are hiring! Start at a #MaxPlanckInstitute with your own independent Max Planck Research Group. This position is equivalent to a W2 Professorship at a German university, or Associate Professor internationally. 🔗Apply until October 14th! www.mpg.de/career/max-p... #ScienceCareer #MPRG #TenureTrack

Congratulations, Julia Mahamid!

The EMBL scientist has been elected to Leopoldina, the German National Academy of Sciences, in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the field of structural cell biology.

Learn more: www.embl.org/news/awards-...

At the start of 2026, EMBL lost long-serving colleague and Interim Director General Peer Bork. Join us in commemorating Peer and his legacy at the #EMBLBorkMemorial.

Submit your abstract by 10 November: s.embl.org/pbs27-01-bl

Recruitment for the EMBL International PhD Programme is officially open! 📣

At EMBL, we train young scientists to become skilled and creative future leaders in academia, industry and other sectors. Start your career in the life sciences with us!

🔎 Read more and apply here: bit.ly/4x9Edss

Join the EMBL Gut Microbe Function meeting to share your research and connect with leading microbiome scientists.

Submit your abstract by 15 September for the chance to present your work in Heidelberg or virtually,
8 – 10 December 2026.

www.embl.org/about/info/c...

Do you want to be part of the community advancing microbiome research? 🧪

Submit your abstract by 15 Sep for the opportunity to present your work at #EMBLGutMicrobeFunction: s.embl.org/gmd26-01-bl

Date: 8–10 Dec 2026
EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual

Learn more from scientific organiser Lisa Maier.