Philipp Engel

[Philipp Engel @PEngellab]

We are looking for a bioinformatician with expertise in microbiome data analysis to join our team at the University of Lausanne. The successful candidate will lead and support research projects within https://t.co/p1qAJCJLjN. More details here: https://t.co/MGuavhTeJa .

[Philipp Engel @PEngellab]

We are looking for a postdoc in bioinformatics interested in broad questions about the ecology and evolution of host-associated microbiomes using social bees as model. Please share with potential candidates and if interested apply here: https://t.co/BsW2py9SB2

[NCCR Microbiomes @NCCRMicrobiomes]

📢Job alert! The @NCCRMicrobiomes is recruiting a new Financial administrator. Thanks for reposting 😃
More info and application link here👇
https://t.co/CynVSFLXws

[Amélie Cabirol @AmelieCabirol]

Un grand merci à @CNRSbiologie et la fondation CNRS pour ce prix et l'organisation de cette cérémonie!

👏Félicitations aux autres lauréats ! Ce fût de belles rencontres 🙂

[Amélie Cabirol @AmelieCabirol]

✨#Postdoc opportunity in my lab @CbiToulouse ! Join an exciting @ERC_Research funded project on the microbiota-gut-brain axis in bees.

👉Apply: Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Postdoctorat (H/F): Impact du microbiote intestinal sur la cognition des abeilles

[@vardilab @vardilab]

We are #hiring!! 👩‍🔬 The Vardi lab and Thorsten Dittmar lab are looking for candidates for an exciting new collaborative project on #marine microbiology and geochemistry.
Deadline for submission – 5 December 2024

[Aiswarya @AiswwaryaPrasad]

Catch my talk titled "Evolution and Functional Potential of Gut Microbiota in Honeybees: A Comparative Metagenomic Approach" at MVIF 33 @MicrobiomeVIF with a Keynote talk by Prof. Seth Bordenstein
@Symbionticism on 12 Nov (and 14 Nov Pacific-time replay) https://t.co/iQZQ0DLJIb

[Alvaro Sanchez @asanchez_lab]

Our preprint "Full Factorial construction of microbial communities" was peer reviewed. We describe a simple protocol for assembling all possible combinations of up to 10-12 different microorganisms using standard lab equipment. Hopefully useful to others!
https://t.co/Btq9LTG02T

[Monica Bettencourt-Dias @IGCcentrioles]

Today, I reflect on the legacy of @IGCiencia over the last 60 years and what it has meant for research and the scientific community in Portugal and beyond. IGC was never just a place—it was a pioneering model. #IGCLegacyLivesOn 1/5

[NCCR Microbiomes @NCCRMicrobiomes]

Don't miss this opportunity if you are a PhD student or Postdoc in a 🇨🇭 university!

[Philipp Engel @PEngellab]

This work would not have been possible without @snsf_ch SPIRIT grant for collaborations and many amazing co-authors. First and foremost: @SzeHueiYek and @APallujam our longterm collaborators in Malaysia. But also Axel Brockmann and his team in India, and @FlorentMazel @FBM_UNIL

[Philipp Engel @PEngellab]

More generally, it advances our understanding of host specificity in gut microbiota. Among others it shows that apparently conserved gut microbes have not co-diversified with their hosts, but are actually susceptible to change over evolutionary time.

[Philipp Engel @PEngellab]

Our results form the basis for more detailed functional characterization of bacterial gut symbionts previously not recognized as important members of the honeybee gut microbiome. It vastly expands our knowledge of bee microbiota mostly obtained from the managed Western honeybee.

[Philipp Engel @PEngellab]

We found that these host-specific evolutionary trajectories have functional consequences: Giant honeybees were the only bees harboring divergent strains of the genus Dysgonomonas encoding many genes for pectin degradation and contributing to fiber breakdown in the bee gut...

[Philipp Engel @PEngellab]

Differences in host specificity seems to depend on host rather than symbiont identity: Dwarf honeybees had mostly generalist bacteria in their guts, while the Western honeybee or the Giant honeybee contained many specialists - surprising given the similar ecology of these bees.

[Philipp Engel @PEngellab]

...at the individual bacterial level the communities were composed of both shared and host-specific members. Host specificity sometimes only emerged at the strain-level and we found no evidence for co-diversification, suggesting symbiont loss/gain/host switches during evolution.

[Philipp Engel @PEngellab]

We recovered 1,959 MAGs of 150 bacterial species many of which have not been cultured or for which no genomes are available. Although the gut microbiota of honeybees is dominated by the same genera, we found that the communities of the five species were host-specific. Yet...

[Philipp Engel @PEngellab]

New preprint on bioRxiv https://t.co/B5mhzBlHIs. @AiswwaryaPrasad analyzed 200 metagenomes 🦠of five honeybee species 🐝, offering new insights into gut bacteria evolution and uncovering the functional potential of the microbiota of key pollinators in their native range. 🧵:

[Philipp Engel @PEngellab]

@wk_kwong @mbiojournal @kasie_raymann @JoanitoLiberti Thank you @kasie_raymann and @wk_kwong for this excellent summary of our work and emphasizing two key messages of it: the necessity of careful (independent) replication and cross-disciplinary knowledge transfer in science.

[Waldan Kwong @wk_kwong]

New @mbiojournal: a commentary by me and @kasie_raymann on @JoanitoLiberti @PEngellab's wonderful recent paper on honey bee behavioural maturation and the microbiome 🐝🐝🐝

https://t.co/9ULQNdefJQ