Section of Microbiology - University of Copenhagen

Postdoctoral fellow in metagenomics in Copenhagen. Partnering in a new European initiative in Microbiome research-

Postdoctoral fellow in metagenomics focusing on bioinformatic analysis in food systems The successful candidate will work at the University of Copenhagen, Department of Biology in close collaboration with The Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University on a major multi partner EU funded Horizon 2020 project aimed at providing sustainable innovation of microbiome applications in foo...

http://www1.bio.ku.dk/formidling/kulturnat/

The Section of Microbiology will have a stand at Kulturnat 2017 introducing some general microbiology. You will get the chance to play with bacteria under a microscope, identify some common ones, and even taste a few.

Kulturnat I Biocentret i Universitetsparken - Ole Maaløes Vej 5 - kan du møde forskere fra Biologisk Institut og høre foredrag om Grønlandshajen - verdens ældste hvirveldyr, om insekter og deres utrolige superkræfter, få et kig ind i Johan Olsens nye børnebog og høre om tarmbakteriers indflydelse på overvægt...

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For a disease to be well-understood, a reliable model of that disease for use in the lab is essential. Science is working hard to mimic physiological conditions more accurately to improve our knowledge and inform treatments.

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Check out this summer course!! One of our students attended in 2015 and had an experience of a lifetime!! Just look at the panel of lecturers!! We encourage all interested PhD students to apply and spread the word!!

PhD Summer Course -
Host-microbe symbioses: from functional to ecological perspectives
REGISTRATIONS ARE OPEN UNTIL MARCH 20, 2017
Check out this great summer course we are organizing together with Luis Teixeira (IGC), Margaret McFall-Ngai (University of Hawaii- Honolulu) and Martin Bl**er (NYU).
For more information go to:
www.igc.gulbenkian.pt/symbioses2017
The course is target to PhD students of all nationalities interested in host-microbe interactions.

One of our young researchers had the privilege of attending courses with scientists from the Wolbachia project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in an effort to combat malaria. Wolbachia bacteria cause cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) in their insect hosts. Because CI is such a widespread phenomenon, and because it is employed in strategies to stamp out insect pests—or the diseases they carry—researchers would like to know how it works.

How Bacteria Interfere with Insect Reproduction | The Scientist Magazine® Scientists identify the genes responsible for bacteria-controlled sterility in arthropods.

Strength and beauty in numbers

Here you have millions of single-celled bacterium coming together in a self-organized colony called a biofilm. These biofilms are the same reason it's so hard to treat some infections. It allows them to cooperate with each other, adapt to changes in their environment, and survive.

In this image, the Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm has grown in a laboratory dish to about the size of a quarter. Together, the millions of independent bacterial cells have created a tough extracellular matrix of secreted proteins, polysaccharide sugars, and even DNA that holds the biofilm together, stained in red with a dye. The more biofilm it makes, the wrinklier it looks and darker the red.
Go ahead and zoom in :)