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Academic Europe<p>Job - Alert 📢</p><p>RESEARCH ASSISTANT / PHD STUDENT (ALL GENDERS) - DIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY OF ALGAE-ASSOCIATED FLAGELLATES </p><p>Deadline: 2025-05-13</p><p>Location: Germany, Darmstadt, Hessen </p><p><a href="https://www.academiceurope.com/job/?id=7427" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">academiceurope.com/job/?id=742</span><span class="invisible">7</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/hiring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hiring</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/PhD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhD</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/Microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbiology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/Ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/organismicbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>organismicbiology</span></a></p>
Academic Europe<p>Job - Alert ✨</p><p>🌊 RESEARCH ASSISTANT / PHD STUDENT (ALL GENDERS) - DIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY OF VAMPIRE AMOEBAE </p><p>Deadline:&nbsp;2025-05-13</p><p>Location:&nbsp;Germany, Darmstadt, Hessen</p><p><a href="https://www.academiceurope.com/job/?id=7425" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">academiceurope.com/job/?id=742</span><span class="invisible">5</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/hiring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hiring</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/PhD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhD</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/Ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/Microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbiology</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1995106/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1995106/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> How Holy Water from Ethiopia Sparked a Cholera Outbreak in Europe <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/cholera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cholera</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DrugResistantBacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrugResistantBacteria</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ethiopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethiopia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EuropeanHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanHealth</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HolyWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HolyWater</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InfectiousDiseases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfectiousDiseases</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbiology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ReligionAndHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReligionAndHealth</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SpiritualPractices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpiritualPractices</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VibrioCholerae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VibrioCholerae</span></a></p>
ScienceOpen<p>'Приоритетные возбудители грибковых и бактериальных инфекций: тенденции развития и влияние на эпидемиологическую обстановку в РФ Translated title: Priority pathogens of fungal and bacterial infections: development trends and impact on the epidemiological situation in the Russian Federation' - an article in the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbiology</span></a> Independent <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> Journal (MIR Journal) on <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ScienceOpen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceOpen</span></a>: <a href="https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.18527/2025121118.RU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scienceopen.com/hosted-documen</span><span class="invisible">t?doi=10.18527/2025121118.RU</span></a></p>
Small Things Considered<p>Cultivating the Ancestors… (2|4)</p><p>by Christoph — Based on their knowledge of the morphology of P. syntrophicum MK-D1 from electron micro­scopy and their knowledge of its physiology from growth assays and genome analysis, Imachi, Nobu et al. (2020) propose a hypothetical model, the E3 model, of how the first evolution­ary steps towards eukaryogenesis might have occurred in an ancestral archaeon living ~2 billion years ago. </p><p>Read more &gt; <a href="https://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2025/04/cultivating-the-ancestors-24.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">schaechter.asmblog.org/schaech</span><span class="invisible">ter/2025/04/cultivating-the-ancestors-24.html</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbiology</span></a></p>
Planetary Ecologist<p>HELP assay (Microbiology 🦠)</p><p>For the purpose of DNA replication, the HpaII tiny fragment Enrichment by Ligation-mediated PCR Assay is one of several techniques used for determining whether DNA has been methylated. The technique can be adapted to examine DNA methylation within and around individual genes, or it can be expanded to examine methylation in an entire genome. The technique relies upon the properties of two restrict...</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HELP_assay" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HELP_ass</span><span class="invisible">ay</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HelpAssay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HelpAssay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbiology</span></a></p>
naturepoker<p>Finished sequencing &amp; assembling new strain of a Haloarchea - here's ANI comparison plot to another genome ostensibly belonging to the same species. Difference between the two is about 10%. This pattern repeats through the genus.</p><p>Upcoming poster &amp; preprint might be a bit spicy.</p><p><a href="https://genomic.social/tags/microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbiology</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/archaea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaea</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/bioinformatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bioinformatics</span></a></p>
Genomics Daily 🧬🤖<p>🦠 Bacterial survival secrets revealed! Bacillus altitudinis shows epic metal resistance strategies, opening new frontiers in bioremediation. Nature's resilience never fails to amaze! 🧬 <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/Genomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genomics</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/Microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbiology</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/Adaptation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Adaptation</span></a> <a href="https://emmecola.github.io/genomics-daily" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">emmecola.github.io/genomics-da</span><span class="invisible">ily</span></a></p>
Science Updates<p>"It is striking that by simply asking participants how they were feeling each day, we could detect the beneficial effects of probiotics on mood," said senior study author Laura Steenbergen. "In contrast, the standard psychological questionnaires that are common in this field were not sensitive enough to pick up these changes."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/probiotics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>probiotics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbiology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.labroots.com/trending/microbiology/28842/small-human-study-suggests-probiotics-boost-mood" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">labroots.com/trending/microbio</span><span class="invisible">logy/28842/small-human-study-suggests-probiotics-boost-mood</span></a></p>
readbeanicecream<p>Who has this on their end of the world bingo card...</p><p>Scientists Revive Organism Found Buried at Bottom of Ocean</p><p><a href="https://futurism.com/scientists-revive-organism-buried-ocean" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">futurism.com/scientists-revive</span><span class="invisible">-organism-buried-ocean</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbiology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/phycology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phycology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oceanography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oceanography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geology</span></a></p>
Resolviendo la incógnita 🌐<p>Los dinoflagelados Ceratium tienen dos cuernos cuya forma cambia con la salinidad y temperatura, permitiendo identificar a sus especies que viven en agua dulce y salada. Aunque son inofensivos, durante las mareas rojas pueden proliferar y agotar el oxígeno disuelto del agua.📷Keisotyo <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microbiologia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbiologia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbiology</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/16975/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/16975/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Population genetic structure analysis of Anopheles kleini in the Republic of Korea based on the mitochondrial COI gene | Malaria Journal <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Entomology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Genetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genetics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InfectiousDiseases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfectiousDiseases</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MalariaVector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MalariaVector</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbiology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MitochondrialCytochromeCOxidaseSubunitI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MitochondrialCytochromeCOxidaseSubunitI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NAnophelesKleinin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NAnophelesKleinin</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Parasitology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Parasitology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PopulationGeneticStructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PopulationGeneticStructure</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ROK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ROK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TropicalMedicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TropicalMedicine</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1989170/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1989170/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Unravelling the linkages between conflict and antimicrobial resistance <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Conflicts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conflicts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthCare</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbiology</span></a></p>
Frank Aylward<p>We found a really cool giant virus inside the genome of a green alga, and it has a very strange infection cycle that is hard to detect. </p><p>There are reports going back decades of viral particles spontaneously appearing in pure cultures of green algae, so this phenomenon seems quite common but mostly overlooked. </p><p><a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ads6303" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc</span><span class="invisible">e.ads6303</span></a></p><p><a href="https://genomic.social/tags/viruses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>viruses</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbiology</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a></p>
Katrien M Michiels<p>Our little Nanopore flongle has read &gt;550 million DNA basepairs today. From 24 fermentation pots by over 50 students from 5 schools to one tiny drop of pooled DNA library containing billions of bases...<br>Next step: condens this giant sea of data into 24 easy to read high school level graphs.<br>Science outreach is such a fun challenge!<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/steam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>steam</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fermentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fermentation</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbiology</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BioIngenieurswetenschappen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BioIngenieurswetenschappen</span></a></p>
Small Things Considered<p>Anticipating Seasons</p><p>Noteworthy — While plants and animals can measure differences in the length of days and nights bacteria, with their short life spans, would not be expected to do so.</p><p>Read more &gt; <a href="https://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2025/04/anticipating-seasons.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">schaechter.asmblog.org/schaech</span><span class="invisible">ter/2025/04/anticipating-seasons.html</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbiology</span></a></p>
eLife<p>A tale of two caspases</p><p>Macrophages control intracellular pathogens like Salmonella by using two caspase enzymes at different times during infection. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Immunology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immunology</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbiology</span></a><br><a href="https://elifesciences.org/articles/106581?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=organic_insights" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">elifesciences.org/articles/106</span><span class="invisible">581?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=organic_insights</span></a></p>
Holly<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/stem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stem</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbiology</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/spiffy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spiffy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a> </p><p>Scientists have the intelligence to discover new microbes in Earth's deep soil but not the common sense to leave them there </p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-04-scientists-microbes-earth-deep-soil.html?utm_source=fark&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_content=link&amp;ICID=ref_fark" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-04-scientis</span><span class="invisible">ts-microbes-earth-deep-soil.html?utm_source=fark&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_content=link&amp;ICID=ref_fark</span></a></p>
Kylee<p>This is so cool! Literally the project my students are doing in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbiology</span></a> this quarter, and it yielded a new CLASS of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antibiotic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antibiotic</span></a>, which the world badly needs. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoodNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoodNews</span></a> <a href="https://healthsci.mcmaster.ca/a-breakthrough-moment-mcmaster-researchers-discover-new-class-of-antibiotics/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">healthsci.mcmaster.ca/a-breakt</span><span class="invisible">hrough-moment-mcmaster-researchers-discover-new-class-of-antibiotics/</span></a></p>
Inkican<p>World’s smallest pacemaker is activated by light</p><p><a href="https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025/03/worlds-smallest-pacemaker-is-activated-by-light/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.northwestern.edu/stories/</span><span class="invisible">2025/03/worlds-smallest-pacemaker-is-activated-by-light/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biotech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biotech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biotechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biotechnology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbiology</span></a></p>