Open postdoc position (apply by 31 Jan 26):

Microbiology of Candida albicans in the gut microbiome: While the gut microbiome is intensively studied, the fungi have been neglected and are critical for the balance between health and disease. To meet this need, we will study how the major gut pathogen C. albicans colonises the mammalian gut and interacts with communities of human gut bacteria. The project is a collaboration with two fungal pathogen labs: Professor Alessia Buscaino at the Quadram Institute, UK and Professor Ana Traven at Monash University, Australia. More details are here.

Key paper (asks similar questions but for bacterial pathogens): Spragge F, Bakkeren E, Jahn, MT, Araujo EBN, Pearson CF, Wang X, Pankhurst L, Cunrath O, Foster KR 2023. Microbiome diversity protects against pathogens by nutrient blocking. Science, 382: eadj3502. Supplementary info. Science perspective by Radlinski and Baumler. Cell Host and Microbe preview by Ellermann