Babak Momeni

New manuscript: "Interplay of Spatial Structure and Interactions in Microbial Communities" is now published: …icro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14… We share our thoughts on how interactions and spatial organization are intertwined in a spatial context. We hope this initiates more discussions.

One of the biggest challenges in microbial biotechnology? Unlocking the potential of non-model microbes and synthetic communities! Glad to share our review with Sonja Blasche @SimoMozzachiodi @kiran_r_patil @MRC_TU🧵 (1/7) doi.org/10.1016/j.copb…

The list of the speakers of the Population Dynamics Virtual Seminars 2026 is here! Subscribe on sites.google.com/view/popdyn/ho… First speaker: Julia A. Schwartzman on the 20th of March 2026 Stay tuned!

BC Microbiome Symposium is happening on Friday, March 27 at Boston College. Trainee participation at all levels is encouraged, with opportunities for oral and poster presentations. To register for the event and submit an abstract (due on March 10), visit bc.edu/content/bc-web….

I am excited to share that we are soliciting applications from postdocs for our 8th cohort of the Eddie Méndez Scholar Program to join us at Fred Hutch next summer to celebrate their achievements 🎉 Apply here 👇 👇 👇 apply.interfolio.com/176955 📆 Applications due 2/1/2026

Calling all rising juniors & seniors: Interested in biological or biomedical research? Apply now for our ’26 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Program! Nine weeks, hands-on research, & mentorship from some of the nation’s top scientists — learn more: bit.ly/CechFellows

Now published in @PLOSCompBiol: Ethan (former undergrad, now applying for grad school!) uses a consumer-resource model to show that availability and diversity of resources can drive colonization resistance outcomes: journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/a…

Feeding off spent battery waste, a novel bacterium signals a new method for self-sufficient battery recycling, via @EurekAlert! @BostonCollege eurekalert.org/news-releases/… @Wanggroup_BC @MomeniLab Credit goes to Brooke Elander, Margaret Jiang, Mikayla Fahrenbruch, and Wei Li

Our collaborative work with Dunwei Wang's lab on sustainable Li-ion battery recycling using a modified biohydrometallurgy approach is now published. Shout out to Brooke Elander (Chemistry) and Mengyun (Margaret) Jiang for their dedication and excellence. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

The position of a senior postdoc (3 +3 years) in the field of theoretical biology is available in my group. The post provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects. Please RT. Details 👇: shorturl.at/iiiOv

Ethan is also looking for opportunities for the next stage of his career. If you have a position available, please do yourself a favor and recruit him!

New preprint: Ethan, a talented undergraduate researcher in my lab, has used a consumer-resource model to explain how colonization resistance is affected by community richness and cross-feeding based on the availability and diversity of resources: biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh…

Killing Harvard J1s with OPT is literally kicking highly-trained scientists out of the country who have graduated and are using their skills productively for America

Now published in @SciReports: Work by Dr. Natalie Sandlin shows that diverse bacteria can degrade aflatoxins and that with starch as the primary carbon source, aflatoxin degradation is enhanced and the likelihood of finding good degraders increases. nature.com/articles/s4159…

There are two open positions (intended to recruit full professors) in the Schiller Institute for Integrated Sciences at Boston College. Broadly for health and life sciences. Happy to connect you with the right contact if you are considering applying. See g.co/kgs/Kyiu5Do

Very excited to announce that in my group the post of a senior staff scientist/ group leader is available. The position includes both research and teaching (in German + English). Deadline: 25.08.24 More infos: shorturl.at/k9cM7 Please RT

We are on the look out for postdocs to join the Lieberman Lab at MIT. Areas include: -Connecting bacterial warfare to strain dynamics in vivo -Evolution and transmission of strains in humans -Revisiting role of microbes in acne Take a look at our recent preprints and reach out!

We're looking for an enthusiastic experimentalist PhD student to join our interdisciplinary group interested in the ecology & evolution of microbial communities unil.ch/mitrilab. Apply tinyurl.com/mu5swnk8 before Aug 31! Bonus: Lausanne is a beautiful place to live!

Article on a phenomenon we refer to as the divergence-complexity effect in #MicrobialCommunities, by Michael Silverstein – collaboration between the labs of @jennymbhatnagar & @dsegre – out at @NatureEcoEvo. nature.com/articles/s4155…. What is the idea? 1/2

Open PhD position in computational microbiome research, covering population cohorts, microbial ecology, epidemiology & multi-omic integration. In HoloGen EU doctoral network / international applicants are eligible. Turku, Finland. PM for details.