Sergio López-Madrigal
@lopezmadrigals
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🇨🇺/🇪🇸 Biologist. Postdoc in the Newton Lab @IUBloomington🇺🇸. All things host/microbe interaction-related. Previously @insadelyon🇫🇷 @IGCiencia🇵🇹
Bloomington, IN
Joined February 2015
Excited to be co-organizing an #AbSciCon2026 session with @JuniaSchultz and @AstroBioReza on #Symbiosis. From mobilomes and viruses to organelle evolution and ecological networks! Let's bring more bio to astrobio! Submit here: https://t.co/55D36KQzoS
#astrobiology
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In Portland, Maine, for a whole week of GRCing! 🦠🧬🤩
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Wolbachia uses ankyrin repeats to target specific fly proteins https://t.co/uIwaBfwMbs
#biorxiv_micrbio
biorxiv.org
Arthropods, the most diverse phylum on Earth, are hosts to a plethora of bacterial parasites that secrete various effectors of unknown function during infection. The most prevalent of these is the...
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Looking for postdoctoral candidates interested in insect endosymbiont research to apply for a prestigious European Postdoctoral Fellowships or Global Postdoctoral Fellowships to join my lab at the department of Genetics in Seville. https://t.co/FNscgyVahf
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu
The information provided on this page is a summary of the main rules and requirements for Postdoctoral Fellowships (PFs) and who can apply for them.
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Excited to share that my PhD research has been published! 📰✨ Huge thanks to all who supported me along the way! If you want to know more about what Wolbachia is doing in the fruit fly brain, check it out:
journals.asm.org
In order to fully understand the biology of an organism, we must understand its interactions with its resident microbes. Wolbachia is commonly used to study such interactions, but the molecular...
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Registration for MMPC 2025 opens today! We can’t wait to see you in St. Charles, IL, for the first MMPC hosted by Loyola University Chicago! https://t.co/KJJMx0Iw0B
mmpconference2025.com
Registration closed on Friday September 5, 2025 Please note, rooms at the Q Center will be reserved separately from registration. Visit the "Accommodations" tab for information on reserving your room!
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Job Call: My lab is hiring for a new phase of studies on symbiotic microorganisms and their molecular mechanisms. Candidates with a strong interest in symbiosis, microbiomes, Drosophila, and genetics are well poised to love the work. Know anyone? https://t.co/6Ca1jv3Poe
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The 2025 Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference, hosted by Loyola University Chicago, will be held October 3-5. We have a website where you can find additional information and begin making your plans!
mmpconference2025.com
Thank you for attending MMPC 2025! This site will be preserved on Google Sites for reference purposes at: https://sites.google.com/view/mmpc2025
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The eloquence of empty lanes — hi wMelOctoless, long time no see! 🦠
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I have extended the deadline until the 20th! Don't think twice - Join us in Helsinki!
I am hiring! Come and join us in Helsinki to work with #Bumblebees and their #microbiota! #Symbiosis
https://t.co/xTBMsPJV7A Deadline is early next year!
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Abstract for the 12th #Wolbachia Conference submitted! ✅ So excited to meet you all in #Okinawa #Japan 🇯🇵
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Some great talks in the first session, including this one from @lopezmadrigals ! @bedwellbacteria had a good talk about the rhizobial symbiosis, and @pDavidVG97 is following up!
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🚨The ECSO Lab at Purdue is looking for *two* PhD students and *one* postdoctoral researcher for the projects *“The energetic costs of new genes and cellular complexity”* and *“The physiology and metabolism of common and rare photosymbiotic associations.”* Please share 🙏
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Thank you to @BenMicrobesMtg organizers for allowing me to share my research with such a great audience! Photo credit: @shy_symbiont
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In beautiful colonial Williamsburg for the @ARickettsiology annual meeting. Will be talking about my favorite intracellular colonizer #Wolbachia pipientis 🦠🪰
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Former mentee on her RS: "The most important lesson I was taught during Dr. López mentorship was that failed experiments are opportunities to develop a new way of thinking" Me: ...and to have a drink. Or two. Cheers!
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