Thoughtful questions. We microbiologists ARE ASM. @asm.org @vscooper.micropopbio.org @microgem.bsky.social @gilbertjacka.bsky.social @romneyintn.bsky.social @abaumler.bsky.social @blugenes.bsky.social @chicascientifica.bsky.social @ssclabquips.bsky.social @goodrumviruslab.bsky.social

ASM has begun to respond: asm.org/Press-Releas... We need to continue constructively criticizing but also supporting ASM and all other science-based institutions.

If you’ve been directly impacted by a pause or cancellation of an NIH study session, we @forbes.com would like to talk to you

amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/01/... Alarming...

Thank you, Vaughn. The importance of leadership at ASM grows by the minute. We are lucky to have Michele Swanson as our current President, Alex McAdam @amcadamclinmicro.bsky.social as President Elect, and you on board for July 2026. @asm.org

Good to see the New York Times discussing the likelihood of polio, whooping cough and measles outbreaks.

NPPB bound in the channel of TolC, below, prevents export of, among other things, the RtxA1 toxin, a virulence factor that rapidly kills host cells.

Holy Cow! ASM is posting on BlueSky!

No "A" or "B" for effort, but a "C" for effort is ok.

Gene expression from the pLS20 conjugative plasmid is controlled by a mechanosensing signal transduction pathway responsive to flagella rotation, a strategy that may allow dissemination of the plasmid to remote destinations and infiltration of new niches.

Aurodox is a Streptomyces metabolite (linear polyketide) that interferes with Gram-negative bacterial infections of host cells. Roe et al. show Aurodox could work by reducing transcription across phylogenetically distinct Type Three Secretion Systems in E. coli, Salmonella, Yersinia and Vibrio spp.

"Science is more of a vocation than a regular daytime job. The secret to surviving a PhD is proactively avoiding common problems and learning to enjoy what you are doing. Nothing in life is worth doing without passion, and a career in science is an exemplary case."

A new and very important study on the global evolutionary patterns of Yersinia pestis and its spread into Africa #MicroSky, #IDSky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Bacterial rRNA modification profiles are rapidly altered in an antibiotic-specific manner. @evamarianovoa.bsky.social

The golden check = $1,000/month of our membership dues poorly spent. @asm.org @patschloss.bsky.social @ASMSky

When will @asm.org will start posting?

Angry birds take flight and BlueSky emerges.

I am taking care of our neighbor's cat for the holiday. Their door lock has been hard to open and wouldn't budge this morning. I remembered our mechanical engineer daughter's rules: If it is moving and is not supposed to: Duct tape If is supposed to move and isn't: WD40 Problem solved: Cat fed.

“When all of an indoor farm’s water systems are integrated, it makes it easy for a pathogen to spread and impossible to remove,” PitchBook agtech analyst Alex Frederick.

bcounter.nat.vg Website that lets you watch the number of BlueSky users increase in real time.

ASM @ASM.org Journal EICs active on BluSky: #IAI @abaumler.bsky.social #AEM @microgem.bsky.social #mSystems @gilbertjacka.bsky.social #MMBR @csdetweiler.bsky.social #ASMSky

Latest in MMBR, Kück and Pöggeler discuss STRIPAK studies in fungal systems, specifically, STRIPAK composition, assembly, cellular localization, and its regulatory role in autophagy and the morphology of fungal development. Hu STRIPAK contributes to tumor growth. doi.org/10.1128/mmbr...

I'll be sending out periodic reminders here that RFKs dietary practices led to him getting a brain worm.

ASM's BlueSky handle is now @asm.org No posts there yet, but soon? #MicroSky #ASMSky

ASM is discovering BlueSky: A post below from the EIC of mSystems. @asmicrobiology.bsky.social #ASMSky

Could the folks at ASM let us know where ASM journals map onto this chart of Impact Factor Inflation? From "The strain on scientific publishing" doi.org/10.1162/qss_... @asmicrobiology.bsky.social #ASMSKY

Travel awards to ASM Microbe available! @asmicrobiology.bsky.social #ASMSKY

@asmicrobiology.bsky.social #ASMSky

Good news, it looks as if ASM is now on BlueSky, with 14 followers at the moment! No posts yet. @asmicrobiology.bsky.social #ASMSKY

ASM needs to do this. #ASMSky

Brought to you by the EIC of #mSystems #ASMSky

#Microsky #ASMSky

Volunteer to review abstracts for ASM Microbe #ASMSky

ASMers, let's step up! #ASMSky

Also true for #ASM, a Microbiology Society sibling.

From the S. Shin lab sunnyshinlab.bsky.social: Hu guanylate-binding protein 1 (GBP1) damages the vesicle around Legionella, revealing the pathogen to the cell by activating inflammasomes. In contrast, murine GBPs can directly attack cytosolic Legionella. doi.org/10.1128/mbio... #mbio #ASM #MicroSky