The submission deadline for the ASV Video Abstract Competition is just two weeks away! Submit by July 13! Details at asv.org/comms-competition

Our department is hiring folks to help with work on screwworm! Follow this link to see the position and apply: jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/231...

Faculty search announcement 2026: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Microbiology at UT Southwestern in Dallas. We seek candidates working in microbial pathogenesis (broadly defined). Come join our community! (1/5) www.utsouthwestern.edu/departments/...

Our Dept of Microbiology & Immunology @Geisel School of Medicine @Dartmouth has an opening for an Assistant Professor. Looking for programs bridging multiple areas in Micro & Immuno. A great place to be! Programs: www.M2P2.org www.dartmouthbiofilm.org Job ad: apply.interfolio.com/187637

Rasgon Lab Postdocs are FINALLY formally available. Apply here! psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...

One prominent group has been totally silent about the Trump administration’s latest attempt to grab control of all federal science funding. That’s the biopharma companies, and their suddenly shy, quiet CEOs. Here’s the calculation they’re making:

We are very excited to bring back our popular Points of View column, written by @helenajambor.bsky.social! Check out her first column in our July issue about the usage of color scales in scientific figures. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Efforts lacking transparency and clear evidence risk harming individual scientists as well as the broader U.S. scientific enterprise. Read the responses from scientific organizations at the end of the article. ⬇️

ASV is alarmed by the US HHS to suspend and debar Dr. Ralph Baric from federal funding. Read our open letter below:

When scientists used CRISPR to edit the DNA of human embryos, it made catastrophic mistakes. But now they've used a newer tool to make far more precise edits. Here's my story about how this changes the germline engineering debate. Gift link: nyti.ms/4uiBLOH

This is extremely chilling - virologists being targeted for what appears to be minor (if any) "offenses". We all know _why_ this is happening, so I'm not going to belabor that point - but I want to provide some context on the technical details. 🧵 www.science.org/content/arti...

NYTimes just posted a memoriam on Bernard Roizman’s many contributions to the study of HSV. The “strain F” that he first described has been a key example in many of our studies of HSV-1 genomes. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/s...

All about the connection...The MMRRC has a great methbod to eliminate guesswork in experimental design via the Strain GQC Report to map genomic variations and find improved information from model selection. Read More Here: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aec3177

Scientists are raising the alarm about a White House proposal that could fundamentally recast federally funded science. The proposed rules would put political appointees in control of all federal grants and de-emphasize peer review, among other measures. go.nature.com/4ucZgsk

As she enters her last month as faculty chair, Beth Moracco sat down with WUNC News reporter Brianna Atkinson to reflect on how the state of higher education has shifted in the past decades. www.wunc.org/education/20...

Unreliable and underperforming antibodies are a longstanding problem, so while the reveal of apparently manipulated antibody data in Thermo Fisher's catalog was a shock, the frustration it sparked among many researchers is perhaps no surprise. My reporting:

"Nearly 7 years after her first attempt to test Ebola prevention drugs, Jaspard is stunned by the sudden interest in the trial. “I've kept this project for all these years, despite the fact that a lot of people were saying it's not useful, you don't need to do this, go away,” she says." 🧪

Thrilled to announce that the Department of Microbiology at the University of Washington, School of Medicine is hiring at the Assistant Professor level (tenure-track)! The Pacific Northwest is an awesome place to live and do science 🧪🦠. Join us! apply.interfolio.com/185622 Applications due 8/1.

#ASV2026 early registration closes June 1. Don't miss out! Temple Grandin will be featured at our VIRO dinner on Monday night to discuss neurodiversity in science. More details on the entire schedule here: asv.memberclicks.net/schedule-of-...

The #ASV2026videoabstract competition is live! More details below: www.asv.org/comms-compet... www.tiktok.com/@lovevirolog...

Now open - LOIs for the Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH) program. Deadline is July 16 @ 3pm ET. Faculty in US and Canada are eligible to apply Grant Amount: $505,000 over five years More information here: buff.ly/mBR4XST #bwfpath

We are hiring! This is a joint Lab Assistant position with @phosphotig.bsky.social ‘s lab. If you are organized and creative, enjoy learning new things, and if working with two great teams of scientists sounds appealing, please apply! unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/319...

With first-year rotations done, a big welcome to our newest UNC Microbiology & Immunology PhD students! They presented their projects, recited their Graduate Student Oath, and received their new lab coats. Welcome to M&I! @zach-frey2.bsky.social @nigelmgo.bsky.social @viralvibes365.bsky.social

It’s pretty surreal to see my name on this list… I am so fortunate to be at the Cold Spring Harbor Retroviruses meeting this week celebrating with the best community of scientists Wins are harder to come by these days and this is a big help for keeping motivated!

Starting my lab in 2021 it feels like its been nothing but unprecedented times, but this news is one of the most fantastic things I've ever heard!! It couldn't have come at a better time. Thank you to the members of my lab (past and present) and all those who supported me from near and far ❤️

Beyond excited to be selected for the 2026 BWF Path Award. Thanks to my mentors for their support. A special thanks to the trainees in my group who help make this possible. Just overjoyed by the news!!!

Jasmine Clark will become the first Black woman with a science Ph.D. to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. https://scim.ag/4dDZe6P

U.S. researchers who coauthor research papers with scientists affiliated with foreign institutions are drawing fresh scrutiny from NIH, NASA. #scientificpublishing @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

The witch hunt of Ralph Baric is sickening. Amazing scientist and all around good person. He deserves better. www.science.org/content/arti...

With first-year rotations done, a big welcome to our newest UNC Microbiology & Immunology PhD students! They presented their projects, recited their Graduate Student Oath, and received their new lab coats. Welcome to M&I! @zach-frey2.bsky.social @nigelmgo.bsky.social @viralvibes365.bsky.social

BWF Announces the 2026 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease www.bwfund.org/news/bwf-ann... #bwfpath

the technician position in my lab is now posted! Please pass this along: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/319...

The #ASV2026 early-bird registration deadline is soon approaching (June 1)! Check out the keynote speaker, invited speaker, and special events here: asv.memberclicks.net/scientific-p...

The BOG's performance bonus to System President Peter Hans comes as universities across the System have been cutting costs amid federal and state funding uncertainty. www.wunc.org/education/20...

The M&I Department is looking for a new faculty member with a passion for teaching graduate and medical students to join us at UofL - see the link 👇. We have a thriving collegial department in a great city. Email me if you have questions. I will also be at Microbe in June to talk more. Join us😀.

A Year After Federal Job Cuts, Workers in the Triangle Are Still Picking Up the Pieces Hundreds of federal workers in the Triangle lost jobs in the Trump administration’s early cuts. A year later, the future still seems uncertain.

Dr. Kiran Asher is a professor of women, gender, and sexuality studies at the University of Massachusetts. www.wunc.org/education/20...

Hundreds of federal workers in the Triangle lost jobs in the Trump administration’s early cuts. A year later, the future still seems uncertain.

So proud of Margaret @mdedloff.bsky.social for a fantastic thesis defense! She used new microscopy and flow cytometry methods to show how IFN-L signaling in maternal immune cells protects against congenital ZIKV infection (this was so many timed pregnancy experiments!) Congratulations Dr. Dedloff!