Had a phenomenal week with an incredible group of 190 researchers from ~30 countries at #Shigella2026 Thank you to everyone involved, and see you in 2028!

Russell Vance taking leaps and bounds with the mouse knock out model - happy to share mice and test vaccines #Shigella2026

Congratulations to our wonderful poster prize winners At #Shigella2026

The 2026 UK Cellular Microbiology Network Meeting is approaching fast! Submit an abstract until May, 12th and join us June, 22nd/23rd in Belfast! Exiting keynote speakers and opportunities for early career researchers from the UK, Ireland and beyond to share their work. www.ukcellmicro.org

Looking good on Day 3 of #Shigella2026 ☀️🇫🇷🧫

Here we go! #Shigella2026 @shigellameeting.bsky.social

Keynote #1 is off with Philippe Sansonetti taking us on an incredible tour of Shigella research in the last half century

Karen Kotloff follows Philippe’s molecular talk with a tour de force in Shigella clinical and epidemiological features

Super excited to be in Paris for @shigellameeting.bsky.social - it's been such a long time in the making - bring on #Shigella2026

See y'all Monday

6 days to go ...

A new study from our group, led by Iris Eisermann, of the septin interactome during appressorium development, revealing many new interactors and significantly widening the biological function of septins in fungal pathogenesis. 👇 @thesainsburylab.bsky.social

A stage-resolved map of dynamic septin interactions required for infection by the rice blast fungus https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.02.716073v1

Come to Oxford for #ZDM19, stay for the infection & inflammation (meeting)! #ZebrafishMeeting

As part of the ZDMS cancer RIG 2026 meet up webinars, we want to encourage ECR participants to apply for the opportunity to share their research with our community, if you are doing cool cancer research using #zebrafish please apply here eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Booking is now open for the London Immunity in Health and Disease Symposium, taking place here at the Crick on 14-15 September. Early bird tickets are available until 30 April. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-london...

👋We welcomed Director-General of @who.int & LSHTM alumnus @drtedros.who.int who returned to LSHTM this week to discuss how we can strengthen collaborations to tackle major #GlobalHealth challenges.🌍 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

Please share w/ interested colleagues this new EMBO Course in Bath UK (6-18 July 2026) “Computational & experimental microbiomics”: lnkd.in/e7EGH4RG The course includes experimental emphasis on zebrafish host-microbiome interaction + general microbiomics skills. Register is 11 May #EMBOMicrobiomics

The findings of a study led by @effiebastounis.bsky.social show that LM infection cancels out macrophage-induced strengthening of the endothelial barrier and thus promotes the spread of the pathogen.This is a biomechanical strategy that could be used for infection control. @cellpress.bsky.social 1/4

Mapping the ultrastructural topology of septin cage entrapment PhD studentship with @carolynmoores1.bsky.social Direct link here: www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a...

Closing March 1

I'm excited to share our paper on how infected #macrophages promote #biomechanical alterations in #endothelia to transmigrate, published in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social! Thanks to all contributors, @sergemostowylab.bsky.social and @cmfi.bsky.social for the support. Here: www.cell.com/cell-reports...

There are still spots free – Sign up now for the EMBO Workshop "Shigella: From biology to prevention" in #Paris, France, 20–24 April 2026. https://www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/home The Shigella Meeting, Institut Pasteur #Paris#Shigella #LifeSciences #research #meeting #EMBOevents 🧪

Late breaker poster abstract submission is still open y'all - can't wait to see everyone in Paris in ... 62 days!!!!!! www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/call-for-abs...

Closing March 1

Our EMBO workshop is now live. Visit us in Bath this summer for a two week workshop designed to help you study host-microbe interactions in the zebrafish, and develop the bioinformatics skills needed to analyse the complex data sets that arise from microbiomic studies.

Here is a blurb with excerpts from an interview I gave about serendipity in science and the importance of supporting discovery research. www.the-scientist.com/can-science-...

Save the date! #ZDM19 will be in Oxford, UK from September 28-30, 2026 🐟 Stay tuned for more information here: www.zdmsociety.org/zdm19 Discounted conference registration and travel awards are available for ZDMS members. Become a member or renew your membership: www.zdmsociety.org/membership-i... 🧪

Mapping the ultrastructural topology of septin cage entrapment PhD studentship with @carolynmoores1.bsky.social Direct link here: www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a...

🔬 Postdoc position – Infection Biology & Cryo-ET (Zurich) 🇨🇭 We are looking for a motivated Postdoc to join our interdisciplinary team. 📩 Interested? Check out the job advert: www.imm.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:cb17... 👉 More info on the lab: www.weiss-laboratory.com Please share with interested colleagues!

Just two more days to submit your abstracts to the @shigellameeting.bsky.social - can't wait to see everyone there! www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/home

‘Why solutions to antimicrobial resistance are urgently needed‘ sergemostowylab.bsky.social & I had the opportunity to write an editorial for @dmmjournal.bsky.social ‘s collection celebrating 100 years of @biologists.bsky.social you can read it here: journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...

Come and visit me in Paris! #Shigella2026 - travel bursaries deadline tomorrow. Submit your abstracts at www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/home

Attending ESCMID global and want to go to #Shigella2026 afterward? There are several direct flights a day from Munich to Paris www.skyscanner.net or why not reduce your carbon footprint and take in the European countryside by train www.raileurope.com/en? Most options <£100 See you there!

🦠 EMBO Workshop Shigella: from biology to prevention 📅 April 20-24, 2026 📍 Institut Pasteur, Paris Register now ➡️ www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/home @embo.org @shigellameeting.bsky.social

One week remains to submit #early #abstracts and apply for #travel grants for the #Shigella meeting! #MicroSky #IDSky 🦠🧫🔬 @ksbakes.bsky.social @sergemostowylab.bsky.social @marteynlab.bsky.social @christinafaher1.bsky.social www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/call-for-abs...

In ISSUE 23 Highligh: IL-26 - no guts, no glory Review: initiating autophagy by selective receptors Method: 3D-SPARK for spatial mapping of DNA synthesis Resource: senotypes across aging human and mouse tissues Cover: Sachin Kotak et al @spindlebehavior.bsky.social link.springer.com/journal/4431...

Really cool finding from @oehlerslab.org 🦠🐟

Very excited to share the latest work from our lab in @insight.jci.org, highlighting a role for the #septin #cytoskeleton in protecting against "leaky gut", by recruiting non-muscle myosin II and stabilizing the tight junction. Credit to @dominikrobak.bsky.social for the stunning cover image!

London interdisciplinary #PhD position now open with myself, @sergemostowylab.bsky.social, & @gmknght.bsky.social on #phage -bacteria-host immune dynamics for WHO priority bacterial pathogens #Klebsiella, #Shigella, and #Staph. Combines cellular microbiology, genomics, & mathematical modelling.

also worthwhile checking out the highlight commentary by @kewright.bsky.social and @sergemostowylab.bsky.social: No guts, no glory: IL-26 in host-microbiota interactions www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

No guts, no glory: IL-26 in host-microbiota interactions @embojournal.org www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

Don't let the bug's virulence fill you with dread, When gourmet French dining awaits you instead. So pack up your notes and your best, clever wits, To discuss all the bug's crafty cellular tricks! @ksbakes.bsky.social @sergemostowylab.bsky.social @marteynlab.bsky.social

We hire! The CytoMorpho Lab is looking for an engineer with a background in cell and molecular biology to join our team in Paris. This is a 18-month contract position, but we're open to exploring long-term opportunities. More details here: cytomorpholab.com/index.php/jo...

Enhanced virulence and stress tolerance are signatures of epidemiologically successful Shigella sonnei @sydneylmiles.bsky.social @katholt.bsky.social 🙏to transformative collaborative effort www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Attention #Septin Fans! Serge Mostowy's lab @sergemostowylab.bsky.social published a wonderful #openacces short report in #CYTOSKELETON.Comparative Analysis of Septin Modifiers, Forchlorfenuron and UR214-9, on Mitochondrial Fragmentation and Lytic Cell Death. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....