We are very happy to share the first part of our our LGBT+ History Month UK resources in collaboration with Pop'n'Olly! prideinstem.org/primary-scho...

8 high level positions at NIH posted including 6 institute director positions (NIMH, NIGMS, NICHD, NIDCR, NHGRI, NLM). Only open for 2 weeks (applications due November 21). Application materials include a) CV b) vision statement c) a photocopy of doctoral degree. hr.nih.gov/careers/open...

#OTD 1867, Marie Curie was born. During WWI, Curie created a vehicle that contained a hospital bed, a generator, an X-ray machine and photographic darkroom equipment. These “petite Curies" (below) could be driven right up to the Front. Curie also helped train 150 women as radiology technicians.

I am going to scream if one more person sends me a schedule but calls it an "itinerary." itinerary = planned route or journey, or a document recording it. It is from the Latin, "itinerarium," which means route of travel. Please spread the word!!

Hi everyone, a few years ago, we started a list of labs studying bacterial immunty for students, editors, conference organizers... (currently n=79). Update time ! Send me a message to 1) add your lab or others 2) Correct info docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #Phagesky #Microsky

Warning. ⚠️ If you are writing an NSF GRFP, new this year, you need official transcripts to apply. Beware. They will not review applications without official transcripts. ‼️

…deeply saddened to see this. Zara, you will be missed. This year has taken so much from us.

Zara Weinberg passed away earlier this week. She joined my lab earlier this year when her postdoc lab formally closed. She was a brilliant scientist, supportive mentor, dear friend, avid music fan, rabid believer in public transit, open science champion, and above all just an amazing human.

🎉 Heading to SfN? Come vibe with the BIN fam at our SfN Social on Nov 17! Good food, great people, and even better energy 🖤 🗓️ November 17 🕢 7:30–10:30PM 📍 San Diego | Register today! 🔗 blackinneuro47.wildapricot.org/event-6419762

Doing RNAseq analysis on Halloween

How do Kinesin-14 motors organize microtubules during spindle assembly? Claire E. Walczak and colleagues reveal how two microtubule-binding domains balance sliding and cross-linking to drive spindle morphogenesis. ➡️ www.molbiolcell.org/doi/full/10....

Two questions for other NIH "reviewers" out there. If we are ad hoc on a study section that doesn't happen during a government shut down, 1) Do we still get a two week extension to turn our grants in late (since we are actually being told to continue reviewing)?

Anyone who says humility and kindness are unnecessary traits one should carry as part of their personhood is a bad faith actor. Full stop. Be a pillar of your community. Serve with kindness. Always.

For real thought I was looking at #Caulobacter until I read the caption.

Hello! The Jacobs-Wagner lab is finally on Bluesky. We’re excited to celebrate science (and scientists!), share our research, and interact with the community. We look forward to connecting with friends and colleagues across the world.

This semester, for our Plant & Micro Biosci Grad program, I'm developing a new course on ✨Peer Review✨ & critical thinking. Final project is a full review of a preprint! I'd love to have a journal editor zoom with the class to share their perspective and do a Q&A. Anyone interested? Pls share!

We are learning how to make ZINES today for science communication #BIMWeek2025 and I am SO EXCITED. In a time where getting out the truth and combatting misinformation is IMPERATIVE to our survival, I am truly grateful for this. Thank you to @renrenegade.bsky.social!!!

Thank you to everyone who has joined, backed us, and participated. Your impact goes beyond a hashtag; it's a lasting legacy. To keep #BlackInMicro alive, Donate: tinyurl.com/GiveBiM and Register to attend: linktr.ee/BlackInMicro#BlackInMicro(see links in bio) #BiMWeek2025

Pls share: Hofstra University is looking for a Tenure-Track Microbiologists! ----- We are seeking a microbiologist with a research focus on a non-pathogenic bacterial model system. hofstra.peopleadmin.com/postings/6542

We are excited to introduce Dr. Marian Johnson-Thompson, who will be delivering the 2025 #BlackinMicro Keynote Address. You can pre-register today to attend: linktr.ee/BlackInMicro and Donate to support #BIMWeek2025: tinyurl.com/GiveBiM#BlackinMicro#BIMWeek2025:all links in bio)

Celebrate #BlackInMicro Week Oct 14-16! This year’s theme, HARMONY, honors collaboration, resilience & shared experiences. Join us to amplify Black scientists, grow careers & community. RSVP: linktr.ee/BlackInMicro. Support: tinyurl.com/GiveBiM#BlackInMicro(links in bio)

UChicago Microbiology is searching for tenured or tenure-track faculty working in host-pathogens interactions, viral and bacterial pathogenesis, and emerging infectious diseases. Come join our vibrant Department! microbiology.uchicago.edu Apply here apply.interfolio.com/174404

SAVE THE DATE! The 2026 UK CellularMicrobiologyNetwork meeting will be held 22nd - 23rd of June at @wwiem-qub.bsky.social in Belfast. Researchers from the UK and beyond are invited to share exciting work on the mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions. Follow us to stay tuned! www.ukcellmicro.org

🌱 Using ‘compelling’ methods, including #CryoET, researchers mapped spinach thylakoid membranes at single-molecule precision, revealing how photosynthetic complexes are organised and settling long-standing debates on chloroplast architecture. buff.ly/P8ZTl0A

Kudos to Dezmond and Trung for great talks on their work on Rickettsia cell biology at the Local Tick Forum yesterday! 🎉

Despite These Times...my department is hiring! I really like my department, we have a good mix of disciplines and organisms and we're really low-drama. We also get pizza at faculty meeting. So if you're a computational and structural biologist, join us! 🧪 jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/260...

Interested in a tenure track position teaching and doing research with undergrads at a PUI? We are looking for a broadly-defined microbiologist who can teach Med Micro and Immunology. Apply at universityofscrantonjobs.com/postings/8308. Pls share widely to feeds (& on twitter if you still tweet)! 🦠

My joy today: watching my kid lead his JV soccer team to their 7th win in a row - 1st place in the county. He scored on a header and had a fricking great game. 🥹

View from the lab now. Did I mention that we are recruiting faculty microbiologists? www.linkedin.com/posts/vaughn...

Early registration for the ASCB/EMBO #CellBio2025 ends tomorrow! I'm excited for the whole meeting but ESPECIALLY the #Meiosis4Eva mini symposium! 🧪

📝New preprint! #MicroSky 🕰️We chart the full, synchronized lifecycle of a predatory bacterium using Hi-C, RNA-seq, ChIP-seq & microscopy. 🧬We uncover dramatic shifts in nucleoid architecture & transcription, tightly coordinated with predation. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Please repost -- The Univ. California Davis dept of Plant Pathology is hiring a Fungal biologist / Mycologist Applications due Dec 1 Application portal: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339 Screenshot shows part of the job posting (with alt-text of the same text)

Looks like year 2 grad students can no longer apply for the NSF GRFP. I hope I am wrong. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

🚨 Microbiologists! We are recruiting Assistant / Associate Professors in 3 collaborative areas of our U. Pittsburgh School of Medicine. 1) MMG (my dept): fundamental research in med micro 2) Peds ID / I4Kids institute 3) Center for Vaccine Research 🔗 to all 3 w/info: www.linkedin.com/posts/vaughn...

Check these guys out! #MicroSky #LymeDisease

Caulophiles take note 👇 #MicroSky

🚨🚨🚨Calling all Caulophiles and Alpha aficionados - stayed tuned for a virtual CauloCon in early 2026. And HOPEFULLY an in person alpha meeting in 2027!! DM me or @chienlab.bsky.social w questions or to stay in the know.

342 years ago, on the 17th of September 1683, Dutch scientist Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek wrote about his observation of microbes to the Royal Society, which is the first known observation of bacteria in history. Van Leeuwenhoek referred to them as 'diertjes' (Dutch for 'small animals'). #otd #history 🗃️

Molecular structure of the ESCRT III-based archaeal CdvAB cell division machinery https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.15.676241v1

And now for something completely different @tianyang22.bsky.social & #YanCao uncover of how SPIN90 dimers activate Arp2/3 to nucleate bidirectional linear actin filaments. Great collaboration with @romet-jegou-lab.bsky.social & @carolynmoores1.bsky.social #Cryo-EM #Arp2/3 rdcu.be/eGoH4

"For a 55-year career in biomedical science—honored for discovering how bacteria coordinate their genetic logic in time and space to generate distinct daughter cells; for founding Stanford's distinguished Department of Developmental Biology; and for exemplary leadership at the national level"

Congrats to Lucy Shapiro, a pioneering microbiologist, for winning the 2025 Lasker-Koshland Award. So deserving! laskerfoundation.org/winners/pion...

2025 Lasker~Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science winner Dr Lucy Shapiro discusses her discovery of how bacteria coordinate their genetic logic to generate distinct daughter cells. #LaskerAward #Lasker25 @laskerfdn.bsky.social ja.ma/46vPmcF

An inspiring scientist & role model - the success of Lucy Shapiro’s mentees is a legacy worth celebrating, let alone her exceptional science & dedication to basic science discovery! Congrats Dr. Shapiro, winner Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award 🥇 👏 laskerfoundation.org/winners/pion...

This year's Lasker Awards went to scientists who studied the wiring diagram of life, a new state of biological matter, and a potent treatment for cystic fibrosis. Here's my story with Gina Kolata. Gift link: nyti.ms/4mZlH1F

www.the-scientist.com/lasker-award... 🧪 #devbio #LaskerAward #Lasker2025 #LaskerLaureate

So great to see Lucy Shapiro — a scientific hero of mine both for her pioneering work and for her incredible communication skills —honored today www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

So proud to have trained with Lucy. She is an exceptional scientist, exceptional person, and exceptional mentor. Huge congrats and so well-deserved. laskerfoundation.org/winners/pion...

My MCDB dept is accepting applications for a faculty position at the Assistant Professor level! Applications Due by October 15, 2025 We welcome applications from all areas of physiology and neuroscience, spanning molecular, cellular, systems, and organismal levels. lsa.umich.edu/mcdb/news-ev...