BC gets rid of sick notes if you're off work for five or less days. Stay home when sick! The sick note was dumb to begin with and unecessarily forced sick people out of bed, into community and into doctor's offices. Sleep, rest and recover. news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...

There is a phishing attempt going through @bsky.app DMs. Please mind your opsec. If @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team have issues with your account, you should receive an email from them as opposed to a random DM. Stay frosty.

Wow! What a lineup! Don’t miss this one 👇🏻

Microbiology jokes FTW! #TWiMAdjacent @microbe.tv

Great convo I recently had with Kristian. Check it out!

Sorry folks we have to cancel Office Hours for tonight! We were planning to livestream as per usual BUT, the internet🫠🫠

Welcome to snowy Toronto for Trop Med 2025 - the irony is not lost on me!

Kristian Andersen from Scripps Research Institute joins Cindy to talk about how he got interested in virus evolution, how the immune system drives viral adaptation, and what we can learn from this research to better prepare us for the next pandemic.👇🔗

If you are at ASTMH in Toronto, come and see us at the Parasites Without Borders booth in hall D. @microbetv.bsky.social

If you’re at ASTMH this morning, This Week in Parasitism starts in a bit! At level 600 lobby Another TWiP is parasitic! @danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social @christina-naula.bsky.social @astmh.bsky.social

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin (@danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social) with Vincent Racaniello discusses the link between in utero SARS-CoV-2 infection and poor neurodevelopment outcomes, the use of an mRNA vaccine as an anti-cancer therapy and more Tap in below!👇

Gooood Morning Toronto! 🎙️ We’re at ASTMH this week and guess what’s happening tomorrow? TWO live podcast recordings! 👇👇 Early bird gets (parasitic?😆) worm! TWiP (This Week in Parasitism) tomorrow 11/11/25 at 7:30am @danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social @astmh.bsky.social

Friday means a new #MattersMicrobial podcast. This week, Dr. Hannah Ledvina joins the #QualityQuorum to chat about how bacteria can shield themselves against Bdellovibrio attack! Please spread the #GoodMicrobialWord. @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology @microbe.tv youtu.be/n31kkw576GE?...

Dr. Hannah Ledvina, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss how bacteria can protect themselves against predators in unusual ways— including a type of armor! @hannahledvina.bsky.social @markowenmartin.bsky.social

TWiN explains epidemiological data showing that exposure to air pollution was associated with an increased risk of developing Lewy body dementia, and nasal administration of air pollution in mice led to brain atrophy and impaired cognition and motor function. Hosts: Vivianne Morrison, Tim Cheung

Science education for everyone! We hope this giving season you will consider a donation to Microbetv 🫶

ICYMI: Office Hours livestream with Earth’s Virology Professor Vincent discusses the bat coronavirus out of South America with a *ahem* furin cleavage site. Full livestream available on our YouTube channel.

See you in a few hours! 8pm 👇

TWiV 1267: A cancer vaccine and an mpox treatment TWiV discusses the impact of vaccinating adult women with Gardasil-9 who are human papillomavirus positive or with confirmed squamous intraepithelial lesions.

In his weekly clinical update, Dr Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss how mRNA vaccines may enhance effectiveness of check point inhibitor cancer therapies. @danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social

I hope to bring a bunch of these glow in the dark buttons to #ASMCUE in San Antonio. Thank you, @jennifer.j.quinn , who is coming with me! @ASMicrobiology @univpugetsound @microbetv.bsky.social #MicrobialCentrism

Today Dr. Jessica Mark Welch, Professor at the ADA Forsyth Institute joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss the complex and interactive microbial communities living unseen within our mouths and what those communities can tell us. @markowenmartin.bsky.social

Vaccine communication tips w/ @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social Excerpt from Immune Booster 17 - From unvaccinated to vaccine advocacy with Liz Marnik ⬇️

Immune’s Cindy and Steph discuss a JCI (Journal of Clinical Investigation) paper on dysfunctional T cells during bacterial vaginosis Excerpt from Immune 97: Bystander B cells go bananas @cindyleifer.bsky.social @stephanielangel.bsky.social

On episode 92 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Sara @sarawinndong.febrilepodcast.com and Daniel @danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 10/9/25 – 10/22/25

This week, @markowenmartin.bsky.social steps in to join Michael Schmidt as TWiM decodes how bacteria battle phages with cyclic nucleotides.

@cindyleifer.bsky.social wwants to tell you about our upcoming Immune 100! Celebrate with Microbetv! 🥳

From TWiP 267 we have a new case! 🔎 🔎🔎 Send your guesses to: [email protected] with “TWIP 267 Case” in the subject line ***Deadline is 11.7.25***

TWiV 1264: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin Amid measles outbreak quarantines across several states, the frustration is growing. “Why don’t you just get your kids vaccinated?” Dr. Mysheika Roberts, Columbus Public Health👇 @danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social

Dr. Joshua Shrout, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences at the University of Notre Dame joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss the work of his research team on socio-microbiology. @markowenmartin.bsky.social

I also introduced a research study to explore how TWiP influences your understanding of science and your trust in it. Fancy taking part? Find the survey, participant information, and consent details here: @microbetv.bsky.social @danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social

ICYMI Dr. Petra Levin, joined the #QualityQuorum to discuss her work with bacterial cell size, environmental stress on bacteria, and antibiotic resistance. Excerpt from Matters Microbial 112: Bacterial Size, Stress, and Antibiotic Resistance @markowenmartin.bsky.social

TWiM 342: The Microbiome, Pancreatic Cancer, and Sleep Quality TWiM explains studies that show that the oral bacterial and fungal microbiome are risk factors for pancreatic cancer, and the gut microbiome and pyruvate metabolism of older adults are a link between sleep quality and frailty.

Happening in 5!

Last Friday, I was honored to be the keynote speaker at the symposium of the Center for Emerging Zoonotic and arthropod borne pathogens @virginiatech.bsky.social (go Hokies!) What a pleasure to meet with trainees and faculty who love #scicomm! Look out for it an upcoming TWiV episode.

Join us as Immune records its 100th episode live at The Incubator in New York City bringing the team together with listeners for an evening of science communication. Featuring special guests Gretchen Diehl Ph.D & Shruti Naik, Ph.D 🎟️ tix: immune100nyc.eventbrite.com 18 spaces remain!

TWiP solves the case about the female who traveled to Brazil and upon returning home felt movements under her scalp on the back of her head😱 plus we present another case for your solving, a man with abnormal brain MRI. @danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social @christina-naula.bsky.social

Really loved this week’s episode of TWiV, covering more research on the risk of dementia and varicella-zoster vaccination. Having had shingles as a teenager, I hope researchers will continue to pursue this question and explore new vaccine dosing strategies —maybe shingrix should start before 50!

TWiV reviews continuing US measles outbreak, host and genetic variations that regulate antibody responses to hepatitis C virus, and varicella-zoster reactivation and the risk of dementia.

Petra Levin with Mark Martin on "Matters Microbial" ! #MicroSky

I really enjoyed my #MattersMicrobial session with Dr. Petra Levin. I learned so much! But I wanted to emphasize her three wise rules for her laboratory research group. @redrockcity.bsky.social @univpugetsound.bsky.social @asm.org @microbetv.bsky.social

TWiV Clinical Update 1262, Vincent and Dr. Daniel Griffin discuss the thymus’ role in immune education, thymectomies, and how the 2025 Nobel Prize winning discoveries on peripheral immune tolerance changed how we understand it all. @danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social

Dr. Petra Levin, the George and Irene Freiberg Professor of Biology at Washington University in St. Louis (and of TWiM!) joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss her work with bacterial cell size, environmental stress on bacteria, and antibiotic resistance 📺👇

TWiV highlights the 2025 Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine and celebrates friend of the pod, Jason McLellan ( @mclellanlab.bsky.social ) on receiving a 2025 MacArthur Award!!! *thunderous applause* @jrrmicro.bsky.social

And in a few hours don't miss Nels and I livestreaming TWIEVO! (This Week in Evolution) Wednesday 15 October 2025 at 1:00 PM EST

On episode 91 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 9/25/25 - 10/8/25 @danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social

The #Bio350 course T-shirts for the #Micronauts of the last microbiology course I will teach at the University of Puget Sound. 20 years of great students and fun teaching. Art by Lizah van der Aart. @ASMicrobiology @microbetv.bsky.social @univpugetsound @lizahaart.bsky.social

Yet another episode from @markowenmartin.bsky.social that I want to listen to multiple times 😊 There is so much rich and fascinating info, that is also broadly applicable to many important matters.

In episode 18 Cindy sits down with Bali Pulendran at the AAI 2025 meeting where he told the story of how a childhood fascination with the cosmos grew into a career addressing fundamental questions about the human immune response @cindyleifer.bsky.social

Edit: Immune 100 is at 6pm not 8pm! oops! Did you know: @bsky.app doesn't allow edits? 🫠