Dear letter writers, study sections, grant panels, etc…..(though expecting little will resonate)….

Apply to be an editor at an ASM Journal! Open call for editors at mBio, mSphere, mSystems, and Microbiology Spectrum. This is a very fulfilling way to share your expertise and give back to our society journals. @asm.org journals.asm.org/asm-call-for...

Happy to share Episode 126 of #MattersMicrobial, w Spencer Nyholm, discussing how maternal microbes protect squid eggs from fungal infection. Please spread the #GoodMicrobialWord? #MicrobialEvangelist #MicrobialCentricity @microbetv.bsky.social @spencernyholm.bsky.social youtu.be/aQKZNfx4nRQ?...

Now out in its final form, our investigation of how Pseudomonas aeruginosa manages resources to permit ongoing adaptations to environment during starvation: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... Congrats to first author @findunmun1.bsky.social, and co-authors Claudia Hemsley and Elize Ambulte.

🚨 PhD opportunity in evolutionary microbiology! Join our lab to study how horizontal gene transfer drives host–microbe symbioses and ecological function Plus: a PDRA position in comparative genomics is available ✉️ [email protected] Apply below #PhD #Postdoc #Microbiology #Evolution #Genomics

Congratulations Badgers Women Hockey!!! www.nytimes.com/athletic/713...

Really excited to host Patty Champion in this week's MMI Seminar Series. Friday at Noon, MSB 1520. @uwmadisonmmi.bsky.social

Folks, more good news! Our latest paper on oyster microbiomes out in @pnas.org. Led by the inestimable Dr. Andrea Unzueta-Martinez and with great support from the Wang lab @whoi.edu we explore the how a persistent community of microbes in calcifying fluid could shape shell deposition. Enjoy!

Some news, as they say, very relevant for Women's History Month: I'm writing a book! It will focus on the women who developed the first effective pertussis #vaccine, Pearl Kendrick & Grace Eldering, but also examine what happened with that vaccine in the years since their death. /1

The data is in: the NIH goalposts have shifted. What were once almost certain fundable scores have become coin flips and what used to be likely grants have become aspirational, leading to fewer awards. Another manifestation of how HHS policies have led to fewer awards and less science.

This is a great post doc opportunity- fantastic system, first-rate science, awesome PI

By fostering high-level dialogue at the critical intersection of human, agricultural, and environmental health, we are determined to find unity and common ground at this Symposium. Last call to register via the provided link/QR code and see what is possible when we come together as a diverse field.

This was so much fun! Check out Jess’s thread and the podcast to hear how we “do” phage therapy these days @pghphageprogram.bsky.social

🚨 Registration is OPEN! Join us for the 2026 Perlman Symposium on Antibiotic Discovery & Development 🗓 May 15, 2026 | ⏰ 9–5 📍 In-person or virtual (FREE!) 🔗 perlman.mmi.wisc.edu

It is happening again! Consider taking our course on the Molecular and Cell Biology of Symbiosis at @mblscience.bsky.social. Application deadline March 4th! www.mbl.edu/education/ad...

A fabulous undergraduate researcher I mentor is graduating this spring and is looking for a job as a lab technician! She's interested in bacterial pathogenesis and is planning to go to grad school after getting more research experience. Please let me know if you or anyone you know is hiring!

Congratulations to all of the new AAM Fellows! Many many friends & colleagues on the list, but especially excited for Patty Champion and JD Sauer! @sauerlab.bsky.social @uwmadisonmmi.bsky.social @uwmadisonmdtp.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/asm....

The American Academy of Microbiology proudly announces the election of 63 fellows to the Class of 2026. Over the past 50 years, the Academy has elected +2,700 distinguished scientists. This year, the new fellows hail from 14 countries. Read press release: asm.social/2OC

🚨🍄Nancy Keller Fungal Research Published in PNAS! “What we hope people take away from this paper is that scientists are actively studying this serious issue. We’re working hard to understand why it’s happening.” -Nancy Keller mmi.wisc.edu/nancy-keller... 📸: Dr. Anna Pringle

I am seeking a postdoc to join my group at UCLA -- ideally the candidate would have some experience in either population genetics or microbes/microbiome (computational background needed). We have a range of projects and are happy to tailer to your interests. Please dm/email me if interested.

All you want for christmas is.... transposon mutagenesis! Our new work at @cultivarium.bsky.social screening lots of transposon vectors in lots of bacteria, from @charliegilbert.bsky.social and team. Transposon and promoter modular parts available on Addgene (pooled library will be there soon too)

Our new paper in @natcomms.nature.com is now online-early! We describe independent evolution of bacterial genomes of only ~50–52 kb — the smallest known outside cellular organelles — revealing striking convergence toward minimal gene sets. 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Postdoc position available in my lab! Project will focus on how the microbiome-derived metabolite butyrate shapes C. difficile fitness and pathogenesis & will build on our previous/ongoing work in this space. Apply here: hr.wisc.edu/postdoc-and-...

Seema Mattoo on Bordetella pertussis and whooping cough! Matters Microbial, @mattoolab.bsky.social @markowenmartin.bsky.social #MicroSky

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology www.nature.com/articles/d41...

[email protected]’s famous version of the Statue of Liberty—appearing to be semi-submerged in Lake Mendota—is now an annual fixture of the UW Winter Carnival, running through Feb 7. Learn about the sculpture’s origins in a classic 1979 student prank. onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/statue-of-li...

Please share: we're hiring a new tenure-track faculty member to our Department of Genetics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. faculty-einstein.icims.com/jobs/17847/a...

Hey all, excited to share this collab w/ @shaunmckinnie.bsky.social TL;DR we combined our expertise to develop and validate a MALDI-tims platform for screening the production of isomeric small molecules (~212 Da) directly from E coli colonies in high throughput www.cell.com/cell-reports...

🎉Congratulations to Professor JD Sauer on Receiving the Vilas Associates Award! mmi.wisc.edu/professor-jd...

“What she told me is that (the grant) was terminated for violating guidelines that don’t exist...She told me she doesn’t even know if anyone’s working on developing the guidelines.” dailyillini.com/news-stories... #governmentefficiency

Why rename Pseudomonas putida KT2440 to P. alloputida🦠? This is an excellent example of why taxonomic changes require caution. We shouldn't blindly follow rules while ignoring decades of established practice. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... #microbiology @asm.org @microbiologysociety.org

Congratulations to the @uwmadison.bsky.social Badgers Women's Hockey athletes headed to the Olympics! Representing multiple countries, this is the best of the USA and of Wisconsin.

Excited to announce the upcoming 2026 Microbial Toxins and Pathogenicity GRC and GRS meeting taking place July 12 - 17, 2026 at Waterville Valley in New Hampshire. This meeting will be chaired by yours truly and co-chaired by @sunnyshinlab.bsky.social www.grc.org/microbial-to...

We just released #anvio v9, "eunice" 🎉 This version represents over 2,000 changes in the codebase since v8, increasing the total number of programs in the anvi'o ecosystem to 176. Read the release notes: github.com/merenlab/anv... Visit our up-to-date web page: anvio.org

Reminder for those applying for #NIH grants using the #ScienCV templates. You can format the text sections using html codes: <p> paragraph <br> break line <b>bold</b> <i>italics</i>

Save the date... The Symbiosis Gordon Conference is headed back to Tuscany June 20-25, 2027 with @ngerardo.bsky.social as Chair! www.grc.org/animal-micro...

very sad news. Peer Bork was one of the leaders of our field, a wonderful scientist, and he's much too young to be gone. www.embl.org/news/embl-an...

Thrilled to share that my first-author paper is now published in Nature Communications! 🎉 Huge thanks to my PI, Dr. Drew Bridges (@bridgesbio.bsky.social), my collaborators, and all the incredible lab members for their support throughout this project www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Grinnell College has openings for two 1-year term positionsto teach microbiology and immunology. More information here: apply.interfolio.com/179939

We are hiring new faculty!! Come join our amazing community in the Department of Molecular Microbiology at Washington University School of Medicine! The deadline for applications is 2/21, but applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. facultyopportunities.wustl.edu/Posting/Deta...

The final form of my 2nd postdoc paper with the Bassler Lab! Turns out our favorite quorum-sensing phage isn’t a one-off, but rather a member of a globally dispersed family of phages that sense a universal autoinducer. #phagesky #microsky journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Registration is open for September’s Vibrio2026 conference in Berlin! event.fourwaves.com/vibrio2026/p...

Maintaining microbiota across diverse symbiotic organs in Euprymna scolopes: Insights into shared immune responses from @nidhivijayan.bsky.social John Briseño, Oleg Simakov, @spencernyholm.bsky.social in @pnas.org www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

It is an oversimplification to say that science is always changing. Although well-established theories may be overturned on rare occasion, scientific knowledge builds on prior knowledge. Scientific methods, fields and discoveries are predominantly cumulative, whereas pseudoscience fails to progress.

James Cook is the 2025 rushing champ

UW-Madison is looking for a new Chief Research Administration Officer: jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/chief-r... @uwmadison.bsky.social

Submit your abstracts for ASM Microbe 2026! As a member of the Scientific Program Committee, I can vouch for great science with something for everyone! @asm.org asm.org/events/asm-m...

Hey all, I reached out to the PO of my NIGMS MIRA to ask if the gov't shut down, and rescheduling of study sections, might allow for some accommodation to the standard rule that PIs cannot resubmit a MIRA while their MIRA (or other RPG) is under review (waiting in scores or summary statements) 🧪

Professor Ruth: Coming Fall 2026! I'm thrilled to announce that I have officially accepted a tenure-track faculty position in the Biology Department at @macalestercollege.bsky.social! #HeyMac #NewProfessor #WomanInSTEM

Live thread of the NSF biology virtual office hour: 🧵