In two weeks, #TBReaders will host a live Q&A with author, artist, and TB survivor Aiyana Masla about The Underdream. Her poetry collection expertly paints the despair of chronic illness with a tiny thread of joy woven through. Learn more here: tbfighters.org/book-...#TBReaders #TBSky #Poetry

I love TB research, but teaching is my favorite. On the first day, students get excited about pasteurization and pipetting while I casually drop the fact that tuberculosis has killed more humans than any other pathogen. They came for microbiology, they're leaving as TB evangelists. #TBsky

Tuberculosis Spawning in Crowded, Dirty ICE Detention Centers url:https://prospect.org/health/2025-08-18-tuberculosis-spawning-in-crowded-dirty-ice-detention-centers/

El Paso's dry, sunny climate made it a destination for TB patients seeking "the cure." Sunshine and dry air were thought to heal lungs. This sunflower is thriving in the same desert heat that once drew thousands here for TB treatment. Different kind of growth, same relentless El Paso sun. #TBsky

Winston Churchill demonstrating the art of the strategic pause. Sometimes progress means stopping halfway up the mountain to bask in the sunlight. PhD lesson from my bulldog: Break overwhelming tasks into manageable chunks. Not every staircase needs to be conquered in one breathless dash. #TBsky

Why do we like vaccines and water systems so much? It used to be 50/50 whether your kid lived to be an adult. With 4 kids, 94% chance they wouldn't all make it. Fun times. Maybe let's not do that again. We don't have magic cures for diseases like measles. We have vaccines.

New pre-print modelling impact of US funding cuts on HIV, #TB, MCH and family planning. We estimate impact of termination of US funding to NTPs via #USAID & The Global Fund may lead to 2.2 (1.5-2.9) million excess TB deaths between 2025 and 2040, reversing over a decade of progress. bit.ly/4lowp18

@booker.senate.gov dismantles a Confederate monument.

World TB Day finds me where I belong - suited up and heading in to work on Mtb cultures. TB exists because we allow it to exist. But in labs around the world today, scientists like me are working to change that equation. One culture, one experiment, one discovery at a time. #TBsky

When your research subject gets the @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social treatment. A reminder that TB isn't just lab work - it's human stories spanning centuries. And why we desperately need to overwhelm it with new treatments before it outsmarts us again. #TBsky

It's true: Tuberculosis is more than a disease. It's a form and expression of injustice. atmos.earth/for-john-gre...

2023: mRNA vaccine scientists win the Nobel Prize 2025: US government cuts research on mRNA vaccines

Today at Fort Stanton, New Mexico, I'm reminded that TB sanatoriums didn't become museums by accident - they represent decades of scientific progress, global cooperation, and public health investment. What we stop funding today becomes tomorrow's crisis. #Tuberculosis #GlobalHealth #TBResearch

Americans seem hell-bent on experiencing the struggles that our grandparents worked so hard to eradicate. TB doesn't care about politics, but it thrives on neglect. #TBResearch #PublicHealth #HistoryRepeating theconversation.com/as-tuberculo...

“It’s extremely alarming that grants that have been vetted by the scientific community ... are now being cancelled because of political ideology,” says Lisa Fazio, a cognitive psychologist at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, who studies misinformation. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Defending proposals and defying expectations. We can do it. 💪📚 #PhDLife #ProposalDefense #WomenInSTEM #WeCanDoIt #MilitaryScholar #TBResearch #AcademiaStrong

Great article showing impact on Tuberculosis of funding freeze "Stopping this—literally overnight—means that these strains have the potential to spread not just abroad but here in the US." #EndTB #keepthelightson #11KEveryDay #RestoreTBFunding

Roses are red, MacConkey is pink, my bacteria wrote LOVE (I need sleep I think). Klebsiella pneumoniae on MacConkey agar showing off its lactose fermentation (and apparently its romantic side). #PhDLife

Me: Checking that NCBI Blast still exists while calling my congressional office for the 39th time this week. I guess this is what they mean by "being persistent in research." Want to annoy your Congressional Representative, too? Checking out www.house.gov to get the number.

Not going to sugarcoat it - it's been a brutal week for American science and academia. But leaving lab tonight, an owl nearly took me out while hunting... which feels like an oddly fitting metaphor for this week.

Koch identified Mtb using potato slices as culture medium and a homemade microscope. While modern science thrives on collaboration and funding, history shows that dedication to understanding this disease persists even in challenging times. Sometimes you have to grow your own potatoes. 🥔🔬

Friendly reminder that tuberculosis isn’t an “1800s disease” and is in fact THE infectious disease that kills the most people in the 21st century. It is preventable, treatable, and curable, and yet it still kills over 1.2 million people a year because we don’t put the resources where the disease is.

That moment when you realize your 126 carefully curated Chrome tabs of research papers didn't transfer to your new phone... Pour one out for all the PDFs I swore I was 'just about to read.' 😭

Proposal defense prep looks better with toasty chlorophyll companions 🌿📚 Because let's be honest - if you're cold, they're cold (bring the plant babies inside) ❄️🏡

Field trip: When your family supports your PhD obsession by hiking to an abandoned TB sanitarium in the Organ Mountains. Never miss a chance to turn a family hike into a science lesson! 🏔️🧬 #MTBResearch #PhDLife #OrganMountains #LasCruces #ScienceHistory #FamilyAdventures #tuberculosis

They say in academia you can work any 18 hours you want. Today, I chose pre-dawn proposal writing so we could chase Franklin Mountain views and playground slides. Proposal defense prep can wait - childhood won't. ⛰️ #PhDMomLife #DefensePrep #AcademiaMom #ElPasoLife #FranklinMountains