Out now in @science.org Repurposing of a DNA segregation machinery into a cytoskeletal system controlling cell shape | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

For all those still feeling the moon joy—Artemis II was brought to you by public schools and publicly funded science. Copy that! 👩‍🚀🚀💕 *All four astronauts went to public schools!

New in JB: In the CF airway, P. aeruginosa transitions from an acute to chronic pathogen. Roxana Flores-Vega, Roberto Rosales-Reyes et al. review the role of 2-component systems in this crucial adaptation. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... @asm.org #JBacteriology

Microbial communities can harbor many species that do not coexist in pairs, yet can coexist in the full community. Here we provide the mathematical foundations of emergent coexistence, and explain why it can't be predicted from pairwise tests journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...

Caleb is so deserving of this fellowship, as are many of our trainees across the country. We are grateful for the support and I am so incredibly proud of him. Here's to many more publications on the proteolytic targeting of quorum-sensing receptors.

A true labor of love for @calebmallery.bsky.social is out now in PLOS Pathogens: a review article where we highlight current and emerging examples of key protein-protein interactions with LuxR-type receptors that control community behaviors and pathogenesis. journals.plos.org/plospathogen...

Two post-doctoral positions open in our lab. We're looking for people with expertise in molecular microbiology and/or genome-scale tools. Initially 3 yrs, posts could be extended for upto 8 yrs. If you'd like to know more about us take a look at www.graingerlab.com www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQY475/r...

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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...

rince & JB Editor's Choice: Lin, Prince & Feaga identified sporulation genes via analyzing almost 1500 genomes. They show that that an unusual membrane-localized variant of Spo0B is found throughout Paenibacillaceae. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... @asm.org #JBacteriology

First paper of my PhD @doerrlab.bsky.social is up! We characterized meropenem tolerance in Enterobacterales species, and then further dissected tolerance mechanisms in Klebsiella pneumoniae. journals.plos.org/plospathogen...

My department at Washington State University is recruiting an Assistant or Associate Professor in vector-borne disease 🕷️🦟🦠 Full job description is linked below. Come join us on the Palouse!

Former mentee @ksimanek.bsky.social is not only a great scientist, they're also a tremendous advocate for equity in science. I am very proud of Kayla and of this piece they put together. Check it out. asm.org/articles/202...

Please help spread the word about this tremendous undergraduate research opportunity taking place in Albany this summer! www.albany.edu/rna/reu-in-rna

Tremendous work by Swati, @calebmallery.bsky.social, and @nilesh-banavali.bsky.social, partially from Caleb's rotation in Nilesh's lab!

This dino’s in mint condition! Seasonally striped for optimal performance.

For students and early career professionals with an interest in public health, but don't know where to start: the NYS DOH has several internship opportunities. Mentors, please spread the word. These opportunities are open and set to begin in Spring 2026 (February 2-May 8). #publichealth

You buy one protocols book for your lab and Springer thinks they have you all figured out.

Petition for a NY Biomedical Institute. This is a no-brainer to support science in NY, similar to programs in CA/TX. www.change.org/p/support-a-...

RhlR quorum-sensing receptor ligand sensitivity regulates the differential expression of phenazine genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.08.692981v1

What started out as a structure-function project for an undergraduate researcher morphed into something bigger w/ @popea.bsky.social leading the way. Check out how RhlR fine tunes its response to its autoinducer to avoid producing too much pyocyanin. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

The University at Albany Biomedical Sciences Department is hiring at the Assistant Professor level. We are looking for researchers at the intersection of infectious disease and artificial intelligence: albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta... #infectiousdisease #artificialintelligence

It is rare as an editor to get to take on an article so uniquely in your wheelhouse. Sharing some wonderful work by Guarnaccia et al. from the Perez, Ng, and Neiditch labs. #structuralbiology of #pathogens @plos.org dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

I missed this when it came out last September - excellent essay! Not-so-mutually beneficial coral symbiosis: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...

I have an R56 that will pay for 1 year of a postdoc that will hopefully bridge us to a 4-year R01. It's not without risk but uh...everything in science feels like a major risk right now. We're in need of a #postdoc w/ #nmr experience. DM or email me for project details.

Our Pitt Microbiology and Molecular Genetics department in the School of Medicine is recruiting.. Microbiologists! 🧫🦠🔬🧪 Please apply to join our faculty and enjoy these views 👀 while doing great science cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...

Jon Paczkowski neighbors induce switch two-faced outcome toggled on factor protected #sciku 🧪🧬🔬🧫🦠 #Phages2025

I am (optimistically) looking for a postdoc with solution state biomolecular NMR expertise to join our group. I can provide access to high-end instrumentation and technical assistance via our membership at the New York Structural Biology Center. #nmr #academicsky #postdoc

Our paper reporting a highly conserved mechanism by which arginine positively regulates hypervirulent K. pneumoniae mucoid phenotype is now fully online. rdcu.be/euiWG Summary picture is below, but details in the 🧵

Phage DisCo! Our targeted phage discovery method in press today: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... Perfectly timed with our four summer undergrad's first successful phage hunt... disco lights in the lab to mark the occasion 🕺

www.asmcareerconnections.org/job/research... 12-month hard salary. 100% focus on research and training. Chance to join a microbiology-focused department (viral and bacterial).

The Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, is currently recruiting for a Research Scientist 5 (Assistant/Associate Professor equivalent) to lead an independent research program focused on zoonotic and/or vector-borne pathogens (viral and bacterial).

Baseball, and why it's the most beautiful sport ever created.

The meme channel in our lab Slack should be re-named the PI roast channel.

Philly is out in full force to Stand Up for Science!!

2 HOURS & 30 MINUTES TO GO! #standupforscience2025

#StandUpForScience Science not silence!

Getting ready to #StandUpForScience in Washington, DC

Looking for a postdoctoral position in mycobacterial cell-cell contact communication? Look no further! Join my colleagues, Todd Gray and Keith Derbyshire, at the Wadsworth Center: healthresearch.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/HRI_Ca...

A Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium Genome-wide CRISPRi Screen Reveals a Role for Type 1 Fimbriae in Evasion of Antibody-Mediated Agglutination https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.16.628777v1

Long shot (feel free to share), but are you or someone you know an engineering student in the Albany area looking for work? @sianowen.bsky.social and I are hiring someone to do a custom instrument build and a little microbiology with us. Part-time, hourly work that fits your schedule this semester.

From Peter Fineran Lab academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...

Very glad to see our story on the choreography of #ESCRT proteins in #archaeal cell division finally published in mBio - Junfeng Liu et al "A relay race of ESCRT-III paralogs drives cell division in a hyperthermophilic archaeon" journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Published in March, this video comes from research that aimed use #CryoET to demonstrate how FtsZ filaments are recruited into a ring or “toroidal” structure as part of a bacterial cell’s division machinery. #12DaysOfeLife https://buff.ly/3BBCDIY

Check out the ASM 10th Conference on Biofilms Bluesky page @asmbiofilms2025.bsky.social

Me and my collaborator 1 hour before the grant is due to the grants office.

Our recent review “Climate change and Vibrio vulnificus dynamics: a blueprint for infectious diseases” was just published in PLOS Pathogens! journals.plos.org/plospathogen...

@ksimanek.bsky.social (rightfully) gets all the publicity in the College of Integrated Health Sciences annual magazine. issuu.com/ualbanysph/d...

I had a new student do what we thought was a very simple experiment; the result was the complete opposite of what we expected. She asked, "doesn't this freak you out?" I told her: No! This is the exciting part.