We submitted this proposal in January 2025 and it was finally funded! Grateful and excited to keep working to bring phage therapy out of the laboratory and into the clinic. @pghphageprogram.bsky.social www.medschool.pitt.edu/news/pitt-ce...

It’s exciting to go to @asm.org #ASMicrobe but it can be intimidating if it’s your first time or you are alone (and even if you’re not!). We help you have a great meeting through our grassroots peer mentoring program. Join today! 🔬 🧪 🦠 #MicroSky #AMR binningsingletons.com/singleton/bi...

Please help me get the word out.

🧫 #microsky Interested in a #Klebsiella KlebClub meetup @ #ASMMicrobe? 🦠 If you’d like to join, please let Jay Vornhagen know on Slack or by email so we can gauge interest and start planning. Hope to see lots of KlebClub folks there! 😊 #UTISky #phagesky #mevosky #AMR #AntimicrobialResistance

Interested in microbiology, immunology, and host-pathogen interactions? Come work with us! Our department at OHSU is opening a search for a new tenure-track faculty position. See the job advertisement for details. Please share within your networks! www.nature.com/naturecareer...

It’s exciting to go to @asm.org #ASMicrobe but it can be intimidating if it’s your first time or you are alone (and even if you’re not!). We help you have a great meeting through our grassroots peer mentoring program. Join today! 🔬 🧪 🦠 #MicroSky #AMR forms.gle/4yT1CbEvE7pT...

If you or a mentee is attending ASM Microbe on their own, especially for the first time, sign up for the Binning Singletons program! Paired with mentor, social events, and swag. Well worth it for the price (free)

The M&I Department is looking for a new faculty member with a passion for teaching graduate and medical students to join us at UofL - see the link 👇. We have a thriving collegial department in a great city. Email me if you have questions. I will also be at Microbe in June to talk more. Join us😀.

The M&I Department is looking for a new faculty member with a passion for teaching graduate and medical students to join us at UofL - see the link 👇. We have a thriving collegial department in a great city. Email me if you have questions. I will also be at Microbe in June to talk more. Join us😀.

Thinking of doing a PhD with a focus on infectious diseases? My lab is seeking enthusiastic students to investigate the emergence and transmission of pathogenic Vibrios. Join us at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, an extraordinary research center! www.stjude.org/education-tr...

We’re hiring in the Weber Lab at the University of Iowa! We study how intracellular pathogens (Chlamydia trachomatis and Orientia tsutsugamushi) manipulate host cells through secreted effector proteins. Two great opportunities for future scientists and research professionals.

We are hiring @umichmicroimmuno.bsky.social ! Tenure-track assistant professor position in our Microbiology and Immunology department. We are especially looking for someone working in bacterial pathogenesis

🧫🎨 What if microbes could make art? See winning pieces from ASM's Agar Art Contest in person—plus a panel on science communication & public trust. Join us on June 5, 6-8 p.m. ET at Touchstone Gallery in D.C. Free and open to all. Register: asm.social/2W5

Congratulations to Dr. Katelyn Sheneman who was recognized as the Guy Stevenson Awardee and gave the Student Address at the PhD Commencement on Friday! Next stop, postdoc with @stallingslab.bsky.social at Wash U!

Imposter Syndrome can make large meetings difficult. #BinningSingletons can help you find community and have a great meeting! Join us @ #ASMicrobe next month! 🔬🦠🧪 #MicroSky #AMR binningsingletons.com/singleton/bi...

📢 Are you attending #ASMicrobe this year? Or is someone in your lab? Pass this on! Binning Singletons is an awesome opportunity to maximize the experience. 🦠 🧪 🔬 #MicroSky binningsingletons.com/singleton/bi...

🌱 We’re hiring in Plant Biology at Penn State! The Department of Biology at Penn State University Park is searching for a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor in any area of plant biology.

🚨Faculty job search: University of Illinois Chicago Micro & Immuno department is hiring! Open rank and open area within host-pathogen interactions. Apply by May 31 to join us in UI College of Medicine in the heart of Chicago! uic.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Only 4 weeks until #ASMicrobe from @asm.org! Build your community and have a great meeting with the help of our grassroots peer mentoring program! 🦠 🧪 🔬 #MicroSky #AMR binningsingletons.com/singleton/bi...

*HTD Infectious Diseases/Tropical Medicine Clinical Fellow ST3+ Job* from August 2026 for 12 months. Fantastic opportunity for ID enthusiasts to gain experience at the HTD. #IDsky beta.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jo... @uclh.bsky.social

I'm convening a session at ASM Microbe 2026 on vaginal infections. Come learn about the great recent advances in research on Gardnerella, Sneathia, Group B Strep, and Candida infections. #ASMicrobe invt.io/1bxbqiyuh8c

Looking forward to speaking at MICROBE this year! Hope to see you there. Register here: asm.org/events/asm-m...

I am looking for a new investigator who researches #ExtracellularVesicles in #Immunity to suggest as a speaker for next year's Canadian Society for Immunology conference. I am putting together the package for a potential plenary now and need names ASAP! International or Canadian will be considered

Bacterial immune proteins have repeatedly evolved to become parts of eukaryotic immunity. But how? Our new preprint uncovers a recent horizontal transfer event & shows how eukaryotes co-opted a toxic bacterial immune protein 🦠🧪🧵 1/

Penn State Biology is hiring! We have an opening for a tenure-line faculty position in plant biology - if you'd like to pursue awesome science in a supportive and interdisciplinary community of researchers, consider applying! psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...

ASM's Mechanism Discovery Unit, focused on advancing research into the basic principles of microbial life, has launched! The unit is led by Glen McGugan, Ph.D., & Alison Criss, Ph.D., & guided by a Scientific Advisory Council of 14 experts. Read more: asm.org/press-releas...

🏅 #mBio & mLife jointly present the Emerging Leader in Microbiology Award, a new initiative designed to recognize & support early career researchers whose work is shaping the future of microbial science. 🖥️ Apply or nominate by July 31: journals.asm.org/mbio/mlife-j...

You are an ambitious young scientist, on the verge to independence, in a research field related to our Cluster of Excellence @cmfi.bsky.social “Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections”? Join our vibrant, interactive scientific community in Tubingen. Repost and apply! www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Our most recent paper "Divergent Rickettsia species exhibit distinct mechanisms of actin-based motility" is now out in @jcb.org! Check it out here: rupress.org/jcb/article/...

Wan’t to be faculty at a collegial host-pathogen focused department in a beautiful bikable city with amazing food? This link is for you: facultycareers-ohsu.icims.com/jobs/39006/a...

The Trump administration on Friday dismissed members of an independent board that oversees the National Science Foundation, which finances much of the public scientific research in the U.S.

Spread the word! We are recruiting for 6 new research professors at UC Davis' California National Primate Research Center. Open rank, open area, but must leverage 🐒 resources. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07561

Extremely proud of Dr. Katelyn Shememan who was recognized with the 2026 Guy Stevenson Award, which recognizes the top PhD graduate at the University of Louisville. Keep an eye on her, she is going to continue to do great things!

American science is shrinking. 
A Post analysis found that, halfway through this fiscal year, the number of competitive grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health is down by more than half compared with the same period last year. https://wapo.st/3OgoHKV

Pls share: Ursinus College is looking for an adjunct lecturer to teach Microbiology this fall. You can see all the details at: iaotqy.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Postdoctoral Position (Please re-post) A funded postdoctoral position for a recent graduate to study aspects of Neisseria gonorrhoeae pathogenesis, antigenic variation, genetics, or physiology. Please contact Hank Seifert [email protected] #Microsky, #Microbiology, #MicrobialEvolution

Tomorrow is the last day to submit an abstract for @keystonesymposia.bsky.social meeting Beyond Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies Combating Bacterial Infections. It is going to be an amazing meeting and we have a few slots left! keysym.us/KSBeyondAntibiotics26 #KSBeyondAntibiotics26

Amazing opportunity from everylifeorg.bsky.social for the #raredisease community 💙 The #RAREis Scholarship Fund is offering 58 scholarships of $5000 for ppl with RD to help pursue higher education, + access to mentorship & advocacy opportunities 🗓 Apply by April 28 📍 Learn more: RareScholarship.org

As a CSU alum, I am excited to attend my first Rocky Mountain ASM Branch meeting in two weeks. Today is the registration deadline for poster and oral presentations. Looking forward to this meeting and hope to see you there!!

A neutrophil and Y. pestis walked into a bar…. Need a refresher on the outcome of this interaction? Check out Dr. Sheneman’s new Pearl in @plos.org Pathogens describing how Y. pestis is able to manipulate the situation to its advantage.

Hey y’all. As many of you know I’ve had a tough few months. I’m just now getting a *little* bit of bandwidth to work on #BinningSingletons and I need some help to get to #ASMicrobe this year. #MicroSky 🦠🧪

We are recruiting postdocs to work on antimicrobial resistance and bacterial cell envelope biology. PLEASE SHARE.

My lab at Pitt is looking for a Research Scientist to help us make phage therapy for patients with antibiotic-resistant infections. Please share and apply! cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...

Check out this squid-vibrio postdoc position at Penn State with my colleague Tim Miyashiro, especially if you have a background in proteomics/metabolomics. psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...

My next book, a practical guide for how to write for mass media, publishes four weeks from today. I hope you'll consider ordering it now, inviting me to speak, and to tell others. Here's what @tressiemcphd.bsky.social said about my work. Pre-order here: www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

I posted a while ago about doing DNA analysis in a single day of a lab course for non science majors. For many reasons we are looking into LAMP assays for various bacteria. If anyone out there has experience w/ LAMP especially in undergraduate courses, I would love pointers/ comments.

#DNA-binding #protein blocks #virulence cascade in a #diarrhea #pathogen outside hosts ... | #bacteria | #microbiology | #Yersinia | #plague | #immunesystem | Via @sciencex.bsky.social phys.org/news/2026-04...

Back on BlueSky after a long break ! Really happy to see the work of Jess finally out ! Amazing collaboration with UQ - in particular M.Schembri & M.Sweet! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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...

Tick talk: UK researcher targets Lyme disease with 2 grants Nice when the university recognizes you! 😊 #MicroSky #PhageSky uknow.uky.edu/research/tic...