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...

#Spleen-to-lung #neutrophil axis orchestrates #antiviral defense ... | #lungs | #virus | #infection | #respiratory | Via eurekalert .org

JBC review: Fred Goldberg Machines in the Pathogenesis of Mycobacterium #tuberculosis @heran.bsky.social reviews what is known about how caseinolytic proteases and proteasomes function to contribute to the virulence of one of the world's deadliest pathogens: www.jbc.org/article/S002.... #JBiolChem

New @sloanfoundation.bsky.social grants: Exemplary Pathways to STEM Graduate Education. Up to $500,000 for orgs focused on helping remove obstacles for undergraduates who want to pursue advanced STEM degrees. Deadline is June 1. Please share & apply if this is you! sloan.org/programs/hig...

Associate Senior Lecturer/Assistant Professor position in Molecular Microbiology available at Lund University, Sweden: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

We're thrilled to announce the Ctrl-Z Award, a US$2,500 prize for researchers “who discover substantial errors in their published work and take meaningful steps to correct the scientific record." Covered by @nature.com today; read more here: centerforscientificintegrity.org/2026/03/10/a...

For the next 24h, drop any infectious disease and/or vaccine-related questions in response to this post, and I will do my best to answer them. Answers are for information only, NOT medical advice. #AskAnIDDoc March 2026 edition.

Pls re-post: My department @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social are recruiting for several new faculty positions (links below). Broad search in molecular biology/biochemistry, across prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Interested in understanding life at the molecular level, this job might be for you! 1/n

Postbac positions available in experimental and computational biology working on #virusevolution, tick-borne viruses and computational drug discovery! Reach out if you’d like to discuss projects in the #QVEU at NIH-NIAID. Please share with any talented undergrads or MS students you know!

🚨VIROLOGY GRADUATE STUDENTS 🚨 Are you looking for a postdoc? We have a webinar Just for you We hope you come

We are one of the potential host labs for a Lecturer position in Molecular Genetics & Genomics — please share, and get in touch for more info! 🧬📣

A reminder that we are actively recruiting a geneticist to the Department of Genetics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine careers-einstein.icims.com/jobs/17847/a...

Congratulations to Dr. Brittany Shapiro for defending her Ph.D. dissertation yesterday! She presented her project titled “Borreliella burgdorferi BosR-mediated post-transcriptional regulation”. Brittany’s work has resulted in two publications to date and numerous awards. Exceptional job, Brittany!

Out Now! Skin androgens affect virulence of Staphylococcus aureus #MicroSky

Applications are open for PREP Bio at the University of Oregon! A great opportunity for postbacs looking for additional research experience while preparing for graduate school. More here: cas.uoregon.edu/UO-PREP-Bio

Major advance in T. pallidum reserach: "First human cell-based cultivation system for the syphilis spirochete Treponema pallidum" link.springer.com/article/10.1... #MicroSky

Are you a structural biologist pushing the boundaries of molecular science with an ambitious research programme? Join our Structural Studies Division as a tenure-track Group Leader, with core funding, world-leading facilities & enthusiastic colleagues. Apply by 16 MAR www.nature.com/naturecareer...

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Help me welcome our latest Plague Dr.! Congratulations to Dr. Sheneman on successfully defending her PhD on Friday the 13th 🎉🍾!

Friends, please help spread the word about our microbiology REU program at Montana State University. www.montana.edu/mbi/reu/ Each student receives a stipend ($7000 for 10 wks). Travel compensation, room, and board are also provided. Details in the attached pic--Feb 14 deadline 🧫🧪🦠#microsky

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

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 @copperbae.bsky.social, I see you are in the news! A great example of how academic research is driving innovations in medicine.

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...

www.findaphd.com/phds/project... interested in bacterial antagonism? PhD opportunity in our team, see below. Please repost!

Hello world! I am excited to announce my lab is open at the University of Utah in the Department of Biochemistry. We are looking for scientists at all levels interested in studying host-virus interactions in both bacteria and animals. Come join us in beautiful Utah! (photo is 10 steps from lab)

Thrilled to share our new preprint showing that dietary amino acids license the NLRP3 inflammasome via mTOR-dependent mRNA translation! Congrats to co-1st authors @mikelhaggadone.bsky.social, Brian Goldspiel, co-senior author @metabailism.bsky.social & collaborators! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

I’m thrilled to share our work on phage triggers of the bacterial immune system in its final form @natmicrobiol.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Last chance to submit to the ASM Mechanism Discovery Meeting at #ASMicrobe 2026. Abstracts close Jan. 21 at 2 p.m. ET. Showcase foundational research uncovering the mechanisms that power microbial life. Submit now: asm.social/2LT

Enterococcus fans: Check out our latest on E. faecalis EET, advancing our understanding of both the fundamental physiology of this bug and new mechanisms of its virulence. This is the product of a thrilling collaboration with friends in Singapore @gthibault.bsky.social led by @aarontan.bsky.social.

Hey, you know that cool data you showed me? You should share that with other microbiologists at the ASM Microbe meeting in June! Abstract deadline is Jan 21 👇👇

Deadline for ASM Microbe abstracts is fast approaching! Hope you are going to join me in DC this year to share your amazing microbiology with other ASM members! Deadline is Jan 21 👇👇

Are you a graduate student or postdoc who wants to apply your science to policy? The Gulf Research Program’s Science Policy Fellowship provides experience for one year on the staff of federal, state, local, NGO in the Gulf region and impt networking. www.nationalacademies.org/programs/GUL...

Job alert! Assistant professor position in the Department of Molecular Genetics (University of Toronto). Amazing department and city. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... Please share.

Summer REU in biofilms! Pls share. www.binghamton.edu/centers/biof...

There’s still time: Join us as Head of Data Engineering & Informatics and help shape the future of infectious disease research. Apply today 🔗 www.iddo.org/about-us/jobs 📅 Deadline Jan 12 at noon #recruitment @tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk