Mark Mandel
@markjmandel.bsky.social
Bacterial geneticist focused on microbe-animal communication. Professor UW-Madison. Messages are my personal views.
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I'm happy to share a perspective that
@soniamodilevsky.bsky.social
and I wrote about a new and exciting paper in @science.org
with big implications for IBD.
Check it out:
A bacterial toxin disarms gut defenses against inflammation | Science
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@soniamodilevsky.bsky.social
and I wrote about a new and exciting paper in @science.org
with big implications for IBD.
Check it out:
A bacterial toxin disarms gut defenses against inflammation | Science
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A bacterial toxin disarms gut defenses against inflammation
Macrophage-toxic bacteria from patients with ulcerative colitis worsen gut inflammation in mice
www.science.org
November 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I'm happy to share a perspective that
@soniamodilevsky.bsky.social
and I wrote about a new and exciting paper in @science.org
with big implications for IBD.
Check it out:
A bacterial toxin disarms gut defenses against inflammation | Science
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@soniamodilevsky.bsky.social
and I wrote about a new and exciting paper in @science.org
with big implications for IBD.
Check it out:
A bacterial toxin disarms gut defenses against inflammation | Science
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Today!
Friday! Dr. Sean Crosson will be giving a research seminar in 1520 MSB!
November 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Today!
Through a project at the graduate school I had the good fortune to interact with Dean Scott. She was an incredible visionary, deeply dedicated to graduate education, and also so down to Earth. She will be deeply missed. bsky.app/profile/uwch...
I am heartbroken by Dean Linda Scott’s sudden passing. Her integrity, leadership, commitment to excellence & wonderful dry humor shaped the School of Nursing & the national nursing community & touched so many lives. Her legacy will endure & she will be dearly missed. nursing.wisc.edu/remembering-...
November 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Through a project at the graduate school I had the good fortune to interact with Dean Scott. She was an incredible visionary, deeply dedicated to graduate education, and also so down to Earth. She will be deeply missed. bsky.app/profile/uwch...
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I am heartbroken by Dean Linda Scott’s sudden passing. Her integrity, leadership, commitment to excellence & wonderful dry humor shaped the School of Nursing & the national nursing community & touched so many lives. Her legacy will endure & she will be dearly missed. nursing.wisc.edu/remembering-...
November 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I am heartbroken by Dean Linda Scott’s sudden passing. Her integrity, leadership, commitment to excellence & wonderful dry humor shaped the School of Nursing & the national nursing community & touched so many lives. Her legacy will endure & she will be dearly missed. nursing.wisc.edu/remembering-...
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Registration is now open for @keystonesymposia.bsky.social "Beyond #Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies Combating #BacterialInfection." Deadline for scholarships and abstract selected short talks is Jan 7! Join us this May for an amazing meeting! keysym.us/KSBeyondAntibiotics26 #KSBeyondAntibiotics26
Beyond Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies for Combating Bacterial Infection | Keystone Symposia
Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Beyond Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies for Combating Bacterial Infection, May 2026, in Breckenridge, with field leaders!
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November 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Registration is now open for @keystonesymposia.bsky.social "Beyond #Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies Combating #BacterialInfection." Deadline for scholarships and abstract selected short talks is Jan 7! Join us this May for an amazing meeting! keysym.us/KSBeyondAntibiotics26 #KSBeyondAntibiotics26
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Hey folks, we (the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University) are looking for an Assistant Teaching Professor in microbiology and immunology. Please pass this on to anyone you think might be interested, or check it out if you are interested yourself!
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November 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Hey folks, we (the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University) are looking for an Assistant Teaching Professor in microbiology and immunology. Please pass this on to anyone you think might be interested, or check it out if you are interested yourself!
apply.interfolio.com/176994
apply.interfolio.com/176994
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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
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#infectiousdisease #artificialintelligence
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November 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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
albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
#infectiousdisease #artificialintelligence
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JP van Pijkeren works at the interface of industry and medicine, focusing on the gut symbiont species L. reuteri, for which select strains have demonstrated health-promoting properties. #WARF100 @uwchancellor.bsky.social https://www.warf.org/commercialize/uw-madison-inventor-profiles/pijkeren/
November 18, 2025 at 3:06 AM
JP van Pijkeren works at the interface of industry and medicine, focusing on the gut symbiont species L. reuteri, for which select strains have demonstrated health-promoting properties. #WARF100 @uwchancellor.bsky.social https://www.warf.org/commercialize/uw-madison-inventor-profiles/pijkeren/
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NSF is open again!
A few comments:
*Please be patient.
During a shutdown NSF employees cannot open computers or respond to emails.
*Merit review will continue. However panels won’t resume until after Dec 8th.
*POs remain excited and committed to advancing science and the scientific workforce.
A few comments:
*Please be patient.
During a shutdown NSF employees cannot open computers or respond to emails.
*Merit review will continue. However panels won’t resume until after Dec 8th.
*POs remain excited and committed to advancing science and the scientific workforce.
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
NSF is open again!
A few comments:
*Please be patient.
During a shutdown NSF employees cannot open computers or respond to emails.
*Merit review will continue. However panels won’t resume until after Dec 8th.
*POs remain excited and committed to advancing science and the scientific workforce.
A few comments:
*Please be patient.
During a shutdown NSF employees cannot open computers or respond to emails.
*Merit review will continue. However panels won’t resume until after Dec 8th.
*POs remain excited and committed to advancing science and the scientific workforce.
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Join us Friday as the MMI Seminar Series features Dr. Claire O'Leary!
November 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Join us Friday as the MMI Seminar Series features Dr. Claire O'Leary!
Karen Visick starts out the morning at #ASMBiofilms with the Costerton Award Lecture! @microklv.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Karen Visick starts out the morning at #ASMBiofilms with the Costerton Award Lecture! @microklv.bsky.social
Congratulations to Drew Hryckowian! @a-hryckowian.bsky.social
🎉 Big congratulations to Dr. Andrew Hryckowian on receiving the Vilas Faculty Early-Career Investigator Award! His groundbreaking work on the gut microbiome is shaping the future of infectious disease research.
mmi.wisc.edu/dr-andrew-hr...
mmi.wisc.edu/dr-andrew-hr...
November 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Congratulations to Drew Hryckowian! @a-hryckowian.bsky.social
Great profile of @ruthlessruth15.bsky.social www.the-scientist.com/postdoc-port...
Postdoc Portrait: Ruth Isenberg
This postdoc explores how gut and oral bacteria wage microscopic battles that shape infection and health.
www.the-scientist.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Great profile of @ruthlessruth15.bsky.social www.the-scientist.com/postdoc-port...
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Join us Friday as our series features our very own Dr. Sung Chul Park from the Keller Lab!
November 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Join us Friday as our series features our very own Dr. Sung Chul Park from the Keller Lab!
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We are really proud of this report from our 3 colloquia convened by the AAM and supported by the Moore Foundation. A few experts even said they would use it as their introductory textbook for this area. Please check it out!
How did life begin, and why does it matter? Scientists are tracing early microbial life–from LUCA to multicellularity–to unlock insights for biotech, climate science and even space exploration. Read the article: asm.org/articles/202...
Early Microbial Evolution | ASM.org
How did life begin, and why does it matter? Scientists are tracing early microbial life—from LUCA to multicellularity—to unlock insights for biotech, climate science and even space exploration.
asm.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
We are really proud of this report from our 3 colloquia convened by the AAM and supported by the Moore Foundation. A few experts even said they would use it as their introductory textbook for this area. Please check it out!
Congratulations @annazaidmanremy.bsky.social and all!
Agnès Vallier, @cmonegat.bsky.social , Baptiste Vierne, @nicolasparisot.bsky.social , Guy Condemine, Pedro Da Silva, Xavier Jaurand, @yschwab.bsky.social , @kaltenpoth-lab.bsky.social , Abdelaziz Heddi, and @annazaidmanremy.bsky.social
➡️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 5/5
➡️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 5/5
Bacterial tubular networks channel carbohydrates in insect endosymbiosis
Symbiosis is widespread in nature and plays a fundamental role in organism adaptation and evolution. In nutritional endosymbiosis, host cells accommod…
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October 30, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Congratulations @annazaidmanremy.bsky.social and all!
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🔬 Applications are now open!
Join MBL’s world-renowned Advanced Research Training Courses, where scientists from around the globe come together to explore new ideas, master cutting-edge techniques, and become part of a dynamic network.
➡️Apply today: go.mbl.edu/courses
Join MBL’s world-renowned Advanced Research Training Courses, where scientists from around the globe come together to explore new ideas, master cutting-edge techniques, and become part of a dynamic network.
➡️Apply today: go.mbl.edu/courses
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October 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
🔬 Applications are now open!
Join MBL’s world-renowned Advanced Research Training Courses, where scientists from around the globe come together to explore new ideas, master cutting-edge techniques, and become part of a dynamic network.
➡️Apply today: go.mbl.edu/courses
Join MBL’s world-renowned Advanced Research Training Courses, where scientists from around the globe come together to explore new ideas, master cutting-edge techniques, and become part of a dynamic network.
➡️Apply today: go.mbl.edu/courses
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📢 MMI Seminar Series
Friday, Oct. 31 | 1520 MSB
“Regulation of Type 1 Interferon Receptor Signaling”
Dr. Jan Rehwinkel, Oxford University
Friday, Oct. 31 | 1520 MSB
“Regulation of Type 1 Interferon Receptor Signaling”
Dr. Jan Rehwinkel, Oxford University
October 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
📢 MMI Seminar Series
Friday, Oct. 31 | 1520 MSB
“Regulation of Type 1 Interferon Receptor Signaling”
Dr. Jan Rehwinkel, Oxford University
Friday, Oct. 31 | 1520 MSB
“Regulation of Type 1 Interferon Receptor Signaling”
Dr. Jan Rehwinkel, Oxford University
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👇👇👇 come to #mmpc2026 for the science, stay for the Minnesota Microbiology shirts (iykyk)
Mark your calendars! #mmpc2026 The 2026 Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference will be take place September 25-27, 2026 at the University of Minnesota! We are excited to welcome keynote speaker Dr. Andy Camilli. Give us a follow and watch for important information here ➡️ mmpc2026.umn.edu
Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference | Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference 2026
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October 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
👇👇👇 come to #mmpc2026 for the science, stay for the Minnesota Microbiology shirts (iykyk)
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UMN's Department of Microbiology and Immunology is hiring! Come be our colleague in the Twin Cities! Searches are open for Virology and Fungal Biology (links below).
Virology: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/365...
Fungal Biology/Medical Mycology: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/365...
Virology: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/365...
Fungal Biology/Medical Mycology: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/365...
October 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
UMN's Department of Microbiology and Immunology is hiring! Come be our colleague in the Twin Cities! Searches are open for Virology and Fungal Biology (links below).
Virology: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/365...
Fungal Biology/Medical Mycology: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/365...
Virology: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/365...
Fungal Biology/Medical Mycology: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/365...
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R.I.P Hamilton Smith, 1978 Nobel Laureate for the discovery of type II restriction-modification systems (HindII).
October 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
R.I.P Hamilton Smith, 1978 Nobel Laureate for the discovery of type II restriction-modification systems (HindII).
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Heyyyy we desperately need more archaeologists to volunteer to answer questions from students via video chat through @skypeascientist.bsky.social.
We have 80 unmatched teams. We’ve already matched 650 😵💫
If you know any archaeologists, please send them here www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
We have 80 unmatched teams. We’ve already matched 650 😵💫
If you know any archaeologists, please send them here www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
Sign Up
Skype a Scientist gives you the opportunity to connect with students and the public around the world.
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October 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Heyyyy we desperately need more archaeologists to volunteer to answer questions from students via video chat through @skypeascientist.bsky.social.
We have 80 unmatched teams. We’ve already matched 650 😵💫
If you know any archaeologists, please send them here www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
We have 80 unmatched teams. We’ve already matched 650 😵💫
If you know any archaeologists, please send them here www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
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@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"
Scaling back DEI programmes and the loss of scientific talent
Nature Cell Biology - Programmes that support diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in science are under attack in the USA. Data indicate that diversity in the scientific workforce increases...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"
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Our lab's first paper is out! Led by Jordan Ort, we developed NextClade datasets that enable rapid H5 clade assignment via NextClade. We deployed these during the start of the H5 cattle outbreak, and we finally published the paper in Virus Evolution academic.oup.com/ve/article/1...
Development of avian influenza A(H5) virus datasets for Nextclade enables rapid and accurate clade assignment
Abstract. The 2022 panzootic of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5) viruses has led to unprecedented transmission to multiple mammalian species.
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October 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Our lab's first paper is out! Led by Jordan Ort, we developed NextClade datasets that enable rapid H5 clade assignment via NextClade. We deployed these during the start of the H5 cattle outbreak, and we finally published the paper in Virus Evolution academic.oup.com/ve/article/1...
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For ASBMB 2026, each meeting day will have a "theme" organized by session chairs. "Is anyone there?" covers biological communication and interactions across the molecular, cellular, and organismal scales. Eric Betzig will be the keynote and sessions will be lead by Phil Cole and Graham Johnson.
Eric Betzig headlines the #ASBMB26 Deep Dive "Is anyone there? Information transfer in biology from proteins to organisms," exploring how life senses signals & changes the responses of individual proteins or the behaviors of whole animals.
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#MakeItPossible
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October 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
For ASBMB 2026, each meeting day will have a "theme" organized by session chairs. "Is anyone there?" covers biological communication and interactions across the molecular, cellular, and organismal scales. Eric Betzig will be the keynote and sessions will be lead by Phil Cole and Graham Johnson.