Merve Tepe, PhD
@mervetepephds.bsky.social
PhD MICROBIOLOGIST /
Phage Therapy, AMR, Biofilms, Drug Design and some other topics
@remissionbiome.bsky.social &
@renegaderesearch.bsky.social team
DEFEND SCIENCE, RESIST IGNORANCE
Ankara/Boston
Phage Therapy, AMR, Biofilms, Drug Design and some other topics
@remissionbiome.bsky.social &
@renegaderesearch.bsky.social team
DEFEND SCIENCE, RESIST IGNORANCE
Ankara/Boston
Pinned
"Behold the turtle 🐢 He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. " J. Conant
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Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Microbiology
Come and join great students and colleagues at Hofstra Biology. Please apply using the link below and/or spread the word!
hofstra.peopleadmin.com/postings/6542
Come and join great students and colleagues at Hofstra Biology. Please apply using the link below and/or spread the word!
hofstra.peopleadmin.com/postings/6542
December 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Microbiology
Come and join great students and colleagues at Hofstra Biology. Please apply using the link below and/or spread the word!
hofstra.peopleadmin.com/postings/6542
Come and join great students and colleagues at Hofstra Biology. Please apply using the link below and/or spread the word!
hofstra.peopleadmin.com/postings/6542
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Things climate scientists should not have to say:
A thermometer reading doesn’t depend on how you vote.
No, those jets are not spewing mind control exhaust.
Yes, an oil exec really does make a lot more than we do.
And no, it’s not volcanoes, natural cycles, or the sun. We really have checked.
A thermometer reading doesn’t depend on how you vote.
No, those jets are not spewing mind control exhaust.
Yes, an oil exec really does make a lot more than we do.
And no, it’s not volcanoes, natural cycles, or the sun. We really have checked.
August 27, 2024 at 12:18 AM
Things climate scientists should not have to say:
A thermometer reading doesn’t depend on how you vote.
No, those jets are not spewing mind control exhaust.
Yes, an oil exec really does make a lot more than we do.
And no, it’s not volcanoes, natural cycles, or the sun. We really have checked.
A thermometer reading doesn’t depend on how you vote.
No, those jets are not spewing mind control exhaust.
Yes, an oil exec really does make a lot more than we do.
And no, it’s not volcanoes, natural cycles, or the sun. We really have checked.
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Society Event Grant applications to support eligible members wishing to attend Microbes in Microbiomes 2026 will close on 15 December 2025 at 23:59 GMT. Apply now before the deadline.
🔗Link here: microb.io/AC26Grant
#Microbio26 #Microbiology #MiM26
🔗Link here: microb.io/AC26Grant
#Microbio26 #Microbiology #MiM26
Society Events Grant
Funds are available to support eligible members attending the Society Annual Conference or one other Society meeting per year.
microb.io
December 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Society Event Grant applications to support eligible members wishing to attend Microbes in Microbiomes 2026 will close on 15 December 2025 at 23:59 GMT. Apply now before the deadline.
🔗Link here: microb.io/AC26Grant
#Microbio26 #Microbiology #MiM26
🔗Link here: microb.io/AC26Grant
#Microbio26 #Microbiology #MiM26
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Join leaders in microbiome science at the inaugural Microbes in Microbiomes meeting! Explore how individual microbes drive traits across human, animal, plant & environmental systems - including synthetic community research.
Miami, Feb 18–20, 2026. microb.io/MiM26
#MiM26
Miami, Feb 18–20, 2026. microb.io/MiM26
#MiM26
December 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Join leaders in microbiome science at the inaugural Microbes in Microbiomes meeting! Explore how individual microbes drive traits across human, animal, plant & environmental systems - including synthetic community research.
Miami, Feb 18–20, 2026. microb.io/MiM26
#MiM26
Miami, Feb 18–20, 2026. microb.io/MiM26
#MiM26
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A double dose of good news on the infectious disease front:
There’s not just one but two new drugs coming for gonorrhea, one of the most worrying diseases when it comes to antibiotic resistance.
🧪 #IDsky
www.science.org/content/arti...
There’s not just one but two new drugs coming for gonorrhea, one of the most worrying diseases when it comes to antibiotic resistance.
🧪 #IDsky
www.science.org/content/arti...
New antibiotic for gonorrhea could help beat back drug-resistant infections
Two treatments for the sexually transmitted disease are expected to become available soon
www.science.org
December 12, 2025 at 8:44 AM
A double dose of good news on the infectious disease front:
There’s not just one but two new drugs coming for gonorrhea, one of the most worrying diseases when it comes to antibiotic resistance.
🧪 #IDsky
www.science.org/content/arti...
There’s not just one but two new drugs coming for gonorrhea, one of the most worrying diseases when it comes to antibiotic resistance.
🧪 #IDsky
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Targeted anti-toxin therapeutic shows promise against C. difficile #infections ...
| #bacteria | #Clostridioides | #toxin | #diarrhea | #pain | Via @sciencex.bsky.social
| #bacteria | #Clostridioides | #toxin | #diarrhea | #pain | Via @sciencex.bsky.social
Targeted anti-toxin therapeutic shows promise against C. difficile infections
In a major step toward a precision therapy for Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infection, researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have uncovered how the body's bile acids bind to…
medicalxpress.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Targeted anti-toxin therapeutic shows promise against C. difficile #infections ...
| #bacteria | #Clostridioides | #toxin | #diarrhea | #pain | Via @sciencex.bsky.social
| #bacteria | #Clostridioides | #toxin | #diarrhea | #pain | Via @sciencex.bsky.social
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📢The HISTEPS WG Seminar Series is back with a third session, featuring Marianne Janack, Roberto Gronda, and Giancarlo Marchetti with a talk on “Pragmatism and Philosophy of Science”
📅December 11, 16.00-17.30 (Venice Time, CET)
🤓Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
📅December 11, 16.00-17.30 (Venice Time, CET)
🤓Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
December 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
📢The HISTEPS WG Seminar Series is back with a third session, featuring Marianne Janack, Roberto Gronda, and Giancarlo Marchetti with a talk on “Pragmatism and Philosophy of Science”
📅December 11, 16.00-17.30 (Venice Time, CET)
🤓Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
📅December 11, 16.00-17.30 (Venice Time, CET)
🤓Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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A dietary long-chain fatty acid (oleic acid) enhances Candida albicans colonization of the murine gut partly by modifying the fungal cell surface. The findings highlight the importance of the fungal cell wall in interacting with intestinal mucus. #mBio: asm.social/2Jo
December 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A dietary long-chain fatty acid (oleic acid) enhances Candida albicans colonization of the murine gut partly by modifying the fungal cell surface. The findings highlight the importance of the fungal cell wall in interacting with intestinal mucus. #mBio: asm.social/2Jo
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.
December 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.
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My latest for @thenation.com: "Public Health Needs a New Motto: No Apologies, No Surrender"
It’s time we stopped flinching at the assaults of the far right—and started fighting back.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
It’s time we stopped flinching at the assaults of the far right—and started fighting back.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Public Health Needs a New Motto: No Apologies, No Surrender
It's time we stopped flinching at the assaults of the far right—and started fighting back.
www.thenation.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
My latest for @thenation.com: "Public Health Needs a New Motto: No Apologies, No Surrender"
It’s time we stopped flinching at the assaults of the far right—and started fighting back.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
It’s time we stopped flinching at the assaults of the far right—and started fighting back.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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I'm an Infectious Diseases Doctor. Our Pipeline of Experts Is in Distress.
Had the opportunity to share my reflections on the challenges the ID specialty is facing on.
@medpagetoday.com
#IDSky
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Had the opportunity to share my reflections on the challenges the ID specialty is facing on.
@medpagetoday.com
#IDSky
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | I'm an Infectious Diseases Doctor. Our Pipeline of Experts Is in Distress.
Sidelining our field will inevitably leave us all unprepared for the next threat
www.medpagetoday.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I'm an Infectious Diseases Doctor. Our Pipeline of Experts Is in Distress.
Had the opportunity to share my reflections on the challenges the ID specialty is facing on.
@medpagetoday.com
#IDSky
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Had the opportunity to share my reflections on the challenges the ID specialty is facing on.
@medpagetoday.com
#IDSky
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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Great to see @greally.bsky.social ‘s Epigenetics book in the wild at #cellbio2025 - all that pestering paid off
December 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Great to see @greally.bsky.social ‘s Epigenetics book in the wild at #cellbio2025 - all that pestering paid off
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#ScienceReadForSunday: Mapping Plasmodium transitions and interactions in the Anopheles female
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Mapping Plasmodium transitions and interactions in the Anopheles female - Nature
Single-cell transcriptomic analyses of Plasmodium falciparum and Anopheles gambiae reveal key developmental stages, processes and factors in parasite–mosquito interactions and identify potential…
www.nature.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
#ScienceReadForSunday: Mapping Plasmodium transitions and interactions in the Anopheles female
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A key part of @jfhevler.bsky.social's effort was development of "Thermal Tracks", a new approach to melting curve analysis that we reported in this earlier preprint:
arxiv.org/abs/2508.09659
arxiv.org/abs/2508.09659
Thermal Tracks: A Gaussian process-based framework for universal melting curve analysis enabling unconstrained hit identification in thermal proteome profiling experiments
Thermal Tracks is a Python-based statistical framework for analyzing protein thermal stability data that overcomes key limitations of existing thermal proteome profiling (TPP) work-flows. Unlike stand...
arxiv.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
A key part of @jfhevler.bsky.social's effort was development of "Thermal Tracks", a new approach to melting curve analysis that we reported in this earlier preprint:
arxiv.org/abs/2508.09659
arxiv.org/abs/2508.09659
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Congratulations former postdoc @jfhevler.bsky.social (in transit to Roche) and the team on their work using thermal proteome profiling along with glycosylation perturbagens to discover glycan-dependent protein functions at the proteome scale 👏
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Discovering Glycosylation-Dependent Protein Function by Thermal Proteome Profiling
Protein glycosylation regulates essential cellular processes including protein folding, stability, and cell-cell interactions; however, how aberrant glycosylation impacts protein function and interact...
www.biorxiv.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Congratulations former postdoc @jfhevler.bsky.social (in transit to Roche) and the team on their work using thermal proteome profiling along with glycosylation perturbagens to discover glycan-dependent protein functions at the proteome scale 👏
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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it boggles the mind to think this person is in control of the US biomedical research enterprise
the fate of many thousands — patients, researchers, trainees — and of America’s unquestioned status as the global leader and best hope of humankind — ought not to depend on vainglorious actors
the fate of many thousands — patients, researchers, trainees — and of America’s unquestioned status as the global leader and best hope of humankind — ought not to depend on vainglorious actors
Imagine you're overseeing the termination of clinical trials, the destruction of people's livelihoods, the dismantling of scientific research in the US, and you're complaining that Twitter didn't give you a blue check 4 years ago.
December 8, 2025 at 12:21 AM
it boggles the mind to think this person is in control of the US biomedical research enterprise
the fate of many thousands — patients, researchers, trainees — and of America’s unquestioned status as the global leader and best hope of humankind — ought not to depend on vainglorious actors
the fate of many thousands — patients, researchers, trainees — and of America’s unquestioned status as the global leader and best hope of humankind — ought not to depend on vainglorious actors
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#WHO nations extend talks on global #pathogen-sharing system to boost pandemic prep ...
| #vaccines | #diagnostics | #pandemics | #diseases | Via devdiscourse .com
| #vaccines | #diagnostics | #pandemics | #diseases | Via devdiscourse .com
WHO Nations Extend Talks on Global Pathogen-Sharing System to Boost Pandemic Prep | Health
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reaffirmed that the negotiations carry both enormous promise and responsibility.
www.devdiscourse.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
#WHO nations extend talks on global #pathogen-sharing system to boost pandemic prep ...
| #vaccines | #diagnostics | #pandemics | #diseases | Via devdiscourse .com
| #vaccines | #diagnostics | #pandemics | #diseases | Via devdiscourse .com
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Do you know what #hepatitis is? ...
| #liver | #inflammation | #hepatitisB | #hepatitisC | Via @nytimes.com
| #liver | #inflammation | #hepatitisB | #hepatitisC | Via @nytimes.com
Hepatitis A, B and C: What to Know About Symptoms, Vaccines and Treatment
The disease has become a key issue in Washington. We asked doctors to explain the ABCs.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Do you know what #hepatitis is? ...
| #liver | #inflammation | #hepatitisB | #hepatitisC | Via @nytimes.com
| #liver | #inflammation | #hepatitisB | #hepatitisC | Via @nytimes.com
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Applications for the 2026 - 2028 AMS & EUCIC Certificate Programmes are open! These programmes are designed to strengthen your expertise in antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) & infection prevention & control.
Info:
AMS: https://ow.ly/KTWv50Xu6j6
EUCIC: https://ow.ly/Z0st50Xu6j5
#IDSky #clinmicro
Info:
AMS: https://ow.ly/KTWv50Xu6j6
EUCIC: https://ow.ly/Z0st50Xu6j5
#IDSky #clinmicro
December 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Applications for the 2026 - 2028 AMS & EUCIC Certificate Programmes are open! These programmes are designed to strengthen your expertise in antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) & infection prevention & control.
Info:
AMS: https://ow.ly/KTWv50Xu6j6
EUCIC: https://ow.ly/Z0st50Xu6j5
#IDSky #clinmicro
Info:
AMS: https://ow.ly/KTWv50Xu6j6
EUCIC: https://ow.ly/Z0st50Xu6j5
#IDSky #clinmicro
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WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 24-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION people in Denmark found NO LINK between aluminum in childhood vaccines and autism, asthma, OR chronic disorders.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
December 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 24-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION people in Denmark found NO LINK between aluminum in childhood vaccines and autism, asthma, OR chronic disorders.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
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One of the things I teach #Micronauts is that most microbes really don't care about us. The media seems fixated on microbes that are always good, or always bad. #AngelMicrobes #DevilMicrobes #MehMicrobes. Greatest quote ever attached.
www.upi.com/Health_News/...
www.upi.com/Health_News/...
December 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
One of the things I teach #Micronauts is that most microbes really don't care about us. The media seems fixated on microbes that are always good, or always bad. #AngelMicrobes #DevilMicrobes #MehMicrobes. Greatest quote ever attached.
www.upi.com/Health_News/...
www.upi.com/Health_News/...
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The center I'm lucky to lead at Duke just kicked off a 1 year study on ways to cut child mortality in half by 2050
It makes me sick to my stomach that RFK Jr & the Great Barrington Declaration dudes & the extreme anti-vaxx kooks are instituting policies that could drive a RISE in US child mortality
It makes me sick to my stomach that RFK Jr & the Great Barrington Declaration dudes & the extreme anti-vaxx kooks are instituting policies that could drive a RISE in US child mortality
Kennedy's zombie ACIP panel just voted to restrict hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Experts say it will harm children for no reason. www.ms.now/news/rfk-cdc...
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
RFK Jr.’s CDC panel: No more hepatitis B vaccine for some newborns
The CDC's vaccine advisory panel, stocked with anti-vaccine activists and loyalists to RFK Jr., voted Friday to stop recommending a birth dose of vaccine.
www.ms.now
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The center I'm lucky to lead at Duke just kicked off a 1 year study on ways to cut child mortality in half by 2050
It makes me sick to my stomach that RFK Jr & the Great Barrington Declaration dudes & the extreme anti-vaxx kooks are instituting policies that could drive a RISE in US child mortality
It makes me sick to my stomach that RFK Jr & the Great Barrington Declaration dudes & the extreme anti-vaxx kooks are instituting policies that could drive a RISE in US child mortality
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An eight-decade partnership between universities and the federal government made U.S. science preeminent.
It took Trump less than a year to shred that crucial alliance.
It took Trump less than a year to shred that crucial alliance.
American Science, Shattered
An eight-decade partnership between universities and the federal government made U.S. science preeminent. It took Trump less than a year to shred that
www.statnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
An eight-decade partnership between universities and the federal government made U.S. science preeminent.
It took Trump less than a year to shred that crucial alliance.
It took Trump less than a year to shred that crucial alliance.
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