Nichole Broderick, PhD
@nabroderick.bsky.social
microbiologist. entomologist. immunologist. Lover of science, especially at its intersections. Asst Prof of Biology at Johns Hopkins. @nabroderick elsewhere.
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Things I currently think you should be considering in your proposals. Although this thread will be NIH-centric, my guess is that some of this applies to NSF, etc. Much is synthesized from public information. Much of this is what we've advised all along, just with, um, more emphasis.
Here we go:
Here we go:
November 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Join Xerces and help our audience learn about invertebrates!
Job Title: Communications Specialist, Graphic Design & Content Marketing
🌎Location: Remote (USA)
💲Compensation: $32.34/hr; approx. $67,267/yr
📅Application deadline: Dec 7
Learn more and apply at xerces.org/jobs
Job Title: Communications Specialist, Graphic Design & Content Marketing
🌎Location: Remote (USA)
💲Compensation: $32.34/hr; approx. $67,267/yr
📅Application deadline: Dec 7
Learn more and apply at xerces.org/jobs
November 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Join Xerces and help our audience learn about invertebrates!
Job Title: Communications Specialist, Graphic Design & Content Marketing
🌎Location: Remote (USA)
💲Compensation: $32.34/hr; approx. $67,267/yr
📅Application deadline: Dec 7
Learn more and apply at xerces.org/jobs
Job Title: Communications Specialist, Graphic Design & Content Marketing
🌎Location: Remote (USA)
💲Compensation: $32.34/hr; approx. $67,267/yr
📅Application deadline: Dec 7
Learn more and apply at xerces.org/jobs
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Sweet Remote SciComm JOB! with @xercessociety.bsky.social
Join Xerces and help our audience learn about invertebrates!
Job Title: Communications Specialist, Graphic Design & Content Marketing
🌎Location: Remote (USA)
💲Compensation: $32.34/hr; approx. $67,267/yr
📅Application deadline: Dec 7
Learn more and apply at xerces.org/jobs
Job Title: Communications Specialist, Graphic Design & Content Marketing
🌎Location: Remote (USA)
💲Compensation: $32.34/hr; approx. $67,267/yr
📅Application deadline: Dec 7
Learn more and apply at xerces.org/jobs
November 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Sweet Remote SciComm JOB! with @xercessociety.bsky.social
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We have a new postdoc position available in the Promislow lab at the HNRCA at #Tufts in #Boston, to work on the #systemsbiology of #aging in #Drosophila. Come join us! For info on the position and to apply, see promislowlab.org/wp-content/u...
promislowlab.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 AM
We have a new postdoc position available in the Promislow lab at the HNRCA at #Tufts in #Boston, to work on the #systemsbiology of #aging in #Drosophila. Come join us! For info on the position and to apply, see promislowlab.org/wp-content/u...
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We have some great AEM sessions that need your exciting abstracts!
From the Rhizosphere to Pollinators: Studying Agricultural Microbiomes Across Biological Scales.
Microbial Traits Driving Host Resilience in a Changing Climate.
Mechanistic Basis of Coexistence in Microbial Communities.
From the Rhizosphere to Pollinators: Studying Agricultural Microbiomes Across Biological Scales.
Microbial Traits Driving Host Resilience in a Changing Climate.
Mechanistic Basis of Coexistence in Microbial Communities.
Early abstract submissions for ASM Microbe 2026—now 3 fully integrated meetings within 1 microbial world—are officially open. Submit by Dec. 2, 2 p.m. ET to elevate your research, spark new collaborations and join the conversations defining what’s next. asm.org/events/asm-m...
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 AM
We have some great AEM sessions that need your exciting abstracts!
From the Rhizosphere to Pollinators: Studying Agricultural Microbiomes Across Biological Scales.
Microbial Traits Driving Host Resilience in a Changing Climate.
Mechanistic Basis of Coexistence in Microbial Communities.
From the Rhizosphere to Pollinators: Studying Agricultural Microbiomes Across Biological Scales.
Microbial Traits Driving Host Resilience in a Changing Climate.
Mechanistic Basis of Coexistence in Microbial Communities.
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Our work is out in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social!
Aranzazu nicely summarized it below.
#infection #symbiosky
#immunity #AcademicSky #insect #symbiosis #Drosophila
Aranzazu nicely summarized it below.
#infection #symbiosky
#immunity #AcademicSky #insect #symbiosis #Drosophila
Ever wonder how host genetics shape the microbiota? We found that heparan sulfate biosynthesis is a major host driver of L. plantarum levels. During infection, NF-κB increases HS, expanding commensals, enhancing resistance and maintaining gut homeostasis. www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Infection-induced elevation of gut glycosaminoglycans fosters microbiota expansion in Drosophila melanogaster
Arias-Rojas et al. performed a genome-wide association study in Drosophila melanogaster
and identified host genetic variants, particularly in heparan sulfate synthesis genes,
associated with increased...
www.cell.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Our work is out in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social!
Aranzazu nicely summarized it below.
#infection #symbiosky
#immunity #AcademicSky #insect #symbiosis #Drosophila
Aranzazu nicely summarized it below.
#infection #symbiosky
#immunity #AcademicSky #insect #symbiosis #Drosophila
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Attention post-docs (or PDFs to be).... here's an opportunity to work in Japan for a short research stay. As I always say to my PhD students "Get a PhD, see the world". www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-fe...
About the Program (Short-term (PE))｜Postdoctral Fellowships for Research in Japan｜Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Official Website of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
www.jsps.go.jp
November 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Attention post-docs (or PDFs to be).... here's an opportunity to work in Japan for a short research stay. As I always say to my PhD students "Get a PhD, see the world". www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-fe...
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@hhmi.org Summer Undergraduate Research Experience - #CechFellows named in honor of Prof Tom Cech
Deadline to apply: 12/22/2025
Spend 9 weeks in a paid, mentored biomedical research experience in an HHMI lab. See you next summer!!!
www.hhmi.org/programs/cec...
Deadline to apply: 12/22/2025
Spend 9 weeks in a paid, mentored biomedical research experience in an HHMI lab. See you next summer!!!
www.hhmi.org/programs/cec...
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience | HHMI
The Cech Fellows Program is a paid, nine-week summer research experience empowering the next generation of scientific leaders.
www.hhmi.org
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
@hhmi.org Summer Undergraduate Research Experience - #CechFellows named in honor of Prof Tom Cech
Deadline to apply: 12/22/2025
Spend 9 weeks in a paid, mentored biomedical research experience in an HHMI lab. See you next summer!!!
www.hhmi.org/programs/cec...
Deadline to apply: 12/22/2025
Spend 9 weeks in a paid, mentored biomedical research experience in an HHMI lab. See you next summer!!!
www.hhmi.org/programs/cec...
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We are also seeing how people respond to the world burning down: looking out for themselves or finding solidarity to maintain something that can work for a broader array of people. How science and scientists respond to disruption has always been a microcosm of our larger society’s response
November 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
We are also seeing how people respond to the world burning down: looking out for themselves or finding solidarity to maintain something that can work for a broader array of people. How science and scientists respond to disruption has always been a microcosm of our larger society’s response
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ARTISTS!
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
ARTISTS!
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
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Yup, this will certainly lead to less lobbying for one's grant to be funded and much clearer reasons why.
November 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Yup, this will certainly lead to less lobbying for one's grant to be funded and much clearer reasons why.
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Calling all rising juniors & seniors: Interested in biological or biomedical research? Applications for our ’26 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Program are now open! Nine weeks, hands-on research, & mentorship from some of the nation’s top scientists — learn more: bit.ly/CechFellows
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience | HHMI
The Cech Fellows Program is a paid, nine-week summer research experience empowering the next generation of scientific leaders.
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Calling all rising juniors & seniors: Interested in biological or biomedical research? Applications for our ’26 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Program are now open! Nine weeks, hands-on research, & mentorship from some of the nation’s top scientists — learn more: bit.ly/CechFellows
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📢 18-month PostDoc Fellowship – University of Montpellier (France)
🦠🦋 Interested in insect pathology, immunity, microbiome, or genomics?
We’re looking for a motivated candidate (<2 years post-PhD by mid-2026). 🧪
📩 Contact me ASAP for details!
⏳ Application deadline: 16/01/26
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🦠🦋 Interested in insect pathology, immunity, microbiome, or genomics?
We’re looking for a motivated candidate (<2 years post-PhD by mid-2026). 🧪
📩 Contact me ASAP for details!
⏳ Application deadline: 16/01/26
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November 21, 2025 at 9:13 AM
📢 18-month PostDoc Fellowship – University of Montpellier (France)
🦠🦋 Interested in insect pathology, immunity, microbiome, or genomics?
We’re looking for a motivated candidate (<2 years post-PhD by mid-2026). 🧪
📩 Contact me ASAP for details!
⏳ Application deadline: 16/01/26
🔁 Please RT / Repost
🦠🦋 Interested in insect pathology, immunity, microbiome, or genomics?
We’re looking for a motivated candidate (<2 years post-PhD by mid-2026). 🧪
📩 Contact me ASAP for details!
⏳ Application deadline: 16/01/26
🔁 Please RT / Repost
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Come be our colleague! We are looking for a tenure track cell / molecular biologist with focus on biochemical sciences. Strong bio department, lovely rural communities and living among the redwoods! Ask me questions !
careers.humboldt.edu/mob/hm/en-us...
careers.humboldt.edu/mob/hm/en-us...
Tenure Track Faculty - Department of Biological Sciences (Cellular and Molecular Biology)
Cal Poly Humboldt and the Department of Biological Sciences invites applicants for a full-time, academic year, tenure-track faculty position with an emphasis in Cellular and Molecular Biology with a f...
careers.humboldt.edu
November 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Come be our colleague! We are looking for a tenure track cell / molecular biologist with focus on biochemical sciences. Strong bio department, lovely rural communities and living among the redwoods! Ask me questions !
careers.humboldt.edu/mob/hm/en-us...
careers.humboldt.edu/mob/hm/en-us...
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My shop is once again open for all your #sciart needs! Clickety-click! artologica.etsy.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
My shop is once again open for all your #sciart needs! Clickety-click! artologica.etsy.com
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This is how you destroy science and research in the country
The administration is building a legal pathway for ad hoc grant terminations:
"if the agency determines that the award no longer effectuates the program goals or agency priorities"
Converting multiyear grants to 'at whim' coin flips will undermine the stability & leadership of American science.
"if the agency determines that the award no longer effectuates the program goals or agency priorities"
Converting multiyear grants to 'at whim' coin flips will undermine the stability & leadership of American science.
Update on a significant development NIH grant terms.
On 10/1, a change to grant making regs went into effect that gives NIH more power to terminate grants for policy reasons.
But to use this power, new grant terms must include specific language. See @aniloza.bsky.social w/ the story from July.
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On 10/1, a change to grant making regs went into effect that gives NIH more power to terminate grants for policy reasons.
But to use this power, new grant terms must include specific language. See @aniloza.bsky.social w/ the story from July.
1/
November 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This is how you destroy science and research in the country
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Don't wait to apply! The deadline is coming up soon...
Come join us! Western Mass is a fantastic place to do science!
Come join us! Western Mass is a fantastic place to do science!
🚨Job posting! #UMassAmherst Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences is hiring a TT faculty member in #Immunology. Both fundamental and translational areas considered. Please spread the word!
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
Details - Assistant Professor - Immunology | Human Resources | UMass Amherst
careers.umass.edu
November 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Don't wait to apply! The deadline is coming up soon...
Come join us! Western Mass is a fantastic place to do science!
Come join us! Western Mass is a fantastic place to do science!
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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!
apply.interfolio.com/176994
apply.interfolio.com/176994
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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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Assistant Professor position posted for my Department, Biological Sciences at UNC Charlotte! Current research foci: Immunology, Microbiology, Virology; Biomolecular Function; Proteostasis; Genome Integrity; Epigenome Regulation; Cancer; Environmental Risks. jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65141
Assistant Professor
Applicants should possess a Ph.D. in the biological sciences or related fields.Candidates are expected to document expertise in their specialty by a record of postdoctoral training, peer reviewed publ...
jobs.charlotte.edu
November 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Assistant Professor position posted for my Department, Biological Sciences at UNC Charlotte! Current research foci: Immunology, Microbiology, Virology; Biomolecular Function; Proteostasis; Genome Integrity; Epigenome Regulation; Cancer; Environmental Risks. jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65141
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✨Opportunity to join the 🦁🦠 Predatory Bacteria lab!
My lab will move to University of Bern (CH) in April 2026 based on my #ERCStG.
Therefore, we are looking for:
-a PhD student (shorturl.at/mt0LR)
-a 50% Technical Assistant/Lab manager (shorturl.at/0IIKe)
🙏Thanks for sharing.
#MicroSky
My lab will move to University of Bern (CH) in April 2026 based on my #ERCStG.
Therefore, we are looking for:
-a PhD student (shorturl.at/mt0LR)
-a 50% Technical Assistant/Lab manager (shorturl.at/0IIKe)
🙏Thanks for sharing.
#MicroSky
November 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
✨Opportunity to join the 🦁🦠 Predatory Bacteria lab!
My lab will move to University of Bern (CH) in April 2026 based on my #ERCStG.
Therefore, we are looking for:
-a PhD student (shorturl.at/mt0LR)
-a 50% Technical Assistant/Lab manager (shorturl.at/0IIKe)
🙏Thanks for sharing.
#MicroSky
My lab will move to University of Bern (CH) in April 2026 based on my #ERCStG.
Therefore, we are looking for:
-a PhD student (shorturl.at/mt0LR)
-a 50% Technical Assistant/Lab manager (shorturl.at/0IIKe)
🙏Thanks for sharing.
#MicroSky
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Don't miss out on our free virtual symposium (Dec. 12th) focused on microbial metabolites and their effects on the host.
Sponsors: @amiposts.bsky.social, Pendulum, & Liv (@zymoresearch.bsky.social)
Registrants will receive free memberships to Applied Microbiology International.
Details below 👇
Sponsors: @amiposts.bsky.social, Pendulum, & Liv (@zymoresearch.bsky.social)
Registrants will receive free memberships to Applied Microbiology International.
Details below 👇
Join @isbscience.org on December 12 for a Virtual Microbiome Symposium highlighting new discoveries about how gut-derived metabolites affect neural, immune, and endocrine systems. Open to microbiome-curious researchers and practitioners everywhere. isbscience.org/events/2025-...
2025 ISB Virtual Microbiome Symposium - Institute for Systems Biology (ISB)
The gut’s microbial ecosystem produces diverse metabolites that actively shape neural, immune, and endocrine function. Join leading researchers on December 12 as they share new discoveries into these ...
isbscience.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Don't miss out on our free virtual symposium (Dec. 12th) focused on microbial metabolites and their effects on the host.
Sponsors: @amiposts.bsky.social, Pendulum, & Liv (@zymoresearch.bsky.social)
Registrants will receive free memberships to Applied Microbiology International.
Details below 👇
Sponsors: @amiposts.bsky.social, Pendulum, & Liv (@zymoresearch.bsky.social)
Registrants will receive free memberships to Applied Microbiology International.
Details below 👇
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💥Call for Speakers💥
Hey metabolism enthusiasts!
Do you, or someone you know, dive into the fascinating world of metabolism?
🔬 We are seeking speakers for the Metabolism in Development & Physiology seminars! Showcase your work & connect with our community!
👉 Apply at:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Hey metabolism enthusiasts!
Do you, or someone you know, dive into the fascinating world of metabolism?
🔬 We are seeking speakers for the Metabolism in Development & Physiology seminars! Showcase your work & connect with our community!
👉 Apply at:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Apply to give a talk on Metabolism in Development and Physiology
docs.google.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
💥Call for Speakers💥
Hey metabolism enthusiasts!
Do you, or someone you know, dive into the fascinating world of metabolism?
🔬 We are seeking speakers for the Metabolism in Development & Physiology seminars! Showcase your work & connect with our community!
👉 Apply at:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Hey metabolism enthusiasts!
Do you, or someone you know, dive into the fascinating world of metabolism?
🔬 We are seeking speakers for the Metabolism in Development & Physiology seminars! Showcase your work & connect with our community!
👉 Apply at:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Look what I got! EEL FACTS!!!!
Get your own from @sarahmackattack.bsky.social!
Get your own from @sarahmackattack.bsky.social!
November 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Hi, it's me again
I have these calendars. They are so pretty. @megstampede.bsky.social made them. They have a bunch of animals on them, like crows and humpbacks and cuttlefish and salamanders.
Each month has facts about the animals AND actions you can take to help them
Get one at Squidfacts.net!
I have these calendars. They are so pretty. @megstampede.bsky.social made them. They have a bunch of animals on them, like crows and humpbacks and cuttlefish and salamanders.
Each month has facts about the animals AND actions you can take to help them
Get one at Squidfacts.net!
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Hi, it's me again
I have these calendars. They are so pretty. @megstampede.bsky.social made them. They have a bunch of animals on them, like crows and humpbacks and cuttlefish and salamanders.
Each month has facts about the animals AND actions you can take to help them
Get one at Squidfacts.net!
I have these calendars. They are so pretty. @megstampede.bsky.social made them. They have a bunch of animals on them, like crows and humpbacks and cuttlefish and salamanders.
Each month has facts about the animals AND actions you can take to help them
Get one at Squidfacts.net!
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I am recruiting graduate students to my genomics-focused lab in EEB at Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Please spread the word if you know any students with an interest in a computational focus to genomics research! evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
https://evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldir/GradStudentPositions//UIllinois.EEB.Genomics
The Catchen Lab (https://catchenlab.life.illinois.edu/), in the Department
of Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign is recruiting graduate students to join...
evol.mcmaster.ca
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I am recruiting graduate students to my genomics-focused lab in EEB at Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Please spread the word if you know any students with an interest in a computational focus to genomics research! evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...