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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 13d

CDC released provisional 2024 data on sexually transmitted infections (STIs). For the first time in years, overall reported cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, & syphilis are down ~9%. In 2024, over 2.2 million STIs were reported. That’s still 13% higher than 10 years ago.
www.cdc.gov/sti-statisti...

Sexually Transmitted Infections Surveillance, 2024 (Provisional)

The most recent national data for reportable STIs: chlamydia, syphilis, gonorrhea.

www.cdc.gov

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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 14d

🚨 Microbiologists! We are recruiting Assistant / Associate Professors in 3 collaborative areas of our U. Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
1) MMG (my dept): fundamental research in med micro
2) Peds ID / I4Kids institute
3) Center for Vaccine Research
🔗 to all 3 w/info: www.linkedin.com/posts/vaughn...

Faculty Professor Associate - Full-Time | Vaughn Cooper

We are recruiting Faculty microbiologists in three (3) different, complementary, and collaborative areas at the University of Pittsburgh associated with the School of Medicine. 1) Fundamental researc...

www.linkedin.com

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Stephanie @stephy.bsky.social · 20d

Merck is accepting applications for its 2026 Future Talent Program - these are internships and co-ops in a variety of areas including drug discovery, vaccines, clinical trials, biostatistics, epidemiology, HEOR, data science, regulatory affairs, and more
#chemsky 🧪⚗️
jobs.merck.com/us/en/search...

Your job search results | Merck Careers

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Delegate Katrina Callsen @katrinacallsen.com · 26d

Here is the Virginia Department of Health standing order that can used to get a pharmacy based covid vaccine for those 65+ or 18-64 with at least one underlying condition. Your pharmacy should have a copy as well.

www.vdh.virginia.gov/content/uplo...

www.vdh.virginia.gov

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Sarah Alexander @sarah1alexander.bsky.social · 27d

The @ukhsa.bsky.social STI Reference Lab has identified a strain of Neisseria gonorrhoeae which evades detection on the Cepheid Xpert CT/GC Assay.

Read more in our eurosurveillance article

www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...

Detection and characterisation of Xpert CT/NG assay Neisseria gonorrhoeae diagnostic escape mutants, England, June 2025

We report the timely detection of a strain of Neisseria gonorrhoeae which was confirmed as a diagnostic escape mutant on the Cepheid Xpert CT/NG assay in England in June 2025. The reason for assay failure was a likely recombination event with Neisseria meningitidis, which removed both assay target sites. Seven historical putative Xpert CT/NG assay diagnostic escape mutants were also identified following subsequent in silico screening of gonococcal genome collections, but currently there is no evidence of widespread circulation.

www.eurosurveillance.org

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Gc Rox @gcrox.bsky.social · Sep 6

Postdoc position (please re-post)
A funded postdoctoral position, will open in 2026 to study aspects of Neisseria gonorrhoeae pathogenesis, antigenic variation, genetics, or physiology.
If interested in more information, please contact Hank Seifert
[email protected]
#MicroSky

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Jutras Lab @jutraslab.bsky.social · Sep 5

Interested in host-pathogen interactions? Want to work in a fun, exciting, and rigorous environment with phenomenal colleagues and world class facilities? Believe it or not, we’re hiring!
Please share #MicroSky 👇

womeninscience.com/posting/7315...

Research Lab Manager 1 - Jutras Lab - Job posted on WomenInScience.com

Job Summary: Manages daily operations of a research lab. Monitors lab performance, analyzes, and reviews results, and supervises the development and implementation of new protocols. Assigns work an...

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Alison Criss @alisoncrissuva.bsky.social · Sep 1

Congratulations, Matt! You'll be great!

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Alison Criss @alisoncrissuva.bsky.social · Aug 29

Incredibly honored to announce I've received an R37 MERIT award to continue our studies on gonococcal-neutrophil interactions. Thank you to the many mentors, colleagues, collaborators, and most importantly, lab members who have contributed to this work!

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Aug 24

New York Times story with profiles of researchers whose grants were terminated.

[Gift Link]

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...

Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.

www.nytimes.com

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · Aug 23

Our new review “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘝𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤-𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘴” is out

Compared to antibiotics, vaccines:

✓ Act prophylactically at low pathogen burden

✓ Less prone to inducing resistance due to multifactorial nature of immune pressure

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Carolyn Ibberson @cbibberson.bsky.social · Aug 4

Excited to have our new mini review on Microbiome Metabolism out today in I&I as part of the @asm.org New Voices in Microbiology collection! Check it out!

🧫🧪

journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Infections as ecosystems: community metabolic interactions in microbial pathogenesis | Infection and Immunity

Microbial communities are present on nearly every surface of the human body. These microbiomes exist as dynamic ecosystems that are influenced by heterogeneous nutritional and chemical landscapes, the...

journals.asm.org

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@LaBonneLaB @labonnelab.bsky.social · Jul 26

Some journals are claiming that you need to pay big $$ for gold open access to comply with NIH's new public access policy. FYI that is total bs. You can comply by depositing the Accepted Manuscript into PubMed Central on the Date of Publication without embargo. Pass it on.

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Irene Newton @chicascientifica.bsky.social · Jul 23

Excited to share our new call for papers at @asm.org's MRA journal. Do you have a database, software, or web-based tool that would be a great resource for the micro community? Consider submitting it to MRA! journals.asm.org/journal/mra/...

Microbial Databases, Software Tools, and Web Services

Publish your microbial database or software tool in MRA to gain recognition, citations, and community trust.

journals.asm.org

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Andreas Bäumler @abaumler.bsky.social · Jul 23

Please use this link to nominate: asm.org/IAI-minireview

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Alison Criss @alisoncrissuva.bsky.social · Jul 23

Many exciting initiatives led by EIC
@abaumler.bsky.social on including New Voices in Microbiology and special topics issues - check it out! journals.asm.org/journal/iai

Infection and Immunity Journal Homepage

Infection and Immunity Journal helps microbiologists, immunologists, epidemiologists, pathologists, and clinicians develop novel strategies to prevent or treat infectious diseases.

journals.asm.org

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Alison Criss @alisoncrissuva.bsky.social · Jul 23

A few weeks late, but delighted to announce I'm an editor at Infection and Immunity! Send your manuscripts to this @ASM.org society journal - proceeds go back to our community. And free immediate #OpenAccess through #SubscribeToOpen. Want to know more? journals.asm.org/S2O

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Andreas Bäumler @abaumler.bsky.social · Jul 22

Infection and Immunity is now welcoming nominations for highly promising scientists at the assistant professor level (or equivalent) to submit research to the next New Voices in Microbiology Collection!

Please nominate by the August 18 deadline using the below link:
app.asm.org/account/logi...

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Casey Theriot @theriotmicrobe.bsky.social · Jun 17

We are looking for a new postdoctoral fellow to join our team at NC State University College of Veterinary Medicine, near Research Triangle Park. If you are interested please DM me and or also apply here: jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/219...

PostDoc Research Fellow - Gut Microbiology - Theriot Lab

A postdoctoral scientist position (1+ years) is available in Prof. Casey Theriot’s group at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine (NCSU CVM).Duties and ResponsibilitiesThe suc...

jobs.ncsu.edu

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Victor J. Torres @torreslab.bsky.social · Jun 23

Alert! The abstract deadline for the Microbial Pathogenesis & Host Response meeting has been extended to July 7 meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp...

Microbial Pathogenesis & Host Response

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meetings & Courses -- a private, non-profit institution with research programs in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology, genomics, bioinformatics.

meetings.cshl.edu

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Alison Criss @alisoncrissuva.bsky.social · Jun 21

Wonderful to be at #ASMicrobe and catch up with colleagues including the amazing Monica Gestal! #ASMJournals

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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · Jun 19

INVALUABLE must read for academic leadership and really all researchers 👇🏻

Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · Jun 19

TLDR: relabels and makes more explicit "direct" (PI-administered) and "indirect" (institutional overhead) costs.

Offers 2 bookend models that provides clear stakeholder-driven alternatives. Slides and resources here. Invaluable read for academic leadership.

www.cogr.edu/joint-associ...

Joint Associations Group (JAG) Release of Recommendations of the JAG Subject Matter Experts Group Informational Webinar on 6/12 and Town Hall on 6/17 | Council on Governmental Relations

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Jeffrey Mervis @policyhound.bsky.social · Jun 6

Exclusive: Confusion over new DEI language from NSF and NIH leads Williams College to be first institution to pause accepting any grants www.science.org/content/arti...

U.S. college is first to decline federal science grants because of new DEI language

Williams College says NSF and NIH requirement related to discrimination “undermines” academic freedom

www.science.org

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@LaBonneLaB @labonnelab.bsky.social · Jun 7

I helped explain to the Chicago Tribune the enourmous and irrational damage the NIH funding freeze is causing at Northwestern. “You’re at risk of losing an entire next generation of scientists" "it’s terrifying; it’s completely senseless." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/07/w...

Worried Northwestern lab directors describe ‘bleak’ atmosphere in wake of Trump research funding freeze

The Trump administration’s freezing of $790 million in federal research funding for Northwestern University has left concerned lab directors without key grants and forced the university to spend mi…

www.chicagotribune.com

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Mike Feigin 🥯 @mikefeigin.bsky.social · Jun 4

Are you looking for a faculty job? We are hiring in my department at Roswell Park NOW. Contact me for details as I await the formal ad. (Please RT.)

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