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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 4d

UMass Boston seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in microbial ecology, starting September 1, 2026. Apply by December 1, 2025. Details: http://www.umb.edu/academics/csm/biology #job

Biology - UMass Boston

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Shabaana Khader @khadershabaana.bsky.social · 3d

UChicago Microbiology is searching for tenured or tenure-track faculty working in host-pathogens interactions, viral and bacterial pathogenesis, and emerging infectious diseases. Come join our vibrant Department! microbiology.uchicago.edu
Apply here apply.interfolio.com/174404

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apply.interfolio.com

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Yonatan Grad @yhgrad.bsky.social · 11d

New STI surveillance data from the CDC shows declines in gonorrhea, chlamydia, and primary and secondary syphilis (though tragically congenital syphilis continues to increase). What explains these declines? (1/2)

Why are gonorrhea diagnoses declining in the US?

After a decade of rising cases, the US CDC reported a decline in the rate of gonorrhea diagnoses for two years in a row in 2022 and 2023, especially among young adults. Primary and secondary syphilis ...

dash.harvard.edu

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Richard Lenski @relenski.bsky.social · Aug 8

With the article link:
natsci.msu.edu/news/2025/20...

(The tinyurl wasn't clickable for me.)

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Ellinor Alseth @ellinoralseth.bsky.social · Aug 8

Feels surreal to say but: I'm hiring! If you are or know anyone interested in looking at the evolution of phage resistance using A. baumannii and natural transformation, then this might be for you
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Research position in Microbial Pharmacology and Population Biology (282139) | UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Job title: Research position in Microbial Pharmacology and Population Biology (282139), Employer: UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Deadline: Wednesday, August 27, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no

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MSU MGI @msumgi.bsky.social · Jun 4

MGI associate professor Jonathan Hardy and recent MSU human biology graduate Djeneba Diallo went out to Eisenhower Elementary in Flint, MI to introduce sixth-graders to the world of microbiology!

Read more here: tinyurl.com/mr3ab7zu

A student raises her hand and Djeneba Diallo calls on her during the outreach program. They are in an elementary classroom.

A student looks on as Dr. Hardy helps him load a slide into the microscope.

A student looks through a microscope and Djeneba Diallo looks through another microscope.

A close-up picture of a slide in a microscope.

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Bailey Bowcutt @baileybowcutt.bsky.social · Jun 4

That’s how I know my writing is ready lol. When the options are set it on fire or submit, and I’d rather choose set it on fire.

I hope you get good news soon!

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Tami Lieberman @contaminatedsci.bsky.social · Jun 2

Very exciting.

College juniors and recent grads: note the approaching deadline for the 1st round, July 31.

Dmitri Petrov @petrovadmitri.bsky.social · Jun 2

Check out this brand new fellowship from the Simon’s Foundation in Ecology and Evolution. Incoming grad students this year are eligible to apply. No citizenship restrictions. www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution

The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...

www.simonsfoundation.org

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Verena @viralemergence.org · Jun 2

An update from the team on the uncertain future of our program and the impact of NSF budget cuts. Please share and reach out 🦠

Some difficult news from the team:

In NSF's FY25-26 Budget Request to Congress, we learned that our program will take a whopping 50% cut - meaning that in September, we'll be $1.25m short of an operating budget that currently supports a cohort of seven PhD students, four postdocs, and three full-time staff.

Verena is one of the largest and last pandemic prevention-focused programs in the United States: since 2020, we've supported the training of over 60 postdocs, graduate students, and undergraduates. Our researchers have established unique laboratory resources for studying animal immune systems, and discovered new antiviral immune adaptations in bats; developed risk assessment algorithms for wildlife and livestock viruses, and diagnostic algorithms for viruses like dengue, Ebola, and Zika; and quantified the effects of climate change, deforestation, and factory farming on spillover risk. Everything we develop is 100% open source, and our data has supported the research of nearly 150 external researchers in 21 countries to date.

We have three months to make up our budget shortfall. Every dollar spent on Verena supports not just our team, but the community of researchers who use our data, code, and resources. You can help us by sharing this post, and reaching out if you're able to support a unique and vulnerable program. Or just head over to viralemergence.org, and take a look at what we do. 🦟 🦇 🦠

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Bailey Bowcutt @baileybowcutt.bsky.social · May 30

I got the opportunity to speak with Science about my individual research fellowship being terminated. I was awarded the NSF GRFP before I chose Harvard for graduate school, but I still got cut. I study how we can improve treatments for a common antibiotic resistant bacteria, so this is sad to see

Jeffrey Mervis @policyhound.bsky.social · May 29

After 73 years, is NSF's graduate research fellowship program circling the drain? www.science.org/content/arti...

Will NSF’s flagship training program survive under Trump?

Despite 50 Nobelists and 75,000 alumni, NSF’s graduate research fellows could be a vanishing breed

www.science.org

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Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. C @harvard-iid.bsky.social · May 23

"Working Together to End TB." Our department's research saves lives, and we're proud to see IID's tuberculosis researchers highlighted alongside other incredible Harvard Chan School scientists! Check out the video to learn more about their impactful work (in 7 words)!

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health @hsph.harvard.edu · May 21

Harvard Chan School is home to a wide variety of research initiatives, with faculty, researchers, and students all working together to improve health, prevent disease, and support well-being.

We asked some of them if they could explain their research in 7 words.

Harvard’s public health research, in 7 words or less

YouTube video by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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Bailey Bowcutt @baileybowcutt.bsky.social · May 23

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Bailey Bowcutt @baileybowcutt.bsky.social · May 23

I had a bad feeling and reached out to my NSF GRFP coordinating offer at Harvard. She confirmed all NSF GRFPs were cut here. Students were just never notified from NSF unlike the other grant terminations

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · May 23

I’m hoping that there will be some rapid action to get legal support to the PhD students who have had their NSF GRFP (fellowships) terminated in the Trump regime’s latest attacks on academia.

Bailey Bowcutt @baileybowcutt.bsky.social · May 22

I'm a current Harvard graduate student and I found out today that I had my NSF GRFP terminated without notification. I was awarded this individual research fellowship before even choosing Harvard as my graduate school

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Kirstin Oliveira Roster @kroster.bsky.social · May 21

New preprint. After years of increases, gonorrhea diagnosis rates dropped in the US in 2022 and 2023. While the news is promising, understanding WHY is key to sustaining progress.
dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/427...

Why are gonorrhea diagnoses declining in the US?

After a decade of rising cases, the US CDC reported a decline in the rate of gonorrhea diagnoses for two years in a row in 2022 and 2023, especially among young adults. Primary and secondary syphilis ...

dash.harvard.edu

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Bailey Bowcutt @baileybowcutt.bsky.social · May 22

I'm a current Harvard graduate student and I found out today that I had my NSF GRFP terminated without notification. I was awarded this individual research fellowship before even choosing Harvard as my graduate school

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Jeremy BOO! Yoder 🎃💀🕷️ @jbyoder.org · May 22

These are grant TO THE STUDENTS, not to the institution, so this is just straight-up punishing students for choosing the institution

Dave Baltrus 🦦 @surtlab.bsky.social · May 22

All NSF GRFPs to students choosing to attend Harvard in the Fall were just terminated

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Adrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social · May 21

can confirm

Federal Cuts Become ‘All Consuming’ at Harvard’s Public Health School

www.nytimes.com

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Cathy Gao-Howard MD MS @catgaohow.bsky.social · May 18

Northwestern has not received any NIH funds since March. No written communication about why or what can be done. Thank you Ben Singer for raising awareness at #ATS2025

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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health @hsph.harvard.edu · May 20

Harvard Chan scientists participate in a rigorous application process for federal grants to conduct their vital health research. The government has now terminated nearly every single one of those grants.

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Segata Lab @cibiocm.bsky.social · May 19

There is still time to apply for #PhD studentships with us!

Thanks for spreading the word.

#phdchat #phdlife #academiclife

Segata Lab @cibiocm.bsky.social · Apr 18

OPEN CALL for PhD positions in our lab through the semm_it program:

1️⃣ Microbiome signatures of early on-set colorectal cancer
2️⃣ High-resolution computational metagenomics for the study of human microbiome transmission

More info: www.semm.it/education/op...

Apply by June 9!

Open Positions | SEMM European School of Molecular Medicine

www.semm.it

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Daniel Tamarit @danieltamarit.bsky.social · May 14

New vacancy in my team!

PhD student position on microbial genome evolution, focusing on the evolutionary principles underlying bacterial genome architecture.

Please repost and share with talented MSc students in #evobio, bioinformatics or related :)

www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

#MEvoSky #MicroSky

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Molly Franke @mollyfranke.bsky.social · May 15

All 4 of my NIH research grants are terminated. These were grants on MDR-TB treatment & strategies for supporting adolescents living w/ HIV. This is a massive waste of resources. I am heartbroken for my Harvard team, my partners in Peru, the next generation of scientists & our country. Shame.

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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · May 15

All NIH and NSF grants for my entire team--and for all of Harvard, I guess?--have been terminated.

As provocative as that sounds, the practical effect is probably not much. Everything was already frozen. 🤷‍♂️

On the upside, it makes tracking terminated grants easier. No more guesswork at Harvard!

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Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · May 12

Are you a postdoc/grad student preparing to launch a faculty search? Do you have a track record of excellence in research, leadership, mentorship & community engagement? Apply to the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium: www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com! Pls repost! (1/3)

Stanford.Berkeley.UCSF Next Generation Faculty Symposium

www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com

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