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Heran Darwin, PhD @heran.bsky.social · 17h

If it wasn't clear, this ad is for tenure track Microbiology faculty at the assistant professor level😬

Heran Darwin, PhD @heran.bsky.social · 21h

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Heran Darwin, PhD @heran.bsky.social · 21h

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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
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David Tobin @tobinlab.bsky.social · 2d

Important piece from Sarah Stanley at Berkeley on new NIH definitions that can be construed to arbitrarily halt research that is both safe and important to public health and future cures www.statnews.com/2025/10/06/g... via @statnews.com

The NIH ordered me to stop my ‘dangerous’ gain-of-function research. It isn’t dangerous at all

Safe gain-of-function research is necessary to identify new treatments for diseases like for tuberculosis — but the NIH has imposed unfounded stops.

www.statnews.com

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Igor Brodsky @brodskyigorlab.bsky.social · 16d

Abstract submissions are open for the Midwinter Conference of Immunologists @midwinter-immun.bsky.social!! www.midwconfimmunol.org The Early Bird Registration deadline is Nov 14, 2025.
There will be lots of Selected Abstract talks so submit an abstract to be considered!

Midwinter Conference of Immunologists

The Midwinter Conference of Immunologists was founded in 1961 by a small group of Immunologists, among them Drs. Dan Campbell and Ray Owen. The goal of the Midwinter Conference is to provide a forum w...

www.midwconfimmunol.org

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Jonathan Kagan @jkagan1.bsky.social · 11d

meta-PAMPs: A new class of immunostimulatory molecules that control the ability of bacterial factors to operate as PAMPs. Jordan Jastrab reveals that wall teichoic acid (WTA) is a key regulator of inflammasomes and interferons during infection.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Wall teichoic acid is required for DNA-triggered innate immune receptor activation by Staphylococcus aureus

Receptors that stimulate inflammation are commonly activated by ligands that are buried within microbial cells. The mechanisms that facilitate immunostimulatory ligand release from microbes during inf...

www.biorxiv.org

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Heran Darwin, PhD @heran.bsky.social · 12d

In addition to being a kick-a$$ geneticist and biochemist, JJ is now a brill innate immunologist because of the Kagan lab! #DarwinDynasty

Jordan Jastrab @jordanjastrab.bsky.social · 12d

Thrilled to share my work from the @jkagan1.bsky.social lab!

TLDR: O-acetylation and wall teichoic acid compete for space on S. aureus peptidoglycan. This competition regulates DNA release, and thus immune receptor activation, during infection!

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#microsky #immunosky

Wall teichoic acid is required for DNA-triggered innate immune receptor activation by Staphylococcus aureus

Receptors that stimulate inflammation are commonly activated by ligands that are buried within microbial cells. The mechanisms that facilitate immunostimulatory ligand release from microbes during inf...

www.biorxiv.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]
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PaulaW microIDDoc.bsky.social @microiddoc.bsky.social · Aug 18

Tuberculosis Spawning in Crowded, Dirty ICE Detention Centers url:https://prospect.org/health/2025-08-18-tuberculosis-spawning-in-crowded-dirty-ice-detention-centers/

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ASM @asm.org · Aug 4

Final call: Session proposals #ASMicrobe 2026 are due tomorrow, Aug. 5, at 2 p.m. ET.

Don’t miss this opportunity to shape the scientific program and highlight key advances in the microbial sciences.

Submit now: asm.social/2wG

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Rock Lab @rocklabtb.bsky.social · Jul 29

Thanks for your leadership on this @asm.org. asm.org/articles/pol...

ASM Leads Letter on Federal Biosecurity & Biosafety Policy | ASM.org

The American Society for Microbiology leads a stakeholder letter expressing concerns on the implementation of EO 14292.

asm.org

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Ed Chuong @edchuong.bsky.social · Jul 17

Are you bravely deciding to do a postdoc in the US? And also interested in some combination of genomics, immunology, and transposons? If so, consider applying to my lab at the BioFrontiers Institute in Boulder, Colorado!

jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

🧪🧬 #TESky #interferosky

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Matthew Lawrenz @lawrenzlab.bsky.social · Jul 10

We got hit with our first tariff tax. Ordered a unique piece of equipment from a Canadian Co. Took four months to build but arrived at the lab two weeks ago (yeah!). Then yesterday the FedEx bill for a $9,500 tariff showed up. Remind me how I invoice Canada to pay for this?

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Heran Darwin, PhD @heran.bsky.social · Jul 8

Sadly, this is almost the number of people that die globally of TB every 2-3 days.

John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · Jul 8

Great op-ed @usatoday.com from longtime TB Fighter Quinn Yates: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

11,000 more TB patients died after Trump's USAID cuts. That number will rise. | Opinion

The potential for thousands of new deaths from TB is not worth the less than 1% in federal savings that came from cutting USAID.

www.usatoday.com

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Heran Darwin, PhD @heran.bsky.social · Jul 7

So glad he's returning to NY at Stony Brook! #TB!

Heran Darwin, PhD @heran.bsky.social · Jun 17

OMG @samuelhbecker.bsky.social is in the sky! Welcome!

Heran Darwin, PhD @heran.bsky.social · Jul 7

M abscessus in a macrophage from superstar @sarahstan.bsky.social

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Heran Darwin, PhD @heran.bsky.social · Jun 30

Any grad students interested in a career in science policy? Check out this opportunity: mirzayanfellow.nas.edu?utm_source=N...

The Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program

This program is an early career educational and training opportunity. It is designed to engage its Fellows in the analytical process that informs U.S. science and technology policy.

mirzayanfellow.nas.edu

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Heran Darwin, PhD @heran.bsky.social · Jun 27

www.bwfund.org/funding-oppo...

Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease - Burroughs Wellcome Fund

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Andreas Bäumler @abaumler.bsky.social · Jun 26

The new open access policy of NIH will take effect next week (July 1st). All NIH funded research 🔬🧪🧬accepted after July 1st must be open access upon publication. Worried about fees? 💸 Check out how IAI stacks up against other journals—you might be surprised. #OpenAccess #SciComm #Microbiology

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ASM @asm.org · Jun 19

If you're at #ASMicrobe and need a pick-me-up, join the ASM's Progress, Impact, Access and Accountability (PIAA) Committee for coffee & cookies on Friday, June 20 from 2-2:45 p.m. in the Exhibit Hall! Hope to see you there! 🍪 asm.social/2t3

Coffee & Cookies PIAA Committee Meet & Greet. Two people talking at a table.

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Heran Darwin, PhD @heran.bsky.social · Jun 17

OMG @samuelhbecker.bsky.social is in the sky! Welcome!

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Leslie B Vosshall PhD @leslievosshall.bsky.social · Jun 3

Join the #VosshallLab as a postdoctoral scientist. Fully funded, right here in New York City @rockefelleruniv.bsky.social
hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...

Postdoctoral Scientist - Vosshall Lab

Primary Work Address: 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10065 Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account. We have an outstanding opportunity for a Postdoctoral Scientist to joi...

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Heran Darwin, PhD @heran.bsky.social · May 11

A little too soon (re our NYC rat problem) but thanks @joeyzacks.bsky.social for sending that!

Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · May 8

the new york sewer rats have finally elected a new rat pope

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Heran Darwin, PhD @heran.bsky.social · May 8

Deceptive title?

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Heran Darwin, PhD @heran.bsky.social · Apr 30

Savage but accurate. John Oliver will hopefully get the message to people that science and health societies can't.

sbkoralov.bsky.social @sbkoralov.bsky.social · Apr 30

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H34...

I have to admit, John Oliver outlining exactly what is wrong with HHS cuts and with RFK in great detail, was not what I would have expected. But this is sadly very accurate.

RFK Jr. & HHS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

www.youtube.com

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