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HHMI @hhmi.org · 22d

🎉Congratulations to @maribyndloss.bsky.social @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social and Kim Orth—three HHMI scientists recently honored by The American Society for Microbiology @asm.org
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Mariana Byndloss @maribyndloss.bsky.social · Sep 8

Huge thanks to @asm.org for this recognition. Congratulations to all 2026 ASM Awards winners! 🍾👏🏽🥂

ASM @asm.org · Sep 8

ASM is pleased to announce the 2026 ASM Awards & Prize Program recipients—leaders whose research, teaching and innovation are advancing the microbial sciences. Join us in congratulating the recipients! Learn more about the honorees and awards: asm.social/2zX

List of the names of the 2026 ASM Awards and Prize recipients

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Mariana Byndloss @maribyndloss.bsky.social · Sep 6

Thanks, Matt!

Mariana Byndloss @maribyndloss.bsky.social · Sep 6

Thank you so much, Michael!

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Mariana Byndloss @maribyndloss.bsky.social · Sep 5

Honored to have received the 2026 ASM Award for Early Career Basic Research. This award is also a recognition of my phenomenal trainees and their hard work. Thank you to the mentors that have supported my career and those who have nominated me for this award.

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Mariana Byndloss @maribyndloss.bsky.social · Jun 20

@kellydoran.bsky.social giving an amazing talk at the HMB Track Hub at #ASMicrobe!

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Mariana Byndloss @maribyndloss.bsky.social · May 24

Congratulations to all the new @bwfund.bsky.social investigators in the pathogenesis of infectious diseases. Especial shout-out to dear friend @joeyzacks.bsky.social ! Welcome to the family!

BWFPATH @bwfpath.bsky.social · May 23

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Melissa Berke @melissaberke.bsky.social · May 22

Channel your science anxiety into action. Comment on or before tomorrow! Keep scientists in roles at NIH and NSF and keep politicians out of them. Tell your non-science friends — universally hated idea to put politicians in these roles! 🧪

Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · May 22

Deadline to comment is Friday. Turn that Friday science dread into something something comment! Also, it needs a hashtag, #FriSciDread

Jon Freeman @freemanjb.bsky.social · May 21

🚨 A new rule would let career scientists like NSF/NIH program officers be replaced by political appointees

Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday

📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful

Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj

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Mariana Byndloss @maribyndloss.bsky.social · May 9

Come join us in Breckenridge, CO next May (2026) for the Beyond Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies for Combating Bacterial Infection
Keystone meeting! More information below:

Joe Zackular @joeyzacks.bsky.social · May 9

I am organizing #KSAntibiotics26 with an amazing team: @kimingeneva.bsky.social, @maribyndloss.bsky.social and @dariavantyne.bsky.social.

Reach out to us if you have any questions and please share with your colleagues!

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Mariana Byndloss @maribyndloss.bsky.social · May 8

www.wsmv.com/2025/05/08/t...

Tomatoes recalled in more than a dozen states due to possible salmonella contamination

Two tomato recalls have been issued due to potential salmonella contamination.

www.wsmv.com

Mariana Byndloss @maribyndloss.bsky.social · Mar 26

Can genetic resistance to Salmonella be impacted by dietary changes? We use a genetically resistant 🐭 to explore diet-microbiome-pathogen interactions and mechanisms of Salmonella Typhimurium small intestine colonization. Awesome work by grad student Nic Shealy!

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

Short-term alterations in dietary amino acids override host genetic susceptibility and reveal mechanisms of Salmonella Typhimurium small intestine colonization

In addition to individual genetics, environmental factors (e.g., dietary changes) may influence host susceptibility to gastrointestinal infection through unknown mechanisms. Herein, we developed a mod...

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Dr. Michael D. L. Johnson @copperbae.bsky.social · Feb 24

Although we are not federally funded for this summer, WE WILL STILL RUN The National Summer Undergraduate Research Project (NSURP) in 2025. We remain committed to the work that needs to be done and will continue to meet people where they are. 1/4 nsurp.org

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National Summer Undergraduate Research Project

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Mariana Byndloss @maribyndloss.bsky.social · Feb 23

On March 7th we will Stand Up For Science! You can use the link to find the protest location in your city.

standupforscience2025.org

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · Feb 20

As more information emerges about the firing of probationary employees from the NIH, it’s becoming clear how these actions are cruel and stupidly incompetent.
Why you might ask?

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · Feb 19

this website from the House Democrats on the Science, Space, and Technology Committee is surveying the impact of the Administration’s mass firings of federal employees from science agencies—share with friends you know have been affected

Were you fired by President Trump? | House Committee on Science, Space and Technology

The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology

democrats-science.house.gov

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Katie Langin @klangin.bsky.social · Feb 14

Dear federal scientists: If you have been affected by the probationary firings and would be willing to speak with Science, please reach out to me by email ([email protected]) or on Signal. We can guarantee annonymity.

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · Feb 10

Get in dorks, we're going protesting!

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE WITH US ON MARCH 7TH, 2025
WASHINGTON DC AND EVERY STATE CAPITOL

Because science is for everyone!

Find us at standupforscience2025.org

#standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

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Anita Devineni @anitadevineni.bsky.social · Feb 7

My student's diversity F31 has been pulled from study section even though it's the SAME APPLICATION as regular F31s, normally reviewed together in the same panel. Throwing out all the applications from URMs while the ones from white/privileged students get to be reviewed is blatant discrimination.

Jeff Weiner @jlweiner.bsky.social · Feb 5

The CSR comm I'm on just pulled all Diversity F grants from the current review cycle. These apps are reviewed alongside (and by the same criteria) as all other F grants. So, instead of helping these trainees, they will actually be punished by having their grant reviews delayed at least 1 cycle !?!?

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Mariana Byndloss @maribyndloss.bsky.social · Jan 16

Also sharing the “Meet the Authors” highlight published with the review. Very proud of my amazing trainees Katerina Jones and Camila Brito for sharing a bit of their stories as the next generation of talented Latin Women in Science!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Mariana Byndloss @maribyndloss.bsky.social · Jan 16

Excited to share our lab’s review focused on the link between microbial metabolism and colonization resistance against enteric bacterial pathogens. Congrats to authors Katerina Jones (PhD student) and Camila Brito (Postdoc)!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Metabolic tug-of-war: Microbial metabolism shapes colonization resistance against enteric pathogens

A widely recognized benefit of gut microbiota is that it provides colonization resistance against enteric pathogens. The gut microbiota and their prod…

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Mariana Byndloss @maribyndloss.bsky.social · Dec 25

Salmonella outbreak - Costco 🥚 abcnews.go.com/amp/US/fda-e...

FDA escalates recall of Costco eggs to include risks of 'severe illness or death'

There were approximately 10,800 retail units of the affected eggs sold at 25 Costco stores in five states beginning on Nov. 22.

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Mariana Byndloss @maribyndloss.bsky.social · Dec 16

When you are supposed to take a serious picture with your awesome trainees Kat Jones and Dr. Camila Brito 😅 - stay tuned for their review coming out soon. #womeninscience #latinasinscience

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Mariana Byndloss @maribyndloss.bsky.social · Dec 1

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SunFed cucumbers and Costco eggs recalled for potential salmonella contamination

Cucumbers shipped to the U.S. and Canada, and organic eggs sold in 25 Costco stores in five southern U.S. states, were recalled this week for potential salmonella contamination.

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Nic G. Shealy @shealynicg.bsky.social · Nov 23

Hello Bluesky!

My name is Nic Shealy, a PhD candidate in the lab of @maribyndloss.bsky.social.

I study bacterial metabolism and am enamored by microbe-microbe interactions and microbiota-host interactions! Not such a small world after all.

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