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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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Nic G. Shealy @shealynicg.bsky.social · Sep 5

Big congratulations to all of this year ASM honorees, including my former PhD mentor @maribyndloss.bsky.social!!! It was sincerely a pleasure to complete my PhD under her mentorship and I am excited to see all success her lab finds in the years to come.

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ASM Announces Honorees for 2026 Awards and Prize Program

ASM announced the 2026 Awards and Prize Program recipients. The awards recognize leading scientists and researchers for their accomplishments and contributions to research, education and leadership.

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Joe Zackular @joeyzacks.bsky.social · Jul 9

Congratulations to @haidermanzer.bsky.social on being awarded the @bwfund.bsky.social Postdoc Diversity Enrichment Program Award!! So well deserved - we are very proud here in the Zackular Lab!

Burroughs Wellcome Fund @bwfund.bsky.social · Jul 9

BWF is proud to announce the 2025 recipients of its Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program (PDEP), which provides critical support to postdoctoral researchers pursuing careers in biomedical and medical research. www.bwfund.org/news/bwf-ann... #bwfpdep

BWF Announces 2025 Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program Recipients - Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Research Triangle Park, N.C. — The Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) is proud to announce the 2025 recipients of its Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program (PDEP), which provides critical support to…

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Valeria Reyes Ruiz @reyesruiz.bsky.social · May 24

Congratulations to everyone, especially to @joeyzacks.bsky.social! So well deserved. 🥰

BWFPATH @bwfpath.bsky.social · May 23

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natimmunol.nature.com @natimmunol.nature.com · May 13

Iwasaki and colleagues show that mucosal vaccine boosters can induce protective immune responses without any adjuvant by retooling lymph node resident memory B cells with memory T cells acting as a natural adjuvant. Read it here: rdcu.be/elTur
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Mucosal unadjuvanted booster vaccines elicit local IgA responses by conversion of pre-existing immunity in mice

Nature Immunology - Iwasaki and colleagues show that an intranasal booster with an unadjuvanted recombinant SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, after intramuscular immunization with an mRNA vaccine encoding...

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Nic G. Shealy @shealynicg.bsky.social · May 14

So proud to call you my friend and can’t imagine the things you and your future lab members will accomplish. They’ll truly be lucky to have a mentor like you!

Valeria Reyes Ruiz @reyesruiz.bsky.social · May 14

1/3 It’s official 🙌🏽
The Reyes Ruiz Lab is opening in 2026 at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences. My lab will focus on host antibacterial effectors and adaptation of bacteria to host-imposed stress during S. aureus infections.

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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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Nic G. Shealy @shealynicg.bsky.social · Mar 26

New preprint on some of my dissertation work.

Can’t do this without an amazing team of collaborators or mentor.

Herein we use a genetically resistant mouse model to explore small intestinal colonization resistance to S. Tm, and the ability of diet to overcome genetic resistance.

More to come!

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!

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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. Arnaldo Díaz @ajdiazphd.bsky.social · Nov 24

#Mentoring acknowledges individuality, empowering mentees to develop into independent thinkers, who recognize, embrace, and celebrate their unique voices.

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

Haha you’re too kind but I can’t accept that title. Might be the boss, @maribyndloss.bsky.social!

And happy to help with the chamber! I was just the self help line you call for advise, you did the work haha!

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