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Scripps Institution of Oceanography @scrippsocean.bsky.social · 12h

A new underwater microscope designed & built by Scripps is providing an unprecedented glimpse into the hidden world of corals. 🪸🔬 @californiacurated.bsky.social shares how this imaging system is revealing new insights that could help save #CoralReefs. californiacurated.substack.com/p/a-microsco...

Corals Revealed as Never Before Through a Groundbreaking New Microscope in California

A new imaging system developed at Scripps allows researchers to see coral polyps and their algae symbionts like never before, offering insights that could help save reefs before they vanish.

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Cascales Lab @cascaleslab.bsky.social · 1d

Open position to work on Type IX secretion (#T9SS) in our lab, in collaboration withe the group of Eric Reynolds at the Dental School of the University of Melbourne. Please spread the word, and forward to anyone potentially interested ! Apply here:
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Docto...

Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Thèse en Microbiologie-Biochimie (H/F)

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Shabaana Khader @khadershabaana.bsky.social · 5d

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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Lauren Palmer @laurenpalmer.bsky.social · 6d

#microsky

Erin Green @erinrgreen.bsky.social · 6d

Job alert ‼️ UChicago Micro is hiring! Open to tenured/tenure track faculty at all levels in any area of microbiology. Come join our amazing and growing department. apply.interfolio.com/174404

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Tung Le @tunglejic.bsky.social · 7d

Independent research fellowships leading to tenured positions at the John Innes Centre.

Repost = nice. Thank you very much!!!

John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 7d

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to give a seminar at the Fellows Conference, which will be held on 10 March 2026.

Candidates who win Fellowships will be offered a Tenure Track Group Leader position from the outset, initially for 5 years.

Find out more: www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...

Independent Research Fellowships Leading to Tenured Faculty Positions | John Innes Centre

The John Innes Centre (JIC), is a world leading centre of excellence in plant and microbial sciences based on the Norwich Research Park, UK. We are inviting applications from outstanding researchers…

www.jic.ac.uk

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Suzana Salcedo @suzanasalcedo.bsky.social · 6d

Congratulations Emmanuelle!

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Emmanuelle Genoyer @immunuelle.bsky.social · 7d

I'm thrilled to announce I'll be joining the Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology at the University of Florida in January 2026! My lab will study RNA virus-host interactions with a particular focus on the spatial regulation of viral replication and innate immune activation. genoyerlab.com

Genoyer Lab

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Brian Stevenson Ph.D. spirochete lab @bstevensonlab.bsky.social · 7d

On the way to Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference 2025, in St Charles, Illinois!
Hosted by Loyola University Chicago
#MMPC2025
#MicroSky

www.mmpconference2025.com

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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · Apr 3

Our new preprint by @nanamikubota.bsky.social shows that P. aeruginosa, and likely many other bacteria carrying filamentous prophages (like V. parahaemolyticus), risk being exploited by these phages in a runaway process that reduces fitness of both host and virus. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵

Filamentous cheater phages drive bacterial and phage populations to lower fitness

Many bacteria carry phage genome(s) in their chromosome (i.e., prophage), and this intertwines the fitness of the bacterium and the phage. Most Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains carry filamentous phages ...

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Feldman Lab@WashU @feldmanlab.bsky.social · 10d

Acinetobacter exhibits cyrcadian rhythms! These bugs can predict the light cycles and adjust the expression of genes accordingy. Amazing collaboration with Alejandra Mussi's team from Rosario, Argentina, my city!!
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The critical human pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii exhibits light-regulated circadian rhythms

Communications Biology - Gene expression studies in the critical pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii identified the existence of daily rhythms displaying a robust response to light, as well as...

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Feldman Lab@WashU @feldmanlab.bsky.social · 11d

I said I will never work on phages, but having @micheleleroux.bsky.social next door made me change my mind. Here is Alexis's new paper showing how different phages deal with the capsular barrier to infect Acinetobacter! A great collaboration between our labs!
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Acinetobacter phages use distinct strategies to breach the capsule barrier

Author summary Acinetobacter baumannii causes life-threatening and often antibiotic-resistant infections thereby posing a global threat. Accordingly, there is an urgent need for alternative treatments...

journals.plos.org

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 11d

Highly multiplexed 3D profiling of cell states and immune niches in human tumors @natmethods.nature.com @harvardmed.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 11d

View from the lab now. Did I mention that we are recruiting faculty microbiologists?

www.linkedin.com/posts/vaughn...

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Cascales Lab @cascaleslab.bsky.social · 12d

We will have soon an Open position for a PhD thesis position to work on bacterial secretion systems !

Stay tuned !!

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Feldman Lab@WashU @feldmanlab.bsky.social · 13d

Happy to share the last pre-print from my lab. Just in time for Evan’s thesis defense

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

Dual Membrane-spanning Anti-Sigma 2 Controls OMV biogenesis and Colonization Fitness in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron

Bacteroides spp. are Gram-negative, gut commensals that shape the enteric landscape by producing outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) that degrade dietary fibers and traffic immunomodulatory biomolecules. U...

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Terradot lab @laurentterradot.bsky.social · 12d

Still Time to read this new study form Mathilde Guzzo’s Lab post doc @cjresearch.bsky.social with our structural contribution !

Guzzo lab - Lyon @mguzzo.bsky.social · Aug 24

Check out the first preprint from our lab describing a direct molecular cross-talk between (p)ppGpp and c-di-GMP nucleotide messengers! Great work from first-author Corentin Jaboulay who was a postdoc in our lab, and great collaborations! @mmsb-lyon.bsky.social @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social

bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · Aug 24

Cross-regulation of (p)ppGpp and c-di-GMP pathways controls a cell-cycle transition https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.22.671821v1

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Jordan Jastrab @jordanjastrab.bsky.social · 14d

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...

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Jonathan Kagan @jkagan1.bsky.social · 14d

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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Sarah Svensson @campy-bara.bsky.social · 15d

Dual transposon sequencing profiles the genetic interaction landscape in bacteria | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Dual transposon sequencing profiles the genetic interaction landscape in bacteria

Gene redundancy complicates systematic characterization of gene function as single-gene deletions may not produce discernible phenotypes. We report dual transposon sequencing (dual Tn-seq), a platform...

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 16d

Link to HHMI preprint mandate hhmicdn.blob.core.windows.net/policies/Imm...

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Enninga Lab @enningalab.bsky.social · 22d

🦠 Mycobacteria aren't just tough, they're interior designers! 🦠 Check out our latest #preprint 🚨, led by our PhD student @camimille.bsky.social , where we show that #Mycobacterium tuberculosis builds secret cytoplasmic membranes to adapt its metabolism and sneak past immunity 🤫

Thread coming soon!

bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 23d

Nitrate-responsive Mycobacterial Intracytoplasmic Membranes dampen Inflammation during Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.17.676823v1

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Olivier Neyrolles @oneyrolles.bsky.social · 18d

Excited to share Wendy Le Mouëllic’s PhD work, now published in @pnas.org!
It reveals that M. tuberculosis depends on inorganic sulfate import to survive inside host cells—fueling essential processes such as redox balance and stress resistance.
Huge congrats to Wendy & colleagues!
shorturl.at/WbFQC

Inorganic sulfate is critical for Mycobacterium tuberculosis lung tissue colonization and redox balance | PNAS

Tuberculosis remains the deadliest infectious disease caused by a single pathogen, highlighting the urgent need for novel therapies. A deeper under...

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Igor Brodsky @brodskyigorlab.bsky.social · 18d

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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Lecuit Lab @biupasteur.bsky.social · 21d

We are hiring a postdoc in bacterial genomics and evolution.
research.pasteur.fr/wp-content/u...

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Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org · 23d

AMR is a global threat. Vaccines can help curb it but they’re often overlooked. Find out more about how to integrate vaccines into AMR strategies in our new report here: microb.io/VaccinesAMR
#VaccinesWork #AMR

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