Shaun Brinsmade (he/him)

Quick weekend read when you get the chance! I’m excited to announce that the preprint for a major chapter of my thesis work is out on BioRxiv! In this study, we highlight the essential role that pyrimidine metabolism plays in promoting activity of the SaeRS TCS in Staphylococcus aureus! 1/3

Last call - submit your abstract for the Wind River Conference on Prokaryotic Biology June 2-6! Abstract submission closes April 30th. Be sure to also register and book your room by May 2nd to lock in the group rate. Check wriver.sites.unlv.edu for details.

Come join us in beautiful Breckenridge!!

Join us for the Wind River Conference on Prokaryotic Biology

Have you registered for Wind River yet? Join us in beautiful Breckenridge, CO this June. Registration is ongoing and abstract submission is open. Check out wriver.sites.unlv.edu for details! Please spread the word - this is a fabulous trainee-centered meeting with top notch science and great people!

A call for healing and unity | mBio Executive orders signed since 20 January 2025 aim to end programs intended to diversify the scientific workforce via equitable and inclusive practices and processes; cut federal funding for research and innovation; and stifle scientific communications. They represent a stunning reversal of policies that have been the bedrock of the U.S. scientific research enterprise and its leadership in the world, and therefore not surprisingly they have been met with a number of legal challenges. Some of the executive orders have been blocked by temporary restraining orders, and others are pending judicial review.

My editorial simultaneously published in all of @asm.org's journals addresses the ongoing effort by the administration to halt efforts to diversify science. It should be obvious from ASM Journals' efforts over the years, but we aren't fans journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Wind River Conf returns to Breckenridge in June 2025! Come for phenomenal science and outstanding people. Keynotes: Drs @kathlemon.bsky.social @corihuela.bsky.social
Briana Burton
Joe Bondy-Denomy

Join us!!

I hid my LGBTQ identity from virtually everyone until the end of grad school. Always looking back to make sure I was safe and fear of rejection and ridicule, pretending to be straight wore me down.

I think if this persists then the bars will have to be reset on rank and tenure committees. In discussions here we have rules baked in for extraordinary circumstances (e.g., stop the clock) that may be temporary measures.

Thanks for compiling - this is truly alarming. The ripple effects will be felt for years to come.

Those will be great in festive cocktails and mocktails!