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Stephen Tuffs

@stephentuffs.bsky.social

Assistant professor at UVic BCMB. Bacteriologist interested in Staphylococcal biology and host-pathogen interactions. https://www.tuffslabuvic.com/

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Great to share the latest work from our group and collaborators. First CARRIAGE study paper led by @drdaggarwal.bsky.social and the heroic efforts of Katie Bellis and Beth Blane in the lab plus all the team at @cambridge-ceu.bsky.social Huge thanks goes to the 22,000 participants of the study

02.12.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Fantastic news! Congrats Rebecca!

04.09.2025 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Assistant Professor (Biochemistry) Assistant Professor (Biochemistry)

MCB @ U of Guelph is hiring (again)! πŸŽ‰
Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Biochemistry
Part of our strategic cluster hire.

Apply now πŸ‘‰ careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...

#Biochemistry #FacultyJobs #AcademicTwitter #MolBio

26.08.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Application information for an Assistant Professor position in the Department of Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University

Application information for an Assistant Professor position in the Department of Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University

The Department of Biochemistry @vanderbilt.edu is hiring for an Assistant Professor position! Apply and come be my colleague!

apply.interfolio.com/171767

13.08.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Science Meets Parliament BC - University of Victoria - University of Victoria Overview Infosys Visiting Chair Professorship in Mathematics and Physics at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru, India

Science meets parliament BC 2025 was a great event! Read more about our visit here: www.uvic.ca/research-inn...

@uvic.ca @bclegislature.bsky.social

08.05.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My dept in London at Imperial (Bioengineering) is recruiting a group leader at Professor level πŸ§‘β€πŸŽ“ Please RT. It's a great place with world-class expertise in all sorts of biomedical & biological engineering topics like synthetic biology. It's also not in the USA. www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

02.05.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 82    πŸ” 74    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4
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Rewarding visit to @uvic.ca as Lansdowne Visiting Professor in the Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology meeting the amazing students and faculty, a seminar plus a public lecture

North American science is in good hands with our πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ neighbors

Hosted by staph scientist @stephentuffs.bsky.social

25.04.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Assistant Professor (Research), Department of Microbiology & Immunology, (C2-240724) Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ...

Come join us at @mcgill.ca as an assistant professor in virus-host interactions! Please share widely.

mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...

24.04.2025 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 91    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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It was a pleasure to host @nizet.bsky.social for our BCMB Lansdowne lecture. Fantastic two day visit, capped off with a brilliant public lecture! @uvicscience.bsky.social

24.04.2025 05:00 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There is still plenty of time to apply. Join a vibrant and dynamic department! @uofguelph.bsky.social

13.04.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Guelph is at it again!

Continuing our cluster hires with tenure-track Assistant Professor positions in Immunology and Virology (1 position each)!

careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...

careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...

29.03.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

Some interesting insights here into how superantigens might contribute to staph disease in the clinic.

29.01.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Applications are open for the 2025 GRS/GRC on Staphylococcal Diseases! Make sure to get your abstracts submitted for the potential to present your work in beautiful Barcelona! www.grc.org/staphylococc...

14.01.2025 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Been getting to use the microbiology skill outside of the lab for a change and here are the results!

22.12.2024 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Holiday dinner, celebrating with (almost) all of the Tuffs and @mgoncheva.bsky.social labs.

08.12.2024 05:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of California Davis, School of Medicine, invites applications for a full-time faculty position in Microbiome Sciences. Apply by December 11th at:

recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06847

19.11.2024 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 102    πŸ” 103    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

Excited to see many in the bacterial pathogenesis community joining here in the last few weeks, so here's a Starter Pack to help make connections. Reply/DM to be added to this or future Packs. #Microsky go.bsky.app/VH64BaY

17.11.2024 01:46 β€” πŸ‘ 230    πŸ” 74    πŸ’¬ 85    πŸ“Œ 5
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BIOC 270-150 - Faculty & staff - University of Victoria Inspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.

Our department is looking to hire an Assistant Teaching Professor (Biochemistry and Microbiology). Join us in beautiful Victoria- we're a great group of people, and have very talented students.
Deadline is January 15th, 2025.
www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...

15.11.2024 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0


I made a Starter Pack for the Staphylococcus community. Hope to find more good friends here on Bluesky to keep in touch about Staphylococcus infections, biology, microbiome interaction, antibiotic resistance and more. Please join and repost!

go.bsky.app/3zVWbSs

10.11.2024 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bit late for posting but took us a while to get everyone in at the same time! Here is the Tuffs lab 2024.

09.11.2024 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s amazing to see this review out! Collaborations from few members of @superantigens.bsky.social lab to summarize the last insights on superantigens and their interactions with T lymphocytes. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

15.01.2024 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Successful garden harvest today!

30.09.2023 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0