Victor J. Torres

Asuncion Mejias, MD, PhD, MsCS, FPIDS, discusses RSV infection in infants and young during this year’s Caroline B. Hall Lecture.

I'm honored to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. As always, I extend my sincerest thanks to all my wonderful mentors, colleagues, collaborators, admins, and trainees who make this work possible. #MacFellow

Department of Microbiology | The University of Chicago

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
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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
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Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University - Nashville, Tennessee job with Vanderbilt University School of Medicine | 12843515 Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine—Basic Sciences

If you are somehow still compelled to be a PI in the world in which we find ourselves, we'd love to have you as a colleague!

Two positions in Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University.

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During National Postdoc Appreciation Week, we celebrate the contributions of our 365 postdoctoral researchers, their dedication to advancing our mission and how St. Jude is supporting postdocs with resources, mentorship and career development opportunities.

Commensal yeast promotes Salmonella Typhimurium virulence - Nature Commensal Candida albicans enhances the virulence and dissemination of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium.

Excited to share our new publication, out today in Nature! www.nature.com/articles/s41.... @kanchanj.bsky.social led this fascinating fungal-bacterial interaction project. We are grateful for our wonderful collaborators Brian Peters and David Underhill.

Assistant/Associate Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics - McGovern Medical School in Texas, United States | Faculty & Physicians at UTHealth Houston Apply for Assistant/Associate Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics - McGovern Medical School job with UTHealth Houston in Texas, United States. Faculty & Physicians at UTHealth Houston

My alma mater is hiring a microbiologist! Assistant/Associate Prof. 👇👇

📢 Job alert! The Structural Microbiology Laboratory (albesalab.org) has two new openings! We are looking for a PhD student and a Research Technician to join our team.

Project: "Structure-function studies of Type VI secretion system toxins".

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Apply before 30th September

Staphylococcus aureus exploits lipoic acid salvage to combat host oxidative stress Acosta et al. find that ADP-ribosylation of the lipoic acid carrier protein GcvH-L promotes Staphylococcus aureus resistance to oxidative burst and facilitates infection. ADP-ribosylation leads to a s...

Happy to share Iván’s first-author pub from the lab! www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Infection and Immunity is now welcoming nominations for highly promising scientists at the assistant professor level (or equivalent) to submit research to the next New Voices in Microbiology Collection!

Please nominate by the August 18 deadline using the below link:
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Excited to post our first S. aureus preprint on biorxiv! Big congrats to co-first authors, postdocs @anjali20anil.bsky.social and Rezia Braza, and really enjoyed the collaboration with @torreslab.bsky.social !

Copy number flexibility facilitates heteroresistance to increasing antibiotic pressure and threatens the beta-lactam pipeline Nature Communications - Choby et al. show that dynamic increases in the copy number of preexisting β-lactamase genes in heteroresistance enables resistance of continua of cellular...

Excited to share the work with @dweisslab.bsky.social‬ and great collaborators on how gene amplification generates dynamic heteroresistance to new beta-lactams, like cefiderocol. We hope drug developers will consider heteroresistance during antibiotic development rdcu.be/euijW

View across the valley from Arantzazulab

Horses grazing

Sanctuary of Arantzazu

Alter inside Sanctuary of Arantzazu

#etox25 great conference and fabulous location!

The Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program This program is an early career educational and training opportunity. It is designed to engage its Fellows in the analytical process that informs U.S. science and technology policy.

Any grad students interested in a career in science policy? Check out this opportunity: mirzayanfellow.nas.edu?utm_source=N...

PLOS Biology Associate Editor- FTC UK-Remote

I am recruiting - if you have a background in plant mol cell bio, a keen interest in sustainability and planetary health and are looking to move away from the bench, this may be for you!

Have a 👀 and please reach out if Qs

1yr FTC, remote in the UK

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📣 Applications now open
PATH award supports early-career researchers studying the pathogenesis of infectious diseases in humans

💰 $505K over 5 years
🔬 For mid-to-late assistant professors
📅 LOI due: 07/17/25

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Microbial Pathogenesis & Host Response Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meetings & Courses -- a private, non-profit institution with research programs in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology, genomics, bioinformatics.

Alert! The abstract deadline for the Microbial Pathogenesis & Host Response meeting has been extended to July 7 meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp...

Now open - LOIs for the Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH) program. Deadline is July 17 @ 3pm ET.
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our lab is blessed to have 3 new postdoctoral fellow positions. we would welcome scientists interested in...

Join us in Tubingen as a Junior Research Group Leader if you do research on #ESKAPE pathogens and infections and are interested in the highly cooperative environment of @dzif.bsky.social‬ and @cmfi.bsky.social ! Please send your application or forward to colleagues!
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Once again, thank you NIH for making this possible and our amazing coauthors. Special shoutout to coauthors Patty Martin and @torreslab.bsky.social for launching this project 🚀 5/n

Congratulations Valeria!

Hey y'all! My department is conducting a search for an assistant or associate professor in bacteriology. It's pretty broadly defined. If you know anyone who's looking for a great department that does awesome science - please send them our way! You can DM me with any questions you have 😀

National Academy of Sciences Elects Members and International Members - NAS WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 120 members and 30 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original res...

National Academy of Sciences Elects Members and International Members - NAS www.nasonline.org/news/2025-na...

Gastrointestinal colonization as a source of Staphylococcus aureus in atopic dermatitis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.17.648849v1

So much joy to see everyone today coming together to celebrate 20 years of the Skaar Lab. Thank you to Eric for the leadership and mentorship over the years! 🥰

🚨 Big news! Infection and Immunity is now open access! 🌍🔬 That means wider visibility & impact for your research. Worried about fees? 💸 Check out how IAI stacks up against other journals—you might be surprised. #OpenAccess #SciComm #Microbiology

Congrats to all!