Jim Sun, PhD

Glowing bacterial sensors detect gut illness in mice before symptoms emerge UBC researchers have engineered gut bacteria that dim their fluorescent glow in the presence of illness.

Excited to share our latest publication, led by Dr. Ellie McCallum and Juan Burckhardt!
bit.ly/4kfzQaf
You can access the article for free here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1mWb4L7PXu... And more information is available on the updated preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Another #WorldTBDay and so begins another year where #tuberculosis will remain the leading cause of infectious diseases related deaths globally.

Let's all remember that TB has not disappeared and we need all hands on deck to #EndTB

Excited to start reading #EverythingisTB!!

Excited to announce that PacTB 2025 will be hosted at UBC this year and is now open for registrations! We are also thrilled to have Dr. Maz Divangahi as the keynote speaker! Registration is free thanks to our amazing sponsors!

Check out the website and register:
mbim.ubc.ca/node/1284

Congrats to Hannah Siushansian for rocking your MSc defence!🎉🥂 This completes a trifecta of successful theses defences from our lab in the past month! We are very thankful for your contributions to our research and best of luck in med school!

Charles Darwin and Robert Koch walked into a bar... find out the outcome of this interaction here:

elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...

we have a vacancy for a new/recently qualified post-doctoral fellow in our chemistry group - apply here #WomenInStem 🦠🧪 #TBDrugDiscovery

Please share: @UBCScience is searching for 15 TT faculty in diverse areas of expertise science.ubc.ca/about/careers. Included are 2 positions in Quantitative and Environmental Science as part of a hiring cluster for black faculty; you will join 6 current UBC faculty science.ubc.ca/blackscholars.

Tenure track assistant professor position at Duke in integrative immunobiology, wonderful colleagues and science. Applications due October 15 with lots of details about the search here:
immunobiology.duke.edu

Microbiologists, as requested we have a feed: MicroSky! Use this form to sign up: forms.gle/kiPC8vDKGDZV... and then tag posts with #MicroSky (case insensitive) or 🧫 or 🦠 and enjoy! Thanks to @kyt-thatsme.bsky.social for getting this going

We are looking for a fulltime Research Associate to grow with our team @UBCMicroImmuno! Come join us @UBC in beautiful Vancouver! Deadline on Sept 22!
Details at: microbiology.ubc.ca/careers#RA%2...
Please share with anyone that may be interested!
#TB #pathogens #macrophages #immunity