Michael Glickman

The specificity and structure of DNA cross-linking by the gut bacterial genotoxin colibactin Accumulating evidence has connected the chemically unstable, DNA-damaging gut bacterial natural product colibactin to colorectal cancer, including the identification of mutational signatures that are ...

Colibactin-DNA interstrand crosslinks structure reveals DNA-damaging acitivity of colibactin that is linked to colorectal cancer #MicroSky www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

If you or someone you know is looking for a post-doctoral position working on mycobacterial envelope biology, please get in touch. I am recruiting here at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada.

Poster deadline for the Keystone Microbiome Meeting in Banff is December 30th www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...

Will be a great meeting focused on human microbiomes, spanning basic, mechanistic, and applied. Organized by myself, @amibhatt.bsky.social , and Harry Sokol. Join us!

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Published version up at @natcomms.nature.com

New data with Aspergillus getting into tuberculous granulomas and growing like it's a member of the extended Myco family

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Don't wait to apply! The deadline is coming up soon...

Come join us! Western Mass is a fantastic place to do science!

Assistant Professor position posted for my Department, Biological Sciences at UNC Charlotte! Current research foci: Immunology, Microbiology, Virology; Biomolecular Function; Proteostasis; Genome Integrity; Epigenome Regulation; Cancer; Environmental Risks. jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65141

👇👇Last days to submit your abstract to be considered for a short talk! Deadline 24 November!https://www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/conference-listing/meeting/travel/c42026

Original Article | Nov. 20, 2025 Efficacy, Immunogenicity, and Safety of Modified mRNA Influenza Vaccine Figure 1A. Laboratory-Confirmed Cases of Influenza The NEJM identity sits at the bottom.

Influenza remains an important cause of illness and death. In a phase 3 trial, a nucleoside-modified mRNA (modRNA) quadrivalent vaccine was found to be superior to a standard quadrivalent vaccine in preventing influenza illness. Full trial results: nej.md/43udoTG

#MedSky #IDSky

Emergence of mutHV76G among longitudinal carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae causing long-term colonization and recurrent infection disrupts DNA mismatch repair and results in a hypermutator phenotype https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.17.688822v1

Nice to see the Mmpl3 interactor TtfA make an appearance!

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The phenotypic landscape of the mycobacterial cell

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ICYMI: Prostate tumor–mediated IFNG signaling primes myeloid cells in bone premetastatic niche for immunosuppressive IL-10 signaling

Mindy K Graham @mindykimgraham.bsky.social & team analyze a published sc-RNA-Seq dataset involving metastatic tumors of the bone: www.jci.org/articles/vie...

📢 Our Dept. of Systems Biology at Columbia University has an open tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the broad area of quantitative biology. Come join our awesome department in NYC! Please circulate.
apply.interfolio.com/177622
Suggested deadline: 12/15/2025.
@columbiasysbio.bsky.social

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McGill launches Bachelor of Arts in Population and Global Health

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34 fully-funded PhD studentships in the Biosciences across UK Universities in the South West (including Bristol Biochemistry!)

Home and International students eligible

Information and applications here
www.swbio.ac.uk

PSA for people with NIH grant periods starting January 1st (including most NIGMS MIRAs): your RPPR is due Saturday, but they haven’t sent out the usual automated reminders, presumably due to the shutdown

A team at MSK is shedding new light on #VEXAS syndrome, a severe autoinflammatory condition arising from a mutation in the UBA1 gene.

“We are hopeful that the therapeutic targets identified by our research can pave the way for new approaches.” says @gitlinlabmsk.bsky.social.

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Faculty Position in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Schwarzman College of Computing - cee.mit.edu The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), together with the Schwarzman College of Computing (SCC) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge MA, seeks candidate...

If you're looking for a faculty position at the intersection of ecology and computing (both broadly defined), please apply to this joint search between the CEE Department and the College of Computing at MIT: cee.mit.edu/people/share...

Congratulations to this year’s recipients of the MSK 2025 Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research: Dr. @oawlab.bsky.social, of MSK; Dr. Andrea Ablasser, of EPFL; and Dr. Christina Curtis, of @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social.

Learn more about the winners: bit.ly/47y8HLb

🚨Thrilled to share our latest work, published online today
@nature.com in which we decipher mechanisms underlying the enigmatic VEXAS syndrome - a huge team effort
@mskcancercenter.bsky.social led by superstars Varun Narendra + @tandriladas.bsky.social 1/

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Mechanistic basis for protein conjugation in a diverged bacterial ubiquitination pathway - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology Ye et al. define the structure and mechanisms of a bacterial pathway that performs ubiquitination-like protein conjugation, revealing new insights into the evolution and biological roles of ubiquitina...

#microsky #phagesky #phage defence

Novel bacterial ubiquitination-like pathway!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Night view of Belfast City Hall illuminated with colourful lights, promoting abstract submission closing for Annual Conference 2026 at ICC Belfast from April 13-16.

Work with actinomycetes or mycobacteria? Dedicated symposia shine the spotlight on these remarkable bacteria at #Microbio26 in Belfast. Explore the full variety of sessions and submit your work today.

Abstract submissions close on 11 November: microb.io/AC26Abstracts

Welcome!

The UofA is hiring for a Principal Scientist in cancer immunology! This isn’t a typical academic position—we're looking for a scientist with a great idea but needs time/resources to translate and commercialize. Please repost and apply if interested!

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Job ad for Quantitative Microbe-Plant-Environment interactions position

Job ad for microbial drivers of chronic disease position

Come join us in Knoxville!

The Dept. of Microbiology 🧫🦠 at the University of Tennessee is hiring 2 Assistant Professors (tenure track, 9-month appt.).

Microbial Drivers of Chronic Disease: apply.interfolio.com/173153Quantitative Microbe-Plant-Environment Interactions: apply.interfolio.com/173345

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