David Tobin

I’m recruiting new members to the Farrell Lab this summer. We will have space for 1 postdoc (since Abhinav is leaving to start his own lab at U Arizona!!) and 2 postbacs, since my current two will leave for PhD programs at the end of the summer. More details in thread:

Friends! I am so happy to share our new preprint!

Hydrogen peroxide has been the most common reactive chemical threat to life forms since the Great Oxygenation Event 2.5 billion years ago.

How do animals like C. elegans sense it fast and escape?

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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NC STEM Policy Post-Graduate Fellowship North Carolina Sea Grant news

Are you a recent graduate with a passion for science, technology, engineering, or mathematics — and a desire to influence public policy in North Carolina?

The NC STEM Policy Post-Graduate Fellowship is now open for applications through March 9, 2026.

ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/nc-stem-poli...

For scientists choosing where to build their careers, these questions are essential, and they shape who decides the U.S. is, or isn’t, a viable place to do science.

Opinion | Bill Foege’s optimism helped save the world from smallpox His design of “surveillance-containment” changed the course of public health strategy.

I keep thinking about one of the last things Bill Foege said to me: “Bet on the optimists. You need the optimist to say, ‘We’re going to try to do it.’”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Excited to announce the upcoming 2026 Microbial Toxins and Pathogenicity GRC and GRS meeting taking place July 12 - 17, 2026 at Waterville Valley in New Hampshire. This meeting will be chaired by yours truly and co-chaired by
@sunnyshinlab.bsky.social www.grc.org/microbial-to...

Our journals @dev-journal.bsky.social, @jcellsci.bsky.social & @jexpbiol.bsky.social offer Travelling Fellowships of up to £3,000 to graduate students and post-doctoral researchers wishing to make collaborative visits to other laboratories. Apply by 6 February 2026.
biologists.com/grants/trave...

Granuloma dual RNA-seq reveals composite transcriptional programs driven by neutrophils and necrosis within tuberculous granulomas Dual host-pathogen transcriptional profiling defines granuloma-specific programs during mycobacterial infection.

Excited to share work led by the wonderful Gopi Viswanathan examining roles of granuloma neutrophils &defining bacterial transcriptional profiles within mycobacterial granulomas. Cool collab with Qingyun Liu at UNC for evolutionary analysis of granuloma-specific genes www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

THE NEXT INSTALLMENT OF BIOLOGY OF MYOCBACTERIA GRC WILL BE IN 2028, NOT 2027. Exact date and location TBD. Sorry about the long wait, but we think it is better long term. PLEASE repost/tell your friends!

Thrilled to share our new preprint showing that dietary amino acids license the NLRP3 inflammasome via mTOR-dependent mRNA translation! Congrats to co-1st authors @mikelhaggadone.bsky.social, Brian Goldspiel, co-senior author @metabailism.bsky.social & collaborators! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Here’s the deal with the FY26 NIH funding bill:

One line in the 1000+ pg bill = significantly less science.

The increase to ~40% of grants moving to MYF is estimated to result in a 35% decrease in the NUMBER of NIH grants funded annually—moving the paylines from 10% to around 4%.

THIS IS BAD.

Creation of new junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur - Call for applications 2026 - Research The Institut Pasteur is launching an international call to recruit new junior research group leaders leveraging cutting-edge transdisciplinary approaches to exploring infectious diseases, host-microbe...

🔬 Call to create junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur

Focus: Infectious diseases, host-microbe interactions, vaccines
Special interest: AI methodologies

📅 Deadline: Feb 9, 2026
👥 2-12 years post-PhD

Apply now 📝 research.pasteur.fr/en/call/crea...

#JobOpportunity #Research

Sharing our lab’s first publication! Probing clinical isolates of Cryptococcus, a disease-causing fungus of the lungs and brain, we found multiple heat-mobile elements that ‘jump’ in the genome at body temperature (!) with the ability to drive adaptive changes. journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...

ASM Mechanism Discovery Meeting - Last chance to submit your abstract. Share your science. Deadline: Jan.21, 2 p.m. ET.

Last chance to submit to the ASM Mechanism Discovery Meeting at #ASMicrobe 2026. Abstracts close Jan. 21 at 2 p.m. ET. Showcase foundational research uncovering the mechanisms that power microbial life. Submit now: asm.social/2LT

Joint A*STAR - King’s College London PhD Studentships in Biomedical Science 2026/27 King's College London is seeking outstanding and motivated students to join our university and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR).

A*STAR/KCL PhD scholarship available!

Dream of doing cutting-edge research, travelling between continents, and becoming obsessed with modelling infections in zebrafish?

My lab and @oehlerslab.org are looking for you!

Project details: 👉 shorturl.at/mkt1a
Catalogue page 6, project 2.1!

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The appropriations bill that includes NIH is being finalized.

The Senate bill includes a bipartisan amendment from Senators Capito (WV) and Baldwin (WI) limiting multi-year funding of grants.

The House version does not and OMB has issued a veto threat if the House includes such language.

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We are hiring new faculty!! Come join our amazing community in the Department of Molecular Microbiology at Washington University School of Medicine! The deadline for applications is 2/21, but applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. facultyopportunities.wustl.edu/Posting/Deta...

Grinnell College has openings for two 1-year term positionsto teach microbiology and immunology. More information here:
apply.interfolio.com/179939

📣Building Bridges in Leukocyte Biology #BBinLB webinar series hosted by the @leukocytebiology.bsky.social
Next speaker: @oehlerslab.org
"Differential subversion of host immune signalling by tuberculous and non-tuberculous mycobacteria"

📅 Jan 28 at 9 am EST -register free link below
#Zebrafish

We’re hiring!
@jcellsci.bsky.social is looking for a Reviews Editor to join the team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who loves #cellbiology and wants to stay connected with the field. A great chance to work for an organisation that believes in helping the community!

Details below👇

Registration is open for the 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Microbial Stress Response to be held on July 19-24 2026!! Submit your abstract by February 15th to be considered for a short talk. Apply now before it fills up!! Hope to see you there!! www.grc.org/microbial-st...

🚨My department is hiring a full-time Assistant Teaching Professor to teach undergrad Genetics & Genomics, upper-level Genomics, and an inquiry-based Computational Genomics course where students can do authentic research. 🧬💻

I’m on the search committee. DM me if you’re interested. Please share! 🙏

Computational Immunologist - Boston, Massachusetts (US) job with Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, & Harvard | 12849577 The Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Harvard in Cambridge MA, together with the Departmen

The @ragoninstitute.bsky.social is launching a new faculty search for a computational immunologist! Applications are open now and reviewed on a rolling basis. Please share broadly with your networks! #immunosky

www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Here is the link for Helene's preferred charity. Family requests donations to the fight against pancreatic cancer in lieu of flowers
letswinpc.kindful.com

So very sorry to hear this. Helene was such a wonderful and inspiring person, scientist, and force for good in the world at many different levels.

Identification of intestinal enteroendocrine cell subtypes and their associated hormones in zebrafish Enteroendocrine cells (EECs) in the gut epithelium secrete diverse hormones that regulate digestion, energy use, and behavior. This study identifies EEC subtypes and their hormone profiles in zebrafis...

Two new articles from our lab!!

Davis et al identified epithelial transcription factor ELF3 as a key mediator of host-microbiota interaction in zebrafish tinyurl.com/pkavnxdp

Morash et al revealed enteroendocrine cell subtypes in zebrafish & catalogued their peptide hormones tinyurl.com/bdzbm2xm

The Company of Biologists Travelling Fellowships programme: a commitment to support the next generation of scientists ABSTRACT. Between 2008 and 2025, four of The Company of Biologists' journals – Development, Journal of Cell Science (JCS), Journal of Experimental Biology (JEB) and Disease Models & Mechanisms (DMM) –...

I strongly encourage ECRs to apply for opportunities like the Travelling Fellowships from the ever supportive @biologists.bsky.social

They are a fantastic for learning new skills, building collaborative networks, and honing scientific writing.

doi.org/10.1242/dev....

The pathogenic bacteria Shigella avoids detection inside host cells by degrading RNF213, the protein responsible for sensing the presence of intracellular pathogens.

Read more in the eLife Insight Article: buff.ly/1mIc6m0

Development's Pathway to Independence Programme Our grants support and encourage the sharing of knowledge throughout the community by facilitating international collaboration, event attendance and the organisation of scientific meetings, conference...

Applications are open for @dev-journal.bsky.social 2026 Pathway to Independence (PI) programme, supporting postdocs applying for group leader positions:

Mentoring
Profile raising
Leadership training
Network building

Spread the word...

www.biologists.com/grants/devel...

PhD opportunities

if you are interested in a PhD in tuberculosis drug discovery, check out our opportunities 🧪🦠 #Tuberculosis lstm.ac/PhD