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
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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...
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PhD opportunities
if you are interested in a PhD in tuberculosis drug discovery, check out our opportunities π§ͺπ¦ #Tuberculosis lstm.ac/PhD
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Assistant Professor
Applicants should possess a Ph.D. in the biological sciences or related fields.Candidates are expected to document expertise in their specialty by a record of postdoctoral training, peer reviewed publ...
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
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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!
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Early abstract submission now open!
Early abstract submissions for ASM Microbe 2026βnow 3 fully integrated meetings within 1 microbial worldβare officially open. Submit by Dec. 2, 2 p.m. ET to elevate your research, spark new collaborations and join the conversations defining whatβs next. asm.org/events/asm-m...
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Time to vote for our GSA officers!
Please repost
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Folks, it is finally out! Our paper on T2T assemblies of the zebrafish genome is on BioRxiv:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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The WHO Global tuberculosis report 2025 is out!
TB is the worldβs deadliest infectious killer, claiming over 1.2 million lives and affecting an estimated 10.7 million people last year
www.who.int/news-room/re...
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Course Offerings | Marine Biological Laboratory
π¬ Applications are now open!
Join MBLβs world-renowned Advanced Research Training Courses, where scientists from around the globe come together to explore new ideas, master cutting-edge techniques, and become part of a dynamic network.
β‘οΈApply today: go.mbl.edu/courses
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YouTube video by John Rawls
Zebrafish in the wild
Part 6: For decades, the zebrafish has helped scientists unlock the mysteries of genetics, development, & disease. But the fish that power most discoveries have spent generations inside lab tanks. This video captures footage of zebrafish in their natural environment in Nepal.
youtu.be/cCZhZpPALqw
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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Position βAI/ML for Cell Biology - Durham, North Carolina (US) job with Duke University School of Medicine | 12844591
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Position βAI/ML for Cell Biology
Please repost!!:
We are searching for new AI-Bio faculty at Duke to be part of a new Discovery AI center. Looking for faculty who focus on pushing boundaries in ML model development in a highly interactive environment. DEADLINE for applications- Nov 1st!!
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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In this issue:
Β· Interview with @harmitmalik.bsky.social
Β· Interview with Zolelwa Sifumba
Β· Perspective on unravelling Ξ³Ξ΄ T-cell dysregulation in the gut & its implications for immune-mediated diseases
Β· 'At a glance' on engineered bacteriophages
Β· Review on neuroinflammation in fungal infections
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New preprint up with collaborators Jianguo Lu, @mpodobnik.bsky.social, Uwe Irion, Braedan McCluskey, John Postlethwait and others. New Danio genomes, evolution and pigment pattern variation. Long time in the making www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Despite the mess, we are grateful to be funded, have exciting science happening, and have an opening for a postdoc!
If you are interested in sensory biology and esp in cilia, thermosensation, or interoception, and would like to join an interactive & supportive group - please email.
Please RT π
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Details - Assistant Professor - Immunology | Human Resources | UMass Amherst
π¨Job posting! #UMassAmherst Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences is hiring a TT faculty member in #Immunology. Both fundamental and translational areas considered. Please spread the word!
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
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RIFs at CDC.
Destroying the Epidemic Intelligence Service, NCIRD, NCIPC & a dozen other areas/divisions/branches will cause enormous harm and suffering to America, and indeed to the whole world.
Call your Reps about it.
Then call them again.
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Origin of Ewing sarcoma by embryonic reprogramming of neural crest to mesoderm
Using a zebrafish genetic model of Ewing sarcoma, Vasileva et al. provide evidence
for a neural crest origin of the disease. These findings offer new insight into how
a single oncogenic fusion can hij...
Wonderful collaboration of Claire Arata and co-first-author Elena Vasileva from Amatruda lab. Claire provided the neural crest driver and Elena the EWS oncofusion. Best combination since PB&J. Amazing that expression of a single oncofusion in crest produces ectopic fins.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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We are inviting applications for postdoctoral fellows in immunology of TB at the South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, University of Cape Town. For more information see the attached ad:
idm.uct.ac.za/media/739223
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Apply - Interfolio
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We're hiring! Check out our ad and please re-post or forward to interested #Microbiology parties: apply.interfolio.com/174783
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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
Apply here apply.interfolio.com/174404
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βCompletely shattered.β Changes to NSFβs graduate student fellowship spur outcry
The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded
NSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key groupβsecond-year Ph.D. studentsβis no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. https://scim.ag/3KlQkQk
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Eric Peterman @errricpeterman.bsky.social, Jeffrey Rasmussen @jraslab.bsky.social @uwbiology.bsky.social & colleagues discover that microtubules regulate tissue-level navigation in skin-resident macrophages.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Article: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
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Our laboratory in the MCB department at UC Berkeley studies how tissues, cells, and subcellular dynamics coordinate to generate organs and initiate physiologies. www.swinburnelab.org
Professor of Animal Physiology @uni-muenster. Cavefish enthusiast, EvoDevo aficionado. Exploring starvation resistance & overeating in cavefish (and myself: intermittent fasting devotee and food lover).
IIC research group led by Prof. Victoriano Mulero at University of Murcia.
Nearly 20 years in court as a law-talking guy for plaintiffs, now a mix of stuff. Posts too much about politics.
email max@kennerlylaw.com
Biologist, working on brain systems regulating emotional states, plus influence of microbiota.
keen on reverse transcription | also keen on spliceosomes | cryoEM dabbler
Assistant Member @MSKCC
Formerly post-doc @MIT
Formerly-formerly PhD @MRC_LMB
Formerly formerly-formerly Otago Uni
Kiwi π₯ π³πΏ
https://wilkinsonlab.bio/
Led the completion of the zebrafish reference genome, advancing genomic resources for the research community.
𧬠Reviews Editor @biologists.bsky.social
π©π»βπ¬ PhD epigenetics & differentiation @uoe-igc.bsky.social
Views my own | she/her
Research interests: Bacterial replication, antimicrobials, and Lyme disease. Stanford, HHMI.
Post doc fellow, Zon lab, Harvard. PhD, Weizmann Institute, Israel. A firm believer that the zebrafish natural habitat is under a very good microscope.
Focuses on immune responses, pathogenesis, and viral infection/replication mechanisms of human pathogens infecting the liver, including hepatitis B (HBV) and C viruses (HCV), Zika, yellow fever and Dengue #viruses, and plasmodial parasites at #princeton
A collection of chemical reactions busily contemplating existence while avoiding reaching equilibrium. Also, a postdoctoral researcher at Michigan State University.
Assistant Prof. at Stanford & Innovation Investigator at @arcinstitute.orgβ¬ | Studying metabolites and their impact on physiology and disease π¦ π§ͺ
www.arcinstitute.org/labs/levylab
Ribosomes and RNA language models.
Professor at UC Berkeley.
https://sites.google.com/berkeley.edu/cate-lab/home
3rd year PhD Candidate in the Lazear Lab at UNC
Postdoctoral associate in the Principles of Tissue Morphogenesis Lab led by PI Akankshi Munjal, in the Department of Cell Biology in the Duke University School of Medicine.
https://www.munjallab.com
Interested in the physics of living systems.
We study gut bacteria and the immune response to infection with a focus on the danger signal extracellular ATP. We particularly like Shigella and E. coli. Located at Queen's University Belfast, UK and UmeΓ₯ University, Sweden.
