Jonathan Eisen

A collage featuring headshots of the eleven Hellman Fellowship recipients.

Eleven faculty members are receiving support for their work through this year’s Hellman Fellowships, and it comes right when they need it most: early in their careers.

Read more about this year's recipients: ucdav.is/4oFMK1P

Pediatric Infectious Diseases/Microbiology - Professor Series (tenure track/tenure), Open Rank University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!

🚨New faculty job opportunity 🚨

Please share this ad for a faculty position in our department at UC Irvine, in the fields of microbiology and infectious disease. MD/PhDs and PhDs are desired and should apply!

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KFF Health News: This HIV Expert Refused To Censor Data, Then Quit the CDC

by @amymaxmen.bsky.social

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In today’s news I acquired a gut microbiome game and got interviewed on a radio show, all without any planning whatsoever

Brett Kavanaugh's "minor inconvience" now includes beating people up and cutting off their wedding rings for [checks notes] "observing ICE from a distance."

Oh no. I am so sorry.

Legally I have not been allowed to move for almost two hours #cats #catrules

Now officially published in Current Biology 🥳🥳 @mfseidl.bsky.social @binfutrecht.bsky.social

www.cell.com/current-biol...

A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...

Putting Dr Høeg in charge "is like dropping an atom bomb," an agency source said.

"Multiple top-level officials are preparing resignations."

"It's an extinction level event. She's has never supervised a drug review, never has conducted a clinical trial. She doesn't understand laws &regulations."

Occurrence and temporal dynamics of denitrifying protist endosymbionts in the wastewater microbiome Abstract. Effective wastewater treatment is of critical importance for preserving public health and protecting natural environments. Key processes in waste

Protist–bacteria partnerships are more common in wastewater treatment plants than we thought. In this ISME communications paper, we uncovered widespread denitrifying endosymbionts inside ciliates, their global distribution, and their temporal dynamics across WWTPs.🦠
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That was a fun one ...

Go @ucdavis.bsky.social Football. They were down 20-11 and now are up 47-20.

Now that right there is funny, I don’t care who you are…..🤣

OHowIHateOhioState…..

THE Indiana University

Becoming a U.S. citizen takes years and involves immigrants acquiring a green card, extensive interviews, background checks, classes and a citizenship test. The naturalization ceremony is the final step to the process, where the oath of allegiance and a citizenship certificate are granted. Immigrants approved to be naturalized went to Faneuil Hall Thursday - known as the country's cradle of liberty - for that long-awaited moment to pledge allegiance to the United States. But instead, as they lined up, some were told by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials that they couldn't proceed due to their countries of origin.

Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

“A screenshot of a text article discussing a December 5, 2025 ACIP vote to change the longstanding universal hepatitis B vaccination policy for newborns to an individualized decision for infants born to mothers who test negative. The article states that many public health experts and state leaders criticize the change as politically motivated and not evidence-based. Below, a bulleted list names states and health bodies urging rejection of the new guidance: • California – Governor Gavin Newsom calls the decision reckless and says the state will continue recommending the universal birth dose. • Illinois – Governor J.B. Pritzker notes a new law allowing state-specific vaccine recommendations and says Illinois will not abide by the ACIP decision. • Massachusetts – Governor Maura Healey calls the vote dangerous and wrong, and says the state will continue recommending the universal newborn vaccine. • New York City – Health officials say NYC will continue to strongly recommend hepatitis B vaccination for all newborns. • West Coast Health Alliance (California, Washington, Oregon) – Issues a joint statement urging rejection of the new guidance due to lack of credible evidence.”

I woke up this morning to see that many states across the country have decided to #REJECT the decision to scrap the #HBV vaccine birth dose by #ACIP. Here are some (alt-text included). But who will be left behind? 1/

Super excited about our schedule for BAPG at stanford on Dec 6. bapg2025.github.io/bapg2025stan... Amazing talks, a fabulous keynote, a lively poster session. A brilliant and interactive community. What’s not to love? 1/2 @sophiejwalton.bsky.social

The UC Davis Ecology and Evolution in Working Landscapes REU provides undergrads with research experience in ecology and evolution in natural and managed landscapes. Apply now through Feb 15 via etap.nsf.gov

Contact me or @clhom.bsky.social for questions!

It’s bad. At least a dozen people have ingested Death Cap mushrooms in the Bay Area, especially in the South Bay. We are trying to get the word out with local health and parks agencies and distributing a warning poster in Spanish. Please be careful when picking wild mushrooms. bayareamushrooms.org.

Americans can be forgiven for not paying attention to FIFA for decades.

Well, I think it is probably time to completely boycott all #FIFA related things after that completely ludicrous peace prize idiocy.

FIFA stands for "Forever in Fascism Always" and always has.

Logo shows a map of the USA in light blue and a dark blue background. Over the main part of the USA are the letters ACIP in very large capitals with some pictures inside the letters. Below the ACIP letters in smaller font is "Agency for Conspiratorial Immunization Plans".

New logo for ACIP released just now.

seems that protists were way ahead of us with the invention of the circular economy 😊 great to hear of 'holobionts' again 👍
#SymnioSky #MicroSky #ProtistsOnSky

#birds

But then again, too few to mention

Let they without dentist’s chairs in their vacation mansions throw the first stones.

Career Opportunities Applicant Log-In

My department at California State University Northridge is hiring! We're looking for a new colleague studying microbiology or molecular/cellular biology. I'm not on the search committee, but happy to answer questions about the department and campus, and life in LA

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Anyone looking for roommates for #Fungal26 in Asilomar?
I will participate and I am looking for someone to share a room for the week!

I'm a female PhD student, looking to share a room with another female. Please DM me if you'd like to team up with me 😄
Reposts appreciated!