Jan-Ulrik Dahl (Dahl lab, ISU)

What's at risk when federal research funding to universities is cut | 60 Minutes Federal research funding to universities has fueled breakthroughs for years. The White House is pressuring universities to align with the president's political agenda, or risk losing their funding.

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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

Why Students Are Obsessed With ‘Points Taken Off’ Students and professors are in a drawn-out battle over grade inflation. It may never end.

Interesting read!

www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

Want to help us as an abstract reviewer for the @asm.org #ASMMicrobe2026? Abstract Review Period: January 29 - February 5, 2026. Please fill out the Abstract Reviewer Interest Form: asm.org/Microbe2026-... Thanks for your help!

Mark your calendars! #mmpc2026 The 2026 Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference will be take place September 25-27, 2026 at the University of Minnesota! We are excited to welcome keynote speaker Dr. Andy Camilli. Give us a follow and watch for important information here ➡️ mmpc2026.umn.edu

👇👇👇 come to #mmpc2026 for the science, stay for the Minnesota Microbiology shirts (iykyk)

WHO warns of widespread resistance to common antibiotics worldwide One in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections causing common infections in people worldwide in 2023 were resistant to antibiotic treatments, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) r...

WHO reports 1 in 6 bacterial infections worldwide are antibiotic-resistant, with resistance rising sharply since 2018. Gram-negative bacteria like E. coli and K. pneumoniae pose the biggest threat. Action on #AMR surveillance and responsible antibiotic use is needed.

www.who.int/news/item/13...

MCDB Opens Search for Faculty | U-M LSA Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB) MCDB welcomes applications at the Assistant Professor level from outstanding biological scientists in all areas of physiology and neuroscience, spanning molecular, cellular, systems, and organismal le...

My MCDB dept is accepting applications for a faculty position at the Assistant Professor level!

Applications Due by October 15, 2025

We welcome applications from all areas of physiology and neuroscience, spanning molecular, cellular, systems, and organismal levels.

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@asm.org is currently seeking a visionary volunteer to serve as the inaugural Chair of the #ASMMechanismDiscovery scientific unit. The Chair will play a leadership role in setting the scientific direction and priorities. More info & Apply here: asm.org/about-asm/vo...

Commensal yeast promotes Salmonella Typhimurium virulence - Nature Commensal Candida albicans enhances the virulence and dissemination of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium.

Excited to share our new publication, out today in Nature! www.nature.com/articles/s41.... @kanchanj.bsky.social led this fascinating fungal-bacterial interaction project. We are grateful for our wonderful collaborators Brian Peters and David Underhill.

Resistente Bakterien: Tausende Tote in Deutschland, weil Antibiotika nicht mehr wirken - WELT Antibiotika waren die schärfste Waffe der Medizin gegen gefährliche Bakterien. Doch die Keimkiller verlieren zunehmend ihre Wirkung gegen neue Stämme. Forscher zeigen in aktuellen Zahlen das Ausmaß de...

#Antibiotika verlieren zunehmend ihre Wirkung: Eine aktuelle Studie zeigt, dass 2019 in Deutschland rund 45.700 Menschen im Zusammenhang mit #resistenten Erregern starben. Nun ist ein verantwortungsvoller Antibiotika-Einsatz gefragt, um das Problem einzudämmen. via #welt www.welt.de/gesundheit/a...

Resistente Keime werden zur Herausforderung In Deutschland sind 2019 laut RKI etwa 45.000 Menschen im Zusammenhang mit antibiotikaresistenten Infektionen gestorben.

Resistente Keime werden zur Herausforderung #Antibiotikaresistenzen #Antibiotika #RKI

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Archaea produce peptidoglycan hydrolases that kill bacteria Archaea regularly interact with bacteria but reports of archaea killing bacteria are very rare. This study shows that many archaea encode peptidoglycan hydrolases, which specifically target bacterial ...

Archaea are often surrounded by bacteria. But is there ever active conflict between the two? Can archaea kill bacteria? If so, how do they do it?

Work by @romainstrock.bsky.social shows that some archaea can kill bacteria by secreting peptidoglycan hydrolases. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Peptidoglycan–outer membrane attachment generates periplasmic pressure to prevent lysis in Gram-negative bacteria - Nature Microbiology Outer membrane attachment to peptidoglycan enables periplasmic pressure to build up and counter cytoplasmic turgor pressure, preventing lysis during osmotic challenges in Escherichia coli.

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We challenge the long-standing view that peptidoglycan alone protects cells from bursting.

Our study shows that the periplasm — enclosed by OM–PG connections — acts as a pressure buffer essential for osmoprotection in Gram-negative bacteria.

📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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🎯"From late Postdoc to early PI: Applications, Funding, Appeals & Alternative Paths"
💡Ready to take the next step? Get practical advice on funding applications, handling setbacks & discovering alternative career paths

Sharing this Pitt article about my helping to lead ASM because it shares my hopes for the scientific and societal good we can do.

We are all population biologists, whether or not we know it, and this can enrich us.

www.medschool.pitt.edu/news/pitt-s-...

Staphylococcus aureus exploits lipoic acid salvage to combat host oxidative stress Acosta et al. find that ADP-ribosylation of the lipoic acid carrier protein GcvH-L promotes Staphylococcus aureus resistance to oxidative burst and facilitates infection. ADP-ribosylation leads to a s...

Happy to share Iván’s first-author pub from the lab! www.cell.com/cell-reports...

E Life's new open access publishing agreements. Supporting a more actable and sustainable system.

We’re pleased to offer open access agreements for research institutions in support of a more equitable and sustainable system for scientific publishing, including uncapped and centralised schemes.
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#OpenScience #AcademicChatter

Alert: The Trump administration is quietly slashing new NIH grant awards, and it's not via the budget NIH’s sudden move to multiyear grant funding is forcing shocking cuts in the number of grants funded. This is an effective budget cut. It's bad, folks.

New, from an anonymous NIH insider: Trump is being pushed to spend more NIH money. The White House is ordering NIH to do multi-year budgets for awards. This budget trick means fewer awards, fewer labs funded, and lower paylines for researchers. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/alert-the-...

JB Table of Contents Volume 207, Issue 7 Journal of Bacteriology: Table of Contents Volume 207, Issue 7

In the July issue of JB: Cell walls, cell division, gluconate metabolism, electron transfer, membranes, spres, Abx-r, efflux pumps, chromosome replication, toxin delivery, surface sensing and more.
journals.asm.org/toc/jb/207/7
@asm.org #JBacteriology

Help us shape the program for @asm.org #Microbe2026. We invite you to help shape the future of microbiology by submitting a scientific session proposal a new area of ASM Microbe, launching in June 2026. Deadline is August 5, 2 PM EST. Please share widely. asm.org/events/asm-m...

Doing it this way means the cuts can be applied to awards that haven’t been made yet. A much easier political lift to say “we’re not starting as much new work” with no specific victim in terms of institution (read: congressional district),

NIH will only accept six new, renewal, resubmission, or revision applications from an individual Principal Investigator/Program Director or Multiple Principal Investigator for all council rounds in a calendar year. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide....

Are you looking for an exciting position at the intersection of super-resolution microscopy and AI? Then check out the PhD and PostDoc position we offer for a joint project with the Group of Stephan Hell at MPI Göttingen. Please share with anyone interested, read on for links and details.

Ok so is there a summary yet of what the new bill means for science funding? I’m struggling to find info on this.

🔬Calling all microbiologists. 🔬 Ever feel like your paper is too small for some journals, but too solid to sit on?
#FEMSMicrobes welcomes well-executed microbiology manuscripts, and they put special attention on promoting ECR authors, eg the webinar below. 👇 @femsjournals.bsky.social @femsmicro.org

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