It is official: The @moraneyecenter.bsky.social has named @blockintheback.bsky.social as the Vice Chair for Vision Research and Research Director. I could not be more happy for my former institution as they are in the best hands with Kristen. healthcare.utah.edu/moran/news/2...

Moran Eye Center Names Kristen M. Kwan, PhD, Vice Chair for Vision Research

The John A. Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah has named Kristen M. Kwan, PhD, Vice Chair for Vision Research. In this leadership role, she will help guide the strategic direction of the Moran...

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If anyone would like to join me in a last-gasp-of-summer attempt to catch up on things before the new school year hits, I'm calling August #FrogMonth during which I'm going to try to polish off as many proverbial Twainian frogs as possible. Moldering papers, overdue administrative tasks, & more 🐸🐸🐸

Session proposals are now open for ASM Microbe 2027 ! asm.org/events/asm-m... If there is a specific topic or speaker you would like to see in Chicago, this is your chance (until Aug 12) ! This is for Micro Symposia and Hub Sessions, but my DMs are open if you have ideas for bigger AEM sessions

Pls share. Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences - Genetics/Genomics at Smith College. apply.interfolio.com/190342

The manuscript describing SimPhyNI is now published! www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour... A few updates since last post, including some method tweaks that improve performance and speed. Also even easier to run. Try it for your microbial GWAS or epistasis needs!

High-precision binary trait association on phylogenetic trees

Traditional methods for identifying associations between genomic features and traits, or between pairs of genomic traits, struggle when applied to bacterial genomes. While several microbial genome-wid...

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Tami Lieberman@contaminatedsci.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Proud to announce SimPhyNI, a new tool for bacterial GWAS with higher precision and scalability than existing tools. Try it out and let us know what you think!!

Top senators consider blocking the OMB rule. www.politico.com/live-updates...

Top senators consider blocking Trump’s grant shakeup in spending stopgap

It’s now “up to leadership” whether to head off the controversial changes, Sen. Susan Collins said.

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Happy to share some recent "summer science" papers from our lab. First, former graduate student @emmamills1.bsky.social's second dissertation paper on culture-enriched metagenomics of VREfm was published in Microbial Genomics @microbiologysociety.org www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

Culture-enriched metagenomic sequencing reveals within-patient diversity and transmission of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

Colonization of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) often precedes bloodstream infection and serves as a reservoir for onward patient transmission in h...

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Job opening: I'm looking for a lab tech primarily supporting ongoing projects and running computational analyses for the lab. Apply here and reach out with questions! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/205...

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Folks! @gcbias.bsky.social and I have two slots left in our popgen workshop. Aug 10-21, 9-11am (Pacific) via zoom. We’re raising money for research grants for grad students. $500 a seat. Spots available to first folks to respond. DM me if interested.

Bacteriology-Focused Assistant Professor Position in Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Michigan Application deadline: August 15, 2026 Come be my colleague!

The fact that a former ICO director of ours must defend himself in front of Senator Paul (a physician himself) on the origins of COVID-19 is deplorable. Support the #NIH. We are here in our personal capacities.

Want to work with awesome colleagues and students? We are looking for a vertebrate biologist to apply for a TT position in Biological Sciences at Wellesley College. See here for more info: tinyurl.com/TTvertebrate

Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

Please review the details for the position before applying. When applying, please confirm your legal name is entered exactly as it appears on your government-issued identification. Ensure that you hav...

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🚨🚨 Faculty search! Spread the word! 🚨🚨 The Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology Department at Vanderbilt is hiring! Special consideration will be given to faculty working with Risk Group 3 pathogens (so you can join us in our brand new state-of-the-art BSL3!) apply.interfolio.com/188545

In 2014, Jason Rosch and I met at a GRC in Tuscany and sketched an idea on a cocktail napkin: what if we evolved S.pneumo in mice, treated them with antibiotics, varied their immune systems and watched what won? 11 years and a huge team effort later, it's out in @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social 🧵

Updated my applyingtoeeb.info site on applying to evolution and ecology grad school in the US to incorporate some of the latest immigration changes. Share with any REU or other students who might be considering grad school.

Caroline Langley's primary thesis chapter from her time as a grad student in @memerman.bsky.social's and my lab is now published. She shows that HIV-1 Vif’s ability to maintain A3G antagonism depends on structural robustness, which permits adaptation, and epistasis, which imposes constraints.

@JohnGrossSF@johngrosssf.bsky.social · 2w ago

Strain-specific epistasis shapes fitness landscapes of APOBEC3G antagonism by HIV-1 Vif proteins | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Congratulations on this beautiful work!

Russell Vought is working to advance a key part of his Project 2025 agenda by giving political appointees unprecedented authority over federal science funding decisions. Fight back by leaving your public comment by visiting this link: zurl.co/hdmlB Article: zurl.co/ijSUz

Trump administration proposal would all but end scientific merit in grant funding, critics say

Proposed in late May, the rule would give political appointees unprecedented control over federal grants for research, education and infrastructure.

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Best way to end the academic year 💚

I'm excited to share our recent working using forward genetics to identify virulence determinants in Rickettsia. Check it out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

A genetic screen identifies O-antigen as essential for Rickettsia parkeri survival in macrophages by protecting from inflammasomes and interferon-stimulated genes

Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is highly immunostimulatory, yet it is evolutionarily conserved among many obligate intracellular bacteria for unknown reasons. We report a forward genetic screen to identify ...

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WE DON’T NEED A FUCKING TREATMENT WE HAVE A VACCINE THAT IS 97% EFFECTIVE AND COULD ERADICATE THE DISEASE IF WE DIDN’T HAVE ANTIVAX GRIFTERS LEADING US 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/w...

With Measles Roaring Back, the Search for a Treatment is On

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Picked the right year to get back into watching the NBA Finals 👍

Well that was one hell of a hockey game 😅 #stanleycupfinals

🚨SSE members: check your inbox!🚨 SSE has sent an important email regarding the OMB's proposed overhaul of federal grant regulations--changes that could affect peer review, publishing, conferences, professional societies, international collaborations, and more. @sse-evolution.bsky.social

If you are going to comment on the proposed changes to how science is done in the US, please use this guide. The rules specify that you have to mention the number associated with the proposed changes, and this blog has those. Here is where to comment: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposes to revise the Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance to improve government- wide policies and requirements related to the management of grants, co...

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Susana Wadgymar🌿🔬@smwadgymar.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Here's a summary of what is being proposed: elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...

Thrilled to announce that the Department of Microbiology at the University of Washington, School of Medicine is hiring at the Assistant Professor level (tenure-track)! The Pacific Northwest is an awesome place to live and do science 🧪🦠. Join us! apply.interfolio.com/185622 Applications due 8/1.

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Science Magazine@science.org · 3mo ago

Jasmine Clark will become the first Black woman with a science Ph.D. to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. https://scim.ag/4dDZe6P

UVic is hiring a Terrestrial Plant Ecologist Assistant Professor! Come join our department! We're nice and Victoria is awesome. www.uvic.ca/science/biol...

Faculty Position in Terrestrial Plant Ecology - University of Victoria

Department: Biology                 &am...

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Help needed! Does anyone have experience extracting nuclei from flash frozen tissue? Especially helpful if it is fish skin or tail tissue! We are trying to get some precious melanoma samples processed for snRNAseq but are having issues with either nuclei number and/or quality

📣 Whelan lab is hiring 📣 We are looking for an entry level technician to help us with our culturing and DNA sequencing prep of cystic fibrosis lung microbiome samples. Applications close 20 May 2026. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Research Technician in Microbiology and Molecular Biology:Oxford Road

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