Check out this awesome review from Erin Green and group!

Andreas Bäumler@abaumler.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Check out our New Voices in Microbiology: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Phages 2026! Such a fun meeting connecting with awesome scientists.

Our lab is hiring an enthusiastic and motivated research specialist to study host-pathogen interactions in the context of S. aureus infection. For more information, see below: Lab website: www.reyesruizlab.org jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/researc...

Research Specialist - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:Academic StaffEmployment Type...

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Our lab is hiring an enthusiastic and motivated research specialist to study host-pathogen interactions in the context of S. aureus infection. For more information, see below: Lab website: www.reyesruizlab.org jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/researc...

Research Specialist - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:Academic StaffEmployment Type...

jobs.wisc.edu

Congratulations to everyone but most of all to @laurenpalmer.bsky.social ! Such an incredible role model as a scientist and mentor. ♥️

Burroughs Wellcome Fund@bwfund.bsky.social · 6mo ago

BWF Announces the 2026 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease www.bwfund.org/news/bwf-ann... #bwfpath

Excited to share the final part of my postdoc work, where we investigate the impact of antimicrobial treatment on susceptibility to hospital-acquired Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia. Thanks to our amazing group of collaborators for their contributions to this study! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

The intestinal microbiota impacts nutritional immunity and resistance to Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia | PNAS

Broad-spectrum antibiotics are frequently administered to intensive care unit patients as part of empiric care. This treatment has been associated ...

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Congrats to Jesse on her win for the Skaar Lab Baked Goods Taste test! Big win with Pesto/Parmesan pull apart bread. Also, celebrating @sarahprice.bsky.social, runner up with a cannoli cake. #SkaarLabBracket

Please join us for the Cold Spring Harbor Asia @cshlnews.bsky.social meeting on Bacterial Infection & Host Defense this May 11-15 in Suzhou, China! We have a fantastic lineup of speakers. Abstract deadline is March 6. Hope to see you there!

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

Job alert ‼️ UChicago Micro is hiring! Open to tenured/tenure track faculty at all levels in any area of microbiology. Come join our amazing and growing department. apply.interfolio.com/174404

Ready for MMPC, but first, some yummy food in Chicago! 🥰♥️

Ready to start MegaMicrobe 2025! Thanks to Owen and Jesse for leading the Skaar Lab booth with the ESKAPE band. 🎸🤘

Honored to have received the 2026 ASM Award for Early Career Basic Research. This award is also a recognition of my phenomenal trainees and their hard work. Thank you to the mentors that have supported my career and those who have nominated me for this award. asm.org/press-releas...

Did you miss the opportunity to submit an abstract to MMPC? We have extended the deadline to August 25! Please consider sharing your latest and greatest research! www.mmpconference2025.com/submit-an-ab...

Please share my 1 min video on the importance of maintaining NIH funding of infectious diseases and drug discovery research vs rising antibiotic resistance Drastic budget cuts harm our health and imperil the next generation of scientists More @UCSanDiego “Behind Every Breakthrough” bit.ly/3FlXQs3

Super excited to share our paper online 🚨today🚨 in Cell Host & Microbe‬! Xiaomei Ren @xiaomeiren.bsky.social and Mason Clark @rmasonclark.bsky.social‬ co-led discovery of ecological factors for Acinetobacter baumannii carriage in the gut, a reservoir for pathogen spread. 🎉 tinyurl.com/443kfefk

Cell Host & Microbe@cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social · last yr.

Amino acid competition shapes A. baumannii gut carriage Acinetobacter baumannii uses ornithine to compete w/ microbiota & persist in gut. Amino acid supplementation & differences in diet promote A. baumannii gut colonization in mice & humans @laurenpalmer.bsky.social‬ www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

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

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...

cell.com

This is awesome! Congratulations Angel. Excited to get to UW Madison and connect again. 🙂

Angel J Hernández Viera@angeljhv.bsky.social · last yr.

Recognizing the importance of language accessibility in science and scientific communication, I have translated this work into Spanish. You can find the Spanish translation in Supplementary file 3!

I'm excited to announced that the version of record of this article is out in @elife.bsky.social. With the other first coauthor My Tran, we found that phage resistance cause reduced beta-lactam resistance and reduced virulence phenotypes in diverse MRSA strains. elifesciences.org/articles/102...

Bacteriophage infection drives loss of β-lactam resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

In methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, evolution of bacteriophage resistance causes trade-offs that re-sensitize the bacteriato β-lactam antibiotics.

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Somedays are so heavy. Keep the empathy and kindness at 100%. This world needs who you are! ♥️

This is our home ❤️🥹 Feels good to spend time with family.

Congratulations to everyone, especially to @joeyzacks.bsky.social! So well deserved. 🥰

BWFPATH@bwfpath.bsky.social · last yr.

Congrats to @sarahprice.bsky.social on her win for the Skaar Lab Desserts Taste test! Also, celebrating @eliasxwest.bsky.social. Big win with Cremé Bruleé. Runner up with a strawberry pie. #SkaarLabBracket

1/3 It’s official 🙌🏽 The Reyes Ruiz Lab is opening in 2026 at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences. My lab will focus on host antibacterial effectors and adaptation of bacteria to host-imposed stress during S. aureus infections.

So much joy to see everyone today coming together to celebrate 20 years of the Skaar Lab. Thank you to Eric for the leadership and mentorship over the years! 🥰

#20yearsofskaar

Celebrating 20 years of the Skaar Lab 🙂

Joe Zackular@joeyzacks.bsky.social · 2y ago

So good to be back in Nashville to celebrate 20 years of the Skaar Lab!

Thrilled to share our @elife.bsky.social paper "Inflammasomes primarily restrict cytosolic Salmonella replication within human macrophages" by 1st author Dr. @marisaegan.bsky.social (@cambupenn.bsky.social alum, now faculty @swarthmorecollege.bsky.social)! elifesciences.org/articles/90107 🧵(1/n)

During a conversation today, someone said that in order to be courageous, you have to experience fear. That stuck with me. The fear of uncertainty is so strong, but taking it day by day, with love and courage, is the only way I can see forward.

Two talks, same outfit vibe 😅🥰♥️