Join the conversation! National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientific leaders will discuss the Unified Funding Strategy during a panel on Aug. 14 at 10 a.m. EDT. All members of the research community are invited to register: https://ow.ly/k34W50ZtVVL #SciPol #Advocacy #ResearchFunding 🧪 📷: iStock

The Rawls Lab is hiring! We are seeking a motivated research technician to support cutting-edge studies in gastrointestinal physiology using zebrafish & mice. To learn more about this hands-on & in-person position at Duke University in Durham NC, click here: careers.duke.edu/job/Durham-R...

Mark your calendars now for the 2026 Goyal Award Lectureship in GI & Liver Pathophysiology presented by @zachoslab.bsky.social on September 9th at 12pm ET! Register for the @apsphysiology.bsky.social webinar through the link below. bit.ly/4x6zfg9

This was my first KRF Innovations Symposium, but certainly will not be the last! Thank you @krfoundation.org for the invitation to share our work and for a great #IBD-centric event.

Kenneth Rainin Foundation@krfoundation.org · 2w ago

Karen Edelblum, PhD, of the Edelblum Lab (@edelblumlab.bsky.social) at Icahn School of Medicine, Mt. Sinai is presenting on gamma delta intraepithelial lymphocyte regulation of the intestinal barrier. #InnovationsSymposium2026 Read more about Dr. Edelblum’s work: www.edelblumlab.com/about-us

Exciting #postdoc opportunity in the Precision Therapeutics for IBD - Colman Lab! @stanfordpress.bsky.social - Focus on innovative #Pharmacometrics applications and #microbiome biomarkers - postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/...

Just saying.

Achievement unlocked ⭐️ Congratulations @ananya-p.bsky.social for acing her PhD candidacy exam! 🎉 👀 Preprint on her Masters thesis on #gdTcell migration dropping soon!

Congrats to @sayrakinestorm.bsky.social and @ananya-p.bsky.social on their awards for outstanding oral and poster presentations at the Mount Sinai Pathology Research Day!

So... I got more information about this plan. The most important points follow on the next posts. 1/3

Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I heard from several sources yesterday that NIH is planning to release a Request for Information (RFI) that apparently will include this: Scores and percentiles for NIH grant applications will not be shared with applicants although they will be provided to NIH program officers and staff. 1/3

This hit home. I found NIDDK to be particularly strict in this regard.

Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 3mo ago

“Units of the NIH are privately directing grantees to request permission in advance for any co-authorship with a scholar affiliated with a foreign institution, even if all the work was done in the United States.” Grantees also told to remove papers with foreign authors from progress reports.

🚨🧪🧵URGENT INPUT NEEDED: NIH asks input for next strategic plan-including emphasis on non-animal models (NAMs) to replace animals. Per NIH insider, anti-animal responses now outnumber scientists 200-700x. Please please provide input. Deadline: May 26, 11:59 PM ET. grants.nih.gov/news-events/...

👀 Exciting new story on #gdTcells from Irah King’s group.

bioRxiv Immunology@biorxiv-immuno.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Early life γδT cell activation enforces intestinal barrier integrity during intergenerational C. difficile colonization https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.28.721483v1

I don’t know how to feel about grant rejections anymore. When you get a score that would have been funded at any other point in history, except right now, how bad can you feel? I see scores from friends and colleagues (and my own) and it just breaks my heart more than anything.

The Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology is looking to grow! We opened a position for an assistant or associate professor, please distribute ! facultycareers-ohsu.icims.com/jobs/39006/a...

Congratulations to Mark Frey @squeakyanimal.bsky.social on receiving the @apsphysiology.bsky.social A. Clifford Barger Mentorship Award for demonstrated leadership, guidance and mentorship of underrepresented students 🎉

“Our survey of the gender equality initiatives in place showed that encouragement and awareness-raising practices alone have had limited impact. In most organisations, gender equality measures lack dedicated structures, formal mandates, budgets or monitoring mechanisms.”

Amy Diehl, Ph.D.@amydiehl.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Most scientific orgs have open & merit-based nomination, election & awarding procedures. But in 90% of academies surveyed, nomination relies on existing members. When membership is already predominantly male, such procedures perpetuate existing imbalances. theconversation.com/women-in-sci...

📣 We’re hiring! Our lab at Mount Sinai is looking for an experienced clinical coordinator to contribute to our #IBD translational studies. If you’d like to expand your translational research skills with a dynamic team, apply below. @sinaiimmuno.bsky.social careers.mountsinai.org/jobs/3037038...

This paper was a hot topic among our group today ☕️

Elizabeth Schneider@elizschneider.bsky.social · 4mo ago

It was a privilege to have contributed to this exciting work on coffee and the microbiota-gut-brain axis (as I currently sip on my third coffee of the day 😀) Congrats to first authors Serena Boscaini, Gerry Moloney, & @biothomaz.bsky.social & @jfcryan.bsky.social! @ucc-apppsych.bsky.social ☕☕☕

This week at APS: #APS2026 starts this week! ➡️Register (there’s still time!): https://ow.ly/jUkE50YHfAW ➡️Mobile app: https://ow.ly/CyQ450YHfFn ➡️Program: https://ow.ly/Spy350YHfPC ➡️Game changers: https://ow.ly/5PS250YHfQt ➡️More https://ow.ly/Spy350YHfPC #WeArePhysiology 🧪

Excited to share that my thesis work is now published in @jci.org jci.org/articles/view/… Take a look if you’re curious about: 
📍 Regionality in Crohn’s disease - AC vs. TI
🦠 A possible role for pathobionts in Crohn’s disease
🔥 Epithelial mediators of inflammation

Come join us in Breckenridge! 👇🏽

Keystone Symposia@keystonesymposia.bsky.social · 5mo ago

⏰ Last chance to save $250! Register for Beyond Antibiotics by 11:59pm MST on March 5. Join @joeyzacks.bsky.social, @kimingeneva.bsky.social, @dariavantyne.bsky.social & @maribyndloss.bsky.social to spark new collaborations. 🎥 youtu.be/8Ppjx-MnvxA keysym.us/KSBeyondAnti... #KSBeyondAntibiotics26

Thanks to the Editors @aga-cmgh.bsky.social for providing me with a new opportunity and outlet to support the next generation in #GIresearch. As the editor for Training, Education and Mentoring (TEAM) section, we’ll focus on how to help our trainees succeed during these challenging times.

Excited to see new scientific leadership @apsphysiology.bsky.social and to work with our new CEO, Erika Shugart, to promote #physiology advocacy and funding!

American Physiological Society@apsphysiology.bsky.social · 6mo ago

APS has named Erika Shugart as its next CEO. She is a trained biologist, #STEM advocate and leader in the association community. “I am excited to join APS and build on the legacy of contributions the organization has made to society,” Shugart says. Read more: https://ow.ly/6aoR50Y8g6G🧪

Cytokine networks in Paneth cell regulation, a literature review from Adrianne Theiss @ariannetheiss.bsky.social and colleagues: www.mucosalimmunology.org/article/S193...

Here’s a quick way to make sure that your elected representatives know to NOT to support multiyear NIH funding which will significantly reduce the number of new grants supported each year.

American Physiological Society@apsphysiology.bsky.social · 7mo ago

As Congress finalizes FY 2026 appropriations bills, lawmakers need to hear from scientists about the importance of supporting a strong budget for NIH. Let your reps know why NIH funding is important to you: https://ow.ly/aOCO50Y0ioG #advocacy #SciPol #FundScience 🧪 📷: iStock

Did you have a delay in funding or other circumstances outside your control that made you miss the #APS2026 abstract deadline? If so, you can submit a late-breaking abstract now through Feb. 2. We want to see you in Minneapolis! https://ow.ly/B2UQ50XU79w #WeArePhysiology #ProfDev 🧪

#gd2027 is in Wrocław, Poland. Is this a gd17 🦌vs gdIFN 🦏 matchup? #gdTcells @forum-gd.bsky.social @lydialynch.bsky.social @neilemccarthy.bsky.social @payalyokota.bsky.social @coffeltlab.bsky.social @ph-papotto.bsky.social @gold-efisch.bsky.social

Rav@rvbdrm.com · 7mo ago

BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!

Do you have exciting data to share but it wasn't in time for the #APS2026 abstract deadline (or you received a JIT and will have $$ to travel)? Late-breaking abstract submission is open through Feb 2. Accepted late-breaking abstracts will be scheduled for posters. See you in Minneapolis! #Gastrosky

We close out 2025 with a review by @ananya-p.bsky.social & @tingtingli1.bsky.social in @gutmicrobes.bsky.social discussing the influence of the #microbiota on #gdTcell compartments within the gut, since populations and function differ in the #epithelium and lamina propria. 1/n

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