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Gina Lewin

@ginalewin.bsky.social

Assistant Prof at Case Western studying microbial interactions in the oral and vaginal microbiomes (and beyond!). Also find me outside, baking, coloring, or sleeping. thelewinlab.com

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Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · 3w ago

🚨 HEADS UP: If you haven't submitted a comment on the OMB proposal yet, there's still time - but it's running out! TODAY IS THE LAST DAY to push back against Russell Vought's attempt to give political appointees unprecedented control over federal research funding. Take Action: zurl.co/cY8HD

Graphic from Stand Up for Science urging action on a federal funding proposal. Large text reads: "TODAY IS THE LAST DAY" and "Help Us Stop Vought From Destroying American Science." A portrait of Russell Vought appears beside the U.S. Capitol. A banner along the bottom reads: "Submit a comment on the OMB proposal | Link in bio to take action." The Stand Up for Science logo appears in the top left.
Glen Dsouza@nonresidentdesi.bsky.social · 3w ago

Excited to share that I've been awarded a 5-year NIH MIRA (R35) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences! The lab is growing! We're recruiting postdocs and research techs interested in microbial ecology, quantitative microscopy, microfluidics, and molecular biology. Please share!

Kimberly Kline 🏔@kimingeneva.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We've been learning a lot about how Enterococcus faecalis interacts with neutrophils lately. In our latest preprint, @harisantypas.bsky.social describes how lactic acid from E. faecalis dampens neutrophil metabolism leading to NETosis and phagoytosis suppression. #microsky

bioRxiv Microbiology@biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Enterococcus faecalis biofilm rewires neutrophil metabolism to suppress antimicrobial functions https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.18.733107v1

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈@whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Scientific journal editor here: If you're invited to peer review an article and you can't do it, please just click "no." That tells me "this person can't do it, I should invite someone else." Otherwise the system waits 3 weeks to tell me that you didn't respond and I should invite someone else.

Lily Khadempour@khadlily.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Do you study human microbiomes? Have you used the word "commensal"? Then this paper was written with you in mind! It was an absolute pleasure to write this with the incomparable @ginalewin.bsky.social journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

mGem: Tapping into the language of symbiosis to advance human microbiome research | mBio

An overarching goal in microbiome research is to understand how the complex communities in our bodies contribute to health and disease, and ultimately, we aim to leverage and control these communities...

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Gina Lewin@ginalewin.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Happy to share this perspective about better integrating the microbiome and symbiosis fields, starting with a call to be more accurate with our terminology journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... Was the best experience to write this article with the amazing @khadlily.bsky.social #microbiome #microsky

mGem: Tapping into the language of symbiosis to advance human microbiome research | mBio

An overarching goal in microbiome research is to understand how the complex communities in our bodies contribute to health and disease, and ultimately, we aim to leverage and control these communities to promote health. To continue advancing this work, we need conceptual frameworks that aid in understanding the relationships between us and our microbiota. Conceptual frameworks can ensure that we avoid doing our science in silos by unifying work across disciplines, and they can help form hypotheses and questions for future research. In human microbiome research, there have been various conceptual frameworks that have advanced our science (1–4). In this perspective, we highlight the symbiosis framework and definitions in connection to microbiome research, with the hope that adoption of this framework will advance our ability to study the human microbiome.

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Gina Lewin@ginalewin.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Going to be a good day at #ASMicrobe Check out two presentations from my lab: Alyssa Hamm is taking about bacterial scRNA-seq at 3:15 in 151AB Grace Heine is presenting poster MECH-SAT-496 on the role of strain- and species-level diversity in microbial interactions

Spatially-Resolved Bacterial Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Links Microbe-Microbe Interactions and Transcriptional Heterogeneity - Alyssa R. Hamm Sat Jun 06 3:15 PM-3:30 PM (ET) 151ABMECH-SAT-496: Genomic Heterogeneity Across Streptococci Alters their Interactions with an Oral Pathogen - Grace Heine
Gina Lewin@ginalewin.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Excited to be in DC for #ASMicrobe! Come find me at poster MECH-FRI-454 this afternoon. Or please reach out if you want to chat about this open position in my lab!

MECH-FRI-454: Defining the Ecological Role of Rothia in the Human Oro-Respiratory Tract.
Gina Lewin@ginalewin.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🚨🦠💻🧬🚨 My lab is hiring!! Looking for a technician or postdoc to join us in Cleveland starting this summer to lead a project analyzing ~1000 metatranscriptomes from the human oral cavity. More info on my lab website www.thelewinlab.com/join-us #ASMicrobe #Microbiome #Microsky

The Lewin Lab is looking for enthusiastic and motivated scientists to join our team. Research Assistants (Technician): We are currently recruiting an engaged and thoughtful Research Assistant to lead a project studying the gene expression of microbes in the human oral cavity using computational approaches. This position may also include additional opportunities to study the oral and vaginal microbiota using computational and/or wet-lab approaches. Depending on your qualifications, please apply here or here for external candidates (here or here for internal CWRU candidates), and please reach out to Gina directly with any questions. Strong preference for a candidate who can start by August 1, 2026. Postdoctoral Fellows: We currently have an opening to hire a postdoctoral fellow to study how genomic and transcriptomic heterogeneity interplays with microbial interactions in the oral cavity and female reproductive tract. A major component of this work will be computational, with the opportunity for a wet-lab component as well. Ideally, we are interested in postdocs that can start Summer 2026. Postdocs are also encouraged to submit applications for independent funding to pursue these or other projects. To apply, please email Gina with a short cover letter that details your research interests and why you are applying to the Lewin lab in particular and your CV. For more information, reach out to Gina directly.
Oliver Meacock@olimeacock.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Delighted to see this out in its final form! doi.org/10.1093/isme... We established a discussion group focussed on the history of community ecology and how it informs our understanding of microbiota. This review distils those discussions to provide a guide for microbiologists entering the field

A microbiologist’s field guide to community ecology

Abstract. Many microbiological outcomes are shaped by the determinants of community composition, including the factors that allow pathogens to invade healt

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Dr. Lauren E. Fuess@laurenfuess.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Update: I am definitely hiring 2 PhD students; preference to those who can start spring 2027, but reach out if you’re looking to start in Fall 27. Want to start earlier? Reach out and we can talk about technician positions starting as early as this summer.

Dr. Lauren E. Fuess@laurenfuess.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Hi folks, there is a high likelihood I will be recruiting 1-2 PhD students to start in Spring 2027. Trying to get the word out early; please share broadly with your networks and encourage your students to reach out early. Info can be found on my webpage. fuesslab.wp.txstate.edu/opportunities/

Beth Cimini 🔬💻📊@bethcimini.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Just 4 days until the start of I2K and its 33 totally free image analysis tutorials and events! Please share with your "home networks", especially early career researchers - the videos will be amazing and high-impact no matter how many people attend live, BUT (1/x)

A fluorescent embryo on black text, with the words Halfway to I2K: Virtual Tutorials on Image Analysis November 17-19, 2025 Virtual Conference for beginners to developers i2kconference.org Image Credit - "Sweet Embryo",Travis D. Carney, BINA Image Contest 2024
Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · 11mo ago

A substantial part (but not all) of this increased investment is multi-year funded grants. My current estimate is that multi-year funding has been used in lieu of ~2400 annually funded grants that could have been made. 2/2