Almost forgot! Thrilled to attend this EMBO workshop in beautiful Leiden representing @plosbiology.org . The program lucks superb! There will be a meet-the-editor dinner and a panel discussion with editors. Come by! Also outside of it! Always happy to chat about your science and ideas 💫

EMBO@embo.org · 5mo ago

Explore #immunology, #virology, #microbiology and more at the EMBO Workshop "Pathogen Immunity and Signalling" in #Leiden, Netherlands, 8–11 June 2026. Registration deadline: 15 March https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-pathogen-immunity #EMBOpathogenSignalling #EMBOevents 🧪

I am traveling today to Shanghai representing @plosbiology.org for some exciting site visits followed by the #CSHA on Bacterial Infection & Host Defense which has an amazing program with two of our Academic Editors 💙 If you are in the area and want to chat, feel free to reach out!

#SARSCoV2 has optimized its replication fitness in the human host. @rorymulloy.bsky.social @corcoranlab.bsky.social &co show that a #nucleocapsid gene mutation enhances production of a truncated protein that boosts viral fitness by suppressing #antiviral responses @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3PIZMjr

Really excited to participate and represent @plosbiology.org as an editor next week at @keystonesymposia.bsky.social meetings on the microbiome!! Have you seen the program? Looks amazing! As always, reach out if you wanna chat over there! #KSMicroMetab26 #KSMicrobiome26

Human Microbiome: From Models and Mechanism to Medicine | Keystone Symposia

Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Human Microbiome: From Models and Mechanism to Medicine, January 2026, in Banff, with field leaders!

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Intracellular pathogens like #Chlamydia can hide from host defenses in a #vacuole. This study shows that CpoS maintains the stability of Chlamydia’s parasitophorous vacuole; early vacuole destabilization clears infection, suggesting a potential therapeutic target @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3Ur0YqJ

Ran my first 10k in beautiful Heidelberg 🙂‍↔️ And got to see some babies on the way!

Just a few minutes for this really great conference to start! Amazing talks, superb program and beautiful city Happy as always to represent @plosbiology.org at #EESMicrobiology Feel free to approach and have a chat!

Typas Lab@typaslab.bsky.social · last yr.

Excited for New Approaches and Concepts in Microbiology 2025 with sessions on Bacterial systems biology, Bacterial cell biology & protein machines, Microbiomes, Environment & evolution, Pathogenesis & phage, Antibiotic discovery, mechanisms, and resistance. #EESMicrobiology

📅 I am organizing a session on #ERC funding opportunities at the EMBO | EMBL Symposium-Infection: pathogens, hosts, and microbiomes. 26-28 May 2025. If you are around, feel free to stop by. @erc.europa.eu @embl.org

Excited to join next week to this @embl.org symposium #EESInfection! The program looks great and I am happy to say that @plosbiology.org will be giving 2 poster prizes! As always, reach out if you are going to be there too!

EMBL Events@events.embl.org · last yr.

🦠🔬Don't miss the chance to meet experts working on different pathogens at the "Infection: pathogens, hosts, and microbiomes" symposium! Register until 14 April #EESInfection to join us in #Heidelberg 👉 https://s.embl.org/ees25-04-bl 🗓️ 26 – 28 May 2025 📍 EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual

Another exciting conference! I am attending this week the #GRC of #Neuroimmunity in Lucca representing @plosbiology.org Really cool talks and people in a beautiful place! Looking forward to it! www.grc.org/neuroimmune-...

Great talk from @audeber.bsky.social about defense system diversity. And then also from @pdeweirdt.bsky.social from the lab of one of our Editorial Board Members Michael Laub. So much to still discover!

So excited to participate on this @embo.org workshop representing @plosbiology.org! There'll be amazing talks & posters! Feel free to come to me! I'm always happy to chat ;) I'll also take the opportunity for a site visit @institutpasteur.bsky.social Mon & Fri, so reach-out if you are there!

Aude Bernheim@audeber.bsky.social · 2y ago

Registration now open for the EMBO Workshop: Immune System of Bacteria !!!! www.sisb2025.conferences-pasteur.org/home Joins us in Institut Pasteur, Paris, April 8-10th.

Happening TODAY! It is not too late to register for the #FEMSMicrobiolEcol Webinar. This session will not only push the boundaries of ecological understanding but also underscore the critical role of microbes in addressing environmental challenges.🌍 buff.ly/3X6aCR9

Reviewer fatigue is there. Check out this editorial :) If you have ideas that you think we should consider feel free to comment. I am already aware that a solution may be to pay reviewers, it will be interesting to see the outcome from CoB, and how affordable that is (specially for non-profits)

PLOS Biology@plosbiology.org · last yr.

The term "reviewer fatigue” has become familiar in scientific publishing. In this Editorial, @droutledge.bsky.social & @npariente.bsky.social discuss how we can make the peer review system more sustainable & ways that PLOS Biology is already helping to ease the burden on reviewers🧪 ▶️ plos.io/41YKIRa

What is up Bluesky! I'm an Associate Editor working at #PLOSBiology with everything related with #Microbiology and #Immunology Looking forward to all #science posts! Also, if you wanna book a meet-the-editor zoom meeting with me and talk about your work, just click scheduler.zoom.us/melissa-vazq...!

Our new story on #T6SS WHIX effectors and bacterial warfare is out in @plosbiology.org. It has a lot more data than the original bioRxiv preprint, so take a look even if you’ve read that. 🦠 What did we find? A thread... 1/9 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

A new class of type VI secretion system effectors can carry two toxic domains and are recognized through the WHIX motif for export

The secretion mechanisms of many type VI secretion system (T6SS) effectors in Gram-negative bacteria remain unclear. This study identifies a new class of T6SS effectors, which can harbor either one or...

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Let's talk about this Nature piece in more detail. I've rarely read something so anti-scientific anywhere short of the National Review. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Three AI-powered steps to faster, smarter peer review

Tired of spending countless hours on peer reviews? An AI-assisted workflow could help.

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Super fun to be part of this. Thank you @sparrerlab.bsky.social for inviting me to talk a bit about AI in scientific publishing!

GfV - Gesellschaft für Virologie@gesvirologie.bsky.social · last yr.

Ahead of the GfV's 34th Annual Meeting, the #jGfV ACHIEVE working group organised their annual workshop at the @leibnizliv.bsky.social aiming to train and support the next generation of virologists.

Really happy to attend the "Molecular Determinants of Zoonotic Virus Infections and Beyond" meeting in Freiburg representing @plosbiology.org I will also have a meet the editor session this Friday, so come over! As always, feel free to reach out in person, by e-mail or dm

In this uncertain and weird times, I am so happy and proud to be part of @plos.org and @plosbiology.org. "PLOS will not compromise on issues of scientific rigor & editorial integrity... we seek diversity because more expert voices make for better science"

PLOS@plos.org · last yr.

PLOS remains committed to the principles of #OpenScience: integrity, transparency, inclusivity, and collaboration. Recent policy changes in the U.S. raise concerns about the impact on the global research community and scientific integrity. Read the statement: plos.io/3D4O8cH

Important then, and even more important now... Also, I have to say that I am quite proud of this team, PLOS and the values we support

PLOS Biology@plosbiology.org · last yr.

In 2025, we continue to advocate for policy based on scientific evidence. This 2020 Editorial, “We need leaders that believe in scientific evidence”, resonates today as loudly as ever: plos.io/34lyl59. PLOS Biology also continues to push for DEI and a diverse scientific community: plos.io/3rzxczU 🧪

biology is so beautiful!

Roli Roberts@roliroberts.bsky.social · last yr.

This stunning pic of sensory neurons in a #Drosophila larva received a near-unanimous vote from the @plosbiology.org team for the featured image of our Jan 2025 issue. It was made by Pankajam Thyagarajan in Melissa Rolls' lab. The neurons are magenta and the overlying epidermal cells are green.

Iron-sulfur proteins require specialized assembly pathways. @s-besteiro.bsky.social &co show that the plastid-derived protein HCF101 functions in the cytosolic Fe-S assembly pathway in #Toxoplasma and is crucial for #parasite viability 🧪 @plosbiology.org plos.io/3EFKKoQ

quite a nice study from the @maierlab.bsky.social

PLOS Biology@plosbiology.org · 2y ago

#Neisseria gonorrhoeae evades immunity by altering its surface structures. @maierlab.bsky.social &co show that this process also modulates bacterial interactions, driving microcolony diversification, aggregation, colony morphology & #antibiotic tolerance 🧪 @plosbiology.org plos.io/4aN1zdO

In a see of horrible, and sometimes disheartening news, here is a picture of my ninja cat enjoying the sun

500 classrooms have signed up for Skype a Scientist 2025! @skypeascientist.bsky.social matches scientists with classrooms, scout troops, libraries, & other groups for Q&A sessions. It's FREE! We have an advertising budget of $0. So tell an educator in your life that we exist SkypeAScientist.com

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Institut Pasteur | 130 years of biomedical research@pasteur.fr · 2y ago

The Institut Pasteur has decided to leave X (formerly Twitter) to join BlueSky! 🦋 The Institut Pasteur made this decision due to several serious issues observed on the X platform since its acquisition. Join us here to continue advocating for science. www.pasteur.fr/en/home/pres...

If you're just getting back on Bluesky, welcome to 2025! Here's a 🧵 on the editors' highlights of the stuff that we published in @plosbiology.org last year, compiled in this v nice editorial by @droutledge.bsky.social ...

PLOS Biology@plosbiology.org · 2y ago

As we reach the end of 2024, this Editorial celebrates an amazing year of science for #PLOSBiology and the life sciences more broadly: plos.io/3BqPSwc 🧪 And from the Staff Editors at PLOS Biology, we thank everyone who continues to support the journal - and happy holidays!🎄

This has also been my first year as editor and being part of this amazing team was one of the best things in 2024. I would like to thank the whole team and the Academic Editors for their help and patience, the authors for their trust, and the reviewers for their hard work. Happy holidays everyone!

PLOS Biology@plosbiology.org · 2y ago

As we reach the end of 2024, this Editorial celebrates an amazing year of science for #PLOSBiology and the life sciences more broadly: plos.io/3BqPSwc 🧪 And from the Staff Editors at PLOS Biology, we thank everyone who continues to support the journal - and happy holidays!🎄

Repeated antigen exposure drives T-cell exhaustion, impairing immune function. Study identifies HAT p300 as a driver of CD4+ #Tcell exhaustion, implicating novel surface receptors & transcriptional regulators, and a metabolic shift to dysfunctional fatty acid oxidation 🧪 #PLOSBiology plos.io/4glg2iO