Michael Silverman
@michael-silverman.bsky.social
passionate about discovering ways to leverage early life microbiome/ immune development to prevent autoimmune disease, pediatric infectious disease physician and immunologist.
ID physician Anthony Fauci, MD, FIDSA has led with courage, scientific integrity and an unwavering commitment to improving public health. These qualities inspired IDSA to establish the Anthony Fauci Courage in Leadership Award. We thank him for his service to patients, science & the ID community.
It’s #WorldBreastfeedingWeek! Breastfeeding provides the perfect nutrition for babies and a healthy beginning - with benefits that last for life. From maternity leave to trained counsellors, let’s ensure every mum gets the #breastfeeding support she needs! https://bit.ly/4wyTpzy
This was a blast to be on! I was slightly star struck, but give it a listen and follow!
Microbetv@microbetv.bsky.social · last wk.New on Immune! Kathryn Knoop and Marion Brunck join the Immune team to talk about their research and their podcast “Mucosal Immunology” @cindyleifer.bsky.social @marionbrunck.bsky.social @bioprofbarker.bsky.social @stephanielangel.bsky.social
It’s #MucosalMonday and time for another MI Podcast episode, fresh from #ICMI2026. Hear from the poster sessions, and listen to Sing Sing Way @babiesresearch.bsky.social and Petter Brodin discuss the immune system during infancy. www.iheart.com/podcast/269-...
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ~ Aristotle
This week, we have a very large timeline update from Immigration and smaller updates from Food Safety, Medicaid, and Federal Workforce. Our weekly briefing covers all four at highest speed: unbreaking.org/blog/briefin...
Briefing: Immigration, Food Safety + more — Unbreaking
This week we have a short briefing about so many events in Immigration, some upsetting things happening in Food Safety, and quick updates from our Medicaid and Federal Workforce teams.
unbreaking.org
@scripps.edu PhD candidate Dom Haas received the @societymucosalimm.bsky.social Young Investigator Award to present his work at #ICMI2026 👏
#ICMI2026 Reviews from the speakers! Sing Sing Way @babiesresearch.bsky.social discusses “Learning immunology from mothers and babies“. Catch his talk on Thursday and read his review: www.mucosalimmunology.org/article/S193...
The serious looming further threat to US science www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
An O.M.B. Plan to Defund Science—and Anything Trump Doesn’t Like
Under a new proposal, Administration officials could deny government grants to any group or project on the ground that it didn’t fit the President’s agenda.
newyorker.com
Nadine Cerf-Bensussan, longtime Mucosal Immunology editor, has been awarded the Brian Kelsall Medal for her work with the journal. Thanks Nadine for all your efforts! #ICMI2026
I am so proud to be apart of @societymucosalimm.bsky.social. Everything I do for the @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social journal and podcast, I do to learn and share all of the amazing science🧪 from the many fantastic researchers 👩🔬 in this community. Thank you 💚 #ICMI2026
When 91 degrees feels surprisingly comfortable!
🔬 Announcing our newest awardees! 🌟 These brilliant minds are pushing boundaries across microbiology, immunology, infectious disease, earth systems, and neuroscience. Celebrate with us as we highlight their projects today👇 in our 🧵: 1/ bit.ly/HFAwardees
NIH Grants Management people are truly heroic (as are Program officers)--mine is emailing at 8:50 PM--they are working overtime to keep science in operation in the US.
The latest Mucosal Immunology Podcast episode is live! @societymucosalimm.bsky.social @marionbrunck.bsky.social @kknoop.bsky.social www.iheart.com/podcast/269-...
8th annual ‘Zackular Spectacular’!! Very fortunate to have such an amazing team!
IgA is necessary and sufficient to prevent norovirus infection in mice @wilenlab.bsky.social @aryaokten.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Introducing MicFly MicFLY, single-cell technology that quantifies bacterial abundance & links bacterial identity to viability, mRNA expression & Ab binding. Application to preterm infant cohort reveals ⬆️IgA/IgG-unbound Enterobacteriaceae associate w/NEC www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
Single-cell detection and quantification of the microbiota by MicFLY
Quantitative tools are necessary to resolve longitudinal changes in the microbiota. Tin et al. present MicFLY, a single-cell flow cytometric technique that quantifies bacteria and links bacterial identity to viability, mRNA expression, and antibody binding. MicFLY resolves intestinal bacterial species and antibody-binding dynamics in a longitudinal preterm infant cohort.
cell.com
New in PLOS Global Public Health: we traced a Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreak in a Botswana NICU (41 cases, 10 deaths) to contaminated shared IV fluid bags. The strain was drug-susceptible, so MDR colonization screening missed it. A 24-hr discard policy ended it. doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Integrated epidemiologic investigation and genomic confirmation of a Klebsiella pneumoniae neonatal sepsis outbreak in Botswana
Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kpn) is a major cause of infant mortality worldwide, with most transmission occurring among hospitalized neonates in low- and middle-income countries where infections caused by ...
doi.org
Enteropathy produced in mice by intergenerational transmission of small intestinal microbiota from undernourished children @natmicrobiol.nature.com @kalipruss.bsky.social @washumedicine.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This is one of the most exciting IBD papers of 2026 so far!!! 👇🏼 Every now and then, a study comes along that fundamentally changes how we think about disease mechanisms. This is one of them. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Interleukin-10 Autoantibodies and HLA-DRB1*01:03 in Inflammatory Bowel Disease | NEJM
Neutralizing autoantibodies against interleukin-10 can result in a phenocopy of monogenic defects of interleukin-10 signaling in children and may be associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)...
nejm.org
Super proud of Zackular Lab postdoc @shealynicg.bsky.social for receiving @bwfund.bsky.social PDEP! This is well-deserved recognition of Nic's incredible work and potential.Thank you to @bwfund.bsky.social for supporting Nic and this amazing cohort of future leaders! www.bwfund.org/news/2026-po...
2026 Postdoctoral Enrichment Program Recipients Announced - Burroughs Wellcome Fund
DURHAM, N.C. — The Burroughs Wellcome Fund and The Charles H. Revson Foundation are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 Postdoctoral Enrichment Program (PDEP) awards, providing career-devel...
bwfund.org
Top leaders at the American Diabetes Association have resigned in wake of the huge outpouring of support for the 5 scientists — incl an ADA flagship journal editor — that the ADA forcibly removed from the annual meeting for disturbing an editorial from the ADA’s own flagship journal.
Leaders Resign From ADA After Experts Booted From Meeting
Resignations included the organization's president-elect and scientific sessions chair
medpagetoday.com
@mucosalimmunol.bsky.social @cincyresearch.bsky.social @babiesresearch.bsky.social @lukeocyte-bio.bsky.social Learning immunology from mothers and babies www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The White House Office of Management and Budget is moving to take more control of billions of dollars in federal grants. Critics say the proposed change would jeopardize the integrity of U.S. science. n.pr/4uNA78T
President Trump seeks control of science funding
The White House Office of Management and Budget is moving to take more control of billions of dollars in federal grants. Critics say the proposed change would jeopardize the integrity of U.S. science.
n.pr
Donnie Dania took this brilliant photo in 2025. Talk about being in the right place at the right time. Goodnight
Join us next Tuesday (May 19, 11am ET) for the Colton Consortium Virtual Seminar featuring Montserrat Anguera, PhD (Penn Vet) who will be covering "Sex Differences in Autoimmune Disease: Xist RNA-Mediated Mechanisms That Influence B Cell Function." Registration required: https://bit.ly/4wwhLdP
Colton Virtual Seminar Series
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