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Ruth Isenberg, PhD

@ruthlessruth15.bsky.social

Microbe lover 🦠 | PhD in Microbiology | Assistant Professor of Biology at Macalester College | First-gen | she/her

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Ruth Isenberg, PhD@ruthlessruth15.bsky.social · yesterday

Headed to #mmpc2026 in Minneapolis this year? Order your MMPC t-shirt before Septemeber 4th! Fun fact: I went through a previous MMPC abstract book and counted all the unique microbes. Can you see your favorite microbe in the shirt design?

A design for a t-shirt reading "Minneapolis, Minnesota Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference. Threat level: Ope. 70 estimated microbes represented. 500 estimated attendees. 2026 September 25-27." The shape of the state of Minnesota is included filled with assorted microbes.
Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference@mmpconference.bsky.social · yesterday

New for #mmpc2026 this year: T-SHIRTS!! Designed by @ruthlessruth15.bsky.social & featuring your favorite microbes! Shirts must be ordered by Sept 4 & can be picked up at the conference. Get your official 2026 Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference swag here: mmpc2026.umn.edu/more/2026-mm...

Ruth Isenberg, PhD@ruthlessruth15.bsky.social · 6mo ago

A fabulous undergraduate researcher I mentor is graduating this spring and is looking for a job as a lab technician! She's interested in bacterial pathogenesis and is planning to go to grad school after getting more research experience. Please let me know if you or anyone you know is hiring!

Elinne Becket, PhD@bielleogy.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Help requested: my friend is interviewing for TTF positions at private SLACs in the US, and wants to prepare a startup package list that is fitting. Can anyone share startup $ ranges at their SLACs, so it's a reasonable number? Please RT.

Tung Le@tunglejic.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Independent research fellowships leading to tenured positions at the John Innes Centre. Repost = nice. Thank you very much!!!

John Innes Centre@johninnescentre.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to give a seminar at the Fellows Conference, which will be held on 10 March 2026. Candidates who win Fellowships will be offered a Tenure Track Group Leader position from the outset, initially for 5 years. Find out more: www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...

Rupinder Kaur, PhD@kaurr.bsky.social · 10mo ago

#Wolbachia has puzzled scientists with its power to rewire insect reproduction. What if I tell you that we found one of the keys Wolbachia use to rewire its host AND a small molecule inhibitor uses this key to mimic what this microbe has mastered for millions of years. www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Beyond Wolbachia—Can a small molecule control insect reproduction?

Kaur et al. demonstrate reduced histone acetylation as a key mechanism underpinning Wolbachia’s paternal-effect embryonic lethality trait in Drosophila melanogaster. Recapitulation of this trait by in...

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Erica D. Pratt@pratted.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Announcing such a major change to NSF GRFP this late in the cycle is incredibly cruel. 2nd yr students (mine included) have been working so hard on their proposals despite ongoing uncertainty. They are driven and passionate about being outstanding scientists and helping those coming up behind them.

This means individuals in the following statuses at the time of application are eligible: Undergraduate in the final (senior) year of a bachelor’s degree program Bachelor’s degree-holder with NO enrollment in a graduate degree program (non-degree graduate coursework allowed) Individual enrolled in a joint bachelor’s-master’s degree program with at least three undergraduate years completed First-year graduate student in their first graduate degree program with less than one academic year completed in the degree program (according to institution’s academic calendar) Individuals enrolled in joint bachelor’s-master’s degree programs are considered graduate students. For GRFP, joint bachelor’s-master’s degrees are defined as degrees concurrently pursued and awarded. Not be a current NSF employee. Applications that do not meet eligibility requirements will be returned without review as being ineligible for a fellowship.
Jason “Obstacle to Progress” Williams@jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment. The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/

An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

jasonjwilliamsny.github.io

George O'Toole (he/him/his)@geiselbiofilm.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Job opening - pls share: The Biology Department at Worcester State University has been approved to hire TWO new tenure-track faculty members to begin September 1, 2026! Here is a link to the job ad and application site: worcester.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta... .

Worcester State University Job Posting: Assistant/Associate Professor, Biology

Worcester State University Job Posting: Assistant/Associate Professor, Biology

worcester.interviewexchange.com

Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference@mmpconference.bsky.social · 12mo ago

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...

MMPC 2025 - Submit an Abstract

Submission Dates Abstract submission will open on May 1, 2025 Oral abstract submission deadline: July 15, 2025 Poster abstract submission deadline: Extended to August 25! Instructions for abstract s...

mmpconference2025.com

Amelia Randich@ameliarandich.bsky.social · 12mo ago

@ruthlessruth15.bsky.social: #Streptococcus mutants can kill #Enterococcus and other G(+)’s with mutanobactin, a cyclic lipopeptide that increases cell membrane permeability #phages2025 🦠 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Streptococcal natural products mediate interspecies competition with Gram-positive bacterial pathogens

Polymicrobial communities where bacteria must compete with each other to persist can serve as a source of uncharacterized antibacterial compounds to develop drugs for the treatment of drug-resistant i...

biorxiv.org

Ben Parker@ben-parker.bsky.social · last yr.

The Parker Lab at UNC Biology is hiring a postdoc to work on insect–microbe interactions. Support available for multiple years from startup; we are open to a range of project ideas. Come join us to study symbiosis in a supportive, collaborative environment! unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/303...

Post-Doc Research Associate

The researcher will be primarily responsible for carrying out investigations related to our lab's research, using an insect model system (aphids) to address mechanistic and evolutionary genetic questi...

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Ruth Isenberg, PhD@ruthlessruth15.bsky.social · last yr.

Okay but for real, what are people actually looking for when they ask you to identify your ethnicity/race? Whenever I can only select one (which is silly) I at least want to select the option that is closest to what the asker is looking for.

Knut Drescher@knutdrescher.bsky.social · 2y ago

We found that many bacterial species use exogenous peptidoglycan fragments - released by lysis of neighboring cells - as a general danger signal, triggering a danger response that protects bacteria against many dangers: biofilm formation. Details here 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Bacteria use exogenous peptidoglycan as a danger signal to trigger biofilm formation - Nature Microbiology

Peptidoglycan released by neighbouring kin or non-kin cell lysis induces physiological changes that protect from a range of stresses, including phage predation.

nature.com

Alexis Rohou@alexisrohou.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨 Attention #teamtomo PhD students! 🚨 12-week paid internship opportunity at Genentech. Want to see how we use cryoET in pharma? And spend the summer 2025 in the Bay Area? Details and application link here: roche.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/ROG-A2O-GENE...

2025 Summer Intern - Department of Structural Biology

Department Summary The CryoEM Group in the Department of Structural Biology is dedicated to providing high-resolution structural insights into biological macromolecules involved in health and disease....

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