An early 20th century bat roost, erected in San Antonio for the purpose of malaria control. Bats of course eat mosquitoes. Dr. Charles Augustus Rosenheimer Campbell stands on the cross beam. It was his idea. Photo by Bain News Service. (Library of Congress)

I am hiring an associate scientist (non-PhD). If you have interest in #glycotime and antibody de novo sequencing please consider applying: regeneron.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Career...

Associate Scientist - Analytical and Biological Mass Spectrometry (ABMS) (1 of 2)

Regeneron Pharmaceutical's Analytical and Biological Mass Spectrometry Group (ABMS), located in Tarrytown, NY is seeking a highly motivated Associate Scientist. In this role, you will work in an innov...

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🚨 A #postdoc position is available @lambrechtslab.bsky.social @pasteur.fr ➡️ Come join our team to investigate the #genomic variations underlying the adaptive potential and vectorial capacity of Aedes aegypti #mosquitoes 🦟 More details at this link: research.pasteur.fr/b/1Cov

Postdoctoral position in mosquito population genomics at Institut Pasteur in Paris - Research

The Insect-Virus Interactions Unit is looking for a postdoctoral researcher to investigate the genomic variations underlying a mosquito’s capacity to transmit human arboviruses. Description Our resear...

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Not enough UK dads are engaging with this consultation! A short survey could help make the world a slightly better place. www.gov.uk/government/c...

Growing up in the online world: a national consultation

We are consulting on further measures to prepare children for the future in an age of rapid technological change. This includes potential age restrictions on social media and other services such as ga...

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Deadline is April 20th! Let’s get those viruses

Ella Sieradzki@sieravirus.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I'm hiring my first postdoc! Apply by 20/4/26, position #20443. Seeking an environmental microbiologist with experience in metagenomics (preferably viromics) and molecular biology. Experience with targeted metabolomics is a plus. international.au.dk/about/profil...

Final call to submit your abstract for #OptionsXIII in #Washington, DC 🗓 Deadline this Friday 10 April Submit now: buff.ly/M0XfKjt #Influenza #RespiratoryViruses

Master's student in Germany and looking for potential PhD positions? Interested in viruses, evolution or virus-host interactions? But haven't found the right lab or project yet? Writing your own project proposal and applying for a PhD scholarship might be on option for you.... Then get in touch

In February 2021, a town in Brazil showed up for a groundbreaking randomized Covid vax trial, providing evidence of population effects of mass vaccination in a pandemic. My latest @plos.org post digs into this exciting precedent & why it matters: absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2026/03/28/a...

A Unique Pandemic Control Trial - Absolutely Maybe

When I was young, while I understood pandemics that kill millions could happen in theory, I really thought they were a thing…

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📢We’re hiring! 3 Research Associates to join Professor Arthur Kaser's lab at #CITIID to investigate FAMIN, a core enzyme we discovered that prevents inflammation and autoimmunity. ➡️https://buff.ly/Gtbb6ss ➡️https://buff.ly/W4cr9xC ➡️https://buff.ly/kDv7VdI Apply by 9 April.

💥 Paper published 💥 Curious how #SARS2 has changed since jumping into humans? We were too! journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... 🧵 🧵 🧵

Evolution of a truncated nucleocapsid protein enhances SARS-CoV-2 fitness by suppressing antiviral responses

SARS-CoV-2 has evolved to optimize its replication fitness in the human host. This study shows that a nucleocapsid gene mutation enhances production of a truncated protein that boosts viral fitness in...

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How diverse is bacterial immunity ? We report in @science.org how language models allowed us to predict 2.4M antiphage proteins spanning >23K novel potential systems. 👏 @emordret.bsky.social, @alexhv.bsky.social & al doi.org/10.1126/scie... Explore them here defensefinder.mdmlab.fr/wiki/refseq_...

Great tribute to Robin from the Microbiology Society.

Microbiology Society@microbiologysociety.org · 4mo ago

You can now read the Society's full tribute to former President Professor Robin Weiss FRS. Robin was an Honorary Member and, in addition to serving as President from 2006 to 2009, was the winner of the Marjory Stephenson Prize Lecture in 2015: https://microb.io/4dRe7Ei

AND this understates the problem as many submissions are initially rejected with an invitation to resubmit. This often makes the gap between 'Received' and Accepted appear way shorter than it actually was.

Sasha Gusev@sashagusevposts.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Monthly median Received to Accepted time (days) at Nature Genetics

Monthly median Received to Accepted time (days) at Nature Genetics

We are excited to share our new paper in Molecular Cell uncovering how the viral lncRNA RNA2.7 reshapes host cell biology! sciencedirect.com/science/authShare/S1097276526001565/20260324T143400Z/1?md5=16c84051c2f253c4665427f837a529d3&dgcid=author A thread 🧵

Delighted to highlight our new publication re. CCHFV hijacking of lipid metabolism!! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Congratulations to all a the HEAL team and to our collaborators! @solene-denolly.bsky.social @ciri-lyon.bsky.social @crcl-research.bsky.social

The Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus hijacks the liver lipid metabolic pathway for virion production

The Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever Virus (CCHFV), a tri-segmented negative-strand virus that belongs to the Orthonairovirus genus, is highly pathogenic in humans but not in other host species. Fo...

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𝘈𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘺𝘢𝘭𝘦 is a newly discovered species of wingless #fly from China that lives in a very specific home: the base of a horseshoe bat's ear! 🦇 Access the full study here: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1273.183551 @ucph.bsky.social #bat #parasite #endoparasite #morphology

You can now read the Society's full tribute to former President Professor Robin Weiss FRS. Robin was an Honorary Member and, in addition to serving as President from 2006 to 2009, was the winner of the Marjory Stephenson Prize Lecture in 2015: https://microb.io/4dRe7Ei

Do you want to move to Oxford and join our lab? There is a computational biologist position open atm to develop and implement tools to analyse TE expression in single cell long read data and more. Apply! #TEsky #UniversityofOxford #postdoc

Rebecca Berrens@rberrens.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We are looking for a Postdoc to join our lab at @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social. This is a dry-lab focused post on the computational analysis of long read single-cell sequencing data to understand the role of transposable elements (TEs) in early development. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... #TEsky

Wow. Black tree frogs and radiation-loving fungus?! A fascinating look at how wildlife has adapted in Chernobyl over the years. Worth a read: www.sciencefocus.com/nature/5-ser...

5 seriously strange ways wildlife is changing inside Chernobyl | BBC Science Focus Magazine

Forty years after the reactor explosion, the wildlife around Chernobyl has recovered in strange and unexpected ways.

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🔬 We’re hiring in Zürich🇨🇭! My lab is recruiting a new PhD student in molecular immunology (interferons, autoantibodies & viral disease). Position is fully-funded. Starting date anticipated to be late 2026/early 2027. Further details and how to apply: tinyurl.com/IMVPhD2026 Deadline 1st May 2026.

Someone suggested BA.3.2 might preferentially infect kids. I think they're right. Ages of SARS-2 sequences since Dec 1 in Ireland: non-BA.3.2 6/66 (9.1%) age 0-19, (0/1 hospital tests) BA.3.2 43/91 (47.3%) age 0-19 (1/3 hospital tests) 1/4

Great to hear our @lab-rihn-th.bsky.social & Ravi Gupta speaking last night alongside @thav-lab.bsky.social on preparing for the next pandemic. Important insights on future zoonotic coronaviruses, viral evolution under immune pressure & next-generation interventions.💡 @cambridgefestival.bsky.social

Prof Jon Butterworth of University College London, described the level of cuts as "existentially threatening" to UK particle physics. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Higgs Boson was UK triumph, but British physics faces 'catastrophic' cuts

Britain is preparing to cancel its contribution to one of the Large Hadron Collider's next major upgrades.

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#PostdocRecruiting: My group at the University of Texas at Austin is recruiting a Postdoc in virology and structural biology. Please see more details here: utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UTstaff/job/... Informal inquiries are encouraged, and see more lab info here: zunlongke-lab.org

Postdoctoral Fellow

Job Posting Title: Postdoctoral Fellow ---- Hiring Department: Molecular Biosciences ---- Position Open To: All Applicants ---- Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40 ---- FLSA Status: Exempt ---- Earliest Start ...

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Interesting read: The Great Horse #Flu of 1872 and How It Brought North America to a Screeching Halt open.substack.com/pub/phnights...

The Great Horse Flu of 1872 and How It Brought North America to a Screeching Halt

Pandemics are not just about humans. The 1872 "Great Epizootic" paralyzed a nation.

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Transient RNA structures play a key role in the emergence of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses! Great to see this collaboration with Mathis Funk, Mathilde Richard, Stephen Cusack, and others in @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Polymerase trapping as the mechanism of H5 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus genesis

Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses (HPAIVs) derive from H5 and H7 low pathogenic avian influenza viruses (LPAIVs). Although insertion of a furin-cleavable multibasic cleavage site (MBCS) in the...

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MRC curiosity-driven research reopens with new approach

The Medical Research Council (MRC) unpauses curiosity driven research funding and improves the funding process.

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On #InternationalWomensDay, we’re celebrating some of the women across @medcambridge.bsky.social who are advancing research, improving patient care, and shaping the future of healthcare. Read along to find out more: buff.ly/5RArf1F @vpd-hlri.bsky.social #CITIID #PACE @cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk

Women advancing medicine at Cambridge

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Another great article featuring our research published in @nature.com Many heat-stressed tropical insects are reaching their limits | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... @science.org

Many heat-stressed tropical insects are reaching their limits

Vast study in Peru and Kenya confirms limited defenses against rising temperatures, redoubling climate concerns

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