Thrilled to announce that the Department of Microbiology at the University of Washington, School of Medicine is hiring at the Assistant Professor level (tenure-track)! The Pacific Northwest is an awesome place to live and do science 🧪🦠. Join us! apply.interfolio.com/185622 Applications due 8/1.

We are hiring @umichmicroimmuno.bsky.social ! Tenure-track assistant professor position in our Microbiology and Immunology department. We are especially looking for someone working in bacterial pathogenesis

Check out the latest #virology research from @xdh.bsky.social! Human respiroviruses prefer α2-3 sialic acid, yet infect the α2-6-rich upper airway. We show they solve this via heteromultivalent binding: using α2-6Sia as auxiliary anchors when α2-3Sia is scarce. 🦠🍬 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Paramyxovirus infection driven by heteromultivalent sialoglycotope binding | PNAS

Sialic acids (Sia) on glycoproteins and glycosphingolipids act as receptors for many respiratory viruses, including human influenza A viruses and r...

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We did a plasma proteomics study on dengue disease severity in children with Tineke Cantaert and identified early markers of endothelial and inflammatory activation. Great work by @tshamorkina.bsky.social and Sofia! Thanks to all co-authors @hecklab.bsky.social. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...

🆕New study maps the NS4B interactome across 8 orthoflaviviruses, uncovering conserved host dependencies. Group of Dr. Pietro Scaturro and collaborators found UBA5/UFMylation emerges as key for viral replication & inhibition reduces infection in vitro & in vivo → https://rdcu.pulse.ly/lielhqvqwu

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Challenges in developing broad-spectrum viral attachment inhibitors targeting heparan sulfates and sialic acids journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Challenges in developing broad-spectrum viral attachment inhibitors targeting heparan sulfates and sialic acids | Journal of Virology

Attachment to the host cell is a critical first step in the viral life cycle, as it determines host specificity and enables the virus to initiate entry, infection, and subsequent replication within th...

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Excited to share our new review article published today in @mbio.bsky.social discussing the role of viral toxins in viral pathogenesis and dissemination. We summarize our recent work and current literature on flavivirus NS1, SARS-CoV-2 Spike, CCHFV GP38, and EBOV GP. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

The contribution of viral toxins to infection and pathogenesis | mBio

Viral pathogenesis is a complex process involving both the virus and the host. Tissue damage caused during viral infection can result from the virus and/or the host immune response. A prerequisite for...

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I am REALLY excited to share this manuscript from my group now on bioarxiv. Here we used the OAA lectin scaffold to ask can lectins be evolved to have specific interactions for defined glycan structures . www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Max Fels @mfels.bsky.social from our lab discovers giant DNA viruses that infect amoeba encode eIF4E and the entire suite of 4F complex proteins to control mRNA translation, including beautiful crystal structures of viral 4E bound to modified mRNA 5' caps: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

The giant viruses surprised us at almost every turn of this project, but ultimately led us down a very rewarding path. Happy to share this work is now available online 🧪

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Now online! Giant DNA viruses encode a hallmark translation initiation complex of eukaryotic life

Prof. Claudia Nunes Duarte dos Santos (Fiocruz, Brazil) will present the discovery of Pirahy virus—a newly identified alphavirus from Brazilian mosquitoes with features suggesting emergence potential. Thursday 19th Feb by Zoom. All welcome! Just DM your email for the link.

Excited to share our work on #AncientRNA from alcohol-preserved lungs, recovering the oldest human RNA virus genome (an 18th-century rhinovirus). Our study shows that viral RNA remnants persist in centuries-old tissue, opening new ways to study virus evolution and historical disease #Paleovirology🫁🦠

🚨ABSTRACT DEADLINE FEBRUARY 2🚨 🚨TRAVEL AWARD DEADLINE FEBRUARY 9🚨 Share your virology research by submitting an abstract for ASV 2026 by 11:59pm Eastern on Monday 2/2/26 Need financial support? Trainees & teachers can apply for travel awards www.asv.org/abstract-sub... www.asv.org/travel-awards

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🔬 Call to create junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur Focus: Infectious diseases, host-microbe interactions, vaccines Special interest: AI methodologies 📅 Deadline: Feb 9, 2026 👥 2-12 years post-PhD Apply now 📝 research.pasteur.fr/en/call/crea... #JobOpportunity #Research

Creation of new junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur - Call for applications 2026 - Research

The Institut Pasteur is launching an international call to recruit new junior research group leaders leveraging cutting-edge transdisciplinary approaches to exploring infectious diseases, host-microbe...

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Job alert! Assistant professor position in the Department of Molecular Genetics (University of Toronto). Amazing department and city. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... Please share.

We are hiring new faculty!! Come join our amazing community in the Department of Molecular Microbiology at Washington University School of Medicine! The deadline for applications is 2/21, but applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. facultyopportunities.wustl.edu/Posting/Deta...

We are excited to share our new @CellCellPress paper revealing mechanisms of action of promising drugs against the helicase-primase of herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) 🤩 harvardvirology.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

🚨New faculty job opportunity 🚨 Please share this ad for a faculty position in our department at UC Irvine, in the fields of microbiology and infectious disease. MD/PhDs and PhDs are desired and should apply! recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09954

Pediatric Infectious Diseases/Microbiology - Professor Series (tenure track/tenure), Open Rank

University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!

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I’m pleased to announce the launch of #DeZi ! a global collaboration funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social and led by @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social that brings together teams across Africa, Asia & the Americas to advance our understanding of #dengue & #Zika viruses Thread DeZi in brief 👇

Excited to announce that we have a new faculty search opening in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Minnesota for a tenure track Assistant Professor in RNA Virology. More info can be found here: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/365...

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Minimum qualifications:PhD, MD, or equivalent in a relevant field of study, plus applicable postdoctoral experience.

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Our home department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry at UC Irvine is looking to hire a new tenure-track assistant professor in the broad area of structural biology. Come be our colleague! recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09887 Please apply and/or share this post.

Assistant Professor in Structural Biology and Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry

University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!

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New York Confirms State’s First Locally Acquired Case of Chikungunya

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UChicago Microbiology is searching for tenured or tenure-track faculty working in host-pathogens interactions, viral and bacterial pathogenesis, and emerging infectious diseases. Come join our vibrant Department! microbiology.uchicago.edu Apply here apply.interfolio.com/174404

I’m excited to share our latest work! We challenge the widely thought notion that cohousing and cross-fostering can normalize the microbiomes of genetically distinct mice: www.cell.com/cell-reports... 🐁🦠🧬

Cohousing or cross-fostering followed by cohousing does not normalize the microbiomes of genetically distinct adult mice

Lietuvninkas et al. use state-of-the-art gnotobiotic approaches to investigate whether cohousing or cross-fostering overpower the role of genetics in shaping the fecal bacterial commensal population. ...

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After years in the making, Joe McKellar @viroscope.bsky.social’s final PhD paper is finally out today in PNAS! 🎉 🎉🎉 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Human MX1 orchestrates the cytoplasmic sequestration of neosynthesized influenza A virus vRNPs | PNAS

Interferon-inducible Myxovirus resistance 1 (MX1) proteins are known to restrict influenza A virus (IAV) transcription/replication process. Herein,...

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Timely piece on the importance and safety of “gain-of-function” research, from my brilliant PhD advisor Sarah Stanley www.statnews.com/2025/10/06/g...

The NIH ordered me to stop my ‘dangerous’ gain-of-function research. It isn’t dangerous at all

Safe gain-of-function research is necessary to identify new treatments for diseases like for tuberculosis — but the NIH has imposed unfounded stops.

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UMass Amherst Microbiology is hiring a tenure-track virologist. Come work with me! 🦠🧪 careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...

We are currently in the process of recruiting a technician. 🥼🐭🔬 If you know anyone with enthusiasm to learn new skills and stamina to hear me go on and on about IFNs, please have them reach out to me for more details!

Actively looking for a postdoc interested in host-virus evolution. Please apply to the #MahanFellowship This fellowship provides early career scientists with the opportunity to join a Fred Hutch CompBio lab (like ours!). If interested please contact me to coordinate proposal and apply by Dec 05 2025