So excited to have been selected for this recognition by BWF PDEP and am ever more inspired to continue the work I have done and hope to do to follow in the footsteps of past and current mentor(s)!

Joe Zackular@joeyzacks.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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...

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.

I had a wonderful time chatting with Dr. Joseph Zackular about Cdiff, the ecological aspects of infectious disease, and working at the interface of microbiology and medicine. Can’t wait for this #MattersMicrobial podcast episode to be released. @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology

Very excited to share our new work from previous Byndloss Lab grad student @shealynicg.bsky.social published today! journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Aspartate aminotransferase is required for Salmonella expansion in the inflamed gut via TCA anaplerosis | Infection and Immunity

Despite being the primary site of digestion, the mammalian gut represents a region of nutrient scarcity for potential invading enteric pathogens such as Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Tm)...

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Honored to have received the 2026 ASM Award for Early Career Basic Research. This award is also a recognition of my phenomenal trainees and their hard work. Thank you to the mentors that have supported my career and those who have nominated me for this award. asm.org/press-releas...

Big congratulations to all of this year ASM honorees, including my former PhD mentor @maribyndloss.bsky.social!!! It was sincerely a pleasure to complete my PhD under her mentorship and I am excited to see all success her lab finds in the years to come. asm.org/press-releas...

Congratulations to @haidermanzer.bsky.social on being awarded the @bwfund.bsky.social Postdoc Diversity Enrichment Program Award!! So well deserved - we are very proud here in the Zackular Lab!

Burroughs Wellcome Fund@bwfund.bsky.social · last yr.

BWF is proud to announce the 2025 recipients of its Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program (PDEP), which provides critical support to postdoctoral researchers pursuing careers in biomedical and medical research. www.bwfund.org/news/bwf-ann... #bwfpdep

Congratulations to everyone, especially to @joeyzacks.bsky.social! So well deserved. 🥰

BWFPATH@bwfpath.bsky.social · last yr.

Iwasaki and colleagues show that mucosal vaccine boosters can induce protective immune responses without any adjuvant by retooling lymph node resident memory B cells with memory T cells acting as a natural adjuvant. Read it here: rdcu.be/elTur www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Mucosal unadjuvanted booster vaccines elicit local IgA responses by conversion of pre-existing immunity in mice

Nature Immunology - Iwasaki and colleagues show that an intranasal booster with an unadjuvanted recombinant SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, after intramuscular immunization with an mRNA vaccine encoding...

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So proud to call you my friend and can’t imagine the things you and your future lab members will accomplish. They’ll truly be lucky to have a mentor like you!

Valeria Reyes Ruiz@reyesruiz.bsky.social · last yr.

1/3 It’s official 🙌🏽 The Reyes Ruiz Lab is opening in 2026 at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences. My lab will focus on host antibacterial effectors and adaptation of bacteria to host-imposed stress during S. aureus infections.

Come join us in Breckenridge, CO next May (2026) for the Beyond Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies for Combating Bacterial Infection Keystone meeting! More information below:

Joe Zackular@joeyzacks.bsky.social · last yr.

I am organizing #KSAntibiotics26 with an amazing team: @kimingeneva.bsky.social, @maribyndloss.bsky.social and @dariavantyne.bsky.social. Reach out to us if you have any questions and please share with your colleagues!

New preprint on some of my dissertation work. Can’t do this without an amazing team of collaborators or mentor. Herein we use a genetically resistant mouse model to explore small intestinal colonization resistance to S. Tm, and the ability of diet to overcome genetic resistance. More to come!

Mariana Byndloss@maribyndloss.bsky.social · last yr.

Can genetic resistance to Salmonella be impacted by dietary changes? We use a genetically resistant 🐭 to explore diet-microbiome-pathogen interactions and mechanisms of Salmonella Typhimurium small intestine colonization. Awesome work by grad student Nic Shealy! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#Mentoring acknowledges individuality, empowering mentees to develop into independent thinkers, who recognize, embrace, and celebrate their unique voices.

Hello Bluesky! My name is Nic Shealy, a PhD candidate in the lab of @maribyndloss.bsky.social. I study bacterial metabolism and am enamored by microbe-microbe interactions and microbiota-host interactions! Not such a small world after all.