super cool from the @peterfineran.bsky.social et al Defining the essential genome of diverse phages with phage Tn-seq www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Defining the essential genome of diverse phages with phage Tn-seq - Nature Microbiology

Phage Tn-seq uses Tn5 transposon mutagenesis with anti-CRISPR-based selection and deep sequencing as a method to generate unbiased, genome-wide mutations across diverse phages

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UCSF’s Kevan Shokat, PhD, just won the $1M Stephenson Global Prize for research in pancreatic cancer. He cracked KRAS, a cancer driver long considered “undruggable.” Drugs built on his work now treat lung and pancreatic cancer. https://ow.ly/UYuY50ZRSXg

Congratulations to DR! Gayani Ranasinghe! PhinisheD! A great collaboration with the Schlebach lab, primarily the newly minted Dr.Toni Bonifasi, that taught us about alphaviruses and the translocon components they use

Links for assistant professor post: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/34356 Links for associate professor post: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/34357.

When Elinor Ostrom applied for a PhD in economics she was turned away. She took on a different doctorate and in 2009 was the first woman to receive the prize in economic sciences. Find out who will receive this year's prize in economic sciences on 12 October.

Postdoctoral scientist or early career faculty? Registration is now open for our #FreemanHrabowski Scholars & #HannaGray Fellows Programs! Register to check your eligibility & unlock resources like 1:1 office hours, example research proposals, & more. Link on your program page at hhmi.org/programs 🧪

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HHMI invests in scientists at all career stages who drive biomedical research, expand the pool of scientific talent, and make discoveries that advance human health for decades to come.

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IU is hiring a virologist. I am so excited. Come join a great group of scientists and people.

My department (Biology at Emory) is hiring for a teaching track position! These are stable, well-respected, long-term positions with a path to promotion and ppl often staying for decades. The dept is wonderfully supportive and filled with amazing humans (faculty + staff) apply.interfolio.com/191814

#TrendingNow | Using a modified host, this study adds 36 new phages to the BASEL collection of phages that infect E. coli, revealing key roles of the O-antigen barrier in host recognition and restriction-modification systems in bacterial immunity. #ICYMI #MicroSky 🧪 buff.ly/grvuhX2

Completing the BASEL phage collection to unlock hidden diversity for systematic exploration of phage–host interactions

The BASEL collection of phages that infect E. coli has been a valuable resource, but is limited by the peculiarities of the host strain used. This study uses a modified host to expand the collection…

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Congratulations to IU biology postdoc Karlen Enid Correa Vélez in the van Kessel lab! She was awarded the NIH-NIAID F32 Postdoctoral Fellowship. 🔗 go.iu.edu/kn36QZ

Why did some #viruses evolve to be #giants while others did not? Our perspective piece on this topic with Eugene Koonin. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Why did some viruses evolve to be giants while others did not? | PNAS

Viruses are ubiquitous mobile genetic elements that are obligate symbionts of cellular life forms and replicate exclusively within host cells. The ...

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The Neal lab is hiring a postdoctoral fellow to lead exciting structural and biophysical studies of membrane protein quality control! Competitive HHMI-scale salary + cutting-edge science + a genuinely wonderful and supportive lab culture. Please share widely with anyone who might be interested!

Mechanism of membrane perforation in rotavirus cell entry | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Mechanism of membrane perforation in rotavirus cell entry

Cell entry of nonenveloped animal viruses requires translocation of a macromolecular assembly across a cellular membrane. Double-stranded RNA viruses introduce into the target cell an inner capsid par...

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This isn’t a surprising trend. Women’s health was never the issue. This is an issue of control. Remember the “your body, my choice” attitude that elected tRump? Here’s the result. Remember this in November. #ProudBlue #EctopicPregnancydeaths #Vote www.propublica.org/article/ecto...

Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.

With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...

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Thrilled to share my first first-author publication in PLOS Pathogens! 🎉 We structurally characterize a non-tailed vibriophage and describe an unusual symmetry mismatch! Work completed at @carmensmp.bsky.social lab at @cnb-csic.bsky.social Check it out! journals.plos.org/plospathogen... (1/5)

Structure of NO16, a marine non-tailed vibriophage with an unusual symmetry-mismatched vertex arrangement

Author summary Bacteriophages are among the most abundant biological entities in the oceans. While most known phages use a tail to recognize and infect bacteria, simpler non-tailed phages may be just ...

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We are hiring! 🌟 Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Chicago is searching for a tenure-track assistant professor. It's a broad search: we want great colleagues doing serious biological work at the molecular scale. Join us! apply.interfolio.com/191981 bcmb.uchicago.edu

Excited to share our new work!! We’ve solved the 3.1 Å cryo-EM structure of African horse sickness virus VP2 - and used it to guide the design of nanoparticle vaccine candidates.🎯 Fantastic TEAMWORK! Structure-guided vaccine design in action! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Cryo-EM structure of African horse sickness virus VP2 receptor-binding protein enables nanoparticle vaccine design - Nature Communications

A high-resolution structure of African horse sickness virus viral attachment protein reveals a functional domain and neutralizing target, enabling a nanoparticle vaccine that protects in mice and indu...

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AlphaFold Server’s ligand menu just got a lot bigger and I almost missed it! You can now add any ligand from the wwPDB Chemical Component Dictionary. Just enter its CCD code 🥳

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🦟🦠 Nine people in the #Netherlands have been diagnosed with West Nile #Virus since July, with #infections also detected in #horses, #birds and #mosquitoes. #WestNileVirus #WNV #PublicHealth #Disease #Microsky via @nltimes.nl nltimes.nl/2026/09/03/w...

West Nile virus infections confirmed in nine people in the Netherlands

The West Nile virus has been confirmed in nine people in the Netherlands since the start of the summer, according to the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). The virus is…

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So excited to hear about all this science. Many thanks to the speakers for participating.

Arbovirus seminars@arbovirus.bsky.social · last mo.

We’re delighted to announce the 2026–27 programme for the International Virtual Seminars in Arbovirus Biology 🦟🦠 Nine seminars spanning arbovirus virology, immunity, vectors, pathogenesis, structure, emergence and antivirals. Monthly on Zoom, Sep–May. Please share! #Arbovirus #Virology

virologyunmasked.com/michael-emerman/ This month's titan of virology and vaccinology. Dr. Michael Emerman. Dr. Emerman is an HIV researcher who helped unlock its molecular mysterious. He is also a pioneer in the field of 'plaleovirology' and a mentor to over 100 students! @memerman.bsky.social

Michael Emerman

Dr. Michael Emerman “You align priorities to favor the trainees (so) that what is good for the trainees will end up being good for the lab” Emerman on successful mentoring, Virology Unm…

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wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people/prof-... A legend!

Prof. Ada Yonath, Nobel Laureate and a Model of Scientific Perseverance, Has Passed Away - Weizmann Wonder Wander - News, Features and Discoveries

From pursuing an impossible dream to uncovering one of the cell’s best-kept secrets and advancing the design of improved antibiotics

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Nobel Prize winner Ada Yonath sadly passed away today. She was a legend for her pioneering work on the structure of ribosomes.

Run AlphaFold2 locally in your browser via WebGPU, no installation needed, it's just a static webpage using your own GPU or CPU. Short proteins run in seconds. Larger ones are still slow: a 291-aa protein takes ~7 minutes on my M4 Pro. ❗It's just a PoC. 🌐 martin-steinegger.github.io/alphafold2-w...

Alright everybody, time to text the teachers in your life. The fall semester is open at SkypeAScientist and we are ready to match classrooms, scout troops, library groups, and more with scientists! Tell the educators in your life, and send them to SkypeAScientist.com

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UMass Amherst Dept of Biology is hiring a TT faculty member in Evolutionary Biology! careers.umass.edu/jobs/assista... We have a diverse and wonderful dept - please consider joining us!

Assistant Professor - Evolutionary Biology - Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

Title: Assistant Professor - Evolutionary Biology Executive Area: Academic Affairs College/School/MBU: College of Natural Sciences Department: Biology Work Location: Amherst Schedule: Full Time Work A...

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