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Natalia Sampaio @drnatsampaio.bsky.social · 13h

This is your sign to book a (work) trip to Australia! Abstract deadline for Lorne Infection and Immunity conference has been extended till this Friday! 🧫🧪🦠🦘🐨🏖️
#infection #immunity #lorneI&I #viruses #microbes #yourfavoriteimmunecell #australia

Victorian Infection and Immunity Network @theviin.bsky.social · 1d

By popular demand, oral abstract submissions for Lorne Infection and Immunity 2026 have been extended to Friday 17th October!

Join our exciting 2026 program alongside a fantastic line-up of International and National Invited Speakers.

⏰Only three days left, so don't miss out!

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Krista Koeller @kristalerista.bsky.social · 1d

Dear funding agencies,

I know we all want to discover the wonder drug that will cure the horrible diseases, but to do that, we need to invest in basic, unsexy, foundational research on how the systems work. Funding can’t all be drug development.

Sincerely,
Looking for basic research grants.

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Rebecca Drummond 🍄 @therad-lab.bsky.social · 1d

Fancy doing a PhD on #fungi ? 🍄 I'm co-supervising a project on the MIDTP program with Dr Ayesha Rahman - follow the link for project details and how to apply! #FindAPhD #immunosky 🧪
www.birmingham.ac.uk/about/colleg...

Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership - University of Birmingham

MIBTP is a UK-wide doctoral training programme that equips bioscience PhD students with interdisciplinary skills to tackle global challenges in agriculture, health, and sustainability.

www.birmingham.ac.uk

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Natalia Sampaio @drnatsampaio.bsky.social · 13h

Interesting! Will have to try this the next time one of my papers gets rejected from a journal 😅😅😅

Michael Eisen @mbeisen.bsky.social · 14h

Finally, someone has solved a real problem with AI! No more having to take a paper in the format for a journal that rejected you, and reformat it for a new journal. Well done!! formatmypaper.com

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Daniel Durocher @durocher1.bsky.social · 4d

9 days to go:
* 2 x open positions!
* Exceptional environment, competitive start-up package
* University of Toronto appointments
* Toronto has great (and peaceful) quality of life!

Daniel Durocher @durocher1.bsky.social · Aug 28

JOB ALERT 🚨 We are hiring TWO principal investigators in cell, molecular, systems, or chemical biology in Toronto, Canada at @sinaihealth.bsky.social. We provide a generous startup, fully funded salary and academic appointment at U of Toronto.

www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Please repost!

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Natalia Sampaio @drnatsampaio.bsky.social · 3d

As I always say: squeaky wheel get the radio interview 💚🧪🧬

Sophia Davidson @sciencesophie.bsky.social · 3d

When you complain so much on socials the science man himself, @drshanerrr.bsky.social invites you over for a chat 🤩🤩🤩

#einsteinagogo #3tripleR

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Brett Collins @brettcollins.bsky.social · 3d

Open Group Leader Positions at the IMB, UQ. Interested in joining us in sunny Queensland?

Group Leader - Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB)

Institute for Molecular Bioscience Join a university ranked in the world’s top 50 Australia’s #1 research institute Based at St Lucia Campus About UQ What started as Queensland's first university in 1...

uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 4d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Nat Clarke @natclarke.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 My lab is hiring at all levels!

Interested in animal origins & evolutionary cell biology?

I'm recruiting a postdoc, PhD students & a research assistant to study the molecular evolution of cell adhesion using marine invertebrates + comparative genomics.

🔗: clarkelab.com/join/

Please repost!

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Natalia Sampaio @drnatsampaio.bsky.social · 7d

I am looking forward to attending Lorne I&I next year. To my friends and colleagues overseas, this is the excuse you were looking for to come visit Australia!!!! 🦘🐨🧫🧬🧪🦠

Victorian Infection and Immunity Network @theviin.bsky.social · 7d

‼️Deadline approaching - Don't miss your chance to submit an oral abstract for 16th Annual Lorne Infection & Immunity Conference
📍Held 18-20 of February 2026 at the Mantra Lorne

📝 Career Development Awards also available

Apply at www.lorneinfectionimmunity.org

Deadline: Friday, 10th of October

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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 7d

Computational PhDs - this is a really special post-doc opportunity to join @hkoohy.bsky.social's lab at the @imm.ox.ac.uk in Oxford. It is part of a dream collaboration to identify the antigens recognised by Tregs - I'm so excited that we are really doing this!

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOX009/s...

Senior Postdoctoral Researcher - Computational Biology at University of Oxford

Discover Senior Postdoctoral Researcher - Computational Biology jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Sophia Davidson @sciencesophie.bsky.social · 7d

Today is the last day to make a submission! You don't have to fill in the survey l, you can just upload a letter or even a video

🫵🏻Advocate for fundamental research👊🏻

@nhmrc.bsky.social need your feedback to develop the best strategy for the future of Australian medical research

Link in the 🧵

Sophia Davidson @sciencesophie.bsky.social · 8d

Dear Everyone, I've read the #NHMRC draft strategy and I have notes ...

So I'm going to...🧵🤔🧵😱🧵😵‍💫🧵🙏🧵🧵🧵
This is a repost from X because you all need to know!

#NHMRCdraftStratergy #Ihavenotes #ValueFundamentalScience

@nhmrc.bsky.social

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Steven Cook @dumpyunc.bsky.social · 7d

Our group at the Allen Institute is recruiting a technician and postdoc to work on light microscopy-based connectomics. Please DM me or share with anyone you think may be interested in this NIH BRAIN CONNECTS funded project.

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Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · 8d

Come join us at @stanford-chemh.bsky.social! I feel incredibly lucky to have launched my career here -- it is a fantastic place to do bold interdisciplinary science surrounded by creative & supportive colleagues. Applications are due 10/15/2025 -- DM me if you have questions about the search!

Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · Aug 26

Open faculty position!
We're seeking applicants for a tenure-track faculty position at the junior level (Assistant or untenured Associate Professor) with research programs that exist at the interface between molecular science and computation. Apply here: stanford.io/45MF3Qa

Open Faculty Position: Assistant or Associate (Untenured) Professor

Application deadline: 11:55 PM on Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Sarafan ChEM-H is seeking candidates with research programs that exist at the interface between molecular science and computation.

Click the link above to learn more & apply!

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Natalia Sampaio @drnatsampaio.bsky.social · 7d

🫢 #AI #artificialintelligence #ohno

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Delegation to artificial intelligence can increase dishonest behaviour - Nature

People cheat more when they delegate tasks to artificial intelligence, and large language models are more likely than humans to comply with unethical instructions—a risk that can be minimized by introducing prohibitive, task-specific guardrails.

www.nature.com

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A/Prof Sam Stehbens PhD (She/Her) @samstehbens.bsky.social · 8d

This is so disappointing. Fundamental **aka DISCOVERY ** science underpins training of the next generation of scientists, irrespective of if they go into translation labs or not. Failure to support it = turning off the tap. No discoveries, nothing to translate. Weak workforce #NHMRC

Sophia Davidson @sciencesophie.bsky.social · 8d

My major note? It completely leaves out fundamental research as a priority 🤯

Which is wild, #NHMRC’s job is to "support the highest-quality research, from 👉BASIC science👈 through to clinical, public health and services research" (NHMRC Corporate Plan: nhmrc.gov.au)

nhmrc.gov.au

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Sophia Davidson @sciencesophie.bsky.social · 8d

Another example, close to the #HudsonInstitute’s ❤️ is the discovery of #IFNε, an antiviral cytokine found almost exclusively in the female reproductive tract

Long overlooked, IFNε is now known to play keys role in protection from #ovariancancer and progression of #endometriosis

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Sophia Davidson @sciencesophie.bsky.social · 8d

My major note? It completely leaves out fundamental research as a priority 🤯

Which is wild, #NHMRC’s job is to "support the highest-quality research, from 👉BASIC science👈 through to clinical, public health and services research" (NHMRC Corporate Plan: nhmrc.gov.au)

nhmrc.gov.au

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Natalia Sampaio @drnatsampaio.bsky.social · 8d

Make a submission to save #australian #fundamental #science research in health! 🧫🧬🧪

Sophia Davidson @sciencesophie.bsky.social · 8d

If you care about the future of Australian health + innovation, please make a submission to #NHMRC

⚔️Protect🛡️discovery science 🔬🧪🤯
🌟Make it a priority and fund it properly🌟

Submissions due this Wednesday, 8th of October: consultations.health.gov.au/health-economi…#ValueFundamentalSciencece

https://consultations.health.gov.au/health-economi…

Natalia Sampaio @drnatsampaio.bsky.social · 8d

This is so important for #australian #medicalresearch!!!! Please read, repost, and make noise to save our fundamental #science #research!

Sophia Davidson @sciencesophie.bsky.social · 8d

Dear Everyone, I've read the #NHMRC draft strategy and I have notes ...

So I'm going to...🧵🤔🧵😱🧵😵‍💫🧵🙏🧵🧵🧵
This is a repost from X because you all need to know!

#NHMRCdraftStratergy #Ihavenotes #ValueFundamentalScience

@nhmrc.bsky.social

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Natalia Sampaio @drnatsampaio.bsky.social · 9d

Yikes!!!

Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 9d

Get your Zoster vaccine! @naturemedicine.bsky.social
A consistent relationship of VZV reactivation with dementia in 100M US adults after controlling for nearly 400 measured characteristics, with zoster vaccines reducing risk of dementia in dose-dependent manner
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Shabaana Khader @khadershabaana.bsky.social · 10d

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

Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio

apply.interfolio.com

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Shabaana Khader @khadershabaana.bsky.social · 10d

Dear #microbiology and #immunology community- I took a break from social media after I deleted my Twitter account, but am back here. Please help me rebuild my community by following me and amplifying this message- I will follow you back. Thank you and I look forward to our many interactions!

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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 12d

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...

Independent Research Fellowships Leading to Tenured Faculty Positions | John Innes Centre

The John Innes Centre (JIC), is a world leading centre of excellence in plant and microbial sciences based on the Norwich Research Park, UK. We are inviting applications from outstanding researchers…

www.jic.ac.uk

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Julius Brennecke @juliusbrennecke.bsky.social · 10d

The Vienna BioCenter PhD Program application deadline is approaching: October 10!

Join one of Europe’s premier life science campuses, home to cutting-edge research across all areas of biology.
Apply and start your scientific journey in Vienna!

training.vbc.ac.at/phd-program/

#PhD #LifeSciences

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