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Erin Green @erinrgreen.bsky.social · 8d

Job alert ‼️ UChicago Micro is hiring! Open to tenured/tenure track faculty at all levels in any area of microbiology. Come join our amazing and growing department. apply.interfolio.com/174404

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Prahathees Eswara @eswaralab.bsky.social · 14d

Interesting! I may have to try the twisting technique to minimize the cascading effect 😂

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Joe Bondy-Denomy @jbdsf.bsky.social · 17d

Our Department of Microbiology & Immunology at UCSF is running a faculty search this year for a new Assistant Professor! Please see the ad below for details. Searching for a great colleague, mentor, and scientist!
aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05807

Microbiology and Immunology – Faculty Position (Ladder Rank) – Assistant Professor

University of California, San Francisco is hiring. Apply now!

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 21d

cell divisionists & FtsZ fans take note 👇

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source: https://www.ebay.at/itm/304571100558

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Joe Sorg @thejoesorg.bsky.social · Sep 12

We're hiring! 5 tenure track assistant professors. 2 #microbiology, 2 #Evolution, 1 #biologicalclocks

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Five Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Positions in Microbiology, Evolution, and Biological Clocks - College Station, Texas job with Department of Biology - TAMU | 675062

Texas A&M University (TAMU) invites applications for five full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor positions

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Kumaran Ramamurthi @ramamurthilab.bsky.social · Sep 12

Immunization with peptides can elicit antigen-specific T cell responses, but they're not widely used because they are poorly immunogenic and are rapidly cleared. Domenico D'Atri solves this by using our "SSHEL" platform (synthetic bacterial spores) .
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Immunization with peptide encapsulated within synthetic spores activates T cell responses and reduces tumor growth | mBio

Effective delivery of antigens to the immune system is essential for activating the adaptive immune system. Synthetic Spore Husk-Encased Lipids (SSHELs) are synthetic bacterial spore-like particles, w...

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Prahathees Eswara @eswaralab.bsky.social · Sep 12

We are hiring! Please share the news.

Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Bacterial Pathogenesis

See link below for details.

We are a vibrantly growing department with friendly colleagues and supportive environment. Bonus: year-round sunshine in Tampa, FL 🌤🌴

Job Ad: tinyurl.com/USF-Microbio...

Assistant Professor - Molecular Biosciences

Department Name / Number: Molecular Biosciences / 0-1210-000 College: College of Arts and Sciences Hiring Salary: Negotiable Appointment Start Date: August 7, 2026 The Department of Molecular Bioscien...

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Petra Levin @redrockcity.bsky.social · Sep 11

So great to see Lucy Shapiro — a scientific hero of mine both for her pioneering work and for her incredible communication skills —honored today www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

Major Medical Prizes Given to Cell Biology and Cystic Fibrosis Pioneers

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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · Sep 11

"For a 55-year career in biomedical science—honored for discovering how bacteria coordinate their genetic logic in time and space to generate distinct daughter cells; for founding Stanford's distinguished Department of Developmental Biology; and for exemplary leadership at the national level"

Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · Sep 11

Congrats to Lucy Shapiro, a pioneering microbiologist, for winning the 2025 Lasker-Koshland Award. So deserving!

laskerfoundation.org/winners/pion...

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · Sep 8

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#MicroSky

A Hiatus for STC (Update)

by Christoph — Last week, Roberto informed you, dear readers, that we are forced to find a new platform for our blog due to the demise of Typepad, our platform since 2006. The good news is that we hav...

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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · Sep 2

FYI: Davos Compact on Antimicrobial Resistance 2025

Unified Coalition for AMR Response = UCARE
Government and philanthropic organizations commit to create the right conditions for private sector investments to address AMR. See more at link

reports.weforum.org/docs/WEF_AMR...

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Prahathees Eswara @eswaralab.bsky.social · Sep 2

That's Streptococcus pneumoniae BTW! 😂

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Prahathees Eswara @eswaralab.bsky.social · Sep 2

A paper cake for 👇🏾
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39602291/

Thanks to my talented and thoughtful wife, this has become a lab tradition.

Excellent team effort by @dipanwitab.bsky.social, Asher, @lilymcknight.bsky.social, and Pilar! Congrats! 👏🏾

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Alex Bisson @archaeon-alex.bsky.social · Aug 24

This is one of my fav bac cell div papers. It's remarkable how much we've learned about cytokinesis in the past decade, and how much we still don't know. This paper harmonizes many of the disagreements in the field, like what limits construction rates (1/4)

Ethan Garner @fleshball.bsky.social · May 20

I’m excited that the work by Diego Ramirez and Lei Yin is out, where they gained several key insights into what provides the force underlying bacterial cell division doi.org/10.1101/2025....

To divide, cells must first bend the membrane inward, a process that’s energetically expensive

The interplay of membrane tension and FtsZ filament condensation on the initiation and progression of cell division in B. subtilis

The first step of cell division is deforming the planar cell membrane inward towards the cytoplasm. As deforming membranes is energetically costly, biology has developed various protein systems to acc...

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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · Aug 21

Our Pitt Microbiology and Molecular Genetics department in the School of Medicine is recruiting..

Microbiologists! 🧫🦠🔬🧪

Please apply to join our faculty and enjoy these views 👀 while doing great science

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Anthony Vecchiarelli @cellforganized.bsky.social · Aug 21

Now published at mBio!

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Nucleoid compaction influences carboxysome localization and dynamics in Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942

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Sonja-Verena Albers @archaellum.bsky.social · Aug 20

🚨 Imagine a bacterium that refuses to follow the textbook:
It grows as tangled filaments, divides unevenly, reshapes its own membranes… and even builds grappling hooks.
Meet Litorilinea aerophila — and here’s why it blew our minds.

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Prahathees Eswara @eswaralab.bsky.social · Aug 21

Oh no! Wishing you a speedy recovery.

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Joanne Flynn @joanneflynn19.bsky.social · Aug 20

We are hiring! The Dept of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics is looking for faculty at the Assistant or Associate professor level (tenure track). Please consider joining our vibrant microbiology and immunology community at the University of Pittsburgh School of medicine

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Julie Pfeiffer @jkpfeiff.bsky.social · Aug 18

Faculty search announcement 2025: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Microbiology at UT Southwestern. We seek candidates working in microbial pathogenesis (some preference may be given to bacterial pathogens). Come join our community! (1/5) www.utsouthwestern.edu/departments/...

Department members sit at a very long table in the hallway eating a pre-Thanksgiving potluck feast.

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Petra Levin @redrockcity.bsky.social · Aug 15

Elio Schaechter was one of my heroes. His 1958 paper with Ole Maaløe and Niels Kjeldgaard (fondly known as “SMK”) is a North Star for so much work in my group. A wonderful scientist, great communicator, and a very kind person. May his memory be a blessing.

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Géraldine Laloux @lalouxlab.bsky.social · Jul 29

Bacterial cell wall & periplasm paradigm shift - important read #MicroSky

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

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Prahathees Eswara @eswaralab.bsky.social · Jul 15

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URI is searching for a Full-time Lecturer in Cell and Molecular Biology for the upcoming academic year. | Jodi Camberg

URI is searching for a Full-time Lecturer in Cell and Molecular Biology for the upcoming academic year. Please apply directly to my email!

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Prahathees Eswara @eswaralab.bsky.social · Jul 11

If you would like your favorite research topic to be covered at ASM Microbe 2026 in Washington DC, submit a session proposal.

Deadline: Aug. 5, 2025 (2 pm US Eastern)

ASM @asm.org · Jun 25

Thank you for being part of #ASMicrobe 2025—your energy & insights made it unforgettable! Save the date for ASM Microbe 2026, June 4–8 in Washington, D.C.! Session proposals are now open—help shape next year’s program & advance the microbial sciences. asm.social/2tm

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Susan Schlimpert @s-lab.bsky.social · Jul 10

New Independent Fellowship position in Microbiology to launch your lab in our department @johninnescentre.bsky.social (UK). We are conducting a broad search in the area of plant-associated microbial interactions. Message me if you have any questions.

Apply here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/in...

Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions | John Innes Centre

An exciting opportunity for an Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions has arisen at the John Innes Centre. To read the full job description for this role…

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