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Serge Mostowy @sergemostowylab.bsky.social · 1d

Enhanced virulence and stress tolerance are signatures of epidemiologically successful Shigella sonnei
@sydneylmiles.bsky.social @katholt.bsky.social
🙏to transformative collaborative effort

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Beck Richardson @beckrichardson.bsky.social · 1d

Our new paper on valve disease in aged #zebrafish is out! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... This has been a long running collaborative effort with contributions from lots of great people!

Aged Zebrafish as a Spontaneous Model of Cardiac Valvular Disease

Natural ageing in zebrafish results in spontaneous development of valvular degeneration in both the atrioventricular (AV) and bulboventricular (BV) valves. Aged zebrafish valves are larger and exhibi...

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Gilles Vanwalleghem @drgillesv.bsky.social · 5d

Only a few days left to apply to join the lab, come have fun with lasers and fish to answer some cool questions along the gut-brain axis. Denmark is also a lovely country to live in!

Gilles Vanwalleghem @drgillesv.bsky.social · Sep 1

We are recruiting a postdoc to join our team and study neuroinflammation along the gut-brain axis. Please share it with anyone who may be interested, and do not hesitate to reach out if you have questions.
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Postdoc position in Neuroinflammation - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Neurobiology, Aarhus University

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Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute @cruk-mi.bsky.social · 6d

Interested in establishing your own research group?
Our support package for new Group Leaders includes:

🥼2 #Postdocs, a technician & 2 PhD students + lab costs
🔬Full access to core facilities
🧪Access to the MCRC #Biobank
✔️Mentorship, #grant advice & more

www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/career/new-g...

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We Are Recruiting New Group Leaders
Join us in Manchester / Develop bold, innovative, & high-impact research programmes
Salary £58,000 – £65,000 (dependent upon experience/clinical work)
Job ID MI/25/54
Apply by 2nd November 2025

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International Zebrafish Society @izfs.bsky.social · 7d

There is less than one month left to register at the early bird rate and join us for #SCZI2026 in Singapore! Register and submit your poster abstract before November 5th here: www.izfs.org/education/11...

Registration | IZFS - International Zebrafish Society

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Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · 11d

Recode those letters into guitar tab

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Kat Mayer-Barber,PhD @mayerbarber.bsky.social · 27d

I am biased 😉, but this is an amazing PI and an amazing person, check out this opportunity #immunosky #TB

Daniel L. Barber, PhD @danbarberphd.bsky.social · 27d

We are looking to hire post-docs to work on T cell responses to M. tuberculosis infection using murine and NHP models. If you know T cells and wanna work on the top global infectious killer check us out. BSL3 experience not required. The NIH intramural program in Bethesda MD is an amazing place!

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · Sep 15

My new blog post is about great books on TB!

A Plague That Refuses To Go Away: Spotlight on Great Tuberculosis Books

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A Plague That Refuses To Go Away: Spotlight on Great Tuberculosis Books

TB has impacted humans for centuries and profoundly shaped our history. These wonderful books have captured the history, impact, and consequences of this infectious disease that is still haunting huma...

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Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · 29d

I love how the askzebrafish slack channel has organically morphed into a more serious guess that ISH

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International Zebrafish Society @izfs.bsky.social · Sep 14

Deadline This Wednesday: Oral Abstracts and Workshop Proposals for #SCZI2026 are due this Wednesday, Sept 17. Join us in Singapore, where #zebrafish community leaders will present groundbreaking research shaping the future of the field.

11th Strategic Conference of Zebrafish Investigators | IZFS - International Zebrafish Society

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · Sep 12

From Megan Hayes' elegant PhD thesis, Cressida Madigan Lab UCSD Biological Sciences, using zebrafish model

In TB meningitis, mycobacteria lodge at vessel bifurcations, enlarge vessels, and transiently block brain blood flow—driving oxidative stress and cell death!

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David Tobin @tobinlab.bsky.social · Sep 10

Really interesting work from our neighbor Clare Smith @dukemedschool.bsky.social starting from CC mice and linking Ctsz to TB infection outcome as well as functional variation in human populations (UW, Case Western, Uganda) and expression in human granulomas (@charliejpyle.bsky.social)

PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · Sep 10

#Tuberculosis severity varies widely between people; why is this? This study uses the #CollaborativeCross mouse panel to identify the protease #cathepsin Z (CTSZ) as a conserved regulator of #TB outcomes via its influence on CXCL1 in mice & in humans @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4phwRA8

Human CTSZ variants are associated with TB severity, and CTSZ is present at the host-pathogen interface within human pulmonary Mtb granulomas. Top left: A manually annotated UMAP generated by unsupervised clustering of data from single-cell mRNA-Seq of human biopsy tissue, containing Mtb granulomas from three patients with TB. Top right: Analysis of normalized expression values reveals that CTSZ is specifically induced in granuloma macrophages, particularly in lipid-associated macrophages. Bottom: Brightfield (BF) images and immunofluorescent staining of CTSZ and CD68 within a granuloma biopsy from an individual with pulmonary TB. Goat (Gt) and mouse (Ms) IgG isotype control staining is depicted in the top row. DAPI staining indicates cell nuclei. Scale bar is 60 µM in length.

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Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · Sep 11

is that Kevin at the side of the group photo?

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International Zebrafish Society @izfs.bsky.social · Sep 7

There are only TEN DAYS left to submit your Oral Abstract or Workshop proposal for #SCZI2026. Join IZFS in Singapore for the first time, and present your cutting edge research to other #zebrafish Principal investigators! www.izfs.org/education/11...

11th Strategic Conference of Zebrafish Investigators | IZFS - International Zebrafish Society

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Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · Sep 4

Pro: you get to work alongside Caroline et al. in The Premier molecular biology institution in South East Asia. Con: we're moving into the same building and I will have access to your snack cabinet.

Caroline Wee @carolineleiwee.bsky.social · Sep 4

We are looking for a senior PI to join our team! Focus areas include, but are not restricted to the gut-brain axis, #neuroimmune interactions, and #neurodegeneration. Feel free to share and ping me for more details 🧠

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#neurosciencejobs

Senior Principal Scientist (Neurometabolism) - Singapore (SG) job with A*STAR Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology | 12844045

A*STAR IMCB is seeking to hire outstanding Senior Principal Scientist (Assoc Prof/Prof) in neurometabolism / integrative cross-systems neuroscience

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Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · Sep 4

@mads100tist.bsky.social just lost all science legitimacy for never making a microwave omelette. My "disarming the yolk explosion in the departmental microwave" solution is stabbing it + a splash of water

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Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · Sep 4

🇦🇺 NHMRC panel member n > grants that we knew will meet the cut off

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Sam Wattrus @samwattrus.bsky.social · Sep 2

We are hiring! The Wattrus lab at MGH is seeking talented postdoc applicants to join our group and study differences in regeneration and wound healing across species using fish models. We are a fun group - come and join us! Fishy friends, please spread the word! #zebrafish #medaka #zebrafishjobs

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International Zebrafish Society @izfs.bsky.social · Sep 3

#SCZI2026 deadlines are quickly approaching! Oral Abstracts and Workshop proposals are due September 17, 2025, 11:59pm EDT. Be sure to register and submit before then to join us in Singapore January 14-17, 2026! www.izfs.org/education/11...

Registration | IZFS - International Zebrafish Society

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Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · Sep 2

Unclear if the ectopic bone was caused by the infection being in mum or bub, but could link cervical lymph node extrapulmonary TB to a developmental biology HOX gene patterning phenotype. #notetoself time to sneak back into the lab and transplant some granulomas

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Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · Sep 2

TB archeology paper! 300 year old mummies from a population with ~80% Mtb infection had a huge increase of ectopic rib growth out of their lower neck bones.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Unusually High Prevalence of Cervical Ribs in an 18th-Century Hungarian Town: The Impact of a Tuberculosis Epidemic.

Tuberculosis (TB) ravaged the Hungarian town of Vác in the 18th century. Nearly all of the young and middle-aged adults buried in the Dominican Church…

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Gilles Vanwalleghem @drgillesv.bsky.social · Sep 1

We are recruiting a postdoc to join our team and study neuroinflammation along the gut-brain axis. Please share it with anyone who may be interested, and do not hesitate to reach out if you have questions.
international.au.dk/about/profil...

Postdoc position in Neuroinflammation - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Neurobiology, Aarhus University

international.au.dk

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Pedro Hernandez @zebragut.bsky.social · Aug 23

🚀 Hiring in Paris: 1 PhD + 1 Postdoc for an ANR project on gut-brain biology in zebrafish (imaging, optogenetics). Leads: P. Hernandez (Curie) & G. Sumbre (ENS-IBENS). Start flexible 2026. Also M2 internships (Jan–Feb 2026). Details in the call.
Please share! #PhDposition #Postdoc #Paris #Zebrafish

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Miranda Hunter @mrndhntr.bsky.social · Aug 27

My recent postdoctoral work is out today in @nature.com! We found that physical confinement makes melanoma cells more invasive and drug tolerant. Thanks to all who made this work possible @whitefishlab.bsky.social @mskcancercenter.bsky.social #NIH #NCI www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Mechanical confinement governs phenotypic plasticity in melanoma - Nature

Mechanical confinement of cancer cells at the tumour–microenvironment interface induces phenotype switching through chromatin remodelling by HMGB2, leading to a more invasive and drug-resistant state ...

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Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · Aug 28

Would @callmetube.bsky.social care to comment on their poor ranking in this opinion poll?

Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · Aug 27

The 2024 rankings of bacterial threats