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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12h

The UN health agency found that one in six infections worldwide was resistant to the most commonly available antibiotics. “Antibiotic resistance is widespread and threatening the future of modern medicine,” one WHO official said.

W.H.O. Warns of Sharp Increase in Drug-Resistant Infections

The U.N. health agency found that one in six infections worldwide was resistant to the most commonly available antibiotics.

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Roey Angel @roeyangel.bsky.social · 19h

📣 New PhD student position opening in my lab!
Soils are full of microbes, but how many are active?
Surprisingly, we still lack reliable methods to answer this.
If you are interested in microbial dormancy and are fascinated by the Alps and glacier forefields, contact me.
🏔️ 🦠 💤 🧬 🎓

The team at our research site in the alps

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Julius Brennecke @juliusbrennecke.bsky.social · 1d

Off he is ...

Ulrich is one of the most remarkable scientists I had the pleasure to work with. I learned so much from him about biochemistry, proteins, structural biology, and so much more.

Great people make great things happen.
The really great people are rare.
Ulrich is one of them ...

Ulrich Hohmann @hohmannulrich.bsky.social · 1d

Thrilled to share that I’ll be joining @imbmainz.bsky.social in February 2026 to start my own group!
We will explore new mechanisms in eukaryotic gene expression, leveraging ‘evolutionary play’ to uncover how regulation, repurposing, and hijacking shape RNA biology.
PhD positions available!

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Black Microbiologists Assoc (Black In Micro) @blackinmicro.bsky.social · 10h

🌟 Don't miss CAREERS & RESEARCH Day on Oct 15. Hear highlights from Dr. Lauryn Alexander, Dr. Shanna Ashley, and Dr. Corey Reynolds. Secure your spot now by pre-registering: linktr.ee/BlackInMicro. Show your support by donating here: tinyurl.com/GiveBiM (links in bio) #BlackInMicro #BiM2025

Black in Microbiology Week 2025 Panel: Navigating Careers in Microbiology – Careers & Research. Event time: 2–3 PM EST, Oct. 15, 2025. Speakers: Lauryn Alexander, PhD (Law Student, West Virginia University), Shanna Ashley, PhD (Medical Science Liaison, AbbVie), and Corey Reynolds, PhD (Regional Medical Scientific Director, Merck).

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Black Microbiologists Assoc (Black In Micro) @blackinmicro.bsky.social · 8h

Tomorrow we kick-off #BlackInMicro Week with "Pathways for Change" day. Join Dr. Johnson, Camille Smith, Dr. Sobers, Dr. Motley-Johnson & Dr. Jeffers-Francis for an insightful talk. Secure your spot: linktr.ee/BlackInMicro. Support the cause: tinyurl.com/GiveBiM (links in bio)

Black in Microbiology Week 2025 Panel: Finding Black Spaces in STEM. Event time: 1:15–2:15 PM EST, Oct. 14, 2025. Speakers: Jabril Johnson, PhD (Morehouse School of Medicine), Camille Smith (STEM Soulcial), Courtney Sobers, PhD (Rutgers University), Evangeline Motley-Johnson, PhD (Meharry Medical College), and Liesl Jeffers-Francis, PhD (North Carolina A&T State University).

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ashley scarebanks 💀🕯️ @ziibiing.com · 9h

@markhamillofficial.bsky.social you could also post and share this link to the relief fund for those in need after the storms in Alaska

Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 20h

Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities.

alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

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Emily Taylor @emilytaylorscience.com · 6h

Cal Poly is hiring! We are looking for multiple tenure-track colleagues, including animal physiology, cell biology, and microbiology! Please spread the word. Links in thread. bio.calpoly.edu

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 4h

As expected, the first 9 compacts were a trial run.

They have now come for all of us.

And each of us, and all of us, should say no.

Scoop via @liamknox.bsky.social at Bloomberg:

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in re...

www.bloomberg.com

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 2d

Each Friday, I summarize what is happening to American science & higher ed. 🧪
This was Week 38:
- MIT declines loyalty oath/compact & I review latest at other 8 universities
- Newest RIFs gutting CDC
- “Payroll pirates” targeting university HR

& so much more buttondown.com/liminalcreat...

Week 38

Oct 4-10, 2025 - failure state

buttondown.com

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DEI Virologist @kyt-thatsme.bsky.social · 2d

Anyone wanna form a viral or pathogen evolution working group ?

Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 5d

Now accepting proposals for new Research Synthesis Working Groups! Each funded group will present a symposium at the Evolution meeting, collaborate on a publication, and establish a lasting research network. Submit your proposal by January 6: www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...

Text: Society for the Study of Evolution Call for Proposals: Research Synthesis Working Groups. Deadline: January 6.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

In Opinion | If President Trump wanted to help Portland, “there are many ways he could do so with the $10 million that was the estimated cost of his deployment of the Oregon National Guard,” our columnist Nicholas Kristof writes.

Opinion | Our Beautiful Portland Hellscape

With the millions being used to deploy troops to Portland, Trump could help with treatment for substance use, with emergency housing, with education.

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 2d

Folks whose jobs, postdocs or grad school fellowships or applications were cut short--drop them a line

Stephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 3d

Lost Science is a new NYT series of accounts from scientists who have lost their jobs or funding. You can send your story to the Times here www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 2d

New post:

With Malice Toward All and Charity for None:
Oct. 10-11 CDC (Un)Firing Edition

joshuasweitz.substack.com/publish/post...

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Jörg Vogel @jorg-vogel-lab.bsky.social · 5d

Two group leader positions available in the broader areas of RNA science, RNA technologies, and RNA medicine. Attractive packages and a great environment. Come and join us at Helmholtz RNA Würzburg, Bavaria.

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Christian Kost @kostchristian.bsky.social · 5d

Check out this great opportunity to metabolically model microbial communities 👇

Christoph Kaleta @kaletalab.bsky.social · 5d

1/4 🌍 We are looking for a passionate #PhD student in #Metabolic #Microbiome #Modeling in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network MenoBrain. Join us at one of Europe’s microbiome research hubs and push the boundaries of microbiome science! @uni-kiel.de
🔗 www.uniklinikum-jena.de/menobrain/en...

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 4d

“A study, published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29%, their risk of hospitalizations by 39% & their risk of death by 64%”

Benefits were seen even if 0 risk factors

Soren Larsen (SEGL) @sorenlarsen.bsky.social · 4d

Annual COVID Vaccines Protect People against Severe Disease, Even with Prior Immunity

"The new research also “calls into question the idea that younger individuals and those without risk factors don’t need the vaccine,” Viswanathan says."

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Cascales Lab @cascaleslab.bsky.social · 4d

Open position to work on Type IX secretion (#T9SS) in our lab, in collaboration withe the group of Eric Reynolds at the Dental School of the University of Melbourne. Please spread the word, and forward to anyone potentially interested ! Apply here:
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Docto...

Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Thèse en Microbiologie-Biochimie (H/F)

emploi.cnrs.fr

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Tom Williams @tweethinking.bsky.social · 4d

There's a PhD position now available with me in Bath, on the evolution of symbiosis. www.findaphd.com/phds/project.... The supervisory team also includes @anja1.bsky.social @phil-donoghue.bsky.social and others. NB, this is open both to UK-based students *and* to international students :)

The genomic basis of symbiotic integration at University of Bath on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - The genomic basis of symbiotic integration at University of Bath, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social · 4d

Three Bicentenary research fellowships on offer at @officialuom.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social for exceptional ECRs with <3y postdoc experience

3yrs salary + £30k pa research expenses

Do you have a great idea & want to join @mermanchester.bsky.social?

www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/sup...

Bicentenary Early Career Research Fellowships | Biology, Medicine and Health | University of Manchester

Find out about and apply for a Bicentenary Early Career Research Fellowship.

www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk

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Claus Wilke @clauswilke.com · 6d

Biology is much more complicated than most non-biologists can imagine. And AI is not going to change this anytime soon.
blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/we-still-c...

We still can’t predict much of anything in biology

Biology is hard. Yes, even for AI.

blog.genesmindsmachines.com

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 5d

PhD position on Regulation and Evolution of Bacterial Multicellularity ( #Streptomyces ) within @spp2389.bsky.social supervised by Natalia Tschowri (Hannover 🇩🇪) and Danny Rozen (Leiden 🇳🇱) with research at both locations

deadline: October 31, 2025

www.uni-hannover.de/en/jobs/id/802

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 5d

UC-Berkeley physicist who just won the Nobel Prize tells it like it is: "It is going to be disastrous if this continues"

For "It" read -> science, economy, rule of law, and beyond.

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Nobel physics laureate says Trump cuts will 'cripple' US research

It was just past 2:00 am when a mysterious number rang Nobel laureate John Clarke, what he deemed "obviously a joke call" that grew increasingly surreal when he heard "a voice from Sweden."- 'Basic sc...

www.yahoo.com

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Julia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social · 6d

Please RT:
We have an opening for a junior group leader position in „Phage Biology & Biotechnology“.
www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/...

Interested candidates are encouraged to contact me via email for further details.

@spp2330.bsky.social; @mibinet.bsky.social

Junior Group Leader - Phage Biology & Biotechnology

As a leading research institution for microbial biotechnology the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences - Biotechnology (IBG-1, https://www.fz-juelich.de/de/ibg/ibg-1 ) at the Forschungszentrum Jülich foc...

www.fz-juelich.de

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Cathy Hernandez @cathyhernandez.bsky.social · 5d

Very happy to share that I will be starting as an Assistant Professor in the department of Biological Sciences at the University of South Carolina in January! My group will be working on environmental phage ecology and evolution, and I am recruiting for the upcoming year (more info below).

A graphic advertising phage ecology and evolution research at the University of South Carolina, showing a central image of a tide pool flanked by a photo of an agar plate containing diverse microbes and a TEM image of a virus particle.

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Ken Stedman @xtremevirusprof.bsky.social · 5d

Done!

Black Microbiologists Assoc (Black In Micro) @blackinmicro.bsky.social · 5d

#BlackInMicro Week is more than just an event; it's a hub for connection. The need for strong communities like ours has never been more urgent. Donate today to show your support: tinyurl.com/GiveBiM (all links in bio) #BIMWeek2025 #HARMONY