Baylink Lab
@baylinklab.bsky.social
🦠Enthusiastic microthanatologists (i.e. the study of how to kill microbes) & lovers of redox biology and bacterial chemotaxis🧫
Washington State University - Esch LEAD Professor - Inclusion of Rural Individuals in Science (IRIS)
www.baylink-lab.com
Washington State University - Esch LEAD Professor - Inclusion of Rural Individuals in Science (IRIS)
www.baylink-lab.com
ASM NW was wonderful this year! In addition to the great science, this trainee-focused meeting plays such an important role in providing the next generation of scientists, microbiologists, and clinicians an opportunity to learn, network, and share their own research.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
ASM NW was wonderful this year! In addition to the great science, this trainee-focused meeting plays such an important role in providing the next generation of scientists, microbiologists, and clinicians an opportunity to learn, network, and share their own research.
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A postdoctoral research position is available in the group of Prof. Dr. Kirsten Jung at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany (www.bio.lmu.de/en/research/...)
Molecular Microbiology Group
Information about research topics and publications about the group around Kirsten Jung
www.bio.lmu.de
October 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
You’ve heard of #Lymedisease, but have you ever seen the bacteria that causes it? 🦠 Borrelia burgdorferi, the spiral-shaped culprit transmitted by ticks, swims with a creepy wriggling motion and uses #chemotaxis to navigate. Both fascinating... and disgusting #Microsky 🧪 #IDsky @shawlab.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 11:39 PM
You’ve heard of #Lymedisease, but have you ever seen the bacteria that causes it? 🦠 Borrelia burgdorferi, the spiral-shaped culprit transmitted by ticks, swims with a creepy wriggling motion and uses #chemotaxis to navigate. Both fascinating... and disgusting #Microsky 🧪 #IDsky @shawlab.bsky.social
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Registration is open! Come join us at the sensory transduction in microorganisms GRC! Spread the word! www.grc.org/sensory-tran...
2026 Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms will be held in Ventura, California. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
September 12, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Registration is open! Come join us at the sensory transduction in microorganisms GRC! Spread the word! www.grc.org/sensory-tran...
🚨 Postdoctoral Position 🚨
Investigate molecular mechanisms of protein homeostasis in Salmonella during infection! Strong background in biochemistry/molecular biology encouraged.
📩 Send CV, publications, and statement to Eduardo A. Groisman at Yale:
[email protected]
🧪 #microsky 🦠 #BLAST
Investigate molecular mechanisms of protein homeostasis in Salmonella during infection! Strong background in biochemistry/molecular biology encouraged.
📩 Send CV, publications, and statement to Eduardo A. Groisman at Yale:
[email protected]
🧪 #microsky 🦠 #BLAST
September 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
🚨 Postdoctoral Position 🚨
Investigate molecular mechanisms of protein homeostasis in Salmonella during infection! Strong background in biochemistry/molecular biology encouraged.
📩 Send CV, publications, and statement to Eduardo A. Groisman at Yale:
[email protected]
🧪 #microsky 🦠 #BLAST
Investigate molecular mechanisms of protein homeostasis in Salmonella during infection! Strong background in biochemistry/molecular biology encouraged.
📩 Send CV, publications, and statement to Eduardo A. Groisman at Yale:
[email protected]
🧪 #microsky 🦠 #BLAST
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Link to new article in Nature:
Extreme armour in the world’s oldest ankylosaur
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Extreme armour in the world’s oldest ankylosaur
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Extreme armour in the world’s oldest ankylosaur - Nature
The ankylosaurian dinosaur Spicomellus afer possessed a tail weapon and uniquely elaborate dermal armour.
www.nature.com
August 28, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Link to new article in Nature:
Extreme armour in the world’s oldest ankylosaur
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Extreme armour in the world’s oldest ankylosaur
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Wonderful how Alphafold has opened up protein structure prediction to non-experts but you still have to feed it correct information (like oligomeric state!). A small test case shows AF3 makes excellent guesses on natural variants but inaccuracies occur from dubious user inputs.
#microsky #IDsky 🧪🦠
#microsky #IDsky 🧪🦠
August 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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🚨 2 funded #PhD positions (ERC Adv Grant) in the Moissl-Eichinger Lab, Graz! Study Methanobrevibacter as a keystone in the gut microbiome.
💡 Omics, modeling, synthetic consortia
📅 Deadline: Sept 10, 2025
🌍 Int’l applicants welcome!
Application link below.
#microbiomesky #archaeasky #microsky
💡 Omics, modeling, synthetic consortia
📅 Deadline: Sept 10, 2025
🌍 Int’l applicants welcome!
Application link below.
#microbiomesky #archaeasky #microsky
August 5, 2025 at 6:45 AM
🚨 2 funded #PhD positions (ERC Adv Grant) in the Moissl-Eichinger Lab, Graz! Study Methanobrevibacter as a keystone in the gut microbiome.
💡 Omics, modeling, synthetic consortia
📅 Deadline: Sept 10, 2025
🌍 Int’l applicants welcome!
Application link below.
#microbiomesky #archaeasky #microsky
💡 Omics, modeling, synthetic consortia
📅 Deadline: Sept 10, 2025
🌍 Int’l applicants welcome!
Application link below.
#microbiomesky #archaeasky #microsky
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Talent recruitment programmes have enticed many researchers to return to China. But how successful have they been? I spoke with several researchers who have analysed these trends and assessed their impact on China's research ecosystem 🧪
How China’s bold talent recruitment has shaped science
Many Chinese researchers have received enviable benefits and positions after returning from training abroad.
www.nature.com
July 30, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Talent recruitment programmes have enticed many researchers to return to China. But how successful have they been? I spoke with several researchers who have analysed these trends and assessed their impact on China's research ecosystem 🧪
In our new study in @elife.bsky.social
with the cheeky title "Navigating Contradictions" we used these tiny glass needles to study chemotaxis & learn how Salmonella and other gut pathogens make decisions when they encounter conflicting stimuli.
#microsky #IDsky 🦠🧪 #gastrosky
tinyurl.com/yckdn8v6
with the cheeky title "Navigating Contradictions" we used these tiny glass needles to study chemotaxis & learn how Salmonella and other gut pathogens make decisions when they encounter conflicting stimuli.
#microsky #IDsky 🦠🧪 #gastrosky
tinyurl.com/yckdn8v6
July 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
In our new study in @elife.bsky.social
with the cheeky title "Navigating Contradictions" we used these tiny glass needles to study chemotaxis & learn how Salmonella and other gut pathogens make decisions when they encounter conflicting stimuli.
#microsky #IDsky 🦠🧪 #gastrosky
tinyurl.com/yckdn8v6
with the cheeky title "Navigating Contradictions" we used these tiny glass needles to study chemotaxis & learn how Salmonella and other gut pathogens make decisions when they encounter conflicting stimuli.
#microsky #IDsky 🦠🧪 #gastrosky
tinyurl.com/yckdn8v6
🚨 Postdoc Opportunity – Rutgers University!
Join Ann Stock’s lab to study how Bacteroides regulate fiber and glycan metabolism via hybrid two-component systems.
Structural + regulatory biology | CryoEM, crystallography, gene regulation
🔗 Apply | 🔬 Lab
📧 [email protected] #postdoc #microsky 🧪🦠
Join Ann Stock’s lab to study how Bacteroides regulate fiber and glycan metabolism via hybrid two-component systems.
Structural + regulatory biology | CryoEM, crystallography, gene regulation
🔗 Apply | 🔬 Lab
📧 [email protected] #postdoc #microsky 🧪🦠
July 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
🚨 Postdoc Opportunity – Rutgers University!
Join Ann Stock’s lab to study how Bacteroides regulate fiber and glycan metabolism via hybrid two-component systems.
Structural + regulatory biology | CryoEM, crystallography, gene regulation
🔗 Apply | 🔬 Lab
📧 [email protected] #postdoc #microsky 🧪🦠
Join Ann Stock’s lab to study how Bacteroides regulate fiber and glycan metabolism via hybrid two-component systems.
Structural + regulatory biology | CryoEM, crystallography, gene regulation
🔗 Apply | 🔬 Lab
📧 [email protected] #postdoc #microsky 🧪🦠
And this also biases the directions and priorities of science in ways that don’t necessarily reflect the values of the broader public.
Behind many scientists is a lifetime of invisible, unsustainable costs. From unpaid internships to underpaid postdocs, the economic toll of a STEM career is staggering—and it's pushing talent out. My new perspective explores this crisis. #STEM #AcademicBlueSky journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Too poor to science: How wealth determines who succeeds in STEM
From student to researcher, a career in science can come with a high price tag. This Perspective explores how persistent financial barriers limit who can succeed in science, revealing how wealth shape...
journals.plos.org
June 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
And this also biases the directions and priorities of science in ways that don’t necessarily reflect the values of the broader public.
Scientists: anyone else's first draft of manuscript figures look like these?
🧪 #chemotaxis #microsky #motility
🧪 #chemotaxis #microsky #motility
June 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Scientists: anyone else's first draft of manuscript figures look like these?
🧪 #chemotaxis #microsky #motility
🧪 #chemotaxis #microsky #motility
At @wsuvetmed.bsky.social we are launching a new program to help students bridge the gap to careers in the biomedical industry.
What skills and experiences should we focus on to better prepare and connect our trainees with industry opportunities?
🧪🦠 #microsky #medsky #WSU
What skills and experiences should we focus on to better prepare and connect our trainees with industry opportunities?
🧪🦠 #microsky #medsky #WSU
June 21, 2025 at 12:06 AM
At @wsuvetmed.bsky.social we are launching a new program to help students bridge the gap to careers in the biomedical industry.
What skills and experiences should we focus on to better prepare and connect our trainees with industry opportunities?
🧪🦠 #microsky #medsky #WSU
What skills and experiences should we focus on to better prepare and connect our trainees with industry opportunities?
🧪🦠 #microsky #medsky #WSU
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June is #NationalCancerSurvivorMonth. Thanks to cancer research, millions of people in the U.S. and worldwide are living with, through, and beyond a cancer diagnosis. Test your knowledge with our Cancer Survivorship quiz. www.aacr.org/Pages/NCSM-Q... #CelebrateSurvivorship
June 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
June is #NationalCancerSurvivorMonth. Thanks to cancer research, millions of people in the U.S. and worldwide are living with, through, and beyond a cancer diagnosis. Test your knowledge with our Cancer Survivorship quiz. www.aacr.org/Pages/NCSM-Q... #CelebrateSurvivorship
Like watching Salmonella swim around? We do!
In our revisions for our study in @elife.bsky.social we saw that #salmonella tolerates indole as long as nutrients are around, but the degree of their attraction depends on [indole].
Study: doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
🧪🦠 #Microsky #IDsky #Gastrosky
In our revisions for our study in @elife.bsky.social we saw that #salmonella tolerates indole as long as nutrients are around, but the degree of their attraction depends on [indole].
Study: doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
🧪🦠 #Microsky #IDsky #Gastrosky
June 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Like watching Salmonella swim around? We do!
In our revisions for our study in @elife.bsky.social we saw that #salmonella tolerates indole as long as nutrients are around, but the degree of their attraction depends on [indole].
Study: doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
🧪🦠 #Microsky #IDsky #Gastrosky
In our revisions for our study in @elife.bsky.social we saw that #salmonella tolerates indole as long as nutrients are around, but the degree of their attraction depends on [indole].
Study: doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
🧪🦠 #Microsky #IDsky #Gastrosky
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A paper in Nature reports the discovery of a new species of tyrannosauroid — the group of dinosaurs that includes Tyrannosaurus rex. This discovery sheds new light on the evolution of wider tyrannosaur species. go.nature.com/4jM0KVo #Paleosky 🧪
June 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
A paper in Nature reports the discovery of a new species of tyrannosauroid — the group of dinosaurs that includes Tyrannosaurus rex. This discovery sheds new light on the evolution of wider tyrannosaur species. go.nature.com/4jM0KVo #Paleosky 🧪
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I've got some expanded thoughts on yesterday's State of the Science event.
June 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I've got some expanded thoughts on yesterday's State of the Science event.
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Interested in the microbiome? Don’t miss this meeting at CalTech in September!
May 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Interested in the microbiome? Don’t miss this meeting at CalTech in September!
🧪 #microsky 🧫🦠
New in Nature Microbiology! Some bacteria sacrifice their own biomass to keep swimming for days during carbon starvation, while others play it safe and conserve resources. Survival strategies in motion! 🚀🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#microbiology #survivalstrategies #motilitymatters
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#microbiology #survivalstrategies #motilitymatters
Risk–reward trade-off during carbon starvation generates dichotomy in motility endurance among marine bacteria - Nature Microbiology
Marine bacteria opt for divergent foraging strategies when faced with carbon starvation—either cease motility entirely, or convert biomass to energy to retain motility.
www.nature.com
May 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
🧪 #microsky 🧫🦠
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And if you are interested in the "behind the paper" story...
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urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
To swim or not to swim during starvation
During carbon starvation, motility may help bacteria to swim out of trouble, but at great energetic cost. Marine bacteria have developed two strategies in response: keep searching or stay home.
urldefense.com
May 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
And if you are interested in the "behind the paper" story...
urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
🔊To chemotaxers, biofilmers, twitchers, swarmers, and swimmers, please consider nominating a deserving colleague for an ASM award!
➡️Due July 1st.
asm.org/academy/acad...
🧪🦠🧫 #microsky #IDsky @blastmeetings.bsky.social
➡️Due July 1st.
asm.org/academy/acad...
🧪🦠🧫 #microsky #IDsky @blastmeetings.bsky.social
ASM Awards and Prize Program
ASM is a nonprofit professional society that publishes scientific journals and advances microbiology through advocacy, global health and diversity in STEM programs.
asm.org
May 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
🔊To chemotaxers, biofilmers, twitchers, swarmers, and swimmers, please consider nominating a deserving colleague for an ASM award!
➡️Due July 1st.
asm.org/academy/acad...
🧪🦠🧫 #microsky #IDsky @blastmeetings.bsky.social
➡️Due July 1st.
asm.org/academy/acad...
🧪🦠🧫 #microsky #IDsky @blastmeetings.bsky.social
We are "microthanatologists" and we are getting better at killing our microbes of interest!
Micro: small
Thanatology: the study of death
🧪🦠🧫 #IDsky
Micro: small
Thanatology: the study of death
🧪🦠🧫 #IDsky
May 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
We are "microthanatologists" and we are getting better at killing our microbes of interest!
Micro: small
Thanatology: the study of death
🧪🦠🧫 #IDsky
Micro: small
Thanatology: the study of death
🧪🦠🧫 #IDsky
First gen proud! Nice to see an analysis from the chemistry PoV
New study from the Women in Supramolecular Chemistry (WISC) revealing the unique challenges resulting from being First Gen (first generation of a family to access Higher Education) in science and showing how these persist at every stage of a career in academia:
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Being a first generation university graduate, the impact on a career in science
Being in the first generation to access Higher Education (First Gen) is a barrier to academic success. First Gens face difficulties transitioning into, completing, and attaining competitive grades in ...
pubs.rsc.org
May 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
First gen proud! Nice to see an analysis from the chemistry PoV
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🧪🔬🧫We have to watch this TONIGHT! Francis Collins will sit down for an interview on 60 Minutes and will outline the impacts of cuts to the NIH. Tune in!
www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-news-and...
www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-news-and...
April 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
🧪🔬🧫We have to watch this TONIGHT! Francis Collins will sit down for an interview on 60 Minutes and will outline the impacts of cuts to the NIH. Tune in!
www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-news-and...
www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-news-and...