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Annie Doyle

@anniedoyle.bsky.social
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Postdoc in the Skaar Lab at Vanderbilt | PhD in the Ballard Lab from OU Health Sciences

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Annie Doyle @anniedoyle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Being trained on classic FPLC and HPLC models means I’m able to take really old (and new) LC’s down to their bones, rebuild/repair them, and get them up and running for free. Everyone meet Edna 💁‍♀️ #analogforever #nothingicantmeasure
Me beaming with joy next to a completely cleaned out and stripped FPLC from the 90's ready for her glow up.
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bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The iron-binding siderophore enterobactin is required for the response of multi-drug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae to zinc limitation www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Sar Crespi @boron110.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I love a crossover hit -- Ancient Rome plus volcanology @science.org #ScienceAdvanvces www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Pliny the Younger advances geochronology
The eruption of Vesuvius volcano witnessed by Pliny the Younger in 79 CE is dated by the argon-40/argon-39 (40Ar/39Ar) method to 1938 ± 13 years (SD) before measurement in 2025 CE. Achievement of 0.7%...
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Annie Doyle @anniedoyle.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Huge congrats to you and Nicole!! This is such a fabulous story!
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Annie Doyle @anniedoyle.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Had a fabulous first time at phage last week! Grateful to have had an opportunity to give a talk, see old friends, and make new ones 😊
Skaar lab girls standing on the patio at UW union
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Ran Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Huge faculty recruitment effort at the University of Chicago -- a division-wide, open-rank search looking to hire about 20 faculty across 5 research areas in biology. Come be our colleague! Full announcement: uchicago.app.box.com/s/ckih9zv3rj...
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Kevin Forsberg @kvnforsberg.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Humans and bacteria share strategies to defend against viruses. We wondered: could they use each other's genes? Yes, both can! Bacteria can use human immune genes to defend against phages AND Human cells can use bacterial genes for viral defense. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Bacterial and human exonucleases mediate interkingdom antiviral immunity
All kingdoms of life have developed strategies to limit viral infection. In humans, interferons induce a suite of antiviral factors that collectively provide immunity. Some human immune genes are homo...
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Annie Doyle @anniedoyle.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Well that’s pretty cool and wild!
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Annie Doyle @anniedoyle.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
And here is a link to its final form out now in @pnas.org! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Erin Green @erinrgreen.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Excited to share the final part of my postdoc work, where we investigate the impact of antimicrobial treatment on susceptibility to hospital-acquired Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia. Thanks to our amazing group of collaborators for their contributions to this study! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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The intestinal microbiota impacts nutritional immunity and resistance to Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia | PNAS
Broad-spectrum antibiotics are frequently administered to intensive care unit patients as part of empiric care. This treatment has been associated ...
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Nichole Broderick, PhD @nabroderick.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Excited to announce our new journal from @isme-microbes.bsky.social ISME Host Microbe is live and now accepting submissions. Look forward to receiving your papers! #Microsky 🧫 🦠
Image of the cover of the 1st volume of ISME Host Microbe a new official journal of the International Society for Microbial Ecology. Cover images shows a plant stomata with bacteria around and entering.
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Annie Doyle @anniedoyle.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Slay
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Annie Doyle @anniedoyle.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
It’s been a busy couple months since starting my postdoc in the Skaar lab! Excited to share a preprint in collab with @giedroclab.bsky.social where we discovered COG0523 conformational switching is regulated by an intrinsic arginine finger-revising the current model for metallochaperone function!
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Borden Lacy @bordenlacy.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I am happy to share our recent publication in @nature.com on a mucosal immunization strategy that clears C. difficile colonization in mice. Congratulations to Audrey Thomas, lead author on the work. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Annie Doyle @anniedoyle.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
I just don’t think I could have dreamt up a better group of people to serve the people of Nashville with this past week. A huge thank you to everyone that has helped us fight hunger during these winter storms ❤️
#wearenotthebottlenecks#nashvilleemergencyresponse
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Tay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró) @biotay.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Cow Tools! We have lived alongside cows for nearly 10,000 years. We breed them and exploit them It is now, only now, that we have discovered THEY CAN USE TOOLS Here I describe our study (paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... in @currentbiology.bsky.social with @auersperga.bsky.social
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Chris Peritore-Galve @fcperitore.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
The Peritore Lab officially opens its doors in 2026! I am seeking an organized, motivated technician to join our team focused on host-pathogen interaction research. For details on current research, check out: www.peritorelab.com Job listing: osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/j... #MicroSky
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Peritore Lab | Microbial Infection & Immunity | Ohio State University Medical Center
Peritore Lab | Microbial Infection & Immunity | Ohio State University Medical Center
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Andreas Bäumler @abaumler.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Friday we lost a brilliant mind, colleague, and friend to her battle with pancreatic cancer. Those who knew her will remember Helene Andrews-Polymenis for her warmth, generosity and leadership. She will be missed by many. RIP
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Annie Doyle @anniedoyle.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Team #Skaarmagedon dominating trivia one holiday party at a time 🏆
Group of trivia winners holding a box of giant microbes Christmas ornaments
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Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · 18/11/2025
#NewResearch A bile acid-bound structure of toxin TcdB revealed the mechanism of inhibition and guided the design of a synthetic bile acid that alleviated C. difficile infection in mice. #MicroSky 🦠💊 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Structure-guided design of a synthetic bile acid that inhibits Clostridioides difficile TcdB toxin - Nature Microbiology
A bile acid-bound structure of toxin TcdB revealed the mechanism of inhibition and guided the design of a synthetic bile acid that alleviated Clostridioides difficile infection in mice.
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Buzz Baum @buzzbaum.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
We have wondered what a complex archaeal cell might look like ever since 2014. It’s been a long road (and the journey is far from over), but it’s a good time to pause for breath and look. These Asgard archaeal cells are a surprise! And that is the joy of being a cell biologist.
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Annie Doyle @anniedoyle.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Huge congrats, Lauren! So excited to see all the fun things that continue to come from the Palmer lab!
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
This.
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Annie Doyle @anniedoyle.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
No freaking way
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Valeria Reyes Ruiz @reyesruiz.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Ready to start MegaMicrobe 2025! Thanks to Owen and Jesse for leading the Skaar Lab booth with the ESKAPE band. 🎸🤘
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Casey terHorst @ecoevolab.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
The GRFP lives!! (due end of October) www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
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Annie Doyle @anniedoyle.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Woohoo! Way to go Lauren and team!! 🎉
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Joe Zackular @joeyzacks.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Excited to share this collaborative study with @ritatamayo.bsky.social showing that E. faecalis influences C. diff morphology through the phase variable CmrRST system! This work was co-led by the amazing team of @ashleyweiss.bsky.social and Jilarie Santos-Santiago!
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Annie Doyle @anniedoyle.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Send you lots of love and strength!
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
The 500 additional GRFPs NSF awarded were not very evenly distributed across fields, it seems. www.science.org/content/arti...
Plot showing skewed distribution toward comp science and applied physics
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Rita Tamayo @ritatamayo.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
New review article from the lab! "Maximizing bacterial survival: integrating sense-and-respond and bet-hedging mechanisms": www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Led by PhD student Nicole Gadda & former-PhD student from the Cotter lab Lilli Lowrey Access link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lHuj_,2Ci...
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
My latest for American Scientist Magazine helps give scientists the tools to fight back against politicized charges that our research is silly or pointless- tools that will work whether you’re asked “why are we funding this” from your asshole uncle at Thanksgiving or an asshole US Senator. 🧪🌎
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“Why Are We Funding This?”
Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.
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Pieter Dorrestein @pieterdorrestein.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
If you have ever wondered what might happen to short chain fatty acids made by the microbiome. Here is a large class of metabolites and how they link to biology. www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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The microbiome diversifies long- to short-chain fatty acid-derived N-acyl lipids
Mass spectrometry data mining tools enabled the creation of an MS/MS spectral library containing hundreds of N-acyl lipids, including conjugates with short-chain fatty acids. This resource enabled the...
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Joe Zackular @joeyzacks.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Incredibly honored to be selected as a @bwfund.bsky.social Investigator in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease. Thank you to @bwfund.bsky.social for supporting our work - I am thrilled to join this amazing community! And special thank you to my AMAZING team (past & present) for getting us here!
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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health @hsph.harvard.edu · 16/05/2025
With nearly all of Harvard Chan School’s direct federal grants terminated, we are relying on philanthropy to power our research and support our educational programs. Every gift, regardless of size, advances our vision of health, dignity, and justice for every human. Support our work: hsph.me/whygive
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Annie Doyle @anniedoyle.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Woohoo!! I am so proud of you and so excited for all of the exciting science that will come out of the Reyes Ruiz lab!! 🎉
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Annie Doyle @anniedoyle.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
So proud of you, Harris! You are an incredibly scientist and I can’t wait to see what you accomplish throughout your career!
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Annie Doyle @anniedoyle.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Thanks Shannon!!
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Annie Doyle @anniedoyle.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
I guess I’m Dr. Doyle now?!
Me with my mentors Jimmy Ballard and Rodney TwetenMe with my scientific grandfather
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Annie Doyle @anniedoyle.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
And Rodney Tweten!! What a wild day of celebration we got going on! 🎉
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Manuela Casasoli @manuelacasasoli.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
The emergent properties of biofilms: wow! "As cells divide and a biofilm grows, it doesn’t simply expand outward. What starts as a flat, smooth layer of cells stretches and pulses." 🧪 🧮 ⚛️ #Science ➡️How a Biofilm’s Strange Shape Emerges From Cellular Geometry www.quantamagazine.org/how-a-biofil...
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https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-a-biofilms-strange-shape-emerges-from-cellular-geometry-20250421/

Biofilms can form many unique shapes. When they’re given different nutrients — a new sugar source, less protein or more salt — entirely different topographies emerge.

Credit
Courtesy of Lars Dietrich
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
ICYMI: @harvard.edu today filed a 51-page lawsuit against the Trump Administration, Pam Bondi, RFK Jr., and several other defendants for their unconstitutional and unlawful federal funding freeze. www.harvard.edu/president/ne...
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Upholding Our Values, Defending Our University
Dear Members of the Harvard Community,Over the course of the past week, the federal government has taken several actions following Harvard’s refusal to
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 19/04/2025
Northwestern just announced that the university will meet the funding needs of any research that is being impacted by stop orders. LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOO! #edusky #academicsky wgntv.com/evanston/nor...
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Northwestern University to self-fund research despite Trump administration freeze
While university officials said they’ve still not received official word of such action, they acknowledged receiving about 100 stop-work orders from the federal government on roughly 100 fede…
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 16/04/2025
Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
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Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
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NPR @npr.org · 15/04/2025
The Trump administration has drafted a memo to Congress outlining its intent to end nearly all federal funding for public media, which includes NPR and PBS, according to a White House official who spoke to NPR.
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Trump plans order to cut funding for NPR and PBS
President Trump and GOP members of Congress have accused the public broadcasters of biased and "woke" programming. The president plans a rescission, which would give Congress 45 days to approve the di...
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Annie Doyle @anniedoyle.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Warning: this story has a 100% chance of filling your day with so much joy
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Annie Doyle @anniedoyle.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
What an honor it has been to serve the OUHSC community ❤️
Two gals having a blast in front of OUHSC campus awards
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jeremy, yarn yoshi stan @cycl0pentadiene.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
is.... that a capybara for scale
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Valeria Reyes Ruiz @reyesruiz.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
So much joy to see everyone today coming together to celebrate 20 years of the Skaar Lab. Thank you to Eric for the leadership and mentorship over the years! 🥰
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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Contrary to popular belief, what is important in science is as much its spirit as its product: it is as much the openmindedness, the primacy of criticism, the submission to the unforeseen, however upsetting, as the result, however new that may be. – Francois Jacob www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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