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Kim Davis

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Associate professor @Johns Hopkins Bloomberg SPH. Studying heterogeneity within bacterial populations during infection & implications for antibiotic susceptibility.

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Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Junior faculty position in Basic Sciences @fredhutch.org! Please repost!
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Andreas Peschel @andreaspeschel.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
You are an ambitious young scientist, on the verge to independence, in a research field related to our Cluster of Excellence @cmfi.bsky.social “Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections”? Join our vibrant, interactive scientific community in Tubingen. Repost and apply! www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Independent Junior Research Group Leaders (m/f/d) - Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg (DE) job with Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen | 12858473
The Cluster of Excellence EXC 2124 “Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections” (CMFI) at the University of Tübingen invites applications for Indepen...
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Mark Mandel @markjmandel.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Apply to be an editor at an ASM Journal! Open call for editors at mBio, mSphere, mSystems, and Microbiology Spectrum. This is a very fulfilling way to share your expertise and give back to our society journals. @asm.org journals.asm.org/asm-call-for...
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ASM Journals Open Calls for Editors
A list of current and upcoming open calls for editors at ASM Journals.
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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 09/01/2026
🚨Call for papers🚨 Microbial Evolution: Impacts on Human Health in the society journal Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health Guest Editors: Bob Woods, Silvie Huijben & Camilo Barbosa EIC: me This will be great, please submit and share! academic.oup.com/emph/pages/m...
Microbial Evolution: Impacts on Human Health

Call for Papers

A defining characteristic of infectious diseases is that they evolve. The consequences of this evolution are among the most pressing medical issues facing humanity, including emerging pandemics, antibiotic resistance, and the success or failure of vaccines. Pathogen evolution profoundly influences virulence, transmission, and responses to a broad array of human interventions. While the evolutionary dynamics of pathogens have historically been challenging to study, large-scale genomic sequencing, novel computational tools, and experimental methods are rapidly changing the field. We encourage submissions on the broad topic of the evolution of infectious diseases.

This Special Issue aims to feature research that blends evolutionary approaches to understanding pathogen heterogeneity and ongoing genetic change in clinical samples and models of human infection. It also seeks to highlight opportunities to design treatment and prevention strategies that remain effective in the face of ongoing pathogen evolution.

Submission – open until January 31, 2027

Guest editors
Robert Woods, MD PhD, University of Michigan
Camilo Barbosa, PhD, University of Michigan 
Silvie Huijben, PhD, Arizona State University
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Dan Starr @danstarrucdavis.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Warning. ⚠️ If you are writing an NSF GRFP, new this year, you need official transcripts to apply. Beware. They will not review applications without official transcripts. ‼️
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Kim Davis @davislabjhu.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Happy Halloween from the @DavisLabJHU !! Featuring the @orioles.com Jumbotron Crab shuffle, hotdog race, and bird bath. Proudly took home 2nd place in the @johnshopkinsmmi.bsky.social departmental costume contest! 😀 🦀 🌭
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Pitt Department of Immunology @pitt-immunology.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
🚨 Faculty position alert! 🚨The Center for Systems Immunology (CSI) and @pitt-immunology.bsky.social are seeking to appoint a tenure-stream Assistant Professor. Learn more and apply: bit.ly/3L42cGS
Graphic announcing that the Center for Systems Immunology and the University of Pittsburgh Department of Immunology are hiring an Assistant Professor in Systems Immunology. To learn more or apply, visit join.pitt.edu and search 24007498 under Faculty Positions
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Wolfram Zückert @wolfzueckert.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
We’re hiring! KUMC's Dept. of Microbiol., Mol. Genet. & Immunol. seeks a new Asst. Professor in Immunology. Be part of a vibrant department and benefit from association with the NCI-designated KU Cancer Center. Come join us in Kansas City! Apply here: kumc.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/kumc-j...
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ThePatrick&WatsonLabs @thepwlab.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
If you are somehow still compelled to be a PI in the world in which we find ourselves, we'd love to have you as a colleague! Two positions in Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University. www.nature.com/naturecareer... www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University - Nashville, Tennessee job with Vanderbilt University School of Medicine | 12843515
Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine—Basic Sciences
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Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Come and join us @stanford-chemh.bsky.social! It's an amazing place to do interdisciplinary science & I'm so grateful to be in this community. Faculty applications due 10/15/2025 -- please share widely. Interested but not sure you're ready to apply this year? DM me & I'm happy to provide advice :)
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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 29/09/2025
View from the lab now. Did I mention that we are recruiting faculty microbiologists? www.linkedin.com/posts/vaughn...
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George O'Toole (he/him/his) @geiselbiofilm.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Please share - an Assist Prof position in microbiology employmentopportunities.umb.edu/mob/cw/en-us... @asm.org
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Samara Reck-Peterson @samreckpeterson.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
We are hiring an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Weill Cornell Medicine. Come join our collaborative research environment with state-of-the-art facilities in NYC! Application review starts Oct 22. biochem.weill.cornell.edu/join-our-fac...
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Join our Faculty | Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics
Call for applications:We invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the newly established Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics. We are conducting an open search for ou...
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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 23/09/2025
🚨 Microbiologists! We are recruiting Assistant / Associate Professors in 3 collaborative areas of our U. Pittsburgh School of Medicine. 1) MMG (my dept): fundamental research in med micro 2) Peds ID / I4Kids institute 3) Center for Vaccine Research 🔗 to all 3 w/info: www.linkedin.com/posts/vaughn...
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Faculty Professor Associate - Full-Time | Vaughn Cooper
We are recruiting Faculty microbiologists in three (3) different, complementary, and collaborative areas at the University of Pittsburgh associated with the School of Medicine. 1) Fundamental researc...
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Dept of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology at Johns Hopkins @johnshopkinsmmi.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Research from @johnshopkinsmmi.bsky.social & @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social Lab of Kimberly M. Davis @davislabjhu.bsky.social featured in @plos.org Pathogens Davis Lab paper 'Yersinia pseudotuberculosis growth arrest during type-III secretion system ...' ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ 1/2 journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
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Yersinia pseudotuberculosis growth arrest during type-III secretion system expression is associated with altered ribosomal protein expression and decreased gentamicin susceptibility
Author summary Slow-growing bacterial cells generally have reduced antibiotic susceptibility, rendering them difficult to eliminate during antibiotic treatment. However, for many key virulence factors...
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Dept of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology at Johns Hopkins @johnshopkinsmmi.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Microbiologist & Associate Professor Kim Davis @davislabjhu.bsky.social & her lab team investigate gene expression changes associated with bacterial growth to find markers that predict bacterial survival after antibiotic treatment. DAVIS LAB bit.ly/45ZMgxj 2/2 journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
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Yersinia pseudotuberculosis growth arrest during type-III secretion system expression is associated with altered ribosomal protein expression and decreased gentamicin susceptibility
Author summary Slow-growing bacterial cells generally have reduced antibiotic susceptibility, rendering them difficult to eliminate during antibiotic treatment. However, for many key virulence factors...
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Kim Davis @davislabjhu.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Big congrats to the new Dr. Cotten @katecotten.bsky.social on the manuscript submission! Preprint is now available on biorxiv, and links a tRNA modification to specific reductions in ribosomal gene expression and antibiotic tolerance. Check it out! 😀
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Kim Davis @davislabjhu.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Excited to post our first S. aureus preprint on biorxiv! Big congrats to co-first authors, postdocs @anjali20anil.bsky.social and Rezia Braza, and really enjoyed the collaboration with @torreslab.bsky.social !
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Dept of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology at Johns Hopkins @johnshopkinsmmi.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
🎉 Congratulations to @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social & @johnshopkinsmmi.bsky.social PhD graduate Kate Cotten, PhD, who successfully defended her PhD thesis! Way to go, Kate! Read more about Kate & other MMI PhD students here publichealth.jhu.edu/departments/...
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Kim Davis @davislabjhu.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Celebrated Kate’s PhD thesis defense today! Huge congrats to the new Dr. Cotten and fantastic job on your seminar and defense!! 😀
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Andreas Bäumler @abaumler.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
The new open access policy of NIH will take effect next week (July 1st). All NIH funded research 🔬🧪🧬accepted after July 1st must be open access upon publication. Worried about fees? 💸 Check out how IAI stacks up against other journals—you might be surprised. #OpenAccess #SciComm #Microbiology
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Burroughs Wellcome Fund @bwfund.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Now open - LOIs for the Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH) program. Deadline is July 17 @ 3pm ET. More information here: buff.ly/iSu3v60 #bwfpath #GrantOpportunity
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Kim Davis @davislabjhu.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Big congratulations to all the new BWF PATH awardees! Thank you to @bwfund.bsky.social for your continued support of infectious disease research!
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Johnson Lab - University of Iowa @campylobacterlab.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Hey y'all! My department is conducting a search for an assistant or associate professor in bacteriology. It's pretty broadly defined. If you know anyone who's looking for a great department that does awesome science - please send them our way! You can DM me with any questions you have 😀
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Tera Levin @teralevin.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
For grad students and postdocs: We'd love to see you at the Molecular and Cell Biology of Symbiosis course at the Marine Biological Labs this summer! Application deadline is Apr 14, so apply soon. Please share with anyone who might be interested! www.mbl.edu/education/ad...
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Molecular and Cell Biology of Symbiosis | Marine Biological Laboratory
This is an immersive research-based course designed to teach basic concepts, open research questions, and facilitate state-of-the-art experimental approaches in symbiosis research.
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Sonali Majumdar @sonali-m-19.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
📣 I am excited to share the cover of my forthcoming book 'Thriving As An International Scientist' (@ucpress.bsky.social ess.bsky.social) which hits the shelf in Fall 2025. I sincerely love this cover and feel it captures the essence of this book. What does this cover remind you of?
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Kim Davis @davislabjhu.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
#standupforscience2025 DC! Great to feel such a strong sense of community after so many weeks of uncertainty
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Kim Davis @davislabjhu.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
A really positive event today amidst so much uncertainty. Celebrating doctoral students that completed their qualifying exam in 2024! Congratulations to our 3rd year MMI PhD cohort! @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
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TransEvo @transevo.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
7 PhD positions in Translational Evolutionary Research available @uni-kiel.de Application deadline is March 27, 2025 Please spread the word! www.kec.uni-kiel.de/news_events/...
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Boston Bacterial Meeting @bostonbacteria.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
SAVE THE DATE ‼️ 📆 📢 BBM 2025 will be held on June 9-10th at the Harvard Science Center feat. the one and only Dr. Petra Levin as keynote! We can't wait to see you there. Registration and scholarship applications open next week.
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Kim Davis @davislabjhu.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Happy holidays from the Davis lab!! Had a holiday breakfast this morning with our annual white elephant gift exchange! 🥳🎁 Very thankful to work with this great group of scientists!! 😀
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Heran Darwin, PhD @heran.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Application deadline has been extended to January 10, 2025...
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Heran Darwin, PhD @heran.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
The ASM Microbe 2025 Call for Abstracts is now open! Early Submission Deadline is December 3, 2024. #ASMMicrobe2025
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Victor J. Torres @torreslab.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
The Torres Lab is seeking a Senior Scientist to lead studies focused on understanding the immune response to bacterial infections. Candidates must have extensive postdoctoral research experience in immunology and a strong record of publications. talent.stjude.org/careers/jobs...
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Senior Scientist-Immunology, Vaccinology, Infection in Memphis, Tennessee | St. Jude Careers
St. Jude Careers is hiring a Senior Scientist-Immunology, Vaccinology, Infection in Memphis, Tennessee. Review all of the job details and apply today!
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Matthew Lawrenz @lawrenzlab.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Calling all microbiologists! Registration is open for the Mid-Atlantic Microbial Pathogenesis Meeting, February 2-4, 2025.! Abstract deadline is 12/8/2024, but don't wait, filling fast. Check it out at mampm.org.
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February 2-4, 2025 Wintergreen Resort, Virginia
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Corrie Detweiler @csdetweiler.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
From the S. Shin lab sunnyshinlab.bsky.social: Hu guanylate-binding protein 1 (GBP1) damages the vesicle around Legionella, revealing the pathogen to the cell by activating inflammasomes. In contrast, murine GBPs can directly attack cytosolic Legionella. doi.org/10.1128/mbio... #mbio #ASM #MicroSky
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Human GBP1 facilitates the rupture of the Legionella-containing vacuole and inflammasome activation | mBio
Inflammasomes are essential for host defense against intracellular bacterial pathogens like Legionella, as they activate caspases, which promote cytokine release and cell death to control infection. I...
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David Tobin @tobinlab.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Duke Integrative Immunobiology department and Pharmacology & Cancer Biology joint search for tenure track assistant professor with focus on tumor immunology.
tenure track assistant professor advertisement for Integrative Immunobiology department at Duke for tumor immunology
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Yves Brun lab @brunlabcaulo.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
Please repost: Nov. 15 deadline! We are building a strong bacteriology community at Univ de Montréal, including recent hires Sven van Teeffelen, Frédérique Le Roux & myself. Moving to Montréal in 2018 is one of the best career decisions I made. Come join us! jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/664282/a...
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Assistant or Associate Professor in Bacteriology - Montréal, Quebec (CA) job with University of Montreal | 664282
Université de Montréal (UdeM) is looking for an Assistant or Associate full-time professor in the field of bacteriology.
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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 28/08/2024
A few slots still available to attend the amazing Lake Arrowhead Microbial Genomes meeting Sept 15-19 at the UCLA Conference Center at Lake Arrowhead, CA. www.lamg.info
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LAMG - Lake Arrowhead Microbial Genomics Meeting
Biennial conference focusing on microbial genomes.
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Kim Davis @davislabjhu.bsky.social · 09/01/2024
Parsa and Jamie, our PhD students from Seattle, lost a bet…😂 #goblue
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Kim Davis @davislabjhu.bsky.social · 14/12/2023
Happy holidays from the @davislabjhu.bsky.social ! A group photo today after our annual white elephant gift exchange, new coffee mugs were a very popular gift! 😀☕️🎁
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