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Valeria Reyes Ruiz @reyesruiz.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Congratulations to everyone but most of all to @laurenpalmer.bsky.social ! Such an incredible role model as a scientist and mentor. ♥️

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Teresa O'Meara @teresaomeara.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

We are hiring @umichmicroimmuno.bsky.social ! Tenure-track assistant professor position in our Microbiology and Immunology department. We are especially looking for someone working in bacterial pathogenesis

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Lauren Palmer @laurenpalmer.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

🚨Faculty job search: University of Illinois Chicago Micro & Immuno department is hiring! Open rank and open area within host-pathogen interactions. Apply by May 31 to join us in UI College of Medicine in the heart of Chicago! uic.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

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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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Lauren Palmer @laurenpalmer.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

This month, my lab celebrated our 5 year anniversary! On October 16, 2020, I rode the L train to start my lab at UIC, as the only lab member during COVID. In 2025, we celebrated together! It’s been such an honor that all these incredible people and more have chosen to do science with me!

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2025-the Palmer lab celebrating at a restaurant

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Shabaana Khader @khadershabaana.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

UChicago Microbiology is searching for tenured or tenure-track faculty working in host-pathogens interactions, viral and bacterial pathogenesis, and emerging infectious diseases. Come join our vibrant Department! microbiology.uchicago.edu Apply here apply.interfolio.com/174404

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Erin Green @erinrgreen.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Job alert ‼️ UChicago Micro is hiring! Open to tenured/tenure track faculty at all levels in any area of microbiology. Come join our amazing and growing department. apply.interfolio.com/174404

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Judith Behnsen @judith-behnsen.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Excited to share our new publication, out today in Nature! www.nature.com/articles/s41.... @kanchanj.bsky.social led this fascinating fungal-bacterial interaction project. We are grateful for our wonderful collaborators Brian Peters and David Underhill.

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Commensal yeast promotes Salmonella Typhimurium virulence - Nature

Commensal Candida albicans enhances the virulence and dissemination of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium.

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Lauren Palmer @laurenpalmer.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Super excited to share our paper online 🚨today🚨 in Cell Host & Microbe‬! Xiaomei Ren @xiaomeiren.bsky.social and Mason Clark @rmasonclark.bsky.social‬ co-led discovery of ecological factors for Acinetobacter baumannii carriage in the gut, a reservoir for pathogen spread. 🎉 tinyurl.com/443kfefk

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Lauren Palmer @laurenpalmer.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

And congratulations to @cp-cell.bsky.social Poster Award Winners Rachel Washburn (USF) and Jessica Aycock (Clemson) at 2025 GRC MAST!!! 🥳🎉👏🏼

Rachel Washburn and Jessica Aycock with their Cell Press poster awards at GRC Microbial Adhesion and Signal Transduction

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Lauren Palmer @laurenpalmer.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Congratulations to 2025 GRC Microbial Adhesion and Signal Transduction Poster Award Winners!! 🎆🥂🙌 Thank you @cp-cell.bsky.social and @femsmicro.org for sponsoring! From, Your secret judges 🤫

Michael Patnode with Rachel Washburn, Jessica Aycock, and Mason Clark, winners of GRC MAST poster awards from Cell Press and FEMS

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Jake Choby @jakechoby.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Excited to share the work with @dweisslab.bsky.social‬ and great collaborators on how gene amplification generates dynamic heteroresistance to new beta-lactams, like cefiderocol. We hope drug developers will consider heteroresistance during antibiotic development rdcu.be/euijW

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Copy number flexibility facilitates heteroresistance to increasing antibiotic pressure and threatens the beta-lactam pipeline

Nature Communications - Choby et al. show that dynamic increases in the copy number of preexisting β-lactamase genes in heteroresistance enables resistance of continua of cellular...

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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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Gc Rox @gcrox.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

All of NIH funding to Northwestern University is frozen. This pause includes noncompeting approved funding, new and competing grants with fundable scores. No reimbursements for money already spent have been received since March. This situation is rarely reported so please Please get the word out!

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Valeria Reyes Ruiz @reyesruiz.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

1/3 It’s official 🙌🏽 The Reyes Ruiz Lab is opening in 2026 at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences. My lab will focus on host antibacterial effectors and adaptation of bacteria to host-imposed stress during S. aureus infections.

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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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Zach Lonergan @zrlon.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

I'm hoping to hire a full-time research technician to help with launching my research program here at Rutgers - if you know someone interested in gaining additional expertise in molecular microbiology, please send them my way! jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/247...

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Laboratory Researcher

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Laboratory Researcher for the Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology within the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences.Among the ke...

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Judith Behnsen @judith-behnsen.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Excited to share that we are hiring a Bridge to Faculty Postdoc in Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Illinois Chicago. Please reach out if you have any questions about the program. And please share broadly. uic.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

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Bridge to Faculty Postdoctoral Research Associate in Microbiology and Immunology

Bridge to Faculty Postdoctoral Research Associate in Microbiology and ImmunologyThe Department of Microbiology and Immunology (MI) at the University o...

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Lauren Palmer @laurenpalmer.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

SO EXCITED to share our recent work on dietary zinc deficiency worsening Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia, out today with @natureportfolio.bsky.social!! Surprisingly, this is due at least in part to the allergic-type cytokine IL-13. SharedIt link: rdcu.be/d0h4h Eat your zinc rich foods! 🦪🫘🧀🥩🥜

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Dietary zinc deficiency promotes Acinetobacter baumannii lung infection via IL-13 in mice

Nature Microbiology - Increased IL-13 drives increased bacterial dissemination and mortality following Acinetobacter baumannii lung infection of zinc-deficient mice and can be countered by...

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