Reposted by Chris Peritore-GalveLauren 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... 584101
Chris Peritore-Galve @fcperitore.bsky.social · 26/02/2026The first instrument of the Peritore lab arrived today! Shout out to @cytiva.bsky.social for the matching AKTA lego 🫡🧫🦠🧪 020
Chris Peritore-Galve @fcperitore.bsky.social · 31/12/2025The 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... #MicroSkyperitorelab.comPeritore Lab | Microbial Infection & Immunity | Ohio State University Medical CenterPeritore Lab | Microbial Infection & Immunity | Ohio State University Medical Center 265
Reposted by Chris Peritore-GalveCarolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 11/12/2025I love this thread by @glycoshape.org, this is @bsky.app at its best! 1154
Reposted by Chris Peritore-GalveAlex Kwan @alexkwan.bsky.social · 05/12/2025We used rabies virus 👾 to map how #psilocybin modifies long-range circuits 🧠, revealing network-specific reorganization that we didn’t expect. The full study is now online at Cell. @cp-cell.bsky.social Paper 👉 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... Thread for a synopsis 👉 bsky.app/profile/alex...cell.comPsilocybin triggers an activity-dependent rewiring of large-scale cortical networksPsilocybin reshapes brain networks through activity-dependent plasticity, including a weakening of recurrent cortical loops that could underlie its therapeutic effects. 811438
Reposted by Chris Peritore-GalveHarmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 05/12/2025“I’m tired of being constantly confronted by the consequences of my (in)actions.” 2446
Reposted by Chris Peritore-GalveMariana Byndloss @maribyndloss.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Join us in Colorado next spring for the Keystone Symposia “Beyond #Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies Combating #BacterialInfection”. Registrations are now open! Details below ⬇️ 055
Chris Peritore-Galve @fcperitore.bsky.social · 07/11/2025🧪Thrilled to share our new study "The monoclonal antibody AZD5148 confers broad protection against TcdB-diverse Clostridioides difficile strains in mice” in PLoS Pathogens! @bordenlacy.bsky.social ➡️We show that this mAb alone protects against infection with strains encoding TcdB variants. 1/20journals.plos.org 121
Chris Peritore-Galve @fcperitore.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Excited to share our recent review in which @rcglover.bsky.social, @joeyzacks.bsky.social, @bordenlacy.bsky.social, and I discuss current advances in our understanding of immunity to C. difficile infection and what it will take to develop an effective vaccine 💉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comImmune Aspects of Clostridioides difficile Infection and Vaccine Development 173
Reposted by Chris Peritore-GalveFabian Rivera-Chávez @fabianrchavez.bsky.social · 18/08/20251/ Excited to share the first preprint from my lab! 🎉 My postdoc Paz asked how cholera toxin (CT) helps Vibrio cholerae thrive in the gut. Turns out, CT rewires epithelial metabolism toward L-lactate production—fueling pathogen growth in the small intestine during diseasebiorxiv.orgCholera toxin-induced disease generates epithelial cell-derived L-lactate that promotes Vibrio cholerae growth in the small intestineCholera toxin (CT) promotes Vibrio cholerae colonization by altering gut metabolism to favor pathogen growth. We have previously found that CT-induced disease leads to increased concentrations of L-la... 106425
Reposted by Chris Peritore-GalveAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Imagine this: On the evening of March 8, you and your spouse unlock the door to your apartment building. As you step inside, two men—not in uniform—push their way in behind you. They tell you your visa has been revoked and that they are there to deport you. 515159584425
Reposted by Chris Peritore-GalveIgor Brodsky @brodskyigorlab.bsky.social · 13/03/2025In 2024 NIH grant awards supported 407,782 jobs and $94.58 billion in new economic activity nationwide, the largest figure in the history of the report. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...forbes.comNIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New ReportNational Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research. 4193106
Reposted by Chris Peritore-GalveJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Preliminary injunction in nationwide indirect cost rate case. This means that the judge found that the plaintiffs (AAMC, et al.) are likely to win on the merits when the ruling is finalized. www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/n...statnews.comJudge issues preliminary injunction blocking Trump cuts to NIH research overhead paymentsA federal judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from slashing NIH payments for research overhead 7320125
Reposted by Chris Peritore-GalveScience Magazine @science.org · 05/03/2025A federal judge in Massachusetts today blocked an attempt by the National Institutes of Health to cut some $4 billion annually that goes to universities to cover the cost of supporting research on their campuses.scim.agU.S. judge blocks NIH’s plan to slash overhead cost paymentsInjunction allows universities to keep receiving billions to recover costs of supporting federal research on campus 027072
Reposted by Chris Peritore-GalveCALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 02/03/2025This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second. 20255395336868
Reposted by Chris Peritore-GalveAndy Pekosz @andrewpekosz.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Everyone who ever got funding through NIAID should be aware of this bill and start sending messages to their US legislators. The bill intends to dissolve NIAID. This is Project 2025 www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...congress.gov 46886
Reposted by Chris Peritore-GalveCarolyn Ibberson @cbibberson.bsky.social · 22/02/2025I created a brief spreadsheet of reductions I've heard of so far. Any additions you know of (especially if you have the links/receipts) would be great: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...docs.google.comGraduate Reductions Across Biomedical Sciences (2025) 38460331
Reposted by Chris Peritore-GalveStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 22/02/2025🚨 WANT TO HELP US STAND UP FOR SCIENCE? 🚨 Here's a little update on where we're currently at with the planning process! Is your state red or grey & you want to see an event happen? Fill out our volunteer form or share with a friend! airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG... #standupforscience2025 21370289
Reposted by Chris Peritore-GalveVaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 22/02/2025🚨PA colleagues: "Senator Fetterman wants to hear from you about how the federal funding freeze is affecting Pennsylvania." "If your project has been impacted, please fill out our constituent impact form:" forms.office.com/g/mFv2JAPxpC Get out your Other Support and share that info!forms.office.comMicrosoft Forms 4122131
Reposted by Chris Peritore-GalvePLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 21/02/2025PLOS has issued a statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity. We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry. plos.io/3D4O8cHplos.ioPLOS statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity - The Official PLOS BlogSince its founding over twenty five years ago PLOS has been dedicated to advancing open science, ensuring that knowledge is accessible to… 291112436
Reposted by Chris Peritore-GalveMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Ok scientists & those who love science 🧪: here is another exhortation. Call Congress TODAY about the freeze on NIH Council Meetings and Study Sections. Emphasize that this means NO new grants are being funded & labs will soon start to shut down and fire employees. Phone numbers are at: 5calls.org5calls.org5 CallsSpend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard. 510887
Reposted by Chris Peritore-GalveNeedhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Once again, these include a host of individual and institutional training grants that broaden participation in biomedical research: IMSD, MARC, U-RISE, G-RISE, Bridges to Doctorates, MOSAIC, etc. This strategy is nefarious and in direct conflict with the recent injunction against Trump anti-DEI EOs 54123
Reposted by Chris Peritore-GalveAlt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 14/02/2025It’s been buried in all the news today, but every scientist in the US should pay attention to this: Mike Lauer went out on a limb for us all, sending out a memo saying institutes should start awarding grants. And it looks like Trump/Musk fired him for that. 🧪 201361594
Reposted by Chris Peritore-GalveLewis Kamb @lewiskamb.bsky.social · 14/02/2025CDC source: “We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff. They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.” 556107775568
Reposted by Chris Peritore-GalveGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 14/02/2025This new Administration is a bunch of terrorists blowing up all that is meant to keep us safe and healthy. CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t... via @statnews.comstatnews.comCDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public healthMembers of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service were warned Friday that many of them were about to be fired 16451131570
Reposted by Chris Peritore-GalveAlt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Hi Vanderbilt, with your $545 million in NIH funding — how’s it going over there? 1275
Reposted by Chris Peritore-GalveCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 08/02/20251. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...grants.nih.govNOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost RatesNIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD 25470014078
Reposted by Chris Peritore-GalveMatt Barber @biobarber.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Executive wants to frame the NIH indirects cut as $4B in savings. But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.nih.govDirect Economic ContributionsNIH directly supports the economy through investments in research institutions and job formation. 7244142089
Reposted by Chris Peritore-GalveDr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 02/02/2025@asm.org this better not be anticipatory obedience. I have 5 lab members planning on going to ASM microbe this year. I will absolutely pivot to another meeting if ASM gives in to anti-DEI efforts. 14509126
Reposted by Chris Peritore-GalveNature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · 30/01/2025Read the news and views on this paper by Amandine Everard & co here: A gut microorganism turns the dial on sugar intake www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comA gut microorganism turns the dial on sugar intake - Nature MicrobiologyA Bacteroides vulgatus metabolite, pantothenate, induces secretion of the hormones GLP1 in the gut and FGF21 in the liver, which act on the hypothalamus to reduce sugar intake. 142
Reposted by Chris Peritore-GalveIlan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Scientific advancements aside, this is economically irresponsible Every $1 spent by NIH generates $2.46 For example, in 2023, $47B in NIH spending generated ~$93B Halting NIH spending will LOSE the US a lot of money (and talent) 591945947
Reposted by Chris Peritore-GalveJane Liebschutz, MD MPH (she/her) @liebschutz.bsky.social · 22/01/2025All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities. 583121984962
Reposted by Chris Peritore-GalveNature Reviews Microbiology @natrevmicro.nature.com · 17/01/2025#weekendreading🔬 Fiber- and acetate-mediated modulation of MHC-II expression on intestinal epithelium protects from Clostridioides difficile infection #microsky www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...cell.comFiber- and acetate-mediated modulation of MHC-II expression on intestinal epithelium protects from Clostridioides difficile infectionFachi et al. show that a low-fiber diet worsens CDI by increasing MHC-II in colonic epithelium, promoting pathogenic CD4+ IELs. Acetate from fibers enhances ILC3-derived IL-22 via FFAR2, suppressing M... 141
Reposted by Chris Peritore-GalveNature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 14/01/2025A Review in Nature Reviews Microbiology explores the pathways linking the gut and the brain and examines the microbial, endocrine and neural mechanisms involved in the gut microbiota-brain axis and their impact on gastrointestinal and neuropsychiatric health. go.nature.com/3DSeS0d 🔒 23411
Reposted by Chris Peritore-GalveMagdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Type 2 immunity is thought of as a potential promoter of tumorigenesis. Emerging evidence challenges this perspective. Could it be harness to reimagine cancer immunotherapies? 🧪 @nature.com @natureportfolio.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comReinventing type 2 immunity in cancer - NatureThis Review addresses the roles of type 2 immunity in cancer and the potential for cancer immunotherapies targeting this pathway. 1247
Reposted by Chris Peritore-GalveMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 29/12/2024WOW! "Subtomogram averaging Soluble and membrane-bound complexes ranging in size from >3 MDa to ~200 kDa, including 80S ribosomes, Rubisco, nucleosomes, microtubules, clathrin, photosystem II, and mitochondrial ATP synthase. The majority of these density maps reached sub-nanometer resolution..." 🧪 45019