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Leigh Knodler

@leighknodler.bsky.social
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Australian first | Scientist second | Professor at The University of Vermont | FirstGen | Lover of germs, especially Salmonella and their type III secretion systems

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Disruption of global research at NIH is endangering people in the United States and around the world. 27unihted.substack.com/p/disruption... Foreign collaborations have been interrupted and discouraged and foreign scientists in the United States are working in an increasingly hostile environment.
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Disruption of global research is endangering people in the United States and around the world
Concern 8 of the Bethesda Declaration: One Year Later
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George O'Toole (he/him/his) @geiselbiofilm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Pls share: Two tenure-track positions in Molecular Microbiology at Virginia Tech. I had a great visit there a couple of years ago! jobs.apply.vt.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant/Associate Professor - Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
Job Description The Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Science at Virginia Tech seeks applicants for two (2) tenure-track research and teaching positions at the Assistant/Associate ...
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Daria Van Tyne @dariavantyne.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
My lab at Pitt is looking for a Laboratory Technician to help our research and phage therapy efforts. Please share and apply! cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...
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Laboratory Technician
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
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Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org · 18/09/2026
Type III secretion system chaperones: a helping hand for secretion. New review. Published in Microbiology as part of the Emerging Investigators collection: doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.001753 #MicrobioJ #PublishandRead
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Models of possible roles of T3SS chaperones.
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Didier Mazel @amazeld.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Dear all, I have the pleasure to inform you that the online course "Resistance to Antibacterial Agents", produced by the Institut Pasteur, will start on November 3, 2026. How does ABR emerge and spread? ... 🔗 www.fun-mooc.fr/en/courses/r...
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Resistance to antibacterial agents
The origin, risks, diagnosis, epidemiology of resistance to antibacterial agents in man and livestock worldwide, as well as preventive and countermeasures, in a « one health » perspective.
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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 21/12/2023
Friends don't let friends publish in MDPI journals. Pass it on. For more info, check out the Wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDPI 🔥
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MDPI - Wikipedia
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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 16/09/2026
Authors!🚨 While you scramble for scarce $ 🤔 “Springer Nature reports revenue growth of 6.2%..and adjusted operating profit growth of 7.7%. They reported even more stunning submission growth of 30% and published article growth of 13%.” Publishing in society journals helps YOU not them👇🏻. Pass it on.
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Man Lying on a Pile of Money
ALT: Man Lying on a Pile of Money
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Amesh Adalja @ameshaa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“The hospital’s dining room was finally shut down on Monday after bacterial infection and E. coli coinfection were confirmed” mexiconewsdaily.com/news/135-doc...
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135 doctors sickened by salmonella outbreak at Mexico City's General Hospital
A salmonella outbreak at Mexico City's General Hospital has sickened 135 doctors, leaving  41 of them hospitalized.
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Meriam Guellil PhD @meriamguellil.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I am opening a PhD position at the University of Vienna to work with me on ancient pathogen aDNA 🦠🧬 Please help spread the word to any relevant candidates or contact me if you are interested! Join us here in Vienna!
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Gerry Carter @gerrycarter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Please help us spread the word: Princeton University’s Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology is hiring an Assistant Professor! I ❤️ this collegial and collaborative department full of inspiring people: eeb.princeton.edu/people Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/193474
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Sassy0210 @sassy0210.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A $50 million gift from MacKenzie Scott will fund Native student scholarships for the next five years and create a permanent endowment to support Indigenous students for generations. 🙌🪶 nativenewsonline.net/education/na...
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Native Forward Dedicates Entire $50 Million MacKenzie Scott Gift to Native Students, Future Generations
Overview: Native Forward Scholars Fund announced it will invest the full $50 million unrestricted gift it received from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott into Native higher education, allocating $10 mill...
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Diversify Microbiology @diversifymicro.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
UNC Greensboro Department of Biology is hiring for three positions this year including one in microbiology! spartantalent.uncg.edu/postings/35918
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Assistant Professor Microbiology
The Department of Biology at UNC Greensboro (UNCG) seeks an individual with a strong record of accomplishment in microbiology broadly defined for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assista...
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Gc Rox @gcrox.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Postdoctoral position studying Neisseria gonorrhoeae genetics, genomics, physiology, or pathogenesis. Please email h-seifert@northwestern.edu or apply at careers.northwestern.edu/psp/hrnu_er/... Please Repost
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Chris Sullivan @sullivanlab.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
My department at UT Austin is looking to hire an Asst. prof immunologist - including those who work on host-pathogen interaction, inflammation and cancer. Please amplify this and share widely.
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Drummond Lab @drummondlab.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
We are hiring! 🌟 Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Chicago is searching for a tenure-track assistant professor. It's a broad search: we want great colleagues doing serious biological work at the molecular scale. Join us! apply.interfolio.com/191981 bcmb.uchicago.edu
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Reese Richardson @reeserichardson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A massive update: At least ~15 companies~ are selling scientists antibodies using faked validation data. We've documented 18,000+ manipulated images on 17,000+ products sold by leading laboratory suppliers including Thermo Fisher, Abcam, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Millipore Sigma and Bio-Techne. 1/🧵
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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Check out our new @grantwitness.org website! 18 months ago, we launched as a humble Google Sheet listing 8 terminated NIH grants. Today, we’ve launched a new site tracking tens of thousands of grants and new awards at several different agencies. THANK YOU to everyone who's made this possible! 🧵
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Grant Witness
An independent, up-to-date, grant-level record of federal science funding disruptions in the United States.
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I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Accepting applications for PO positions at NIH until 9/2/2026. If you might be interested feel free to message me. www.usajobs.gov/job/881149400
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Biologist Scientist Administrator (Program Officer)
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking an accomplished and forward-thinking scientist to serve as a Biologist Scientist Administrator (Program Officer) . This is an exciting opportunity to...
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 24/08/2026
Lyme disease risk in New York State is best predicted by the abundance of white-footed mice and the red oak acorns that mice eat, not by white-tailed deer numbers, according to a study. The mice excel at transmitting the Lyme disease bacterium to ticks. In PNAS: ow.ly/FMu850ZEOLm
White-footed mouse.
CREDIT: Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies/Robin Moore (photographer).
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Awesome new website. Take a look! It is such a pleasure to work with the Grant Witness team! Broad knowledge, deep commitment to getting things right, eager to do what is needed to inform discussions. Plus it is good for me to feel like a complete amateur data scientist compared to some real pros
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Bella Rauch @rauchlab.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Want to work in a great lab that does amazing science, with a super nice PI? Look no further! Bonus: my lab is their neighbors 😉
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Alex Bisson @archaeon-alex.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Yet another myth collapses and joins Ethidium Bromide. Next one will be "having dedicated RNA bench and pipettes" journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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As a component of aseptic technique, Bunsen burners do not universally decrease deposition of microbe-containing particles | Microbiology Spectrum
The ability to manipulate and control microbial presence in built environments is imperative to research and medicine. The lack of documented evidence relating Bunsen burner use and airborne contamina...
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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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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🧫 IOCB & @sciencecharles.bsky.social, Department of Genetics and Microbiology, welcome applications for a Junior #GroupLeader in #virology with an emphasis on infectious virology. See more ► www.uochb.cz/en/open-posi... 📲 #openposition #iocbprague #iocb #biochem #chemistry #virologyjobs
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Kaçar Lab at UW-Madison @kacarlab.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🚨 Job alert! 🚨 Join the faculty at UW–Madison Bacteriology! We have two faculty searches: • Asst Prof (Microbial Communities & Bioeconomy) • Asst / Assoc / Full Prof (Systems & Synthetic Biology) Check out the open positions and apply👇 #FacultyJobs #SynBio #Microbiology #Astrobiology #Evolution
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The Institute for Health in the Human Ecosystem @ui-ihhe.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The University of Idaho will host the 2026 American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Northwest Branch Meeting from October 31 to November 1, 2026. This marks the first time the University of Idaho has hosted the ASM Branch Meeting - Join us! #uidaho @uidaho.bsky.social @ui-ihhe.bsky.social
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ThePatrick&WatsonLabs @thepwlab.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
🚨🚨 Faculty search! Spread the word! 🚨🚨 The Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology Department at Vanderbilt is hiring! Special consideration will be given to faculty working with Risk Group 3 pathogens (so you can join us in our brand new state-of-the-art BSL3!) apply.interfolio.com/188545
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American Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
From MBoC A new localization atlas maps more than 600 Giardia proteins, revealing the locations of hundreds of previously uncharacterized proteins and creating a valuable resource for functional discovery. www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc…
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Nature Reviews Microbiology @natrevmicro.nature.com · 23/07/2026
New online! Host–microbiota–pathogen interactions drive Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium pathogenesis
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Host–microbiota–pathogen interactions drive Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium pathogenesis
Nature Reviews Microbiology, Published online: 23 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41579-026-01348-1In this Review, Vázquez-Torres discusses our current understanding of how the dynamic interplay between microbial competition, host defences and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium countermeasures determines the outcome of infection.
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KFF Health News @kffhealthnews.org · 22/07/2026
“There is an anti-science movement,” said Philip Stewart, a retired NIH scientist. “We are targets, and if it hadn’t been Vincent, it would have been someone else.” @k-hought.bsky.social & @arthurallen202.bsky.social report ⤵️
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American Scientists See Prosecutions as Part of Federal Campaign Against Them - KFF Health News
Federal officials charged two virologists they stopped en route from an African disease outbreak with violating import rules. But scientists tell KFF Health News the inactivated samples they carried p...
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Kimberly Kline 🏔 @kimingeneva.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
🚨Join us at the University of Geneva! We're seeking an outstanding junior researcher to apply for an ERC or SNSF Starting Grant with our institutional support in host–pathogen interactions, bacteriology, virology, parasitology, or mycology. www.unige.ch/medecine/mim... Please share!
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Open call : MIMOL Junior Group Leader’s application for a Starting Grant - Microbiology and molecular medicine - UNIGE
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hellabores92.bsky.social @hellabores92.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Excellent response from Dr. Bertagnolli to the article from Scott Atlas www.linkedin.com/pulse/dont-a...
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Don't abolish the NIH. Fix it.
Scott Atlas wants to abolish the National Institutes of Health and let markets take over ("NIH is a government weapon for political power. Abolish it," Washington Post, July 2).
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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
SLC11A2 protein of intestinal epithelia starves pathogenic micro-organisms of iron and manganese – a defence against invading pathogens 📷 Emilia S. Norberg et al @jelfenbein.bsky.social @leighknodler.bsky.social @uvmvermont.bsky.social in @pnas.org ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...
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BPoD | Metal Liker Unforgiven
Metal Liker Unforgiven - Biomedical pictures for July 2026.
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Emma Slack @mucosalimmunology.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
We are recruiting a lab manager for my group in Oxford. This is a lovely team doing great things, and you could be an important part of it! See here: www.path.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/lab-... Please spread the word!
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Lab Manager - Molecular Immunology - Dunn School
Laboratory Manager/Senior Scientist position in the Molecular Mucosal Immunology group at Oxford
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Microbes.Info @microbesinfo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
🦠🛡️ #Intestinal cells can limit #Salmonella growth by starving the #bacteria of an essential nutrient, revealing a natural defense against #infection. #Microbiology #GutMicrobiome #Infection #Immunology #Microsky via @sciencex.bsky.social
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Intestinal cells starve Salmonella of essential nutrients, revealing new tactic in infection defense
Salmonella, an infection that causes diarrhea, fever and abdominal pain, is the most common form of bacterial food poisoning in the U.S., sickening more than a million people each year. Although most…
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George O'Toole (he/him/his) @geiselbiofilm.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Pls share: U of Washington has an opening for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor. This position is expected to specialize in molecular virology or bacteriology. Here is a link: microbiology.washington.edu/index.php/ne...
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Micro is Hiring! | UW Microbiology
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Science Magazine @science.org · 01/07/2026
Ancient pathogen DNA from animals elucidates the origin and evolution of infectious diseases. Learn more in a new #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/43UlHrJ
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Tracking the roots of zoonoses
Ancient pathogen DNA from animals elucidates the origin and evolution of infectious diseases
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EMBO @embo.org · 30/06/2026
For the first time ever, the EMBO Young Scientists’ Forum is coming to Dubrovnik, #Croatia, 28–30 October 2026. 🧪 Sign up now! Early bird registration deadline: 15 July 2026 event.fourwaves.com/eysf #EYSF2026 #LifeSciences #EarlyCareerResearchers
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Laura K. Jennings @laurakjennings.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
📢 We're hiring! The Department of Microbiology & Cell Biology at Montana State University is hiring an Assistant Professor of Microbiology. We welcome applicants working in microbial pathogenesis, immunology, genetics, microbial evolution, and related areas. Apply: jobs.montana.edu/postings/52009
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
NIH grants have been under political scrutiny since early 2025. But what does the screening process actually look like? What is being flagged? I spent a month digging into leaked docs and emails. We've published the 235-word list that are being flagged by an internal AI tool. And so much more. 🧵
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Inside the new political screening that’s stalling NIH grants
Mandatory reviews by top health officials and checks for 235 disfavoured terms have left hundreds of vetted grant applications in administrative limbo.
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Onisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Why does this seem to happen regularly with sprouted seeds? www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...
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Multi-country Salmonella outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouted seeds
Alfalfa sprouted seeds have been identified as the likely source of a multi-country outbreak of Salmonella Bovismorbificans infections, according to a Rapid Outbreak Assessment published by EFSA and E...
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
More on the HHS screening: www.science.org/content/arti... www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/s...
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Pace of N.I.H. Funding Slows Further in Trump’s Second Year
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
A list of NIH screened/banned words published in Nature. THIS IS UNAMERICAN. media.nature.com/original/mag...
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Top NIH officials have repeatedly said there's no "banned words" at the agency. But the NIH created an algorithm that checks every application for 235 "disfavoured" terms (eg 'gender', 'fossil fuel'). If it finds one, the grant is classified internally as “not clean.” We've published the list.
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George O'Toole (he/him/his) @geiselbiofilm.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Our Dept of Microbiology & Immunology @Geisel School of Medicine @Dartmouth has an opening for an Assistant Professor. Looking for programs bridging multiple areas in Micro & Immuno. A great place to be! Programs: www.M2P2.org www.dartmouthbiofilm.org Job ad: apply.interfolio.com/187637
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Leigh Knodler @leighknodler.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Some perspective.... "The entire National Science Foundation budget is less than what we spent in the first week of the war with Iran. A single Tomahawk cruise missile runs about $3.6 million, roughly what it takes to fund one scientist’s multiyear grant. "
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Opinion | The Science That Turned Lizard Venom Into GLP-1s Is Under Attack
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Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 17/06/2026
#NIH has published the new Parent #F99/K00 #predoctoral to #postdoctoral award. The first due date is August 8, 2026. Please see the website to determine eligibility and submission dates. #sciencesky #medsky #funding
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PA-27-037: Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Transition Award (Parent F99/K00 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Reminder — UW #Microbiology has an open search for an Assistant Professor, focusing on fundamental problems in #bacteriology! If you or someone you know would be suitable, here's the ad: apply.interfolio.com/185622
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27 UNIHTED @27unihted.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
One year ago today, 300+ NIH scientists and staff risked their livelihoods by signing the Bethesda Declaration to call out government leadership for harms to science and patients... ...today, their new report documents continuing harm to science and the American public. www.27unihted.org/bd-home
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One year ago today, 300+ NIH scientists and staff risked their livelihoods by signing the Bethesda Declaration to call out government leadership for harms to science and patients...

...today, their new report documents continuing harm to science and the American public.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Science story about today’s Bethesda Declaration report. www.science.org/content/arti...
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NIH’s destruction continues, Bethesda Declaration signers say
Follow-up report by current and former agency employees describes ongoing science censorship by political appointees and “culture of fear”
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