Reposted by Michael GlickmanPhilipp Niethammer @niethammerlab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026👉 The Niethammer lab has two postdoctoral openings. We’re looking for researchers interested in how organelle mechanotransduction and redox signaling shape early responses to tissue injury. If interested, please reach out to me with a CV and letter of intent written in your own words (🚫 AI). 034
Reposted by Michael GlickmanKacy Gordon @kacylynn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026JOB ALERT: UNC Bio is hiring 2 tenure track assistant profs doing molecular, cell, and dev bio. The search is intentionally broad, so please share widely and spread the word! Find more information and apply here: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/325... Application review begins Nov 1. 04786
Reposted by Michael GlickmanKimberly Beatty @beattylab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Please share: OHSU is hiring an Assistant Prof. in the Dept. of Chemical Physiology & Biochemistry. We are looking for a chemical biologist who will apply novel chemical tools in physiological systems. Apply online: www.ohsu.edu/human-resour... (Job # 2026-41667).ohsu.eduOHSU Faculty, Physician and Academic Jobs in OregonFind higher education faculty, physician and research jobs and build your academic health career at OHSU in Portland, Oregon. 04258
Reposted by Michael GlickmanThe EMBO Journal @embojournal.org · 28/09/2026Bacteria have evolved #ubiquitin regulatory enzymes are distinct in sequence & structure from their eukaryotic counterparts - a new screening workflow established by @jnpruneda.bsky.social and collaborators allows their identification from complex bacterial samples link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comA functional screen for bacterial ubiquitin regulation identifies an unusual Pseudomonas aeruginosa E3 ligase - The EMBO JournalBacterial pathogens have adapted secreted effector proteins that hijack host ubiquitination to gain control over host responses. These effectors can exhibit, for example, E3 ligase or deubiquitinase a... 1153
Reposted by Michael GlickmanIRB Barcelona @irbbarcelona.org · 28/09/2026📢 The 𝗜𝗥𝗕 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗮 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 #𝗣𝗵𝗗 #𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 – 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 is now open, offering up to 8 PhD fellowships in #Biomedicine or #OrganicChemistry. Explore the participating groups, check the application requirements and apply 👉 shorturl.at/7iSOa 🧪 014
Reposted by Michael GlickmanThe Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 27/09/2026TT Assistant Professor position in Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease at University of Floridaexplore.jobs.ufl.eduUniversity of Florida - Details - Assistant Professor of Biology 11435
Reposted by Michael GlickmanJason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Virginia Tech has TWO Assistant/Associate Professor positions open in the Department of Biological Sciences targeting fungal and bacterial molecular biologists. Join some great fungal biologists @mycorican.bsky.social and Kirsten Nielsen! jobs.apply.vt.edu/jobs/assista...jobs.apply.vt.eduAssistant/Associate Professor - Blacksburg, Virginia, United StatesJob 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 ... 01317
Reposted by Michael GlickmanVaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 25/09/2026FYI to everyone submitting this October NIH cycle You need to re-certify your ScienCV AFTER Sept 26 (tomorrow) for your application or it may not be accepted. Great timing! 78592
Reposted by Michael GlickmanBen de Bivort @debivort.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Hello friends, the Harvard Life Science departments have banded together to hire a new colleague working at the intersection of Life Sciences and AI. Could be primarily an experimentalist, or could be primarily a compute/theorist. academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/16773academicpositions.harvard.eduTenure-Track Professor in Life Science and AIThe Life Sciences Departments in Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences seek to recruit a tenure-track professor whose research is at the interface of AI and life sciences, from methodological developme... 34051
Reposted by Michael GlickmanKate Baker @ksbakes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We have an open Assistant/Associate Professor position in Pathogen Biology at the Department of Genetics - come and join us! 🦠 🧫 🧬https://www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assistantassociate-professor-in-pathogen-genetics-pc51175cam.ac.ukAssistant/Associate Professor in Pathogen GeneticsApplications are invited for an Assistant or Associate Professorship in Pathogen Genetics to be held in the Department of Genetics. We are searching for a talented individual with a track record of fu... 03969
Reposted by Michael GlickmanbioRxiv Immunology @biorxiv-immuno.bsky.social · 25/09/2026GM-CSF signaling on monocytes and monocyte-derived dendritic cells is required for effective pulmonary immunity to Aspergillus fumigatus www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 002
Reposted by Michael GlickmanWillem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Amazing opportunity for post-doctoral researchers to move to the UK 'MOBILITY offers 6 outstanding postdoctoral researchers a 5-year opportunity to develop their own ambitious research programme at University of Birmingham' www.birmingham.ac.uk/about/colleg...birmingham.ac.ukMOBILITY - University of BirminghamRetaining Europe's brightest researchers to drive the next generation of life science breakthroughs. 01112
Reposted by Michael GlickmanDoug Kojetin @dougkojetin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Apply today to be my colleague at Vanderbilt in the Department of Biochemistry!  01220
Reposted by Michael GlickmanJohn Greally @greally.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Tim Bestor has left us. This obituary captures him well — you always had to be at your intellectual peak with him, while his trainees always spoke highly of their experiences. He made a massive contribution to epigenetics, a giant in our field. www.genetics.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/memoria...genetics.cuimc.columbia.eduIn memoriam of Professor Timothy H. BestorIn memoriam: Professor Timothy H. Bestor 1952-2026 23722
Reposted by Michael GlickmanJan Lammerding - Lab @lammerdinglab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Looking for a faculty position combining research in fundamental cell and molecular biology with therapeutic discovery? Join our amazing faculty at the @weillinstitute.bsky.social at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32657 Apply by Nov. 15! Please share! 03127
Reposted by Michael GlickmanBrian Stevenson Ph.D. spirochete lab @bstevensonlab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026#MicroSky 061
Reposted by Michael GlickmanAkos Nyerges @akosnyerges.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Proud and excited to share our first preprint 🚀 in which we • create a high-fitness firewalled organism, • that stably colonizes the mouse gut for >100 days, • resists all tested phages in the gut, • and blocks horizontal gene transfer. + A new method: Chimera genomes to tailor existing synthetic 33315
Michael Glickman @michaelglickman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Incredible Harold Freeman, Who Helped Remove Barriers to Cancer Treatment, Dies at 93 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/h...nytimes.comHarold Freeman, Who Helped Remove Barriers to Cancer Treatment, Dies at 93 042
Reposted by Michael GlickmanKevin A. Scott, PhD @sculpturatus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026found at ucsf 9555116
Reposted by Michael GlickmanAnita Devineni @anitadevineni.bsky.social · 13/09/2026My department (Biology at Emory) is hiring for a teaching track position! These are stable, well-respected, long-term positions with a path to promotion and ppl often staying for decades. The dept is wonderfully supportive and filled with amazing humans (faculty + staff) apply.interfolio.com/191814 08089
Reposted by Michael GlickmanGc Rox @gcrox.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Postdoctoral 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 Repostcareers.northwestern.edu 01016
Reposted by Michael GlickmanDrummond Lab @drummondlab.bsky.social · 08/09/2026We 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 190106
Reposted by Michael GlickmanJulian Parkhill @julianparkhill.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Chair in Bacteriology in Cambridge Department of Medicine. A great opportunity. Please circulate. www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...cam.ac.ukResearch Professor in the field of BacteriologyStrengthening Cambridge's leadership in bacteriology research Bacterial infection and antimicrobial resistance remain among the most pressing global health challenges of our time. At Cambridge, the De... 02459
Michael Glickman @michaelglickman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Interesting article about SigD/RsdA in M. abscesus. Some over lap with TB regulon and function, but also many differences. It will be interesting to see if the proteolytic processing of RsdA is also by a Rip1 S2P. Nice work! 🦠https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1012286dx.plos.orgThe SigD regulon of Mycobacterium abscessus determines cell envelope composition and antibiotic susceptibilityAuthor summary Mycobacterium abscessus is an increasingly important bacterial pathogen that causes difficult-to-treat infections because it is naturally resistant to many antibiotics. A major contribu... 033
Reposted by Michael GlickmanBen Martin @benjaminmartin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Come be my colleague! Montreal is a great place to live and work! Tenure Track position at @mcgill.ca in quantitative cell biology with a research program to address fundamental questions in biology. @futurepislack.bsky.social mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/McGill_Caree...mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.comAssistant Professor in Quantitative Cell Biology - Department of BiologyPlease refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ... 05350
Reposted by Michael Glickmansarasuliman.bsky.social @sarasuliman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026For innate T cell enthusiasts, happy to share our preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6.... We show that mycobacterial lipid–reactive CD1b-specific T cells transcriptionally resemble conventional CD4 T cells more than other innate-like T cells, challenging how we classify these T cells. #CD1b #GEMbiorxiv.org| bioRxivbioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by openRxiv, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing scientific communication 176
Reposted by Michael GlickmanBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Post-exposure prophylaxis is nearly 100% effective when it is given appropriately before symptoms begin. If your child may have been exposed, this is not the moment for vaccine hesitancy. Call your health department now if you do not want your to watch your child die a preventable death. 04711
Reposted by Michael GlickmanBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Three baby goats from a mobile petting zoo in North Carolina have tested positive for rabies. A fourth is presumed infected. The goats may have had contact with children and families at events across several counties. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...nbcnews.comFour baby goats at mobile petting zoo in North Carolina test positive for rabiesThe North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services said the petting zoo held events involving children and elderly people between July 28 and Thursday. 36235
Reposted by Michael GlickmanDavid Tobin @tobinlab.bsky.social · 28/08/2026New facets of eicosanoid signaling in TB: crosstalk with a specialized population of granuloma-associated fibroblasts. Happy to share new work led by Erika Hughes, with @charliejpyle.bsky.social and many other wonderful collaborators not on BlueSky.cell.comHost eicosanoid signals define a granuloma fibroblast population that coordinates mycobacterial containmentHughes et al. find that the TB susceptibility gene lta4h contributes to the recruitment and differentiation of a discrete set of fibroblasts that populate the periphery of mycobacterial granulomas in ... 2167
Reposted by Michael GlickmanSTCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 25/08/2026biofilm aficionadas y aficionados take note👇 #MicroSky 031
Reposted by Michael GlickmanNature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · 26/08/2026Out Now! Desiccation promotes DNA damage and rifampin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis #MicroSkygo.nature.comDesiccation promotes DNA damage and rifampin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosisNature Microbiology, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41564-026-02437-wAnalysis of desiccation stress responses in Mycobacterium tuberculosis reveals increased oxidative stress and DNA damage, leading to upregulation of the transcription-coupled repair factor, Mfd, which buffers fitness costs associated with specific rpoB mutations conferring rifampin resistance. 021
Reposted by Michael GlickmanHiten Madhani @hitenmadhani.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Most basic science departments at UCSF are having faculty searches this year. Biochemistry & Biophysics, Microbiology & Immunology, Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and more. We're looking for new and exciting science and nice people. You'll find them all at aprecruit.ucsf.eduaprecruit.ucsf.eduWelcome - AP RecruitUniversity of California, San Francisco Online Faculty Recruitment 311696
Reposted by Michael GlickmanAndreas Bäumler @abaumler.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Nominations for the 2027 New Voices in Infection and Immunity cohort are now open: asm.org/NewVoices-IA... 1911
Reposted by Michael GlickmanPatrick R. Secor @prsecor.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I’ll soon be #Hiring a postdoc to join the Secor Lab at Montana State University. This NIH-funded position will investigate phage biology in Lyme disease spirochetes. The official ad will be available soon. Please share with anyone who might be interested! #MicroSky #PhageSky 🔬🦠🧪🧫 34644
Reposted by Michael GlickmanAntonio Pagán @antoniopagan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Stanford Medicine’s Microbiology & Immunology Department (my home department) opened a job search for a tenure-track assistant professor position. Candidates interested in any and all areas of microbiology and/or immunology are encouraged to apply. facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/assista...facultypositions.stanford.eduAssistant Professor of Microbiology & Immunology - Stanford University, California, United StatesThe Department of Microbiology & Immunology at Stanford University seeks applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level in the University Tenure Line. We seek ou... 02133
Reposted by Michael GlickmanNature Reviews Microbiology @natrevmicro.nature.com · 19/08/2026New online! Bacterial lipid structural diversity mediates commensalism and pathogenesisdlvr.itBacterial lipid structural diversity mediates commensalism and pathogenesisNature Reviews Microbiology, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41579-026-01351-6In this Review, Heaver and Ley overview the different lipid structures present in commensal and pathogenic bacteria and their recognition by Toll-like receptor 2, Toll-like receptor 4 and CD1 molecules, highlighting the different effects on host immune responses. 0113
Reposted by Michael GlickmanSue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Junior faculty position in Basic Sciences @fredhutch.org! Please repost! 38096
Reposted by Michael GlickmanMickaël Blaise @mickael-blaise.bsky.social · 18/08/2026 We expect to have an open postdoctoral position this fall to investigate the cellular biology of Nocardia species. The ideal candidate will have completed their PhD recently or will finish it soon 1/5 132
Reposted by Michael GlickmanMarc Dionne @marcsdionne.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Be my colleague! We are seeking Assistant/Associate Professors in these areas: Immunology, including but not limited to cellular immunology Infection, Bacteriology or Microbiology This is a good place to work, with excellent students and colleagues and an interactive, encouraging environment. 1924
Reposted by Michael GlickmanAndreas Bäumler @abaumler.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Check out our New Voices in Microbiology: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... 121
Reposted by Michael GlickmanRan Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Huge 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... 3222232
Reposted by Michael GlickmanPyperkub @pyperkub.bsky.social · 07/08/2026On the good news side... sixth grader science FTW! ;) www.upworthy.com/cat-butthole...upworthy.com6th grader's science fair project answers age-old question: 'Do cat buttholes touch everything?'The world needs to know. 0218
Reposted by Michael GlickmanKaçar 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 35372
Reposted by Michael GlickmanJulia Willett @jlewillett.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I'm excited to be co-organizing the 2026 Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference, which will take place Sept 25-27 on the UMN campus in Minneapolis! Poster abstracts due Aug 7! Submit yours & register here ➡️ mmpc2026.umn.edummpc2026.umn.eduRegistration | Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference 2026 02017
Reposted by Michael GlickmanMolecular Microbiology @molmicrounihoh.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Save the date! The 23rd International Conference on Bacilli and Gram-Positive Bacteria will take place from June 29 to July 2 in Ljubljana, Slovenia! #pogacar #pogi #subtiwiki 157
Reposted by Michael GlickmanGeorge O'Toole (he/him/his) @geiselbiofilm.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Pls share. Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences - Genetics/Genomics at Smith College. apply.interfolio.com/190342 163117
Reposted by Michael GlickmanProf Tanya Parish @proftanya13.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Work on the new edition of the Mycobacteria Protocols is well underway. We have a couple of spaces, so if you are interested and have a new method you think would be a no brainer to include, drop us a line.. #Mycobacteria #MycobacteriaProtocols #TB #TBResearch🦠🧪 074
Reposted by Michael GlickmanTeresa O'Meara @teresaomeara.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Bacteriology-Focused Assistant Professor Position in Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Michigan Application deadline: August 15, 2026 Come be my colleague! 23771
Reposted by Michael GlickmanHiten Madhani @hitenmadhani.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Next summer's Epigenetics GRC (I'm co-chairing with Deborah Bouch'is) is shaping up nicely with an all-star lineup of speakers working on a broad range of organisms and systems and everything from molecular mechanisms to new phenomena. Apply and put it on your calendar! www.grc.org/epigenetics-...grc.org2027 Epigenetics Conference GRCThe 2027 Gordon Research Conference on Epigenetics will be held in Holderness, New Hampshire. Apply today to reserve your spot. 14723