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Michele LeRoux

@micheleleroux.bsky.social
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microbiologist studying bacterial-phage interactions. mom of two. Assistant prof @WUSM_MolMicro. leroux-lab.org. #newPI. Views are my own.

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Michele LeRoux @micheleleroux.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Spreading the word on this. We scientists will need to flood the comment section and get lots of press coverage of these potentially catastrophic changes.
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Tung Le @tunglejic.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Finally published. Many thanks to a wonderful collaborative team and scientific platforms!!! And thanks to editors and reviewers for enthusiasm and a great review. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A bacterial CARD–NLR-like immune system controls the release of gene transfer agents - Nature Microbiology
An immunity-like system functions as a lysis control hub to promote gene transfer agent particle release from host bacterial cells, suggesting that bacterial immune systems may be co-opted to promote ...
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
This Russell Vought, trying to usurp the power of the purse. Congress and the people have made it abundantly clear that they want to fund science. But Vought keeps trying to steal those funds. www.science.org/content/arti...
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Analysis: Why the research money isn’t flowing from NSF and NIH
White House review of agency spending plans for this year is causing delays
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Update 3/16: A very small handful of NIH apportionments have come through — with big exceptions. The ones that OMB has approved are all Congressionally mandated/earmarked. The broad discretionary funds that fund most NIH grants not yet been authorized. (1/2)
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Dr. Michael D. L. Johnson @copperbae.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
STEM Black History Fact 1/28 Dr. Alice Ball developed the first effective treatment for leprosy in 1915, well before antibiotics were known. Her work went uncredited for years. Dr. Ball - "I work and work and still it seems that I have done nothing." www.womenshistory.org/education-re...
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Alice Ball
An Americ
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
To the extent that the fate of NIH and ICE funding may continue to be linked, we as scientists may feel forced to choose between protecting our own funding and the safety and wellbeing of our neighbors. This is a false choice. open.substack.com/pub/sciencea...
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Demanding a Homeland Security bill that reins in lawlessness is the best path for science–even if it stalls NIH funding
The Senate voted today on a final funding package that included both the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), among many other agencies and institutions.
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Caroline Bartman @cbartman.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Can’t do good science in an unfree country. Defund ICE.
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Hope Jahren @realhopejahren.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Keep sciencing. We are living through a time when looking at a rock and wondering how old it is qualifies as an act of resistance.
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Tiffany Lowe-Power stands with Minnesota @tlowepower.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Microbiology professor, want to join a slack for microbiology professors, any career stage, diverse career types (pure teaching, med school, R1, community college, pure research fed PIs, ...) Message me for an invite link if you are interested. No imposter syndrome, if you are 1% micro, join!
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 06/03/2025
WHERE WILL YOU BE TOMORROW?
Stand up for science flyer, happening on March 7th in DC & nationwide with more information at www.standupforscience2025.org
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 06/03/2025
SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING! To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
List of Stand Up for Science events—official events in red, solidarity events in blue.
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Michele LeRoux @micheleleroux.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Love this reminder of how basic science funded by the federal government has led to transformational new technologies. So many other examples (CRISPR.. Ozempic..) and something we as scientists need to communicate frequently and forcefully to our congress people and taxpayers.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs. It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎
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48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science
48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science
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Roby Bhattacharyya @roby-b.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Vaccines are one of the three best things human beings have ever done to extend our own lifespans (along with sanitation and cheap food production at scale). This graphic is amazing (and bc of differences in methodology, this doesn't even include the COVID vaccine, which saved another ~20 million).
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
NIH Updates Good news: It appears that at least of the submitted F31 diversity supplements for which the study section had disappeared from eRA commons are reappearing with the original study section. Still uncertain future, but it's a step. 1/2
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three minions are standing in front of a sign that says " theres an update "
ALT: three minions are standing in front of a sign that says " theres an update "
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Alexander Tin @alexander-a-tin.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
A federal judge in Massachusetts has just blocked Trump administration's move to cut NIH's funding of indirect costs A hearing is now scheduled for Feb. 21 in case, which was brought by 22 states earlier today storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A screenshot of text that reads in part: 'ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF STATES’ EX PARTE EMERGENCY MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER ANGEL KELLEY, D.J. Plaintiff States’ Ex Parte Emergency Motion For Temporary Restraining Order [Dkt. 4] is GRANTED. Defendants and their officers, employees, servants, agents, appointees, and successors are hereby enjoined from taking any steps to implement, apply, or enforce the Rate Change Notice (NOT-OD-25- 068) within Plaintiff States until further order is issued by this Court. Counsel for Defendants shall file a status report with the Court within 24 hours of the entry of this Order, and at biweekly intervals thereafter, confirming the regular disbursement and obligation of federal financial assistance funds and reporting all steps that NIH, HHS and their officers, employees, servants, agents, appointees, and successors have taken to comply with the Court’s temporary restraining order. Defendants’ opposition to the Motion is due by Friday, February
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 17/01/2024
“Curiosity-driven, basic science has yielded a deeper understanding of how life forms develop and function in their environment and has had wide implications for health and our planet. Investing in this is vital for scientific progress and is worth protecting in a democracy.” —Ruth Lehmann
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Basic science is not just a foundation - Nature Cell Biology
Intellectual freedom for scientists, unconstrained by commercial interests and direct application, fuels unexpected discoveries. Curiosity-driven, basic science has yielded a deeper understanding of h...
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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 17/10/2023
While we still need to keep on working to limit COVID transmission, don't forget about other microbial pathogens. Two stories here on Acinetobacter baumannii to keep an eye on www.healio.com/news/infecti... and a press release about another paper: www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
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Long-term care facilities see far more A. baumannii and C. auris
BOSTON — Mechanically ventilated patients in long-term care facilities are far more likely to be colonized by Acinetobacter baumannii and Candida auris than those in acute-care facilities, a stu...
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Michele LeRoux @micheleleroux.bsky.social · 26/09/2023
This is a great list, but wish there were more emphasis on PARENTAL leave extending to non-birth parents. I can't imagine how I would have navigated faculty job interviews with a newborn if my husband hadn't been able to take 12 weeks of PAID leave (thanks to Massachusetts PFMLA).
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2023
Covid testing is a good way to help keep family and friends safe. US residents can now receive 4 free tests in the mail by filling out the short form below.
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COVID.gov - Free at-home COVID-19 tests
Every U.S. household is eligible to order 4 free at-home COVID-19 tests.
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Tera Levin @teralevin.bsky.social · 25/09/2023
My lab's first big research paper is now out in mBio! 🎉 We ask: how can Legionella antagonize other microbes with reactive oxygen species without hurting themselves? Answer: several dynamics seem to generate a 'toxic moat' of ROS around producers pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37728338/
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Michele LeRoux @micheleleroux.bsky.social · 22/09/2023
The Molecular Microbiology department at Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine is recruiting at the Assistant Professor level! Come be a #newPI with me in this stellar research environment and fantastic microbiology community. facultyopportunities.wustl.edu/apply/Postin...
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