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Nicole Lieberman, PhD

@nicolelieberman.bsky.social
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Acting Assistant Professor of Lab Medicine at UW. Functional genomics and molecular epidemiology to study syphilis. 🇨🇦🇺🇸

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/10/2026
The death penalty is a moral abomination. State-sanctioned barbarism pushed by incompetent morons and sanctioned by the Supreme Court. Absolute ghoul shit. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
The lone woman on Tennessee's death row was still alive after she was administered two lethal injections, her lawyer said in a motion seeking to halt her execution Wednesday night, a stunning development after the Supreme Court had stepped in to allow the state to put her to death.
At 8:26 p.m. local time, witnesses said
"executioners had injected both syringes of lethal injection chemicals and Pike is still alive and snoring," her lawyers said in a federal court filing.
They said Pike "has not lost consciousness and still has a heartbeat," and that curtains to the death chamber "have gone down twice."
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 24/09/2026
I'm one of the those old-fashioned sorts who takes delight in meeting my colleagues around the world, breaking bread with them, and enjoying friendships worldwide for decades thereafter.
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Nicole Lieberman, PhD @nicolelieberman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Ok, part two of my exciting news: I’ll be starting my lab as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Vanderbilt next July, focusing on functional genomics of congenital syphilis.
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
On 9/11, the people of Gander stepped up. They showed the very best of Canada.
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Nicole Lieberman, PhD @nicolelieberman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Absolutely thrilled to share that my NIAID Director’s New Innovator Award (DP2) has been funded. I’ll be using functional genomics, biochemistry, and immunological techniques to understand the mechanisms and drivers of immune evasion by Treponema pallidum, the bacterium that causes syphilis.
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Ferric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Tao: "The effort needed to solve problems is very instructive. It teachers you something. It's like going to the gym and having a goal to lift a weight a hundred times. AI can solve questions without getting any value out of them. It's like having machines that can lift weights for you at the gym."
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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 07/09/2026
one of my favourite auditory phenomena: expertise with very specific sounds (this one well-known to all who have lived in canada, and i assume other Cold Places)
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Michael Marks @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Post-doc modelling post @lshtm.bsky.social Working on UK STI modelling & collab with @ukhsa.bsky.social Deadline 17th Sept. @tah-sci.com @sbfnk.bsky.social @yhgrad.bsky.social @anne-cori.bsky.social @lizfearon.bsky.social @petedodd24.bsky.social @drlouisedyson.bsky.social @ollycm.bsky.social
jobs.lshtm.ac.uk
Job Opportunity at LSHTM: Research Fellow
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working i...
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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
A major advice I try to pass on: science is only worth it if you can delight in the discoveries of others. It’s great to make your own discoveries but they are too few to sustain you over the long haul.
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Nicole Lieberman, PhD @nicolelieberman.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I recognize it is gauche in Seattle to enjoy Seafair and I’m gonna be drawn and quartered for admitting it but I LOVE the Blue Angels show and watching from my roof every year is a highlight of the summer.
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Holland Oates @phinsphan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
People are gonna fucking hate this if it actually happens. Enjoy all these post 8am sunrises
Maps of US showing the number of post 8am sunrises and latest sunrises of year with permanent daylight saving time from
https://savestandardtime.com/maps/
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Michael Marks @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Led by @typemat12.bsky.social & with colleagues @thruzim.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social & @lshtm.bsky.social our paper out now on using Amplicon-sequencing for genomic epidemiology of Syphilis in Africa.
nature.com
Phylo-Plex: a phylogenetically informed, low-cost amplicon sequencing platform for deployable high-resolution genomic epidemiology - Nature Communications
Whole genome sequencing of pathogens is costly to implement, and partial sequencing sacrifices information. Here, the authors present Phylo-Plex, a method for identifying information-rich genomic regi...
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Nicole Lieberman, PhD @nicolelieberman.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I still think this is funny as hell and can’t believe it was luck of the draw. I never thought I’d applaud anything FIFA does but allowing rainbow flags at the Seattle Pride match today is fantastic. www.nbcnews.com/sports/socce...
nbcnews.com
Rainbow flags allowed at World Cup match between Egypt and Iran, FIFA says
Friday’s group game falls on Seattle’s Pride weekend, a scheduling quirk that emerged only after December’s draw pitted the two Muslim-majority countries against each other.
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Buttons (Ashley) 🏴‍☠️#OFMDForLife🏴‍☠️ 🏳️‍🌈🤡 @sevensugars.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Since I did do my PhD in cyanobacteria growth and treatment optimization modeling AND work in the water treatment industry, I’m gonna share my theory as to what’s happening here and how to fix it. People are focusing on the painted bottom of the pool increasing residual heat, and while that 1/19
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alex remembers the big cow 🐄 @thebigcow.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
The Scots found the Boston cop slide @everyone @edsbs.bsky.social @brianmfloyd.bsky.social @cjzero.bsky.social
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Hercules and Nessus, by Giambologna, 1599
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
A real headline in the United States today
New York Times: Police Remove Diabetes Experts From Conference for Distributing Critique of Trump Administration

Several of those escorted out were scheduled to present at the American Diabetes Association conference this weekend.

June 5, 2026
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Nicole Lieberman, PhD @nicolelieberman.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The worst drivers in the country live in Seattle. Exhibit 739959. This is solidly 30 feet elevated. Unreal…
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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I promise you, when I was in college professors wrote their grades down on paper and it was fine. The whole thing worked just fine and didn’t require a deeply problematic third party vendor.
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Isabel @isabelott.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
These viruses have been known problems in Korea for so long that there’s literally a M*A*S*H episode about them. People work their whole careers on viruses most people have never heard of…so that you never have to hear about them.
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Beautifully done and important trial. An effective mTb test that utilizes tongue swab specimens will be absolutely transformative for Tb diagnosis especially is resource limited settings. Definitely practice modifying. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
nejm.org
Pulmonary Tuberculosis Detection with MiniDock MTB Using Swab Samples | NEJM
Improved diagnostic tools for tuberculosis that are suitable for use in peripheral health centers are essential for reducing the persistent gap between estimated and notified cases. The diagnostic ...
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Angus O’Ferrall @angusoferrall.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Very pleased to see this work published. We analysed the oral microbiomes of children with noma and found that previously uncharacterised Treponema bacteria were both prevalent and highly abundant. journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...
journals.plos.org
Shotgun metagenomic analysis of the oral microbiomes of children with noma
Author summary Noma is a rapidly progressing necrotic disease that destroys the tissues of the mouth and face, mainly affecting children living in abject poverty. Although antibiotic treatment can be ...
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Mat Beale @typemat12.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Pleased to share our new preprint on genomic epi of #treponema www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6... focusing on genomic diversity and transmission of #syphilis in Africa with @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @thruzim.bsky.social and many others
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
The Smell of Death, by Edvard Munch, 1895
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Michael Marks @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Do you have a background in Health Economics and want to come and do a PhD on Syphilis and STI We have a funded studentship @lshtm.bsky.social. Come and collaborate with a great group of academics, clinicians and community groups Open to people eligible for UK PhD Fee Status - Apply by 11th May.
lshtm.ac.uk
2026-27 NIHR UK Syphilis Research Scholarship | LSHTM
The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is pleased to invite applications for a 3-year full-time PhD studentship, starting in September 2026.The award will cover a tax-free stipend
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Michael Marks @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Still time to register for the first event in the International Syphilis Symposium series on 23rd March. Series will hopefully run quarterly going forward.
internationalsyphilissymposium.com
ISS Webinar Series — International Syphilis Symposium
A quarterly webinar series bringing together clinicians, academics, and public health organisations focused on global syphilis control.
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Michael Marks @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Now with a (hopefully!) functioning website: The International Syphilis Symposium Webinar Series. Thanks to Kelly Hawley @uconn.bsky.social @nicolelieberman.bsky.social & Lisa Frigati @suhealthsci.bsky.social for helping pull this together. First webinar 26th March - sign up via website.
internationalsyphilissymposium.com
ISS Webinar Series — International Syphilis Symposium
A quarterly webinar series bringing together clinicians, academics, and public health organisations focused on global syphilis control.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Once again, a reminder that you now live in a country where there are two classes of citizenship, & approximately 26 million of us are being reminded on a regular basis by the far right authoritarian party that we have the lesser kind.
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Michael Marks @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Announcing launch of the International Syphilis Symposium Webinar Series. The series brings together clinicians, academics, public health agencies & community organisations to highlight research & public health interventions focused on syphilis. First meeting 26th March this year: Register below.
events.zoom.us
International Syphilis Symposium Webinar Series
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Sanjay Srivastava @sanjaysrivastava.com · 09/02/2026
Seattle lit up in blue and green
The Seattle skyline at night
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Nicole Lieberman, PhD @nicolelieberman.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Human cell lines can support Treponema pallidum! Huge development.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Early in his career, William Randolph Hearst famously joked that if his papers kept losing $1 million a year, he'd lose all his money in 60 years. If the Post continues to lose $100 million a year, it will take Jeff Bezos 2000 years to lose his money.
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Nicole Lieberman, PhD @nicolelieberman.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Amazing work, congrats to Erin!
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Daniel Blanco-Melo @dbm003.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Excited to share our work on #AncientRNA from alcohol-preserved lungs, recovering the oldest human RNA virus genome (an 18th-century rhinovirus). Our study shows that viral RNA remnants persist in centuries-old tissue, opening new ways to study virus evolution and historical disease #Paleovirology🫁🦠
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Joseph Cherabie MD MSc (They/He) @jncherabiemd.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Proud of this piece. Got to write a review with my fellow on Mpox stigma and how it facilitated disease spread. Check it out here: journals.lww.com/co-hivandaid... #Mpox #STISky #IDSky
journals.lww.com
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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
He was pissed that these gay women were mocking him and unafraid. He executed her for trying to leave. The tone of that "fucking bitch" is familiar to any woman whose tried walking away from an asshole at a bar.
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Michael Marks @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Out @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social & led @amberbarton.bsky.social We used WGS to look at Treponema population dynamics during community MDA for yaws tinyurl.com/bd6zu6xm Intriguingly found sublineage associated w longer ulcer duration & lower antibody titres. Whether occurs in syphilis needs exploring
The image shows two box and whisker plots. The left hand plot shows the duration of peoples ulcers stratified by sub-lineage and demonstrates that one of these sub-lineages has a longer duration of ulcers than the others. The right hand plot shows the titre of treponemal antibodies stratified by sub-lineage and demonstrates that the same sub-lineage is also associated with much lower antibody titres than the others.
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Washington State Department of Health @doh.wa.gov · 06/01/2026
Our #vaccine recommendations remain in place and are based on decades of research and are aligned with the @ameracadpeds.bsky.social. We encourage all families to keep your kids up to date on vaccinations and talk with your health care provider if you have any questions. doh.wa.gov/immunization
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Ben Kuchera @benkuchera.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Always remember that listening to music can be the entire activity. Put on headphones. Blast it through speakers. Close your eyes and just listen. Listening to music is not a background activity. It can be the entire journey, and it's worth the time.
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The Joe Gross @joegross.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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Nicole Lieberman, PhD @nicolelieberman.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Meeting a honu and seeing several shooting stars alongside the fireworks on my last beach walk of 2025… I’ll take these as good omens for a much better 2026. Happy new years, friends.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
I have found that people generally do not wish to discuss syphilis. But it’s fortunate that the always-excellent @lizszabo.bsky.social is not one of them. It’s important to know that syphilis incidence is increasing in the US. Happy New Year!
cidrap.umn.edu
Mississippi experiences explosive growth in maternal syphilis
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Michael Marks @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Still time to apply and come and do modelling PhD on STI transmission and partner notification with me! UK fees & stipend covered. Get in touch to discuss before the application deadline of 14th January. @tah-sci.com @rozeggo.bsky.social @adamjkucharski.bsky.social @drlouisedyson.bsky.social
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Americans & Europeans needlessly exposing African babies to preventable diseases just to see if they can find something that would justify their preexisting antivaccine beliefs is not only unscientific and actually anti-science, it is very much reminiscent of colonialist, racist human rights abuses
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Chris Jackson @chriscjackson.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
This entire weekend
in the pit
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Jason Rasgon @vectorgen.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Don't use LLMs for ANYTHING. Not your grants, not your papers. NOTHING. You were hired because of your mind. Use it for god's sake
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Nicole Lieberman, PhD @nicolelieberman.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
In retrospect, rolling over at 5 am without investigation when I heard the 4yo quietly wandering around turns out to have been a mistake 🤦‍♀️🫠
Thanksgiving tart with child finger marks throughout the filling.
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
the economic success of the U.S. is significantly built on the land grant universities and in particular their excellent agricultural science tradition.
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Nicole Lieberman, PhD @nicolelieberman.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I so miss Baltimore and the characters that live there. Buzz is a hero.
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