Reposted by Stefan OehlersPhilipp 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 Stefan OehlersProf Tanya Parish @proftanya13.bsky.social · 18/09/2026check it out #TB 🦠 eoafrica-4th-international-post-tuberculosis-symposium-2027.eventsairsite.comeoafrica-4th-international-post-tuberculosis-symposium-2027.eventsairsite.comHomeOn behalf of the Symposium Steering Committee, we invite you to join us in Seoul, Republic of Korea for the 4th iPTBS! 022
Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · 15/09/2026Biopolis to NTU = 20 km, also the average run distance difference between our lab members Has @astar-idlabs.bsky.social been focused on the wrong microbial fitness competitions? 000
Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · 11/09/2026And the mid-Atlantic's craziest bus-driving, cross country skier on the Wintergreen slopes @drvaldivia.bsky.social! 011
Reposted by Stefan OehlersJim Sun, PhD @sunlab.bsky.social · 09/09/2026We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow to join the team @ubcmicroimmuno.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca to study TB pathogenesis and host-directed therapy! Please help disseminate amongst your network. ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjo...ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.comPostdoctoral Research Fellow - Host-Pathogen Interactions & Host-Directed TherapeuticsAcademic Job Category Faculty Non Bargaining Job Title Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Host-Pathogen Interactions & Host-Directed Therapeutics Department Research I Sun I Department of Microbiology... 0919
Reposted by Stefan OehlersJosie Bryant @josiebryant.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Apply to do a PhD at @sangerinstitute.bsky.social with me on global genomics of Mycobacterium abscessus bbsrcdtp.lifesci.cam.ac.uk/project-refe... About the scheme: bbsrcdtp.lifesci.cam.ac.uk/application-...bbsrcdtp.lifesci.cam.ac.ukProject Reference: TRG27-SAN-JB1 | Cambridge Biosciences DTP PhD Programme 01723
Reposted by Stefan OehlersVinTorraca @vintorraca.bsky.social · 05/09/2026So honoured to have been invited as a keynote for the Zebrafish Infection and Immunity meeting. Even more excited to hear updates from the other 2 keynotes Prof Jelena Bezbradica Mirkovic and Dr @oehlerslab.org ! Looking forward to catching up with the community! www.zebrafishinfection.co.uk 2111
Reposted by Stefan OehlersDavid 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 Stefan OehlersEMBL Australia @emblaustralia.org · 28/08/2026Ready to take the next step in your research career? 👨🔬 We're seeking an outstanding researcher to establish an independent research program as an EMBL Australia Group Leader at the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI) @monashuniversity.bsky.social 🗓️ Apply by 2 October 🔗 bit.ly/4qHYtjb 0611
Reposted by Stefan OehlersZebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 28/08/2026We've strangely seen this before... 🤔 #zebrafish 3262
Reposted by Stefan OehlersMarta Batet Palau @martabatetpalau.bsky.social · 27/08/2026So excited my PhD work is finally out! A huge collaborative effort of the Ruprecht lab, especially of my co-authors @laurafbianchi.bsky.social & @hannamariahakkinen.bsky.social Check below Laura's thread if you want to know more about E-cadherin novel and unexpected role in epithelial phagocytosis 0115
Reposted by Stefan OehlersVictoria Deneke @vdeneke.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Looking for a postdoc lab? The @ditalialab.bsky.social is a fantastic place to think deeply about fundamental problems in biology using quantitative approaches. I feel incredibly fortunate to have done my PhD here & to have learned from such an insightful and supportive mentor - please 🔁 & apply! 031
Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · 24/08/2026The purist's dichotomy of biological states in the lab 🧪 000
Reposted by Stefan OehlersZebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Find out how RNA control your immune system! The Renshaw Lab (Sheffield) are hiring TWO PDRAs to study RNA-binding protein ELAVL1 in neutrophils using human cells, #zebrafish, multi-omics. Closes 26/8 Wet lab-based: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSK873/r... Bioinformatics-based: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSK931/r... 175
Reposted by Stefan OehlersPhilipp Niethammer @niethammerlab.bsky.social · 20/08/2026👉1/3 We are looking for a research technician to join our lab at Sloan Kettering Institute in New York City. This is an ideal position for a recent college graduate (e.g., from the NYC area) interested in basic biology and gaining hands-on research experience before graduate or medical school. 167
Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · 20/08/2026Continuing my "people I hung out with 10 years ago" on podcasts, it's @thehornerlab.bsky.social on the Immune podcast! I never knew she ran track, mid 2010s era @tobinlab.bsky.social should have thrown down a lab v lab stadium stairs run challenge www.microbe.tv/immune/immun...microbe.tvImmune Booster 34: Decoding antiviral signaling networks with Stacy HornerStacy Horner discusses her work on innate detection of viruses, viral countermeasures, and the role of m(6)A RNA modifications in regulating antiviral immunity. 030
Reposted by Stefan OehlersAntonio 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
Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · 19/08/2026Bacteriology postdoc in IRIM, Montpellier. Great location and institute! Better preserved collection of Roman infrastructure in the region than anywhere else I've been. 020
Reposted by Stefan OehlersInternational Zebrafish Society @izfs.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Submit your abstract by 8/20 for the 6th Zebrafish for Personalized & Precision Medicine ( #ZPPM ) Conference taking place November 13-15 in Zhongshan, China! Learn more: zppm.zebrapeutics.com #Zebrafish #ZebrafishMeeting #PrecisionMedicine 001
Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · 07/08/2026Cue joke about C. auris showing skin. We've been thinking about chitins as delivery biomaterials but there's more than one type! 010
Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · 05/08/2026@mads100tist.bsky.social @zebrafishrock.bsky.social: Who's volunteering to log back into to the twitter account to Chuck Norris up the zebrafish factoids? 120
Reposted by Stefan Oehlersc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 01/08/2026The headlines are still covering the cyclosporiasis outbreak from lettuce, but let's talk about a different summer, long ago. The headlines in Bavaria would have called it "summer diarrhea" & it was killing babies. Enter our hero, Professor Theodor Escherich of the Julius Hospital, Würzburg. 321990
Reposted by Stefan OehlersM. Brent Hawkins @homeobox.bsky.social · 31/07/2026"After you open a new bottle be sure to mark it with the date" 143
Reposted by Stefan OehlersMeg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 29/07/2026New research just dropped today that makes octopuses even weirder than they already are… let me explain🧵🧪🐙🐡🦑 7285121
Reposted by Stefan OehlersProf 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 Stefan OehlersThePatrick&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/188545apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 01432
Reposted by Stefan OehlersChris Brooke @christopherbrooke.bsky.social · 28/07/2026@alnajifg.bsky.social's long-delayed masterpiece (spanning his time in my and Marco Vignuzzi's labs) on influenza virus WT/DelVG co-evolutionary dynamics is finally out!! Lots of exciting data about how DelVGs evolve and compete within complex populations. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comLongitudinal analysis of influenza A virus deletion-containing viral genomes reveals key determinants of co-evolutionary dynamics and interference - Nature CommunicationsTracking influenza virus populations over 72 passages, the authors show that hundreds of defective viral genomes compete for dominance, ultimately resolving into a single variant carrying an adaptive ... 1116
Reposted by Stefan OehlersMichael Glickman @michaelglickman.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Please repost! #microsky🦠 The Glickman Lab at MSK is recruiting! Projects in Mtb pathogenesis, basic biology of mycobacteria, and mycobacterial cancer therapies. See our publications here: tinyurl.com/3f386f4x Send CV and cover letter to: glickmanmycolab@gmail.comscholar.google.com 02433
Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · 22/07/2026It's not a star wars escape pod, it's star trek eject the corestatic.klipy.comLieutenant Shaxs: I Say We Eject The Warp Core!Alt: Lieutenant Shaxs: I Say We Eject The Warp Core! 000
Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · 17/07/2026Almost 20 years after my first in vivo live imaging infection it infuriates me when graduate students blindly recite the dogma of intravellular v extracellular infections. Nice summary countering the dogma around two of the (worst?) examples I hear about 010
Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · 14/07/2026In keeping with ZII8 tradition, ZII9 will feature a plenary by some yobbo from the west of a Southern Hemisphere city (this guy!) 010
Reposted by Stefan OehlersDaniel Gorelick @danielgorelick.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Congrats to the 5 winners of @biologyopen.bsky.social Global South travel grants #EZM2026 was an honor to meet & learn about your science 0192
Reposted by Stefan OehlersZebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 28/06/2026What is the best way to spell/pronounce the name of the small freshwater fish called Danio rerio? Let's settle it on the pitch! ⚽🐟🏆 Follow us throughout the remainder of the tournament as we update the bracket after each round! Which one is your favorite to win? 🗺️🤔 #ZebrafishWorldCup #zebrafish 🧪 1146
Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · 24/06/2026"never stopping to ask yourself whether a machine that was trained on failed drugs (most drugs are failed drugs) might have a tendency to generate more of them" 😂 010
Reposted by Stefan OehlersHaris Antypas @harisantypas.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Excited to share this work out as a preprint! We found that E. faecalis biofilms suppress neutrophil effector functions through two complementary mechanisms: extracellular acidification that dampens ATP and NADPH production and a bacterial density-dependent inhibitory effect. 052
Reposted by Stefan OehlersZebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Cool new tool from Keir Balla Lab @czbiohub.bsky.social 🐟🧬 Give it a try: portal.rnaquarium.orgportal.rnaquarium.orgRNAquarium PortalExplore, visualize, and interact with RNAquarium project data. 0125
Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · 07/06/2026Crap news to end the weekend with for everyone that ever interacted with Richard or the melanoma institute. What a legend. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...abc.net.au'What a legacy': Pioneering researcher Richard Scolyer dies aged 59The 2024 Australian of the Year Professor Richard Scolyer has died. In his final message he urged all Australians to "pursue their dreams and passion with humility, love and compassion". 000
Reposted by Stefan OehlersPatrick S. Mitchell @psmitchej.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Thrilled to announce that the Department of Microbiology at the University of Washington, School of Medicine is hiring at the Assistant Professor level (tenure-track)! The Pacific Northwest is an awesome place to live and do science 🧪🦠. Join us! apply.interfolio.com/185622 Applications due 8/1.apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 2138125
Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · 14/05/2026Great opportunity to join Vincenzo's lab, embedded in one of the hottest young cellular microbiology clusters in the UK! 010
Reposted by Stefan OehlersLauren 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
Reposted by Stefan OehlersZebrafish Disease Models Society (ZDMS) @zdmsociety.bsky.social · 07/05/2026🎨Calling all artists and scientists!🐟🧬 The Zebrafish Disease Models Society (ZDMS) is launching its first #SciArt Competition. We are looking for creative work that illustrates how zebrafish research is transforming human health. And there’s cash prizes for the winners! 💰🐟 See thread for details⬇️ 154
Reposted by Stefan OehlersTeresa O'Meara @teresaomeara.bsky.social · 11/05/2026We are hiring @umichmicroimmuno.bsky.social ! Tenure-track assistant professor position in our Microbiology and Immunology department. We are especially looking for someone working in bacterial pathogenesis 14568
Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · 11/05/2026Hey that's @carolineleiwee.bsky.social from across the road! 020
Reposted by Stefan OehlersChristian Mosimann @chrmosimann.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Open-rank search: 2 (!) PI positions in Pulmonary Biology at @cuanschutz.bsky.social 🌄 We are looking for new colleagues @cupediatrics.bsky.social, working in lung fibrosis, focusing on #devbio, stem cell, & regen.biology of the lung 🫁🫀. Please help spread the word! cu.taleo.net/careersectio...cu.taleo.netOpen Rank- Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or ProfessorClick the link provided to see the complete job description. 02222
Reposted by Stefan OehlersPeter Hill @peterwshill.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Thrilled to share the first paper from the lab, out now in Molecular Cell! A wonderful collaboration with @thurstonlab.bsky.social bridging Salmonella host-pathogen interactions and regulatory genomics - two of my favourite things in one story. www.cell.com/molecular-ce... 🦠 🧵1/10cell.comSalmonella effector SteE reprograms the macrophage regulatory network to drive specific hyperactivation of STAT3 target genesDiaz-del-Olmo et al. reveal how a Salmonella virulence protein alters the transcriptional layout of infected macrophages through hyperactivation of a transcription factor and coordinated chromatin rem... 1215
Reposted by Stefan OehlersDaniel L. Barber, PhD @danbarberphd.bsky.social · 29/04/2026So we blocked IFNγ in Mtb infected macaques and….the animals were fine. Turns out mice overestimate the importance of IFNγ in TB because IFNγ drives iNOS in mice but not macaques or humans. This means we don’t actually know how T cells suppress Mtb. rdcu.be/ff9GB #tuberculosis #immunologyrdcu.beIFNγ blockade in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infected macaques alters the granuloma environment but not bacterial controlNature Communications - Here, the authors show that IFNγ blockade does not impair resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in macaques, opposed to what has been observed in mice, due... 24222
Reposted by Stefan OehlersJeff Bourgeois, PhD @bourgeoisjs.bsky.social · 08/04/2026The Bourgeois Lab is recruiting a postdoc to work on our DoD-funded human genetics project aimed at understanding Lyme disease outcomes. wpi.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/WPI_External... 064
Reposted by Stefan OehlersEachan Johnson @eachan.scbir.org · 07/04/2026We're hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow! How does Mycobacterium tuberculosis survive drug treatment? You'll use molecular genetics and single-cell approaches to investigate how gene expression variability drives drug-tolerant subpopulations. Full details and application instructions below. 156