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Stefan Oehlers

@oehlerslab.org
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Principal Investigator, Bacterial Pathogenesis Lab (A*STAR ID Labs, Singapore) @astar-idlabs.bsky.social Zebrafish models of infection and immunity www.oehlerslab.org

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Philipp 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).
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Prof Tanya Parish @proftanya13.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
check it out #TB 🦠 eoafrica-4th-international-post-tuberculosis-symposium-2027.eventsairsite.com
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On behalf of the Symposium Steering Committee, we invite you to join us in Seoul, Republic of Korea for the 4th iPTBS!
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Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · 15/09/2026
Biopolis 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?
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Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · 11/09/2026
And the mid-Atlantic's craziest bus-driving, cross country skier on the Wintergreen slopes @drvaldivia.bsky.social!
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Jim Sun, PhD @sunlab.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We 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...
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Host-Pathogen Interactions & Host-Directed Therapeutics
Academic Job Category Faculty Non Bargaining Job Title Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Host-Pathogen Interactions & Host-Directed Therapeutics Department Research I Sun I Department of Microbiology...
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Josie Bryant @josiebryant.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Apply 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-...
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Project Reference: TRG27-SAN-JB1 | Cambridge Biosciences DTP PhD Programme
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VinTorraca @vintorraca.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
So 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
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David Tobin @tobinlab.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
New 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.
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Host eicosanoid signals define a granuloma fibroblast population that coordinates mycobacterial containment
Hughes 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 ...
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EMBL Australia @emblaustralia.org · 28/08/2026
Ready 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
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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We've strangely seen this before... 🤔 #zebrafish
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Marta Batet Palau @martabatetpalau.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
So 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
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Victoria Deneke @vdeneke.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Looking 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!
Cytoplasmic flows in a fruit fly embryo
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Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · 24/08/2026
The purist's dichotomy of biological states in the lab 🧪
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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Find 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...
Neutrophil migration over time during inflammation. Credit to Catherine Loynes.
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Philipp 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.
https://www.mskcc.org/research/ski/labs/philipp-niethammer
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Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · 20/08/2026
Continuing 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...
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Immune Booster 34: Decoding antiviral signaling networks with Stacy Horner
Stacy Horner discusses her work on innate detection of viruses, viral countermeasures, and the role of m(6)A RNA modifications in regulating antiviral immunity.
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Antonio Pagán @antoniopagan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Stanford 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...
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Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Immunology - Stanford University, California, United States
The 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...
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Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · 19/08/2026
Bacteriology postdoc in IRIM, Montpellier. Great location and institute! Better preserved collection of Roman infrastructure in the region than anywhere else I've been.
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International Zebrafish Society @izfs.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Submit 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
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Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · 12/08/2026
It's @copperbae.bsky.social !
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Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · 07/08/2026
Cue joke about C. auris showing skin. We've been thinking about chitins as delivery biomaterials but there's more than one type!
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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?
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The 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.
Signed portrait of Theodor Escherich, MD (1857-1911). Dr. Escherich was a German-Austrian pediatrician, best known for his discovery of the Escherichia coli bacterium
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M. Brent Hawkins @homeobox.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
"After you open a new bottle be sure to mark it with the date"
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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
New research just dropped today that makes octopuses even weirder than they already are… let me explain🧵🧪🐙🐡🦑
OCTOPUSES JUST GOT WEIRDER
Featuring an illustration of a two spot octopus with a blue and purple ribosome behind it
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Prof Tanya Parish @proftanya13.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Work 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🦠🧪
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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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Chris 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...
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Longitudinal analysis of influenza A virus deletion-containing viral genomes reveals key determinants of co-evolutionary dynamics and interference - Nature Communications
Tracking 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 ...
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Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · 29/07/2026
#zebrafish jobs 🧪
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Michael Glickman @michaelglickman.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Please 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.com
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Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · 22/07/2026
It's not a star wars escape pod, it's star trek eject the core
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Lieutenant Shaxs: I Say We Eject The Warp Core!
Alt: Lieutenant Shaxs: I Say We Eject The Warp Core!
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Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · 17/07/2026
Almost 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
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Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · 14/07/2026
In keeping with ZII8 tradition, ZII9 will feature a plenary by some yobbo from the west of a Southern Hemisphere city (this guy!)
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Daniel Gorelick @danielgorelick.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Congrats to the 5 winners of @biologyopen.bsky.social Global South travel grants #EZM2026 was an honor to meet & learn about your science
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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
What 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 🧪
Bracket for the knockout rounds of the World Cup with the names of how each country spells/pronounces Danio rerio according to their official language. Reposted with flags of the teams listed above the match-ups.
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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" 😂
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Haris Antypas @harisantypas.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Excited 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.
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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Cool new tool from Keir Balla Lab @czbiohub.bsky.social 🐟🧬 Give it a try: portal.rnaquarium.org
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RNAquarium Portal
Explore, visualize, and interact with RNAquarium project data.
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Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · 07/06/2026
Crap 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...
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'What a legacy': Pioneering researcher Richard Scolyer dies aged 59
The 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".
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Patrick S. Mitchell @psmitchej.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Thrilled 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.
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Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · 14/05/2026
Great opportunity to join Vincenzo's lab, embedded in one of the hottest young cellular microbiology clusters in the UK!
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Lauren 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...
Image of UIC sculpture, recreation center, and Medical Sciences Building
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Zebrafish 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⬇️
Poster announcing ZDMS SciArt Competition. The ZDMS logo is in the top left. Text reads “ZDMS presents SciArt Competition 2026. Prizes 1st $300 / 2nd $150 / 3rd $50. Accepting illustrations or short film formats. Submission deadline: August 1, 2026. The background is a watercolor of an underwater scene depicting a zebrafish. Credit artwork to Yuval Segal.
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Teresa O'Meara @teresaomeara.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
We 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
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Stefan Oehlers @oehlerslab.org · 11/05/2026
Hey that's @carolineleiwee.bsky.social from across the road!
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Christian Mosimann @chrmosimann.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Open-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...
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Open Rank- Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
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Peter Hill @peterwshill.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Thrilled 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... 🦠 🧵1/10
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Salmonella effector SteE reprograms the macrophage regulatory network to drive specific hyperactivation of STAT3 target genes
Diaz-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...
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Daniel L. Barber, PhD @danbarberphd.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
So 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 #immunology
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IFNγ blockade in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infected macaques alters the granuloma environment but not bacterial control
Nature 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...
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Jeff Bourgeois, PhD @bourgeoisjs.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The 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...
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Eachan Johnson @eachan.scbir.org · 07/04/2026
We'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.
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