Reposted by John McCormick 🇨🇦Teresa 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 John McCormick 🇨🇦Laura K. Jennings @laurakjennings.bsky.social · 29/06/2026📢 We're hiring! The Department of Microbiology & Cell Biology at Montana State University is hiring an Assistant Professor of Microbiology. We welcome applicants working in microbial pathogenesis, immunology, genetics, microbial evolution, and related areas. Apply: jobs.montana.edu/postings/52009 16585
Reposted by John McCormick 🇨🇦Julie Pfeiffer @jkpfeiff.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Faculty search announcement 2026: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Microbiology at UT Southwestern in Dallas. We seek candidates working in microbial pathogenesis (broadly defined). Come join our community! (1/5) www.utsouthwestern.edu/departments/... 34553
Reposted by John McCormick 🇨🇦Patrick 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 2138126
Reposted by John McCormick 🇨🇦Andrew Pruszynski @andpru.bsky.social · 14/05/2026CIHR has launched a trial ballon that suggests shifting to one competition a year. This is the worst idea I have heard in a long time. The only benefit is making top-line success rates look better than they are. Keep it as is, do in-person reviews, and keep the pain in the open. 24122
Reposted by John McCormick 🇨🇦Teresa 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
Reposted by John McCormick 🇨🇦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... 584101
Reposted by John McCormick 🇨🇦Mark Mandel @markjmandel.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Interested in a teaching faculty position in Bacteriology at UW-Madison? See the attached announcement! @uwbact.bsky.social 12440
Reposted by John McCormick 🇨🇦ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Please Repost 🔄 Global Staphylococcus research community is heading to the Canadian Rockies! Join the 20th International Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections 📅 September 20–24, 2026 📍 Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Canada #ISSSI2026 #Staphylococcus 21318
Reposted by John McCormick 🇨🇦Jibran Khokhar @drjkhokhar.bsky.social · 26/03/2026With the rumblings around CIHR wanting to move to one cycle per year not going away, in consultation with a diverse stakeholder group, we have put together a letter for CIHR leadership. Please consider signing this letter and share/RT: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @cannabrain.bsky.socialdocs.google.comCIHR Project Grant Cycle RestructuringDear colleagues, Below you will find a draft letter regarding the proposed transition to a single annual CIHR Project Grant competition, and to invite you to sign on if you are in agreement with its c... 43837
Reposted by John McCormick 🇨🇦King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 07/02/2026I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference. 781836330
Reposted by John McCormick 🇨🇦Cell Press @cellpress.bsky.social · 13/11/2025The link between the gut #microbiome and autism is not backed by science, researchers say. Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA @wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social 4242122
Reposted by John McCormick 🇨🇦Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 30/10/2025💙 #birds #BlueJays 1770287
Reposted by John McCormick 🇨🇦Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Area man who dropped out of community college after two months to go work as VP at father’s company tell local kids to try harder. 25438141
Reposted by John McCormick 🇨🇦Joanne Flynn @joanneflynn19.bsky.social · 20/08/2025We are hiring! The Dept of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics is looking for faculty at the Assistant or Associate professor level (tenure track). Please consider joining our vibrant microbiology and immunology community at the University of Pittsburgh School of medicine 1106106
Reposted by John McCormick 🇨🇦Julie Pfeiffer @jkpfeiff.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Faculty search announcement 2025: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Microbiology at UT Southwestern. We seek candidates working in microbial pathogenesis (some preference may be given to bacterial pathogens). Come join our community! (1/5) www.utsouthwestern.edu/departments/... 361100
Reposted by John McCormick 🇨🇦ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Please share my 1 min video on the importance of maintaining NIH funding of infectious diseases and drug discovery research vs rising antibiotic resistance Drastic budget cuts harm our health and imperil the next generation of scientists More @UCSanDiego “Behind Every Breakthrough” bit.ly/3FlXQs3 39671
Reposted by John McCormick 🇨🇦Alex Keeley @alexjkeeley.bsky.social · 08/08/2025🧵 Our paper out today in @naturemedicine.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... On development of #StrepA #Immunity over life course in #TheGambia raising hope for #vaccines on the horizon 1/ #Immunosky #IDsky #MicroSky #globalhealth.nature.com 33511
Reposted by John McCormick 🇨🇦Alex Ensminger @legionella.bsky.social · 23/07/2025The #CIHR Microbiology and Infectious Disease panel had a 13% success rate in Project Grant decisions released last week. Overall success was just over 15% across all panels. Worst success rate in recent memory. This is not what seizing the moment or investing in the future looks like.🇨🇦📉 #canpoli. 142
Reposted by John McCormick 🇨🇦Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 12/07/2025Looks like the Marge Simpson convention is in town this weekend 2444355
Reposted by John McCormick 🇨🇦ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Americans overwhelmingly support investment in cutting-edge biomedical and earth science research to create a healthier population and planet—yet may not be fully aware of the destructive impact of the federal funding cuts—this laudable effort from the next generation puts a human face on the crisisscience.orgU.S. researchers are speaking up for science in local newspapersThrough two grassroots efforts, more than 80 op eds have been published in news outlets across the country 083
Reposted by John McCormick 🇨🇦STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 26/05/2025schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2...schaechter.asmblog.orgThe Remarkable Julian Daviesby Roberto — If I were asked to name scientists who have deeply influenced the evolution of my own thinking along the decades, there's little doubt that Julian Davies would be at the top of the list. ... 02410
Reposted by John McCormick 🇨🇦Jesse Shapiro @bjesseshapiro.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Come join us at @mcgill.ca as an assistant professor in virus-host interactions! Please share widely. mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.comAssistant Professor (Research), Department of Microbiology & Immunology, (C2-240724)Please 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 ... 16391
Reposted by John McCormick 🇨🇦Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 14/04/2025Harvard steps up www.harvard.edu/research-fun...harvard.edu 015623
Reposted by John McCormick 🇨🇦Fabrice Jean-Pierre @fabricejpierre.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Tenure-track Faculty position just opened up in my department! If you want to be part of a dynamic group who is excited about science, apply. For more details, visit www.usherbrooke.ca/emplois/offr... Please share in your networks! #microsky 04355
Reposted by John McCormick 🇨🇦Cezar Khursigara @cmkhursigara.bsky.social · 29/03/2025The Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Guelph is at it again! Continuing our cluster hires with tenure-track Assistant Professor positions in Immunology and Virology (1 position each)! careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A... careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A... 03848
Reposted by John McCormick 🇨🇦Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 25/03/2025I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.media.tenor.comPm Private GIFALT: Pm Private GIF 30087651016837
Reposted by John McCormick 🇨🇦nvansorge.bsky.social @nvansorge.bsky.social · 20/03/2025🔔🔔 🔔 Sound the alarm! Not 1 but 2 PhD positions available in my research group at Amsterdam UMC studying the interaction between S. aureus wall teichoic acids and the host immune system. Multidisciplinary projects with experience in academia and industry. werkenbij.amsterdamumc.org/en/vacatures...werkenbij.amsterdamumc.orgVacatures - PhD (x2) in Staphylococcus aureus immune interaction - Amsterdam UMCDo you have ambition to be trained in broad, top-class scientific and professional skills and gain experience in industry and academia? Apply now! 11324
Reposted by John McCormick 🇨🇦The Lancet Microbe @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social · 12/03/2025New research article Association between #HIV -1 Nef-mediated MHC-I downregulation and the maintenance of the replication-competent latent viral reservoir in individuals with virally suppressed HIV-1 in Uganda: an exploratory cohort study www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #IDSky #ViroSky #OA 01110
Reposted by John McCormick 🇨🇦ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 24/02/2025To: Elon Musk/DOGE From: Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) Subject: Five Things I Accomplished Last Week (🧵) #1. Destroyed a previously normal heart valve in an otherwise healthy 58-year-old man 4199
Reposted by John McCormick 🇨🇦Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Happy #FlagDay, Canada! 🇨🇦 1990191
Reposted by John McCormick 🇨🇦Alex Keeley @alexjkeeley.bsky.social · 15/02/2025📢 Preprint - not peer-reviewed🤞: Development of #immunity to #StrepA in The Gambia. We assessed IgG to conserved and M protein antigens across the life course, exploring association with protection against infection: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... #IDSky #Immunoskymedrxiv.orgEarly life serological profiles and the development of natural protective humoral immunity to Streptococcus pyogenes in a high burden settingStreptococcus pyogenes leads to 500,000 deaths annually; many due to rheumatic heart disease in low-income settings. Limited understanding of natural protective immunity to S. pyogenes hinders vaccine... 3108
Reposted by John McCormick 🇨🇦Karine Dufresne @vagstaph.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Just another one for 2025 👩🔬 Great work with @stephentuffs.bsky.social and Nick Walton from @superantigens.bsky.social lab. Here is our last study focusing on the impact of superantigens within 3 S. aureus isolates from the same bacteremia patient: doi.org/10.1128/iai....doi.orgEvidence that staphylococcal superantigens promote within-patient bacterial persistence following post-operative surgical site infection | Infection and ImmunityIn this study, we investigated bacterial isolates from a patient who experienced three recurrent S. aureus infections over a 4 month period following total knee arthroplasty. Genomic and phenotypic characterization of these isolates revealed that they all ... 172
Reposted by John McCormick 🇨🇦Karine Dufresne @vagstaph.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Here's my latest research article: the impact of TSST-1 in the vagina beyond menstrual toxic shock syndrome. doi.org/10.1128/iai....doi.orgTSST-1 promotes colonization of Staphylococcus aureus within the vaginal tract by activation of CD8+ T cells | Infection and ImmunityToxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1) is a superantigen toxin produced from Staphylococcus aureus that causes the menstrual form of toxic shock syndrome. This research demonstrates that TSST-1 also ha... 082