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Suzana Salcedo

@suzanasalcedo.bsky.social
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Passionate about bacteria and host cell responses to infection. 🇵🇹&🇺🇸 and a bit 🇫🇷 Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Opinions my own.

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Julia Willett @jlewillett.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
After 24 talks, 160 posters, 6 career panelists, and 1 round of Happy Birthday, that's a wrap on #mmpc2026! A huge thanks to all 250+ folks who made this such a fun weekend of microbes in Minneapolis!
A white sign that says "U M Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis" outside the Meridian Ballroom at the Graduate Hotel in Minneapolis
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Igor Brodsky @brodskyigorlab.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The power of funding fundamental discovery in driving unexpected benefits for humankind are unmatched. We should be funding more basic research not less
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Rasmus Jensen @rasmusjensen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🎉 Out today in Cell: the paper I've been looking forward to sharing for a long time 🎉 We used cryo-ET to find a molecular machine nobody knew existed on the surface of a minimal bacterium, and worked out what it does. 🧵(1/7) #TeamTomo #cryoET
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Jonathan Kagan @jkagan1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Today, the Toll-like Receptors reveal a new mechanism of signal transduction: Receptor-Free Signal Transduction. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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TRAM promotes Toll-like-receptor-free myddosome signal transduction - Nature
TRAM is a regulator of myddosome assembly through dissociating MyD88 from the TLR–TIRAP complex to enable myddosome maturation and durable downstream signal transduction.
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Igor Iatsenko @iatsenkolab.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🚨 Job alert! I am hiring a long-term postdoc (up to 6 years) to work on host–microbe interactions using the #Drosophila model. A great opportunity to develop your own research program in a wonderful scientific environment @uni-graz.at 🦠🔬 www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...
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University of Graz hiring University Assistant with doctorate (m/f/d) in Graz, Styria, Austria | LinkedIn
Posted 4:24:01 AM. Your ResponsibilitiesIndependent research in the field of host-microbe and microbe-microbe…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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Terence Tao @teorth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...
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Declaration — Math and AI
Read the declaration and add your name.
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University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine @uwvetmed.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
UW Vet Med is proud to work with the PEOPLE Program, offering Madison and Milwaukee area high school students interested in pursing the veterinary medicine track early exposure to the field, through interactive activities and learning.
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University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine @uwvetmed.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
UW Vet Med professor Peter Halfmann, PhD, will be speaking on an expert panel discussing “Trust, Information, & Outbreak Response: Lessons from Ebola” on September 29 at 9am CST. Register for the webinar from the Global Health Institute today: bit.ly/46ynKCV
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Hiten Madhani @hitenmadhani.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Most basic science departments at UCSF are having faculty searches this year. Biochemistry & Biophysics, Microbiology & Immunology, Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and more. We're looking for new and exciting science and nice people. You'll find them all at aprecruit.ucsf.edu
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Welcome - AP Recruit
University of California, San Francisco Online Faculty Recruitment
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Jonathan Pruneda @jnpruneda.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
WE'RE HIRING! Thanks to some recent successes with NIH funding, we're seeking two new postdoctoral scholars to join our team. See below for details. Please share widely and feel free to reach out with any questions!
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Salvador Almagro-Moreno @bioetry.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The application period for PhD admissions at @stjude.bsky.social opens in September! Check out the admissions guide to see if you are eligible and, if so, do not hesitate to apply if interested in doing a PhD on the fundamental biology of infectious diseases www.stjude.org/education-tr...
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Biomedical Sciences PhD Program
St. Jude offers a unique biomedical PhD program at one of the world’s premier pediatric research centers. Find out about admissions, courses, faculty and more.
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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
HIRING MICROBIOLOGIST: effective start asap! The PDRA/PDRF (per xp) will investigate the interactions of bumblebee antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) with the gut microbiota & more. Our work has shown AMPs have striking specificity for ecological microbes. careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/13... 1/2
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Postdoctoral Researcher Associate or Fellow in Cornwall | University of Exeter
View details and apply for this Postdoctoral Researcher Associate or Fellow vacancy in Cornwall. Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow This job is part of an Advanced Research + Inventio...
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Salvador Almagro-Moreno @bioetry.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
We are looking for motivated Postdocs to join our lab to investigate the emergence and evolution of bacterial pathogens. If your profile and interests fit the description below get in touch! Please share.Thank you!
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Ruth Isenberg, PhD @ruthlessruth15.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Headed to #mmpc2026 in Minneapolis this year? Order your MMPC t-shirt before Septemeber 4th! Fun fact: I went through a previous MMPC abstract book and counted all the unique microbes. Can you see your favorite microbe in the shirt design?
A design for a t-shirt reading "Minneapolis, Minnesota Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference. Threat level: Ope. 70 estimated microbes represented. 500 estimated attendees. 2026 September 25-27." The shape of the state of Minnesota is included filled with assorted microbes.
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
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Personnic Lab @personniclab.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I'm delighted to share that Dr. Tristan Rubio is joining my team, at CIRI, as ENS Lyon Associate Professor. Tristan brings outstanding expertise and a collaborative mindset that will strengthen our research. I'm looking forward to the new ideas and discoveries ahead. Welcome aboard, Tristan!
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FX Coudert @nanoporous.net · 17/07/2026
Ironically, as @mart1oeil.eu showed, there are telltale signs that the piece was edited with ChatGPT: many links include "?utm_source=chatgpt.com" If even Science editorial team cannot afford good human editing, that's worrying
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Dr. Sunny Shin @sunnyshinlab.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Amazing week of science & camaraderie at GRC Microbial Toxins & Pathogenicity! Many thanks to chair @torreslab.bsky.social & the discussion leaders, speakers, poster presenters, attendees, & staff for an awesome meeting! Excited to organize the next one with new vice-chair @sauerlab.bsky.social!
Photo of Sunny Shin & Victor TorresPhoto of Waterville Valley
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Patricia Bernal @pbernalt6ss.eurosky.social · 11/07/2026
Fresh out of the lab! Our new preprint is now up on BioRxiv, exploring how the beneficial bacterium Pseudomonas putida controls its T6SS nanoweapon. It turns out the Gac/Rsm pathway acts as a strict molecular brake on the system. 👇 (1/4) Read the full preprint here: doi.org/10.64898/202...
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Nick Desnoyer @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The SynBio team’s plasmid collection is one of the coolest aspects of @thesainsburylab.bsky.social What’s even cooler is their vision of sharing it with everyone and the partners who are helping make it happen 💪 🧬
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Xavier Charpentier @labxc.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
#microsky New preprint from the lab! Widespread immune systems protect bacteria against conjugative plasmids www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Kudos to the extremely talented lead author Ludovic Poiré! Key contributions by @francoisrousset.bsky.social and also help from C. Lesterlin/TacC lab. 🧵⬇️
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Widespread immune systems protect bacteria against conjugative plasmids
Conjugative plasmids are a class of mobile genetic elements capable of efficient transfer between bacterial cells. Although they can introduce beneficial traits such as antibiotic resistance to recipi...
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Microbes.Info @microbesinfo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
🦠🛡️ #Intestinal cells can limit #Salmonella growth by starving the #bacteria of an essential nutrient, revealing a natural defense against #infection. #Microbiology #GutMicrobiome #Infection #Immunology #Microsky via @sciencex.bsky.social
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Intestinal cells starve Salmonella of essential nutrients, revealing new tactic in infection defense
Salmonella, an infection that causes diarrhea, fever and abdominal pain, is the most common form of bacterial food poisoning in the U.S., sickening more than a million people each year. Although most…
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Valeria Reyes Ruiz @reyesruiz.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Our lab is hiring an enthusiastic and motivated research specialist to study host-pathogen interactions in the context of S. aureus infection. For more information, see below: Lab website: www.reyesruizlab.org jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/researc...
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Research Specialist - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:Academic StaffEmployment Type...
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Joe Dillard @sacculus.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The Dillard Lab is looking to hire a research technician to study the mechanisms by which Neisseria gonorrhoeae damages human Fallopian tubes during pelvic inflammatory disease. Lab website: www.dillardlab.mmi.wisc.edu View the job posting: shorturl.at/YO2sE
Fallopian tube tissue infected with Neisseria gonorrhoeae is shown. Dead ciliated cells are seen where they have been extruded from the tissue
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Jose Bengoechea @josebengoechea.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Recruiting a postdoc to join my lab at @lshtm.bsky.social to work in an MRC porgramme grant funded project to dissect the gut colonziation by Klebsiella. In vivo and in vitro models, and new approaches to identify Klebsiella factors involved. jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
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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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Tracy Palmer @proftracypalmer.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Check out our latest T7SS toxin story. These reverse toxins aren’t as rare as we thought!
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Placenta metabolic clock: NAD+ depletion triggers a countdown to birth in mice @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The placental metabolic clock
NAD+ depletion triggers a countdown to birth in mice
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Kranzusch Lab @kranzuschlab.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
How do human cells defend against viruses? @sgfern.bsky.social discovers that human immune proteins named ISGs target ancient features of replication shared between animal and bacterial viruses – opening analysis of human immunity to the power of bacterial genetics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Reminder — UW #Microbiology has an open search for an Assistant Professor, focusing on fundamental problems in #bacteriology! If you or someone you know would be suitable, here's the ad: apply.interfolio.com/185622
Screenshot of the job listing linked in full above
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Cascales Lab @cascaleslab.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Happy to share the last publication of @bobytaillefer.bsky.social, showing that #T6SS heterogeneity is an attenuation strategy to optimizes the trade-off between competitive killing and survival.
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Avinash Shenoy @avishenoy.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
📢A new effector-triggered immunity role for GBP1! No place for pathogens to hide now that GBP1 can detect extracellular pathogens that hijack the actin cytoskeleton. Surprise*suprise* GBP1 does this independently of LPS! 🧵 biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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fillouxlab.bsky.social @fillouxlab.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Thank you Suzana @suzanasalcedo.bsky.social for visiting @scelse.bsky.social and giving such a nice talk.
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Salvador Almagro-Moreno @bioetry.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Thinking of doing a PhD with a focus on infectious diseases? My lab is seeking enthusiastic students to investigate the emergence and transmission of pathogenic Vibrios. Join us at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, an extraordinary research center! www.stjude.org/education-tr...
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Biomedical Sciences PhD Program
St. Jude offers a unique biomedical PhD program at one of the world’s premier pediatric research centers. Find out about admissions, courses, faculty and more.
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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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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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Ronan McCarthy @ronanmccarthy.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
⏰ We have two exciting opportunities to join our team in Southampton! 🚀 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 (2 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬) 𝘈𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 virulence 👉 jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧 (3 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬) Engineering Biology 👉 jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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Job Opportunity at the University of Southampton: Research Fellow
The McCarthy Lab has an exciting opportunity for a prospective Postdoctoral Research Fellow who is interested in understanding virulence and hospital persistence in Acinetobacter baumannii. The role w...
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Melanie Blokesch @mblokesch.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Excited to share our new paper out today in @science.org 🎉 We show that HGT via natural competence drives diversification of chromosomal integrons in V. cholerae 🤩 Below a 🧵 on key findings incl. background on natural competence in V. cholerae 1/ #microsky #phagesky www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Mark Mandel @markjmandel.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Interested in a teaching faculty position in Bacteriology at UW-Madison? See the attached announcement! @uwbact.bsky.social
A job posting flyer from the Department of Bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison advertising a Teaching Faculty II position. The role involves coordinating and teaching microbiology lab courses and/or large enrollment introductory classes. The application deadline is May 5, 2026, at 11:59pm CDT. Applications must be submitted electronically via the Jobs at UW portal; emailed applications are not accepted. Applicants must upload a single document containing a cover letter, CV, and teaching philosophy. The job listing URL is https://jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/teaching-faculty-ii-madison-wisconsin-united-states, Job ID JR10009916. The flyer notes that Madison, Wisconsin is described as a vibrant place to live and work, combining college-town energy, lakeside scenery, and a community-focused atmosphere.
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Carmen Buchrieser @cbuch.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
It is our great pleasure to Welcome you to the 11th International Conference on Legionella from September 7-11 2026 in Zūrich, legionella2026.com Registration is Open legionella2026.com/registration/ Early Bird fée Till June 25. Come and join us for this exciting Event!!
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M. Stephen Trent @mstrent.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
We are recruiting postdocs to work on antimicrobial resistance and bacterial cell envelope biology. PLEASE SHARE.
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Daan C. Swarts @dcswarts.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
PostDoc position available! (links in post below) Feel free to share!
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Soldati Lab @soldatilab.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
📣 Happy to share our new chapter in Live Biological Imaging Across Scales! We discuss how to explore membrane damage responses using Dicty and high-throughput single-cell analyses 👀. Shout-out to @angieprrt.bsky.social and the team onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Tiny Organisms, Big Advantages: Exploring Membrane Damage Responses Using Dictyostelium discoideum in High‐Throughput Single‐Cell Analyses
The amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum (Dd) is a commonly used model for studying bacterial infection due to the high conservat...
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Vivek Mutalik @vivekmutalik.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
📣Huge preprint 🔔 Today we share something our group has been working toward for a long time, led by @lucasmoriniere.bsky.social We asked can we predict which receptor a phage targets from its genome sequence alone? For most phages, we couldn’t. So Lucas set out to do something I had only dreamed of.
Phage receptor prediction from genome sequencing alone. Bacterial receptor (blue) interacting with phage proteins (purple) is shown here
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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 30/03/2026
Now out in AEM @asm.org! 🎉🧪 *High school student-isolated mutants 👉🏻 novel genetic causes of biofilm-associated adaptations *We learn how diversity arises quickly and is maintained *EvolvingSTEM enables scalable research in classrooms & promotes scientific literacy journals.asm.org/eprint/FBU9M...
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Genetic diversification of Pseudomonas fluorescens maintained by multi-niche selection within biofilms | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Bacterial biofilms dominate microbial life; however, their evolutionary genetics remain incompletely understood. Extensive replication of biofilm selection experiments by secondary school students can...
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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 18/03/2026
During microbial warfare, #bacteria deploy toxins to inhibit or kill competitors. @ebayersantos.bsky.social &co reveal lipid-targeting #antibacterial #toxins & novel toxin domains within #Salmonella T6SS effectors, broadening known toxin enzymatic diversity @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/40zTyEP
Top: Diagram showing Type VI Secretion System–mediated interbacterial antagonism integrated with a computational pipeline used to identify and classify previously uncharacterized antibacterial effector families. Created in BioRender. Bayer-Santos, E. (2026). Bottom left: E. coli toxicity assay. Serial dilutions of E. coli carrying pBRA and pEXT22 constructs. Bottom right: Time-lapse microscopy of E. coli carrying pBRA SP-Tox-Act1 grown on repressed or induced conditions. Scale bar: 5 µm. Timestamps in hours and minutes.
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LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease @lcidatut.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
The Bayer-Santos Lab, along with researchers at the University of São Paulo, have discovered salmonella toxins that could lead to healthier microbiomes and new targetted antibacterial therapies. See: cns.utexas.edu/news/researc...
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A Secret Weapon from Salmonella Could Help Us Maintain Healthier Microbiomes
The discovery could also lend itself to the development of future antibacterial therapies.
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Peter Lind @peteralind.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Associate Senior Lecturer/Assistant Professor position in Molecular Microbiology available at Lund University, Sweden: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Associate Senior Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Molecular Microbiology
The Department of Biology conducts research and teaching in many subject areas such as ecology, evolutionary biology, organismal biology and molecular biology. A total of approximately 300 people curr
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David Weiss @dweisslab.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Bacteria in our BRAINS??! We observed translocation of bacteria from the gut to the brain via the vagus nerve. This occurred after high fat diet, or without dietary changes in mouse models of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and autism. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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Translocation of bacteria from the gut to the brain in mice
Recent studies link gut dysbiosis to neurological disease, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. This study shows that a high-fat diet increases gut permeability and enables bacterial transloc...
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Tracy Palmer @proftracypalmer.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
2 year fellowship available in AMR research www.medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk/grants/antim...
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Medical Research Foundation | Antimicrobial Resistance Research
Antimicrobial Resistance Research
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Medical Microbiology & Immunology @uwmadisonmmi.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Why attend the #PerlmanSymposium? 🔬 4 invited speakers ⚡️ 2 poster sessions 🤝Networking + reception (in person!) ✅Register by April 30: perlman.mmi.wisc.edu
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The Perlman Symposium
The Departments of Medical Microbiology & Immunology and Bacteriology have sponsored the Perlman Symposium on Antibiotic Discovery and Development since 2010. The symposium highlights the medical aspe...
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