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The Anand Lab at San Francisco State University @theanandlab.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Our article is out! Do check it out at campusmemo.sfsu.edu/2026/septemb... and doi.org/10.1128/spec... Grateful to US DOE for supporting this important work

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The Anand Lab at San Francisco State University @theanandlab.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

New manuscript accepted today! 🎉🎉🎉 “xoxF-linked methanol oxidation signals recur across wetland metagenomes” in ASM Microbiology Spectrum by lead author graduate student Sukhjit Kaur. Stay tuned for updates once it’s out! @sfstatebio.bsky.social #wetland #metagenomes #methanol #methane #xoxF

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Archana Anand @archanand.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Excited to host @simrouxvirus.bsky.social for our Phage Power Hour speaker series this Friday, June 26, 10-11 am pst! For the zoom link please visit www.phagepathways.com Supported by @departmentofenergy.bsky.social

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Archana Anand @archanand.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Talking about #viruses in #wastewater to a room full of #microbiologists? That’s my idea of fun. 😊 Great discussion today at #ASMMicrobe on phages and viral ecology across human water systems. If you’re attending the meeting, come by my ASM Studio Talk at 2 PM and let’s talk #phages!

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Archana Anand @archanand.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Excited to be at #ASMMicrobe2026! If you’re here, let’s connect! I’ll be giving a talk in the micro session “Phage Discovery in Human Water Systems,” moderated by Lauren Sanders from Ceres Nanosciences, sharing work on #phages in #human #water systems. Supported by @departmentofenergy.bsky.social

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Simon Roux @simrouxvirus.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Almost time to kick-off this year's ASM Microbe, including some very cool sessions in the next few days in the AEM meeting ! If you're around and want to chat anything metagenomes, phages, viruses, and all that, let me know !

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Sally G Pasion @sgpombe.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

I’m not crying; you’re crying…such a beautiful sight— @sfstatebio.bsky.social 2026 #graduates celebrate with their peers, their families and friends, biology staff and faculty-COMMUNITY!! #SFSU2026 @calstate.bsky.social #CONGRATULATIONS

Panorama of inside of SFSU gym with undergraduates and masters students in purple and gold caps and gowns seated on folding chairs- about 100 students on each side of the center aisle. Hundreds of family and friends are seated behind them and around them on the surrounding bleachers. The foreground shows a view of students and faculty on the stage from the back, and just beyond them, stands the chair of the department wearing blue and gold cap and gown, facing the audience and welcoming all.

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Vivek Mutalik @vivekmutalik.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

🎊 New Preprint from phagefoundry.org ! Super excited to share our latest work on generating systematic phage-MDR P. aeruginosa interaction dataset & use of ML to predict phage susceptibility & phage cocktails from target genome sequences alone, w validations www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

Systematic lytic host range characterization of 99 multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains against 95 diverse double strand DNA phages, and AI/ML workflow to predict phage susceptibility and cocktail formulation based on genomic sequence alone.

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Mark O. Martin @markowenmartin.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

New episode of the #MattersMicrobial podcast! Episode 130 is with Dr. Kevin Kohl of the Univ of Pittsburgh, and explores how the microbes within organisms can impact fitness and success: the complex and interesting holobiont concept. Please spread the #GoodMicrobialWord! youtu.be/gH7q8C32JIQ?...

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Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org · 20/05/2026

Have you registered for our Early Career Summer Conference? 👀 Join us 6–7 July at the University of Birmingham. EC Forum members get subsidised fees, don't miss out! Secure your spot: microb.io/ECConf26 #ECConf26 #Microbiology #EarlyCareer

Two people discussing scientific posters at the Microbiology Society Early Career Summer Conference 2025.

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Dr. Arun Sethuraman @arunsethuraman.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Join the conversation at Scripps/UCSD tomorrow on navigating careers at PUIs - with @bielleogy.bsky.social, @kauzenne.bsky.social, Scott Kelley (SDSU), @cawatran.bsky.social, Dennis Kolosov (CSUSM) and me! scripps.ucsd.edu/community/de... Thursday, May 21, 2026, 2 - 4pm | Vaughan 100

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DEEP Connections

DEEP Connections (Developing Engagement through Existing Pipeline Connections)

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The Anand Lab at San Francisco State University @theanandlab.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Been a bit behind in our posts off late! So thrilled to host Dr Catherine Mageeney from the @sandialabs.bsky.social for a guest seminar in our gigantic general #microbiology class and for our #Phage #Pathways cohort earlier last week! 🙏 we loved learning about #mobilegeneticelements and #waxworms!

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The Anand Lab at San Francisco State University @theanandlab.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

We are thrilled to welcome Dr Faith Dukes for our Phage Power Hour Speaker Series! Visit www.phagepathways.com for the zoom link. This program is funded by the Department of Energy, Office of Science. #phage #research

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The Anand Lab at San Francisco State University @theanandlab.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Super thrilled to be welcoming Dr Gabriele Ghiotto, postdoc at the @jgi.doe.gov for a seminar on “Single nucleotide variants drive evolutionary phage-host arms race" today! He develops novel tools and computational strategies to study the human virome. #virome #phage

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Dr. Arun Sethuraman @arunsethuraman.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Hands-down one of the best lectures I’ve attended in a while. Thank you, @bielleogy.bsky.social for being such an amazing researcher and student advocate!

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Department of Biology | San Francisco State University @sfstatebio.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Kicking off the 2026 Phage Pathways cohort with our first speaker: Oscar Luo, MBA, CLS, MLS(ASCP)CM, SBBCM. We’re excited to launch this year’s cohort and associated events with his expertise. April 10, 2026 | 10–11 AM. Supported by the U.S. Department of Energy. #PhagePathways www.phagepathways.com

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Department of Biology | San Francisco State University @sfstatebio.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

The Silva Lab (PI: @nicholasjsilva.bsky.social) studies how glia regulate neurons during development and disease. Using genetic, cellular, and molecular tools in zebrafish, we’re uncovering key neuron-glial mechanisms. Support our work on #GatorsGiveDay! #Neuroscience #Zebrafish #Research

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Department of Biology | San Francisco State University @sfstatebio.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

We reached 125% of our goal today! Thank you for making this happen! #GatorsGiveDay

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ISB @isbscience.org · 12/03/2026

Join us Monday, March 16 from 6-7 p.m. for a webinar featuring scientists from the NIH RECOVER Initiative discussing the latest insights into Long COVID and what they could mean for future diagnosis and treatment. Register: isbscience.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Department of Biology | San Francisco State University @sfstatebio.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Join us Wed, Mar 11 at 11 AM at EOS + on Zoom for a seminar by Dr. Sophie George (University of Washington; Professor Emerita, Georgia Southern University): Marine Heatwaves effects on growth and development of Pisaster ochraceus larvae in multidimensional space #MarineBiology #MarineHeatwaves

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Department of Biology | San Francisco State University @sfstatebio.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Join us for a Biology Seminar with Adrianne Correa, PhD (UC Berkeley): Weaving Community-Science Partnerships to Understand and Bolster Reef Health in a Changing Ocean 📅 Thurs, March 12, 2026 ⏰ 2:00–3:00 PM 📍 SEC 116

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Jay Hinton @jayhinton.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

🦠 “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝘀 — 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄?” Historian @kirchhelle.bsky.social chats with 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗮 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗲 & 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗘𝗯𝗱𝗲𝗻 about revival of phage biology & phage therapy as antibiotics fail. 🎧 2024 BBC Radio 4 — listen worldwide: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #phage #phagesky #microsky

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In Our Time - Bacteriophages - BBC Sounds

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how viruses can help us track and cure bacterial illnesses

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Goss Scientific @goss-scientific.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

On International Women’s Day, we celebrate not only the women who are recognised, but also those whose achievements were overlooked. Their contributions still shape the world we live in today. #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026 #WomenInScience #RosalindFranklin #STEM #WomenInSTEM #ukisotope #Science

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Marine Biological Laboratory @mblscience.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

DEADLINE APPROACHING! Apply to Methods in Computational Neuroscience by March 16. This four-week course is designed for graduate students, postdocs, and faculty in a variety of fields. Financial aid is available. 🔗More info here: go.mbl.edu/MCN

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Jorge Moura de Sousa @jmouradesousa.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

➡️ preprint from the lab! Bacteria have loads of antiviral defences in their mobile genetic elements (MGEs). So when MGEs move between bacteria, the defences move with them, generating a fast turnover of defences in bacteria. But what about the antiviral defence turnover in the MGEs themselves? 🤔 🧵👇

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Vivek Mutalik @vivekmutalik.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

📣new preprint from the phagefoundry.org team 🎉 Jessica Trinh and Catherine Mageeney (Sandia National Laboratories)!! Systematic analysis of prophages from ~1000 Acinetobacter baumannii isolates, induction & screening. We found this 😎 looking phage with bunch of 💍💍

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Vivek Mutalik @vivekmutalik.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

📣 New preprint from us at phagefoundry.org 📣 A solid machine learning framework & to predict strain-level phage-host interactions across diverse bacterial genera from genome sequences alone. Avery Noonan from the Arkin Lab led this massive effort www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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The Anand Lab at San Francisco State University @theanandlab.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Welcome Dr. Lu Wang to the Anand Lab @SFSU! 🧫🌊 bringing expertise in #microbial #ecology, mobile genetic elements, and #metagenomics/AMR—plus an impressive #science-#policy journey through @noaa.gov and EPA. We’re so happy you’re here, Lu! #MicrobialEcology #AMR #Metagenomics #SFSU

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Joint Genome Institute @jgi.doe.gov · 19/02/2026

Join us Feb. 27 for more on our joint Critical Minerals & Materials call with @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov — for projects that integrate genomics w/nanoscale science to develop bio-based technologies. 🖥️🧬 Details: jgi.doe.gov/work-with-us/proposals/…

Webinar poster titled "Mining New Frontiers," scheduled for February 27, 2026, at 9am PT. Includes a QR code for registration. Features logos of JGI, Molecular Foundry, and Berkeley Lab, and images of minerals and a growing plant.

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Department of Biology | San Francisco State University @sfstatebio.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

🌿🚣‍♂️ Rosenberg Institute Seminar Series — Wed, Feb 18 (11:00am) Stuart Siegel, PhD, SPWS: Two Birds, One Ecosystem – Bringing Nature-Based Solutions to the SF Estuary Sea level rise, restoration, and what it takes to scale solutions across the Bay. #NatureBasedSolutions #SanFranciscoBay

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Department of Biology | San Francisco State University @sfstatebio.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

A different kind of #Valentine's Day flower…🚨 #Corpse flower is opening in our SF State #greenhouse! 🌺👃 Our Titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) aka the “corpse flower” is in #bloom mode: it typically peaks for ~24–48 hours. The greenhouse is open today noon–8pm for anyone who wants to catch it!

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Lotus Lofgren @lotuslofgren.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Our department (Berkeley PMB) is hiring an asst. prof. in Plant Resilience to Climate Change! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05049

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Assistant Professor - Plant Resilience to Climate Change - Department of Plant and Microbial Biology

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Department of Biology | San Francisco State University @sfstatebio.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

The Tonos lab headed to the field to kick-off a project examining the relationship between Malagasy fruit-eating #birds and fruiting #plants. They seek to understand these relationships in degraded and #protected areas, and how they may recover due to community-led #conservation efforts!

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Archana Anand @archanand.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

☀️🔥 Nothing says dedication like hauling wetland soil cores under the blazing sun! Huge shout-out to our postdoc Sona and lab tech Danica for braving the heat to bring back samples that hold secrets of microbial life and carbon cycling. 🌱🦠 #fieldwork #wetlands #phages

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The Anand Lab at San Francisco State University @theanandlab.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Meet our new lab workhorse: a Thermo Scientific KingFisher for automated nucleic-acid extractions. Faster, cleaner DNA/RNA from wastewater, wetlands & phage isolates = more discovery time. DOE-supported Phage Pathways! #PhagePathways #Viromics #Microbiology #AMR @sfstatebio.bsky.social

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Archana Anand @archanand.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Phage season in the lab 🧫🦠 We kicked off a DOE-supported workshop with students from @sfstatebio.bsky.social & @sdsuresearch.bsky.social trained by @berkeleylab.lbl.gov From streaking to top-agar pours to plaques: future viromics pros in the making! #PhagePathways #PhageDiscovery #Microbiology

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The Anand Lab at San Francisco State University @theanandlab.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Celebrating our grad student, Jeff’s successful defense this week and a paper acceptance! Read more: academic.oup.com/sumbio/artic... #oyster #restoration #microbiome @sfstatebio.bsky.social

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Archana Anand @archanand.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Today was special. My first master’s student successfully defended his thesis! Michael Hajkowski was the first student to ask to join my lab in Jan 2023 determined, and passionate. Now, he’s off to UC Riverside for a PhD! While we’ll miss him deeply, I couldn’t be prouder. @sfstatebio.bsky.social

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The Anand Lab at San Francisco State University @theanandlab.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Our very first thesis defense! Anand Lab is proud to support this milestone in environmental microbiology and public health. Friday, May 9 | 10 AM–12 PM | Thornton Hall (Blakeslee Room) + Zoom #AnandLab #ThesisDefense #OneHealth #AMR @sfstatebio.bsky.social @archanand.bsky.social #Metagenomics

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The Anand Lab at San Francisco State University @theanandlab.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Proud of our grad students who showcased their amazing research this week at our mini student showcase! Excited for the future of science! Michael Hajkowski, Sanjiev Nand, Kyle Roe, LuzMaria Soto and Gabriela Franco.

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Department of Biology | San Francisco State University @sfstatebio.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Dr. Robert Boria and his lab study the impacts of anthropogenic factors on the distribution of small mammal diversity. Here, the Boria lab visited the mammal collections at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, and learned how to prepare skin specimens.

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Department of Biology | San Francisco State University @sfstatebio.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Field season has begun, and students are being trained in field methods such as small mammal handling, lizard catching, and tick sampling. Funded by PacVec, a CDC-collaborative Center of Excellence, photos here show graduate students, Grace Oram, Gerardo Ramos, and Timara Veren in the field-Swei Lab

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Nick Silva @nicholasjsilva.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Tomorrow is Gators give day! Please consider donating anything if you can! The resources will help support our amazing university, which provides a rich education and research opportunities for all! 💜💛🐊 💰💸 #SFState @sfstatebio.bsky.social #Donate www.givecampus.com/w0qcds

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Gators Give Day 2025

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Department of Biology | San Francisco State University @sfstatebio.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

It’s #GatorsGiveDay! Your support helps us: 🔬provide #scholarship & #research opportunities, 🧫 hands-on #experiences, 🥼 build mentorship and community. Visit lnkd.in/gYdD3qSM; Gifts made on this special day may also help unlock any matching gifts or challenges so your support can go even further!

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Department of Biology | San Francisco State University @sfstatebio.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Thanks to the amazing generosity of our donors, we’ve surpassed our initial goal! We’d love to keep the momentum going, and every extra dollar we can raise goes directly to support more students, more research and more ways to transform lives. Please consider a gift to reach our next goal of $4000!

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The Anand Lab at San Francisco State University @theanandlab.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Hands-on phage hunting in action! Our @sfstatebio.bsky.social grad students and NSF Postbac RAMP Scholar are getting valuable training in phage isolation techniques with support from the @vivekmutalik.bsky.social Mutalik Lab. Grateful for this collaboration through the BRaVE Phage Foundry!

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