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Burroughs Wellcome Fund @bwfund.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Now open - LOIs for the Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH) program. Deadline is July 16 @ 3pm ET. Faculty in US and Canada are eligible to apply Grant Amount: $505,000 over five years More information here: buff.ly/mBR4XST #bwfpath

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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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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Stabilizing and strengthening the U.S. physician-scientist faculty workforce in academic medicine: a proposed institutional framework @insight.jci.org insight.jci.org/articles/vie...

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Transient host-cell glycoengineering to reduce N-glycan trimming strengthens IgG-FcγRIIIa bond resilience under vascular flow forces & potentiates therapeutic antibody efficacy @cp-immunity.bsky.social @stanforduniversity.bsky.social @uwbioe.bsky.social www.cell.com/immunity/ful...

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Gabriel Victora @victora.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Cool germinal center acrobatics from Juhee Pae et al, check it out! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Sarah Cobey @cobey.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

I received a surprising and disturbing request from NIH on Friday. They wrote to cancel a subaward to Hong Kong on one of my grants. (This was disturbing but not surprising.) They also ordered us not to interact with our collaborators in Hong Kong on any work under the award:

Screenshot of email stating "The subaward and the associated amounts listed above will need to be removed from the current and future year awards, and any other amounts budgeted for activities related to the Hong Kong research must also be removed. No rebudgeting of these funds is permitted, and no involvement or collaboration with researchers in Hong Kong or China is permitted in connection with the activities of this award, regardless of whether any funds are transferred," with the "no involvement" clause highlighted.

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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

nancy cox was a true public health hero. a brilliant and dedicated civil servant who worked diligently for decades to protect the public's health. she saved a lot of lives, and did so in the background

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Taia Wang Laboratory @wanglaboratory.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Resistance of IgG–FcR interactions to shear stress can be engineered, establishing a separate parameter for optimizing antibody effector functions beyond affinity alone. www.cell.com/immunity/pdf... Congratulations to Dr. Bowie Cheng and the whole team 🎉.

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Pediatricians contending with a sharp rise in vaccine hesitancy are trying to stay sensitive and supportive, even as they bear the brunt of parents’ mistrust and confusion. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/h...

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In Talking to Parents About Vaccines, Pediatricians Navigate a Sea of Misinformation

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Marion Pepper @marionpepper.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Asthma is a chronic disease characterized by acute, intermittent, recurrent episodes of airway inflammation. A decade of work developing the tools, techniques and collaborations needed to figure out how CD4+ T cells in the lungs propagate disease can be found here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Tertiary lymphoid structures support the development of allergen-specific progenitor CD4+ T cells

Tissue-resident memory CD4+ T cells (TRM) are key sentinels of the adaptive immune response that provide a rapid, robust inflammatory response upon reactivation in non-lymphoid tissues. While CD4+ TRM...

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Congratulations to the great Kanta Subbarao—the unanimous choice of the awards committee to receive the Edward Jenner Award! Nobody is more deserving for her contributions to developing vaccines for bird flu & other emerging respiratory pathogens. #19vaccinecongress

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Taia Wang Laboratory @wanglaboratory.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Our friends and colleagues in Minnesota experienced an unbearable loss today. Our hearts are with them ❤️💔

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

If you’ve seen any of these pets in Evanston, here’s some info to help them get home. ❤️❤️

Various missing pet posters with contact info

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Taia Wang Laboratory @wanglaboratory.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Assistant professors studying immunity to infectious disease - don’t miss this opportunity! The BWF PATH program supports innovative research on molecular and/or systemic mechanisms that influence outcomes of pathogen exposure. @bwfund.bsky.social Learn more & apply: www.bwfund.org/funding-oppo...

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Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease - Burroughs Wellcome Fund

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Taia Wang Laboratory @wanglaboratory.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Congratulations to our brilliant friend and colleague Christopher Barnes @cobarnes27.bsky.social for being awarded a 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar award. 🌟🥂

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Eliver Ghosn @eliverghosn.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

We are #hiring! Please help share! Postdoc in #Immunology; B-cell biology We are recruiting a postdoc to lead projects on human B cells and plasma cells funded by the Gates Foundation and the NIH (The position is fully funded and not dependent on future grants). ghosnlab.science/join-us

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Ghosn Laboratory — join us!

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

We have two new positions, a PhD and a Post doc at #InstituteofBiologyLeiden within our @microclockerc.bsky.social #ERCSyG project to discover interaction of #circadianclocks between Bacillus subtilis and Arabidopsis please share these with your network! 🙏 links below👇 [1/3]

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Burroughs Wellcome Fund @bwfund.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Now open - LOIs for the Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH) program. Deadline is July 17 @ 3pm ET. More information here: buff.ly/iSu3v60 #bwfpath #GrantOpportunity

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Graham Coop @gcbias.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

The university of California is a powerhouse of innovation, healthcare, and social mobility for California and the US.

Federal investment in UC research Federal funds are the university’s single most important source of support for research, accounting for more than half of UC’s total research awards.

Many of California’s leading industries grew from UC research, including biotechnology, computing, semiconductors, telecommunications and
agriculture.

Providing health care at UC University of California Health (UC Health) is one of the nation’s largest public academic health systems, serving
as a critical part of the California safety net.

UC trains approximately 36% of the medical residents in California

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Nadav Shai @nadavshai.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

🦟 Join us at the #VosshallLab @RockefellerUniv and @HHMI as a postdoctoral scientist! We're seeking a creative individual who is enthusiastic about our research in mosquito neurogenetics. Apply: hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern... Some of our 2025 cool science>

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@LaBonneLaB @labonnelab.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Universities are not passive beneficiaries of government largesse. It is the federal government that depends on universities to conduct the research that keeps our nation healthy, safe and economically competitive.I discuss in the Washington Post. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Opinion | Universities and the government: Which needs the other more?

From public health to high-tech innovation, universities are the workhorses of national progress.

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Jake Scott, MD @jakescottmd.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

My op-ed in the Mercury News: A proposed HHS rule would delay vaccine updates and stall innovation by forcing unnecessary placebo trials. It’s bad science — and worse public health. @mercurynews.com www.mercurynews.com/2025/05/31/o...

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Opinion: One-size-fits-all placebo rule would slow Bay Area vaccine updates

A pending Department of Health and Human Services regulation risks harming public health and stalling innovation.

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Denis Jabaudon @djabaudon.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

🧠Job Opening!🧠 We are opening 2️⃣! positions – bioinformatics / molecular biology – in a project studying how temporal patterns set up connectivity in human brain tissue. @institutimagine.bsky.social. Full details below, contact me for details if interested. And please retweet (re-bluesky?)!

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 28/05/2025

Science is under attack. The NIH, the NSF, and our research universities. So today, I have a message for America's scientists: youtu.be/MeoZDPy5cIY?...

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A Message to Scientists

YouTube video by Sen. Adam Schiff

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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 30/05/2025

Excellent piece by @julieparsonnet.bsky.social on infectious diseases as root causes of a number of chronic human diseases; pausing research on bacterial and viral infections will limit efforts to cure neurodegeneration, autoimmune, metabolic disease as well as cancer substack.com/inbox/post/1...

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Infections cause everything

Another reason why RFK Jrs. MAHA plan is misguided

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.

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jobRxiv @jobrxiv.org · 28/05/2025

HHMI is hiring for 3 new positions! Individual job details below!👇 #ScienceJobs #AcademicSky 1/4

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Major update to #SCIMaP visualization of impacts of cuts to federally supported health research. Map now includes information on future economic losses (impact of proposed reduction of NIH IDC to 15%) and current economic losses (impact of terminated NIH grants). scienceimpacts.org

Update to https://scienceimpacts.org to include terminated grants

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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 24/05/2025

David Liu @harvard.edu beautifully articulates the criticality of basic science funding for developing revolutionary therapeutics like life-saving base editors 👏 youtu.be/8YhJM6zxYDw?...

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Breakthrough Prize-Winning Biochemist on the Deadly Cost of Funding Cuts | Amanpour and Company

YouTube video by Amanpour and Company

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Taia Wang Laboratory @wanglaboratory.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Please speak up now! This proposal will destroy science. NIH program officers are the unsung heroes of medical research. Their deep expertise and behind-the-scenes leadership have guided the field for decades, helping to drive the breakthroughs that improve and save lives every day.

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Shaon Sengupta @shaonsengupta.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

The Sengupta lab is seeking research technicians to join its team. Ideal candidates must possess a passion for research and exceptional communication skills. Both early-career and experienced candidates are welcome. Email SenguptaS@chop.edu with CV and letter of interest with goals and expectations.

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 14/05/2025

Let's talk about these two department store owners: brother and sister Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld. From Newark, New Jersey. They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵

A photograph of Louis Bamberger, seated on the right, wearing a mustache and bowler hat, and his sister Caroline Bamberger Fuld, standing on the left, wearing a fur hat and shawl

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Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology @gmivienna.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

If you’re a scientist who values strong institutional support, join us! The GMI is currently hiring new Group Leader positions, including a Junior Group Leader to lead an independent research group addressing fundamental questions in molecular plant biology. Links below.

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Alexander Pietras Lab @pietraslab.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

🚨 We’re hiring a bioinformatics-focused PhD student for our ERC-funded project on recurrent GBM! Focus: tumor-supportive microenvironment 🔬 Experience with scRNA-seq, spatial transcriptomics & Python/R a plus. Must be self-motivated & driven. DM for details! Repost=❤️ lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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Doctoral Student in Tumor Biology

Description of the workplace The research group conducts experimental research on brain tumors and is led by Associate Professor Alexander Pietras. The group consists of a bioinformatician, two postdo

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Amanda G. Henry @phytolith.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

I am offering two 4-year PhD positions (fully funded) and a 57 month combined post-doc / project manager position as part of my NWO-Vici grant, which starts in September.

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Javier Apfeld @javierapfeld.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Love worms, molecular genetics, and big questions? We’re hiring a postdoc to build a CRISPRa toolkit to identify new aging mechanisms in C. elegans. Email or DM me to find out more. Please share & repost!

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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Biology

About the Opportunity Job Summary The Apfeld Lab at Northeastern University is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to investigate how genes work together to determine the maximum lifespan of the nematod...

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Taia Wang Laboratory @wanglaboratory.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

This is encouraging—we are long time colleagues, Jeff is smart, clear-headed, and unquestionably an advocate for science and infectious disease research.

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Flora Rutaganira @frutag33.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Hello Community! Are you a postdoc/grad student preparing to launch a faculty search? Do you have a track record of excellence in research, leadership, mentorship & community engagement? Apply to the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium: www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com! Pls repost! (1/3)

Flyer for the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium (including QR code in top right corner). This symposium highlights the work of exceptional early-career scientists in the broad field of quantitative biological and biomedical sciences, with a track record of excellence in research, leadership, mentorship, and community engagement. These early career scientists are preparing to launch a faculty search. Applications are due May 30th, 2025.

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Juan S. Bonifacino @juanbonifacino.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Our lab at the NIH (Bethesda, MD) is looking for postdoctoral fellows to join our team studying the molecular mechanisms of protein trafficking and their links to neurodevelopmental disorders starting on or after 10-1-2025. Send your application to juan.bonifacino@nih.gov. Please share and repost!

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Taia Wang Laboratory @wanglaboratory.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

This is deeply flawed. One example- our understanding of antibody function in vivo is in very early stages. AI cannot predict outcomes without good foundational data. Basic research is essential to generate the knowledge base and every discovery still requires validation in diverse human cohorts.

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Lauren Atlas @laurenatlas.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

We have slots for 2-3 postbacs! Get in touch if you’re interested in joining the Affective Neuroscience and Pain lab & contributing to our studies of pain, emotion, and social processing in the 🧠

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Gemma C. Atkinson @gemmaatkinson.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

last day to apply for a post-doc position in my group #phagesky #microsky

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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 18/03/2025

Georgetown has put together resources for federal workers who may be facing a transition in jobs. These include various seminars and workshops, as well as tuition scholarships providing a discount on many master's programs and certificates. Please spread the word to anybody who might benefit.

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Federal Workforce Transition Resources - Georgetown Graduate School

The Georgetown Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is offering resources to assist in federal workforce transitions. Check out our career seminars to learn more.

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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 07/03/2025

Thank you to the international #glycotime community for sharing our message of support for science @standupforscience.bsky.social !

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