Reposted by Wolfram ZückertJulia Willett @jlewillett.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Abstract deadline for the 2026 Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference has been extended until Aug 14! Make sure to register, submit your abstract, and get your official #mmpc2026 t-shirt while you're at it! 033
Reposted by Wolfram ZückertBrian Stevenson Ph.D. spirochete lab @bstevensonlab.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Remembering the life of Brandon Jutras gone far too soon www.nhscotthanekamp.com/obituaries/D...nhscotthanekamp.comObituary information for Dr. Brandon Lyon JutrasView Dr. Brandon Lyon Jutras's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more. 1105
Reposted by Wolfram ZückertBrian Stevenson Ph.D. spirochete lab @bstevensonlab.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Devastated to report that Brandon Jutras passed away a day or two ago. Brandon earned his PhD with me. He went on to be an Associate Professor at Northwestern University School of Medicine and a super star in Lyme research. A loving husband and father, a sincere friend, and a brilliant scientist 💔 12468
Reposted by Wolfram ZückertBrian Stevenson Ph.D. spirochete lab @bstevensonlab.bsky.social · 12/06/2026When Clades Collide: Genomic Admixture in Blacklegged Ticks (Ixodes scapularis) from the Great Plains "~50% infection rate (of B. burgdorferi) in ticks from Iowa and northeastern Nebraska, whereas ticks from Kansas show no evidence of B. burgdorferi infection" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 142
Reposted by Wolfram ZückertMark Ripley - Games Industry Dinosaur @markripley.com · 16/05/2026Leaked image of new Apple EV. 1895783757
Reposted by Wolfram ZückertAlternative AssDeans @altassdeans.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Every graduation has one faculty member dressed so dramatically you can’t tell if they’re here to celebrate the students or challenge Gandalf to a duel. 141
Wolfram Zückert @wolfzueckert.bsky.social · 08/05/2026As reprehensible a character Col. Steven J. Lockjaw in “One Battle After Another” is, at least he balances his centrifuge. 030
Reposted by Wolfram ZückertbioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 09/04/2026A MinD-like ATPase couples flagellation and cell division in spirochetes www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 063
Wolfram Zückert @wolfzueckert.bsky.social · 24/03/2026So who thought that "Project Hail Mary" would go south when he started up that unbalanced centrifuge... 010
Reposted by Wolfram ZückertLymeScience @lymescience.org · 11/03/2026Great discussion by the The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast (plus CME is available) 👇 #FOAMED #Lyme thecurbsiders.com/curbsiders-p...youtube.com#516 Lyme Disease Primer featuring Dr. Sophie WoolstonYouTube video by The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast 001
Wolfram Zückert @wolfzueckert.bsky.social · 17/02/2026R21 submitted while R01 still waits to be reviewed 6 months after submission...media.tenor.coma man in a torino 2006 olympics uniformALT: a man in a torino 2006 olympics uniform 140
Reposted by Wolfram ZückertLuca Troman @lucatroman.bsky.social · 06/02/2026🌀 We solved the structure for T. denticola periplasmic flagella! I'm very happy to finally showcase this work. A huge collaborative effort between myself, @bindusmitapaul.bsky.social, @debnathghosal.bsky.social, Jack Kim, @banfieldlab.bsky.social, Eric Reynolds and the Chris Fenno lab. 🦠 Enjoy! 1209
Wolfram Zückert @wolfzueckert.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Similar scenes in early 2025 when diversity grants were cut and some asked whether there now would be money left over for their research and if they should contact their program officer to ask for supplements... deplorable. bsky.app/profile/cdel... 020
Reposted by Wolfram ZückertbioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Human exposure to spirochete-infected Ornithodoros turicata collected from the home of an individual in the Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202… 021
Reposted by Wolfram Zückertsnackerü @snackeru.bsky.social · 03/11/2025The University of Minnesota just announced the "Meal-A-Day Program" which will provide one meal a day for SNAP benefit recipients while the SNAP program is limited or unavailable. This makes me very happy. A lot of students, faculty, and staff at the U need this, unfortunately. 425797
Reposted by Wolfram ZückertMidwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference @mmpconference.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Mark your calendars! #mmpc2026 The 2026 Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference will be take place September 25-27, 2026 at the University of Minnesota! We are excited to welcome keynote speaker Dr. Andy Camilli. Give us a follow and watch for important information here ➡️ mmpc2026.umn.edummpc2026.umn.eduMidwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference | Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference 2026 01113
Wolfram Zückert @wolfzueckert.bsky.social · 20/10/2025We’re hiring! KUMC's Dept. of Microbiol., Mol. Genet. & Immunol. seeks a new Asst. Professor in Immunology. Be part of a vibrant department and benefit from association with the NCI-designated KU Cancer Center. Come join us in Kansas City! Apply here: kumc.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/kumc-j... 0920
Reposted by Wolfram ZückertNikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 10/10/2025after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US. 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗. 328245318363
Wolfram Zückert @wolfzueckert.bsky.social · 17/08/2025Known to me as the «Barf and Polish» approach… 010
Reposted by Wolfram ZückertJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Yesterday, I noted that the missing funding for non-competitive renewals and new awards had decreased from June to July by approximately $1.99 B. It appears that ~$0.28 B is due to the use of multi-year funding. This still represents 651 grants and investigators that could have been funded. 8/9 1135
Reposted by Wolfram ZückertJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 12/08/2025My quote of the day This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure. Winston Churchill 414627
Reposted by Wolfram ZückertAlexander Harms @aharms485.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Fantastic preprint of Bert van den Berg, @sykhalid.bsky.social Syma Khalid, and colleagues on the molecular mechanism of how phages target LptD as host receptor👇🏼🧬🔐 2148
Reposted by Wolfram ZückertDiego del Alamo @delalamo.xyz · 27/06/2025Predicted structures from the AFDB are poor substitutes for experimental structures when training inverse folding NNs. Here, authors show that this is because they are "too perfect", and passing them through a custom-trained AFDB-to-PDB NN helps fix this threadreaderapp.com/thread/19384... 6447
Reposted by Wolfram ZückertNPR @npr.org · 26/05/2025Science is an economic driver in Hamilton, Mont., thanks to Rocky Mountain Laboratories, a federal research lab. Now, layoffs and funding cuts are having an impact in this town far from Washington.npr.orgA small Montana town grapples with the fallouts from federal worker cutsScience is an economic driver in Hamilton, Mont., thanks to Rocky Mountain Laboratories, a federal research lab. Now, layoffs and funding cuts are having an impact in this town far from Washington. 802108223277
Wolfram Zückert @wolfzueckert.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Seriously cool paper that helps explain how the agent of Q fever is idiosyncratically able to thrive in an acidified phagolysosome by pumping out a host protease! 🧪🧫🦠 #MicroSky 061
Reposted by Wolfram ZückertBrian Stevenson Ph.D. spirochete lab @bstevensonlab.bsky.social · 24/04/2025"The peptidoglycan of Borrelia burgdorferi can persist in discrete tissues and cause systemic responses consistent with chronic illness" Yet another important publication from @jutraslab.bsky.social, @lochhead.bsky.social, and colleagues. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #MicroSky 🦠🧫🔬science.orgThe peptidoglycan of Borrelia burgdorferi can persist in discrete tissues and cause systemic responses consistent with chronic illnessPolymeric Borrelia burgdorferi peptidoglycan cell wall can persist in murine livers for weeks to months after direct injection or infection. 0134
Reposted by Wolfram ZückertChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 08/04/2025Shout out to the home of my monthly column, @newscientist.com, which nailed their headline about the genetically modified GREY wolves www.newscientist.com/article/2475...newscientist.comNo, the dire wolf has not been brought back from extinctionColossal Biosciences claims three pups born recently are dire wolves, but they are actually grey wolves with genetic edits intended to make them resemble the lost species 491332473
Wolfram Zückert @wolfzueckert.bsky.social · 01/04/2025An email that is predatory, yet so fitting the times we live in... 020
Wolfram Zückert @wolfzueckert.bsky.social · 29/03/2025"DC’s hottest Signal chat is Houthis PC Small Group. This place has everything: war plans, flame emojis, the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic…" 😆 000
Wolfram Zückert @wolfzueckert.bsky.social · 26/03/2025CONGRATULATIONS 🎉 to the newly minted Ph.D. Candidate Nick Freitas (not on 🦋), shown below as a #K-INBRE undergraduate summer student in 2019. Yes, we let him wear his K-State T-shirt. ONWARD through the inner membrane, the periplasm to the surface! #KUMedicalCenter #IGPBS 🦠🧫🧪 050
Reposted by Wolfram ZückertDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/03/2025There are no illegal protests in a democracy. Fuck that guy. 30989159
Wolfram Zückert @wolfzueckert.bsky.social · 28/02/2025phys.org/news/2025-02... Model organisms are just pioneer lab bench organisms.phys.orgWhat is a model organism? Moving beyond E. coliYou wouldn't know by looking at Escherichia coli that it's kind of a big deal. 010
Reposted by Wolfram ZückertAndy Pekosz @andrewpekosz.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Everyone who ever got funding through NIAID should be aware of this bill and start sending messages to their US legislators. The bill intends to dissolve NIAID. This is Project 2025 www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...congress.gov 46886
Wolfram Zückert @wolfzueckert.bsky.social · 20/02/2025In case you were "adhocking" in one of the postponed NIH study sections and were hoping to benefit from the 2-week late submission policy for reviewers for your own grant submission (grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...), here's the info received from DRR (Division of Receipt and Referral) by my SRO: 1/2grants.nih.govNOT-OD-15-039: Simplifying the NIH Policy for Late Application SubmissionNIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Simplifying the NIH Policy for Late Application Submission NOT-OD-15-039. OD 120
Wolfram Zückert @wolfzueckert.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Congratulations to Dr. Bryan Murphy! Mark VI Ph.D. graduate from the Zückert Lab. 070
Reposted by Wolfram ZückertᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 20/11/2024not a cell phone in sight just people living in the moment #MicroSky #IDSky 712817
Wolfram Zückert @wolfzueckert.bsky.social · 15/11/2024It's nice to see our work from 15 years ago making a difference in expanding genetic tools for another tick-borne pathogen! journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...journals.asm.orgDevelopment of inducible promoter and CRISPRi plasmids functional in Rickettsia rickettsii | Journal of BacteriologyThis work expands upon the genetic toolbox available for R. rickettsii. We describe both an inducible promoter and CRISPRi system compatible with Rickettsia, which may provide key instruments for the development of further tools. The development of an ... 091
Reposted by Wolfram ZückertDaniela Barillà @danielabarilla.bsky.social · 10/11/2024Can colleagues amplify this appeal to journals and journal editors to open accounts on Bluesky, please? @MicrobioSoc @TrendsMicrobiol @CellCellPress @JBacteriology @jbiolchem @Nature @ScienceMagazine @PNASNews @MolMicroEditors @NAR_Open @NatureMicrobiol @NatureComms @ASMicrobiology 🙏 🦠🧪🧫🧬 18271209
Wolfram Zückert @wolfzueckert.bsky.social · 12/07/2024NOW OPEN (please RT): Asst. Prof. Position in Molecular Bacterial Pathogenesis or Cancer Immunology at KU Med. Ctr, KC. Details in ad below. Application deadline Oct. 1, 2024. Job link: kumc.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/kumc-j.... Position number JR004886. 🦠 #microbiology #immunology #academicjobs 015
Reposted by Wolfram ZückertErin Goley @goleylab.bsky.social · 05/10/2023The new Lyme and Tickborne Diseases Research and Education Institute at Johns Hopkins SPH Molecular Microbiology and Immunology is hiring at the assistant professor level. Application opens Oct 15. Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/133621 12221
Reposted by Wolfram ZückertBrian Stevenson Ph.D. spirochete lab @bstevensonlab.bsky.social · 12/09/2023Postdoc opportunity on Borrelia burgdorferi genetics at NIH, Bethesda 🧫🦠🧪 032
Wolfram Zückert @wolfzueckert.bsky.social · 12/09/2023On my way to Brussels, Maastricht and Lisbon. Fitting for a first post on Bluesky… 170