We are happy to announce that the 10th ASM Conference on Biofilms will be held in Portland, Oregon, from Nov 9-13, 2025. We look forward to gathering the biofilm community for what should be a fantastic meeting. See the ASM website for details. asm.org/Events/ASM-Bio…

Wadsworth Center - Position in New Born Screening Program

Want to make a difference in public health and have a career that matters?...then consider the Wadsworth Center: statejobs.ny.gov/public/vacancy…

Jumbo phage proteins co-opt host ribosomes immediately upon infection. We provide a resource for complexes in PhiKZ-infected Pseudomonas cells. #PhageDiversity #PhageComplexes Jörg Vogel Rob Lavigne Bettina Boettcher Universität Würzburg #UniWürzburg Helmholtz Institute Würzburg (HIRI) nature.com/articles/s4156…

I did not know how passionate I was about frog appendages until I read this today.

nature.com/articles/s4146…

Hey Eastern New York Microbiologists! Registration to our 2024 Trainee Symposium is now open! Free event! Great platform to present your work and make networking. Also, this year will be hosting a career panel! Don't miss!
Pls share or rt!

1/ Thrilled to share my final PhD project out as a preprint!

A simple regulatory network coordinates a bacterial stress response in space and time.

biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Are arboviruses manipulating mosquito behavior to enhance their own transmission?

With Felix and The Lambrechts Lab, we reviewed studies comparing host-seeking or blood-feeding behaviors of arbovirus-infected vs non-infected mosquitos. Trends in Parasitology
authors.elsevier.com/a/1igSq5Eb1xJI…

Happy International Women's Day!

We're celebrating women who have changed the world. Here's all of the amazing women who have received the #NobelPrize and their remarkable achievements at the time of the award.

Who are the women who inspire you the most?

#IWD2024

Exciting news from Nature Communications: bacterial mRNAs are scanned for RNA-guided regulation. Hfq binds mRNA using one surface and compacts it using another. This way Hfq transfers an sRNA between different target sites within a single mRNA! go.nature.com/43aAGfK

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Interkingdom interactions shape the fungal microbiome of mosquitoes

animalmicrobiome.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

I try to read a new book every week and have never gotten used to an e-reader. Nothing beats the smell of a book! (Although, maybe I shouldn't be inhaling so deeply.)

Now hiring! A beautiful lab space with a capital view is just one of the perks for our Director of Undergraduate Chemistry Research. Helping undergraduate students acquire the skills and knowledge that will help them throughout their careers is another! loom.ly/Qxt9PMo

New in JB: Kaitlyn Barrack and George O'Toole (he/him/his) report a new medium for culturing and studying CF gut microbiota in vitro. Dartmouth CF Research Center.
doi.org/10.1128/jb.002…
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#MicrobiologyMonday : In hypermucoid Klebsiella pneumoniae, the LuxS/AI quorum sensing system inhibits virulence and pathogenicity at the early low-density growth stage but promotes them at the late high-density growth stage. Learn more in #IAIJournal : asm.social/1It

Undergraduates looking for a paid summer research opportunity, check this out! Mellon College Science Summer Scholars Program at Carnegie Mellon University. Research opportunities are in Biology (@CMU_Bio), Chemistry, Math, Physics, & Supercomputing. Apply here: etap.nsf.gov/award/2014/opp…

This is a really great manuscript by Tanmaya Rasal & Julia van Kessel. Thanks for letting me, Caleb Mallery, and Matt Brockley be a part of it.

Do you know students needing PAID research experience before applying to grad school? 🧠💰

Our MN Inclusive Neuroscience Development Scholars program offers:
✅ 2-years of full-time research
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✅weekly cohort meetings

I've always wanted to know how Pseudomonas would respond to Dave Matthews Band on loop.

In the Paczkowski lab at the Wadsworth Center, Kayla Simanek helps identify genetic mutations that make bacterial strains isolated from hospital patients more pathogenic. Read more about our students’ research and internship experiences: buff.ly/4aujdSZ