@naamaaviram
Assistant professor @ Sloan Kettering Institute | Postdoc @ the Marraffini Lab Rockefeller University | PhD @ the Schuldiner Lab Weizmann Institute | microbial defense systems Scientist, immigrant, mom (she/her)
Out today: We discovered new viral proteins that target immune signaling molecules, solely based on their AlphaFold-predicted shapes
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Congrats Nitzan Tal and coauthors! Thank you Kranzusch lab for the fun collaboration!
Linking below previous thread on our findings
We'll be there with many lab members, sharing new stories, we'll be very happy to get feedback on :)
Really looking forward.
The 2026 symposium on the immune system of bacteria, New York, May 5-7
A fantastic lineup of speakers, looking forward to seeing top unpublished discoveries on bacterial immunity
Abstract submission is now OPEN for the 2026 Symposium on the Immune System of Bacteria!
sisb2026.rockefeller.edu
🗓 May 5–7, 2026
📍 Rockefeller University, New York City
⏰ Abstract deadline: March 16, 2026
Attendance will be capped, be sure to register early and secure your spot.
See you in NYC!
Big lab celebration for Joe 🎉 Accepted to the @simonsfoundation.org Simons Society of Fellows! So proud (and very lucky!) to have him in the Aviram Lab
#PostdocLife
#Microsky
#FuturePI 🤞
As many of us 🎁 things up for the year, make sure all your ℹ️'s are dotted- and all your #yeast emojis are downloaded! If you haven't yet, make sure to add the emojyeast collection to all your 📱💻🖥️⌚️
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Thanks to the amazing Schuldiner lab for these!
High-impact? No. High-spirits? Absolutely.
Almost..
Cultured bacteria!
Are you interested in studying RNA phages? We are looking for a PhD student and a postdoc to join the lab!
For more information and how to apply, see below 👇
Please RT!
Any guesses what we are? 🧫
#microsky #LabLife #halloween
@annaadels.bsky.social @mollymonge.bsky.social @vickyzhuhongyu.bsky.social @mskcc.bsky.social
Maria Jasin, whose fundamental research on repair of damaged DNA in cells has transformed our understanding of cancers linked to inherited gene mutations, has been selected as the 2025 recipient of the Pearl Meister Greengard Prize. Congratulations! #WomenInScience
Now accepting applications for our 2026 Cancer Biology & Cancer Engineering programs. Aspiring scientists & engineers will solve fundamental problems in biology & conduct research & develop technology that will help understand, diagnose & treat cancer.
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I am SO happy for you and your lab!! Well deserved and great relief!
A new theme issue of #PhilTransB examines the evolutionary history of bacterial immune systems, their modes of action, and the patterns how different bacterial immune systems are distributed across different ecosystems. Read: buff.ly/Z4qdxY1
Latest from the lab! Analysis of everyone’s favorite regulatory mechanism in bacteria — the RF2 programmed frameshift! Likely present in the ancestor of bacteria, use of this mechanism is influenced by stop codon usage! Big congrats to @cassidyprints.bsky.social
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Congratulations Rotem Sorek @soreklab.bsky.social on receiving the Gruber prize today in Stockholm
Happy birthday Molly! Wishing you an awesome day and looking forward to a year of experiments that (mostly) go as planned, unexpected discoveries, and plenty of lab laughter. You make our micro world brighter every day! 🎉🧬
Outcome of Lego Lab happy hour 🧑🔬
@mskcancercenter.bsky.social
@mskeducation.bsky.social
#LabLife #newPI
Come be my boss! My dept. at GT is searching for a new chair. Drop me a line if you are interested, I'd be happy to talk about this position, GT, ATL- anything. It's a drama-free department filled with cool people in a dynamic city.
www.biosciences.gatech.edu/chair-search
Lego Lab happy hour!
@mollymonge.bsky.social
@annaadels.bsky.social
@vickyzhuhongyu.bsky.social
#newPI
1/16 New pre-print from the Sternberg Lab!
We uncover how temperate phages can use RNA-guided transcription factors to remodel the flagellar composition of their bacterial host and enhance their fitness.
Find the preprint and full story here: tinyurl.com/mshwjd77
Another amazing discovery from the @audeber.bsky.social lab, working with @enzopoirier.bsky.social to demonstrate functional conservation of immune mechanisms across domains of life!
Congrats to @hugovaysset.bsky.social and co-authors!!
Next up from our lab - a ring nuclease with a novel fold which cleaves all cOA species involved in Type III CRISPR defence. It's also found in plasmid and phage genomes, where it presumably functions as an anti-CRISPR.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A new preprint led by Sonomi Yamaguchi in our lab describes a bacterial anti-phage defense system named Clover that uses nucleotide signals to both activate and inhibit host immunity.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Amazing opportunity
Preprint: “Structural modeling reveals viral proteins that manipulate host immune signaling”
Using AI-guided structural modeling, we find new families of viral proteins that sequester or cleave host immune signaling molecules
Congrats Nitzan Tal!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
When you open a lab across the street from your postdoc lab 🙈
Thank you @annaadels.bsky.social for documenting your NYC adventures so beautifully!
#newPI #MicroSky #LabLife
Things are cooking!
First transformations in the Aviram Lab!
@mskeducation.bsky.social @mskcancercenter.bsky.social
#newPI
Join the #VosshallLab as a postdoctoral scientist. Fully funded, right here in New York City @rockefelleruniv.bsky.social
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our lab is blessed to have 3 new postdoctoral fellow positions. we would welcome scientists interested in...
