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Thank you for highlighting our work! Very happy to publish in JB and support @asm.org !
🚨life threatening cold is about to hit Charlottesville, and it’s not leaving for a hot minute. please consider helping get folks into the warm.
ALERT: Abstract submission deadline is tomorrow (21 January) for the ASM Applied & Environmental Microbiology Meeting within ASM Microbe 2026 in Washington, D.C. (4-7 June). @asm.org
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🧵 for more information including themes for Contributed Abstracts for In-Depth Sessions:
ASM Mechanism Discovery Meeting - Last chance to submit your abstract. Share your science. Deadline: Jan.21, 2 p.m. ET.
Last chance to submit to the ASM Mechanism Discovery Meeting at #ASMicrobe 2026. Abstracts close Jan. 21 at 2 p.m. ET. Showcase foundational research uncovering the mechanisms that power microbial life. Submit now: asm.social/2LT
Grinnell College has openings for two 1-year term positionsto teach microbiology and immunology. More information here:
apply.interfolio.com/179939
We are hiring new faculty!! Come join our amazing community in the Department of Molecular Microbiology at Washington University School of Medicine! The deadline for applications is 2/21, but applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. facultyopportunities.wustl.edu/Posting/Deta...
📣Building Bridges in Leukocyte Biology #BBinLB webinar series hosted by the @leukocytebiology.bsky.social
Next speaker: @oehlerslab.org
"Differential subversion of host immune signalling by tuberculous and non-tuberculous mycobacteria"
📅 Jan 28 at 9 am EST -register free link below
#Zebrafish
"Meningococcal disease is a terrible, terrible disease."
- Walter Orenstein, MD, former Director of the US Immunization Program
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The deadline for general abstract submission for ASM Microbe is Jan. 21! Join us at the Mechanism Discovery Meeting, your home for fundamental microbiology research.
Jan. 5, 2026 The rationale for the recent updates to the U.S. childhood immunization schedule is, at best, uncertain and sets a potentially dangerous precedent for public health. Whatever improvements may be needed to the process the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has followed in the past to update vaccine recommendations, it is unclear what scientific evidence led to these new guidelines. Protecting a country’s public health presents unique challenges that are specific to that country’s population. The prevalence of diseases in the U.S. is not the same as it is in other countries, and public health recommendations should be made based on the public health challenges faced by the American people. The changes by the CDC will reduce the number of recommended childhood vaccines from 17 to 11. This includes narrowing the recommendation for the flu, which has already contributed to the deaths of at least 9 children this season and a near record number of pediatric flu deaths last season. Vaccines are a safe and effective tool to prevent the spread of infectious disease and infection-related deaths, and they have saved and continue to save lives. While we concur with National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya that “science demands continuous evaluation,” that must occur with full transparency and input from the scientific community. The schedule changes weaken vaccine recommendations at a particularly critical time. It is crucial that expert consultation and a review of scientific evidence be included in the decisions that impact the health and safety of the country.
The @asm.org statement in response to the changes in the childhood immunization schedule:
asm.org/press-releas...
Incredibly sad.
I feel so sad. The world has lost an amazing person.
Submit your abstracts for ASM Microbe 2026!
As a member of the Scientific Program Committee, I can vouch for great science with something for everyone!
@asm.org
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Abstract portal is open for ASM Microbe 2026. New meeting format, same great science. Hope to see you in DC!
While everyone is hustling for the holidays, hopefully folks will have time to submit abstracts or register for #ASMMicrobe2026 in DC! Please repost!
I'm incredibly honored to serve as inaugural chair of the Mechanism Discovery Unit of @asm.org! Looking forward to this opportunity to support our microbial sciences community and help it grow.
Well this is frustrating: “The first weekday Northeast Regional train currently departs Charlottesville’s Union Station at 8:55am, but it will now leave at 12:45pm. The Crescent will continue to be scheduled to leave at 10:59am.”
A double dose of good news on the infectious disease front:
There’s not just one but two new drugs coming for gonorrhea, one of the most worrying diseases when it comes to antibiotic resistance.
🧪 #IDsky
www.science.org/content/arti...
What are #Neutrophils? why are there so many? how are they shaped by disease? how is it that they maintain memory despite their short lifespan?
Our views on this and much more written with #Ivan_Ballesteros for @cp-cell.bsky.social 👇
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Please join me on Wednesday, December 10, from 12:30–1:30 p.m. ET. I’ll be in conversation with three esteemed STEM colleagues as we share insights on navigating rapid change and uncertainty across the field.
www.pathlms.com/asm/webinars...
Architecture of the neutrophil compartment @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Early abstracts and travel awards close tomorrow
Last chance! Early abstracts & travel awards for #ASMicrobe close TOMORROW (Dec 2, 2 p.m. ET). Early submissions receive early review—helpful for planning travel & approvals. Submit today! ➜ asm.social/2Ij
Well deserved, Hank. Congratulations on both! 🎉🎉
We're hiring! Check out our ad and please re-post or forward to interested #Microbiology parties: apply.interfolio.com/174783
More great work from my UW colleagues:
Time is running out! Nominations and self-nominations for IAI's 2026 Emerging Voices in Microbiology Minireview collection will continue to be accepted through Oct. 20.
📢 Deadline approaching! Are you a Ph.D. candidate, postdoc or lab-based researcher, or know someone whose work deserves recognition? Nominate them for #IAIJournal’s 2026 Emerging Voices in Microbiology Minireview Collection! ⏰ Deadline is Oct. 20: asm.social/2Ea
And, we're hiring a Research Associate! Link below. Please share!
jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0...
Thank you UVA SOM for highlighting the MERIT award for our research on how N. gonorrhoeae evades killing by neutrophils! news.med.virginia.edu/research/ali...
CDC released provisional 2024 data on sexually transmitted infections (STIs). For the first time in years, overall reported cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, & syphilis are down ~9%. In 2024, over 2.2 million STIs were reported. That’s still 13% higher than 10 years ago.
www.cdc.gov/sti-statisti...
