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Our collaborations with the Eric Skaar and @CassatLab has expanded from the bench, onto the softball field! Great first game of the season everyone!

A family of DNA glycosylases in bacteria that repairs interstrand DNA crosslinks, protects against acid, and is involved in infection. New work from Dillon Kunkle and YUJUAN CAI in collaboration with Brandt Eichman PNASNews pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

The Staphylococcus aureus response to the nutritional immune protein calprotectin, new work by Dr. Valeria M. Reyes Ruiz in mBio

The Microbiology Department at Penn is hiring Professors of all ranks, and I'm co-chairing the search committee with Dr. Sunny Shin/Betts Lab. Please RT and contact us if you have questions about the position and our department. apply.interfolio.com/148381 apply.interfolio.com/148380

Exciting news about a truly important antibody drug discovered right here in the @VUMC_Vaccines.

Imaging of gangliosides during Staph infections. New paper from ⁦Katerina Djambazova and the ⁦⁦⁦⁦Spraggins Lab⁩. Happy to be involved in this beautiful work⁩. ⁦J. of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry⁩ 🔬 🦠 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Thank you VU BRET ASPIRE for the opportunity to share my journey as a Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences alum! Special thanks to Dr. Walter Chazin, Dr. Eric Skaar and Dr. Ashley Brady for their support and guidance. Shoutout to Andy Weiss for the continuous encouragement. VanderbiltPostdoctoralAssociation

Antibiotic tolerance in Staph aureus biofilms is induced by arginine depletion by ⁦Jeff Freiberg, MD, PhD⁩ in ⁦Nature Communications⁩ opens up possible new ways to treat challenging Staph infections 🦠 💉 💊 nature.com/articles/s4146…

Faculty search! YaleMicroPath is looking to hire assistant professor(s) focused on the pathogenesis of viral, bacterial, parasitic, or fungal infections. Info: apply.interfolio.com/151755. Q&A webinar in Sept. Please RT!

In case you were waiting for the combined, three position ad! UTK Microbiology is hiring TTF for Fall 2025. Come join us!!

Faculty search announcement: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Microbiology at UT Southwestern. We seek candidates working in microbial pathogenesis (some preference may be given to bacterial pathogens). Come join our community! (1/5) jobs.utsouthwestern.edu/job/20847915/a…

We’re hiring a Research Administrative Director for a new Center that will be launching at CHOP Research this Fall! Come help us improve pediatric health at the Center for Microbial Medicine! More details on the Center to follow soon! careers.chop.edu/xxWP6tN

Honored to have our recent paper included as a Nature Communications Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Editor’s Highlight! Thanks for featuring our work on antibiotic tolerance in S. aureus! Eric Skaar @VUMC_ID @VUMCPathology @VI4Research nature.com/collections/je…

As a former trainee and current member of the faculty, I can say UIC Microbiology is a great place to study host-pathogen interactions! Apply for our open faculty position! University of Illinois Chicago University of Illinois College of Medicine uic.csod.com/ux/ats/careers…

Hear from a talented lineup of immunologists next Wednesday, Sept 18 featuring Zuri Sullivan, Alex Wells, Djenet Bousbaine, Dr. Valeria M. Reyes Ruiz, Maria Cecilia Canesso, Dr Becs, Liwen Deng, & Nagela Ghabdan Zanluqui. Register: bit.ly/ScrippsLeaders

🚨My favorite event of the year is here 🚨 - the @VI4Research DEI Symposium is highlighting Immigrant scientists (so timely, huh?)!! Talks from Dr. Manuela Raffatellu is @manuelar.bsky.social , Sophie Helaine and Yi-Wei Chang. Open to VU/VUMC community! Link to register: tickettailor.com/events/vi4/132… - Please, RT!

Ravenwood senior earns Congressional Gold Medal ⁦Ravenwood HS⁩ ⁦⁦Tennessean⁩ tennessean.com/story/news/loc…

Control of iron homeostasis by an iron-sensing Fur protein antagonist, Fpa, extends to the pathogen Staphylococcus aureus! Congrats, Jeff Boyd, Eric Skaar, and all involved! mBio #subtiwiki journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb…

MEGAMicrobe 2024 was a success! Eric Skaar Lab