I am excited to share the Purdue will be hosting the 2024 Midwest Microbiome Symposium at the Beck Agricultural Center from May 13-15, 2024. Please mark your calendars and look out for further details that will be posted on purdue.ag/microbiome.

Full list of invited speakers! Abstract portal opens in January. Come join us in Madison for an awesome conference! conferences.union.wisc.edu/microbes/

We are hiring faculty at the associate and full professor level in Synthetic Biology. Come join us at Indiana University's beautiful Bloomington campus. indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/22006

New preprint from the lab reinforces the role of the RRM domain protein RbpB as a global RNA binder in Bacteroides and reports a function in post-transcriptional PUL regulation: doi.org/10.1101/2023.1…. Thanks to our collaborators Wenhan Zhu, Franziska Faber & Lars Barquist.

Announcing the 2024 Microbes and Social Equity speaker series lineup! sueishaqlab.org/2024/01/03/ann…

Check out our recent manuscript on bioRxiv about the impacts of maternal influenza A virus infection on fetal brain development! Congrats to first author Ashley Otero! 🤰🧠🐭

Excited to share a preprint from our lab. Some new ways to think about how microbial metabolism can be modified to promote fermented food bioactivity. Congrats to PhD student Mikaela Kasperek (not on X) for driving this project forward! More to come 👀.. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Hearty congratulations to #microbiology professor James Imlay, who was named a Swanlund Chair at #UIUC! More about his work in oxidative stress and its impact: go.mcb.illinois.edu/imlaychair

Great editorial in Science Magazine: "For centuries, Indigenous scientists have had to adapt to, and develop fluency in, Western modes of knowledge making. It’s now Western scientists’ turn to learn from, and respect, Indigenous science." science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

I so appreciate this thread. 100% on target. I hope to contribute to a culture with a more expansive definition of research excellence.

gofund.me/1952a6be Last week, my nephew was hospitalized after going into cardiac arrest. Since then, Junior has underwent several surgeries, including open-heart surgery. Thanks to his medical care team, Junior is recovering. This crisis has created financial strain [1/2]

insidehighered.com/opinion/career… #HigherEd #Diversity

Please share: collaborative postdoc opportunity in microbial ecology and evolution IU Biology: Part of U.S. National Science Foundation Biology Integration Institute (BII) on "Genomics and Eco-evolution of Multi-Scale Symbioses (GEMS)”  GEMS Institute: tinyurl.com/4vyf6erd indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/23270

As NSURP approaches 100 applications, we could always use more mentors. We are still looking for graduate trainees, postdocs, and PIs to mentor them. Research intensive, PUI, industry, we welcome all. Visit NSURP.org to apply (by April 1st!)

1/5: Molecular intricacies of gut bacteria! 🧬 Our study in Nature Microbiology , with colleagues from Helmholtz Institute Würzburg (HIRI), @Deutschbauer_Lab , & Lars Barquist groups, unveils B. thetaiotaomicron's transcriptional landscape across 15 gut conditions. nature.com/articles/s4156…

Thrilled to share a new preprint from our lab co-led by elisacaetano & Akriti Shrestha that describes gut microbiota immunogenic properties that develop with advanced age and are strongly linked to host inflammation. A journey started thanks to @twbuford.. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

DYK IHSI is offering limited-time support for IRBOnline project transitions? PIs with active human subject research projects approved prior to 9/18/23 may get assistance with transitioning their projects to the IRBOnline system. Learn more: oprs.research.illinois.edu/submissions/tr…

NIH SRO/PO jobs now open, hiring in all NIH-funded areas! Telework/remote work possible, US citizen & PhD required, otherwise lots of different successful career paths here. DM me with questions. usajobs.gov/job/789834600