Check out the response from NIH to our recent petition! Lots to digest and think about what NIH can do to #supportpostdocparents

Brand New NIH program for supporting and retaining K awardees -- please take poll and comment to 1) let us know where you heard about the program 2) give us your thoughts on it - would you use it???

Bérénice A. Benayoun, PhD NIH Funding @NIHDirector Yes, investigators that have been affected by #COVID19 (e.g. university closure) may submit requests for an extension of ESI status through eRA Commons via the ESI Extension request button in the Education section of their Personal Profile. Learn more: grants.nih.gov/faqs#/covid-19…

Demoralizing to hear that NIH is not supporting parent scientists right now. Parents managing without childcare should be given more leeway on deadlines, not less! #WomenInSTEM

Our NIH lobbying efforts last year (postdocparentsforchange.com) was a reminder that there are great leaders NIH who really care, but they have many priorities, so hearing loud and clear from postdocs directly can make a real difference!

I am looking for one more postdoc with skills in either structural biology/biochemistry/microbiology/cell biology/deep sequencing to study bacterial chromosome organization/segregation. 3-5years. John Innes Centre UK. Flexible start bit.ly/2PU7f0E Email me too. Thanks!!!

It works great and is so much cheaper than a light box! I'd love suggestions for how to take a good photo on the cheap (unfortunately phone cameras can't capture all the bands your eyes can see!)

Excited to share this preprint where we show that the bacterial toxin-antitoxin family, DarTG, defends bacteria against their viral predators, bacteriophage. 1/5 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Join us and be my colleagues!!! Please RT. Thank you.

Please could you RT. Thank you. My group is looking for a postdoc who has an appetite for bioinformatics and protein works, to investigate the mechanism of segregation and transmission of linear plasmids in Streptomyces. Exprience with Streptomyces genetics is desirable.

Excited to share our new bioRxiv! Integrating DNA biophysics with classic #synbio to map how to improve transgenic systems by tailoring expression levels, variance, and transcriptional dynamics. TL;DR: Don’t build your systems to fail. Build beautiful dynamics! 🧵(1/n)

So excited to have you in the @UW_Microbiology program, Amanda! See you in the fall!

Thank you NIH for this important step!

Interested in bacterial-phage interactions? I'm looking for a research assistant to start this September when I launch my lab at @WUSM_MolMicro. Perfect for someone looking to gain research experience after undergrad. Apply here! wustl.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/W…

"Despite my discomfort and the potential for backlash, I need to make myself visible as a single parent and to advocate for change." On #NationalParentsDay, read about how this researcher is advocating for more support for grad student parents. fcld.ly/bkgicxx

Open faculty search! We’re looking for a colleague that shares our passion for host-pathogen interactions. Come join our collaborative, multidisciplinary department, with the added bonus of living in the beautiful Pacific Northwest! Please share widely! jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/612210/fac…

Kudos to NIH for providing $2500/yr in childcare costs to grad students and postdocs on training grants. It doesn’t cover the full cost, but it helps. grants.nih.gov/faqs#/funding_…