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All of the Microbiology Barbies in the Ushijima Lab are hard at work studying the coral microbiome!! Our job is just beach and lab 🪸🔬🥼

‼️PhD Opportunity‼️ The Ushijima Lab is looking for a PhD student to start in Fall of 2024! Research would be related to coral microbes. Microbiology experience preferred! Join an amazing lab that works all throughout the Caribbean! 🪸 Please share! ushijima-lab.com

Come work with us on our CORDAP project to develop probiotics to protect corals from #SCTLD using our high-throughput isolation/screening platform.

We were lucky to get a visit and seminar from my PhD advisor and amazing coral biologist/ disease ecologist Dr. Greta Aeby! She spoke with my & Dr. Nikki Fogarty's students about their coral projects and shared her vast knowledge. So happy to see her again 😁

There's still time, we're looking for a postdoc to work on our project developing probiotics to protect corals from #SCTLD. You get to work with great collaborators and use our microbe isolation system. The posting closes on April 25th! Apply here: jobs.uncw.edu/postings/30282

Let's take a break from doomscrolling. Does anyone have any positive notes about social media? Doing some casual research for ASM Microbe on how social media can be used to improve morale about academia? Any tips? Comments? Please repost and/or comment below.

Are you less terrible at using social media than I am? Likely! Then share your favorite Tip for Science Social Media users! PLEASE Repost & Reply with your Tip, it may be featured at an ASM #Microbe2024 session on improving your online presence!

Want to shape what #ASMirobe looks like? Then consider submitting a proposal for a session for Microbe 2025 taking place June 19-23, 2025 in Los Angeles. The deadline for a proposal submission is August 1, 2024! Feel free to contact me about AES tracks. asm.org/Events/ASM-Mic…

We're #hiring! Looking for a #postdoc to work on multiple projects related to #coral #metagenomics more info here: gwlab.org/join-us

In our lab's latest publication, we explored the genus Pseudoalteromonas and their tricky taxonomy. This is a prelude to our upcoming work on our new coral probiotic species! Stay tuned! …icro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

Check out this article on Vox about whether human medicine can be used to save corals from SCTLD featuring Dr. Blake Ushijima!! vox.com/down-to-earth/…

Ever wondered how #Vibrio coralliilyticus causes disease in corals and other marine animals when the ocean gets hot? In this new work, we uncover #T6SSs as an important virulence factor. TAU Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences 1/7 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…

A great opportunity! If you are interested in marine microbes (coral-associated or otherwise) and natural products chemistry for your postdoc then Wendy_Strangman and I would be interested in chatting! lnkd.in/e3K3ZQGu

If you’re interested in a fully-funded 2-year postdoc, living at the beach and working on antibiotic discovery from coral associated bacteria, consider applying for this with Dr. Blake Ushijima and me. DM me or Blake if interested!

Come see us at the Femme in STEM event!! See our Instagram (ushijimalab) for more updates!

Ph.D. student Liz Weatherup is presenting her research at the international #Vibrio2024 conference today! She has a poster on the role of metabolism & novel genetic regulators in the pathogenesis of the coral pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus.

Thanks to all those that made Vibrio2024 a complete success. Eternally grateful for your support! #Vibrio2024 See you in Berlin!!

Check out this new publication from our lab! We provide detailed methods for preparing and imaging coral tissue for transmission electron microscopy.