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Bailey Bowcutt
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Microbiology PhD student in Yonatan Grad’s lab at Harvard SPH. Old student of Manning Lab at Michigan State (go green!).

Interested in AMR, one health, gonorrhea, rural public health and more. Wyoming raised.
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@hhmi.org Summer Undergraduate Research Experience - #CechFellows named in honor of Prof Tom Cech
Deadline to apply: 12/22/2025
Spend 9 weeks in a paid, mentored biomedical research experience in an HHMI lab. See you next summer!!!
www.hhmi.org/programs/cec...
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience | HHMI
The Cech Fellows Program is a paid, nine-week summer research experience empowering the next generation of scientific leaders.
www.hhmi.org
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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New preprint: with increasing resistance to ceftriaxone, the last recommended antibiotic for gonorrhea, we urgently need new drugs. Two--zoliflodacin & gepotdiacin--are up for approval by the FDA in Dec. Here we show a point mutation can result in cross-resistance. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Zoliflodacin and gepotidacin cross-resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Resistance to zoliflodacin, a first-in-class antibiotic for gonorrhea treatment, can occur through gyrBD429N, but this mutation's impact on fitness and resistance to other topoisomerase targeting drug...
www.biorxiv.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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aphl.org
23 babies in 13 states have been diagnosed with infant #botulism linked to ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula, prompting a nationwide recall. Public health laboratories and federal partners have played crucial roles in the investigation, which is still ongoing. buff.ly/xU3Czsf
November 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
baileybowcutt.bsky.social
Excited to be moderating this fireside chat next week! We’ll dig into what’s happening with our research and the broader science environment. It won’t be all doom and gloom, as we’ll also share what’s keeping us optimistic. Join us!
harvard-iid.bsky.social Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. C @harvard-iid.bsky.social · Nov 13
We’re excited to invite you to a faculty discussion panel on the current and future landscape of public health research and education.

🗓️ “Navigating a critical moment for public health education and research,” Wednesday, Nov. 19, from 1 pm-1:45 pm ET on zoom.

🔗 hsph.harvard.edu/events/navig...
Photos of Sarah Fortune, Yonatan Grad, and Flaminia Catteruccia around the words, "Faculty Panel Discussion."
November 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Warning. ⚠️ If you are writing an NSF GRFP, new this year, you need official transcripts to apply. Beware. They will not review applications without official transcripts. ‼️
November 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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We are so excited to share that Bailey Bowcutt (@baileybowcutt.bsky.social), PhD student in the Grad Lab, moderated the Harvard Chan Studio event, “Dr. Anthony Fauci: Insights from 50 years of public service.”

🎦 Watch the full interview: youtu.be/qHxR75vO83M?...
Dr. Anthony Fauci in a black suit and tie.
October 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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UMass Boston seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in microbial ecology, starting September 1, 2026. Apply by December 1, 2025. Details: http://www.umb.edu/academics/csm/biology #job
Biology - UMass Boston
Biology - UMass Boston
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October 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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UChicago Microbiology is searching for tenured or tenure-track faculty working in host-pathogens interactions, viral and bacterial pathogenesis, and emerging infectious diseases. Come join our vibrant Department! microbiology.uchicago.edu
Apply here apply.interfolio.com/174404
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October 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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New STI surveillance data from the CDC shows declines in gonorrhea, chlamydia, and primary and secondary syphilis (though tragically congenital syphilis continues to increase). What explains these declines? (1/2)
Why are gonorrhea diagnoses declining in the US?
After a decade of rising cases, the US CDC reported a decline in the rate of gonorrhea diagnoses for two years in a row in 2022 and 2023, especially among young adults. Primary and secondary syphilis ...
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September 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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relenski.bsky.social
With the article link:
natsci.msu.edu/news/2025/20...

(The tinyurl wasn't clickable for me.)
August 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Feels surreal to say but: I'm hiring! If you are or know anyone interested in looking at the evolution of phage resistance using A. baumannii and natural transformation, then this might be for you
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Research position in Microbial Pharmacology and Population Biology (282139) | UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Job title: Research position in Microbial Pharmacology and Population Biology (282139), Employer: UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Deadline: Wednesday, August 27, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
August 8, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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MGI associate professor Jonathan Hardy and recent MSU human biology graduate Djeneba Diallo went out to Eisenhower Elementary in Flint, MI to introduce sixth-graders to the world of microbiology!

Read more here: tinyurl.com/mr3ab7zu
A student raises her hand and Djeneba Diallo calls on her during the outreach program. They are in an elementary classroom. A student looks on as Dr. Hardy helps him load a slide into the microscope. A student looks through a microscope and Djeneba Diallo looks through another microscope. A close-up picture of a slide in a microscope.
June 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Very exciting.

College juniors and recent grads: note the approaching deadline for the 1st round, July 31.
June 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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viralemergence.org
An update from the team on the uncertain future of our program and the impact of NSF budget cuts. Please share and reach out 🦠
Some difficult news from the team: In NSF's FY25-26 Budget Request to Congress, we learned that our program will take a whopping 50% cut - meaning that in September, we'll be $1.25m short of an operating budget that currently supports a cohort of seven PhD students, four postdocs, and three full-time staff. Verena is one of the largest and last pandemic prevention-focused programs in the United States: since 2020, we've supported the training of over 60 postdocs, graduate students, and undergraduates. Our researchers have established unique laboratory resources for studying animal immune systems, and discovered new antiviral immune adaptations in bats; developed risk assessment algorithms for wildlife and livestock viruses, and diagnostic algorithms for viruses like dengue, Ebola, and Zika; and quantified the effects of climate change, deforestation, and factory farming on spillover risk. Everything we develop is 100% open source, and our data has supported the research of nearly 150 external researchers in 21 countries to date. We have three months to make up our budget shortfall. Every dollar spent on Verena supports not just our team, but the community of researchers who use our data, code, and resources. You can help us by sharing this post, and reaching out if you're able to support a unique and vulnerable program. Or just head over to viralemergence.org, and take a look at what we do. 🦟 🦇 🦠
June 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
baileybowcutt.bsky.social
I got the opportunity to speak with Science about my individual research fellowship being terminated. I was awarded the NSF GRFP before I chose Harvard for graduate school, but I still got cut. I study how we can improve treatments for a common antibiotic resistant bacteria, so this is sad to see
May 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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"Working Together to End TB." Our department's research saves lives, and we're proud to see IID's tuberculosis researchers highlighted alongside other incredible Harvard Chan School scientists! Check out the video to learn more about their impactful work (in 7 words)!
hsph.harvard.edu Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health @hsph.harvard.edu · May 21
Harvard Chan School is home to a wide variety of research initiatives, with faculty, researchers, and students all working together to improve health, prevent disease, and support well-being.

We asked some of them if they could explain their research in 7 words.
Harvard’s public health research, in 7 words or less
YouTube video by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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May 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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katestarbird.bsky.social
I’m hoping that there will be some rapid action to get legal support to the PhD students who have had their NSF GRFP (fellowships) terminated in the Trump regime’s latest attacks on academia.
baileybowcutt.bsky.social Bailey Bowcutt @baileybowcutt.bsky.social · May 22
I'm a current Harvard graduate student and I found out today that I had my NSF GRFP terminated without notification. I was awarded this individual research fellowship before even choosing Harvard as my graduate school
May 23, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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New preprint. After years of increases, gonorrhea diagnosis rates dropped in the US in 2022 and 2023. While the news is promising, understanding WHY is key to sustaining progress.
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Why are gonorrhea diagnoses declining in the US?
After a decade of rising cases, the US CDC reported a decline in the rate of gonorrhea diagnoses for two years in a row in 2022 and 2023, especially among young adults. Primary and secondary syphilis ...
dash.harvard.edu
May 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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jbyoder.org
These are grant TO THE STUDENTS, not to the institution, so this is just straight-up punishing students for choosing the institution
surtlab.bsky.social Dave Baltrus 🦦 @surtlab.bsky.social · May 22
All NSF GRFPs to students choosing to attend Harvard in the Fall were just terminated
May 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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can confirm
Federal Cuts Become ‘All Consuming’ at Harvard’s Public Health School
www.nytimes.com
May 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Northwestern has not received any NIH funds since March. No written communication about why or what can be done. Thank you Ben Singer for raising awareness at #ATS2025
May 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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hsph.harvard.edu
Harvard Chan scientists participate in a rigorous application process for federal grants to conduct their vital health research. The government has now terminated nearly every single one of those grants.
May 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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cibiocm.bsky.social
There is still time to apply for #PhD studentships with us!

Thanks for spreading the word.

#phdchat #phdlife #academiclife
cibiocm.bsky.social Segata Lab @cibiocm.bsky.social · Apr 18
OPEN CALL for PhD positions in our lab through the semm_it program:

1️⃣ Microbiome signatures of early on-set colorectal cancer
2️⃣ High-resolution computational metagenomics for the study of human microbiome transmission

More info: www.semm.it/education/op...

Apply by June 9!
Open Positions | SEMM European School of Molecular Medicine
www.semm.it
May 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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New vacancy in my team!

PhD student position on microbial genome evolution, focusing on the evolutionary principles underlying bacterial genome architecture.

Please repost and share with talented MSc students in #evobio, bioinformatics or related :)

www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

#MEvoSky #MicroSky
May 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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All 4 of my NIH research grants are terminated. These were grants on MDR-TB treatment & strategies for supporting adolescents living w/ HIV. This is a massive waste of resources. I am heartbroken for my Harvard team, my partners in Peru, the next generation of scientists & our country. Shame.
May 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM