Michael Glickman
@michaelglickman.bsky.social
Physician Scientist interested in all things mycobacterial: pathogen, model system, and cancer therapy. Immunology program/ID MSK. Opinions are mine and do not represent those of my employer, MSK.
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I am very excited to announce that a fully funded PhD position is available in my group.
Topic: Synergistic coevolution in mono-specific and multi-species microbial consortia
Please RT or forward this information to interested candidates.
Deadline: 11.01.26
More info:
shorturl.at/f1TuF
Topic: Synergistic coevolution in mono-specific and multi-species microbial consortia
Please RT or forward this information to interested candidates.
Deadline: 11.01.26
More info:
shorturl.at/f1TuF
November 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I am very excited to announce that a fully funded PhD position is available in my group.
Topic: Synergistic coevolution in mono-specific and multi-species microbial consortia
Please RT or forward this information to interested candidates.
Deadline: 11.01.26
More info:
shorturl.at/f1TuF
Topic: Synergistic coevolution in mono-specific and multi-species microbial consortia
Please RT or forward this information to interested candidates.
Deadline: 11.01.26
More info:
shorturl.at/f1TuF
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The Institute for Environmental Genomics at U Oklahoma (www.ou.edu/ieg) has 3 Research Scientists & 4-6 Postdoc openings (see details linked below).
Contact ieg@ou.edu w/ questions.
Contact ieg@ou.edu w/ questions.
January 22, 2026 at 1:17 AM
The Institute for Environmental Genomics at U Oklahoma (www.ou.edu/ieg) has 3 Research Scientists & 4-6 Postdoc openings (see details linked below).
Contact ieg@ou.edu w/ questions.
Contact ieg@ou.edu w/ questions.
Many of you in the mycobacterial community attended the awesome inaugural 2025 Biology of Mycobacteria GRC, organized by @heran.bsky.social and myself: www.grc.org/biology-of-m....
I am writing with an update about this conference as the new chair.
I am writing with an update about this conference as the new chair.
2025 Biology of Mycobacteria Conference GRC
The 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Biology of Mycobacteria will be held in Pomona, California. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
January 21, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Many of you in the mycobacterial community attended the awesome inaugural 2025 Biology of Mycobacteria GRC, organized by @heran.bsky.social and myself: www.grc.org/biology-of-m....
I am writing with an update about this conference as the new chair.
I am writing with an update about this conference as the new chair.
Cool, thanks @uwmadisonrna.bsky.social !
@michaelglickman.bsky.social @nucleosomepolice.bsky.social
This is known as a temperature blanket and these were recently discussed on "A Way with Words"
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This is known as a temperature blanket and these were recently discussed on "A Way with Words"
waywordradio.org/temperature-...
Temperature Blankets, A Record of Naps Past?
Knitters are creating temperature blankets, also known as weather blankets, by assigning colors to daily temperatures and stitching them into finished pieces. Makers involved in The Tempestry Project…
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January 19, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Cool, thanks @uwmadisonrna.bsky.social !
I saw this incredible quilt at the Renwick gallery at the Smithsonian so I thought I would link it to the only quilting person I have seen. It documents the daily temperature of a year by color. There is a deeper key that was not posted I believe.
January 19, 2026 at 9:18 PM
I saw this incredible quilt at the Renwick gallery at the Smithsonian so I thought I would link it to the only quilting person I have seen. It documents the daily temperature of a year by color. There is a deeper key that was not posted I believe.
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Given the current state of affairs I was going to spend the weekend quilting but of course, given the current state of affairs I spent half a day getting Gracie to cooperate ready to roll now rho
January 18, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Given the current state of affairs I was going to spend the weekend quilting but of course, given the current state of affairs I spent half a day getting Gracie to cooperate ready to roll now rho
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Commensal-derived trehalose monocorynomycolate triggers γδ T cell-driven protective ocular barrier immunity: Immunity www.cell.com/immunity/ful... @cp-immunity.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Commensal-derived trehalose monocorynomycolate triggers γδ T cell-driven protective ocular barrier immunity: Immunity www.cell.com/immunity/ful... @cp-immunity.bsky.social
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🚨4-year fully funded PhD in the lab of @magicmicrobe.bsky.social (& collaborating with me!): How does iron availability shape the ability of pathogens to invade the gut microbiome?
Apply by Jan 26th
Advert: research.reading.ac.uk/foodbiosyste...
How to apply: research.reading.ac.uk/foodbiosyste...
Apply by Jan 26th
Advert: research.reading.ac.uk/foodbiosyste...
How to apply: research.reading.ac.uk/foodbiosyste...
research.reading.ac.uk
January 15, 2026 at 7:42 PM
🚨4-year fully funded PhD in the lab of @magicmicrobe.bsky.social (& collaborating with me!): How does iron availability shape the ability of pathogens to invade the gut microbiome?
Apply by Jan 26th
Advert: research.reading.ac.uk/foodbiosyste...
How to apply: research.reading.ac.uk/foodbiosyste...
Apply by Jan 26th
Advert: research.reading.ac.uk/foodbiosyste...
How to apply: research.reading.ac.uk/foodbiosyste...
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METTL9 tests Candida’s mettle by limiting metal acquisition
Highlight of new findings showing intestinal epithelial cells secrete anti-zincophore protein, METTL9, that limits fungal access to essential zinc, thereby diminishing colonization & growth
www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
Highlight of new findings showing intestinal epithelial cells secrete anti-zincophore protein, METTL9, that limits fungal access to essential zinc, thereby diminishing colonization & growth
www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
METTL9 tests Candida’s mettle by limiting metal acquisition
The gut mucosal immune system orchestrates diverse defense mechanisms against fungal
pathogens. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Bao and Yang et al. demonstrate that
intestinal epithelial cells s...
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January 16, 2026 at 7:30 PM
METTL9 tests Candida’s mettle by limiting metal acquisition
Highlight of new findings showing intestinal epithelial cells secrete anti-zincophore protein, METTL9, that limits fungal access to essential zinc, thereby diminishing colonization & growth
www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
Highlight of new findings showing intestinal epithelial cells secrete anti-zincophore protein, METTL9, that limits fungal access to essential zinc, thereby diminishing colonization & growth
www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
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Species-specific iNOS expression distinguishes epithelial and myeloid IFNγ responses in tuberculosis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.11.697682v1
January 13, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Species-specific iNOS expression distinguishes epithelial and myeloid IFNγ responses in tuberculosis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.11.697682v1
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NY state friends, please do this today!
The Governor’s State of the State is tomorrow, January 13 at 1:00 PM. We are hopeful she will announce the Empire Biomedical Research Institute (EBRI).
Email the Governor and your Reps!
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The Governor’s State of the State is tomorrow, January 13 at 1:00 PM. We are hopeful she will announce the Empire Biomedical Research Institute (EBRI).
Email the Governor and your Reps!
actionnetwork.org/letters/supp...
January 12, 2026 at 7:06 PM
NY state friends, please do this today!
The Governor’s State of the State is tomorrow, January 13 at 1:00 PM. We are hopeful she will announce the Empire Biomedical Research Institute (EBRI).
Email the Governor and your Reps!
actionnetwork.org/letters/supp...
The Governor’s State of the State is tomorrow, January 13 at 1:00 PM. We are hopeful she will announce the Empire Biomedical Research Institute (EBRI).
Email the Governor and your Reps!
actionnetwork.org/letters/supp...
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Try incognito mode in different browsers to get SciENcv to work. Also I have noticed major increase in eRA commons problems with different web browsers
Same. That was the only way I could get the stupid sciencv to work as well.
January 9, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Try incognito mode in different browsers to get SciENcv to work. Also I have noticed major increase in eRA commons problems with different web browsers
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@science.org Deep contrastive learning enables genome-wide virtual screening | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Deep contrastive learning enables genome-wide virtual screening
Recent breakthroughs in protein structure prediction have opened new avenues for genome-wide drug discovery, yet existing virtual screening methods remain computationally prohibitive. We present DrugC...
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January 9, 2026 at 6:55 PM
@science.org Deep contrastive learning enables genome-wide virtual screening | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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We are hiring new faculty!! Come join our amazing community in the Department of Molecular Microbiology at Washington University School of Medicine! The deadline for applications is 2/21, but applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. facultyopportunities.wustl.edu/Posting/Deta...
Opportunity Details - Faculty Opportunities
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January 8, 2026 at 9:05 PM
We are hiring new faculty!! Come join our amazing community in the Department of Molecular Microbiology at Washington University School of Medicine! The deadline for applications is 2/21, but applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. facultyopportunities.wustl.edu/Posting/Deta...
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Canada Research Chairs www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...: $1M/year for 8 years, plus up to $6M in CFI infrastructure support. Looking for leading researchers abroad interested in AMR research, antibiotic discovery (Pandemicstopai.ca), phages. Email short vision + CV. Tight deadlines: March 10 & June 15
Canada Impact+ Research Chairs - Canada.ca
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January 8, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Canada Research Chairs www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...: $1M/year for 8 years, plus up to $6M in CFI infrastructure support. Looking for leading researchers abroad interested in AMR research, antibiotic discovery (Pandemicstopai.ca), phages. Email short vision + CV. Tight deadlines: March 10 & June 15
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Registration is open for the 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Microbial Stress Response to be held on July 19-24 2026!! Submit your abstract by February 15th to be considered for a short talk. Apply now before it fills up!! Hope to see you there!! www.grc.org/microbial-st...
2026 Microbial Stress Response Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Microbial Stress Response will be held in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
January 6, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Registration is open for the 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Microbial Stress Response to be held on July 19-24 2026!! Submit your abstract by February 15th to be considered for a short talk. Apply now before it fills up!! Hope to see you there!! www.grc.org/microbial-st...
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Looking for a postdoc in 2026? The Ewel fellowship at UF provides $70K salary and $20K research support for 2 yrs. I'm happy to sponsor a postdoc interested in microbial ecology of Florida coastal ecosystems (seagrass, coral, mangroves, springs). 🦠 Due 1/11/26
postdoc.aa.ufl.edu/current-post...
postdoc.aa.ufl.edu/current-post...
postdoc.aa.ufl.edu
December 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Looking for a postdoc in 2026? The Ewel fellowship at UF provides $70K salary and $20K research support for 2 yrs. I'm happy to sponsor a postdoc interested in microbial ecology of Florida coastal ecosystems (seagrass, coral, mangroves, springs). 🦠 Due 1/11/26
postdoc.aa.ufl.edu/current-post...
postdoc.aa.ufl.edu/current-post...
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Fer’s tour de force in B. anthracis is out! Fer got Tn-seq running, built an ordered knockout library, defined all essential sporulation genes, and found a peptidoglycan deacetylase inhibitor critical for engulfment. Including our first one-by-all Alphafold screen! journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Identification of sporulation genes in Bacillus anthracis highlights similarities and significant differences with Bacillus subtilis
How good is Bacillus subtilis as a model for the spore-forming pathogen Bacillus anthracis? Using high throughput genetics to identify B. anthracis sporulation genes and cytological analysis of the mu...
journals.plos.org
December 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Fer’s tour de force in B. anthracis is out! Fer got Tn-seq running, built an ordered knockout library, defined all essential sporulation genes, and found a peptidoglycan deacetylase inhibitor critical for engulfment. Including our first one-by-all Alphafold screen! journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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Can’t wait!! My bacterial cell bio friends, you’re gonna want to go to this GRC and GRS.
Just got word that we are a go for the Bacterial Cell Biology and Development GRS and GRC at Southern New Hampshire University!
GRS will be on June 5-6, 2027
GRC will be from June 6-11, 2027
Block off your calendars Prokaryotic Cell Biologists!
More details to come! Please repost!
GRS will be on June 5-6, 2027
GRC will be from June 6-11, 2027
Block off your calendars Prokaryotic Cell Biologists!
More details to come! Please repost!
December 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Can’t wait!! My bacterial cell bio friends, you’re gonna want to go to this GRC and GRS.
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A technician position in my lab
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Research Technician II - Molecular Microbiology
Scheduled Hours 40 Position Summary The mission of our lab is to understand how infection-stimulated bile metabolites regulate intestinal defense against bacterial pathogens. We also investigate the g...
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December 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A technician position in my lab
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We’re hiring! We’re looking for researchers who use AI/machine learning to study infectious disease. The position is at the University at Albany, in the Biomedical Sciences Dept, which has very close ties to the Wadsworth Center. albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
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December 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We’re hiring! We’re looking for researchers who use AI/machine learning to study infectious disease. The position is at the University at Albany, in the Biomedical Sciences Dept, which has very close ties to the Wadsworth Center. albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
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An excellent opportunity, please have a look at the position below!🧫👩🔬
Hiring: Group Leader in Microbiome Studies! ✨
The successful candidate would establish & lead a new research group in human microbiome science, advancing understanding of microbe-microbe and microbe-host interactions in health & disease.
Apply by 22 Dec.
www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/jobs/kennedy...
The successful candidate would establish & lead a new research group in human microbiome science, advancing understanding of microbe-microbe and microbe-host interactions in health & disease.
Apply by 22 Dec.
www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/jobs/kennedy...
Kennedy Trust for Rheumatology Research (KTRR) Group Leader in Microbiome Studies (183704)
We are seeking applications from an outstanding scientist to establish and lead a new research group in human microbiome science, advancing understanding of microbe–microbe and microbe–host interactio...
www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk
December 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
An excellent opportunity, please have a look at the position below!🧫👩🔬
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An ancestral transmembrane transcription factor couples cell envelope regulation and the SOS response in Caulobacter crescentus https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.09.693126v1
December 10, 2025 at 7:17 AM
An ancestral transmembrane transcription factor couples cell envelope regulation and the SOS response in Caulobacter crescentus https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.09.693126v1
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🔬 Call to create junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur
Focus: Infectious diseases, host-microbe interactions, vaccines
Special interest: AI methodologies
📅 Deadline: Feb 9, 2026
👥 2-12 years post-PhD
Apply now 📝 research.pasteur.fr/en/call/crea...
#JobOpportunity #Research
Focus: Infectious diseases, host-microbe interactions, vaccines
Special interest: AI methodologies
📅 Deadline: Feb 9, 2026
👥 2-12 years post-PhD
Apply now 📝 research.pasteur.fr/en/call/crea...
#JobOpportunity #Research
Creation of new junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur - Call for applications 2026 - Research
The Institut Pasteur is launching an international call to recruit new junior research group leaders leveraging cutting-edge transdisciplinary approaches to exploring infectious diseases, host-microbe...
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December 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
🔬 Call to create junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur
Focus: Infectious diseases, host-microbe interactions, vaccines
Special interest: AI methodologies
📅 Deadline: Feb 9, 2026
👥 2-12 years post-PhD
Apply now 📝 research.pasteur.fr/en/call/crea...
#JobOpportunity #Research
Focus: Infectious diseases, host-microbe interactions, vaccines
Special interest: AI methodologies
📅 Deadline: Feb 9, 2026
👥 2-12 years post-PhD
Apply now 📝 research.pasteur.fr/en/call/crea...
#JobOpportunity #Research
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Colibactin-DNA interstrand crosslinks structure reveals DNA-damaging acitivity of colibactin that is linked to colorectal cancer #MicroSky www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The specificity and structure of DNA cross-linking by the gut bacterial genotoxin colibactin
Accumulating evidence has connected the chemically unstable, DNA-damaging gut bacterial natural product colibactin to colorectal cancer, including the identification of mutational signatures that are ...
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December 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Colibactin-DNA interstrand crosslinks structure reveals DNA-damaging acitivity of colibactin that is linked to colorectal cancer #MicroSky www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...