Scott Biering
@sbiering.bsky.social
Virologist and immunologist studying host-pathogen interactions | Assistant Professor @ucsdbiosciences
https://bieringlab.biosci.ucsd.edu
https://bieringlab.biosci.ucsd.edu
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Excited to share our work on #AncientRNA from alcohol-preserved lungs, recovering the oldest human RNA virus genome (an 18th-century rhinovirus). Our study shows that viral RNA remnants persist in centuries-old tissue, opening new ways to study virus evolution and historical disease #Paleovirology🫁🦠
www.biorxiv.org
January 31, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Excited to share our work on #AncientRNA from alcohol-preserved lungs, recovering the oldest human RNA virus genome (an 18th-century rhinovirus). Our study shows that viral RNA remnants persist in centuries-old tissue, opening new ways to study virus evolution and historical disease #Paleovirology🫁🦠
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🚨ABSTRACT DEADLINE FEBRUARY 2🚨
🚨TRAVEL AWARD DEADLINE FEBRUARY 9🚨
Share your virology research by submitting an abstract for ASV 2026 by 11:59pm Eastern on Monday 2/2/26
Need financial support? Trainees & teachers can apply for travel awards
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🚨TRAVEL AWARD DEADLINE FEBRUARY 9🚨
Share your virology research by submitting an abstract for ASV 2026 by 11:59pm Eastern on Monday 2/2/26
Need financial support? Trainees & teachers can apply for travel awards
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January 29, 2026 at 5:05 PM
🚨ABSTRACT DEADLINE FEBRUARY 2🚨
🚨TRAVEL AWARD DEADLINE FEBRUARY 9🚨
Share your virology research by submitting an abstract for ASV 2026 by 11:59pm Eastern on Monday 2/2/26
Need financial support? Trainees & teachers can apply for travel awards
www.asv.org/abstract-sub...
www.asv.org/travel-awards
🚨TRAVEL AWARD DEADLINE FEBRUARY 9🚨
Share your virology research by submitting an abstract for ASV 2026 by 11:59pm Eastern on Monday 2/2/26
Need financial support? Trainees & teachers can apply for travel awards
www.asv.org/abstract-sub...
www.asv.org/travel-awards
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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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Job alert! Assistant professor position in the Department of Molecular Genetics (University of Toronto). Amazing department and city. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... Please share.
Assistant Professor - Virology
Assistant Professor - Virology
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January 15, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Job alert! Assistant professor position in the Department of Molecular Genetics (University of Toronto). Amazing department and city. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... Please share.
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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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We are excited to share our new @CellCellPress paper revealing mechanisms of action of promising drugs against the helicase-primase of herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) 🤩 harvardvirology.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
December 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
We are excited to share our new @CellCellPress paper revealing mechanisms of action of promising drugs against the helicase-primase of herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) 🤩 harvardvirology.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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🚨New faculty job opportunity 🚨
Please share this ad for a faculty position in our department at UC Irvine, in the fields of microbiology and infectious disease. MD/PhDs and PhDs are desired and should apply!
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09954
Please share this ad for a faculty position in our department at UC Irvine, in the fields of microbiology and infectious disease. MD/PhDs and PhDs are desired and should apply!
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09954
Pediatric Infectious Diseases/Microbiology - Professor Series (tenure track/tenure), Open Rank
University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ap.uci.edu
December 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
🚨New faculty job opportunity 🚨
Please share this ad for a faculty position in our department at UC Irvine, in the fields of microbiology and infectious disease. MD/PhDs and PhDs are desired and should apply!
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09954
Please share this ad for a faculty position in our department at UC Irvine, in the fields of microbiology and infectious disease. MD/PhDs and PhDs are desired and should apply!
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09954
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I’m pleased to announce the launch of #DeZi ! a global collaboration funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social and led by @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social that brings together teams across Africa, Asia & the Americas to advance our understanding of #dengue & #Zika viruses
Thread DeZi in brief 👇
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November 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I’m pleased to announce the launch of #DeZi ! a global collaboration funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social and led by @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social that brings together teams across Africa, Asia & the Americas to advance our understanding of #dengue & #Zika viruses
Thread DeZi in brief 👇
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Excited to announce that we have a new faculty search opening in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Minnesota for a tenure track Assistant Professor in RNA Virology. More info can be found here: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/365...
Careers
Minimum qualifications:PhD, MD, or equivalent in a relevant field of study, plus applicable postdoctoral experience.
hr.myu.umn.edu
October 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Excited to announce that we have a new faculty search opening in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Minnesota for a tenure track Assistant Professor in RNA Virology. More info can be found here: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/365...
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Our home department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry at UC Irvine is looking to hire a new tenure-track assistant professor in the broad area of structural biology. Come be our colleague! recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09887
Please apply and/or share this post.
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Assistant Professor in Structural Biology and Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!
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October 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Our home department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry at UC Irvine is looking to hire a new tenure-track assistant professor in the broad area of structural biology. Come be our colleague! recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09887
Please apply and/or share this post.
Please apply and/or share this post.
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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
Apply here apply.interfolio.com/174404
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October 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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
Apply here apply.interfolio.com/174404
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I’m excited to share our latest work! We challenge the widely thought notion that cohousing and cross-fostering can normalize the microbiomes of genetically distinct mice: www.cell.com/cell-reports... 🐁🦠🧬
Cohousing or cross-fostering followed by cohousing does not normalize the microbiomes of genetically distinct adult mice
Lietuvninkas et al. use state-of-the-art gnotobiotic approaches to investigate whether
cohousing or cross-fostering overpower the role of genetics in shaping the fecal bacterial
commensal population. ...
www.cell.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I’m excited to share our latest work! We challenge the widely thought notion that cohousing and cross-fostering can normalize the microbiomes of genetically distinct mice: www.cell.com/cell-reports... 🐁🦠🧬
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After years in the making, Joe McKellar @viroscope.bsky.social’s final PhD paper is finally out today in PNAS! 🎉 🎉🎉
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Human MX1 orchestrates the cytoplasmic sequestration of neosynthesized influenza A virus vRNPs | PNAS
Interferon-inducible Myxovirus resistance 1 (MX1) proteins are known to restrict influenza
A virus (IAV) transcription/replication process. Herein,...
www.pnas.org
October 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
After years in the making, Joe McKellar @viroscope.bsky.social’s final PhD paper is finally out today in PNAS! 🎉 🎉🎉
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Timely piece on the importance and safety of “gain-of-function” research, from my brilliant PhD advisor Sarah Stanley www.statnews.com/2025/10/06/g...
The NIH ordered me to stop my ‘dangerous’ gain-of-function research. It isn’t dangerous at all
Safe gain-of-function research is necessary to identify new treatments for diseases like for tuberculosis — but the NIH has imposed unfounded stops.
www.statnews.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Timely piece on the importance and safety of “gain-of-function” research, from my brilliant PhD advisor Sarah Stanley www.statnews.com/2025/10/06/g...
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Job alert ‼️ UChicago Micro is hiring! Open to tenured/tenure track faculty at all levels in any area of microbiology. Come join our amazing and growing department. apply.interfolio.com/174404
October 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Job alert ‼️ UChicago Micro is hiring! Open to tenured/tenure track faculty at all levels in any area of microbiology. Come join our amazing and growing department. apply.interfolio.com/174404
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UMass Amherst Microbiology is hiring a tenure-track virologist. Come work with me! 🦠🧪
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
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Details - Assistant Professor - Virology | Human Resources | UMass Amherst
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October 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
UMass Amherst Microbiology is hiring a tenure-track virologist. Come work with me! 🦠🧪
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
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We are currently in the process of recruiting a technician. 🥼🐭🔬
If you know anyone with enthusiasm to learn new skills and stamina to hear me go on and on about IFNs, please have them reach out to me for more details!
If you know anyone with enthusiasm to learn new skills and stamina to hear me go on and on about IFNs, please have them reach out to me for more details!
October 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
We are currently in the process of recruiting a technician. 🥼🐭🔬
If you know anyone with enthusiasm to learn new skills and stamina to hear me go on and on about IFNs, please have them reach out to me for more details!
If you know anyone with enthusiasm to learn new skills and stamina to hear me go on and on about IFNs, please have them reach out to me for more details!
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Actively looking for a postdoc interested in host-virus evolution. Please apply to the #MahanFellowship This fellowship provides early career scientists with the opportunity to join a Fred Hutch CompBio lab (like ours!). If interested please contact me to coordinate proposal and apply by Dec 05 2025
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October 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Actively looking for a postdoc interested in host-virus evolution. Please apply to the #MahanFellowship This fellowship provides early career scientists with the opportunity to join a Fred Hutch CompBio lab (like ours!). If interested please contact me to coordinate proposal and apply by Dec 05 2025
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From Megan Hayes' elegant PhD thesis, Cressida Madigan Lab UCSD Biological Sciences, using zebrafish model
In TB meningitis, mycobacteria lodge at vessel bifurcations, enlarge vessels, and transiently block brain blood flow—driving oxidative stress and cell death!
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
In TB meningitis, mycobacteria lodge at vessel bifurcations, enlarge vessels, and transiently block brain blood flow—driving oxidative stress and cell death!
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
September 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
From Megan Hayes' elegant PhD thesis, Cressida Madigan Lab UCSD Biological Sciences, using zebrafish model
In TB meningitis, mycobacteria lodge at vessel bifurcations, enlarge vessels, and transiently block brain blood flow—driving oxidative stress and cell death!
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
In TB meningitis, mycobacteria lodge at vessel bifurcations, enlarge vessels, and transiently block brain blood flow—driving oxidative stress and cell death!
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Neutrophils release exosome-associated nuclear DNA to help resolve acute inflammation, preventing chronic disease progression. 🧬🔥 PMID:40404894, Nat Cell Biol 2025, @NatureCellBio https://doi.org/10.1038/s41556-025-01671-4 #Medsky #Pharmsky #RNA #ASHG #ESHG 🧪
Neutrophils secrete exosome-associated DNA to resolve sterile acute inflammation | Nature Cell Biology
Acute inflammation, characterized by a rapid influx of neutrophils, is a protective response that can lead to chronic inflammatory diseases when left unresolved. We previously showed that secretion of LTB4-containing exosomes via nuclear envelope-derived multivesicular bodies is required for effective neutrophil infiltration during inflammation. Here we report that the co-secretion of these exosomes with nuclear DNA facilitates the resolution of the neutrophil infiltrate in a mouse skin model of sterile inflammation. Activated neutrophils exhibit rapid and repetitive DNA secretion as they migrate directionally using a mechanism distinct from suicidal neutrophil extracellular trap release and cell death. Packaging of DNA in the lumen of nuclear envelope-multivesicular bodies is mediated by lamin B receptor and chromatin decondensation. These findings advance our understanding of neutrophil functions during inflammation and the physiological relevance of DNA secretion. Arya et al. report
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September 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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We’re back with another season of monthly seminars bringing together diverse and leading investigators worldwide to share cutting-edge arbovirus science.
🧬 Topics span molecular virology, virus–vector interactions, epidemiology, pathogenesis, and more.
📅 3rd Thursday each month
🕚 11 AM US ET Zoom
🧬 Topics span molecular virology, virus–vector interactions, epidemiology, pathogenesis, and more.
📅 3rd Thursday each month
🕚 11 AM US ET Zoom
August 31, 2025 at 8:50 AM
We’re back with another season of monthly seminars bringing together diverse and leading investigators worldwide to share cutting-edge arbovirus science.
🧬 Topics span molecular virology, virus–vector interactions, epidemiology, pathogenesis, and more.
📅 3rd Thursday each month
🕚 11 AM US ET Zoom
🧬 Topics span molecular virology, virus–vector interactions, epidemiology, pathogenesis, and more.
📅 3rd Thursday each month
🕚 11 AM US ET Zoom
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🚨🚨Our new preprint establishes the first robust model of severe influenza cardiac complications in WT immunocompetent mice. Heart transcriptomics implicated a potential therapeutic metabolic intervention that indeed shows beneficial heart/survival effects. 🦠🧫🧬🫁🫀🐀
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Cardioprotective effects of AMPK activation in H1N1 influenza virus infection
Cardiac complications are among the most common and severe extrapulmonary manifestations of influenza virus infection, yet they are rarely recapitulated in mouse models without immunodeficiency. We fo...
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September 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🚨🚨Our new preprint establishes the first robust model of severe influenza cardiac complications in WT immunocompetent mice. Heart transcriptomics implicated a potential therapeutic metabolic intervention that indeed shows beneficial heart/survival effects. 🦠🧫🧬🫁🫀🐀
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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I am delighted to announce that the UW Department of Biochemistry has opened searches for TWO tenure-track positions.
Descriptions and links in the following two posts.
Descriptions and links in the following two posts.
August 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I am delighted to announce that the UW Department of Biochemistry has opened searches for TWO tenure-track positions.
Descriptions and links in the following two posts.
Descriptions and links in the following two posts.
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Come be my boss! We’re looking for a passionate and supportive leader for our Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology. Research in MMI spans diverse models and systems of host-pathogen interactions. Come join us in the beautiful Pacific NW!
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August 26, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Come be my boss! We’re looking for a passionate and supportive leader for our Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology. Research in MMI spans diverse models and systems of host-pathogen interactions. Come join us in the beautiful Pacific NW!
facultycareers-ohsu.icims.com/jobs/35624/c...
facultycareers-ohsu.icims.com/jobs/35624/c...