UMN's Department of Microbiology and Immunology is hiring! Come be our colleague in the Twin Cities! Searches are open for Virology and Fungal Biology (links below).

Virology: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/365...
Fungal Biology/Medical Mycology: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/365...

Mark your calendars! #mmpc2026 The 2026 Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference will be take place September 25-27, 2026 at the University of Minnesota! We are excited to welcome keynote speaker Dr. Andy Camilli. Give us a follow and watch for important information here ➡️ mmpc2026.umn.edu

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

The Holmes Lab is now open! I'm really grateful to be taking on the next chapter here in Minnesota! ✨

sites.google.com/umn.edu/holm...

Join us next week for Session 1 of this year's Klebsiella Seminar Series! I am really looking forward to these talks on pathogenesis. We are excited to be returning for ⭐Year 6⭐ of the series!

Klebsiella pneumoniae uses a type VI secretion system to overcome microbiota-mediated colonization resistance

@azmicro.bsky.social @emorydeptofmed.bsky.social

#microbiome #bacteria #pathogens #microbiology

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Submit your abstract for the 6th Klebsiella Seminar Series until Friday 21st!
Registration is free!
Follow the link bellow!
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I had two grant proposals up for review in the NIH Bacterial Virulence (BV) study section. It was canceled without notice this morning.
Without those grants, my lab must close within a year.
And so the purge of scientific research in the US continues
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#MicroSky 🦠🧫🧪🧬🔬

After 6 wonderful years at Wake Forest School of Medicine the Zafar lab is now officially open at Emory School of Medicine in the dept. of microbiology and immunology!

A useful tool and a great thing to do...

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ASM did a spotlight article on me last February and it has also been taken down as “under review”. Other spotlight articles are still up so not sure how else to interpret this besides the obvious. It feels pretty crappy to have been singled out and I won’t be engaging with them in the future.

I am excited to announce our latest publication! We teamed up with @khullahalli.bsky.social to barcode Klebsiella and ask basic questions about bacteremia pathogenesis: 1) how are bacteria shared between sites and 2) which host and bacterial factors influence dynamics?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

It's that time of year! Registration and abstract submission for the 6th Klebsiella Seminar Series is now open. Participation is free and abstracts are due by February 16th. See the link below for details, and reach out to the organizers with any questions:
forms.gle/gxbvaC6FjzuS...
#KlebClub

Check out our latest publication aligning the MRSN panel biofilm and mucoid phenotypes to the genotypes in npj Biofilms and Microbiomes!

Special thanks to my collaborators on this work
@olayarendueles.bsky.social and Taj Azarian!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Excited for my first bluesky post announcing TWO openings for tenure track positions in virology! I am chair of the search committee and with a new department head Mike Gale we are in an exciting building phase.

Please share with anyone who might be interested: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/365...

Let's increase #klebclub chatter on 🔵🦋!
Klebsiella aficionados add your handle below and we will build a starter pack.

🔁 to spread the word

New commentary!🦠In this mSphere of Influence article, I talk about my fascination with host-pathogen interactions during systemic infection and highlight two studies that have been significant in developing this interest.

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