Dana Shaw
@shawlab.bsky.social
Associate Professor at WSU studying how and why ticks transmit disease 🦠🕷🩸🧬🧫
www.shawlab.org
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Dana Shaw
@shawlab.bsky.social
· Jun 17
Thrilled to see this out in PNAS today!!🎉 Big congratulations to graduate student @kaylee-vosbigian.bsky.social on her first, first-author paper!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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We’re also hiring a Research Tech: jobs.jhu.edu/job-invite/1...
Research Technologist (Molecular Microbiology & Immunology)
Research Technologist (Molecular Microbiology & Immunology)
jobs.jhu.edu
October 9, 2025 at 12:54 AM
We’re also hiring a Research Tech: jobs.jhu.edu/job-invite/1...
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The O'Neal Lab in @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social is hiring a Lab Manager to work on ticks and tick-borne diseases! You can apply here: jobs.jhu.edu/job-invite/1...
Laboratory Manager (Molecular Microbiology & Immunology)
Laboratory Manager (Molecular Microbiology & Immunology)
jobs.jhu.edu
October 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The O'Neal Lab in @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social is hiring a Lab Manager to work on ticks and tick-borne diseases! You can apply here: jobs.jhu.edu/job-invite/1...
Check these guys out! #MicroSky #LymeDisease
You’ve heard of #Lymedisease, but have you ever seen the bacteria that causes it? 🦠 Borrelia burgdorferi, the spiral-shaped culprit transmitted by ticks, swims with a creepy wriggling motion and uses #chemotaxis to navigate. Both fascinating... and disgusting #Microsky 🧪 #IDsky @shawlab.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Check these guys out! #MicroSky #LymeDisease
Happy to share the latest pub from our lab!
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
We found that reservoir host species, Peromyscus leucopus, develop acquired tick resistance against larval Ixodes scapularis, which reduces tick feeding success and affects pathogen ingestion by larvae.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
We found that reservoir host species, Peromyscus leucopus, develop acquired tick resistance against larval Ixodes scapularis, which reduces tick feeding success and affects pathogen ingestion by larvae.
Acquired tick resistance in Peromyscus leucopus alters Ixodes scapularis infection | Infection and Immunity
The incidence of tick-borne disease in the United States has been on the rise over
the last decade, with 50,865 cases reported in 2019 increasing to 73,384 cases in
2022 (1). However, passive surveill...
journals.asm.org
September 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Happy to share the latest pub from our lab!
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
We found that reservoir host species, Peromyscus leucopus, develop acquired tick resistance against larval Ixodes scapularis, which reduces tick feeding success and affects pathogen ingestion by larvae.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
We found that reservoir host species, Peromyscus leucopus, develop acquired tick resistance against larval Ixodes scapularis, which reduces tick feeding success and affects pathogen ingestion by larvae.
Check out the latest Nature Microbiology Journal Club article written by Cameron Coyle spotlighting the diverse roles that tick haemocytes have in arthropod immunity and fitness!
This piece highlights @rolandelliagus.bsky.social and Joao Pedra’s work, linked here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This piece highlights @rolandelliagus.bsky.social and Joao Pedra’s work, linked here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
August 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Check out the latest Nature Microbiology Journal Club article written by Cameron Coyle spotlighting the diverse roles that tick haemocytes have in arthropod immunity and fitness!
This piece highlights @rolandelliagus.bsky.social and Joao Pedra’s work, linked here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This piece highlights @rolandelliagus.bsky.social and Joao Pedra’s work, linked here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Sunday funday 🤩 🚲 🏊🏻♀️
August 11, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Sunday funday 🤩 🚲 🏊🏻♀️
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NIH wants to hear from you. No really.
Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-138: Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs NOT-OD-25-138. NIH
grants.nih.gov
July 31, 2025 at 3:21 AM
NIH wants to hear from you. No really.
Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln is hiring an Assistant Professor specializing in insect systematics. Opportunities like this are rare and valuable! (Not many jobs like this out there!) Spread the word to anyone who might be interested or benefit.
#entomology #science #sciencejobs #bugsky 🧪
#entomology #science #sciencejobs #bugsky 🧪
June 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
University of Nebraska-Lincoln is hiring an Assistant Professor specializing in insect systematics. Opportunities like this are rare and valuable! (Not many jobs like this out there!) Spread the word to anyone who might be interested or benefit.
#entomology #science #sciencejobs #bugsky 🧪
#entomology #science #sciencejobs #bugsky 🧪
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The Tiny Thieves Inside Every Tick Bite
Every summer, millions of Americans venture into tall grass and wooded trails, unknowingly walking into microscopic crime scenes. Inside the ticks waiting in that vegetation, bacteria are pulling off one of nature's most elegant heists—turning their hosts'…
Every summer, millions of Americans venture into tall grass and wooded trails, unknowingly walking into microscopic crime scenes. Inside the ticks waiting in that vegetation, bacteria are pulling off one of nature's most elegant heists—turning their hosts'…
The Tiny Thieves Inside Every Tick Bite
Every summer, millions of Americans venture into tall grass and wooded trails, unknowingly walking into microscopic crime scenes. Inside the ticks waiting in that vegetation, bacteria are pulling off one of nature's most elegant heists—turning their hosts' own cellular machinery into accomplices. New research reveals exactly how the microbes behind Lyme disease and anaplasmosis hijack tick biology to fuel their spread.
scienceblog.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The Tiny Thieves Inside Every Tick Bite
Every summer, millions of Americans venture into tall grass and wooded trails, unknowingly walking into microscopic crime scenes. Inside the ticks waiting in that vegetation, bacteria are pulling off one of nature's most elegant heists—turning their hosts'…
Every summer, millions of Americans venture into tall grass and wooded trails, unknowingly walking into microscopic crime scenes. Inside the ticks waiting in that vegetation, bacteria are pulling off one of nature's most elegant heists—turning their hosts'…
Thrilled to see this out in PNAS today!!🎉 Big congratulations to graduate student @kaylee-vosbigian.bsky.social on her first, first-author paper!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
June 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Thrilled to see this out in PNAS today!!🎉 Big congratulations to graduate student @kaylee-vosbigian.bsky.social on her first, first-author paper!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Spring evening on the Palouse with my best girl
April 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Spring evening on the Palouse with my best girl
Repping the WSU CVM today at the Pullman science rally! #standupforscience
March 8, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Repping the WSU CVM today at the Pullman science rally! #standupforscience
Proud of this crew! #standupforscience #MicroSky
March 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Proud of this crew! #standupforscience #MicroSky
Wanted to highlight the incredible efforts by graduate student Siena Glenn in our lab in helping organize our local #standupforscience
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dfY...
#MicroSky #Microbiology @shawlab.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dfY...
#MicroSky #Microbiology @shawlab.bsky.social
'Stand Up for Science' Pullman- Local Scientists join national march against federal budget cuts
YouTube video by Emily Schmalz
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March 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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If you have been affected by the fires in LA, or are concerned about your ability to keep precious Drosophila strains going during the latest funding crisis, we will host your strains as a backup. Please email me.
Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.
Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.
January 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
If you have been affected by the fires in LA, or are concerned about your ability to keep precious Drosophila strains going during the latest funding crisis, we will host your strains as a backup. Please email me.
Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.
Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.
Very happy to share the latest preprint from my lab led by Kaylee Vosbigian @kaylee-vosbigian.bsky.social ! We found that Anaplasma activates the ATF6 branch of the unfolded protein response in Ixodes ticks to facilitate cholesterol uptake for growth and survival. #MicroSky #Anaplasma #ticks
ATF6 enables pathogen infection in ticks by inducing stomatin and altering cholesterol dynamics https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.08.632023v1
January 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Very happy to share the latest preprint from my lab led by Kaylee Vosbigian @kaylee-vosbigian.bsky.social ! We found that Anaplasma activates the ATF6 branch of the unfolded protein response in Ixodes ticks to facilitate cholesterol uptake for growth and survival. #MicroSky #Anaplasma #ticks
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December 16, 2024 at 3:21 PM
And now the actual card 🎄
December 13, 2024 at 10:13 PM
And now the actual card 🎄
Happy Holidays from the Shaw lab!
December 13, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Happy Holidays from the Shaw lab!
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November 14, 2024 at 3:54 PM
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Excited to see many in the bacterial pathogenesis community joining here in the last few weeks, so here's a Starter Pack to help make connections. Reply/DM to be added to this or future Packs. #Microsky go.bsky.app/VH64BaY
November 17, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Excited to see many in the bacterial pathogenesis community joining here in the last few weeks, so here's a Starter Pack to help make connections. Reply/DM to be added to this or future Packs. #Microsky go.bsky.app/VH64BaY
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I tried making one of these "starter packs" for Parasitology peeps :)
Feel free to extend the gap!!
go.bsky.app/JWGLWrd
Feel free to extend the gap!!
go.bsky.app/JWGLWrd
November 10, 2024 at 3:50 PM
I tried making one of these "starter packs" for Parasitology peeps :)
Feel free to extend the gap!!
go.bsky.app/JWGLWrd
Feel free to extend the gap!!
go.bsky.app/JWGLWrd
Reposted by Dana Shaw
Made a starter package for vector-borne disease folks! Please feel free to comment if you'd like to be added or see somebody missing. This is just the start and grabbed as many as I could quickly find! 🦟 go.bsky.app/U8D4FV2
November 7, 2024 at 10:51 PM
Made a starter package for vector-borne disease folks! Please feel free to comment if you'd like to be added or see somebody missing. This is just the start and grabbed as many as I could quickly find! 🦟 go.bsky.app/U8D4FV2