David Tobin

🐟Get the inside scoop on the new and improved zebrafish genome assembly (including an 80% increase in non-coding genes!) in an article by Shawn Burgess. Read more here: www.izfs.org/newssplash/n... #IZFS #NewsSplash #zebrafish #genomeassembly

Duke Biology has two faculty positions we're searching for: 1) Assistant Professor in Cellular and Molecular Systems 2) Assistant Professor of the Practice with a focus on Ecology. See here the following link for more details and how to apply: biology.duke.edu/about-us/jobs

It's happening! NYUGSM Microbiology is hiring and I'd love to see more bacteriology here! Please repost and spread the word!

The deadline is approaching! NIH is proposing changes to how peer review is used in funding decisions and how outcomes are reported and they want to hear from you. Comments are due by October 13! Comment here: grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

How do cells sense tissue damage - and help their neighbors withstand it? Our new paper on the redox-sensitive 5-oxoETE lipid pathway shines light on this question. A huge THANK-YOU to all the colleagues and funding bodies that made this work possible! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

If you're looking for a department with exceptional science and a collegial atmosphere, please apply! Review of applications will start soon.

We're hiring - come join our amazing community! Faculty search in the Division of Experimental Pathology at @chopresearch.bsky.social. The successful candidate will hold a Penn faculty appointment, with full access to resources at both CHOP and @upenn.edu Please share! apply.interfolio.com/193339

Had a great time at #ZDM19 and #ZII9 presenting my postdoctoral work for the first time, and reconnecting with Duke and infection folks. Very grateful for the opportunity and this community, fish people are the best 🐟

Save the date! For the first time, ZDM will be hosted on the continent of Africa 🐟🌍 📆 27-29 September, 2027 📍 Stellenbosch University, South Africa #ZDM20 #ZDMS #DiseaseModels #zebrafish

What does patient involvement in cancer research really look like? Submit an article for the EACR Science Communication Prize 2026 @helloeacr.bsky.social. Enter by 9 November via magazine.eacr.org/what-does-pa...

Smith and Tobin lab contingent at a fantastic mycobacterial infection meeting at @pasteur.fr Inspiring to hear and see all the exciting work going on and be a part of this community in very strange times for research and public health.

Ten years ago Tami, Roy, and I released a movie we made of antibiotic resistance evolving in real time. I thought maybe a couple thousand people tops would see it. I couldn't have imagined it would be seen millions of times, and be taught from middle school through the graduate level worldwide

The US President's new proposal to tax international students has been approved by the White House for release this week. It's an unprecedented $100,000 tax on int'l grads who stay to work after graduation on Optional Practical Training (most grads do), a crucial bridge to remaining by any channel.

We are excited to offer a VIRTUAL option for #ZDM19 once again! Virtual Registration will give you access to all live ZDM19 talks as well as the recordings 🐟 #zebrafish Renew your membership and register today: www.zdmsociety.org/zdm19-regist... View the agenda: www.zdmsociety.org/monday-septe...

𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲: 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫, 𝐜𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐱 𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝑴. 𝒕𝒖𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒔 Our new @mbio.bsky.social paper shows that copper reaches intracellular M. tuberculosis and strongly induces CysK2, a cysteine synthase linking copper sensing to redox adaptation and persistence. 📖 shorturl.at/PSDbk

UNC Greensboro Department of Biology is hiring for three positions this year including one in microbiology! spartantalent.uncg.edu/postings/35918

Reposting this ongoing search (any discipline of biology) for an Assistant to Associate level colleague in the Division of Basic Sciences at Fred Hutch. Great city, great colleagues, great core facilities, great trainees.

We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow to join the team @ubcmicroimmuno.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca to study TB pathogenesis and host-directed therapy! Please help disseminate amongst your network. ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjo...

Interesting article about SigD/RsdA in M. abscesus. Some over lap with TB regulon and function, but also many differences. It will be interesting to see if the proteolytic processing of RsdA is also by a Rip1 S2P. Nice work! 🦠https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1012286

Agreed - some of the potential damage overlaps with what the OMB proposal is attempting to impose, but this proposal would create some distinct additional problems that are worth addressing head-on.

Given how NIH analyzed and presented feedback for the RFI around PI caps for # of awards (percent in favor, percent opposed was the top-line analysis) I suspect it’s important to respond in large numbers to this proposal. Can likely reuse many of the concerns about the broader OMB proposed rule.

US Zebrafish PIs: Your input is critical! An NIH R24 grant has been obtained to develop 60 small epitope tag knock-in genes as a resource for the zebrafish community. Please submit your input by Sep 18: upenn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #EpitopeTag #ZebrafishResource #ZebrafishSurvey

dicty.org is live, a rebuilt dictyBase. 13,892 gene records, 20 genomes, BLAST, enrichment, CRISPR and primer design, and the full Dicty Stock Center orderable from the site. Lots of new features to check out. This is a public beta, tell us what to fix. @dictybase.bsky.social #Dictyostelium

For innate T cell enthusiasts, happy to share our preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6.... We show that mycobacterial lipid–reactive CD1b-specific T cells transcriptionally resemble conventional CD4 T cells more than other innate-like T cells, challenging how we classify these T cells. #CD1b #GEM

Interesting new RNF213 story from Mary Dickinson and Jörn Coers @coerslab.bsky.social showing xenophagy-independent role for RNF213 in cell autonomous immune defense: antimicrobial lysis of inclusions and host cell death after release.

I am delighted to announce that The Department of Human Genetics at the University of Utah is continuing a multi-year recruiting initiative for multiple tenure-track faculty positions at the rank of Assistant Professor. Please share and consider applying! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/208...

New facets of eicosanoid signaling in TB: crosstalk with a specialized population of granuloma-associated fibroblasts. Happy to share new work led by Erika Hughes, with @charliejpyle.bsky.social and many other wonderful collaborators not on BlueSky.

Stanford Medicine’s Microbiology & Immunology Department (my home department) opened a job search for a tenure-track assistant professor position. Candidates interested in any and all areas of microbiology and/or immunology are encouraged to apply. facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/assista...

Cool paper and technique from Shumin Tan’s lab at Tufts to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis transcripts in situ by HCR-FISH.

The Rawls Lab is hiring! We are seeking a motivated research technician to support cutting-edge studies in gastrointestinal physiology using zebrafish & mice. To learn more about this hands-on & in-person position at Duke University in Durham NC, click here: careers.duke.edu/job/Durham-R...

Congratulations, @jeffreyafarrell.bsky.social, on winning the @socdevbio.bsky.social #2026SDB Elizabeth D. Hay New Investigator Award! Learn more about Jeff's science and career in his @dev-journal.bsky.social interview with @saanjbati.bsky.social.

Please repost! #microsky🦠 The Glickman Lab at MSK is recruiting! Projects in Mtb pathogenesis, basic biology of mycobacteria, and mycobacterial cancer therapies. See our publications here: tinyurl.com/3f386f4x Send CV and cover letter to: glickmanmycolab@gmail.com

🚨 Early bird pricing for registration to #ZDM19 ends today! We hope you can join us in Oxford 🤗 More details here: www.zdmsociety.org/zdm19-regist...

Loss of O-antigen due to wbbL mutations is common and associated with increased mortality in Escherichia coli bloodstream infections | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Annual killifish continue to surprise us: they make neutrophils before almost every other cell type, even before gastrulation. Neutrophils usually arise from the lateral plate mesoderm (forming in cyan), but in killifish they are already patrolling around the embryo in gold. tinyurl.com/killiphil

Pls share: U of Washington has an opening for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor. This position is expected to specialize in molecular virology or bacteriology. Here is a link: microbiology.washington.edu/index.php/ne...

Faculty search announcement 2026: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Microbiology at UT Southwestern in Dallas. We seek candidates working in microbial pathogenesis (broadly defined). Come join our community! (1/5) www.utsouthwestern.edu/departments/...

New paper in collaboration with @proftracypalmer.bsky.social, @lislowe.bsky.social and many more. We show that mycobacteria produce Type VII secreted anti-bacterial protein toxins. Excited to explore this new area of mycobacterial biology. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Very excited about our recent preprint- @lindashuyingxu.bsky.social and collabs discover that neutrophils repurpose their nucleolus for storage of pre-made IFN-I to be rapidly released via a nucleolar stress response that results in nucleolar extrusion and secretion. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Our Dept of Microbiology & Immunology @Geisel School of Medicine @Dartmouth has an opening for an Assistant Professor. Looking for programs bridging multiple areas in Micro & Immuno. A great place to be! Programs: www.M2P2.org www.dartmouthbiofilm.org Job ad: apply.interfolio.com/187637

Exclusive: The National Science Foundation is trimming this year’s budgets for hundreds of its traditional basic science programs by roughly 20% to 30%, even though its overall budget is down just 3%. https://scim.ag/4xY2KCm

The M&I Department is looking for a new faculty member with a passion for teaching graduate and medical students to join us at UofL - see the link 👇. We have a thriving collegial department in a great city. Email me if you have questions. I will also be at Microbe in June to talk more. Join us😀.

Easy link for comment submission: www.regulations.gov/document/OMB... Also send a copy to your congresspeople!

Thrilled to announce that the Department of Microbiology at the University of Washington, School of Medicine is hiring at the Assistant Professor level (tenure-track)! The Pacific Northwest is an awesome place to live and do science 🧪🦠. Join us! apply.interfolio.com/185622 Applications due 8/1.

For anyone who is a scientist or has benefitted from basic research on model organisms (that's EVERYONE), please take the time to leave a comment about priority 1 here: rfi.grants.nih.gov?s=6998c3a23e... by the deadline May 28! I know I wouldn't be here today without modern medicine

Cool new granuloma findings we just published in JCF in collaboration with Ravi Karra’s Lab, here at Duke. Tilmanocept, a cancer diagnostic, can be repurposed to identify cardiac sarcoidosis granulomas, which could be a noninvasive alternative to diagnostic biopsy! onlinejcf.com/article/S107...