Huge congrats to @kaylee-vosbigian.bsky.social on successfully defending her PhD today!!
#ProudPI #GoCougs

🚨 Postdoc opportunity with Lucas Tirloni at RML to work on tick biology, host–pathogen interactions, and functional genomics! 🕷

Details and how to apply below.

Assistant/Associate Professor - Vector-borne Disease (VMP) Online applications must be received before 11:59pm on: March 3, 2026 If a date is not listed above, review the Applicant Instructions below for more details. Available Title(s): 270-NN_FACULTY - Assi...

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My department at Washington State University is recruiting an Assistant or Associate Professor in vector-borne disease 🕷️🦟🦠

Full job description is linked below.

Come join us on the Palouse!

Pediatric Infectious Diseases/Microbiology - Professor Series (tenure track/tenure), Open Rank University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!

🚨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!

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New preprint! 🚨 Park and colleagues show that the Tr1 transcriptional factor is a master regulator of genes that are critical for A. phagocytophilum adaptation to the tick!
#microsky #ticks #TickBorneDisease #Anaplasma

Little half replete larva stuck on a water droplet 😍

Video cred: Cameron Coyle

We’re also hiring a Research Tech: jobs.jhu.edu/job-invite/1...

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...

💯 These guys are fascinating - I could watch them swim around all day!

Check these guys out! #MicroSky #LymeDisease

These results indicate that ATR could impact Ixodes population dynamics, prevalence of infected ticks, and pathogen circulation in the wild!

When challenged with Borrelia or Anaplasma, larvae fed on sensitized mice ingested more bacteria. Notably, although sex did not impact larval feeding success, it did influence pathogen load in the tick, suggesting that undefined variables between male and female mice influence transmission dynamics.

Ticks fed on sensitized mice ingested more host leukocytes when compared to those fed on naïve hosts, which rarely ingested nucleated cells.

…with an influx of basophils, eosinophils, neutrophils, and T lymphocytes

Mice exhibited increasingly severe inflammation at tick bite sites...

Repeated I. scapularis larval infestations on P. leucopus lead to reduced feeding success (over 50%) and decreased blood meal weight.

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...

Happy to share the latest pub from our lab!

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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...

Sunday funday 🤩 🚲 🏊🏻‍♀️

NIH wants to hear from you. No really.

Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs
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A professional job announcement flyer from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln advertising the position of Assistant Professor in Insect Systematics. The flyer is divided into sections detailing the job description, required qualifications, and responsibilities, including research, teaching, service, and collaboration. The layout uses red and grey colors, includes a university logo, and prominently features a vibrant photo of an orange and black butterfly resting on a plant. A QR code is present for easy access to application details.

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 🧪

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.

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'…

Thrilled to see this out in PNAS today!!🎉 Big congratulations to graduate student @kaylee-vosbigian.bsky.social on her first, first-author paper!

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Tips For Preventing And Treating Tick Bites Summer is tick season. The Onion shares tips for protecting yourself from ticks and the diseases that they carry. Wear long sleeves and tall socks when volunteering at the local tick shelter. Hike in ...

Pro-tips for this summer:

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Spring evening on the Palouse with my best girl

Repping the WSU CVM today at the Pullman science rally! #standupforscience

Proud of this crew! #standupforscience #MicroSky

#standupforscience #microsky

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.