Why do males and females differ in infection outcomes?
In the latest #GENETICS study, Alexandra Hrdina and @iatsenkolab.bsky.social show sex bias in nutritional immunity where differences in iron sequestration shape resistance outcome to infection in #Drosophila.🪰
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Led by a talented PhD student, Alexandra (not on BlueSky), and supported by the @dfg.de
#AcademicSky #insect #symbiosky #NutritionalImmunity #HostPathogen
Why do males and females differ in infection outcomes?
In our study just published in #GENETICS @genetics-gsa.bsky.social using #Drosophila melanogaster, we show that #sexdifferences in nutritional #immunity - specifically iron sequestration—shape resistance to #infection by Providencia.
📢 Voices in Infection Biology
Join us next week for a talk by @kimingeneva.bsky.social on the pathogenesis of Enterococcus faecalis biofilm-associated infection, kindly hosted by @iatsenkolab.bsky.social.
🗓️ June 17
🕓 4 pm
📍 on-site (Berlin)
Talk info: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/events/45939...
We have a PhD position in Leiden within our #ERCSyG @microclockerc.bsky.social project to dissect circadian clocks in bacterial biofilms
We are looking for candidates with optogenetics, single cell microscopy and image analysis background
Application deadline 12 June 2026
👉 edu.nl/cqra3
We’re hiring! 🇸🇪🔬
Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Prokaryotic Microbiology (molecular focus) at Stockholm University.
Supportive environment + strong molecular research
👉https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:921526/type:job/where:125/apply:1
Please share!!
Paying peer reviewers works.
Expanded Fast & Fair experiment @biologyopen.bsky.social:
• 5.5 vs 37.7 working days to decision with reviews
• ~3 vs ~9 reviewer invitations per manuscript
• no reduction in editor-assessed review quality
• similar acceptance rates
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
A short, informal intro to Drosophila genetics (with a French accent 🇫🇷): key concepts & techniques for new lab members.
www.epfl.ch/labs/lemaitr...
Pls share: Early Decision Deadline approaching (June 15th)- submit your abstracts! In addition to a great list of invited speakers, we anticipate selecting ~30 abstracts more for talks. Keen to highlight early career scientists. aegeanconferences.org/conferences/...
You are an ambitious young scientist, on the verge to independence, in a research field related to our Cluster of Excellence @cmfi.bsky.social “Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections”? Join our vibrant, interactive scientific community in Tubingen. Repost and apply!
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Abstract. Host sexual dimorphism in the outcome of infections is a ubiquitous phenomenon across taxa. However, the immunological differences between males