Rachel Whitaker

We have extended the deadline to apply for two Assistant/Associate Prof in Microbiology positions at the University of Illinois through November! Come to the home of the Archaea! tinyurl.com/55aumzdt

Potential postdocs interested in community transmission of antibiotic resistance consider applying for an IGB fellowship to work with IGOH and other themes. igb.illinois.edu/article/apply-….

Very happy to share our recent work from @RachelJWhitaker lab, in which we identified a set of viral-encoded genes that produce archaeal toxins. It was a great pleasure to work with my colleagues Samantha J. DeWerff and John Schneider. Congratulations! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

So excited that this innovative opportunity is moving forward thanks to our amazing new faculty in Microbiology at Illinois @PamelaPMartinez forms.illinois.edu/sec/970122078

Great work Pamela!! So impressed!

@JulesDeep @carolinloescher @EuroGeosciences @theAGU @microbesatMBL @MBLScience Microbial Diversity is planning to run this year with the reduced class admitted for last summer.

@carolinloescher @EuroGeosciences @theAGU My understanding is @microbesatMBL @MBLScience plans to be run this summer, probably at reduced capacity? Worth asking since it is an amazing course!

Shout out to Studying life at the extremes nature.com/articles/d4158…

Glad to have worked long hours with this generous group of colleagues, community members and volunteers to do our small part in pandemic response. news.illinois.edu/view/6367/6051…

H/T @gbaucom + others. The @NatureComms paper further disenfrachises women PIs & risks very small gains on gender parity made over past few years. I know this is a crazy busy time, but if anyone is interested in helping craft a rebuttal, please DM me. 1/

Excited to share our latest on CRISPR structure and dynamics. Fabulous collaborators made this lots of fun. rdcu.be/b8IW0

So excited to start this new adventure with an amazing group of scientists. They are all GEMS! igb.illinois.edu/article/collab…

Well said! Women in science are battling both Covid-19 and the patriarchy timeshighereducation.com/blog/women-sci… via @timeshighered

A reminder that not ALL viruses are bad for their hosts. mbio.asm.org/content/11/2/e…

Come join Microbiology's next wave! Cluster hire at University of Illinois. go.illinois.edu/MSIHires

Fantastic work @czhangbio and @rwipfler! Revealing S-layer Functions in the Hyperthermophilic Crenarchaeon Sulfolobus islandicus biorxiv.org/content/early/…

Deadline is fast approaching for this position. Includes general host-microbe/virus interactions. jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/483567/pos…

At long last our paper will see the light of day. Enjoy! biorxiv.org/content/early/…

Last call for applications to the Microbial Diversity Course! The deadline is February 1st! mbl.edu/education/cour…

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