Harvard Microbial Sciences Initiative (MSI)

LAST CALL FOR TICKETS! Just 6 more days until the 21st Harvard Microbial Sciences annual symposium! Get your tickets at bit.ly/MSI_tix_2024 We've got amazing speakers, stunning SciArtists, and brilliant, fun-loving microbiologists like you! This year, for the first time, we have a "Fermented Food Fest" where you can try tasty fermented foods and drinks from around the world. Join us to feed your head and your belly (snacks and lunch are included). See you all there. @Harvard @HarvardMSI @WHOI @MITMicrobiome @MITMbiomeClub @BuMicrobiome @TuftsMedSchool @tuftsbiology @NUBioE1 @BiologyBC @ventmicrobes @UML_Biology @bioresearchclub @Ginkgo @NEBiolabs

The 2023 ASM agar art contest is now live! This year's theme is "Microbiology in Space." asm.org/Events/ASM-Aga…

Pls share: Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in Microbial Biology at UC Davis (mmg.ucdavis.edu). Deadline: October 17, 2023  recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF05986

Leading the way in research on antibiotic resistance! hms.harvard.edu/news/hms-resea…)

Look at these sample IDs, named after the chickens from which they came 😅 Fingers crossed 🤞 we get some Salmonella phages! Thanks to the chickens Steve Red Eye, LoveRockU RockMe, Bong Bud, and Red Ravioli. And @BrzozowskiRob

Happy one-year to the Hernandez Lab! @AHzRs

We are filling a new PhD position in #Soil Biogeochemistry @UNIL @FGSE_UNIL. SNF project on #climate change response of #carbon cycling in the #rhizosphere: lots of microbes and minerals. Start Jan 2024, or asap. @earth_jobs @Research_Jobss #phdone #phdposition. Info👇

Superb thought provoking presentation from @asyed at @HarvardMSI’s Friday morning chalk talk series. Lots of discussion!

Job hunting season is upon us! 💻🦠🧑‍🏫 Find opportunities based in New England and New York through the MSI Jobs Board: msi.harvard.edu/jobs-board

As promised here's my second "fun fact" about one our remarkable speakers, whose acting career began and ended in the 6th grade after s/he fainted and knocked down the entire set! Turns out s/he had pneumonia! Who is it? Join us at the @HarvardMSI symposium for the reveal.

@TheCameronLab @DuerkopLab @jkimmey @awyllie13 @ShenLabTufts @PaulaWelander @semarhyquinones @AnnaDumitriu @socialmicrobes @pgirguis @girguislab @Faecal_flora @HarvardMicro @BostonBacteria @TuftsMedSchool @BuMicrobiome @MITMbiomeClub @MITMicrobiome

📢Rich Losick to give the inaugural MSI Distinguished Achievement Lecture at this year's 20th Anniversary Symposium. mcb.harvard.edu/department/new…

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Rich Losick to Give Keynote at Microbial Sciences Initiative (MSI)’s 20th Anniversary Symposium @HarvardMSI ://www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/news/rich-losick-to-give-keynote-at-microbial-sciences-initiative-msis-20th-anniversary-symposium/

This year's MicroArt contest from @asm_tmc is now accepting applications! Submit your favorite #sciart for a chance to win up to $100 & the opportunity to be featured at the upcoming "MicroArt on Display" event during #ASMicrobe. Deadline May 1. asm.social/19t

Microbe-curious folk, as promised here's my first "fun fact" about one our remarkable speakers. This microbiologist ran over a skunk while on her or his bicycle. Who is it? Join us at the symposium to find out the truth. See you there! #MSIsymposium

For anyone in the greater Boston area - @awyllie13 will be presenting on the use of saliva for the detection of respiratory pathogens at this exciting event on Saturday, April 29th.

Dear microbe-curious folk, In anticipation of the 20th(!) annual @HarvardMSI symposium on April 29th, I will be sharing some "fun facts" about our remarkable speakers. Join us in person to learn which microbiologist hitchhiked to a Gordon Conference in Italy. :-). #MSIsymposium