Stefan Oehlers
@oehlerslab.org
Principal Investigator, Bacterial Pathogenesis Lab (A*STAR ID Labs, Singapore)
@astar-idlabs.bsky.social
Zebrafish models of infection and immunity
www.oehlerslab.org
@astar-idlabs.bsky.social
Zebrafish models of infection and immunity
www.oehlerslab.org
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Stefan Oehlers
@oehlerslab.org
· Aug 7
Telomerase reverse transcriptase is required for resistance to mycobacterial infection
Age is an important risk factor for infections such as tuberculosis (TB). Telomerase is expressed in immune cells yet leukocyte telomere length declines during ageing suggesting an age-dependent loss ...
www.biorxiv.org
Our follow up paper exploring tert in the context of infection: Telomerase reverse transcriptase is required for resistance to mycobacterial infection www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Dear all, our postdoctoral job offer (24 months) to study cellular biology of Nocardia species poorly explored human pathogenic bacteria, is now open it IRIM, Montpellier France. Starting date January 2027 (negotiable).
Please see the job description and procedure to apply here :
lnkd.in/epMMMKBM
Please see the job description and procedure to apply here :
lnkd.in/epMMMKBM
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October 5, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Dear all, our postdoctoral job offer (24 months) to study cellular biology of Nocardia species poorly explored human pathogenic bacteria, is now open it IRIM, Montpellier France. Starting date January 2027 (negotiable).
Please see the job description and procedure to apply here :
lnkd.in/epMMMKBM
Please see the job description and procedure to apply here :
lnkd.in/epMMMKBM
I won't be awake for this, but great opportunity for the Atlantic side of the zebrafish community
The ZDMS Early Career Investigator (ECI) Committee is excited to invite trainees, graduate students, postdocs, and early career PIs to submit abstracts for our upcoming ZDMS ECI Webinar!
📅 Webinar: November 5, 2026
⏰ 10:00-11:00 AM ET
📝 Abstract submission deadline: October 8, 2026 (11:59 PM ET)
📅 Webinar: November 5, 2026
⏰ 10:00-11:00 AM ET
📝 Abstract submission deadline: October 8, 2026 (11:59 PM ET)
October 8, 2026 at 8:47 AM
I won't be awake for this, but great opportunity for the Atlantic side of the zebrafish community
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The ZDMS Early Career Investigator (ECI) Committee is excited to invite trainees, graduate students, postdocs, and early career PIs to submit abstracts for our upcoming ZDMS ECI Webinar!
📅 Webinar: November 5, 2026
⏰ 10:00-11:00 AM ET
📝 Abstract submission deadline: October 8, 2026 (11:59 PM ET)
📅 Webinar: November 5, 2026
⏰ 10:00-11:00 AM ET
📝 Abstract submission deadline: October 8, 2026 (11:59 PM ET)
October 1, 2026 at 5:53 PM
The ZDMS Early Career Investigator (ECI) Committee is excited to invite trainees, graduate students, postdocs, and early career PIs to submit abstracts for our upcoming ZDMS ECI Webinar!
📅 Webinar: November 5, 2026
⏰ 10:00-11:00 AM ET
📝 Abstract submission deadline: October 8, 2026 (11:59 PM ET)
📅 Webinar: November 5, 2026
⏰ 10:00-11:00 AM ET
📝 Abstract submission deadline: October 8, 2026 (11:59 PM ET)
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Pls share:The Department of Microbiology at the University of Georgia invites applications for a tenure track Associate or Full professor position in Medical Mycology, beginning August 1, 2027. www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/508...
Associate Professor or Professor of Microbiology in Medical Mycology
The Department of Microbiology at the University of Georgia invites applications for a nine-month, tenure-track position in Medical Mycology at the rank of Associate or Full Professor, with an anticip...
www.ugajobsearch.com
October 7, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Pls share:The Department of Microbiology at the University of Georgia invites applications for a tenure track Associate or Full professor position in Medical Mycology, beginning August 1, 2027. www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/508...
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👉 The Niethammer lab has two postdoctoral openings. We’re looking for researchers interested in how organelle mechanotransduction and redox signaling shape early responses to tissue injury. If interested, please reach out to me with a CV and letter of intent written in your own words (🚫 AI).
September 28, 2026 at 3:48 PM
👉 The Niethammer lab has two postdoctoral openings. We’re looking for researchers interested in how organelle mechanotransduction and redox signaling shape early responses to tissue injury. If interested, please reach out to me with a CV and letter of intent written in your own words (🚫 AI).
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Biopolis to NTU = 20 km, also the average run distance difference between our lab members
Has @astar-idlabs.bsky.social been focused on the wrong microbial fitness competitions?
Has @astar-idlabs.bsky.social been focused on the wrong microbial fitness competitions?
Very tough race in Malaysia by #UTMB. 25.9K and 1012mD+. Anxious before but happy after 6h18'58".
September 15, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Biopolis to NTU = 20 km, also the average run distance difference between our lab members
Has @astar-idlabs.bsky.social been focused on the wrong microbial fitness competitions?
Has @astar-idlabs.bsky.social been focused on the wrong microbial fitness competitions?
And the mid-Atlantic's craziest bus-driving, cross country skier on the Wintergreen slopes @drvaldivia.bsky.social!
Congratulations to Heran Darwin (@heran.bsky.social), Arturo Casadevall (acasadevall1.bsky.social), and all of the ASM awardees!
asm.org/press-releas...
@asm.org
asm.org/press-releas...
@asm.org
ASM Names 2027 Awards and Prize Program Honorees
ASM announces the recipients of its 2027 Awards and Prize Program. The awards recognize leading scientists and researchers in the microbial sciences for outstanding accomplishments and contributions.
asm.org
September 11, 2026 at 1:21 AM
And the mid-Atlantic's craziest bus-driving, cross country skier on the Wintergreen slopes @drvaldivia.bsky.social!
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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...
ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjo...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Host-Pathogen Interactions & Host-Directed Therapeutics
Academic Job Category Faculty Non Bargaining Job Title Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Host-Pathogen Interactions & Host-Directed Therapeutics Department Research I Sun I Department of Microbiology...
ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com
September 9, 2026 at 12:26 AM
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...
ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjo...
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Apply to do a PhD at @sangerinstitute.bsky.social with me on global genomics of Mycobacterium abscessus
bbsrcdtp.lifesci.cam.ac.uk/project-refe...
About the scheme:
bbsrcdtp.lifesci.cam.ac.uk/application-...
bbsrcdtp.lifesci.cam.ac.uk/project-refe...
About the scheme:
bbsrcdtp.lifesci.cam.ac.uk/application-...
Project Reference: TRG27-SAN-JB1 | Cambridge Biosciences DTP PhD Programme
bbsrcdtp.lifesci.cam.ac.uk
September 7, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Apply to do a PhD at @sangerinstitute.bsky.social with me on global genomics of Mycobacterium abscessus
bbsrcdtp.lifesci.cam.ac.uk/project-refe...
About the scheme:
bbsrcdtp.lifesci.cam.ac.uk/application-...
bbsrcdtp.lifesci.cam.ac.uk/project-refe...
About the scheme:
bbsrcdtp.lifesci.cam.ac.uk/application-...
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So honoured to have been invited as a keynote for the Zebrafish Infection and Immunity meeting. Even more excited to hear updates from the other 2 keynotes Prof Jelena Bezbradica Mirkovic and Dr @oehlerslab.org !
Looking forward to catching up with the community!
www.zebrafishinfection.co.uk
Looking forward to catching up with the community!
www.zebrafishinfection.co.uk
September 5, 2026 at 11:53 AM
So honoured to have been invited as a keynote for the Zebrafish Infection and Immunity meeting. Even more excited to hear updates from the other 2 keynotes Prof Jelena Bezbradica Mirkovic and Dr @oehlerslab.org !
Looking forward to catching up with the community!
www.zebrafishinfection.co.uk
Looking forward to catching up with the community!
www.zebrafishinfection.co.uk
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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.
Host eicosanoid signals define a granuloma fibroblast population that coordinates mycobacterial containment
Hughes et al. find that the TB susceptibility gene lta4h contributes to the recruitment
and differentiation of a discrete set of fibroblasts that populate the periphery of
mycobacterial granulomas in ...
www.cell.com
August 28, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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.
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Ready to take the next step in your research career? 👨🔬
We're seeking an outstanding researcher to establish an independent research program as an EMBL Australia Group Leader at the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI) @monashuniversity.bsky.social
🗓️ Apply by 2 October
🔗 bit.ly/4qHYtjb
We're seeking an outstanding researcher to establish an independent research program as an EMBL Australia Group Leader at the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI) @monashuniversity.bsky.social
🗓️ Apply by 2 October
🔗 bit.ly/4qHYtjb
August 28, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Ready to take the next step in your research career? 👨🔬
We're seeking an outstanding researcher to establish an independent research program as an EMBL Australia Group Leader at the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI) @monashuniversity.bsky.social
🗓️ Apply by 2 October
🔗 bit.ly/4qHYtjb
We're seeking an outstanding researcher to establish an independent research program as an EMBL Australia Group Leader at the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI) @monashuniversity.bsky.social
🗓️ Apply by 2 October
🔗 bit.ly/4qHYtjb
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We've strangely seen this before... 🤔 #zebrafish
August 28, 2026 at 8:56 AM
We've strangely seen this before... 🤔 #zebrafish
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So excited my PhD work is finally out! A huge collaborative effort of the Ruprecht lab, especially of my co-authors @laurafbianchi.bsky.social & @hannamariahakkinen.bsky.social
Check below Laura's thread if you want to know more about E-cadherin novel and unexpected role in epithelial phagocytosis
Check below Laura's thread if you want to know more about E-cadherin novel and unexpected role in epithelial phagocytosis
Ever wondered how epithelial cells clear apoptotic cells while maintaining tissue cohesion?🍝🔗 Check our new paper in which we show that E-cadherin plays a dual role in regulating basal cortex dynamics upon phagocytosis while maintaining connected tissue organization www.nature.com/articles/s41...
De novo E-cadherin/catenin complex formation controls basal epithelial mechanics and force transmission for apoptotic cell clearance - Nature Communications
Epithelial cells remodel their shape during phagocytosis while preserving tissue cohesion. Here, authors show that the E-cadherin/catenin adhesion complex is repurposed at phagocytic contacts, where i...
www.nature.com
August 27, 2026 at 11:12 AM
So excited my PhD work is finally out! A huge collaborative effort of the Ruprecht lab, especially of my co-authors @laurafbianchi.bsky.social & @hannamariahakkinen.bsky.social
Check below Laura's thread if you want to know more about E-cadherin novel and unexpected role in epithelial phagocytosis
Check below Laura's thread if you want to know more about E-cadherin novel and unexpected role in epithelial phagocytosis
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Looking for a postdoc lab?
The @ditalialab.bsky.social is a fantastic place to think deeply about fundamental problems in biology using quantitative approaches. I feel incredibly fortunate to have done my PhD here & to have learned from such an insightful and supportive mentor - please 🔁 & apply!
The @ditalialab.bsky.social is a fantastic place to think deeply about fundamental problems in biology using quantitative approaches. I feel incredibly fortunate to have done my PhD here & to have learned from such an insightful and supportive mentor - please 🔁 & apply!
August 25, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Looking for a postdoc lab?
The @ditalialab.bsky.social is a fantastic place to think deeply about fundamental problems in biology using quantitative approaches. I feel incredibly fortunate to have done my PhD here & to have learned from such an insightful and supportive mentor - please 🔁 & apply!
The @ditalialab.bsky.social is a fantastic place to think deeply about fundamental problems in biology using quantitative approaches. I feel incredibly fortunate to have done my PhD here & to have learned from such an insightful and supportive mentor - please 🔁 & apply!
The purist's dichotomy of biological states in the lab 🧪
FFPE and not yet FFPE.
August 24, 2026 at 2:09 AM
The purist's dichotomy of biological states in the lab 🧪
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Find out how RNA control your immune system! The Renshaw Lab (Sheffield) are hiring TWO PDRAs to study RNA-binding protein ELAVL1 in neutrophils using human cells, #zebrafish, multi-omics. Closes 26/8
Wet lab-based: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSK873/r...
Bioinformatics-based: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSK931/r...
Wet lab-based: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSK873/r...
Bioinformatics-based: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSK931/r...
August 22, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Find out how RNA control your immune system! The Renshaw Lab (Sheffield) are hiring TWO PDRAs to study RNA-binding protein ELAVL1 in neutrophils using human cells, #zebrafish, multi-omics. Closes 26/8
Wet lab-based: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSK873/r...
Bioinformatics-based: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSK931/r...
Wet lab-based: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSK873/r...
Bioinformatics-based: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSK931/r...
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👉1/3 We are looking for a research technician to join our lab at Sloan Kettering Institute in New York City. This is an ideal position for a recent college graduate (e.g., from the NYC area) interested in basic biology and gaining hands-on research experience before graduate or medical school.
August 20, 2026 at 5:54 PM
👉1/3 We are looking for a research technician to join our lab at Sloan Kettering Institute in New York City. This is an ideal position for a recent college graduate (e.g., from the NYC area) interested in basic biology and gaining hands-on research experience before graduate or medical school.
Continuing my "people I hung out with 10 years ago" on podcasts, it's @thehornerlab.bsky.social on the Immune podcast! I never knew she ran track, mid 2010s era @tobinlab.bsky.social should have thrown down a lab v lab stadium stairs run challenge
www.microbe.tv/immune/immun...
www.microbe.tv/immune/immun...
Immune Booster 34: Decoding antiviral signaling networks with Stacy Horner
Stacy Horner discusses her work on innate detection of viruses, viral countermeasures, and the role of m(6)A RNA modifications in regulating antiviral immunity.
www.microbe.tv
August 20, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Continuing my "people I hung out with 10 years ago" on podcasts, it's @thehornerlab.bsky.social on the Immune podcast! I never knew she ran track, mid 2010s era @tobinlab.bsky.social should have thrown down a lab v lab stadium stairs run challenge
www.microbe.tv/immune/immun...
www.microbe.tv/immune/immun...
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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...
Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Immunology - Stanford University, California, United States
The Department of Microbiology & Immunology at Stanford University seeks applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level in the University Tenure Line. We seek ou...
facultypositions.stanford.edu
August 19, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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...
Bacteriology postdoc in IRIM, Montpellier. Great location and institute! Better preserved collection of Roman infrastructure in the region than anywhere else I've been.
We expect to have an open postdoctoral position this fall to investigate the cellular biology of Nocardia species. The ideal candidate will have completed their PhD recently or will finish it soon 1/5
August 19, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Bacteriology postdoc in IRIM, Montpellier. Great location and institute! Better preserved collection of Roman infrastructure in the region than anywhere else I've been.
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Submit your abstract by 8/20 for the 6th Zebrafish for Personalized & Precision Medicine ( #ZPPM ) Conference taking place November 13-15 in Zhongshan, China! Learn more: zppm.zebrapeutics.com
#Zebrafish #ZebrafishMeeting #PrecisionMedicine
#Zebrafish #ZebrafishMeeting #PrecisionMedicine
August 12, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Submit your abstract by 8/20 for the 6th Zebrafish for Personalized & Precision Medicine ( #ZPPM ) Conference taking place November 13-15 in Zhongshan, China! Learn more: zppm.zebrapeutics.com
#Zebrafish #ZebrafishMeeting #PrecisionMedicine
#Zebrafish #ZebrafishMeeting #PrecisionMedicine
It's @copperbae.bsky.social !
It's Tuesday, so it is time for a new biweekly episode of #MattersMicrobial! This time, Dr. Michael DL Johnson joins the #QualityQuorum to chat about his "Trojan Horse" strategies to battle superbugs! Please spread the #GoodMicrobialWord?
youtu.be/M-FEMi7M-bU?...
youtu.be/M-FEMi7M-bU?...
August 12, 2026 at 12:12 AM
It's @copperbae.bsky.social !
Cue joke about C. auris showing skin. We've been thinking about chitins as delivery biomaterials but there's more than one type!
Congratulations to colleagues Suzanne Noble and Ari Molofsky on their breakthrough work on the emerging drug-resistant fungal pathogen Candida auris. Not only does it trigger an immune response that enhances skin colonization, but it also DIRECTLY BINDS HUMAN HAIR!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The fungal pathogen Candida auris exposes chitin to trigger IFNγ and persist in hair follicles
Candida auris is a multidrug-resistant fungus of major public health concern whose mechanisms for persistence on skin, a major risk factor for deadly outbreaks, remain unclear. In this study, we compa...
www.science.org
August 7, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Cue joke about C. auris showing skin. We've been thinking about chitins as delivery biomaterials but there's more than one type!