Marc Swidergall
@swidergall-lab.bsky.social
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Associate Professor at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Mycologist, Immunologist, Investigator at the Lundquist Institute
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Non-canonical IL‑22 receptor signaling remodels the oral mucosal barrier during Candida albicans immunosurveillance - Nature Communications
Mucosal barriers play critical roles in the interaction with commensal and pathogenic microbes. Here the authors show non-canonical IL-22 signalling results in mucosal remodelling in a murine model du...
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Excited to share our latest publication @natcomms.nature.com
Non-canonical IL‑22 receptor signaling remodels the oral mucosal barrier during #Candida albicans immunosurveillance
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Non-canonical IL‑22 receptor signaling remodels the oral mucosal barrier during #Candida albicans immunosurveillance
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Proud PI moment! 🎉 Huge congratulations to my postdoc, Dr. Jinendiran Sekar, on receiving an NIH R21 award to advance research at the intersection of diabetes and infectious diseases. Excited to see this innovative work move forward! #ProudPI
August 7, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Proud PI moment! 🎉 Huge congratulations to my postdoc, Dr. Jinendiran Sekar, on receiving an NIH R21 award to advance research at the intersection of diabetes and infectious diseases. Excited to see this innovative work move forward! #ProudPI
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🌟Applications are open for the upcoming GRS/GRC on the Immunology of Fungal Infections in Ventura, California! Make sure to submit your abstract by September 1 to be considered for an oral presentation: www.grc.org/immunology-o...
2027 Immunology of Fungal Infections Conference GRC
The 2027 Gordon Research Conference on Immunology of Fungal Infections will be held in Ventura, California. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
July 27, 2026 at 2:01 PM
🌟Applications are open for the upcoming GRS/GRC on the Immunology of Fungal Infections in Ventura, California! Make sure to submit your abstract by September 1 to be considered for an oral presentation: www.grc.org/immunology-o...
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📣 Check out this excellent #Postdoc opportunity @leibniz-hki.de which is part of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions #MSCA #COFUND. Consider applying to join my lab if you’re interested in opportunistic infections caused by #Fusarium (research area 5). Call ends 26 May 2026
www.fellows4fungi.eu
www.fellows4fungi.eu
Fellows4FungiMSCA Postdoctoral Network - Leibniz-HKI
www.fellows4fungi.eu
April 3, 2026 at 9:36 AM
📣 Check out this excellent #Postdoc opportunity @leibniz-hki.de which is part of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions #MSCA #COFUND. Consider applying to join my lab if you’re interested in opportunistic infections caused by #Fusarium (research area 5). Call ends 26 May 2026
www.fellows4fungi.eu
www.fellows4fungi.eu
Excited to share our latest publication @natcomms.nature.com
Non-canonical IL‑22 receptor signaling remodels the oral mucosal barrier during #Candida albicans immunosurveillance
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Non-canonical IL‑22 receptor signaling remodels the oral mucosal barrier during #Candida albicans immunosurveillance
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Non-canonical IL‑22 receptor signaling remodels the oral mucosal barrier during Candida albicans immunosurveillance - Nature Communications
Mucosal barriers play critical roles in the interaction with commensal and pathogenic microbes. Here the authors show non-canonical IL-22 signalling results in mucosal remodelling in a murine model du...
www.nature.com
April 3, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Excited to share our latest publication @natcomms.nature.com
Non-canonical IL‑22 receptor signaling remodels the oral mucosal barrier during #Candida albicans immunosurveillance
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Non-canonical IL‑22 receptor signaling remodels the oral mucosal barrier during #Candida albicans immunosurveillance
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🗓 SAVE THE DATE! The 2027 GRC Immunology of Fungal Infections will take place Jan 17-22 in California. Watch this space for program updates! Need a visa to attend? Apply now to secure your spot early.
#fungalconferences #immunosky 🧪🍄
www.grc.org/immunology-o...
#fungalconferences #immunosky 🧪🍄
www.grc.org/immunology-o...
2027 Immunology of Fungal Infections Conference GRC
The 2027 Gordon Research Conference on Immunology of Fungal Infections will be held in Ventura, California. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
January 28, 2026 at 1:57 PM
🗓 SAVE THE DATE! The 2027 GRC Immunology of Fungal Infections will take place Jan 17-22 in California. Watch this space for program updates! Need a visa to attend? Apply now to secure your spot early.
#fungalconferences #immunosky 🧪🍄
www.grc.org/immunology-o...
#fungalconferences #immunosky 🧪🍄
www.grc.org/immunology-o...
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I’m excited to recruit a postdoc to join my lab at NIAID (Rocky Mountain Labs). We study mucosal immunity and vaccine responses to respiratory viruses in a collaborative, supportive environment.
Details & apply: www.training.nih.gov/jobs/pdf-miv...
#Postdoc #Immunology #Virology #NIHJobs
Details & apply: www.training.nih.gov/jobs/pdf-miv...
#Postdoc #Immunology #Virology #NIHJobs
www.training.nih.gov
January 24, 2026 at 2:52 AM
I’m excited to recruit a postdoc to join my lab at NIAID (Rocky Mountain Labs). We study mucosal immunity and vaccine responses to respiratory viruses in a collaborative, supportive environment.
Details & apply: www.training.nih.gov/jobs/pdf-miv...
#Postdoc #Immunology #Virology #NIHJobs
Details & apply: www.training.nih.gov/jobs/pdf-miv...
#Postdoc #Immunology #Virology #NIHJobs
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📣 Job opportunity: I’m still looking for an enthusiastic PhD student to join my lab @leibniz-hki.de who is interested in fungal natural product research and genetic engineering. We’ll work on an interdisciplinary project with the team of @luziagyr.bsky.social 👇🏻
www.leibniz-hki.de/en/job-offer...
www.leibniz-hki.de/en/job-offer...
Doctoral Researcher (m/f/div) in Microbial Genetic Engineering - Leibniz-HKI
www.leibniz-hki.de
January 21, 2026 at 1:20 PM
📣 Job opportunity: I’m still looking for an enthusiastic PhD student to join my lab @leibniz-hki.de who is interested in fungal natural product research and genetic engineering. We’ll work on an interdisciplinary project with the team of @luziagyr.bsky.social 👇🏻
www.leibniz-hki.de/en/job-offer...
www.leibniz-hki.de/en/job-offer...
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And my group at the Centre for Emerging Viral Diseases is also hiring: We are looking for a postdoc for our work on mucosal immunity and respiratory viruses!
jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
Post-doctorant-e (6723)
jobs.unige.ch
January 18, 2026 at 10:06 AM
And my group at the Centre for Emerging Viral Diseases is also hiring: We are looking for a postdoc for our work on mucosal immunity and respiratory viruses!
jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
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I am hiring a research assistant for the Homer lab at OHSU in Portland, Oregon! We work on an important, mysterious, and fascinating fungal pathogen, Coccidioides, that causes Valley Fever. Please send in your application if you are interested!
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January 14, 2026 at 4:13 PM
I am hiring a research assistant for the Homer lab at OHSU in Portland, Oregon! We work on an important, mysterious, and fascinating fungal pathogen, Coccidioides, that causes Valley Fever. Please send in your application if you are interested!
externalcareers-ohsu.icims.com/jobs/37567/s...
externalcareers-ohsu.icims.com/jobs/37567/s...
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Another shake-up of scientific leadership is underway at NIH after a policy clash over the alleged dangers of funding a study that would alter seasonal flu viruses. That grant is now suspended, Science has learned, and the leader of the NIH division that oversaw it has resigned.
NIH leader resigns after flap over risks of seasonal flu virus study
Agency may be expanding list of pathogens subject to dangerous “gain-of-function” regulations
www.science.org
December 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Another shake-up of scientific leadership is underway at NIH after a policy clash over the alleged dangers of funding a study that would alter seasonal flu viruses. That grant is now suspended, Science has learned, and the leader of the NIH division that oversaw it has resigned.
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The @ragoninstitute.bsky.social is launching a new faculty search for a computational immunologist! Applications are open now and reviewed on a rolling basis. Please share broadly with your networks! #immunosky
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Computational Immunologist - Boston, Massachusetts (US) job with Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, & Harvard | 12849577
The Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Harvard in Cambridge MA, together with the Departmen
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December 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The @ragoninstitute.bsky.social is launching a new faculty search for a computational immunologist! Applications are open now and reviewed on a rolling basis. Please share broadly with your networks! #immunosky
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Anakinra restores immunological misfiring that drives influenza-associated pulmonary #aspergillosis
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Anakinra restores immunological misfiring that drives influenza-associated pulmonary aspergillosis
IL-1 receptor antagonism alleviates immunological dysregulation that drives influenza-associated pulmonary aspergillosis in mice.
www.science.org
December 7, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Anakinra restores immunological misfiring that drives influenza-associated pulmonary #aspergillosis
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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🚨Deadline approaching! 1 more week to get your late breaking abstract in for this must-attend meeting for fungal biologists and immunologists in 2026. #KSFUNGALPATH26
Missed the short talk abstract deadline for Keystone Symposia on Fungal Pathogens? Last chance! Late-Breaking Abstracts are open until Dec 5, 11:59 PM MST. Submit now: hubs.ly/Q03TkWjd0
@therad-lab.bsky.social
#KSFungalPath26 #fungalpathogens #fungalinfection #pathogenesis
@therad-lab.bsky.social
#KSFungalPath26 #fungalpathogens #fungalinfection #pathogenesis
November 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🚨Deadline approaching! 1 more week to get your late breaking abstract in for this must-attend meeting for fungal biologists and immunologists in 2026. #KSFUNGALPATH26
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H-1B visa–sponsored physicians are twice as prevalent in rural counties and nearly 4 times as common in high-poverty areas, highlighting the potential harm of rising visa costs to health care access.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
H-1B visa–sponsored physicians are twice as prevalent in rural counties and nearly 4 times as common in high-poverty areas, highlighting the potential harm of rising visa costs to health care access.
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We hiring! Please share this post with your talented ECRs
We're looking for a postdoc interested in the formation and function of tertiary lymphoid structures - project funded by Wellcome
Based at @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social at University College London
Apply here:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPD418/r...
We're looking for a postdoc interested in the formation and function of tertiary lymphoid structures - project funded by Wellcome
Based at @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social at University College London
Apply here:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPD418/r...
October 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
We hiring! Please share this post with your talented ECRs
We're looking for a postdoc interested in the formation and function of tertiary lymphoid structures - project funded by Wellcome
Based at @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social at University College London
Apply here:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPD418/r...
We're looking for a postdoc interested in the formation and function of tertiary lymphoid structures - project funded by Wellcome
Based at @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social at University College London
Apply here:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPD418/r...
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📣 I’m excited to share two open positions in my lab @leibniz-hki.de. For this interdisciplinary project with @luziagyr.bsky.social, I’m seeking (1) an enthusiastic PhD student interested in fungal natural product research and genetic engineering, as well as (2) a technical assistant 👇🏻
October 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
📣 I’m excited to share two open positions in my lab @leibniz-hki.de. For this interdisciplinary project with @luziagyr.bsky.social, I’m seeking (1) an enthusiastic PhD student interested in fungal natural product research and genetic engineering, as well as (2) a technical assistant 👇🏻
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Fancy doing a PhD on #fungi ? 🍄 I'm co-supervising a project on the MIDTP program with Dr Ayesha Rahman - follow the link for project details and how to apply! #FindAPhD #immunosky 🧪
www.birmingham.ac.uk/about/colleg...
www.birmingham.ac.uk/about/colleg...
Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership - University of Birmingham
MIBTP is a UK-wide doctoral training programme that equips bioscience PhD students with interdisciplinary skills to tackle global challenges in agriculture, health, and sustainability.
www.birmingham.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Fancy doing a PhD on #fungi ? 🍄 I'm co-supervising a project on the MIDTP program with Dr Ayesha Rahman - follow the link for project details and how to apply! #FindAPhD #immunosky 🧪
www.birmingham.ac.uk/about/colleg...
www.birmingham.ac.uk/about/colleg...
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Interested in skin immunology and T cell biology? The @mrccmm.bsky.social is advertising a #postdoc position to study the antimicrobial-allergic immune response in atopic dermatitis with @lableibundgut.bsky.social. jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
#immunosky #mycosky #eczema Please re-post
#immunosky #mycosky #eczema Please re-post
October 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Interested in skin immunology and T cell biology? The @mrccmm.bsky.social is advertising a #postdoc position to study the antimicrobial-allergic immune response in atopic dermatitis with @lableibundgut.bsky.social. jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
#immunosky #mycosky #eczema Please re-post
#immunosky #mycosky #eczema Please re-post
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🚨 Microbiologists! We are recruiting Assistant / Associate Professors in 3 collaborative areas of our U. Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
1) MMG (my dept): fundamental research in med micro
2) Peds ID / I4Kids institute
3) Center for Vaccine Research
🔗 to all 3 w/info: www.linkedin.com/posts/vaughn...
1) MMG (my dept): fundamental research in med micro
2) Peds ID / I4Kids institute
3) Center for Vaccine Research
🔗 to all 3 w/info: www.linkedin.com/posts/vaughn...
Faculty Professor Associate - Full-Time | Vaughn Cooper
We are recruiting Faculty microbiologists in three (3) different, complementary, and collaborative areas at the University of Pittsburgh associated with the School of Medicine.
1) Fundamental researc...
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September 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
🚨 Microbiologists! We are recruiting Assistant / Associate Professors in 3 collaborative areas of our U. Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
1) MMG (my dept): fundamental research in med micro
2) Peds ID / I4Kids institute
3) Center for Vaccine Research
🔗 to all 3 w/info: www.linkedin.com/posts/vaughn...
1) MMG (my dept): fundamental research in med micro
2) Peds ID / I4Kids institute
3) Center for Vaccine Research
🔗 to all 3 w/info: www.linkedin.com/posts/vaughn...
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Just a few days left for scholarship and short talk submissions!
Science, snow, and exciting advances in fungal and immunology research🔬 🍄❄️Claim your spot! #KSFUNGALPATH26 www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...
Science, snow, and exciting advances in fungal and immunology research🔬 🍄❄️Claim your spot! #KSFUNGALPATH26 www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...
Fungal Pathogens: Emerging Threats and Future Challenges | Keystone Symposia
Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Fungal Pathogens: Emerging Threats and Future Challenges, January 2026, in Breckenridge, with field leaders!
www.keystonesymposia.org
September 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Just a few days left for scholarship and short talk submissions!
Science, snow, and exciting advances in fungal and immunology research🔬 🍄❄️Claim your spot! #KSFUNGALPATH26 www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...
Science, snow, and exciting advances in fungal and immunology research🔬 🍄❄️Claim your spot! #KSFUNGALPATH26 www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...
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💥 #ImmunometabolismPower! Excited to have this officially out @cp-immunity.bsky.social 💥 We show that pathogens induce the host to produce oxidized lipids which rewire the #metabolism of #macrophages, causing #epigenetic modifications which dampen anti-inflammatory IL-10, exacerbating #inflammation!
Epigenetic silencing of interleukin-10 by host-derived oxidized phospholipids supports a lethal inflammatory response to infections
Phagocytes initiate immunity to invading microorganisms by detecting pathogen-associated molecular patterns via pattern recognition receptors. Pathoge…
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September 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
💥 #ImmunometabolismPower! Excited to have this officially out @cp-immunity.bsky.social 💥 We show that pathogens induce the host to produce oxidized lipids which rewire the #metabolism of #macrophages, causing #epigenetic modifications which dampen anti-inflammatory IL-10, exacerbating #inflammation!
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New Postdoc position as part of the recently awarded MRC Core in Exposome Immunology, led by Jo Konkel here @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social. Job ad and more info below:
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/ins...
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/ins...
Research Associate in MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology (Defining Acute and Chronic Mucosal Responses to Pollution Exposure):Oxford Road
Project Title: Defining Acute and Chronic Mucosal Responses to Pollution Exposure
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
September 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
New Postdoc position as part of the recently awarded MRC Core in Exposome Immunology, led by Jo Konkel here @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social. Job ad and more info below:
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/ins...
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/ins...
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JOB ALERT @bertuzzilab.bsky.social is recruiting 2 Research Associates for a project on Mucorales! Very exciting and can definitely recommend working with this group ☺️
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Research Associate (PDRA) in Fungal Infection Biology :Oxford Road
The Bertuzzi’s laboratory at the Manchester Fungal Infection is looking for two outstanding candidates be part of an interdisciplinary team of researchers, working on an Wellcome Trust funded project investigating how Mucorales fungi adapt to natural and in-host environments and how stress adaptation drives infection. The posts are available from the 5th of January 2026 on a full-time basis for 3 years, with the possibility to extend.
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
September 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
JOB ALERT @bertuzzilab.bsky.social is recruiting 2 Research Associates for a project on Mucorales! Very exciting and can definitely recommend working with this group ☺️
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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We're hiring a tech for a project focused on the impact of genetic background on genetics and evolution. If you like doing lots of microbial evolution experiments and are good at bioinformatics/computation, this might be for you. aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05782
Madhani Lab – Junior/Assistant Specialist
University of California, San Francisco is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.ucsf.edu
September 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
We're hiring a tech for a project focused on the impact of genetic background on genetics and evolution. If you like doing lots of microbial evolution experiments and are good at bioinformatics/computation, this might be for you. aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05782
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Just a few more days to apply! ⏰
My group at is hiring a PhD student to explore how fungal pathogens that live in the environment will adapt their genomes, acquire new phenotypes, and perhaps even increased infectivity as a result of climate change. Please share!
More info and applications at @ jobs.uni-jena.de/vrbup
More info and applications at @ jobs.uni-jena.de/vrbup
August 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Just a few more days to apply! ⏰