Michelle Olsen @olsenlab-vt.bsky.social Neuroscientist, HUGE astrocyte fan, Professor and Director of the School of Neuroscience at Virginia Tech, Hokie
Aaron Whiteley @aaronwhiteley.bsky.social Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder. Microbiologist. All-around nerd.
http://colorado.edu/lab/aaron-whiteley/
Anjali Anil @anjali20anil.bsky.social Post-Doc, MMI @ Johns Hopkins BSPH #Staph
PhD, BSBE @ IIT Bombay #Pneumo
*Infection Biology Enthusaist
Andrew Krusenstjerna, Ph.D. @ackrusen.bsky.social First Gen Microbiologist | Ph.D. w/ @BStevensonLab | Postdoc w/ @GoleyLab | Appreciating the little things in life
Jamie Smith @jamiesmith.bsky.social PhD student @JHU. Bacterial pathogenesis. she/her 🏳️🌈🧫
WargoLab @wargolab.bsky.social Bacteria in water; bacteria in lungs; bacteria in lungs via water
George O'Toole (he/him/his) @geiselbiofilm.bsky.social Elmer R. Pfefferkorn, PhD, Professor of Microbiology & Immunology at the Geisel School of Medicine, EiC of the Journal of Bacteriology; Bacterial Biofilms, Surface Sensing, c-di-GMP Signaling, Polymicrobial Communities & Gut Microbiota in Cystic Fibrosis
Chen Zhang | 🇨🇳 🇯🇵 🇳🇱 🇺🇸... @alex03-cz.bsky.social Microbiologist | Molecular Microbiology | Eco-physiology | Virology | Microbiome | Co-Evolution 4 Fit
https://scholar.google.nl/citations?hl=en&user=4cUcmfMAAAAJ
Julie Maresca @micromaresca.bsky.social Microbiologist, micro-adventurer, micro-doodler. Too many projects, not enough time: phototrophy, built environment, some wastewater. 🚲🥾🧶🧪
Kim Walker @drwalkermsbanta.bsky.social Associate Prof at UNC-Chapel Hill studying Klebsiella virulence. 
Dr. Kristi L. Frank @kristilynnfrank.bsky.social Microbiologist. Assoc. Prof. at Uniformed Services University. Marylander now. Minnesotan before. Montanan 1st and always. Views mine, not my employer's.
Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social 📚 Author, NYT bestseller FIRED UP
🔥 Organizer, Firestarter University
🏫 Founder emerita, @momsdemand
firedupbook.com 🔥🔥🔥
Michael Robert (he/him) @marobert.bsky.social Mathematical Biologist
Assistant Professor, Mathematics, Virginia Tech
Core Faculty, Center for the Mathematics of Biosystems (VT-CMB)
https://cmb.science.vt.edu/
https://personal.math.vt.edu/michaelrobert/index.html
marine.microbiome.bsky.social @olivenaelle.bsky.social Marine microbiologist & bioinformatician | Community microbial interactions & C/N cycles | Marine Microbiome Lab (WUT-AMU, Wuhan)
Pat Schloss @patschloss.bsky.social Papa to 9 microbes, mackerel snapper, shepherd, master of sucking. I want to help you learn the skills you'll need to succeed in science. 
Y Hoang @hoanghamyy.bsky.social Assistant Professor at SUNY Upstate Medical University
We study bacterial organelles, including biomolecular condensates.
NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award recipient
Anna Tischler @annatischler.bsky.social TB researcher at University of Minnesota
Cecilia Noecker @cecilianoecker.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Minnesota State Mankato (she/her). Interested in microbial ecology and evolution, metabolism, genomics, computational biology, equitable education, & more. Views my own. noeckerlab.github.io
Simon Roux @simrouxvirus.bsky.social Virus-obsessed bioinformatician, DOE JGI Scientist, Enjoy exploring the viral world with #metagenomics and other cool #omics toys. He/him. Opinions my own. 
Pam Brigleb @pambrigleb.bsky.social NIAID F32 Postdoctoral Fellow Schultz-Cherry lab @stjude |Metabolism, Influenza, NK cells, Innate Immunity| PhD in Dermody Lab at UPitt
Morgan Carter @morgancarterphd.bsky.social 🌿 Asst Prof. #NewPI. Molecular host-bacterial-fungal interactions. NCSSM/NCSU/Cornell alum. Y'all means all. Views are my own. she/her
All The Right Movies @alltherightmovies.com The story of Hollywood one film at a time. Details provided in our making of stories are direct from cast/crew or 3+ sources. Podcast, book, socials, newsletter - everything ATRM at linktr.ee/alltherightmovies
@pathogencity.bsky.social @pathogencity.bsky.social Editor @Virulence
Cédric Moisy @cedric-moisy.bsky.social Research scientist 🍇🖥️🌱🦠🔬
Plant Pathology | 3D+t imaging | MRI | Xrays tomography | IA | Image Analysis 🔎☢️🧲
Trunk diseases | Fungal Pathogens | Genetics | Molecular Biology | Grapevine | Breeding & Selection
French Wine and Vine Institute, France 🇫🇷
Melissa Hart @melissa-natalie.bsky.social Wellcome early career fellow researching Plasmodium and Babesia (PlasBesia) erythrocyte invasion and niche-building strategies. Killer of houseplants. Avid cat lover. 
Sean Gibbons 🦠💩 @gibbological.bsky.social microbiome researcher | associate professor @isbscience.org | affiliate prof @uwbioe.bsky.social | ecology, evolution, and systems biology of 💩 🦠 | precision/personalized nutrition/medicine ⚕️ | 🏳️🌈 he/him | lab website: gibbons.isbscience.org
Ashley Shade, Ph.D. @ashley17061.bsky.social Director of Research, CNRS | Microbial Ecologist | incoming EIC for American Society for Microbiology journal #mSystems | ERC #MicroRescue
Dr. Sue Ishaq @drsueishaq.bsky.social Associate Professor of Micobiomes at the University of Maine; Founder of the Microbes and Social Equity working group; Senior Editor at mSystems; Early Career At-Large Member of the Board of the American Society for Microbiology.
Vaughn Smider, MD, PhD @vvsmider.bsky.social Biomedical researcher, antibody investigator (especially cow antibodies 🐮, which are the best), drug discoverer, entrepreneur, mediocre swimmer 🇺🇸 🇺🇦
Founder and President at Applied Biomedical Science Institute:
https://absinstitute.org
Sara Emery @saraemery.bsky.social asst prof entomology, Cornell University, AgriTech. Agroecology, climate change & phenology, landscapes & remote sensing. I love maligned species, but I'll still build a model to help you avoid them. #QueerInSTEM (she/her) 🐞🌎🦟👩🔬🏳️🌈
Kat Barnett @katbarnett.bsky.social Assistant Professor at U Michigan
Innate immunity, cell death, virology
she/her
https://medresearch.umich.edu/labs-departments/labs/Barnett-Lab
Kim Davis @davislabjhu.bsky.social Associate professor @Johns Hopkins Bloomberg SPH. Studying heterogeneity within bacterial populations during infection & implications for antibiotic susceptibility.
Ammar Zafar @azmicro.bsky.social Bacterial geneticist interested in host-pathogen interactions. Associate Professor at Emory University School of Medicine. Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology
Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social Professor of Microbiology and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Development at Michigan State University. Editor in Chief of Applied and Environmental Microbiology (AEM). Views are my own.
Joshua Newson @joshnewson.bsky.social Senior postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zürich. Microbiology, bacterial pathogenesis, host-pathogen interactions, antibiotic persistence, pathogen transmission. Aussie 🇦🇺 expat in Switzerland 🇨🇭. Formerly University of Melbourne.
David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social Cato Institute, Director of Immigration Studies, Cato's Selz Foundation Chair in Immigration Policy, BEER, not buyer. Cato, not CATO
Licon Lab @liconlab.bsky.social 
@sangarelab.bsky.social @sangarelab.bsky.social 
Shannon Farris @shannonfarris.bsky.social Neurobiologist, boy mom, new here.
Assistant Professor @ Virginia Tech.
We study the molecular basis of memory.
Dendritic localization of mitochondria and RNA.
http://labs.vtc.vt.edu/farris/
EveryCat Health Foundation @everycathealth.bsky.social EveryCat Health Foundation is the world's only non-profit dedicated solely to funding feline-specific health studies. Since 1968, EveryCat has granted more than $12 million worldwide. The future of feline health starts here. Visit www.everycat.org #cats
Molecular Parasitology Laboratory @mpl-uniofgalway.bsky.social Molecular Parasitology Laboratory based at the University of Galway, Ireland led by Prof John P. Dalton.
Meike van der Heijden @meikeesther.bsky.social Thinking about work, life, and balance. Looking for answers in the cerebellum.
Assistant Professor @ Virginia Tech
www.vanderheijdenlab.com
angela oliverio @oliverio.bsky.social microbial biology at syracuse university | oliveriolab.org 
H. B. Beryl Rappaport @hbrappap.bsky.social PhD Candidate @ Syracuse University
protists, extremophiles, & science art | she/her
Américo López-Yglesias @americolopez.bsky.social Immunologist
@visserlabub.bsky.social @visserlabub.bsky.social 
Ross Waller @rosswaller.bsky.social Professor of Evolutionary Cell Biology, Director of Cambridge Biosciences BBSRC DTP, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social Texas Medical Center (TMC) Pediatrics Professor-Vaccine Scientist-Author; Member, Philosophical Society of Texas, Texas Academy of Medicine Engineering Science Technology, National Academy of Medicine, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Roman Sankowski @rsankowski.bsky.social Neuropathologist | #clinicianScientist | #singleCell | Neuro-immunologist | Neuro-oncologist @ University Clinic of Freiburg
Dad | Foodie | hobby barista | views my own
David Naimon @davidnaimon.bsky.social Host of the Between the Covers podcast & Crafting with Ursula series, co-author of Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing.
Podcast: https://milkweed.org/between-the-covers
YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@BetweentheCovers-DavidNaimon
Shai Bel (The Mucus Man) @mucusman.bsky.social The Bel Lab, boldly going where no one else bothers to. @erc.europa.eu funded lab. Opinions are my microbiota's. www.thebellab.com
National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov Official Bluesky account for NOAA's National Weather Service.
Sumiti Vinayak Alam @parasitegen.bsky.social Associate Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign studying the protozoan parasite Cryptosporidium
Killian Campbell @kdc509.bsky.social Postdoc in the Lang Lab, University of Minnesota
PhD in the Barber lab, UOregon Biology
Microbial evolution and drug resistance
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Z-KToTMAAAAJ&hl=en
Vanessa Severo @vanessa-severo.bsky.social Postdoc at Sullivan Lab 👩🏻🔬🧬🔬
A cat lover studying a parasite who also loves cats #Toxoplasma
Atin Sharma @atinsharma.bsky.social Editor at Nature Microbiology
All opinions are personal
🇩🇪🇸🇪🇮🇳
Beate Sodeik @beatesodeiklab.bsky.social Herpes, Virology, Cell Biology, Biochemistry. Trying to devalue competition and to foster collaboration, reasoning and fairness in science, politics and life.
https://www.mhh.de/en/mhh-institutes/virology/research/sodeik-lab
Rauf Salamzade @raufs.bsky.social Interested in microbial ecology & evolution. Views are only my own. (he/him)
Not a fan of Stanford, AI, Thiel, and Musk. Just an ok guy with some bad choices made into a villain
https://github.com/raufs
Jason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social Chair, Department of Computational Biomedicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Director, Center for Artificial AI Research & Education. Agentic AI. Atari enthusiast. Retrocomputing. Maker.
Marc Dionne @marcsdionne.bsky.social Innate immunity, bacterial infection, physiology, microbiology, Drosophila. Poorly focused. Still angry. Professor, Department of Life Sciences and Centre for Bacterial Resistance Biology, Imperial College London.
Walzer Lab @walzerlab.bsky.social Opening August 2025 at Clemson University! We study the life cycle of the parasite Cryptosporidium, with a particular focus on the regulators of sexual commitment and development.
Irina Mikheyeva-Bridges @micro-irina.bsky.social Manuscript Transfer Editor | ASM 🔬🦠🧫
Sarah Whorley, Ph.D. 🦬⚔️ @dralgaegirl.bsky.social Professor of Biology/Ecology and #TriBeta advisor doing #SLACScience. I focus on understanding how human activities affect freshwater algal biochemistry. Gardener, hiker, baker, dog/cat mom. RP ≠ endorsement.
Christopher Noetzel @cnoetzel.bsky.social Hi, I am Chrischi, a molecular parasitologist working on the regulation of gene expression in apicomplexan parasites 👋🏻
Sulaiman @sulbactum.bsky.social PhD student at Virginia Tech, interested in science, teaching and philosophy ☺️😁 15 years of teaching STEM kids.
Jörn Coers @coerslab.bsky.social Scientist at Duke University. My team studies cell-autonomous immunity to intracellular pathogens and inflammation. Views are my own and do not represent those of my employer.
Rachel Nuwer @rachelnuwer.bsky.social Freelance science journalist contributing to NYT, SciAm, Nature etc. Author of "Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking" (2018) and "I Feel Love: MDMA and the Quest for Connection in a Fractured World" (2023). 
Belen Pachano @belenpachano.bsky.social MSCA postdoctoral researcher studying Trypanosoma in the Siegel lab 🧬
From 🇦🇷 → 🇫🇷 → 🇩🇪
Marie LeBlanc @meleb-6.bsky.social 
@dennis06516.bsky.social @dennis06516.bsky.social Former television director, currently an adjunct instructor in communication. Enjoys a good hearty laugh with friends and family, travel, music, and catching up on sleep missed all those years ago! 
Scroggins Lab @scroggins-lab.bsky.social Translational Immunology Research Lab at University of Minnesota Duluth. 
I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social “He’s just this guy, ya know”
Former Neuroscientist who traveled along I-75.
focused on biomed fellowships & trainee development.
Husband, dad x 4,🏊♂️ 🚴 🏃♂️🏋️♂️🍺🥃
Opinions my own, Reposts not endorsments
Christina Stallings @stallingslab.bsky.social Laboratory interested in mycobacterial pathogenesis and lung inflammation
Judith Berman @judithberman11.bsky.social Candidologist. Savtah. Own views.
Ali Gouch @ubalubi.bsky.social A happy Ph.D. candidate - host immune responses to Plasmodium infection. Artist & coffee lover.
Immunologist searching for academic postdoc
opinions are my own
bringing a Flow Cytometry vibe to the Western Blot function near you!
Blossom Damania @damania.bsky.social Boshamer Distinguished Prof & Vice Dean for Research, @UNC_SOM, @UNC. CSO @UNC Health System. Research Interests: Virology, Cancer Biology, Immunology.
Elsa BouGhanem Lab @elsaawesomepmns.bsky.social Associate Professor, University at Buffalo. We study immune aging, pulmonary infections, neutrophils, extracellular adenosine signaling & vaccines. Opinions my own.
https://www.boughanemlab.com/
Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social Focused on innate immune mechanisms governing pathogenesis of disease and on NK-cell based therapies for disease. Opinions expressed are Dr. Waggoner's alone and not on behalf of lab staff or employer.
Joel McGlothlin @joelmcglothlin.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist. Professor at Virginia Tech.
Kristen Bretz @kabretz.bsky.social 🔬Assist. Direc. @OurVt ⛰PhD @VT_Biology #climatescientist 🐏 UNC & 🎩WFU alum 🚲 trail runs, rides, and climbs 🐻fish-slapping bear 🍩she/her
Cayelan Carey @careylab.bsky.social Professor @virginia_tech | Freshwater ecosystems & data science | Studying and forecasting the ecology of lakes and reservoirs in a changing world | carey.biol.vt.edu
Erin Hotchkiss @fluvialbenthos.bsky.social I am a scientist who works (& plays) in waterways to understand their health & function.
Associate Professor in Biological Sciences & Global Change Center Faculty Affiliate @ Virginia Tech. UWYO/Emory alum. she/her. Posts=my opinions. www.hotchkisslab.com
allie igwe @anigwe.bsky.social exploring links between worlds seen and unseen | she/her • microbial ecology • local adaptation • serpentine soil |🍿🎟 tv & movie enjoyer | personal account + views my own
www.igwelab.com
Jen Moss @moss-etal.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Biology at Virginia Tech studying Reproductive Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution of 🦎 and 🐸. www.jenmosslab.com
Josef Uyeda @pseudacris.bsky.social 
José Vargas-Muñiz @mycorican.bsky.social 🇵🇷🏳️🌈 | Asst. Prof. @ Virginia Tech | UPRM & DukeMGM Alumnus | He/His/Him | Opinions are my own, RT ≠ endorsements. 🍄☣️🧫 Website: jvm-lab.weebly.com
Susan Whitehead @susanrw.bsky.social Ecologist who likes plants and (most) people. Chemical ecology 🌿 seed dispersal 🦇 agroecology 🍎 too many other things 💚
Olivia Brooks @olbrooks.bsky.social Evolutionary ecologist | Herpetologist | Postdoc at Virginia Tech | she/her
Website: https://olivialbrooks.weebly.com/
T. Mason Linscott @madmollusc.bsky.social He/him | On the snail trail | Linscottlab.com
Assistant Professor at NMSU
General ecophysiology and gastropod fan.
Orlando Schwery @oschwery.bsky.social Research Scientist @Zenil-Ferguson Lab, UKY. Macroevolution, Phylogenetics, Diversification, Model Adequacy, Causal Inference, Dung Beetles, Ericaceae. 🇨🇭 in 🇺🇸 Opinions=own. He/him Mastodon: @oschwery@ecoevo.social, X: orlando_schwery oschwery.github.io
Brian Waldron @bpwaldron.bsky.social 
Justin Lemkul @justinlemkulvt.bsky.social Associate Professor of Biochemistry at Virginia Tech. Comp Chem, CADD, and Drude FF contributor. Opinions my own. Go Hokies!
Caleb Charpentier @calcharp.bsky.social Ph.D. Candidate in Uyeda Lab at Virginia Tech. Evolution, comparative methods, morphology, AI. 🖥️🐌🦋🤖
Carla López Lloreda @carlalopezpr.bsky.social Puertorriqueña | PhD student @VT_Biology studying aquatic ecosystems 💧🌳 | BSc Ciencias Ambientales @uprrp | she/her
Jay 🪶 -> Anthrocon (Queer birds panel) @averyteenybird.bsky.social Biologist & Artist • 20s • They/he • Researcher of birds & dinosaurs- Evolutionary Biology PhD student 🪶 All opinions/views are my own 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Nucleocytoviricota @abdeali.bsky.social PhD Candidate @ VT Biology studying giant viruses. I shitpost to not feel
Dana Hawley @danahawley.bsky.social Wildlife disease ecologist, professor at Virginia Tech, bird nerd, dog and human mom
Alfredo Guerra @ergoradarfuel.bsky.social Husband to a science bad ass & Dad x 3. Recovering academic, former scientist in the private sector and maker of proteins, and reluctant little league coach. Opinions are my own.
Stacy Horner @thehornerlab.bsky.social Perpetually intrigued by the battle between RNA viruses and the host @ Duke University School of Medicine. she/her
Kate Hamilton @khamiltonphd.bsky.social Hamilton lab at CHOP/UPenn. Intestinal epithelium, organoids, PTGR, regenerative medicine, IBD