Sofia Luengo-Woods @sluengo.bsky.social Molecular biology of bacteria and phage 🧪 PhD student @ Gao Lab @ Stanford Biochemistry
Kevin Forsberg @kvnforsberg.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, UT Southwestern. Posts are my own.
Lab Website: forsberglab.org
Banner Art: Tamanash Bhattacharya
@ugophna.bsky.social @ugophna.bsky.social 
Yukti Dhingra @yuktidhingra.bsky.social Postdoc in Darst and Campbell labs (darstcampbell.com) @Rockefeller ;
PhD from Sashital lab (sashitallab.org) @IowaState
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=S_4ZF64AAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
@fillouxlab.bsky.social @fillouxlab.bsky.social 
BejaLabTechnion @bejalab.bsky.social the unculturables: exploratory research & beyond. EMBO-YIP 2003, EAM 2012, adERC 2013, EMBO 2024. https://beja.net.technion.ac.il/
@fungey.bsky.social @fungey.bsky.social 
Seraina Oberli @soberli.bsky.social PhD Student in Biochemistry | Jinek Lab
Giedre Tamulaitiene @giedretamulaitiene.bsky.social Research Professor, Vilnius University
Anti-phage defense systems | Structural Biology
Geneviève Rousseau @genemrousseau.bsky.social 
Yaxi Wang @yaxiwang.bsky.social Incoming Assistant Professor of Microbiology at The Ohio State University | Mougous Lab member | Texas A&M alumnus | Fascinated by Patescibacteria and intermicrobial interactions
Leighton Pritchard @widdowquinn.bsky.social Computational biologist. Views/opinions mine, not my employer's. Repost != agreement. Not green, just pleasant. Fabian. =﹥÷
I can’t see DMs because of the Online Safety Act.
Rubén de Dios @rdedios.bsky.social Regulation, regulation, regulation. Also a bit of biofilm. Postdoc at Ronan McCarthy lab, University of Southampton 🏳️🌈 Editor in #AccessMicro
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. 
Osterman Ilya @ostermanilya.bsky.social Senior Research Associate in the Sorek Lab at the Weizmann Institute of Science. Since August 2026, Group Leader at EMBL Hamburg.
https://www.embl.org/groups/osterman/
Ken Stedman @xtremevirusprof.bsky.social Professor of Biology at Portland State U.
Extreme Virologist - Astrovirologist
Opinions, Posts, Reposts and Privilege my own.
(he/him/his).
eXtreme Virus Lab - PI
@srosecoy.bsky.social @srosecoy.bsky.social 
Rob Edwards @linsalrob.bsky.social Bioinformatician and microbiologist at Flinders University in Adelaide. @linsalrob on all your socials
Cathy Hernandez @cathyhernandez.bsky.social Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina | bacteria x (pro)phage x environment | hdzlab.com
Rafael Pinilla-Redondo (Rafa) @rafomics.bsky.social Asst. Prof. at Copenhagen University. Excited about phages, plasmids, and bacterial immunity!👨🔬🔬 https://pinillaredondolab.com/
Paul Hime @paulhime.bsky.social Functional Genomics, Phylogenetics, Evolutionary Biology • WashU Med, MGI • Father • Husband • He/Him
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JSo6GswAAAAJ
Ján Bíňovský @jbinovsky.bsky.social Postdoc @MPI of Biochemistry, Sokolova Lab 🇩🇪 | PhD @CEITEC_Brno, Plevka Lab 🇨🇿 | biochemistry & structural biology 🧬🔬
Ojaswini @ojaswinee.bsky.social PhD Candidate @ IIT, India | Soil Carbon Dynamics | Biogeochemical Flux | Soil-Water Systems | Regenerative Agriculture in Western Himalayas
Uday Tak @snowkaryote.bsky.social Bacteria and phage at UVA
taklaboratory.org
Alex Crits-Christoph @acritschristoph.bsky.social Computational microbiologist
I like to post about: microbial genomics, microbial ecology, evolution, micro+plant biotechnology, climate, symbiosis, virology, ag, sci publishing and policy
Brian Stevenson Ph.D. spirochete lab @bstevensonlab.bsky.social Mostly about bacterial gene/protein regulation & function, esp. with Borrelia burgdorferi and Lyme disease. Professor at U Kentucky, views are my own. He/him
Lab= http://microscopist.net/Stevenson_Lab.html
UK= https://medicine.uky.edu/users/bstev0
Amar Deep @amardeeep.bsky.social Structural biologist interested in microbial defense and anti-defense strategies!
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=PkTFTiQAAAAJ
James “40, flirty, fabulous” Kraemer @jakraemer.bsky.social Scientist, marathoner, nerd, politically too tuned in, homo
📍 SF
Tamanash Bhattacharya @tamanash.bsky.social Helen Hay Whitney Foundation fellow in Malik lab | PhD, Hardy and Newton Labs | I study the evolutionary adaptation of viruses
Tanmay Bharat @tbharat-lab.bsky.social MRC-LMB #cryoET #biofilms #S-layers #antibiotics
https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/groups/bharat/
Asaf Levy @asaflevylab.bsky.social Interested in computational biology, microbial toxins, plant microbiome, and microbial adaptation to different hosts.
PI at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
https://www.asaflevylab.com/
Expressing my personal opinions.
François Rousset @francoisrousset.bsky.social Principal Investigator | Microbial Molecular Genomics Lab | https://www.rousset-lab.com |International Center for Infectiology Research (CIRI) in Lyon 🇫🇷 Studying the molecular basis of phage-bacteria interactions.
Aude Bernheim @audeber.bsky.social PI at Institut Pasteur
Evolution, immunity, genomics, microbiolgy.
Into immunity in bacteria and its conservation in eukaryotes.
Advocate for more inclusive sciences
https://research.pasteur.fr/en/team/molecular-diversity-of-microbes/
Patrick Pausch @patrick-pausch.bsky.social Research Professor & Group Leader at Vilnius University, LSC-EMBL - CRISPR, Gene Editing and Microbiology
Rauf Salamzade @raufs.bsky.social Interested in microbial ecology & evolution.
Views are only my own. (he/him, 🇺🇸, 🌎)
https://github.com/raufs
Aaron Whiteley @aaronwhiteley.bsky.social Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder. Microbiologist. All-around nerd.
http://colorado.edu/lab/aaron-whiteley/
Cress Lab @cresslab.bsky.social The Cress Lab | Innovative Genomics Institute @ UC Berkeley | Microbiome Editing | Microbiome Delivery Technologies | Phage and MGE Functional Genomics | Hiring!
https://www.cresslab.bio/
Reid Oshiro @rtoshiro.bsky.social Postdoc; Schrader lab, IU Biology | PostDoc; Seed lab, UC Berkeley | PhD, Microbiology; Kearns lab, IU Biology | Love microbiology and baking! HI ➡️ IN ➡️ CA ➡️ IN| he/him 🏳️🌈
Jens Hör @jenshoer.bsky.social Molecular Principles of RNA Phages | Junior Professor @uni-wuerzburg.de | Group Leader @helmholtz-hiri.bsky.social
Khalimat Murtazalieva @khalimat.bsky.social MD, PhD
Jessica Andreani @jessicaandreani.bsky.social Researcher in computational biology / bioinformatics at @i2bcparissaclay.bsky.social 🇫🇷
Protein-protein, protein-RNA & protein-DNA interactions, structure & evolution
ML & DL
Biology of genome maintenance
Women/diversity in science
Personal account
Patrick R. Secor @prsecor.bsky.social Associate Professor at Montana State University. Studying bacteria and their viruses with a focus on phage-host-microbe interactions.
Lab Website: https://secorlab.org
Faculty profile:
https://www.montana.edu/mbi/directory/2553333/patrick-secor
Kotaro Chihara @kochihara.bsky.social Molecular biology in phage-bacteria interactions | Postdoc in the phage engineering group at NIID, Japan
Yanjie Chao @yjchao.bsky.social Bacterial RNA Biologist, Group Leader and Professor at Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica (Formerly Institut Pasteur of Shanghai). Homepage: https://yanjiechao.wordpress.com
Malcolm White @mfwhite2.bsky.social Molecular microbiologist at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. My scientific interests include: CRISPR, antiviral defence, cyclic nucleotide signalling, archaea, nucleases.
Liz Tan @liztansposon.bsky.social PhD student in Dr. Andrew Camilli's lab studying cholera phage at Tufts University in Boston,MA! 
Ellinor Alseth @ellinoralseth.bsky.social Eco-evo with microbes. I happen to like fjords, I think they give a lovely baroque feel to a continent. The University of Tromsø. Opinions my own. She/her
Franklin Nobrega @fnobrega.bsky.social Phage Biology, Bacterial defense systems, CRISPR-Cas, Microbial communities, Mucus interactions
http://www.fnobregalab.org
http://www.klebphacol.org
http://www.phage-collection.org 
Kranzusch Lab @kranzuschlab.bsky.social Harvard Medical School, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
https://kranzuschlab.med.harvard.edu
The Vallee Foundation @valleefoundation.bsky.social To promote a collegial community of international scientists, to enhance scientific collaboration and communication, and to advance medical education and biomedical research.
Luuk Loeff @lloeff.bsky.social Principal Investigator at Leiden University Medical Center
Host-Defence | Structural biology | Single-molecule Biophysics
http://www.loefflab.com
Michelle Grunberg @mgrunberg.bsky.social UCSF PhD candidate~Bondy-Denomy Lab
Studying phage-bacterial interactions 🦠
Siân Owen @sianowen.bsky.social Microbiologist & phage phanatic! Enthusiastic explorer of microbial genomes.
PI at the Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health
Asst Prof @albany.edu
Currently obsessed with plasmid-dependent phages
www.wadsworth.org/research/laboratories/owen
Dipa Sashital @dsashital.bsky.social Professor of Biochemistry at Iowa State University. Exploring CRISPR biology, mechanisms and structures
Alba Herrero del Valle @herrerodelvalle.bsky.social MSCA fellow in the @mdmlab.bsky.social at Institut Pasteur. Interested in the conservation of immune systems across domains of life. | Former postdoc University of Cambridge / MRC LMB | PhD at IECB, Bordeaux
Gal Ofir @galofir.bsky.social Departmental Group Leader - Plant Immunogenomics 🌱🧬🦠
Max Planck Institute for Biology - Tübingen
Plant immunity and other small things
⛰️🏃♂️far not fast
Landon Getz @landongetz.bsky.social PostDoc in The Maxwell Lab at the University of Toronto. PhD. | He/Him 🏳️🌈 Co-Founder of Pride in Microbiology | Saamis(Prairies) ➡️ Kjipuktuk(Halifax) ➡️ Tkaronto(Toronto).
Souvik Bhattacharyya @souvik-uthealth.bsky.social Assistant Professor @University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; #NewPI
Bacterial behavior, Antibiotics, Bacterial Memory, Necrosignal;
GGMU, Chess, Photography;
⚽ ♟️ 📷
he/him
www.souvikbhattacharyyalab.org
Harvard Med Cell Biology @harvardcellbio.bsky.social Cell Bio@Harvard Med- dedicated to unraveling how the machines of the cell work. Specializing in membrane/organelles, ubiquitin & protein quality control, chromatin regulation, proteomics, metabolism, and sensory perception.https://cellbio.hms.harvard.edu/
Naama Aviram @naamaaviram.bsky.social Assistant professor @ Sloan Kettering Institute | Postdoc @ the Marraffini Lab Rockefeller University | PhD @ the Schuldiner Lab Weizmann Institute | microbial defense systems
Scientist, immigrant, mom (she/her)
Sahar Melamed @saharmelamed.bsky.social Head of Microbiology track & Principal Investigator at the Hebrew University| regulatory small RNAs | RIL-seq | microbiologist | host-pathogen interactions | phages&therapy | antibiotic resistance
Prof. Akiko Iwasaki @virusesimmunity.bsky.social We study antiviral immunity and viral disease pathogenesis. We are developing mucosal vaccine strategies to prevent infection and transmission. #COVID19 #longCOVID #vaccines 
@adimillman.bsky.social @adimillman.bsky.social 
Dr. Sunny Shin @sunnyshinlab.bsky.social Professor of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania | bacterial pathogens & innate immunity | Chair, Microbiology, Virology, Parasitology Graduate Program | she/her | mom | daughter of immigrants | #FirstGen | opinions are my own
Lab: sunnyshinlab.com
Christophe Rouillon @rouillonchristophe.bsky.social 
Milan Gerovac @gerovac.bsky.social 
Maya Voichek @mayavoichek.bsky.social Studying the twilight zone between transposons and endogenous retroviruses // Scientist, mom, bioart enthusiast
Dr. Cornelius Taabazuing @taabaman.bsky.social I'm an assistant professor in the Biochemistry Department at UPenn. The focus of my lab is on understanding mechanisms of cell death that regulate the innate immune system.
Alex Bateman @alexbateman1.bsky.social Head of Protein Sequence Resources at EMBL-EBI.
Knut Drescher @knutdrescher.bsky.social I love science and discovering new things.
Hopfner Lab @hopfnerlab.bsky.social Structural biology on DNA repair, chromatin remodelling and innate immunity. Located at the Gene Center of the LMU in Munich.
https://www.genzentrum.uni-muenchen.de/research-groups/hopfner/index.html
Cell Chemical Biology @cp-cellchembiol.bsky.social Cell Chemical Biology is a #chemicalbiology journal from
@cellpress.bsky.social. Editor-in-Chief @mishtudey.bsky.social
Christina (Chris) Tobin Kahrstrom @microchris.bsky.social Senior editor at Nature, handling the micro stuff, including bacterial and fungal pathogens, host-associated microbiomes, host-microbiota interactions, phage-bacteria interactions, antimicrobial discovery and AMR, among many others...
All views my own
Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social Scripps Research Professor. HHMI Investigator. Nobel Prize Physiology or Medicine 2021. Opinions are my own and do not reflect those of my employer.
Nonia Pariente @npariente.bsky.social Editor in Chief of the #NonProfit, #OpenAccess journal @plosbiology.org Former Chief Editor of Nature Microbiology.
#Virologist. #Feminist. #Spaniard in the UK. #Galician. #European always.
Views my own.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3666-5683
Erik Sontheimer 🇺🇸💙🇺🇦 @eriksontheimer.bsky.social CRISPRologist @ UMass Chan Medical School, RNA Therapeutics Institute. Player for Team Hope, Team Reality, and Team Cat. RNA rules.
Lisa Maier Lab | Tübingen @lisamaierlab.bsky.social Systematically dissecting the lifestyle of human gut microbes
Nature Biotechnology @natbiotech.nature.com Publishing the best of biotech science and business. Find us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram. Part of @natureportfolio.nature.com.
Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com Nature Microbiology publishes the latest research and commentary in all areas of microbiology.
https://www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/
Science Magazine @science.org Cutting-edge research, news, commentary, and visuals from the Science family of journals. https://www.science.org
Serge Mostowy @sergemostowylab.bsky.social 
Nogales Lab @nogaleslab.bsky.social The Nogales Lab @ UC Berkeley. #CryoEM #Transcription #Microtubules #ChromatinModification Bluesky account managed by lab members.
David Gokhman @david-gokhman.bsky.social Asst Prof @WeizmannScience. Exploring human evolution through the lens of gene regulation🧬 Still rooting for Neanderthals & Denisovans💀❤️ gokhmanlab.com
Dan Levy @danlevy-bgu.bsky.social Lysine Methylation and Epigenetic Signaling lab at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
lifewp.bgu.ac.il/wp/ledan/
Jason Nomburg @jnoms.bsky.social Principal Investigator at @aithyra.bsky.social | Structural bioinformatics, virology, and innate immunity | jasonnomburg.com
Eugene Kim Lab @eugenekimlab.bsky.social The Eugene Kim Lab, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Germany
https://www.biophys.mpg.de/structure-dynamics-of-chromosomes
PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org A leading life science journal that champions inclusive, high-impact research across all disciplines—from molecules to ecosystems. We offer innovative formats and collaborative editorial support to ensure your work achieves its full scientific impact.
Lisa Heinke @lisaheinke.bsky.social Senior Editor @ Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. Likes cell biology, loves cats. PhD 👩🏻🎓@MRC-LMB, @Cambridge_Uni. Based in Berlin, views are mine 😎
Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social Plant Scientist
R&D Trait Program Manager (Biotic Stress) @KWSGroup.bsky.social
Web: https://linktr.ee/somssich
Personal Account
Yehu Moran @yehumoran.bsky.social Evolutionary and molecular biology seasoned with ecology
https://www.yehumoran.com/
Using mostly sea anemones and other cnidarians as my experimental model organisms. University Professor at HUJI and academic editor for EMBO Press. Opinions are my own.
Doudna Lab @doudna-lab.bsky.social News from Jennifer Doudna's lab at UC Berkeley, Innovative Genomics Institute. Tweets from lab members and not Jennifer Doudna unless signed JD. Tweets represent personal views only.
doudnalab.org
Paul Bollyky @pbollyky.bsky.social Stanford University Infectious Disease Doc studying bacteriophages, bacterial infections, and innate immunity.
Michael Fischbach @mfgrp.bsky.social Liu (Liao) Family Professor of Bioengineering, ChEM-H @Stanford.
Emily Kibby @emilykibby.bsky.social Postdoc in the Kim Seed lab at UC Berkeley exploring phage-bacteria interactions. She/her. 🏔🐕🦠
Nature @nature.com Research, news, and commentary from Nature, the international science journal. For daily science news, get Nature Briefing: https://go.nature.com/get-Nature-Briefing
Jennifer Doudna @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social Doudna Lab at UC Berkeley, Innovative Genomics Institute founder, CRISPR co-inventor and Nobel laureate innovativegenomics.org/
Amir Mitchell @amitchell.bsky.social Systems biologist trying to disentangle host-drug-microbiome interactions | PI at UMass medical school | hoping to keep the BS to a minimum (not always successful)
https://mitchell-lab.umassmed.edu
Daan C. Swarts @dcswarts.bsky.social Group leader at Wageningen University & Research, NL | Prokaryotic immune systems | Views are my own
Westermann Lab @westermannlab.bsky.social Microbiota RNA Lab at the University of Würzburg and the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research.
https://www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/research/associated-scientists-alumni/teams/team/host-pathogen-microbiota-interactions/