Maddy McPherson @madalinemcpherson.bsky.social PhD candidate | Danthi Lab | Indiana University Bloomington | Studying bacteriophage phi6 and its host Pseudomonas syringae 🦠 | Umich & Kessler scholar alumna.
@childerslab-pitt.bsky.social @childerslab-pitt.bsky.social 
Steve Wilson @stevewilson.bsky.social assoc. prof at umich-flint
nlp and computational social science
steverw.com
Melissa Starking, Ph.D. @mstarking.bsky.social Ecologist • Wildlife Biologist • Data Analyst • Landscapes 🌳🦌🌲🐦⬛🌴🐿🌊🐢🍁🦇🌿
#BIinSci #AuDHD #neuroqueer #ecologist
Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference @mmpconference.bsky.social The 32nd Annual MMPC, hosted by the University of Minnesota on Sept 25-27, 2026. Co-chairs Anna Tischler @annatischler.bsky.social and Julia Willett @jlewillett.bsky.social. Website: https://mmpc2026.umn.edu/
Boston Bacterial Meeting @bostonbacteria.bsky.social We’re a bacteriology-focused research conference organized by trainees, for trainees. The 32nd annual BBM2026 will be June 22-23 at the George Sherman Union at Boston University!
Rachel Zwick @rkzwick.bsky.social Assistant Prof @NYU Grossman School of Medicine studying stem cell biology, maternal health, and the gut | she/her
www.zwicklab.org
500 Queer Scientists @500qs.bsky.social Here to celebrate Queer and Trans joy and accomplishments in STEM! We are finally on BlueSky! #lgbtqSTEM
Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com Independent LGBTQ+ journalist, mom, D&D DM. Tips: http://ko-fi.com/erininthemorn // Booking: http://erinreedwrites.com // Venmo erin888
Bylines @TheGuardian.com, @advocate.com, @xtramagazine.com
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Jess Kelliher @10403jess.bsky.social 
Liz Tan @liztansposon.bsky.social PhD student in Dr. Andrew Camilli's lab studying cholera phage at Tufts University in Boston,MA! 
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.
Brittany Ross @persisterbritt.bsky.social 🦠🧫Perpetually Curious Assistant Professor working on bacterial physiology during chronic infection using NTMs @Georgia State University, Mom, Virologist Wife #sciencefamily, baker, DIYer
VIEWS ARE MY OWN
Darrin Hunt @benthicbuddy.bsky.social Educator, scientist, runner. Supporter of labor and human rights. Assistant professor of Environment and Sustainability at Shenandoah University.
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social we’re all transsexuals now
• EDITOR: The New Transsexual
• FOUNDER: Pink & Blue Strategies
• former: MMFA, CAP, HFA, LCV
Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social author of Whipping Girl, Sexed Up, Excluded & 99 Erics. also a musician & biologist. more at juliaserano.com. @juliaserano most other platforms. she/her
Dr Zoë Ayres @zjayres.bsky.social Trying to leave things better than I find them
Analytical Scientist 👩🔬 #AcademicMentalHealth advocate 🌱 Founder VoicesofAcademia.com 💬 Author of "Managing Your Mental Health During Your PhD" 📘 ADHDer 💚 Proud mum 👶 she/her. Views mine.
Amanda Shaver @aoshaver.bsky.social NIH K99 Postdoc Johns Hopkins | PhD Univ. of Georgia | Leading Edge | C. elegans, Genetics, Parasitology, Metabolomics
Mia @mirellashroom.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ (she/her) 31 | puppygirl | nyaa nyaa I'm mewing it | cutest slugcat | shiny Latina
--Fuck AI--
nsfw: @pawfullmew.bsky.social
Dr. Haley Hallowell @haleybiont.bsky.social Post-doc in the @SuezLab at Johns Hopkins — Interested in all things Virome (gut and beyond), Viral-Host Co-evolution, and cool computational methods to study them!
🐶 mom 💖💜💙
she/her
Views are my own ✨
Heather Hendrickson @drhhnz.bsky.social #Evolution, #Microbiology, and #Phages. Associate Professor, University of Canterbury, Christchurch NZ. Adaptable Phage Solutions Co-Science Lead.Views my own. |She| Her|.
hendricksonlab.co.nz
Lydia Grmai, Ph.D. @lydiagrmai.bsky.social biologist by day • asst professor @ yalemed
drosophilist: repro, stress, metabolism
maker of music • isaiah 43:2 • she/her
Let’s Talk Micro @letstalkmicro.bsky.social A Microbiology podcast where clinical microbiology is explained in simple terms, Let's Talk Micro has content about organisms, reactions, infectious diseases, and more.
http://asm.org/letstalkmicro
Steffi J Nobs @snobsi.bsky.social Environmental microbiologist 🦠
Protein evolution 🧬
PhD candidate 👩🔬
she/her 🌈
Courtney Johnson, Ph.D. "Dr. CJ" @ceej64.bsky.social Postdoctoral Scientist @HHMIJanelia by way of @WelsherLab | Microscopist 🥼| Leading Edge Fellow 💪 | Weekday Warrior 🥋 | Openly Autistic | Memes and Motivation 🥇|
kevin @kevinng.bsky.social I write about music and culture.
Cameron Berry @cameronwberry.bsky.social Developmental Biologist studying 3'UTRs and translational regulation, Postdoc @ScienceStowers in @BazziniLab, @RNASociety Junior Rep - @KCRiBS Exec Board - PhD @DevBioStanford - 🏳️🌈 He/him #FirstGen
Hannah Sima Rempel @hannah-rempel.bsky.social Marine ecologist & PhD student interested in how human impacts reshape marine trophic interactions. (She/her) 🏳️🌈🪸 🐟 ⚛️ 🧬
Other interests include: rstats, sciart, educational outreach
https://hannahrempel.weebly.com
Archana Anand @archanand.bsky.social Global Change Microbiology; Phage-host interactions; Nature based solutions; Assistant Professor @SFSU, Former Postdoc @columbia @stanford MSc PhD from @HKUniversity BEng @NUSingapore @Natgeo explorer
Lab: theanandlab.com
Project: phagepathways.com
Fleeman Lab @fleemanlab.bsky.social Assistant Professor at University of Central Florida studying Klebsiella pneumoniae
Spencer Lewis @spencerlewis.bsky.social Ph.D. Candidate studying how Group A Streptococcus adapts to heme stress during invasive infections
Bacterial genetics | Bacterial metabolism | AMR | SynBio
He/him
Views are my own
Shonna McBride @shonmcbride.bsky.social Molecular Microbiologist studying C diff and friends. Opinions are my own.
David Riglar @driglar.bsky.social PI and Sir Henry Dale Research Fellow at Imperial College London and The Francis Crick Institute.
Paul Hoskisson 🧫 🦠🐸 @paulhoskisson.bsky.social Professor of Molecular Microbiology, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Editor at Microbial Genomics & mBio, Scouse, interested in Streptomyces, Evolution, Antibiotics, AMR, microbiology, Phage, herpetology, Cricket, EvertonFC
Caitlyn Sebastian @csebastianbio.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 They/She | 🔬🧫🧬 | UAB GBS Ph.D Candidate in the Kiedrowski Lab | Polymicrobial Communities in Upper Respiratory Tract of #cysticfibrosis 💕 | 🐈🎮📚 | Views are my own | #queerinSTEM
Lorenzo Olivi @loreoliv.bsky.social In love with single molecules 🔬 moving inside tiny things 🦠 and big dumb monsters 🦖 wreaking havoc on the screen 🎬
Postdoctoral researcher @ Laboratory of Microbiology (WUR)
Also on Letterboxd -> https://boxd.it/5Z17P
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
Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles @siouxsiew.bsky.social The other “Susie” Wiles AKA NZ’s “COVID lady/Pink Terror”. Microbiologist & science communicator, lover of bioluminescence & Lego. Becoming slightly obsessed with reusable period products despite being perimenopausal. She/her.
Ali Robb @dralirobb.bsky.social Medical Microbiologist in Newcastle, Head of School and Associate Dean in the North East. Interests in Education, CF and Built Environment. She/her.
Katy Poncin @katyponcin.bsky.social Microbiologist / post doc @University of Namur; previously at Dunn_School
@University of Oxford / views my own 
Anita Gola @anitagola.bsky.social Postdoc in Fuchs lab, Rockefeller University | PhD: Ron Germain-Adrian Hill (NIH - Jenner) | Leading Edge Fellow | 🇮🇹
Milstein Lab @ UofT @milsteinlab.bsky.social Biological Physics at #UofT. We study (primarily) bacteria using single-molecule and single-cell techniques.
http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/milsteinlab
Constance Bailey @constancebailey.bsky.social #SynBio and #naturalproducts. Enzymology, heterologous expression, and bioengineering. Senior Lecturer in Chemical and Synthetic Biology
at the University of Sydney
.
Vicente @vicente-rodriguez.bsky.social Post-bacc | Sternson Lab @hhmi.org @ucsandiego.bsky.social. Systems Neuroscience. He/Him
Dr Geertje van Keulen @drgvank.bsky.social Swimming🏊♀️ sewciophilic🧵microbial 🧫biochemist🧪🧬/biomaterials ⚒️ scientist;
(bio)chemistry, materials and ecobiology of actinos/natural products;
microbiology/chemistry in hot tubs;
Biofilm Alliance;
Advisory Council member Microbiology Society;
She/her
Thomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social Synthetic biologist, programmer of cells, and lover of all things visual. Wakes up in the morning to learn some of natures secrets and do a spot of fly fishing.
Will Ratcliff @wcratcliff.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist (Multicellularity & social evolution). Prof. at Georgia Tech & Director of the QBioS PhD program.
https://ratclifflab.biosci.gatech.edu/
KLAB - finding a cure for GI dysmotility at #HarvardStrong @klab.bsky.social Neurobiology Lab studying development, maintenance, and aging of the Enteric Nervous System.
Home of 'enfant terrible' of enteric neurobiology
https://www.enteric-neuron.com
Luiz Pedro Carvalho, PhD @luizcarvalholab.bsky.social Professor of Chemistry @UFScripps
Interested in enzymology, bacterial metabolism, chem bio, mycobacteria, antibiotic discovery and antibiotic resistance. Former group leader at NIMR and The Crick.
Julie Le Bris @julielebris.bsky.social PhD student interested in microbial evolution and ecology🧬 @Institut Pasteur
#Klebsiella #MicroSky
Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social Environmental microbiologist, biogeochemical cycles, AMR in the environment
Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow at UEA
Editor-In-Chief LAM Journal
🏳️🌈ally | mum of 2 | I love 🌋
www.marcelahernandez.com
M. Vicky Moya @mvickymoya.bsky.social BRAIN Initiative K99 and Leading Edge Fellow in the Economo Lab, Boston University. Identifying the cell types that make up neural circuits. Lover of cortical layers, you, and the Oxford comma.
Sayan Chakraborty @sayanchakraborty.bsky.social Structural Biologist. Using single particle cryo-EM for drug discovery. Postdoctoral Fellow @danafarber.bsky.social, @harvardmed.bsky.social
@coachkleb.bsky.social @coachkleb.bsky.social Microbiologist - full-time tormentor of Klebsiella
Prof Cynthia Whitchurch FAA🏳️🌈 @cwhitch.bsky.social Microbiologist, interested in alternate bacterial lifestyles - cell wall deficiency, biofilms, AMR
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).
Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social Award-nominated Charity showcasing/supporting LGBTQIA+ people in Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths. Skeets by @DrCarpineti.bsky.social
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Dr. Riley Pizza @rileypizza.bsky.social Postdoc at Arizona State University || Equitable teaching practices & Restoration Seed Sourcing|| PhD Michigan State University || M.S University of Minnesota Duluth || 🏳️⚧️They/Them🏳️⚧️
Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social They/them - PhD student - interdisciplinary scientist studying: predation on seabirds, language barriers in ecology, effects of linguistic imperialism on ecological engagement, and LGBTQIA+ experiences in ornithology 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Bianca Sclavi @bbiancas.bsky.social Bacterial adaptation, cell cycle, gene expression, some antibiotics for good measure.
Gabriella Caucia @gabriellacaucia.bsky.social PhD candidate in environmental microbiology
University of Milano-Bicocca
Catherine Denning-Jannace, PhD @cdenningjannace.bsky.social Mom first. Friend to all. Scientist fascinated by transition metals in pathogenic fungi. Postdoc Duke Chem. #MetalsInBiology
Harry Low’s Lab @lowlab.bsky.social Bacterial pathogenesis. Antibiotic discovery. Membrane remodelling. Structural biology #cryoEM @Imperial College, London thelowlab.org
Zila Martinez-Lozada @zilamartinezlozada.bsky.social Assistant Professor at NSU Neuroscience Glia lover, mom, and wife.
Amanda M. Buch, Ph.D. @amandambuch.bsky.social Neuroscientist, AI/ML Engineer & Classical Visual Artist | Comp. Psychiatry & Neurodev. 🧠✨🎨
SFARI Fellows-to-Faculty | Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Leading Edge Fellow | NASEM/Ford Fellow
Weill Cornell Medicine & Columbia University
www.amandabuch.com
Peter Graystock @pgraystock.bsky.social Researcher of host-microbe interactions in animal systems with a focus on social insects & pollinators Imperial College London. #bees #wheat #holobiont #parasite #spillover #directed evolution
Ksenia Guseva @kseniaguseva.bsky.social Complex systems. Microbial ecology.
Hannah Jeckel @hannahjeckel.bsky.social Postdoc at Caltech. My background is in physics and math, but I am fascinated by the beauty of microbial life. Biofilms, bacterial swarming, bacteria-plant-fungi interactions.
Daniel Plaza Sáez @dplazasaez.bsky.social Passionate Microbiologist 🦠🔬 |
PhD @Cambridge_Uni |
ex member Molecular Microbiology (Salmond Lab) at @Cambiochem.bsky.social |
Enthusiastic drummer 🥁 and keyboardist
🎹
Ute Hentschel @utehentschel.bsky.social Professor of Marine Microbiology at GEOMAR. A particular interest in marine animal-microbe symbioses.
Will Hendrick @whendrick.bsky.social Microbiologist, microbial genomics. Laboratory manager.
Joshua Huffines @joshuahuffines.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellow in Microbiology | Gray Lab at UAB | Neglected Spicy Molecules and Polymicrobial Interactions | Bacterial Physiology | Husband of a PhD | Father of two future PhDs | Views are my own
@simonecoppola.bsky.social @simonecoppola.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher in the Holden Lab (University of Warwick)
Passionate about single-molecules, advanced microscopy, image processing and microbial life!
Elisabeth Bik @elisabethbik.bsky.social Science integrity consultant and crowdfunded volunteer, PhD.
Ex-Stanford University. Maddox Prize/Einstein F Award winner
NL/USA/SFO.
#ImageForensics
@MicrobiomDigest on X.
Blog: ScienceIntegrityDigest.com
Support me: https://www.patreon.com/elisabethbik
DefinitelyNotAlice @alicele.bsky.social Evolutionary scientists, curious epidemiologist, plasmid enthusiast, old school social!
Sardinian, Italian and European in the Uk.
Briton in training, loves BCN.
Mum. Baker. Birdwatcher. Gardener.
Very opinionated & opinions are my own.
Liz Ortiz de Ora @ortizdeora.bsky.social Microbiologist. Wholobiontist. Molecular and Cell Biologist.
Interested in illuminating the invisible connections of the gut microbiome within cross-kingdom interactions.
Petya Krasteva @krastevalab.bsky.social Structural biologist and microbiologist at the IECB, CNRS, Bordeaux. Loves her kiddos, homies, science and bacteria!
www.krasteva-lab.com
Kurowska Anna @annakurowska.bsky.social PhD candidate in Simonetta Gribaldo lab at Institut Pasteur. Studying diderm-to-monoderm transition and teichoic acids. Love climbing, cats and Polish instant coffee.
Sam Williams @samwill.bsky.social NNF Postdoctoral Fellow at DTU in the Weber lab
Hunting for new antibiotics by hunting for novel resistance
#metabolomics #genomemining #secmet
Dr. Grace Deitzler @dna-heligrace.bsky.social Research Project Manager at the One Health Microbiome Center @ Penn State. Former Harvard postdoc. Professionally interested in microbial ecology, scicomm, artsci, and microbiomes. Personally interested in books, baking, painting, cats, and fungi.
Emma Chory, Ph.D. @chorye.bsky.social Assistant professor @ Duke University BME, guerilla knitter, pipettor of small volumes of liquid. Biologist masquerading as engineer, or the other way around. 
Científico Latino @cientificolatino.com A STEM 501(c)(3) organization for ALL students from underserved communities. Making information & mentorship accessible. Check out our site for help w/ grad apps! 🌟
www.cientificolatino.com
Simona Huwiler @simonahuwiler.bsky.social Microbiologist, Predatory Bacteria & Novel Antibiotics. Research Group Leader at University of Bern. ERC Starting Grant Assistant Professor.
Megan Bergkessel @slowgoing.bsky.social Microbiologist at the University of Dundee studying bacterial life "in the slow lane", under stressful conditions that limit growth. 
Colin Scott @oz-biocat.bsky.social Australian microbial biochemist, synthetic biologist and protein engineer. CSO at ULUU. Ex-CSIRO. Interests in biotech solutions to pollution, resource scarcity, and sustainable manufacture.
Irene Salinas Remiro @drsalinaslab.bsky.social Evolutionary Immunologist, Professor in Biology, University of New Mexico. Mucosal Immunology lover, neuroimmunology is my new love
Mel Lacey @mellacey.bsky.social Associate Professor at Sheffield Hallam University. Pedagogy Editor for Access Microbiology. Here for the molecular microbiology, HE pedagogy and outreach... and a side of crafting. All views, and typos, are my own. She /her.
Phie Jacobs @phiejacobs.bsky.social reporter at Science Magazine | cat parent | lover of farmer’s markets | Dungeons & Dragons enthusiast | (they/them)
Carli Roush @phagephan.bsky.social Ph.D. candidate at Georgia Tech studying bacteriophages, among other larger things
B.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale
she/her
Luísa Tupinambá Jabbur @jabbur.bsky.social BBSRC Research Fellow @ the John Innes Centre, UK; from Montes Claros, Brazil; stares at clocks and bothers cyanobacteria for a living 🏳️🌈🇧🇷 ela/she/ella
Carolyn Ibberson @cbibberson.bsky.social Microbiologist 🧫🧪 | Microbe-Microbe interactions in infection | Mom of 👧🏼👦🏼🐶| Asst. Professor at UTK | Views my own 
Katherine Savell @katherinesavell.bsky.social Scientist. Addiction neuroscience, molecular biology, & bioinformatics | NIDA K99 Postdoc @ National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program, Hope Lab | Leading Edge Fellow | PhD UAB, Day Lab. Personal account
🧠🧬🐀 linktr.ee/katherinesavell
Matt Hutchings @matthutchings.bsky.social Head of Molecular Microbiology @johninnescentre.bsky.social. Streptomyces natural products. Drummer, husband, dad, Norwich City ST holder.
www.jic.ac.uk/people/matt-hutchings
Streptomyces strains & resources @ http://streptomyces.org.uk
Michele LeRoux @micheleleroux.bsky.social microbiologist studying bacterial-phage interactions. mom of two. Assistant prof @WUSM_MolMicro. http://leroux-lab.org. #newPI. Views are my own. 
Kaylee Wells @kayleewells.bsky.social Let’s talk about myelin!
I study myelin and oligodendrocytes in aging and disease.
Postdoc in the Rubin lab, Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University
NYSCF Druckenmiller Postdoctoral Fellow
Jason Rasgon @vectorgen.bsky.social Mosquitoes, watches and whatever. Huck Chair of Disease Epidemiology and Biotechnology at Penn State. My opinions do not reflect those of my employer (they want nothing to do with them whatsoever)
rasgonlab.wordpress.com
Petra Levin @redrockcity.bsky.social Microbiologist, mom, runner w/delusions of completing a marathon. Dog enthusiast. This Week in Microbiology (https://www.microbe.tv/twim/).
Nicholas McCurtin, PhD 🧫 🏳️🌈 @nicholasmccurtin.bsky.social PhD in Chemistry. Tufts University alum (Scheck Lab). Scientific support, sales, and marketing at HUABIO. Pop culture enthusiast, amateur chef, dilettante aesthete... (they/them)
Website: https://nicholasmccurtin.com/