Julie Tai-Schmiedel

Our work on HIV-1 matrix, led by James Stacey and @dhrebik.bsky.social, is in this week's @nature.com. Extended explanatory video from @margotriggi.bsky.social.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Postdoctoral Fellow Job Posting Title: Postdoctoral Fellow ---- Hiring Department: Molecular Biosciences ---- Position Open To: All Applicants ---- Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40 ---- FLSA Status: Exempt ---- Earliest Start ...

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My group at the University of Texas at Austin is recruiting a Postdoc in virology and structural biology. Please see more details here:
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Informal inquiries are encouraged, and see more lab info here: zunlongke-lab.org

We’re recruiting new Research Group Leaders!
We offer:
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This is figure 1, which shows a risk map of Antarctic ice catchment basins.

The results of a study in Nature Climate Change imply that the Antarctic Ice Sheet does not act as one single tipping element, but rather as several tipping systems interacting across drainage basins. go.nature.com/4rFXQ9q 🧪

Senior Scientist, Protein Sciences in South San Francisco, California, United States of America | Research & Development at Genentech Apply for Senior Scientist, Protein Sciences job with Genentech in South San Francisco, California, United States of America. Research & Development at Genentech

Our department at Genentech is hiring. We're looking for a freshly-minted PhD (0-3 years) protein biochemist / structural biologist to join as a Sr Scientist. A rare opportunity to join our group leader job family at a more junior level than we usually hire.

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Evolution, genomics and conservation of butterflies and moths - Nature Reviews Biodiversity Butterflies and moths are key indicators of functioning and healthy ecosystems around the world. This Review describes the evolutionary history of the order Lepidoptera and tracks shifts in researcher...

Now online! In this review, we cover four major topics on butterflies and moths: their evolutionary history and diversification dynamics, genomics, global diversity patterns, and conservation 🦋🌏 (1/8) @natrevbiodiv.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Antigen specificity of clonally enriched CD8+ T cells in multiple sclerosis - Nature Immunology Sabatino and colleagues examine expanded CD8+ T cell clonotypes from a small cohort of multiple sclerosis patients. They identified several cognate peptide epitopes that derive from Epstein–Barr virus, suggesting EBV reactivation may drive pathogenesis in these patients.

The findings of a study in Nature Immunology shed vital insight into the role of CD8+ T cells in multiple sclerosis and support an important role of Epstein–Barr virus in MS immunopathology. #Immunosky #medsky 🧪

Gasdermins against intracellular bacterial pathogens Nature Microbiology, Published online: 20 February 2026; doi:10.1038/s41564-026-02272-zThis Review discusses recent advances in our understanding of how gasdermins are activated by distinct signalling pathways and summarizes recent findings from host-adapted bacterial pathogens contrasted with environmental bacteria.

Out Now! Gasdermins against intracellular bacterial pathogens #MicroSky

Gut microbial ammonia enhances colonic acetylcholine levels to regulate intestinal motility Nature Microbiology, Published online: 20 February 2026; doi:10.1038/s41564-026-02269-8Intestinal motility defects caused by lower acetylcholine levels in the gut are compensated by bacteria that generate ammonia from urea which facilitates the release of acetylcholine via upregulation of voltage-gated channels on enteric neurons.

Out Now! Gut microbial ammonia enhances colonic acetylcholine levels to regulate intestinal motility #MicroSky

This Is How a Child Dies of Measles When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak

This is a vivid, horribly relevant read. “She does not sleep well. And as you lift up her pajama top to check her rash one morning, you see that her breathing is labored, shadows pooling between her ribs when she sucks in air. You suffer an icy moment of realization: This is a medical crisis.”

I am looking for a PhD student to join my new Socio-Eco-Evo group, hosted in Katie Peichel's Evolutionary Ecology Division @ University of Bern. We're offering a fully funded 4-year position, studying social plasticity and behavioral adaptation among stickleback in Greenland. Please share around!

Environmental data justice is key for developing more effective area-based conservation approaches Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Published online: 27 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s44358-025-00126-wScientists disagree about area-based conservation’s role in addressing biodiversity loss. This Perspective examines how conservation scientists, land systems scientists and political ecologists approach these debates differently and argues that environmental data justice frameworks can bridge epistemic divides, helping researchers to develop more effective and equitable conservation interventions.

New online! Environmental data justice is key for developing more effective area-based conservation approaches

CDC Stopped Updating Key Vaccine, Infectious Disease Databases in 2025 The inaction 'demonstrates a profound disregard for human life,' says IDSA leader

Infectious diseases do not magically disappear just because you stop tracking and reporting. This is dangerous.
When diseases spread in silence, outbreaks go undetected for much longer and containment is more difficult.
All of this means more avoidable deaths.
www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

Nearly half of CDC surveillance databases have stopped updating ‘The consequences will be dire,’ former NIAID director Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo warns

ICE observers recording with phones are heroes, and are the reason we know the truth about the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

In public health, we make observations by collecting and analyzing data. But RFK Jr. is taking the equivalent of our “phone”. Without data, he can lie with abandon.

Student loans: ‘My debt rose £20,000 to £77,000 even though I’m paying’ Millions of graduates are trapped by ballooning debts, as their repayments are dwarfed by the interest added

Student loans: ‘My debt rose £20,000 to £77,000 even though I’m paying’

US science after a year of Trump: what has been lost and what remains A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.

Trump has been in office for one year. We at @nature.com did a deep dive looking at the administration's disruption of science in numbers.

Take a look—the numbers are staggering. By me, @dangaristo.bsky.social, Jeff Tollefson, @kimay.bsky.social, & help from @noamross.net @scott-delaney.bsky.social

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Looking for a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to join our multidisciplinary team of scientists. The postdoc will collaborate with world-class structural biologist Peijun Zhang to understand everything about HIV capsids and how they work via host interactions.

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CELL MIGRATION LAB We study cell migration in health and disease

🚨 We are hiring TWO postdocs to join the Cell Migration Lab (cellmig.org) 🇫🇮 as part of the new Centre of Excellence in Immune–Endothelial Interfaces (IMMENs).
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Tick-borne viruses: discovery, clinical aspects, influencing factors and control Nature Reviews Microbiology, Published online: 19 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41579-026-01277-zPathogenic tick-borne viruses (TBVs) are a global threat to public and veterinary health. In this Review, Cao and colleagues highlight the diversity of the tick virome, review human and animal TBV pathogens, outline clinical features of human TBV infections, describe factors impacting ticks and TBV spread, and discuss the need for integrated One Health control strategies.

New online! Tick-borne viruses: discovery, clinical aspects, influencing factors and control

N1-Methylpseudouridine directly modulates translation dynamics Nature - N1-Methylpseudouridine enhances the translation of synthetic mRNAs, independently of innate immunity.

Our new paper is out in Nature 🎉. We show that m1Ψ in mRNA vaccines doesn’t just quiet immunity, it also directly enhance translation by reshaping ribosome dynamics in a sequence-dependent way 🧬
Full paper : rdcu.be/eY5gx

Language model-guided anticipation and discovery of mammalian metabolites - Nature Chemical language models trained on known metabolites can identify previously unknown metabolites from mass spectrometry-based metabolomics data with high accuracy.

Nature research paper: Language model-guided anticipation and discovery of mammalian metabolites

go.nature.com/4b1vrFk

Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled $1.6m project drew outrage over ethical questions about withholding vaccines proven to prevent disease

BREAKING: The controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau has been *cancelled,* I can now report. A senior official with Africa CDC confirmed the cancellation and said GB officials are working to make sure any research is conducted ethically:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Resurgence of Zoonotic Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus in Cambodia | NEJM In this report from Cambodia, 16 human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection that occurred from February 2023 through August 2024 are described.

Now out in @nejm.org :
Between 2023–2024: Sixteen human infections with A/H5N1 in Cambodia. Six deaths. Most in children. All exposed to sick or dead poultry.

www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

US PhD admissions shrink as fears over Trump’s cuts take hold Some doctoral programmes are admitting no students at all amid uncertainty about federal science funding.

Across scientific disciplines, US university departments are cutting the numbers of PhD candidates they plan to accept in the current application cycle, for students due to begin in 2026, according to a Nature news article. Some plan to pause admissions altogether. #Academicsky 🧪