Ira Blader

Ira Blader

@bladerlab.bsky.social

I'm a Professor who studies how parasites grow and cause disease. NY ➡️ קיבוץ כפר בלום ➡️ VT➡️UAB ➡️Stanford ➡️OUHSC ➡️UB➡️VT. Currently, Head of Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology at Virginia Tech Vet School https://tinyurl.com/mrxm2uhm

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Ira Blader
@bladerlab.bsky.social

There is no bittom for this vengeful hateful ugly man. We should all be appalled but won’t

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸@patriottakes.bsky.social

Trump praised Vivek Ramaswamy’s disgusting ad against Amy Acton and urged him to continue running it.

Ira Blader
@bladerlab.bsky.social

If it wasn’t so predictable the fact that no one is talking about boycotting Tesla and other Musk businesses would be shocking.

Tony@weeton4.bsky.social

Treason is the crime of betraying a state, nation, or sovereign, typically by attempting to overthrow the government, waging war against the country, or giving aid and comfort to its enemies.

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Andrew Gulick
@amgulick-lab.bsky.social

I look forward to reading this series in mSphere. Kudos to @bladerlab.bsky.social IMHO, The Venn diagram of "Scientists" and "Scientists w/ interesting back-stories" is a circle. Other journals take note: mSphere Legacy: Sharing wisdom at the culmination ... journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....

journals.asm.orgmSphere Legacy: Sharing wisdom at the culmination of a scientific career | mSphere“We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.”
Ira Blader
@bladerlab.bsky.social

Bills score on a 2 point conversion and the Sabres had power play goals. All in the same day. I guess pigs can fly afterall. #Billsmafia

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Chris Smith
@drchristsmith.bsky.social

The School of Animal Sciences at Virginia Tech invites applications for a #postdoc or Research Assistant Professor position in Muscle Growth Biology. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis with a priority deadline of October 30, 2026. jobs.apply.vt.edu/jobs/postdoc...

jobs.apply.vt.eduPostdoctoral Assoc/Research Asst Prof-Muscle Growth Biology - Blacksburg, Virginia, United StatesJob Description The School of Animal Sciences at Virginia Tech invites applications for a Postdoctoral Associate / Research Assistant Professor position in Muscle Growth Biology. The position will b...
Ira Blader
@bladerlab.bsky.social

I subscribe to @siriusxm because I like it. But I'll be damned if I will support a company that pays someone to spew hate and whatever else you want to call this crap like Megyn Kelly does

Amee Vanderpool@girlsreallyrule.bsky.social

Here is Megyn Kelly, telling the world that Jane Doe was lucky she got to be raped by seven men and she should be grateful.

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Alison Criss
@alisoncrissuva.bsky.social

If you're looking for a department with exceptional science and a collegial atmosphere, please apply! Review of applications will start soon.

Uday Tak@nokaryote.bsky.social

JOB ALERT: University of Virginia School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology is recruiting a virologist (open rank). Please share and forward to anyone who may be interested! More information and link to application: apply.interfolio.com/191946

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George O'Toole (he/him/his)
@geiselbiofilm.bsky.social

Pls share: Two tenure-track positions in Molecular Microbiology at Virginia Tech. I had a great visit there a couple of years ago! jobs.apply.vt.edu/jobs/assista...

jobs.apply.vt.eduAssistant/Associate Professor - Blacksburg, Virginia, United StatesJob Description The Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Science at Virginia Tech seeks applicants for two (2) tenure-track research and teaching positions at the Assistant/Associate ...

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Jason Stajich
@hyphaltip.bsky.social

Virginia Tech has TWO Assistant/Associate Professor positions open in the Department of Biological Sciences targeting fungal and bacterial molecular biologists. Join some great fungal biologists @mycorican.bsky.social and Kirsten Nielsen! jobs.apply.vt.edu/jobs/assista...

jobs.apply.vt.eduAssistant/Associate Professor - Blacksburg, Virginia, United StatesJob Description The Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Science at Virginia Tech seeks applicants for two (2) tenure-track research and teaching positions at the Assistant/Associate ...
Ira Blader
@bladerlab.bsky.social

Yeah he’s a mathematical genius but how would rank him amongst all the undergraduates? And where is the anecdote about him being humble, nice, and down to earth? Also you forgot to fill out our rubric. Finally this wasnt submitted through Interfolio - send again

Ira Blader
@bladerlab.bsky.social

APPLY!! Great department, great chair, great colleagues, great place to do science. And microbiology throughout Virginia Tech, including my department, is awesome. Still not convinced? Blacksburg is beautiful and affordable

Erin Hotchkiss@fluvialbenthos.bsky.social

We (Biological Sciences at Virginia Tech) are #hiring TWO tenure-track Molecular Microbiology professors! Review of applications starts 1 Nov. I'm happy to answer questions about the department, VT, life in Blacksburg, etc.! More info / to apply: jobs.apply.vt.edu/jobs/assista... 🧪👩‍🔬🦠 #academicjobs

jobs.apply.vt.eduAssistant/Associate Professor - Blacksburg, Virginia, United StatesJob Description The Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Science at Virginia Tech seeks applicants for two (2) tenure-track research and teaching positions at the Assistant/Associate ...

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Mark Mandel
@markjmandel.bsky.social

Career retrospective from Tom Silhavy as he winds down his laboratory. An amazing legacy from which I am fortunate to have benefitted. @princetonmolbio.bsky.social journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

journals.asm.orgmSphere Legacy: A career built on suppressors | mSphereI grew up in a small town, Wauseon, in the northwest corner of Ohio. Although I enjoyed science and math classes in high school, a career in research and academia never crossed my mind. I worked for s...
Ira Blader
@bladerlab.bsky.social

And the crickets we are hearing from biotech and big pharma is disheartening. Hearing nothing from @hhmi-science.bsky.social is contemptible

Ira Blader@bladerlab.bsky.social

now we know why these asshats do not want us to see our grant scores. This is a brazen theft of public money and at the very least the poor excuse for a NIH should be impeached. Hopefully this gives closure to those researchers with grants receiving low single digit percentile scores are unfunded

Ira Blader
@bladerlab.bsky.social

now we know why these asshats do not want us to see our grant scores. This is a brazen theft of public money and at the very least the poor excuse for a NIH should be impeached. Hopefully this gives closure to those researchers with grants receiving low single digit percentile scores are unfunded

Mark Histed@markhisted.org

On the diversion of several billion dollars from #NIH to the Department of Defense (NYT today reports it’s up to “one third of the NIAID budget” and that Trump NIH director Bhattacharya signed the deal.) The big question I have: Is this is an end run around peer review? 1/

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Dave Sherry
@myonlyneuron.bsky.social

I need suggestions for a specific antibody to label centrioles in a 4-channel immunofluorescence experiment. I need a primary anti-centriole antibody raised in chicken, guinea pig, rat, hamster, or a monoclonal Mouse IgG2c. Suggestions would be welcomed with great excitement.

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Emmanuelle Genoyer
@immunuelle.bsky.social

The Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology at UF is hiring a virologist! Come be my colleague and join a fantastic fun virology community! We have two positions open in virology (and genetics too!) please share if you know anyone interested. jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/679645/a...

jobs.sciencecareers.orgAssistant / Associate / Professor - Virology, RNA virus, emerging viruses - University of Florida, Gainesville job with University of Florida | 679645Two tenure-track positions at the ranks of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in Virology.

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Wiep Klaas Smits (ExpBac/CMAT)
@smitslab.bsky.social

Acquisition of a gene cluster in Clostridioides difficile PCR ribotype 023 strains enables xylitol utilization | mSphere journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

journals.asm.orgAcquisition of a gene cluster in Clostridioides difficile PCR ribotype 023 strains enables xylitol utilization | mSphereGenetic factors aiding in the emergence of the opportunistic pathogen Clostridioides difficile are poorly understood. Infections with clade 3 (PCR ribotype 023) strains causing severe disease have increased since 2008. Here, we show RT023 strains have the unique ability to utilize xylitol, a sugar alcohol used as a food additive in humans and animals, due to the presence of a xylitol dehydrogenase (xdh) gene within a mobile genetic element (MGE). This xylitol utilization ability confers a fitness benefit in competition against other C. difficile ribotypes, as well as in a fecal community in vitro. Research investigating the underlying genetic factors driving the physiology of C. difficile will improve our understanding of colonization and hypervirulence.

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MGB Division of Infectious Diseases
@mgb-id.bsky.social

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journals.asm.orgEffects of improved water, sanitation, handwashing, and nutrition on early childhood IgG immune repertoire development against Shigella and enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC) | mSphereShigella/EIEC is a leading cause of global diarrheal deaths, especially in low-resource settings. Current interventions against childhood Shigella/EIEC infection focus on reducing exposure, such as th...