Pride in Microbiology

🚨 Attention, queer microbiologists!🚨 Today is the last day to submit your abstract to be considered for a talk at the 2026 Pride in Microbiology LGBTQ+ STEM Day Symposium! Link: forms.gle/VyXy4WXmr96B...

We are sponsoring the Best Talk Prize 🏳️‍🌈

🏳️‍🌈 The deadline for abstract submissions is approaching! You can submit one at forms.gle/wysAbvWzF88t..., or simply register for the event as an audience member. See you then! 🏳️‍🌈

Announcing our 2026 Pride in Microbiology LGBTQIA+ STEM Day Symposium keynote speaker: Prof. Christina Muzny, MD (UAB). Title: “Impact of Testosterone Therapy on the Vaginal Microbiota in Transgender Men.” Register at forms.gle/VyXy4WXmr96B...

We’d love to keep you in the loop and share updates with you!

Please join us for our 2026 LGBTQIA+ STEM Day Symposium! Registration form: forms.gle/VyXy4WXmr96B...

🧬 Don't forget - This Thursday, September 17th, from 1- 2 p.m. (EST), is our first Technique Swap event! Let's share our practical tips for dealing with PCRs in our daily research! 🧬 (image credit - Sketching Science)

Join us for our first-ever Technique Swap event! Let's start by exchanging tips and tricks about PCR with a discussion led by Dr. Nicholas de Mojana (State University of New York)! Join our mailing list or email us for the Zoom link.

Join our Virtual Technique Swap events! Sharing "hidden" knowledge can strengthen our community's scientific impact! If you're interested in joining, whether occasionally or regularly, please complete the interest form below. Link: forms.gle/NXuoY7aAuPo4...

@prideinmicro.bsky.social @prideinstem.bsky.social

We're proud to present a paper we just published in Trends in Microbiology, in which we share our efforts, successes, and challenges after three years of our existence. Let's fill this world map! Read the paper at tinyurl.com/yzscju3r

🏳️‍🌈 Member spotlight alert! Caitlyn Sebastian's research on Staphylococcus aureus was recently published in Infection and Immunity! Congratulations!🏳️‍🌈

💪🏳️‍🌈 Little Microbes, Big Pride!🏳️‍🌈 💪 We wish everyone a wonderful Pride Month!

🏳️‍🌈 Join us this Friday for our virtual Coffee Hour event! Meet new people and enjoy a relaxed chat 😁 ☕️

This Tuesday, please join PiM members organized by the ASM's Subcommittee on the Status of Historically Excluded Groups (SSHEG)! Register at: www.pathlms.com/asm/webinars...

Hi @prideinmicro.bsky.social We’re open for registration for #ASMicrobe in DC next month! We’d love for y’all to join us 🦠 🧪 🔬 #MicroSky binningsingletons.com/singleton/bi...

Inspired by @prideinmicro.bsky.social ‘s EDI Prize lecture at #microbio26, I’ve added a bit of LBGTQIA+ flare to my office to signal allyship and hopefully indicate that ours is an inclusive space. 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

🏳️‍🌈🌱Member Spotlight Alert! Dr. Ernesto da Silva recently published his work in microbial phytopathology demonstrating the causal agents of Cercospora Leaf Blight! 🌱 🏳️‍🌈

📬️ 🏳️‍🌈 Calling all 2SLGBTQIA+ microbiologists! Have you signed up for our email list? You can do it at prideinmicro.org and stay in the loop! 🏳️‍🌈 📬️

Starting my journey to Belfast this evening and finalizing our talk: 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 So so so looking forward to sharing the vision of @prideinmicro.bsky.social with @microbiologysociety.org at #Microbio26 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

On my way to Belfast for @microbiologysociety.org 2026! Very proud of what we have achieved with @prideinmicro.bsky.social 👏 Read the full interview here: microbiologysociety.org/resource/mee...

☕️ 🏳️‍🌈 Quick reminder for our next Coffee Hours event on April 10th! Don't forget to check your time zone! 🏳️‍🌈 ☕️

Calling all 2SLGBTQIA+ microbiologists! 📢 We want to show the world that our community is vital to the scientific enterprise! 🏳️‍🌈🦠 📋 Submission Guidelines: tinyurl.com/bdch6mkf 📧 Send entries to: prideinmicrobiology@gmail.com #ScienceSky #Microbiology #PrideInSTEM

Gabriella Rizzo, from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, recently published a paper describing a new archaeal species living in hydrothermal vents! Read the whole paper here: doi.org/10.1099/ijse... #PrideinMicrobiology #QueerinSTEM #Archaea

Last week, four PiM members met up during a business meeting of the Pride in Dental Research network! Left to right: Dr. Alex Valm (State Univ. of New York), Dr. Bruno Lima (Univ. of Florida), Dr. Nicholas de Mojana (State Univ. of New York), and Dr. Carter Bruett (Univ. of Utah).

March 31 is International Transgender Day of Visibility. 🏳️‍⚧️ Today, we celebrate how far we've come and acknowledge the long road ahead of us to equity. Inequality persists, but our community is resilient. You always have space with us to imagine a better future. ☀️ 🌈

🏳️‍🌈 Reminder! Drop by our next Coffee Hour relaxed chat this Friday! 🏳️‍🌈 *Please remember to double-check the time in your time zone!!!*

Happy International Women's Day! 🌹 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ ⚧️ 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 👩‍🦳

Let's celebrate this career milestone of our member, Dr. Jay Gordon! 🧪 🏳️‍🌈 🧫 Want to be featured too? Access tinyurl.com/bdch6mkf for more information! #LGBTQSTEM #Microbiology

🏳️‍🌈 Reminder! Drop by our next Coffee Hour relaxed chat this Friday! 🏳️‍🌈 *Please remember to double-check the time in your time zone!!!*

Dr. Vitor Leite, from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, recently published a paper in Microbiology Spectrum where his group identified another microorganism associated with food contamination. Read the full paper here: tinyurl.com/mrp22x59 #QueerInSTEM #Microbiology #CRISPR #FoodSafety

🏳️‍🌈 Do you want to connect with queer microbiologists in your region in real time? Come join our WhatsApp groups! 📱 Email us at prideinmicrobiology@gmail.com for more information. #Microbiology #PrideinMicrobiology

We're happy to share our first Research Spotlight! Dr. Janssen's publication was selected as an Editor's Pick in the Journal of Virology, in which they propose using viruses as gene-delivery tools in mosquitoes. Read the full paper here: tinyurl.com/3efv4vzs #QueerInSTEM #Microbiology #Virology

Let's celebrate this wonderful achievement by our member, Dr. Joseph Rouse! 🧪 🏳️‍🌈 👨‍🔬 Want to be featured too? Access tinyurl.com/bdch6mkf for more information! #LGBTQSTEM #Microbiology #EmoryUniversity

This Friday, February 13th, we'll have our first ☕️ Coffee Hours ☕️ event of the year at 12-1 PM (EST)! Check your emails for the Zoom link. If you're not yet signed up for our newsletter, you can do so at prideinmicrobiology.github.io! 🏳️‍🌈 #PrideInSTEM #Microbiology #PrideinMicrobiology

Calling all 2SLGBTQIA+ microbiologists! 📢 We want to show the world that our community is vital to the scientific enterprise! 🏳️‍🌈🦠 📋 Submission Guidelines: tinyurl.com/bdch6mkf 📧 Send entries to: prideinmicrobiology@gmail.com #ScienceSky #Microbiology #PrideInSTEM

Looking for a place to chill, vent, or hang out with fun queer microbiologists? Look no further! Join us at one of our virtual Coffee Hour events and make new friends! 🏳️‍🌈 🦠 ☕️

Come join our network at prideinmicrobiology.github.io! 🏳️‍🌈 Sign up for our mailing list for information about our events! 🦠 #Pride #STEM #LGBTQ

📢 🏳️🌈🦠 We are expanding our matching program for 2SLGBTQIA+ microbiologists! Whether you need a mentor, a collaborator, or community support, we can help you. 🔗 Mentorship & Geo-matching: tinyurl.com/5cdyppys 🔗 Research Interest Groups: tinyurl.com/4p88bm4k #Microbiology #QueerInSTEM

📢 🏳️🌈🦠 We are expanding our matching program for 2SLGBTQIA+ microbiologists! Whether you need a mentor, a collaborator, or community support, we can help you. 🔗 Mentorship & Geo-matching: tinyurl.com/5cdyppys 🔗 Research Interest Groups: tinyurl.com/4p88bm4k #Microbiology #QueerInSTEM

We're delighted to share we've been awarded the 2026 Microbiology Society EDI Award! Our founders, Landon Getz, Bruno Oliveira, and Edel Pérez-López, will receive the award and talk about our accomplishments in Belfast (UK) from April 13 to 16. Read more: tinyurl.com/yf3v7fu8

Last October, Pride in Microbiology members connected at the 33rd Brazilian Microbiology Conference (CBM)! 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈 🦠 🧫 Shoutout to Paula (@paulasoaresz_), Tássio (@tassiobritoo), and Bruno Vizzotto (@bvizzotto)! Our founder, Bruno Oliveira (@bfrancescol), was also there despite no photo evidence!

Today is Trans Day of Remembrance (TDoR), a day to remember people lost to transphobic violence. 🏳️‍⚧️Today we mourn, but also reaffirm our commitment to fight for the living. Take care of yourselves Today!🏳️‍⚧️

I’m extremely happy to see @prideinmicro.bsky.social recognized by @microbiologysociety.org with the 2026 EDI Prize Lecture! 🏆👏 This award is both an affirmation and a call to action. It tells every 2SLGBTQI+ microbiologist: you are seen, you belong, and your future matters 🏳️‍🌈🧫🏳️‍⚧️

On #LGBTQSTEMDay, Bruno Francesco Rodrigues de Oliveira, a founding member of the Pride in Microbiology Network, reveals how it has developed since it was launched three years ago - and what needs to happen next. www.the-microbiologist.com/opinion/prid...

Happy International Day of 2SLGBTQIA+ People in STEM! Join the network on Discord or the mailing list at our website (link in bio!)

Our LGBTQ+ STEM Day Celebrations are taking place at @zslofficial.bsky.social and then at Zodiac Bar! Join us! Free tickets: www.outsavvy.com/event/31027/... #PrideInSTEM 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🔭🧪