Curtis Suttle

UBC TT Assist Prof in animal and environmental health ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcfac.... An ideal candidate would focus on sustainable aquaculture, how the environment affects the animal, how production systems impact the environment, and how novel technologies provide solutions

Resistance to #AMR can't happen in a silo, we must look at our entire ecological infrastructure. Phages are highly specific predators of bacteria-ideal for clinical human trials, crop protection and veterinary medicine without disrupting vital microbiomes. #UF_EPI #AMR #WorldPhageWeek #bacteriophage

We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow to join the team @ubcmicroimmuno.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca to study TB pathogenesis and host-directed therapy! Please help disseminate amongst your network. ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjo...

How to preserve microbial diversity www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Save the date for my most favorite get together! We are delighted to announce that the 13th Aquatic Virus Workshop (AVW13) will be held from 6 to 11 June 2027, hosted by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Website coming soon!

It is great to see Curtis joining UBC to bolster our microbial prowess!

My department, Evolution and Ecology at UC Davis is hiring a plant evolution position! I am biased, but it's a great department 😃 apply here: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07777

Professor in Bacteriophage Biology & Evolution at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Closing date 1 October, with an expected start date no earlier than January 1, 2027, and a salary within the range of $200,000 to $270,000 per year. For details: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcfac...

As head of the @ubcmedicine.bsky.social Dept of Medical Genetics, I am delighted to share that in collaboration with @bcchresearch.bsky.social we are recruiting a tenure track Assistant Professor clinician scientist: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjo... There's 0.4FTE clinical attached!

Hello friends. I'm starting a new job today reporting for @nature.com on all things climate and Earth science, energy, and beyond.🌍Please get in touch if you're a researcher/gov staffer/startup with results/projects that deserve attention--or are facing problems we should know about. Contact in bio.

🧑‍🔬 The Scientist | The Science 🔬 Shannon McClish, Oceanography In this series we are showcasing some of the incredible graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in the EOAS department, along with a taste of what they're working on right now.

A nicely written story of polar Giant Viruses (GV) and their virophages. Often overlooked is that the first GV was isolated from the sea www.int-res.com/journals/ame..., and was later reclassified as CroV doi.org/10.1073/pnas... along with its virophage Mavirus www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The Social Lives of Viruses is coming to Vancouver, Canada, from 4th-8th August 2026! This is a free meeting dedicated to all aspects of virus-virus interactions & evolution. To apply: socialviruses.zoology.ubc.ca @sociovirology.bsky.social #socialviruses #evosky #lovevirology #virosky

Sign up for one (or both) of our NEW Micro-certificate courses: Introduction to the Sustainable Blue Economy and Communicating Ocean Science. Both start in May. Not sure? Attend our online Info Session on April 8 @ 12 noon. oceans.ubc.ca/non-credit-c...

Insightful summary of an extraordinary person being extraordinarily fired: "you don't silence a woman of color who raised concerns about racism by silencing her...The fingerprints are distributed perfectly across the system." www.linkedin.com/pulse/uclas-...

Vancouver is ranked as the happiest city in North America happy-city-index.com/institute. OK, only 39th in the World, but happier than our grumpy neighbours to the South. Maybe we are happy because of Kits Pool?

Live from the ISS: UBC alumna and NASA astronaut Dr. Jessica Meir will answer student questions in a special on-campus event March 26. Media are invited to attend. Read more: news.ubc.ca/advisory/ubc...

Welcome Ramon!

I learned the very sad news today that Markus Weinbauer passed away. Markus shaped our views of marine viral ecology. The pic shows the lab in the early days @utmsi.bsky.social. Full marks if you recognize Markus, Steve Wilhelm @tn-marine-micro.bsky.social, Amy Chan, Feng Chen, Steve Short & me.

Thanks for the shout out and congrats to my colleagues! Torella & Morita first recognized the abundance of viruses in seawater journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/..., and work led by @jedfuhrman.bsky.social and Gunnar Bratbak at Bergen primed the modern era.

#ProtistsOnSky no 'swimming' by 𝘝𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘺𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢, definitively no 'staying still'. just a relaxed walk towards the lunch...

Excited to share our latest publication, led by Dr. Ellie McCallum and Juan Burckhardt! bit.ly/4kfzQaf You can access the article for free here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1mWb4L7PXu... And more information is available on the updated preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s message is this unspoken antithesis of Carney as the future and Trump as the past. Trump surely went to Davos to remind the world who controls the puck. But his notorious lack of attention span keeps him unable to see that the game is changing, writes Chris Cannon.

Dean of Science and UBC chemist Dr. Mark MacLachlan has a science themed crossword in the New York Times. "This puzzle’s theme idea came to me when I got one of those pesky error messages on my computer," Dr. MacLachlan said. @chem.ubc.ca www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/c...

Are you hiring in academia, healthcare, biotech, or industry? Share your open role on the Science in Vancouver Job Board! 🧪 Free to post 🥼 Built for the Vancouver life science community We help great science find great people. Submit your job today: https://bit.ly/49FdATy

Great Speech - well worth taking the time to read

Viruses transform microbes, populations, & ecosystems. In new work jointly led w/@tn-marine-micro.bsky.social + more, we find a link between enhanced viral infection and productivity 50 meters below the surface in the otherwise nutrient limited Sargasso Sea. a 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Postdoc position available, on Arctic phytoplankton mortality and viral ecology -- Check it out! workingat.nioz.nl/o/postdoc-po...

Are you a healthcare worker potentially interested in relocating to Canada? Check out the Healthcare infusion, a volunteer-driven national movement connecting doctors, nurses, and allied healthcare professionals with the people and places that need them most engageq.notion.site/infusionhosts

15 January is the deadline to file a brief Expression of Interest to be nominated for a Canada Impact Chair @UBC. Only candidates working and residing outside of Canada are eligible to apply, including expatriate Canadians. More info and the EOI portal are at research.ubc.ca/federal-rese...

The Canada Impact Chair program has been announced for research leaders www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl.... The Chairs provide up to $12M in funding. If you think UBC might be the place to continue your career, please let us know by submitting an expression of interest at research.ubc.ca/federal-rese...

Now open for submissions: PLOS Ecosystems is a multidisciplinary, open access journal bringing together research relevant to addressing the challenges facing our terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems, and nature's contributions to people. Submit and learn more: plos.io/4oYuRvR

The Department of Physics & Astronomy invites young scientists and their families to our free science show on Sunday November 30, 2025 on UBC campus! Come explore science with us as we 'Expand our Senses and movements with Tech!' phas.ubc.ca/2025-faraday... @triumflab.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca

Applications are now open for two two-year UBC Biodiversity Postdoc Fellowships biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and.... $77,000 /y + benefits and $7000 /y research funds.

When you peak inside an oyster, it's remarkable what one finds. Rather than "The world is my oyster" sensu William Shakespeare, it should be changed to "The world is an oyster", as a metaphor of the vast diversity of life residing within these humble molluscs; there are magnificent microbes within.

Marine heatwaves are becoming more frequent with global warming, but could they in turn exacerbate climate change? In a new study, Steven Hallam's team reports that spurts of intense ocean warming can impact microbial community structure and carbon cycling: mbim.ubc.ca/news/marine-...

I gave a talk last year at TEDxNewEngland aimed at introducing the idea of viral sociality to a general audience, including implications for evolution & virology. Video now available online below. #socialviruses #evosky #virosky 🧪

Come join us at UBC!

Another casualty of the time, after nearly four decades, the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) is shutting down www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDtm....

As the government finalizes its plan to transition away from open-net pen #salmon farming in B.C., it is crucial that decision-makers have a clear pathway to receive robust #science advice - Dr. Gideon Mordecai vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e... via @vancouversun.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca

In as much as a third of flu infections, parasitic "cheating" viruses 🦠 come to outnumber normal viruses - which helps limit the severity of infections 🧪 That's what @asherleeks.bsky.social and co have found by analysing sequencing data www.newscientist.com/article/2496...

Are you a recent PhD interested in a postdoc in Canada? Up to 20% of NSERC Postdoc Fellowships (70k/y for 2y) will be awarded to International applicants, who did their PhD outside of Canada. Deadline is 17 October. See: www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etu...

Two covers for papers published on the same day www.pnas.org/toc/pnas/122... & www.nature.com/natecolevol/.... Proud of the team, especially #MelaniePrentice & @kevinzhong2006.bsky.social with @ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social, @eoas.ubc.ca, @ubcoceans.bsky.social, @hakai.org and @science.ubc.ca

Come join us in Knoxville. Faculty position looking for those interested in the quantitative aspects of phototroph-microbe interactions.

Come join us at UBC, and flex your pedagogical vision!

Coffee and snacks! 😲

Congratulations! What a great group of researchers!

Great opportunity to sharpen your climate chops, and get free pizza!

Microbiology and Immunology and the Michael Smith Labs are seeking candidates for an Assistant Professor of Teaching in STEM Public Engagement position. Learn more and apply at: www.msl.ubc.ca/careers/ #IndigenousinSTEM #BlackInNature #WomenInSTEM #MinoritiesInSTEM #DiversityInSTEM #STEMEducation

@kevinzhong2006.bsky.social shows that Vibrio pectenicida strain FHCF-3 has the genetic potential to produce aerolysin-like toxins journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... that could be involved in SSWD that killed billions of seastars www.nature.com/articles/s41...