Scientist, molecular and cellular microbiologist, enjoyment of sports and life experiences. Everlasting learner and observer.
Halifax, Canada
Joined June 2016
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Nik Thomas retweeted
Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Guelph is hiring THREE new tenure-track Assistant Professors!
Join our world-class, multidisciplinary environment where you’ll collaborate with excellent people and contribute to groundbreaking research and education.
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Nik Thomas retweeted
Only two weeks left for registration to Vibrio 2024!
Deadline for abstract submission will also close on August 15th so upload yours soon.
See you in Lima! The conference will be 🔥
Thrilled to announce the upcoming VIBRIO 2024 meeting in Lima Peru Oct 20-23,2024. Check out website for preliminary program. Registration will open soon. Please share!
Big thanks to the @BWFUND for the generous support. Also, thanks to @UCF and @UTSA!
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Nik Thomas retweeted
We are recruiting!!!
In collaboration with the Lady Davis Institute, we have just posted for a new Assistant Professor position (non-tenure track) in host-virus interactions. The full details are found and the link below:
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Nik Thomas retweeted
Glad to see this one out in JBC! Thanks to @SBrinsmade and @DADiMaggioJr for their help deciphering the mechanism of action of our antivirulent, @carlamaduta for the Lactobacillus work and @Superantigens for encouraging my crazy ideas. Check it out: jbc.org/article/S0021-9258(2…
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The new PhD candidate, the post-doc, and the PI
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The bureaucratic work academics need to do before they are free to actually do science for 5 minutes
Nik Thomas retweeted
@MicrobialOcean, Alastair Simpson and I are seeking a postdoc to work with us on metabolomics of a fascinating protist-bacterial symbiosis in the Anaeramoebae! drive.google.com/file/d/1dIX…
Nik Thomas retweeted
If you've induced phages, you may have wondered if you can do the 'opposite' - block entry into lysogeny. You can, using protein synthesis inhibitors! Better still, this yields a potent synergy, functionally turning a temperate phage into a virulent one.
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Nik Thomas retweeted
Assistant Professor position in our department in "Cell Biology and Metabolism" is open now! Please come be our colleague! dal.peopleadmin.ca/postings/…
Nik Thomas retweeted
13 PhD positions available in a European consortium working on the biotechnological potential of Archaea! Please spread the word!
#positions #PhDposition
1 position in my lab. Apply here until the 12th of May!
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Nik Thomas retweeted
Excited to share our latest study uncovering gut microbes and microbial metabolites linked to cardiovascular health! We show that Oscillibacter is associated w/decreased cholesterol in human subjects & that these bacteria take up &metabolize cholesterol.
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Nik Thomas retweeted
We are very concerned about the #cholera situation: 23 countries are currently reporting cases. Comoros and Mayotte are the newest on the list since last week, both reporting cases for the first time in over 15 years.
It's 2024, humanity has transformed the planet, and yet many people still don't have basic necessities: clean water, soap and toilets.
And the cholera vaccine remains in shortfall, while cases continue to rise.
We cannot accept this.
@WHO joins @IFRC, @MSF and @UNICEF in calling for the urgent fast-tracking of life-saving measures.
Millions at risk from #cholera due to lack of clean water, soap and toilets and shortage of cholera vaccine.
Immediate action is needed to stem an unprecedented multi-year upsurge in cholera cases worldwide bit.ly/3TtDpwD
Nik Thomas retweeted
Millions at risk from #cholera due to lack of clean water, soap and toilets and shortage of cholera vaccine.
Immediate action is needed to stem an unprecedented multi-year upsurge in cholera cases worldwide bit.ly/3TtDpwD
Nik Thomas retweeted
Very proud to share this work by @MargotDessarti4 of her screen for factors conferring protection against T6SS. Wonderful collaboration with the @CascalesLab! @mbiojournal @NSERC_CRSNG @FRQS1 @biologieUdeS @LISM_CNRS_AMU
Nik Thomas retweeted
Calling all graduate student and postdoctoral fellows: Extended abstract deadline (March 22nd) for CSM 2024 is approaching. Don't miss the opportunity to present your work in the award competitions!
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Nik Thomas retweeted
Come work with us! New tenure-track faculty position now open in microbiology / biotechnology at INRS (Quebec, Canada). Please share broadly! inrs.ca/en/jobs/professeure-…
Nik Thomas retweeted
Interested in learning about bacterial genetics?
Apply until March 1 for the CSHL Advanced Bacterial Genetics course @cshlcourses @cshlabg!
This year together with @BCID2014 and @juedwang!
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Nik Thomas retweeted
Come join us at the University of Saskatchewan! We are looking for a CRC tier 2 (assistant or associate professor) specialized in protein science for pathogen defense.
New job posting: Canada Research Chair in Protein Science for Pathogen Defense - University of Saskatchewan - SASKATOON, Canada dlvr.it/T2rXvn #ASBMBCareers
Nik Thomas retweeted
The Department of Microbiology are hiring 2 lecturer positions! Apply by March 11: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j…
ALT We invite applications for two, three-year Lecturer positions in microbiology and immunology. The Microbiology and Immunology undergraduate programs provide students with a comprehensive education in microbiology, immunology, and virology through lecture courses, advanced discussion courses, and experiential learning laboratory and data science courses including course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs).
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With a novel mechanism of action & no known resistances, peptidoglycan hydrolases (PGH) show promise as antimicrobials. In @mbiojournal, researchers engineered a PGH that exhibits an extraordinary ability to eradicate staphylococci. asm.social/1Hs
ALT Selection of MEndoB from a library of chimeric staphylococcal PGHs. A chimeric PGH library of 48 constructs was cloned, expressed, and characterized