Tera Levin
@tera_levin
Assistant professor of Biological Sciences at Pitt, studying evolution, genes, and microbes. Now mostly hangs out at: @[email protected]. #NewPI She/her
🎉Our work on the ancestry of innate immune proteins is now published in PLOS Biology! Great insights from postdoc Ed Culbertson on the connections between mammalian immunity and bacterial anti-phage immunity🦠 Original tweet thread on our findings here: x.com/tera_levin/sta…
How did our #InnateImmune systems first evolve? Ed Culbertson & @tera_levin reveal origins of 3 families of #antiviral proteins: CD-NTases (incl #cGAS), STINGs & #Viperins; each reveals a different story connecting animal & bacterial immunity #PLOSBiology plos.io/46SfBqM
A great program at UCSF to start your own small lab. Please alert graduating PhD students around you who you think have a strong track record and the potential to succeed with early independence.
Are you interested in "skipping the postdoc" and starting your independent lab in biomedical research as a fellow? Check out the @UCSF Sandler Fellows Program! Nominations are due 1/10/2025 - more info below. fellows.ucsf.edu
We're hiring! If you have a background in any subdiscipline of #ecology (global change and microbial ecology particularly welcome) and would like to work with us, check out the job ad below. #editorjobs #ecologyjobs nature.com/naturecareers/…
Pls share: Microbiology faculty position available at Texas A&M University.
In a new study, we report the discovery of a human homolog of SIR2 antiphage proteins that participates in the TLR pathway of mammalian innate immunity!! Co-led with @EnzoZ_P lab, in collab with @morehouse_ben biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
The University of Chicago has two faculty searches that should interest evolutionary biologists/geneticists. A fantastic university with lots of strong colleagues across departments. Get in touch if you have any questions! academicjobs.uchicago.edu/positions/1460… academicjobs.uchicago.edu/positions/1430…
VEuPathDB coming back online is terrific. BUT for now it is only a temporary reprieve that brings back a static version. Please visit VEuPathDB.org to stay informed on what's happening and take the anonymous survey there to help inform discussion about the future
Parasite, Fungal & Vector database resources will be coming back online … fill out the form at VEuPathDB.org to be kept informed, and an anonymous survey to help define the future 🔗veupathdb.org
Congrats, Sammy! Such amazing works characterizing an enzymatic TIR in animals
Stoked to share our companion stories, now out in @ImmunityCP and @CellReports! We characterize an enzymatic TIR protein as an immune sensor in animals, showing that it is a guard protein in an effector-triggered immune response. cell.com/immunity/fullt… cell.com/cell-reports/f… 1/
I’m pleased to announce my transition to Chair of the Department of Microbiology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. As part of this role, we’re recruiting two junior faculty for 2025, focusing on infection biology. Learn more and apply: apply.interfolio.com/153243
We are hiring! Assistant Professor in Microbiology (with emphasis on molecular and/or cellular biology). Please, spread the word: jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/662022/ass…
Our new article, “The Prokaryotic Roots of Eukaryotic Immune Systems,” is out. Immune factors from both prokaryotes (e.g., restriction-modification, CRISPR/Cas systems) and eukaryotes (antibodies) have been central reagents for the very emergence of modern biochemistry and…
Is your research impacted by the loss of VEuPathDB? Take the survey at veupathdb.org Sign up on the same page for further information
We’re hiring in my Division of @BerkeleyMCB! Come join a fantastic group of immunologists in a larger community of basic scientists in the department aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04513
VEuPathDB data will remain available beyond the day NIAID meant it to go dark, but no new data will be brought in. Get involved with @VEuPathDB in the conversation about the future of shared data.
THREE assistant professor faculty positions in microbiology at Yale! (1/3) Microbial Pathogenesis @YaleMicroPath: apply.interfolio.com/151755, deadline 10/15. Virologists, please apply.
New Lab Content: @lf_cabo shows that Toxoplasma rewires placental trophoblasts with important developmental consequence. My fav part: infection suppresses trophoblast fusion, a critical process in maintaining the protective placental barrier. Read 👇 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
It’s very upsetting! A big loss to those who work on microeukaryotes
It’s difficult to wrap one’s mind around NIH’s decision to shut down the most important shared resource for work in many of the world’s most impactful infectious diseases. science.org/content/articl…
There have been some exciting new papers using anti-phage genes to discover new eukaryotic immune defenses... and vice versa! 🤯 These cross-kingdom evolutionary links are super cool. Check out our new Preview for an overview: authors.elsevier.com/a/1jlOA6t8JEqo…
The link for the faculty position is now posted! Deadline is October 15th. Please share widely with talented scientists in your network. Come join us at UCSF! aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05243
Search: Tenure track Faculty Position @UCSF in the Dept. of Micro and Immuno, with lab space at the Mission Bay campus! We seek a creative investigator with a strong independent research plan who will be a great mentor, colleague, and peer. Job ad soon. Assistant Prof level.
Are you interested in the proteins that enable macrophages to eat, kill, and digest bacteria, apoptotic cells, or other debris? Here, we present PhagoID, phagosome proximity labeling we used to profile human and mouse phagosomes with quantitative mass spec! (1/ 11)