Pride in Microbiology

A community-building and networking initiative aimed at improving justice and belonging for 2SLGBTQIA+ microbiologists in academia and beyond!

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🚨 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: https://t.co/sRRSA4YLXx

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🏳️‍🌈 The deadline for abstract submissions is approaching! You can submit one at https://t.co/IPrnYf8EzK, or simply register for the event as an audience member. See you then! 🏳️‍🌈

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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 https://t.co/sRRSA4YLXx

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

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Please join us for our 2026 LGBTQIA+ STEM Day Symposium!

Registration form: https://t.co/sRRSA4YLXx

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🧬 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)

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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.

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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: https://t.co/FnHexItVOg

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🎧This Pride Month, @bfrancescol and Dr Landon Getz, two of the founders of @prideinmicro, join Lilly on Microbe Talk to discuss why their work to support LGBTQ+ scientists is as important as ever. Listen in wherever you get your podcast🔗 https://t.co/RJOnl3vuuo

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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 https://t.co/Xwn6CGl9MK

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

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💪🏳️‍🌈 Little Microbes, Big Pride!🏳️‍🌈 💪

We wish everyone a wonderful Pride Month!

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

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We caught up with the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Prize winners after their lecture. In this video we asked them how it feels to be recognised for their incredible work creating an open and safe space for the LGBTQ+ community within microbiology. @prideinmicro

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This Tuesday, please join PiM members organized by the ASM's Subcommittee on the Status of Historically Excluded Groups (SSHEG)!

Register at: https://t.co/f7bZ789ps0

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

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📬️ 🏳️‍🌈 Calling all 2SLGBTQIA+ microbiologists! Have you signed up for our email list? You can do it at https://t.co/Jms4TOTPZG and stay in the loop! 🏳️‍🌈 📬️

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@MicrobioSoc We are truly grateful for the award and for the opportunity to talk about our organization at the conference!

Today has been a wonderful day for increasing the visibility of queer scientists within the field of Microbiology!

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We are truly overflowing with joy today as Dr. Landon Getz, Dr. Bruno Oliveira, and Dr. Edel Lopez accepted the Microbiology Society's 2026 EDI Award in Belfast at the 2026 Microbiology Society Annual Conference! Dr. Getz also presented an overview of our organization!