PI|Wadsworth Center|NYS Department of Health Assoc. Prof.|Biomedical Sciences|UAlbany Using structural biology (PhD|Fromme Lab|Cornell) & genomics to decode bacterial chatter (JCC Fellow|Bassler Lab|Princeton) Flower grower & cat rescuer Views are my ownhttps://bsky.app/profile/paczkowskilab.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/paczkowskilab.bsky.social/post/3mnifftxoks2sWonderful write-up about my colleague Nick Mantis at the Wadsworth Center and his fantastic MS and PhD students @albany.edu: https://www.albany.edu/cihs/news/2026-immune-response-lyme-disease-research-new-york-state-department-healths-wadsworth It's tick season. Be on the look out in your garden and on your nature walks!04 Jun 2026 19:49 +0000at://did:plc:pobzq6im2p26iocmkbcpu4vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnifftxoks2shttps://bsky.app/profile/paczkowskilab.bsky.social/post/3mlgmisdkss2eTremendous scholarship on display by our students @albany.edu, including Hannah from the Ciota Lab in our Department of Biomedical Sciences! https://www.albany.edu/news-center/news/2026-five-ualbany-graduate-researchers-receive-suny-great-awards-research09 May 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:pobzq6im2p26iocmkbcpu4vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgmisdkss2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/paczkowskilab.bsky.social/post/3mijaebod6k2wCaleb is so deserving of this fellowship, as are many of our trainees across the country. We are grateful for the support and I am so incredibly proud of him. Here's to many more publications on the proteolytic targeting of quorum-sensing receptors. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Apr 2026 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:pobzq6im2p26iocmkbcpu4vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijaebod6k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/paczkowskilab.bsky.social/post/3mihenuim6k2hA true labor of love for @calebmallery.bsky.social is out now in PLOS Pathogens: a review article where we highlight current and emerging examples of key protein-protein interactions with LuxR-type receptors that control community behaviors and pathogenesis. https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.101409101 Apr 2026 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:pobzq6im2p26iocmkbcpu4vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mihenuim6k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/paczkowskilab.bsky.social/post/3mdvkd5hzxs2iFormer mentee @ksimanek.bsky.social is not only a great scientist, they're also a tremendous advocate for equity in science. I am very proud of Kayla and of this piece they put together. Check it out. https://asm.org/articles/2026/january/navigating-academia-inclusion-and-parity-for-lgbtq02 Feb 2026 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:pobzq6im2p26iocmkbcpu4vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdvkd5hzxs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/paczkowskilab.bsky.social/post/3mddtxczfdc2uPlease help spread the word about this tremendous undergraduate research opportunity taking place in Albany this summer! www.albany.edu/rna/reu-in-rna26 Jan 2026 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:pobzq6im2p26iocmkbcpu4vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mddtxczfdc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/paczkowskilab.bsky.social/post/3mawbq52m2c22Tremendous work by Swati, @calebmallery.bsky.social, and @nilesh-banavali.bsky.social, partially from Caleb's rotation in Nilesh's lab! [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Dec 2025 21:53 +0000at://did:plc:pobzq6im2p26iocmkbcpu4vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mawbq52m2c22https://bsky.app/profile/paczkowskilab.bsky.social/post/3malvsf74oc2iFor students and early career professionals with an interest in public health, but don't know where to start: the NYS DOH has several internship opportunities. Mentors, please spread the word. These opportunities are open and set to begin in Spring 2026 (February 2-May 8). #publichealth22 Dec 2025 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:pobzq6im2p26iocmkbcpu4vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3malvsf74oc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/paczkowskilab.bsky.social/post/3machtmlcp22fYou buy one protocols book for your lab and Springer thinks they have you all figured out.19 Dec 2025 00:49 +0000at://did:plc:pobzq6im2p26iocmkbcpu4vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3machtmlcp22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/paczkowskilab.bsky.social/post/3m7kqlbvxps2nWhat started out as a structure-function project for an undergraduate researcher morphed into something bigger w/ @popea.bsky.social leading the way. Check out how RhlR fine tunes its response to its autoinducer to avoid producing too much pyocyanin. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.08.692981v109 Dec 2025 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:pobzq6im2p26iocmkbcpu4vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7kqlbvxps2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/paczkowskilab.bsky.social/post/3m5wsvsrscc2wThe University at Albany Biomedical Sciences Department is hiring at the Assistant Professor level. We are looking for researchers at the intersection of infectious disease and artificial intelligence: https://albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp;jsessionid=0423E4EFA992518ECA184C8ECD998084?JOBID=194747&CNTRNO=0&TSTMP=1763394130403 #infectiousdisease #artificialintelligence18 Nov 2025 22:45 +0000at://did:plc:pobzq6im2p26iocmkbcpu4vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5wsvsrscc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/paczkowskilab.bsky.social/post/3lydpbxiikc2iIt is rare as an editor to get to take on an article so uniquely in your wheelhouse. Sharing some wonderful work by Guarnaccia et al. from the Perez, Ng, and Neiditch labs. #structuralbiology of #pathogens @plos.org https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.101344708 Sep 2025 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:pobzq6im2p26iocmkbcpu4vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lydpbxiikc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/paczkowskilab.bsky.social/post/3lwx4esdrm22gI have an R56 that will pay for 1 year of a postdoc that will hopefully bridge us to a 4-year R01. It's not without risk but uh...everything in science feels like a major risk right now. We're in need of a #postdoc w/ #nmr experience. DM or email me for project details. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2025 23:38 +0000at://did:plc:pobzq6im2p26iocmkbcpu4vo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwx4esdrm22g