Postdoctoral researcher with @michele__leroux studying phage defense Former postdoc @IsabelleDerre PhD @baldridge_lab MS @crisprcas10 he/him 🧫🧬🏳️🌈
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Looking for a primer on what interferons do, why there are three types of them, and how they act differently in the context of mucosal viral infections? Check out this review I wrote with an excellent undergrad and @baldridge_lab! authors.elsevier.com/c/1dtJE…
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Phages carry orphan antitoxin-like enzymes to neutralize the DarTG1 toxin-antitoxin defense system biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_micrbio
Check out my newest review, on models for Chlamydia infections, with @IsabelleDerre! We discuss how different models have provided distinct insights into Chlamydia-host interactions and where we go from here.
tinyurl.com/3b3w66px
Thanks to Current Opinion in Microbiology and editor @StallingsLab for working with us on this!
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Check out our latest paper led by postdoc María Eugenia Cortina in @mSphereJ @ASMicrobiology
#ThePowerOfChlamydiaGenetics
#InclusionMembraneProteins
#IncS
#MembraneContactSites
#STIM1
#InclusionLysis
#SpeciesSpecificity
#LotsOfOpenQuestions
Homologues of the Chlamydia trachomatis and Chlamydia muridarum inclusion membrane protein IncS are interchangeable for early development but not for inclusion stability in the late developmental cycle journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128… #mSphere @ASMicrobiology
ALT Three-dimensional confocal micrographs of HeLa cells expressing CFP-STIM1, CFP-VAPA, or CFP-CERT (blue) infected for 24 h with a C. trachomatis strain expressing mCherry constitutively (red) and IncSCt-3×FLAG (yellow) under the control of an aTc-inducible promoter, in the absence (−aTc) or the presence (+aTc) of aTc. Scale bar, 5 μm.
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#NIH is seeking input on challenges affecting retention in the postdoctoral trainee community. Better understanding of these challenges will help NIH support competitiveness & innovation within biomedical research & its workforce. RFI deadline is 4/14: bit.ly/3E8fRGz
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Our department is growing! We're hiring Assistant Professors in Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology. Ours is an incredibly supportive department with a diverse range of expertise. Plus, Charlottesville is a really great place to live.
Apply here 👇
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To anyone interested in genomics looking to expand your bioinformatic skills- I highly recommend this course!
Great training in a beautiful location- I took it back in 2020 and learned a ton.
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Are you a grad student in STEM? Join the Project SHORT Team!
We pair diverse and underrepresented grad school applicants with mentors to help them navigate the admissions process. Our goal is to pay it forward and close the socioeconomic gap in grad school admissions!
ALT Project SHORT needs grad school mentors. Interested PhD students can submit an application at project-short.com/apply.
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Want to improve your #scicomm skills? Sign up for "Science Communication for Microbiologists," our online training program that covers the basics of effective communication and provides tips and techniques for engaging with audiences. Course begins 7/6 asm.social/CN
I had seen a list of postdoc fellowship opportunities being shared a few months ago on here, but can't find it now- anyone happen to have it (or any other resources re: postdoc fellowships) handy?
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Congratulations to the newly-minted Dr. Walker @ForrestCWalker, who gave a brilliant thesis defense yesterday!!! Somehow managed to simultaneously study the involvement of IFNs in both regulation of viral dissemination and microbiota-mediated maintenance of hematopoiesis
I'm only a week late on this, but I'm very happy to be able to update my Twitter name and announce that I successfully defended my PhD! I'm eternally grateful to @baldridge_lab for the past 5 years, and can't wait for what's coming next.
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All paths lead to IFN-lambda! We found that mice with disrupted autophagy have excessive intestinal IFN signaling, rendering them resistant to gut viruses... surprisingly all completely independent of the microbiota!
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Enteric viruses seize their immunomodulatory niche: @micro_lifter @baldridge_lab discuss work by @dallarsimo @CadwellLab examining immunomodulatory properties of enteric #viruses, revealing general viral #immune responses & unique, virus-specific responses cell.com/cell-host-microbe/f…
Very happy to announce that (an uncorrected proof of) my first first-author paper of grad school is available now- check it out if you want to learn more about evolution of virulence in a super cool virus! journals.plos.org/plospathog…
Big thanks to everyone involved (@baldridge_lab @KarstLab @WilenLab @tim_nicelab @miner_lab) in getting this story finished and out there!!
Very excited to see my former Master's PI (@crisprcas10) and current PhD PI (@baldridge_lab) on this list! Congratulations!!
