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Vance: why don’t mice get Shigella? New mouse model explains why and overturns dogma #KSmicrobiome2025 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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As part of #PurdueOneHealth Series, here’s coverage of my lab’s collaborative project focused on protein misfolding and disease. www.purdue.edu/research/fea...

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Scientists are called on more and more to respond to questions about their results. We tried to put down some ideas for the best ways to do that based on our years of observing these interactions. Engaging is better than not, especially when science is under attack. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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ASM stands firm in its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, as such efforts are critical to advancing the microbial sciences for everyone. Read our statement: asm.org/Press-Releas...

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Exciting to see so many wonderful scientists, friends and all around amazing people in the AAM Class of 2025! CONGRATULATIONS, all! @ramamurthilab.bsky.social @goleylab.bsky.social @lawrenzlab.bsky.social @kimingeneva.bsky.social Jorn Coers, Fredrik Backhed asm.org/home-page

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A҉L҉T҉R҉U҉I҉S҉T҉I҉C҉ ҉Z҉O҉M҉B҉I҉E҉ ҉B҉A҉C҉T҉E҉R҉I҉A҉🦠🧟 Fascinating Nat Comm paper Martin Cann Lab Durham UK Dead bacteria encode post-mortem protein catabolism via Lon protease—provides nutrients promoting growth of surviving bacteria No benefit of Lon to live bacteria to account for this www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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"Make America Great Again. Make America Healthy Again. These were promises made by candidate Trump in his campaign to be president of the United States of America. What in this campaign platform should have prepared us for a war on discovery?"

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“We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope.”– Martin Luther King Jr. “Remember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Always.”- Mahatma Gandhi

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It’s beautiful work. Congratulations to all of you, @kirchhausenlab.bsky.social! And I’m personally very proud of first author Anwesha Sanyal, who completed her PhD work in my lab. My very first grad student, so she holds a special place :)

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Our collaboration with the Gregory Anderson lab, which describes the work of my postdoc Radhika Bhaumik. We delineate the roles of pili in establishing biofilms by the pathogen S. maltophilia, notorious for causing nosocomial infections. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Brilliant work by Takeharu Nagai and team: Creating coveted bioluminescence colors for simultaneous multi-color bioimaging www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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I'm incredibly honored by this opportunity to serve as President-Elect of @asm.org starting this summer. Looking forward to working with the Board, ASM leadership ,and staff to help advance the microbial sciences. I'm also glad to share my Vision statement, please join us! asm.org/Press-Releas...

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Big Genes & Development news: Andrew Dillin is the new Editor-in Chief. Delighted he agreed to join the team. One of his first proposals: Editors to offer letters of support for job and fellowship applications of authors genesdev.cshlp.org/content/39/1... 1/2

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A suite of pre-assembled, pET28b-based Golden Gate vectors for efficient protein engineering and expression by Matthew Wohlever and team www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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The Sondermann group and collaborators @univofmaryland.bsky.social have identified a new family of bacterial enzymes termed diDNases. The research received a Breakthrough Article designation from Nucleic Acids Research. Find out more: t1p.de/i07ua

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Expert's Dilemma: the more specialized you become, the less open you are to creative solutions from other fields. But the more you explore other fields, the more you risk losing credibility in your home field. Interdisciplinary work is still not really embraced by academia.

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www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo... Congratulations to all of the award winners for their remarkable accomplishments in science and technology.

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The 22nd European Workshop on Bacterial Protein Toxins, ETOX 2025, will be held in Spain, June 29 - July 3, 2025. Registration opens tomorrow. Apply here etox-meetings.org and join us for a great meeting!

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It’s crazy how talking with a science buddy is simultaneously what’s most likely to move the project forward and the thing that’s least prioritized in our schedule.

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Merry Christmas and happy holidays, everyone! I ended the work year fighting a bad cold, with a cough that lingered on forever… so much so that my family gave me the gift of lozenges this Xmas 🤣 Gives a whole new meaning to Deck the “Halls”! Wishing you all good health, peace and prosperity!

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Me, a public health person, just sitting over here reflecting on the fact that the US has experienced a 7% increase in infant mortality post-Dobbs. Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this? #PHEthx

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Breaking news: A 2020 paper that sparked widespread enthusiasm for hydroxychloroquine as a #COVID19 treatment has been retracted, following campaigning by scientists who alleged the research contained major scientific flaws and may have breached ethics regulations. scim.ag/4iR9bQ6

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Mattoo lab closing out the semester with our holiday party. Thank you to this amazing group of trainees, and all our supporters/well wishers who make lab and research so meaningful & fun!

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Excellent - Jon Kagan is now on BSKY! @jkagan1.bsky.social

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🌟 Registration is now OPEN for the #FASEB Endoplasmic Reticulum Conference 2025 #ERSRC! 🎉 Join us June 8-12, 2025, in Melbourne 🏖️, FL, for cutting-edge science and networking. Check out the program and register here 👇 events.faseb.org/event/endoplasmic-reticulum-function-disease

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My #Purdue BIOL 53300 Medical Microbiology class did an outstanding job on their posters today! Students were assigned articles extending from content covered in class. They also designed a "next experiment" based on their journal club article & evaluated if #AI helped refine their experiment.

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Our lab continuing its long-standing tradition of celebrating Thanksgiving with the Mesecar lab. HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all of you, from the Andrew Mesecar and Seema Mattoo labs at Purdue University!

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Always awesome meeting virtual friends IRL. @mattoolab.bsky.social presented really cool work on Fic proteins across domains of life. 🔥

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Goodbye, Maryland! Had a wonderful seminar visit to @johnshopkins.bsky.social. Excellent science & colleagues. Was excited to finally meet @goleylab.bsky.social in person! Many thx to Doug Robinson for the invitation.

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Off to deliver a seminar at @johnshopkins.bsky.social. Excited & hoping to connect w/ friends & new colleagues! Thanks to Doug Robinson for the invitation.

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There have been a lot of new additions to the starter pack. If you are into any aspects of microbial cell biology or cell biology in general, now’s a great time to follow and engage with the new arrivals 🦋 go.bsky.app/L3L2iFz

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go.bsky.app/2zGz8ot Autophagy Starter Pack - for those interested in autophagy (macro, micro and CMA), lysosomes and late endosomes! Let’s join hands to degrade the trash 😃

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Helpful AND entertaining!

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