WashU @WUSTLArtSci is doubling down on their mandatory “student activity fee” this morning, telling students not to worry, as the fee will pay for fun events like a BBQ in forest park! Except previously they said that said BBQ was “on us”… #NoStudentFee

Setting the bar for retreats – 1st ever WashU IMSD retreat Great Science, Great Fun, Great Games More programs, Only students! Great Talks: research, sci. analogies, 3MT Great music, great dancing Can’t wait for #2 Photo credits: @beautyinMicro, Bria Dunlap, Llaelyn Sierra-Cortez

E_Pardue starting the morning session at #2023MMPC Congrats Evan!! Mario Feldman

Frankly, I left academia because postdoc salary was too low for my growing family. Fortunately, I circled back around after having a staff position. Think about all the talent diverted due to finances.

Come check me out on Pubmed🔥. Thank you to everyone in the lab and our collaborators for their support!

Excited to share our new preprint. We found that the NSAID diclofenac together with colistin synergistically reduce type IV pili and induce oxidative stress to eliminate infection by colistin-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. Great work by Fabiana Bisaro and many colleagues

The lack of working-class representation in academia is not just an issue of fairness – it limits the scope and depth of research. Diversity drives innovation.

Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries: "It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use

“I’m sure next month will be less busy” Next month:

Imagine growing a miniature version of the human intestine in the lab to study gut biology in great detail and test medicines before clinical trials? We are happy to share our latest publication on bioengineered human mini-intestines: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S19… Let’s dive in!

Nutrient acquisition strategies by gut microbes Muramatsu & Winter UC San Diego review how commensal & pathogenic gut bacteria use diverse strategies to obtain & process macronutrients, w/focus on bacterial carbon & energy metabolism in mammalian intestinal tract cell.com/cell-host-micr…

2024 GRC on Bacterial Cell Surfaces is officially in the books! I am very grateful for all the feedback, encouragement, and advice. Happy to have made new friends and for time spent with old ones. Plus Maine is beautiful!

Great work Jhan C. Salazar 🔥💪🏿

I am excited to announce the latest pre-print on bioRxiv from the Millman lab! It happens to be my first ever first-author manuscript as well. Give it a read!! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

The value of ‘wasting time’ on deep thinking is often overlooked in a scientific ecosystem increasingly tainted by Wall Street’s productivity mindset. nature.com/articles/d4158…

QUINCY WASNT EVEN IN MEDAL CONTENTION OFF THE TURN HOW DID HE FIND THAT GEAR?! 😭

Excited to share our new preprint describing a novel chronic model of infection for Acinetobacter. We can now study secondary/polymicrobial infections, test antibiotic treatments for days and discover virulence factors required for persistent infections biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Honored to be a finalist for the 2024 Dean’s Award for Grad Research Excellence @WUSTL! Got to give my first-ever 3-minute talk (fast but fun!). Huge thanks to my awesome advisor Jonathan B. Losos the BioDept & WashU DBBS fam for the constant support. 🙌🏿✊🏿