And so the weekend begins

Why are infants susceptible to invasive pneumococcal diseases? Excited to share our latest work led by Kristen Lokken-Toyli which explores this question and elucidates the age-dependent mechanisms that drive pneumococcal spread from the mucosa. PLOS Pathogens
journals.plos.org/plospathogens/…

Excited to share our new review written by the amazing duo grad student Nic Shealy and undergrad Madi Baltagulov discussing the role of the small intestine microbiota in intestinal diseases.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mm…

We are thrilled to announce the election of 120 members and 24 international members to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continued achievements in original research.

Congratulations to our new #NASmembers and welcome to the Academy!

Reminder. One month left to apply!
gif.org.il/2023/12/18/int…

The preliminary program for the GRC Salmonella meeting is online.
grc.org/salmonella-bio…
What a fantastic line-up of speakers and discussion leaders we have assembled. Plenty of slots remaining for short talks. And plenty of time left to submit your abstracts. #salmonella

Not sure this will work for S. enteritidis, the main problem associated with the depicted food source (i.e., eggs), as it is inside

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Final FY24 budget for US research is a disaster.
Budgets of federal agencies are mostly or cut down

NIH $47.08B flat
NSF $9.06B (-5%)
NASA Sci. $7.33B (-6%)
CDC $9.2B flat
DOE Sci. $8.24B (+1.7%)
ARPA-E 0.46B (-2%)
DOD Sci. $2.6B (-9%)
DARPA $4.1B flat
Global Health $10B (-5%)

our textbook has arrived — 9th edition in a remarkable series and the first since the passing of its inspirational founders, Jack Remington and Jerome Klein

apt to have streptococcus agalactiae (GBS) — the quintessential neonatal pathogen, adorning the cover

Called last night at 1am about an almost pan-resistant organism.
First time in ages since I've needed to remote in and review all the microbiology at night to formulate a plan.
I wonder if the rest of healthcare appreciates how common these organisms are becoming and the

Meanwhile at the meeting about feline health …

The Pedra Laboratory is recruiting postdoctoral fellows to study tick-borne diseases. We have projects related to arthropod immunology, skin immunology, immunometabolism and neuroimmunology. Contact me if you are interested. Thanks!

Ancient DNA lights up the stone age

livescience.com/archaeology/wh…

Check out our new review in collab with Neha Jain @FAB Lab
The menace within: bacterial amyloids as a trigger for autoimmune and neurodegenerative diseases sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Congratulations to Mariana Byndloss for receiving the FASEB early-career investigator award

faseb.org/awards/excelle…

📣 Have you heard? By 2025, ASM’s 6 primary journals will shift to #openaccess under a Subscribe to Open model. If your institution is attending UKSG, stop by Booth 64 to discuss 2025 renewals with #S2O perks like publishing with no APCs. #UKSG2024 🔗asm.social/1MX

Is it time for NIH to switch from cataloging microbial genes/gene products (i.e., human microbiome project) to supporting functional analyses though new initiatives?

“It’s more of a comment than a question.”

People who had tiny plastic particles lodged in a key blood vessel were more likely to experience heart attack, stroke or death during a three-year study go.nature.com/3P9v27Y