Thrilled to share my work from the Joe Zackular lab published today in @nature. We find that enterococci enhance C. difficile fitness and virulence by remodeling the metabolic environment in the gut. Thread below with highlights. nature.com/articles/s4158…

Check out this fantastic work from the Zackular lab! Congrats Joe Zackular and @brokaryote!

New Research: Immunological consequences of microbiome-based therapeutics: The complex network of microscopic organisms living on and within humans, collectively referred to as the microbiome, produce wide array of biologically active… frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… #immunology

The Abt lab has a Research Technician position opening this Summer. We are seeking an energetic graduating senior interested in immunity and microbiome research. Applicants can go to Careers @ Penn (JR00066297) to find out more!

Congratulations to Katelyn Bustin and Matthews Group on their paper in Frontiers - Pharmacology and Toxicology. It was great to be part of this project and learn some cool chemistry!

Super excited to share my and Xinyun Zhang's work published in Mucosal Immunology. We found bacteria-specific memory Th17 cells were still protective even in the context of influenza virus infection. Thank you Abt Lab for all your support! doi.org/10.1016/j.muci…

Ever wonder what would happen to your immune system if you were stuck with a baby's microbiome? To find out see our new publication in Cell Host and Microbe! authors.elsevier.com/a/1gqSm6t8JEm%…

Congratulations Dr. Ying Yang! , who defended her thesis earlier today and gave a beautiful talk on development of Th17 memory in the lung.

Congratulations to DR. @Emily_Cribas for defending her thesis today. Emily was the first student to join the lab and took a chance with a young PI. So happy for her.

Highlighting our lab’s Research Specialist, Ellie Ellie Hulit, who was featured in an article about volunteering in the community on MLK day. Great work! whyy.org/articles/fairm…

Prokaryotic Seminar 🦠 next Monday! 2/6/2024 From 4-5 PM at 209 Johnson Pavilion, join Subham Mridha, PhD from the Abt Lab!

Clostridioides difficile toxin B subverts germinal center and antibody recall responses by stimulating a drug-treatable CXCR4-dependent mechanism dlvr.it/T78Dpl

Check out this fantastic new article by the Zackular lab. Great work! Joe Zackular , Mohamad-Gabriel Alameh and team. A multivalent mRNA-LNP vaccine protects against Clostridioides difficile infection | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

The Abt lab has a Research Technician position opening this Summer. We are seeking an energetic graduating senior interested in immunity and microbiome research. Applicants can go to Careers @ Penn (JR00101259) to find out more!

So happy to congratulate Dr. Kevin Mears, who defended his thesis yesterday! Kevin received an NIH-NIAID F31 fellowship and had a 1st author publication in Cell Reports ( sciencedirect.com/science/articl… )during his time in lab