I’ve seen that some of you think this is a political message. This message is for everyone. It has nothing to do with politics or your war against conservatives and liberals. It’s about the war we all have to fight with ourselves.

4. The Opinion Pageant: The rise of social media as the primary mode of interaction has caused us to overvalue opinions as a gauge of character. We are now defined more by what we say than what we actually do, and words, unlike deeds, are cheap and easy to counterfeit.

I'm very excited that some one else tweeted about this new paper from our lab (obviously I should have done so, but I'm a slow tweeter). This was a tremendous effort by Maria on a very challenging system. Great collaboration from the Nodwell lab.

Hey Peter J. Roy, somehow reminded me of you.

This article is brilliant. I am constantly dumbfounded by the fact that leadership structures at universities have not changed in hundreds of years. We have got to find better systems. I'd love to see my faculty adopt this approach. Justin Nodwell

Congratulations to my Ph.D. student, Kristina Sztanko, for winning a poster prize at the Symposium on the Immune System of Bacteria in Boston. This was one of only 3 prizes chosen from more than 100 posters. The competition was very strong. Awesome work, Kristina!

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Fascinating talk by Karen Maxwell on prophages mediating superinfection exclusion to ensure survival of their viral progeny!