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I am excited to share our latest publication showing that inflammatory monocytes promote granuloma-mediated control of persistent Salmonella infection. Many thanks to ⁦Julie Bettke⁩, Jason Tam, ⁦@MontoyaVale8⁩, and Brian Butler! Please RT. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/ia…

BliskaLab has an open Research Assistant position. Ideal for a recent college grad who can commit 2 years before PhD or medical school. Gain research experience in host-pathogen interactions 🔬 and immunology in a team-oriented and inclusive environment: searchjobs.dartmouth.edu/postings/63548

Pleased to share Haleema's preprint. Describes a major step forward in understanding pyrin inflammasome 🔥regulation w/ The Kettenbach Lab Phosphoprotein Phosphatase Activity Positively Regulates Oligomeric Pyrin to Trigger Inflammasome Assembly in Phagocytes biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Trying to combine research with teaching

Data are available upon request : x.com/PloederlM/stat…

Micro & Immuno at Dartmouth is hiring. Join a great crew of microbiologists in a supportive and engaging environment. Learn about our science/environment here: geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/microbio/were-…. Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/106872 Dartmouth CF Research Center ASM Pls share!!

We’re hiring! Searching for postdocs to develop some really exciting, newly-funded Yersinia projects exploring antibiotic persistence mechanisms. Previous experience with mouse models of infection, bacterial genetics, or immunology needed. Contact us for more info, pls retweet!

When you join a lab that has only one research project. PhD Voice - Independently Run

Co-first authors x.com/buitengebieden…

*Very* excited to share our latest paper in which we use metagenomics to understand how microbiome development during early life is altered in infants with cystic fibrosis. Led by Paige Salerno (she/her) and Adrian Verster biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Dartmouth MCB Graduate Program M2P2 at Dartmouth Dartmouth CF Research Center

Make a difference in an outstanding microbiologist's career & submit a nomination for #ASMAwards! From early career to lifetime achievement, clinical to environmental microbiology, ASM honors exceptional contributions at all career levels & in all fields. asm.social/1dj

Pls RT: Open postdoc position with Alan R. Hauser Lab (Northwestern U, Chicago) studying pathogenesis/antibiotic resistance of Pseudomonas and Klebsiella. How do these nasty bugs cause infections and resist treatment? See labs.feinberg.northwestern.edu/hauser/ to apply.

Thrilled to share the latest paper mBio from our & Igor Brodsky’s labs on how Yersinia deploys T3SS effectors to evade the caspase-4 inflammsome in human IECs & macrophages! Congrats to 1st author CAMB Graduate Group MD/PhD student Jenna Zhang!🧵1/n journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb…

Haleema's paper is out! Thanks to collaborators in The Kettenbach Lab Phosphoprotein phosphatase activity positively regulates oligomeric pyrin to trigger inflammasome assembly in phagocytes | mBio journals.asm.org/eprint/MT4MN9Y…

Excite by our new paper in mBio lead by former student Courtney Price and current student Rebecca Valls with help from colleagues Dartmouth CF Research Center. Proof of concept for probiotic use in CF and a role for propionate in the gut-lung axis. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb… M2P2 at Dartmouth

Very happy to share the culmination of a very fun 6+ year (!) collaboration with VN2M team - Durand lab investigating the T6SS membrane complex of Bacteroidota. Thanks to all co-authors @epcrocha nature.com/articles/s4146…

Evidence for Bacteroides (and the propionate it produces) as a probiotic in CF. George O'Toole (he/him/his) Dartmouth CF Research Center BliskaLab #mBio journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb…

Our paper is out eLife - the journal!! elifesciences.org/articles/83725… Huge congrats to co-1st authors @DanielAkuma5 Ronit Schwartz, PhD Dr. Kimberly Wodzanowski & thanks to co-senior authors Cornelius Taabazuing Dr. Sunny Shin & other collaborators for this amazing effort! For more info see thread: x.com/BrodskyIgor/st…

🚨Thesis Seminar Alert! MCB DartGRAD student Haleema Sadia Malik from the BliskaLab DMS_MicroImmuno will be presenting her thesis tomorrow (Thurs. April 18) at 9am in Chilcott Auditorium! 👩‍🔬🦠