It was so amazing catching up with former students at the ASM NGS conference and learning about all the amazing things they are doing 🤩

Get ready to rock #Cleveland by submitting your abstracts for #IAFP2025! Submission deadline is Jan. 14, '25. View Abstract Submission Development Tips and start your submission process: tr.ee/23eaRfgQOh #FoodSafety

Down to just 10!! RT if your team is still UNDEFEATED

E. COLI OUTBREAK: CDC is investigating 49 illnesses in 10 states linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers. If you ate a Quarter Pounder hamburger from McDonald’s and have severe symptoms of E. coli, contact your healthcare provider. bit.ly/4hk2cyn

E. COLI OUTBREAK UPDATE: Today, CDC added a list of states where McDonald’s has removed slivered onions and quarter pound beef patties from its stores. Illnesses started on dates ranging from Sept 27, 2024, to October 11, 2024. Call your healthcare provider if you have severe E.

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Our Center has been awarded the 2024 WH Pierce Global Impact in Microbiology Prize from Applied Microbiology International! 🌏 🏆 Thank you to every member of our community for your contributions and scholarship–spanning #research, #education, #art, and #outreach. Article -> science.psu.edu/news/one-healt…

President Bendapudi Penn State recently visited our Center to learn more about the Microbiome Sciences and the expanding impact the OHMC is having on the field. 🦠🔬💪 Read about her experience here -> psu.edu/news/story/not…

E. Coli Outbreak: 39 people are sick in 18 states. Check your homes for recalled bagged organic carrots. Do not eat recalled carrots. Throw them away. Carrots currently on store shelves are not affected. See the notice for a full list of brands of carrots. bit.ly/48Y7Ouq

Listeria Outbreak: 11 people are sick in 4 states, with 1 death. Check your home for recalled Yu Shang ready-to-eat meat products. Do not eat recalled products and throw them away. See the notice for a full list of recalled Yu Shang products. bit.ly/3OjC4q3 #CDC

The matchup is set 🦁🦆 Early thoughts on who will win the B1G title game? #B1GFootball

Whether you're looking to expand your food safety knowledge or stay updated on industry trends, IAFP’s free webinars have you covered. Enjoy access to our entire library of recorded webinars anytime on our website, and you won’t want to miss the two we have scheduled next week!

🔬 Research by Kovac Lab identifies Pseudomonadaceae as a key player in biofilms shielding #Listeria from sanitizers in food processing facilities. Good news: A #biofilm remover effectively reduced Listeria! 🚫🦠 #FoodSafety #Microbiology sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Salmonella Outbreak Update: More illnesses have been reported and additional cucumbers and foods made with them were recalled. Check your refrigerators and freezers for recalled products and do not eat them. Expiration dates are still current in some of these items.

Cast your #ProBowlVote 1 RT = 2 VOTES @Saquon Jahan Dotson @Olu_Fashanu @Pat_Fry5 @MikeGesicki @BlakeGillikin Supa DaQuan Jones Jesse Luketa 🇨🇦🇨🇩 Connor McGovern “OWEH” Micah Parsons Joey Porter Jr. @ChopYoungBull Chris Stoll @JordanStout92 Rasheed Walker #WeAre x

Single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with cytotoxicity of Bacillus cereus group strains in Caco-2 cells biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #biorxiv_micrbio

Listeria Outbreak: 38 people were sick in 21 states, with 12 deaths. Long-term care facilities & food service operators should check inventory for recalled frozen supplement shakes. Do not drink, sell, or serve these products. See the notice for full details:

Join ASM Academy Awardee Jasna Kovac, Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State University at #ASMicrobe 2025 for the session "Crossing Borders: The Impact of Time and Space on Foodborne Infections." Register for #ASMicrobe 2025 now for the best rates: asm.social/2nR

#mBio Perspective by a team of researchers from Penn State One Health Microbiome Center outlines how ecologically expanding the One Health framework to include all microbes can help unify the #microbiome sciences, promoting cross-system theories and principles. #OneHealth doi.org/10.1128/mbio.0…

🚨 Big win for the OHMC Penn State! We’ve been awarded a $2.6M NIH T32 to launch BIOMS — the first predoctoral training program in microbiome science + biotech. Read more: psu.edu/news/huck-inst…