Chat with students from @SOM_UMassMed and @GSBS_UMassMed about their experiences at UMass Medical School as an underrepresented clinician or scientist. Register for the HBCU-Link panel discussion for #HBCU students on Monday, Sept. 20, at 5:30 p.m.: bit.ly/3gJT74b

The School of Medicine is being named after late patriarch T.H. Chan; the Graduate School of Nursing after matriarch Tan Chingfen, a nurse; and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences after the family's investment group, Morningside: bit.ly/3l3Ubky #UMassChan

Interested in learning more about our gut microbiome? The UMass Med Postdoc Association (UMPA) invites you all to the next Science Cafe, that will be held on Zoom on September 23rd (06:30 - 07:30 pm). RVSP: lnkd.in/dHZepXqu

MaPS labs are hiring - come see us at the career fair! #research #researchjobs

“It’s not about a job. It’s about a job at the right institution at the right time.” Executive Recruiter Barbara Guertin spoke w/ Nicole Shih 石宜瑄 about open research positions at UMass Chan Medical School: bit.ly/3CXG6N9 Learn about them at the career fair on Sept. 29.

Congratulations to Victor J. Torres, mBio & #IAIJournal editor & Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, who has been named a MacArthur Fellow. Torres, studies #AMR pathogens & therapies. Learn more about his work at asm.social/4j #MacFellow MacArthur Foundation

UMass Chan - Division of Infectious Diseases is 🔥🔥🔥 Congratulations to Sanjay Ram!!

Researchers at UMass Chan and the Univ of Bath discovered a link between molecules produced by the microbiome and the function of a human protein that impacts gut inflammation. This could help find new treatments for inflammatory diseases: bit.ly/3wXoPS8 #crohns #IBD

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The discoveries Allan Jacobson, PhD, & Lynne Maquat, PhD, of URochester SMD, have made have had implications in treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy & Fragile X syndrome. They have won the 2023 Gruber Genetics Prize: direc.to/iCGc #genetics The GruberFoundation Maquat Lab

Beth McCormick, PhD, vice chair and professor of microbiology & physiological systems at UMass Chan Medical School, received the Distinguished Research Scientist Award at the American Physiology Summit last month. #APS2023 #physiology #microbiome Beth McCormick @UMassChanMaPS American Physiological Society

The microbiota of pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 and their infants dlvr.it/SrKHhm

Most deaths by radiation exposure result from sepsis. NIAID News tapped Beth McCormick, PhD, and Vanni Bucci, PhD, to lead a $3M project to see if the #microbiome can be used to protect intestinal health from radiation exposure: direc.to/j5jG Beth McCormick Vanni Bucci, Ph.D. 🇮🇹🇺🇲🇺🇦

Allan Jacobson, PhD, accepted the 2023 Gruber Genetics Prize this week for contributions in identifying and describing the mechanism of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay: vimeo.com/event/3298650 #ICG2023 #genetics #genomics Allan Jacobson PTC Therapeutics The GruberFoundation International Congress of Genetics 2023

Congratulations to our own Allan Jacobson! 👏👏 #ICG2023 #genetics Allan Jacobson UMass Chan Medical School

Elizabeth M.C. Hillman Columbia University will present the 22nd Fredric S. Fay Memorial Lecture, Capturing the dynamics of life with high-speed 3D microscopy on October 11th at 3pm UMass Chan Medical School & via Zoom with reception to follow. For more info including zoom links: bit.ly/3t8RFBs

We are elated to announce the appointment of our new department Chair, Dr. Beth McCormick! #microbiology #microbiologist #medicine #research #scientist #microbe #physiology #infectiousdisease #science leaders #womeninscience #academicleaders Beth McCormick

Bioengineer Elizabeth M.C. Hillman to present 22nd Fred Fay Lecture on Oct. 11 umassmed.edu/news/news-arch…

UMassChan Department of Microbiology MD/PhD student Ben Sallis in the McCormick lab presented his work in a poster at FASEB Gastrointestinal Tract XXI: Life, Death, and Disease on September 9th, 2024!

An exciting talk by Ralph Isberg this week to kick off our microbiology departmental seminar series for the new academic year!