Insertion sequence-driven evolution of microbiota. @DuerkopLab @A_Hryckowian & Kirsch develop pipeline that reveals presence, abundance & dynamics of IS insertions in human intestinal #microbiota and their roles in genome diversification & adaptation cell.com/cell-host-micr…

ECRs - dont forget to sign up for the Streptococcal GRS (Aug 10-11)!! Enterococci are welcome too! We have spots still available, so sign up and come hanging out with fellow ECRs before the main GRC. ***Abstract deadline for talk selections May 5!*** grc.org/streptococcal-… RT!

Happy to highlight our newly posted paper biorxiv.org/content/10.110… We show that P. aeruginosa prophages encode a component of the type IV pilus. This protein, which is homologous to the bacterial FimU protein, can be incorporated into the type IV pilus.

Super excited for this years Wind River Conference with an incredible line-up of keynote speakers! An amazing conference filled with plenty of opportunities for trainees to present talks or posters. Register here: wriver.sites.unlv.edu

Be sure to register for this year's conference! With keynotes from Doran Lab HarrisTryon Lab Marvin Whiteley and @mwolfganglab wriver.sites.unlv.edu

Check out the great lineup of speakers at the Wind River Prokaryotic Conference this year, being held in a brand new venue in Breckenridge, CO. Fantastic conference for trainees.

After spending a week in Boston hearing amazing talks at the Symposium on the Immune Systems of Bacteria it was such a treat to come back for Rocky Mountain Branch - ASM and win 2nd place graduate poster! Now back to the bench!

Check out our preprint! So excited for Bri as she nears her thesis defense ✨

Featured Article: Insertion sequence-driven evolution of microbiota. @DuerkopLab @A_Hryckowian & Kirsch develop pipeline that reveals abundance & dynamics of IS insertions in human intestinal #microbiota & their roles in genome diversification & adaptation cell.com/cell-host-micr…

Cheers to the Spring 2024 & Summer 2024 graduates who took part in the doctoral commencement ceremony on Friday! (L-R) Lorellin Durnell, Cami Hippee, Bri Steiert, Kaiti Yarrington, Shea Lowery, and Andrea Sánchez-Peña (not pictured: Christopher Lopez and Anthony Rojas-Chávez). 🎓

The story of our successful phage therapy treatment of Squeaks the cat (tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10……) was published by both Forbes (forbes.com/sites/grrlscie……) and Newsweek (newsweek.com/cat-saved-mult…) 😊

Reboot of Wind River Prokaryotic Conference at Beaver Run Resort in Breckenridge was a big success! Congrats to the presenters for an awesome job. #brinsmadelab represented! Met new colleagues and plotted new potential collabs! Next conference is tentatively June 2-6, 2025 at Beaver Run. Save the date!

Going to #ASMicrobe? Check out my amazing undergraduate, Quinn Eldridge’s poster, on Saturday during the Invasion and Survival of Microbes in Host Cells session!

Congrats Susanne!! 🎉🎉

My student mentor, rotation supervisor, and good twin (I’m the evil one)! So proud of you and so excited for your brilliant future ahead ✨

The U.S. News & World Report has ranked the CU School of Medicine as a top-tier research institution in the U.S. Only 16 medical schools are included in this top tier. Learn more about the ranking here: bit.ly/3WK8Y8p

So happy to have this paper out in the world! This was the first project I worked on when I joined the lab and it’s been inspiring to work with all of these awesome scientists :)

🦠 Phages are promising #antimicrobials against resistant bacteria. @EmmaSheriff2 et al. show how a quorum-sensing protease alters phage infection in E. faecalis, impacting #biofilm and virulence. Could this be leveraged for #phagetherapy? 🧬 #FEMSMicrobes academic.oup.com/femsmicrobes/a…