#MicrobiologyMonday: In the absence of neutrophils, macrophages do a good job of slowing down growth of Aspergillus fumigatus & prolonging host survival. How? Rac2, a leukocyte-specific enzyme involved in many cellular functions, is key. #IAIJournal: asm.social/1Et

Today is #WorldAspergillosisDay. Aspergillosis is an infection caused by Aspergillus, a common fungus in our environment that most people breathe in every day without getting sick.

Finally out!! Our new manuscript on Bile Salt Hydrolase as the producer of microbially conjugated bile acids is out in nature Extremely proud that the first author is my first PhD student @DVGMicrobe. Congrats Doug! MSU MSU Biochemistry & Molecular Biology MSU College of Natural Science nature.com/articles/s4158…

Great work Casey! Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lipid A Structural Variants Induce Altered Immune Responses | American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology | Articles in Press atsjournals.org/doi/metrics/10…

Gordon Research Conferences (GRCs) have issues with their outdated take on confidentiality. Feel free to tweet my talk tonight, including the unpublished stuff. kamounlab.medium.com/worried-about-…

Thanks to Clemson University for highlighting our work!

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Staphylococcus aureus Phenol-Soluble Modulins Mediate Interspecies Competition with Upper Respiratory Commensal Bacteria biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_micrbio

Clemson University Biological Sciences is hiring 4 TT faculty! Microbiome apply.interfolio.com/153882 EEOB 2 positions apply.interfolio.com/156307 Eukaryotic Pathogens apply.interfolio.com/154604 Please RT!

Check out our latest preprint on RNAi epimutations!🧬biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Our team has shown how spontaneous RNAi-based epimutations conferring drug resistance in a human fungal pathogen are transmitted to the next generation following sexual reproduction. More details? ▶️🧵

Postdoc(s) available in my lab! Multiple projects on how bacterial genomic and functional diversity impacts microbial interactions & disease. 🦠🧫 See thelewinlab.com/join-us/postdoc for more information. Please RT & share. #Postdoc #Microbiology #OralMicro #VaginalMicro