🚨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! 👩‍🔬🦠

Our paper is out @eLife!! elifesciences.org/articles/83725…
Huge congrats to co-1st authors @DanielAkuma5 @RonitSchwartz99 @KAWodzanowski & thanks to co-senior authors @taabaman @SunnyShinLab & other collaborators for this amazing effort! For more info see thread: x.com/BrodskyIgor/st…

Evidence for Bacteroides (and the propionate it produces) as a probiotic in CF. @GeiselBiofilm @DartCF @BliskaLab #mBio journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb…

Excite by our new paper in mBio lead by former student Courtney Price and current student Rebecca Valls with help from colleagues @DartCF. Proof of concept for probiotic use in CF and a role for propionate in the gut-lung axis.
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@m2p2_dartmouth

Very happy to share the culmination of a very fun 6+ year (!) collaboration with @VN2Mteam investigating the T6SS membrane complex of Bacteroidota. Thanks to all co-authors @epcrocha nature.com/articles/s4146…

Haleema's paper is out! Thanks to collaborators in @KettenbachLab

Phosphoprotein phosphatase activity positively regulates oligomeric pyrin to trigger inflammasome assembly in phagocytes | mBio journals.asm.org/eprint/MT4MN9Y…

Thrilled to share the latest paper @mbiojournal from our & @BrodskyIgor’s labs on how Yersinia deploys T3SS effectors to evade the caspase-4 inflammsome in human IECs & macrophages! Congrats to 1st author @CAMBUpenn MD/PhD student @JennaJZhang!🧵1/n journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb…

Pls RT: Open postdoc position with @AlanRHauser1 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.

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*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 @pesalerno and @ajverster biorxiv.org/content/10.110… @MCBDartmouth @m2p2_dartmouth @DartCF

Co-first authors

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When you join a lab that has only one research project.
@PhDVoice

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!

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
@DartCF @ASMicrobiology Pls share!!

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

Trying to combine research with teaching

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

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

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

How your cell culture got contaminated during the weekend x.com/theworldofdog/…