Karen Maxwell

It’s been a tough few weeks. My 10yo daughter was diagnosed with a very rare, aggressive cancer called interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma (IDCS). I’m reaching out to identify clinicians/patients who have encountered pediatric IDCS, indeterminate dendritic cell histiocytosis or other (non-LCH) histiocytic sarcomas cases. I'm trying to understand non-surgical chemo and targeted therapy options, new pathology markers to better diagnose subtypes/treatments, and any data on progression in pediatric patients. Please feel free to share – I’m trying to cast a wide net due to the rarity of this condition and how little is known. People can contact me directly at my first name (as written in my profile) at octant.bio.

New paper with @theMaxwellLab : Phage reprogramming of Pseudomonas aeruginosa amino acid metabolism drives efficient phage replication doi.org/10.1128/mbio.0…

Amazing work by @LandonGetz and team!

@JoeBMcPhee I agree. What kind of animal does that?

@theMaxwellLab Who the hell is hitting send 10 days early? I have a hard time believing this is real

There are people that submit their grants more than 8 minutes ahead of the deadline???

🚨New preprint from our lab! We map the RNA interactions in E. coli infected by lambda, revealing an RNA-driven regulatory layer in phage-host dynamics. We find a phage-encoded sRNA hijacking host replication machinery, impacting the phage cycle.#microbiology #phages @MeetingRna

We’re here at @WCHospital for the #GairdnerScienceWeek Women of Gairdner Event! High school students, researchers and local faculty are here with 2024 Canada Gairdner Award laureates Drs. Meghan Azad, Gagandeep Kang, and 2022 #GairdnerAwards winner Dr. Deborah Cook Watch the webinar now! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Please RT. 1x postdoc and 1xPhD position available in our group to study the role of NLR-like proteins in cellular development and antibiotic production in Streptomyces. Postdoc: shorturl.at/f8NTN PhD position: shorturl.at/qCFmN Email me for more information.

This was a wonderful meeting @SPP2330 again! Great kick-off of our second funding period! Amazing science going on in the phage field and great to see students/postdocs from the first funding period starting their independent labs. @dfg_public, @fz_juelich, @HHU_de

Julia Frunzke @FrunzkeLab opening the annual @SPP2330 meeting! Looking forward to 3 exciting days of science! @dfg_public

We are ready to go for the Annual SPP2330 Meeting on “New Concepts in Prokaryotic Virus-host Interactions”! With a fantastic line up of speakers: Alexander Harms @AHarms485, Karen Maxwell @theMaxwellLab, Samuel Kilcher @SamuelKilcher, and Mathias Middelboe @mmiddelboe1

@PRSecor @MSU_MicroImmuno @montanastate Wow! Congratulations Pat!!!!

More BIG NEWS 🚨 I am super excited to share that my lab has relocated to the Dept of Microbiology & Cell Biology @MSU_MicroImmuno at @montanastate in Bozeman, MT. We will be looking to recruit scientists at all levels. Get in touch if you love phages, microbes, & mountains.

@Bruce_G_Allen MID panel success rate was only 13.3% (8 of 60). I suspect that the 15.3% rate may be bolstered by one year bridge grants.

well, the success rate of the March 2024 CIHR Project Scheme competition was 15.3% ... kinda the opposite of good news.

Rare opportunity to join my team, as the @PLOSBiology in-house editorial team is growing! It's a great team in a great journal, if I say so myself 😆 Please reach out if your have Qs & apply if interested!! UK or US; assoc or senior Please RT us241.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePorta…

A supervisor, postdoc and the new PhD candidate twitter.com/i/status/18089…

@liyuping927 @biozentrum @NCCR_AntiResist @UniBasel_en @ElginKorkmazhan Congratulations! Looking forward to seeing some cool work coming out of your new lab!!

I am thrilled to start my lab as an assistant professor @biozentrum & @NCCR_AntiResist of @UniBasel_en this fall. I will continue my research interest in bacteria & jumbophage interactions. Equally thrilled to be closer to our families after 10+ years.

Congratulations to @UofT_dlsph postdoc fellow @michelle_olding on receiving the 2024 EPIC Career Transition Award to lead an independent project looking at the role of prescribed safer supply programs in improving access to HIV and HCV care! Read more: bit.ly/45x0Quk

@MarraffiniLab @AKShilton Congratulations again Amanda - you did a wonderful job! Thanks again for inviting me to be part of your big day!!!

Anti-phage defence through inhibition of virion assembly @theMaxwellLab @pramalpatel #phages #antiphage #prophages #phagedefence #bacteria #microbiology #virology nature.com/articles/s4146…

This is definitely one of the longest running projects in the lab b/c we were stuck in a trap of thinking about Sie proteins blocking competing phages. But wasn't a satisfying answer to fit the biology we observed - kudos to @vee_coli for persevering and figuring it out!