Patrick R. Secor

Looking for a paid summer research experience? Apply to Montana State Uuniversity’s Extreme Biofilms REU and work on cutting-edge biofilm science in extreme environments. No prior research experience needed.

My kids “pet”

Register NOW for the inaugural Conference on Bacteriophages: Biology, Dynamics, and Therapeutics, October 12–14, 2025, Washington, DC. A 2.5-day program of invited talks, symposia, workshops, and abstracts will highlight the latest advances. For more info: bit.ly/3JUKLYL

Very proud to have our lab's first work published in @cellhostmicrobe! In this work, we use functional metagenomics to find phage defenses from human and soil microbiomes! Congrats to first author @luis840alberto ! cell.com/cell-host-micr… (1/3)

Lab float trip on the Yellowstone River!

@ameliakschmidt @AlexJoyceOnSI Alex is twitter-less

@AlexJoyceOnSI Omg really failing at internet today, @PRSecor see above!

Inherited a really fascinating project from the amazing @BrzozowskiRob at the tail end of grad school, and am so glad this story is finally in press! Huge shout out to @NPershingPedsID, @RoundLabUtah, @WiedenheftLab, and @AlexJoyceOnSI for pushing this over the finish line! 🎉

🚨New paper! A prophage-encoded sRNA limits lytic phage infection in adherent-invasive E. coli. Huge thanks to members of @RoundLabUtah, Duerkop Lab, @WiedenheftLab, and phage legend Sherwood Casjens. doi.org/10.1101/2025.0…

Job Call: My lab is hiring for a new phase of studies on symbiotic microorganisms and their molecular mechanisms. Candidates with a strong interest in symbiosis, microbiomes, Drosophila, and genetics are well poised to love the work. Know anyone? psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Staf…

Excited to release our latest work, led by PhD student Emily Chen: arxiv.org/abs/2504.02951! Here, we uncover how the unique rheological properties of wormlike micelles (WLM) influences their flow behavior in tortuous serpentine channels. 🪱💧🌪️ Tweetorial follows... [1/7]

One week left to apply!

🚨 The Department of Microbiology & Cell Biology at Montana State University invites applications for an Assistant Professor tenure-track faculty position in the field of environmental microbiology. Happy to answer any questions! jobs.montana.edu/postings/45680

@desailabcwru @drugmonkeyblog @NIH Same here

Just found out the study section scheduled to review my grant today was canceled. I spent three months writing it, representing five years of work from my lab. Gutted. @NIH

@whiteleylab @mbiojournal @ACasadevall1 Congrats!

@mbiojournal @ACasadevall1 Very excited to continue to build mBio as a top microbiology journal and promote publishing in society publications.

#mBio is proud to announce that our new Editor in Chief, beginning July 1, 2025, is Dr. Marvin Whiteley! asm.org/Biographies/Ma…. He will build on the incredible & visionary work done by our Founding EIC, Dr. Arturo Casadevall. @whiteleylab @ACasadevall1 asm.org/Press-Releases…

New mechanism of gene transfer! With @CostaT_Lab @CBRB_Imperial, cf-PICIs form tail-less elements that, once released, spread among different bacterial species by hijacking tails from various phages. More exciting news soon! shorturl.at/kRJqE

@theMaxwellLab working link: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb…

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

Pseudomonas superinfection drives Pf phage transmission within airway infections in patients with cystic fibrosis biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_micrbio

🚨The Jennings Lab at Montana State is HIRING! Looking for an exciting lab in a beautiful location? Check out this position 👇

We are looking for a motivated and energetic post doc to work on our #research team at @ChildrensLA on projects related to bacteriophage, antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial tolerance in #cysticfibrosis and chronic airway infection! lnkd.in/gkJyMYfD

@OsiMoore Unfortunately no, since this is funded by NSF, it is only open to US citizens

@PRSecor Hello Prof, Is this program open to international students?

Friends, please help spread the word about our microbiology REU program at Montana State University. montana.edu/mbi/reu/ Each student receives a stipend ($7000 for 10 wks). Travel compensation, room, and board are also provided. Details in the attached pic--Feb 13 deadline