Alexa Pragman

Giving BlueSky a try: @apragman.bsky.social

Happy to say our latest article is published! We found that tobacco use, professional dental cleaning habits, and lung adenocarcinoma are associated with lung and bronchial microbiome diversity and composition. link.springer.com/10.1186/s12931…

Out now at ERJ Open Research: tinyurl.com/4r7s7ku4 Even during exacerbation-free periods, the COPD frequent exacerbator phenotype is associated with decreased sputum microbiome α-diversity and increased β-diversity. Low sputum α-diversity is associated with lung inflammation.

It's time for the best PG course at #ATS2023 a Hands-on Introduction to the Microbiome, great programme put together by @AlexaPragman @Leopoldo_Segal and @robertpdickson who is kicking off with "how to think about the respiratory microbiome"

#ATS2023 lung microbiome post grad course with @AlexaPragman @Leopoldo_Segal @robertpdickson listening to #sanjaychotirmall discuss the interactome in bronchiectasis

Course registration still open! conference.thoracic.org/program/clinic… "A Hands-On Introduction to Studying the Lung Microbiome", May 20, 2023, Washington, DC. This well-reviewed one-day course will be part of ATS 2023. All-star instructors!

Registration open! conference.thoracic.org/program/clinic… "A Hands-On Introduction to Studying the Lung Microbiome", May 20, 2023, Washington, DC: This well-reviewed one-day course will be part of ATS 2023. All-star instructors!

Save the date! May 20, 2023, Washington, DC: "A Hands-On Introduction to Studying the Lung Microbiome" This well-reviewed one-day course will be part of the American Thoracic Society International Conference. All-star instructors! Stay tuned, registration details to follow.

Likewise. I'm @alexapragman@med-mastodon.com and no longer logging in here.

Will be shifting over to Mastadon. @alexapragman@med-mastodon.com

Back in my day, they were also (gasp) your internet connection. (Channeling my mother, talking to an incredulous me in ~1999, explaining how all 40 women on her floor shared one phone located in the hallway)

@NaomiKritzer Even more amazing since there were no female actors in Shakespeare's day--all the parts had to be played by men.

So I'm thinking about the truly bonkers stuff this law defines as a "drag performance" (thus making the venue criminally liable if they allow a minor to enter at any time.) For example, the Shakespeare play "Twelfth Night."

My 3rd grader said that 17 of her 30 classmates were there today. She was 1 of 2 with a mask. Friend in a different room said attendance was 13/~30. No idea if this is RSV, flu, COVID, or a combo. We’re 3 years into a respiratory virus pandemic and have learned nothing.

@Ddrekonja @MPS_News @mnhealth What sort of things would they write into an illness contract, if sensible evidence-based things like masking and vaccination are off the table? We know why influenza hasn't really circulated since March 2020--social distancing and masking. They could work again this year.

Hey @MPS_News I get that everyone wants to put COVID behind us, but please send better advice about a school-wide respiratory outbreak. 1. Masking mentioned only after less helpful strategies 2. COVID and flu vax not mentioned 3. @mnhealth data show RSV more likely than flu

@Ddrekonja @dbrauer They were your kids, weren't they?

@EB_Hirsch Who can resist “Christmas spirit spraying into your face”? 10/10, no notes.

@Linherski @drmusays Congratulations Muthu! Sorry I missed out on congratulating you in person with cupcakes.

@JulesBass6 Agree. It is just harder for me to read. Which is exactly the kind of thing you don’t want to do to a reviewer. I cannot understand why a grant writing course would recommend it, but many do.

I know that hate is a strong word, but I hate bilaterally justified text. Do your grant reviewers a favor and left justify only. Please. I’m begging you. #GrantTips #WritingTips

@aoglasser @KristenAshNP @jenerkenbeck @katie_schenning @Kc3Dr @Jeanna_BlitzMD @afedwardMD @KurtPfeifer @teracushman @EricLast3 @SAGES_Updates Nice pumpkin and all, but where did you get that mug?