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Getting the spiderwebs out to excitedly share our new work @KimInGeneva lab. We studied how Enterococci use lactic acid to suppress the inflammatory response and promote virulence. biorxiv.org/content/10.110… It is now under review, stay tuned for a revised version when published.=)

Check out this exciting collection of #enterococcus papers from our great colleagues!

@60Minutes Rachel Maddow did an intense segment on Velshi this morning. 😢 msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/ma…

Two days ago, a lawfirm filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against 6 commercial publishers (incl Elsevier & Wiley) in the federal district court in New York. They allege a 3-part scheme on part of publishers. 🧵 lieffcabraser.com/antitrust/acad…

Don't wait – check your state's voter registration deadline today and make sure you're registered and ready to vote. And then share this with your friends and family so everyone's ready to vote early or by Election Day. VoteSaveAmerica.com/Obama

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Lindsey Burcham @LindseyAtUTK for receiving a $1.82M NIH Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) for her groundbreaking research on the vaginal microbiome, impacting maternal, fetal, and pediatric health. micro.utk.edu/1-82-million-n…

@bioetry @PLOSPathogens Hi. I would like to be considered as a reviewer. Thanks.

An important step towards building a scientific career is to review articles in stablished journals Often senior Postdocs and new PIs do not get invited as they are not in the Editorial Manager system yet If you would like to be considered as a reviewer for @PLOSPathogens DM me

Are you interested in uncovering new ways lactic acid bacteria overcome metal intoxication and, at the same time, be part of a multi-disciplinary team using AI-based and conventional medicinal chemistry to develop a species-specific anti-caries therapy?

@Rebecca_Keogh @NIAIDFunding Congrats 🙌

So excited to share that I have received an NoA for my K99 at @NIAIDFunding !! This award will support my continued research into Group B Strep pathogenesis in diabetic wound infection.

For @CommichauM and all friends of the shikimate (a.k.a. shiki miki) pathway: don't miss this review! The shikimate pathway: gateway to metabolic diversity @NatProdReports pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

The Healthy Aging and Longevity Institute at the University of Washington seeks applicants for a Summer Training Course in Experimental Aging Research to facilitate development of independent research programs in the biology of aging. More information🔽 cairibu.urology.wisc.edu/event/31st-ann…

The enterococcal community lost one of its pillars… Rest in Peace Dr. Murray 🥲 In Memoriam: Dr. Barbara Murray at McGovern Medical School med.uth.edu/blog/2024/04/1…

@KristiLynnFrank @Christo71101299 @scottymerrell1 @GWLiechti @Fr_Lebreton Congrats Chris!

Congratulations, Dr. Chris Healy @Christo71101299 on your successful defense today! The 1st Frank Lab PhD! Thanks to committee members @scottymerrell1, @GWLiechti, @Fr_Lebreton, and Ann Jerse (not on here) for your wonderful guidance.

Psst…can I be real a second about work life balance? For just a millisecond? Let down my guard and tell the people how I feel a second? /thread

We are happy to announce that the 10th ASM Conference on Biofilms will be held in Portland, Oregon, from Nov 9-13, 2025. We look forward to gathering the biofilm community for what should be a fantastic meeting. See the ASM website for details. asm.org/Events/ASM-Bio…

🦠Attention Bacteriologists🦠 BacPath, Australia's premiere molecular bacterial pathogenesis meeting, will be held in the Hunter Valley, Nov. 11-14. See our speaker line up at (bacpath.org) and register your email to be first to hear when registrations/abst open!

Kindly: please retweet if you see this important notice. Today at @officialatcc, we announced a change to the access model for the ATCC Genome Portal (genomes.atcc.org). In order to maintain its long term sustainability, we are transitioning to a Supporting Membership access model on May 1st, 2024. Members, groups, or institutions who opt in to support the AGP will continue to have access to ALL our microbial genomics data, our REST-API, recieve quarterly updates as we release new authenticated genome references to the portal (~1,000 new genomes per year), and get access to new tools for assessing the quality and accuracy of existing genomics data and reference genomes. We have many such tools on the roadmap, the first of which will be Descrepency Report tool that will compare raw sequencing data provided by end-users against our reference genomes, and provide both an easy to interpret (human-readible) report (PDF) and a machine-readable JSON, BAM, BED, and VCF files. More tools, additional data types, phenotypic data, and extensive re-curation efforts are planned, but I would love to hear feedback about what sorts of things might be of most use to you. Finally, access to the entire database and tools we develop doesn't require purchasing physical materials from ATCC, only that you opt-in to be a supporting member. For ATCC customers who decide not to opt-in for supporting the ATCC Genome Portal, we will still provide them with access to authenticated reference genome assemblies for the microbes they purchase from ATCC. So, if you purchased (for example) a bacterial strain from ATCC in the past, you will be able to still access the reference genome, annotations, and metadata for that strain directly from the ATCC Genome Portal. It's extremely important that we continue to provide customers with access to verified/authenticated reference genomes for the materials they obtain from us. These data is produced by our ISO-certified genomics lab (the ATCC Sequencing & Bioinformatics Center, my group ☺️), and is not found anywhere else. The last three years has been a wild ride as we started sequencing the entire collection. About 30% of the microbes we've sequences have never been sequenced before by anyone anywhere in history. It's very cool when you think about it! ☺️ And - wow... my team has grown from 5 to 20 in that time, and both our sequencing and bioinformatics capabilities have increased by orders of magnitude. This has been, and continues to be, a major investment by ATCC into the authenticity of both our biological materials and the data associated with those organisms. I'm really looking forward to the next three years too - and beyond - as we continue to sequence all these interesting bugs. But do to this, we'll need the help of the community to continue supporting this extensive program. I'm very happy to answer questions and take suggestions from the community as well - so please feel free to send me DM via Twitter or LinkedIn (see profile for link). And thanks again to everyone for their continued support 🥰🧬 -- Jonathan #genomics #microbiology #bioinformatics #dataprovenance #science #reproducibility #bacteriology #virology #mycology genomes.atcc.org

Assistant @UF OB-GYN professor Adetola Louis-Jacques, MD, is using #AIatUF to reduce maternal morbidity risk by predicting, identifying and tracking social determinants of health. Learn more about her advances in women's health this #WomensHistoryMonth at go.ufl.edu/60ajrgs

Third faculty opening at OSU. Pls share. Application Instructions: Apply to the Careers at Ohio State website: osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/OSUCaree…

ECRs working on streps and enterococci: want to share your work and hear about what others are up to? Join us in at the Strep Bio GRS in Maine this summer! grc.org/streptococcal-… Also a reminder to submit an abstract if you have already applied!