Lucas Osborn, PhD, D(ABMM)

@Jmarksloan AI checkers are digital snake oil, they simply do not work. Would encourage you to look into that more before discounting applicants based on a problematic "tool".

These are my own but I suspect most program directors would feel the same.

What an incredible two years it has been at CHLA. I had a fantastic #CPEP experience thanks to a wonderful team of superstar medical microbiologists and mentors @DienBard @ccpathmd. Passing the senior fellow baton to @jackstatmicro now!

Curious about what life as a CPEP fellow is like? Read four unique perspectives from current fellows here: secure-web.cisco.com/1mBk5mUt19aNr6…

Today we report a detailed map of interactions between the immune system and the gut microbiome. @MicrobiomeTcell led the charge w/ help from Aishan Zhao and Kat Atabakhsh. @Nature 1/40 nature.com/articles/s4158…

👋 We're looking to recruit a postdoc to our team. If you're interested and have expertise in bacterial molecular genetics, synthetic organic chemistry, or infectious disease biology, please reach out! @CCLRI jobs.clevelandclinic.org/job/18854184/p…

Struggle to provide stewardship of Broad Range PCR? Wish there was an objective system to help communicate expected ROI and limit low yield/low impact testing? An intuitive scoring system is a step in that direction academic.oup.com/ajcp/advance-a…

“It’s so important to have fun, which is easy to do when you’re in science” - George Stark, PhD

Commentary, in press: If You're Not Confused, You're Not Paying Attention: Ochrobactrum Is Not Brucella tinyurl.com/mvmhmyn6 @ASMicrobiology A thread...

Today we report that removing a strain from a complex microbiome can ripple through the community in an unpredictable (& useful) way. @MinWang_18 was the mastermind, with help from Mark Brown, Stan Hazen & crew. @CellCellPress 1/25 cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

I got goosebumps the first time I watched you present this work at a Leducq meeting years ago. The translational application was so tangible to someone like me who often struggles to understand the impact of many "high impact" papers. Thank you for this contribution and congrats!

🧫@urogoldjournal Conclusions from analyzing 12,000+ paired urinalysis & urine cultures: ① 10K CFU/mL threshold is better than 100K CFU/mL for detecting a UTI. ② Negative UA exhibits high accuracy for predicting the absence of a UTI. 🧫@gwerneburg authors.elsevier.com/c/1gqviKZx3c89w

Great occasion for my 1st tweet! Proud contributor to this @Nature perspective on the ongoing debate questioning a fetal #microbiome. With 46 experts in #microbiome #science and related disciplines, we assess the evidence. The answer, an unambiguous ‘No’ bit.ly/3XF4ePg

Christopher Walsh: 1944-2023 A giant indeed: the impact of his work is staggering. But Chris was even more impressive as a mentor. He was immeasurably devoted to, & loved by, his trainees. Nothing made him happier than doling out his wisdom. Superhuman & human at the same time.

@claesengroup @LJOsborn @CCLRI Gut microbial flavonoid catabolite reverses fatty liver disease in mice news-medical.net/news/20221129/… #FattyLiver #Hepatic #Steatosis #Liver #LiverDisease #flavonoid #catabolite @PNASNews @ClevelandClinic

Excited and proud to see @LJOsborn's paper from his @CCLRI PhD work in its final form!!! 🎉🎉🎉 Check out "A gut microbial metabolite of dietary polyphenols reverses obesity-driven hepatic steatosis" A 🧵1/6 👇👇👇 pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

While MPXV cases have waned in the USA, the global implications of this virus shall not be diminished! Check out our latest review on the topic with wonderful collaborators from @LACUSCMedCenter @LACUSC_ID @IDwithNWD @DienBard secure-web.cisco.com/1q35GF4LeNIEl_…

@PhilipAhern Ha! York patties are always the last to be selected from an assortment of (far superior) sweets.

@LJOsborn Unfollow. This is an abominable opinion, and it is this hate that keeps us divided. They are a candy of the gods. (I'll send my address and you can pass yours along to me)

It's 2022, there's no reason York peppermint patties should still exist.

Finally out! We looked at over 2,000 genomes to see how well the SGTF did at calling variants across multiple #SARSCoV2 waves. Really good genomic signature to rule in first Alpha then Omicron (BA.1, BA.4 and BA.5). nature.com/articles/s4159… @mini_kamboj @evrnyc @MSKPathology

Let me hear you say it in the back, "speciate" =/= "specificate". Similar words with very different meanings in the world of microbiology.