Porras Tissue-Microbe Interactions Lab

We are SO excited that our lab website is LIVE! Head here: porrastmilab.org to learn more about our research on host-#microbe interactions, our awesome team, and our #InclusiveSciComm work + resources. #NewPI We loved working with @stellatecomms on this!

Joining @kmancera_, our lab know has TWO #GRFP winners. CONGRATULATIONS, Tia!!! We're SO proud of you!!!

It only took multiple equipment delays, 4 hrs of tracking down the hearts in an unknown campus location, 2 Ph.D. students (@kmancera_ and #TiaMonjure), 2 undergrads (Josh and Tanmayee), and 1 PI (@AnaMaPorras) but we finally are culturing our first cells in the lab! #NewPI

We had a blast celebrating our lab's anniversary and welcoming undergad Joshua Ruley to our lab at La Chua Trail! We even saw a baby #gator! #TeamScience

Reminder! @LatinXinBME is hosting an Academic Jobs Panel this Thursday! RSVP here: forms.gle/Rgztbop573WJ6a… We appreciate the interest so far in this event - but we must emphasize that we are prioritizing spots for members of the Hispanic/Latine/Black community ❤️

Our undergrads are on 🔥!! Alejandro Hernandez just recevied a scholarship to participate in the unique @GlobalGators @UFBME study tour and internship program in Brazil! Congrats, Alejandro! We're so proud of you for embracing #GlobalEngineering 🌎🐊

Congratulations to our undergraduate student Tanmayee Kolli, for being selected as a @UFWertheim University Scholar! We are proud of you and can't wait to see you achieve even more! #WomenInEngineering

We have to unplug our computers and let them rest to keep them working, and that includes the human brain too! We had our unplugging with a great lunch at T-Yummi, a new Vietnamese place in town! #TakeABreak

We had a blast celebrating the end if our first semester as a lab! Things got a little heated during our gift exchange but it’s all good now 🙃🎄. We missed Tanmayee, who joined us remotely, and we were so happy to have Kari from @BLT_BME’s lab join us! #HappyHolidays

In our lab, we study inflammatory bowel disorders. It's really important to us to center patient experiences as we do our work. We believe this is crucial to better understand this incurable disease. #SciComm #CCAwarenessWeek #IBDVisible twitter.com/CrohnsColitisF…

Our lab got in the #Holiday spirit yesterday as we said goodbye to November. A couple of us had never decorated a gingerbread house before! Not bad for our first time (and tweet). #LabFamily We had just one unfortunate casualty 🙃