Victor J. Torres

@Lo_Zanzi @harvardmed @Harvard Congrats Professor Zanoni!

More than thrilled to share that I’ve been promoted to full (tenured) Professor @harvardmed @Harvard. This only happened because of the hard work of many people, but I want to dedicate this promotion to my grandmas, Nonna Maria & Nonna Vevè. A #FirstGen thread 🧵 1/x

Does an imbalanced gut microbiome worsen chronic kidney disease? By elucidating the ecological causes for changes in the gut microbiota composition and its consequences for disease progression we were able to answer this question. Read more at: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41855331/

Skin androgens regulate Staphylococcus aureus pathogenicity via quorum sensing dlvr.it/TRCQqx #MicroSky

📷Jose Lemos 🇧🇷📷@josealemos A reminder that abstract submission and applications for the Streptococcal GRC/GRS are open, and the meeting is on track to fill quickly. If interested in presenting, note that early registration is important for consideration for short-talk slots.

Beyond thrilled to finally see my postdoctoral work with @Horswill_Lab published in @NatureComms. Here we report how the absence of the surface associated collagen binding adhesin causes visibly worsened skin infection. Bacterial deception at its best! nature.com/articles/s4146…

Excited to announce the upcoming 2026 Microbial Toxins and Pathogenicity GRC and GRS meeting taking place July 12 - 17, 2026 at Waterville Valley in New Hampshire. This meeting will be chaired by yours truly and co-chaired by @SunnyShinLab grc.org/microbial-toxi…

Excited to share our study resolving the GTP-induced activation of the mu-opioid receptor-Gi complex with different agonists using cryoEM and MD simulations is live now @Nature, with additional MD sims, fluorescence work, and more! nature.com/articles/s4158…

Researchers have revealed a hidden intermediate state at the center of Src kinase function. This fleeting state is vital for rapid cell migration and T-cell activation, opening new possibilities for targeting kinases. ow.ly/HWe450XLHbg

Innate Immune Memory Meeting 2026 |Sep 23-25| Montreal, Canada. Registration and abstract submission are now open. Join us in Montreal for cutting-edge science on innate immune memory, from evolution to vaccines. Register today! event.fourwaves.com/ti2026meeting/…

nature.com/articles/s4159… Huge congrats to our collaborative team for their success achieving "Parallel stopped-flow interrogation of diverse biological systems at the single-molecule scale" rdcu.be/eS2ps An advance in experimental throughput and sensitivity that revealed unexpected results!

Excited to finally share this new paper from @TheBlanchardLab. This paper is the result of a highly productive intra- and inter-group collaboration of people studying different systems using single-molecule FRET. doi.org/10.1038/s41592…

Join us for our last seminar of the Fall semester on Friday December 5!

@UWMadisonMMI Looking forward to the visit!

Welcome to the new 2025 class of #MacFellow @macfound macfound.org/programs/award…

A community-acquired #MRSA strain emerged ~2009 in Brooklyn, New York that has become a major cause of skin infections in the US. @robulrichID & team @nyugrossman now discover a prophage-encoded methyltransferase that increases bacterial virulence by promoting biofilm formation in a mouse infection model: jci.org/articles/view/… The figure shows the effect of phage adenine methyltransferase on biofilms from mouse skin abscesses after infection with S. aureus strains empty vector or pamA, stained with DAPI (blue) and 5-methylcytosine (green).

Delighted to announce that The Vibrio Conference will be back next year! The International Meeting on the Biology of Vibrios will be held in Berlin in September 13-16, 2026. See you there Vibriologists! event.fourwaves.com/vibrio2026/pag…

The Host-Microbe Interactions Dept. representing @StJudeResearch at the amazing Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Response meeting at @cshlnews

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has been named to Forbes' 2025 list of America's Best Employers for New Grads. Proud to have a workplace where new grads can excel and make a difference. ow.ly/nozt50WKgEV

Join the CHOP Microbiome Center as a Research Technician IV! We are seeking a motivated individual with hands-on experience in next-generation sequencing (NGS) to support our innovative microbiome research. careers.chop.edu/us/en/job/1017…