Valdivia Lab

The @DukeU Light Microscopy Core Facility (LMCF) is hiring a microscopy specialist to assist w users & trainings. Experience and/or interest in speciality tech welcome - esp for our new LUMICKS C-trap. Lots of confocal / time lapse / super-res too. Apply: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/24505

Read Heran Darwins and co-authors new piece on confusion! @HeranDarwin @AldridgeLab @jcslab @ShenLabTufts -> embopress.org/doi/epdf/10.15…

The Brodsky lab is looking for a senior research investigator! If you have 5+ yrs post-PhD research experience, are interested in innate immunity/host-pathogen interactions & want an exciting, collaborative environment with great colleagues, please apply: wd1.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/upe…

Universities can help by allowing us to pay postdocs more competitive salaries

We bid farewell to @eldoles and @durstingly, two outstanding scientists and colleagues. The positive impact of their contributions, both as mentors to junior lab members and in their research projects, will be felt for years. Best of luck with the next adventure!

My lab is hiring at all levels. We are looking for talented and motivated people to work on Chlamydia-host interaction related projects. Please RT and email me directly if interested.

@eldoles @valdi001 @DukeMGM Your impact in the lab will be long lasting! We will miss the microscopy Jedi master and journal covers

My postdoc journey is complete. Big thanks to @valdi001, everyone in the @ValdiviaLab, and the @DukeMGM community.

Wonderful program!

Bittersweet day as we wish @lauren282012 a safe trip to 🇨🇦 to start her own lab at @uvic Her work on #Akkermansia genetics has been foundational. In her honor we had 🥞 and celebrated all things Canadian

Useful guidelines! The Dos and Don'ts of Text Recycling | ASM.org asm.org/Articles/2022/…

My #microbiology students prepare an infographic on a microbe for their final project. They can choose virus, eukaryote, archaeon or bacterium... What is your favorite microbe? Does not need to be a pathogen!

@DeniseMonack @mervetepePhD @DukeMGM @lauren282012 Thank you Dr. Monack!

@mervetepePhD @ValdiviaLab @DukeMGM @lauren282012 CONGRATULATIONS! Super impressive amount of work and very important findings.

Finally! The culmination of almost 5 yrs of work by the brave Akkermaniacs team @DukeMGM. @lauren282012 developed genetics for Akkermansia, an important member of the human microbiota that was until recently considered genetically intractable researchsquare.com/article/rs-147…

So what does this mean? It is possible that metabolites produced during mucin consumption dampen the expression of lipid metabolism genes. Whether this contributes to the positive effects of Akkermansia on metabolic health remains TBD. Lots to do but stoked that we now have tools

Finally, we asked how does the GI respond to mucin consumption by Akkermansia? We used GF mice mono-colonized with wt or Mul mutants and did RNAseq from colons. One of the strongest differences was the repression of mevalonate/cholesterol biosynthetic genes in WT Akkermansia