Alexa Gomberg

I am thrilled to share that my first publication is now live @PNASNews! I fell in love with science while 'hunting' DPO microbes on this project, and I'm so excited for everyone who reads it. Take a look if you like poop, microbial archaeology, or redox! pnas.org/content/118/11…

Join CBS, @MassBike, @bostonbikeunion, and @StreetsBoston on November 17 for a group bike ride and rally for the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. Learn more and register: cambridgebikesafety.org/2024/10/25/rid…

Review on ICE-host relationships out now! Check it out :) kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2…

Registration is open for our annual MIT Microbiome Symposium to be held on Friday, April 7, 2023 at the MIT Media Lab and online in a hybrid format. Free registration is required, and may be found on Eventbrite: eventbrite.com/e/hybrid-annua…

Join us Feb 13 at 4pm for a seminar by Dr. Nichole Broderick, Johns Hopkins University on "Microbiome dynamics shape fly responses to enteric pathogens"! mit.zoom.us/j/93581271217?…

Huge congratulations to @blkdwnng on his first, first author publication! We are so proud of you-- Rnf actually stands for "Really Nice First (publication)"😎 Also congrats to co-author @electro_microbe!! Out now in @MolMicroEditors; read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mm… ⚡️🦠

Join us for a for a pre-print review party this Friday from 4-6 pm! Funded by @ArcadiaScience, we will leave helpful comments for recently posted papers on @biorxivpreprint.

I had such a phenomenal time talking about GBS, academia, and more FGT microbes with @KdoranLab yesterday! Thank you for spending the day with us, and thanks to @MicrobiologyMit and everyone for attending the first MIMI seminar 🥳 check out mimi.mit.edu for the next!

@blkdwnng @berkeleyside Cheesy sticks sponsored my undergrad degree oh no 🥲

@berkeleyside i hate it here

The Halal Guys and West Coast Pizza close in Berkeley berkeleyside.org/2022/09/07/res…

Had a great time sharing my work on Spneumo and mucin at #GRCStrepBio22! It was so much fun to meet up and talk science in person 👩🏻‍🔬

Please RT: I am #hiring a Scientist, Bioinformatics / Microbial Ecology, (remote, Pacific +/-1 hour) to help @tracegenomics measure/understand soil biology for ag. Other open positions include Sr. Data Scientist and Sr. Soil Scientist. More info here: jobs.lever.co/tracegenomics

@blkdwnng @biorxiv_micrbio @lab_nayak Congrats Blake!! Can’t wait to read it!!

My first 1st author preprint is out on @biorxiv_micrbio! :,) This is work from my first year or so in @lab_nayak, and I'm v proud of it. Thank you to Dipti for being such a gracious mentor, and to all my supportive colleagues in lab and beyond! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

During my PhD, I got alot of unhelpful advice Now I'm a PhD supervisor, I know 💯 what I needed to hear 4 things every PhD student should know 🧵 #phdchat @thoughtsofaphd @PhD_Genie @thephdstory @HaPhDsupervisor @Dissertating

I was just asked to be on The National to discuss Roe and abortion...and then I found out it would be a panel with a "pro-life/anti-abortion" voice. I am livid and sent this reply. I couldn't care less if this means I will not be asked back to the CBC. It needed to be said.

Doing research to improve outcomes for pregnant women starts with the fundamental assumption that women deserve the basic human right of self determination. Without abortion, we don’t have that right. This isn’t just a “women’s” issue it is everyone’s tragedy today.

Prof Katharina Ribbeck cares about spit because she’s trying to deconstruct how glycans, tiny sugar molecules hidden inside mucus, work to keep a particular organism healthy. ow.ly/wXVL50JAzRs @WIRED @WIREDScience #itsreallygorgeous

Molecules found in mucus can thwart fungal infection; harnessing their strength could help researchers develop new antifungal drugs. “Mucus displays an extensive small-molecule library with lots of virulence inhibitors,” Katharina Ribbeck says. mitsha.re/UkkQ50Jrtkf

I'm excited to share this new story on the inhibitory effect of mucins on Candida pathogenicity that came out today. This was a highly transdisciplinary collaboration led by Julie Takagi in the Ribbeck lab. Congratulations to all authors! nature.com/articles/s4158…

The more infectious form of the yeast Candida albicans is a long filament (left). Ribbeck Lab have shown that when the yeast is grown in the presence of mucin glycans, it remains in its round, harmless form (right) ow.ly/EVR050JqJn9 @nchembio

Hot off the press! Check out this #glycotime paper lead by the Ribbeck Lab's newly minted Dr. Julie Takagi. Synthetic O-linked glycans can dissect the mechanism behind specific glycan - microbe interactions. Cool to the core...1 🍄🔬