

Raphael Valdivia
3.2K posts

@valdi001
Microbiologist, aspiring immunologist, citizen-scientist, Professor, former Vice Dean, and now Dept Chair. My opinions do not represent those of my employer.



Congratulations Dr. Heran Darwin @HeranDarwin for your election to @theNASciences today. Not only are you an amazing scientist but you also hang out with the coolest people @Vilcek @PadmaLakshmi

Over the moon that the DFG is establishing a priority programme to elucidate gene functions in the human gut microbiome. I am delighted to be coordinating this programme with @TypasLab, @JoergLab and @baerboletta. Exciting science to come! dfg.de/de/service/pre…


Today we profile Dr. Mari Shinohara, another stellar faculty in our department. Read about her trajectory in science and awesome work in neuroimmunity. Plus you may get some tips on zumba dancing #WomenInScience #WomenHistoryMonth immunobiology.duke.edu/news/womens-hi…



Congratulations to @agastya74979307 from the @ValdiviaLab for receiving an NIH F31 award for his pre doctoral training at @DukeMGM and @DukeMicrobiome to study mucin consumption by the new probiotic bacteria Akkermansia.








Cell-selective proteomics reveal novel effectors secreted by an obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #bioRxiv

The application deadline for the Duke Immunology graduate program is coming up! Want to learn more about what we are looking for and how to make your application more competitive? Register for our live Nov 15th webinar at immunobiology.duke.edu/grad-school-ap…




