Amanda Adams

See our new preprint here!

11/12 Special thanks to our collaborators and supporters! @HarvardChanSPH Read the full preprint: bit.ly/4hOGcML

11/12 Bottom line: Gram-positive bacteria and their cell wall components are unexpected antiviral allies at mucosal surfaces. Our findings could inspire new microbiome-based or topical therapies for herpes infections.

🧵1/12 Our new preprint is up! We welcome your feedback! @SmitaGopinath

@_Daniel_Ryan_ @Helmholtz_HIRI I just now saw this paper, and I have SO many thoughts….but top among them is that I’m so happy to see this and that you did this work!

Excited to announce the first paper from our lab identifying a family of anti-inflammatory compounds from vaginal lactobacilli #microbiome #WomensHealth authors.elsevier.com/a/1jy2C6t8JEqo… (1/8)

See our group’s first paper, now out in Cell Host and Microbe! Here we identify and characterize a set of anti inflammatory compounds from the vaginal microbiome that are enriched in people @GopinathLab sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

See our newest article on regulation of dietary oligosaccharide utilization in human gut Bacteroides: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jb… @MicroPhysIL

Determinants of raffinose family oligosaccharide use in Bacteroides species biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #bioRxiv

The #UIUC Dept of Microbiology is hiring a faculty member in virology! Apply by 10/16: go.mcb.illinois.edu/prof_virology Please RT & share with your networks! @ASMicrobiology @NatureMicrobiol @BlackInMicro

@kevinault @idsog_org Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it!

3 captivating oral abstracts are being shared during this session! Check them out from 10:30-11:15 AM. #IDSOG50