Melanie Yarbrough

First of many presentations from WashU at #ASMicrobe! The Twitterless Rachel Bosserman presented her study on microbial burden of bacteria and yeast from positive blood cultures from the @bioMerieuxUSA Virtuo instrument. Come see her at the CPHM poster session! @washupathedu

@garygrajales @WUSTLmstp @WUSTLImmuno @wusm_pathology @WUSTLmed Congrats Gary! Very excited for you!

Applications open for Investigator (Tenure) Track Faculty Positions in the Division of Lab & Genomic Medicine @wusm_pathology at @WUSTLmed! Broad search for awesome new colleagues. Please share. Application details: facultyopportunities.wustl.edu/Posting/Detail…

@melmillerphd @deray28 @SBtotheDub @DienBard @andreaprinzi Thanks @melmillerphd! @farnsworthcw and I had a great time making lab staff “glow” during this study. I learned a lot about automation too! @BurnhamBugDoc

Join us at the SWACM annual meeting September 7-9 in Kansas City! We have an excellent speaker lineup. Full program and registration available at SWACM.org. @SWACM1 @MidwestMicrobes @DrMattBinnicker @ali_eberly @MMBhattiMD @MicroMeIanie

So many diagnostic methods for pneumonia! Can one test rule them all? @Nanderson0715 discusses utility of multiplex PCR for pneumonia at #2022AACC. High NPV of PCR has potential for earlier antibiotic de-escalation!

Can NGS be used for respiratory specimens? Yes! But @SimnerLab stresses that conditional reporting is needed for NGS-based pathogen identification, particularly in samples with “normal flora”. See more at journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.11… #AACC2022 @DavidCGaston

What’s the value of NGS in clinical micro? @DavidCGaston says it’s a valuable tool. But it can’t replace a good differential and culture! #AACC2022 @SimnerLab

@farnsworthcw awarded Outstanding Achievement by a Young Investigator at #AACC2022 for his work in cardiac biomarkers, COVID serology, and beyond. Very well deserved, Dr. Farnsworth! @_AACC @wusm_pathology

Interested in a rewarding career in #ClinicalMicro? @WUSTLmed is accepting applications for 2023 #CPEP fellowship in St. Louis, @explorestlouis. Details at pathology.wustl.edu/training/train… and asm.org/Fellowships/CP…. @ASMicrobiology #labmedical

@JClinMicro @melmillerphd @andreaprinzi @drswlong @richdavisphd @BurnhamBugDoc @SBtotheDub @Microetry @DrMattBinnicker @romneyintn @ParasiteGal @SimnerLab @ElliTheelPhD Magic School Bus is awesome but we also love @StoryBots in our house!

Which is the best science show for kids? Will post correct answer tomorrow. @melmillerphd @andreaprinzi @drswlong @richdavisphd @BurnhamBugDoc @SBtotheDub @Microetry @DrMattBinnicker @romneyintn @ParasiteGal @SimnerLab @ElliTheelPhD

Great content on NIH funding mechanisms!!! Med students and MSTP students consider F30; Residents consider R38; Early Fellows consider DP5 or K12/KL2, and within 4 yrs K99/R00 (NIAID requires 50% effort!!); K08 recipients consider R03 for pilot studies in final 2 years of award.

A great opportunity to be part of cutting edge science! #newPI #supportivewife

In a study comparing blood culture systems, Kingella kingae was detected in only 42% (5/12) for the Virtuo. This is an issue for septic arthritis, as joint fluid is often incubated into blood cultures. @MicroMeIanie @BurnhamBugDoc #ASMClinMicro #IDTwitter jcm.asm.org/content/early/…

What's new in Prism 9.0.0?! Automatic stars on graphs!!! @GraphPad Thank you! 2020 is looking up... graphpad.com/support/faq/pr…

Urine trouble! Urine specimens are commonly submitted for diagnostic testing for UTI. Can urinalysis and reflex algorithms help with over-utilization of urine culture? Join us at #2019AACC in Room 205AB at 10:30 to find out!

Interactive round table format for this session on infectious disease diagnostics at #2019AACC. Come learn how to tackle common issues in ID serology!

Congrats to the the 2019 AACC Midwest Section travel award winner, Viji Nandakumar, and the Marshall award winners, Melissa Budelier and Ghaith Altawallbeh! Check out their posters and presentations at #2019AACC.

Dr. T. Scott Isbell: Predictive analytics may be used to anticipate sepsis development but must be combined with effective clinical decision support tools to be useful. Great presentation on sepsis advances at #2019AACC! @tscottisbell #sepsis

Give 4 promising students a boost: Attend the student poster oral presentations, today @ 1, Rm 201AB, in advance of the poster contest @ 2:15 pm