Dr. Seema Mattoo

Thanks to @Hypothesisfund, esp. Scout Joseph Mougous, for valuing & investing in my science. I applaud the vision behind creation of HF & am truly honored to be selected as part of this inaugural class of awardees. 🙏🏽 @LifeAtPurdue @PurdueScience @PurdueBiochem @PurdueBiolSci

@Roy_Lab_Thinks @leonardoaparrar Are you in Leichtag? This takes me back!

When both Wife and Western blots are waiting for you on a Saturday....@leonardoaparrar

🗳️Results of the 2025 ASBMB election are in! ☑️Please join us in congratulating our new president, secretary, Council members and committee members. ow.ly/biaV50WgiA8

@MarioFeldman9 Nice! And Guy doesn’t seem to age. Like his science, he is evergreen :)

Today I gave a talk in Namur with a special guest: Guy Cornelis, the scientist that discovered T3SS and who was my postdoc advisor. He is retired now, came to my talk. I could not resist the temptation to take a selfie when I started my seminar! Academia has these great moments

Out Now! Host AAA-ATPase VCP/p97 lyses ubiquitinated intracellular bacteria as an innate antimicrobial defence bit.ly/4jebHzK #Microbiology #Antimicrobial #Bacteria

@IsbergRalph And we @UCSD got lucky when Elio moved to San Diego & invited Hanna for a seminar. She left us all spellbound with her superbly crafted tales of deciphering MazEF function. It was thrilling! The MazEF field continued on to evolve into an even more fascinating system.

She used to give a regular seminar every September at Tufts, invited as Elio Schaechter's cousin. She liked us so much, she kept coming every year after Elio retired. Every year, a new story, the most amazing being MazEF.

@IBiofilms @HebrewU Very sorry to hear this news. My deepest condolences. I heard Hanna give a talk at @UCSD during my postdoc. She explained complicated bacterial phenotypes with such eloquence that several in the audience jumped up in applause. Brava, Hanna!

Prof. Hanna Engelberg-Kulka @HebrewU passed away last night. Hanna was an extraordinary, original and brave microbiologist who discovered the first chromosomal #toxin-#antitoxin system in #Escherichia coli. Together with Prof. Gadi Glaser, she named the system #mazEF (which in Hebrew means Ma Ze? or What is it?). Citation is here: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… in @PNASNews. She was a mentor to @RonenHazanLab , Prof. Itai Benhar @McbbTau, and more, including me. And I will greatly miss her...

Big congrats to #HFScout Joseph Mougous on his new position at @Yale!

This #InternationalWomensDay and everyday, we celebrate the inspiring women in our HF community who continue to push boundaries and shape a brighter future for science.💫

@jkagan1 Ooh, excited to read your next publication!

The term PAMP (pathogen associated molecular pattern) is in the immunology lexicon. But what does pattern really mean? We need diverse ligands for a single receptor to decipher a pattern. LPS receptors, which detect non-LPS structures, may hold the key to answer this question.

The God of War joins the innate immunity lexicon. ARIES Domains: Multi-motif interferon (IFN) inducing signaling domains found in all known IFN-inducing pathways. febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/fe…

@MarioFeldman9 Several study section meetings canceled :(

The Bacterial Virulence study section that was scheduled for today was cancelled…today! We just got the communication this morning. This is disheartening…

@TrumanLab I expect the same will happen to the upcoming panels :(

A bunch of study sections are being canceled in real time-see the ones with asterisks csr.nih.gov/RevPanelsAndDa…

@PUCancerInst @Research_Purdue @PurdueScience @PurdueAg @PurdueEngineers Thank you for the spotlight on our work!

Part 2️⃣ in the #PurdueOneHealth Series 👇 A project involving @PUCancerInst researchers is looking at how the intricate process of folding proteins can go awry, leading to errors that are found in #cancer and other diseases. purdue.link/1H.pt2

In the #PurdueOneHealth Series, here’s coverage of our collaborative effort focused on protein misfolding and disease. @PurdueBiolSci @PurdueBiochem @PurdueLifeSci

It's Valentine's Day and Professor Tony Hunter has been "going steady" with Salk for 50 years now. On Feb 21, join us in celebrating his half-century legacy at the Salk Institute. Lab alumni, colleagues, and other luminaries will share their science, memories, and tributes to this legendary cancer biologist. Learn more about Hunter's remarkable legacy: salk.edu/news-release/c…

@DrDorSalomon @TAUMedFaculty Dor, this is WONDERFUL news - congratulations!!! So well deserved!

Big news to share 🎉 I owe this achievement to my students who have been working hard to push the boundaries of knowledge, to my collaborators, mentors, and wonderful supportive people of the #Vibrio , #T6SS , and @TAUMedFaculty communities.

I am thrilled to say that our work is now online @CellCellPress ! I've analysed protein structures for quite some time, but @Robb_Mallik, who co-led this work, took these analyses to yet another level - 🧵👇 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Our collaboration w/ Greg Anderson lab, describing work of my postdoc @RadhikaBhaumik. We delineate the roles of pili in establishing S. maltophilia biofilms, notorious for nosocomial infections. @PurdueBiolSci @PurdueBiochem sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Is this real, or is it excessive AI hype? New paper claims that an AI foundation model achieves experimental-level accuracy in predicting gene expression even in previously unseen cell types." I'll read the paper, but don't believe it for a second nature.com/articles/s4158…

@Lo_Zanzi @Harvard @harvardmed Wonderful, congratulations!

What a fantastic night celebrating the achievements & legacy of @Harvard @harvardmed Endowed Chairs! Excited to be part of such an amazing group of innovators that everyday do their best to advance human health! #LoveScience