Poster of the 2026 CSHA meeting on Bacterial Infection & Host Defense.
Please join us for the Cold Spring Harbor Asia @cshlnews.bsky.social meeting on Bacterial Infection & Host Defense this May 11-15 in Suzhou, China! We have a fantastic lineup of speakers. Abstract deadline is March 6. Hope to see you there!
Congratulations Mariana! So well deserved!!! Always in awe with the scientist you are. Doing such incredible discoveries with your group while caring for your community and impacting many lives. Wishing you many more accomplishments in the future! β₯οΈ
Amazing job with the lineup!
I will have so much FOMO π€£
Mark your calendars! #mmpc2026 The 2026 Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference will be take place September 25-27, 2026 at the University of Minnesota! We are excited to welcome keynote speaker Dr. Andy Camilli. Give us a follow and watch for important information here β‘οΈ mmpc2026.umn.edu
Hope says hi and we both send big hugs! β₯οΈ
Job alert βΌοΈ UChicago Micro is hiring! Open to tenured/tenure track faculty at all levels in any area of microbiology. Come join our amazing and growing department. apply.interfolio.com/174404
Ready for MMPC, but first, some yummy food in Chicago! π₯°β₯οΈ
Rock band!
Ready to start MegaMicrobe 2025! Thanks to Owen and Jesse for leading the Skaar Lab booth with the ESKAPE band. πΈπ€
Honored to have received the 2026 ASM Award for Early Career Basic Research. This award is also a recognition of my phenomenal trainees and their hard work. Thank you to the mentors that have supported my career and those who have nominated me for this award.
asm.org/press-releas...
Sending lots of hugs! β₯οΈ
Did you miss the opportunity to submit an abstract to MMPC?
We have extended the deadline to August 25! Please consider sharing your latest and greatest research!
www.mmpconference2025.com/submit-an-ab...
Please share my 1 min video on the importance of maintaining NIH funding of infectious diseases and drug discovery research vs rising antibiotic resistance
Drastic budget cuts harm our health and imperil the next generation of scientists
More @UCSanDiego βBehind Every Breakthroughβ bit.ly/3FlXQs3
Congratulations Lauren, Xiaomei, Mason, and others! Such phenomenal work. ππ½
Super excited to share our paper online π¨todayπ¨ in Cell Host & Microbeβ¬! Xiaomei Ren @xiaomeiren.bsky.social and Mason Clark @rmasonclark.bsky.socialβ¬ co-led discovery of ecological factors for Acinetobacter baumannii carriage in the gut, a reservoir for pathogen spread. π
tinyurl.com/443kfefk
So exciting to see this published! I hope you are all doing well π
Happy to share IvΓ‘nβs first-author pub from the lab! www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Congratulations!!! I hope there are many more stories like these.
This is awesome! Congratulations Angel. Excited to get to UW Madison and connect again. π
I'm excited to announced that the version of record of this article is out in @elife.bsky.social. With the other first coauthor My Tran, we found that phage resistance cause reduced beta-lactam resistance and reduced virulence phenotypes in diverse MRSA strains.
elifesciences.org/articles/102...
Somedays are so heavy. Keep the empathy and kindness at 100%. This world needs who you are! β₯οΈ
This is our home β€οΈπ₯Ή Feels good to spend time with family.
Congratulations to everyone, especially to @joeyzacks.bsky.social! So well deserved. π₯°
Thanks to everyone! I am so lucky to have a strong support network. β€οΈ
Congrats to @sarahprice.bsky.social on her win for the Skaar Lab Desserts Taste test! Also, celebrating @eliasxwest.bsky.social. Big win with CremΓ© BruleΓ©. Runner up with a strawberry pie.
#SkaarLabBracket
Thank you for being the best role model! I hope to give forward all the love and support you have provided over the years. Words donβt do justice to how lucky and grateful I have been to have you in my life. β€οΈ
3/3 To my role models, for pushing through many barriers that helped me see a path. To my community, for giving me a safe space. And to my future colleagues and trainees, for their trust and a future full of possibilities.
2/3 I am filled with love and gratitude for all the people that helped make this goal possible. To the many wonderful mentors, especially @sunnyshinlab.bsky.social and Eric! My family and friends, for loving me and celebrating who I am. To my mentees, for helping me grow and learn together.
1/3 Itβs official ππ½
The Reyes Ruiz Lab is opening in 2026 at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences. My lab will focus on host antibacterial effectors and adaptation of bacteria to host-imposed stress during S. aureus infections.
Sending big hugs! β₯οΈ
