Martin McGavin
Prof in Microbiology and Immunology at University of Western Ontario. Studying Staph aureus and how it senses and responds to chemical signals from innate immunity.
- Take care of the planet, or it will take care of us.
- Happy to see our collaboration with @larocklab.com in print! Great work from @larocklab.com group to show that Staphopain A cysteine protease (ScpA) of S. aureus initiates pyroptosis in keratinocytes through proteolytic processing of Gasdermin A. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- This is the double edged sword of virulence and innate immunity. @mcgavlab.bsky.social have shown that acidic pH and unsaturated fatty acid conditions encountered on skin induce S. aureus protease production pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32868405/, including serine protease SspA
- Reposted by Martin McGavinIf you or someone you know is looking for a post-doctoral position working on mycobacterial envelope biology, please get in touch. I am recruiting here at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada.
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- ournals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02278-25?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed Pleased to present our latest work from Doctoral candidate Camryn Bonn. Emergence of S. aureus strains with increased resistance to antimicrobial fatty acids.
- recovered from human and bovine hosts, in CC5, CC8 and CC97. Adaptive resistance to antibiotics is well established, but here we see repeated emergence of strains with increased resistance to antimicrobial fatty acids that comprise an important aspect of innate immunity
- Reposted by Martin McGavinWe are hiring! The Dept of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics is looking for faculty at the Assistant or Associate professor level (tenure track). Please consider joining our vibrant microbiology and immunology community at the University of Pittsburgh School of medicine
- Reposted by Martin McGavinTwo Harvard economists forecast the impact of the administration’s proposed NIH budget cuts- stunning losses in new therapies, life expectancy, and economic output with a “social cost 16 times greater than the savings the administration is attempting to achieve." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
- Enjoying some down time at the University of Calgary Banff Conference on Infectious Disease with @mcgavlab.bsky.social Doctoral trainees Camryn Bonn-Dunbar and Tika Thapa
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- Reposted by Martin McGavinThe Trump administration's efforts to slash research funding have US graduate students, postdocs and other early-career scientists fearing for their careers. Some might leave the country -- or abandon research altogether. go.nature.com/43ao2zq
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- Reposted by Martin McGavinA statement from the BMA Board Members to the BMA Community and Beyond. Additional alt text to follow due to the character limit.
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- Reposted by Martin McGavinThe censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ? So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky If you could, please help us regain our following Follow Retweet and Repeat ;-) Together we can change the world.
