Pitt Program in Microbiology & Immunology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine PhD Program in Microbiology and Immunology. Find us at pmi.pitt.edu
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- Congratulations to PMI student Jenna Nosek from the DeLuca lab, who will be defending her thesis next week! 👏
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- Congratulations to PMI student Zac Ingram from the @zandrea.bsky.social lab on his upcoming thesis defense! 👏
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- Congratulations to PMI student Sean Wang and PMI faculty member Dr. Will DePas on their recent paper!
- Congratulations to Sean Yu-Hao Wang, Will DePas, @catarmbruster.bsky.social and colleagues on their use of experimental evolution to identify regulators of Mycobacterium abscessus biofilm production! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Congratulations to PMI student Xay Somoulay from the @dermodylab.bsky.social on his upcoming thesis defense!
- Congratulations to PMI faculty member Dr. Tony Cillo from @pitt-immunology.bsky.social on being selected by the Dean to give a presentation for one of the most significant health sciences publications from Pitt in 2024!
- We are excited to celebrate PMI students’ amazing research at the 4th Annual PMI Day!
- Congratulations to @nanamikubota.bsky.social in the @vscooper.micropopbio.org lab on her upcoming thesis defense! 👏
- Congratulations to former PMI student @adforu.bsky.social and current PMI faculty @mcfreeid.bsky.social !
- 🎉 #JVirology is pleased to announce the selectees for our inaugural New Voices in Virology collection! Chosen from 275+ applicants, these early-career scientists stood out for their creative proposals & strong career trajectories. ➡️ Meet the New Voices: asm.social/2HY
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- Reposted by Pitt Program in Microbiology & ImmunologyCongrats to Megan Freeman, Kelsey Schweiberger, and Vikram Raghu for their recent elections to the Society for Pediatric Research! Read more about it on our newsfeed here: www.pediatrics.pitt.edu/news/three-n... @news.upmc.com @pittdeptofmed.bsky.social @socpedresearch.bsky.social
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- PMI faculty Drs. Paul Duprex and @vscooper.micropopbio.org spoke at a ceremony honoring the University of Pittsburgh’s legacy in the development of the polio vaccine.
- Congratulations, Kenya! 🎉
- Congratulations to Morgan Jackson-Strong from the @gottschalklab.bsky.social who will defend her thesis in a few weeks! 👏
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- Reposted by Pitt Program in Microbiology & ImmunologyPublished in Current Biology! P. aeruginosa can use its filamentous phage to inhibit competitors but high phage production is susceptible to cheater miniphage invasion. Subsequent phage tragedy of the commons can lower bacteria and phage fitness. Link: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lt5I3QW8S...
- Preprint out! Bacteria w/ hyper-replicative filamentous phage lead to overnight emergence of cheater phages. Bacteria w/ both phages can outcompete wildtype, then rapidly lose phage via a phage Tragedy of the Commons @shellyscrib.bsky.social @vscooper.micropopbio.org www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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- Check out PMI talks tomorrow at the SOM Grad Student Symposium: @catmphelps.bsky.social (in @meisellab.bsky.social ), Daria Jelic (Doug Reed lab), Kelsey Ertwine (Abby Overacre lab), @febrigunawan48.bsky.social (in Renfeng Li lab), and @dariavantyne.bsky.social !
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- Congratulations to PMI and @pittdeptofmed.bsky.social professor @dariavantyne.bsky.social for receiving the 22nd annual Distinguished Mentor of the Year at the University Pittsburgh School of Medicine for her outstanding mentorship of PhD students & junior scientists!
- Congratulations to PMI student Hye Mi Kim, who was a runner up for this year’s Most Well Rounded Student award for a Pitt School of Medicine graduate student who is an excellent student and contributes to the greater community!
- Congratulations to PMI student @catmphelps.bsky.social who is the recipient of the 23rd Stephen L. Phillips Scientific Achievement award for a Pitt School of Medicine graduate student who authored the best peer-review scientific journal author this year!
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- Congratulations to Paul Zdinak from the @alokjoglekar.bsky.social lab, who will be defending his thesis next Tuesday!
- Congratulations to Sean Roberts from Dr. Mark Shlomchik's lab who will defend his thesis on Monday! 🎉
- Congratulations to @pitt-pmi.bsky.social PI Dr. Tullia Bruno for her new award from the V Foundation to further her work unlocking the potential of B cells to treat ovarian cancer.
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- Congratuations to PMI student Jessica Medrano co-mentored by Drs. Philana Ling Lin and @zandrea.bsky.social ! Woo hoo 🎉 !
- Congratulations to PMI student Luzmariel Medina Sanchez from @rh-lab.bsky.social who will defend her PhD thesis tomorrow morning! 🎉
- Welcome to the incoming Program in Microbiology and Immunology PhD students! We are so excited to see you in Pittsburgh and we can’t wait to see all the incredible science you’ll do here! 🧪 🎉
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- Congratulations to @aleciarokes.bsky.social from the @vscooper.micropopbio.org lab on her thesis defense next week! Way to go, Alecia!
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- PMI students presenting at ASM Microbe!
- Congratulations to Leigh Miller in the Alcorn Lab in @pittpediatrics.bsky.social for her upcoming thesis defense!
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- Congratulations to PMI MSTP student Eric Weiss from the @danhkaplan.bsky.social lab on his upcoming PhD thesis defense!
- Is a career in clinical or public health microbiology right for you? @asm.org
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- Reposted by Pitt Program in Microbiology & Immunology🚨 New paper out! "A single mutation in an enteric virus alters tropism and sensitivity to microbiota" One tiny change, big consequences. A great collab with the Julie Pfeiffer lab! @jkpfeiff.bsky.social Read here: bit.ly/42sD2rX #Virology #Microbiome #Science
- Pitt innovators were issued 102 U.S. patents in the calendar year 2024.
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- Reposted by Pitt Program in Microbiology & ImmunologyExcited to share our latest, out today in @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social Bacteriocin production facilitates nosocomial emergence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium www.nature.com/articles/s41... @idpittstop.bsky.social
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- Please consider donating to keep our Microbiology and Immunology Diversity Scholars (MIDS) program going to engage undergraduate students in STEM!
- Congratulations to former PMI student Ayana Ruffin on her new first author publication from her time in Tullia Bruno's laboratory!
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- Did you know that the first emergency medical service in the U.S. was started in Pittsburgh by 25 Black men? Come find out more next week from a former EMT! #HappyBlackHistoryMonth
- Reposted by Pitt Program in Microbiology & ImmunologyDid you know? In 1968, 24 Black men in Pittsburgh revolutionized emergency medicine. The Freedom House Ambulance Service was established to provide emergency medical care to underserved Black neighborhoods—creating the world’s first paramedics.
- In celebration of Black History Month, PMI is partnering with OGP for a special seminar by Mr. John Moon, a former Freedom House emergency medical technician and retired Assistant Chief of Pittsburgh EMS. We hope you'll join us!
- Reposted by Pitt Program in Microbiology & ImmunologyWhat influence does evolutionary history have on basal transcriptomes? On transcriptomic response to drug? On genetic paths for drug resistance? On fitness tradeoffs? Check out our latest preprint to find out! By @aleciarokes.bsky.social @asantoslopez.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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- Congratulations to PMI student Andrew Frisch from @delgoffelab.bsky.social on his upcoming thesis defense! Nice work, Andrew!
- Congratulations to PMI student Ellen Scott (Vignali lab) who will defend her PhD dissertation tomorrow afternoon! Great job, Ellen!
- Congratulations of PMI student Ben Murter (L. Kane lab) who will defend his dissertation tomorrow! All the best, Ben!
- Congratulations to PMI MSTP student Andrew Liu ( @danhkaplan.bsky.social Lab), who will defend his thesis tomorrow! Good luck, Andrew!
- Congratulations to PMI PhD student Adam Brynes (Williams lab) who will defend his thesis tomorrow morning! Good luck, Adam!
- Congratulations to our recent newest PhDs who successfully defended their theses: Alexis Duray (Alcorn lab) and Kira Griswold ( @dermodylab.bsky.social )!
- We loved hosting #ABRCMS2024 in Pittsburgh this week! 💙💛💙 We hope to see your outstanding applications to PMI!
