Last day for EARLY BIRD registration for the 2024 Montagna Symposium in October! I could float away I am so excited about the program! montagnasymposium.org/

Getting SO excited for the 2024 Montagna! montagnasymposium.org

Join me and my fellow program chairs at the 71st Annual Montagana Symposium, titled “Skin of Color Dermatology: The Interaction of Science & Society” as we bring together basic/translational researchers with social scientists to present the latest advancements in skin biology!

Thoroughly enjoyed the last few weeks of travel to the ⁦⁦@VI4Research⁩ ⁦@NIH_NIAMS⁩ and then giving the Welker-Streips lecture in #Breckenridge ⁦@WindRiverConf⁩. Thanks to the micro community for welcoming me into the fold and christening me a #bactobaddy.

Cheers to the medical students in the ⁦@HarrisTryonLab⁩ for representing our group so well ⁦@SocInvestDerm⁩ poster sessions!

It was as fun as it looks to present work from the @HarrisTryonLab @UTSWDerm and connect with friends and colleagues @SocInvestDerm in #Dallas @HiltonAnatole. On to the next discovery…

Thanks to ⁦@DongXintong⁩ for organizing such a stimulating day ⁦@UTD_Biology⁩ discussing host #microbe interactions. Look forward to chatting more next week ⁦@SocInvestDerm⁩ in Dallas!

10/11 In an exciting final twist, we can leverage this conversation between host hormones and bacteria for #therapeutics to decrease S. aureus virulence, with an enantiomer of testosterone, inhibiting expression of PSMs, red blood cell hemolysis and neutrophil killing.

9/11…testosterone cannot activate strains that lack AgrCA. Together, our findings illuminate a molecular conversation between S. aureus and the host through the sensing of testosterone and DHT.