Researcher of biofilm communities and polymicrobial interactions. Opinions are my own.
Birmingham, AL
Joined October 2015
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Excited to share the first paper from our lab is out as a preprint! @JoshuaHuffines established a dual-species culture model to investigate S. aureus-Corynebacterium interactions on nasal cells & how temperature influences bacterial persistence & cytotoxicity
Temperature Influences Commensal-Pathogen Dynamics in a Nasal Epithelial Cell Co-culture Model biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_micrbio
If you have an idea for science you want to see at the next @ASMicrobiology Microbe meeting, there's still time to get a session proposal in! Proposals due Aug. 1. Feel free to message me with questions asm.org/Events/ASM-Microbe/S…
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Did you know that more than 60% of sessions at #ASMicrobe are developed from proposals submitted by scientists like you? Help shape the program and ensure that the science presented. Act fast—the deadline to submit is Aug. 1! asm.social/1Z7
ALT Have you submitted your session proposal? Microbe 2025 session proposal deadline: Aug. 1, 12 p.m. ET.
Volunteers needed to judge undergraduate research presentations at the UAB spring Expo in April! Great opportunity for grad students to get involved & is a nice addition to your CV @UAB_GBS @UAB_GBSO givepul.se/v0v9cu
This bill was just approved by the committee in a 7-3 vote. Alabama senator refiles 'divisive concepts' bill, adds anti-DEI language alabamareflector.com/2024/02… via @ALReflector
Great opportunity to learn skills for genetics in staphylococci
🔬Applications for the 2024 Essentials of Staphylococcal Genetics and Metabolism Workshop are officially open!
🧪Hosted by @UNMC_PathMicro 's The Center for Staphylococcal Research
Please join us July 14-19, 2024!
unmc.edu/pathology/csr/news/…
The Alabama Senate will hold a hearing on 2/21 at 11a that puts DEI initiatives at risk. "Diversity, equity, and inclusion; certain public entities prohibited from maintaining office that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion programs" legiscan.com/AL/bill/SB129/2… @UABNews
Lastly, "public inst. of higher ed., required to designate multioccupancy restrooms based on biological sex"
Bill will also address: "certain programs related to divisive concepts or diversity, equity, and inclusion, prohibited; promotion and endorsement of certain divisive concepts in certain public settings prohibited; exceptions provided"
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Undergraduates looking for a paid summer research opportunity, check this out! Mellon College Science Summer Scholars Program at @CarnegieMellon. Research opportunities are in Biology (@CMU_Bio), Chemistry, Math, Physics, & Supercomputing. Apply here: etap.nsf.gov/award/2014/oppo…
Come join me at UAB! @UABMicrobiology has an open tenure-track position in virology. BHAM is a great city, check it out jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/…
If you're an undergraduate interested in doing summer research in biomedical science, check out our CF summer research program at @UABHeersink. We're accepting applications until Feb 28. See our @CF_Foundation funded program & others at uab.edu/medicine/physci/unde…
Excited to say our first research article from the lab with great work by @JoshuaHuffines is officially live! @mSphereJ @ASMicrobiology Temperature influences commensal-pathogen dynamics in a nasal epithelial cell co-culture model | mSphere journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128…
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My department is hiring an Assistant Professor in bacterial pathogenesis! Come join @GWLiechti and me and the rest of our supportive colleagues in Bethesda.
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Making my way back from #NACFC. Great to see friends & my grad student @csebastianBio did a fantastic job presenting her work in the poster session
Had a great time visiting @BIOmsstate @msstate_biology to give a seminar yesterday & enjoyed meeting with @MSUBGSA students to hear more about the exciting research happening there! Thanks for the invitation!
Great seminar & visit with @whiteleylab who was invited by the @UABMicrobiology graduate students! Thanks for taking the time to talk with faculty & trainees in the @UAB_CF_Center
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Please share: There is an opening for tenure-track or tenured Assistant/Associate/Full Professor – Microbiome Research and Chemistry at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. The Interfolio link to apply is: apply.interfolio.com/132921