Head of Ocular Microbiome & Immunity Lab at @PittTweet. Pioneering research in the #ocular #microbiome. Runner, Dad & #Philly sports fan. RT≠endorsement
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Joined October 2018
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Infectious diseases and Immunology from @Pitt_Vision went axe throwing yesterday. Fun-gi, Kevin Fuller, won the championship against the immunologist, Masaaki Yoshida. Better luck next year, Campbell lab. @EyeMicrobiology.
Today is the last day for @ARVOinfo SIGs, and if your interested in learning about the ocular microbiome, you can access the SIG (12-1:30 PM EST) here:
arvo.org/education/special-i…
Interested in corneal nerves? Dr. Steve Plugfelder, Dr. Pedram Hamrah, @SabanLab, and I will lead a discussion on corneal nerves (How to label, sequence, stimulate, and how they interact with other cells) at the July 11 ARVO SIG. arvo.org/education/special-i…
Congratulations to Yannis Rigas for being selected as runner-up for the Cora Verhagen award at #ARV02024! "Investigating ocular commensal colonization in IL-17 and serum antibody induction" was supported by @eyeandear @NatEyeInstitute @Pitt_PMI @Pitt_Vision
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Revamped Antibiotic May Treat Deadly Eye Infection medscape.com/viewarticle/rev… medscape.com/viewarticle/rev…
One last shout out to the lab for #ARVO2024 . Congrats to @4thryon4th for winning the members in training poster award for the Immuno and Micro section! Very proud of all the members of the lab this trip! @Pitt_Vision
@Stlegerlab showed up at #ARVO2024 today with four posters and a space needle visit with members of the @SabanLab. Looking forward to two talks tomorrow from our lab (Yannis Rigas @ 8:45 and Hongmin Yun @ 3:30).
Couldn't be there today, but solid performance by the St. Leger lab in choosing a champion drink to make for the annual Pitt Immuno Holiday Party. @Pitt_Vision coming to take all the awards.
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@PittTweet @PittHealthSci Calling all URM interested in immunology & microbiology! Applications for Fall MIDS Program are due this Friday Sept 15th! DM or email me for questions.
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Meeting of @NatEyeInstitute ocular surface consortium.
8 linked collaborative projects with goal: delineate ocular surface innervation including corneal sensation, pain circuits, tearing reflexes.
Teams include @dukeeyecenter @HMSeye @BascomPalmerEye (others tagged in photo...)
ALT Zoom screen capture of National Eye Institute Anterior Segment Institution Ocular Surface Innervation Consortium on Monday 7/10/2023.
Excited to see grad school classmates doing huge things! Welcome back @SmithImmunology, H2P!
Successful #ARVO2023 for the St. Leger lab! It was a good time in NOLA with two talks and a poster for the lab. Back to Pittsburgh!
Flying over North Park in Pittsburgh today! I thought it was the end, but Google says they're satellites!
Got word this week that a collaboration with Anat Galor (MD/MSPH-@BascomPalmerEye), @EyeMicrobiology, @MeiselLab, and @Pitt_CMM will get funding to study the human ocular microbiome for the next 3 years! Big things coming soon! @Pitt_PMI @Pitt_Ophtho
Hey! Now live @IOVS today! Yannis Rigas (now an @Pitt_PMI student!), Ben Treat, and Jackie Shane were able to engineer an ocular microbe to express mCherry! We can track ocular microbes now! Check it out! @EyeMicrobiology @eyeandear @Pitt_Vision
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Ocular Surface nerves!
Interleukin-33-activated neuropeptide CGRP-producing memory Th2 cells cooperate with somatosensory neurons to induce conjunctival itch cell.com/immunity/fulltext/S…
If it's on the NEI website, it's real, right? nei.nih.gov/about/goals-and-…
We are hiring at all levels!
Excited to get started with an amazing team and consortia of labs. @jishnu1729 @KaplanLab @EyeMicrobiology @eyeandear @Pitt_PMI @NatEyeInstitute
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Our study on RVF ocular disease is out! 😊 As the most common severe outcome of RVFV infection, ocular disease is vastly understudied. Hopefully this model can contribute to understanding pathogenesis and testing therapeutics. This project was a lot of fun!! – at Pittsburgh, PA
In this study, @MaddySchwarz1 sought to investigate mechanisms of ocular disease in a rat model.
Rift Valley Fever Virus Infects the Posterior Segment of the Eye and Induces Inflammation in a Rat Model of Ocular Disease | Journal of Virology journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128…
The St. Leger lab is on the lookout for a lab manager. We're stably funded with grants from the NIH to study the microbiome, nerves, and immunity of the eye and eye-related tissues.
Take a look and message for details!
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