The lab has several new papers out led by fantastic postdocs, with important contributions from other lab members and collaborators. Each paper focuses on different aspects of Wolbachia spread and effects on hosts. The first paper was led by Dylan Shropshire and is now in Genetics.
To all who came together to support nominations to the MICROBIOME MEDAL, thank you. After the committee reviewed the deserving nominations, @psumbiome.bsky.social is thrilled to announce congratulations to @jacquesravel.bsky.social as the 2026 Microbiome Medal Laureate!
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Rasgon Lab Postdocs are FINALLY formally available. Apply here!
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Ya. The place to start in biology is the system mechanism to understand what is interesting and what is not. 🤓
The Ace Card of Google? Wolbachia, of course.
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Jason Rasgon
By placing equal emphasis on research, mentorship, and service in our evaluation, the Microbiome Medal recognizes that true academic leadership involves not only discovery but also the vital work of shaping the future of the community. We will solicit new nominations in the Fall.
High in the sky while Happy Valley slips right by in a soft, green line between the mountains ☀️
Using extensive geographic sampling and ~1000 hologenomes, Denis et al. uncover distinct eco-evolutionary processes shaping genetic connectivity and diversity in a reef-building coral and its associated algal symbionts.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
The One Health Microbiome Center in the Huck Institutes of Life Sciences at Penn State has selected Jacques Ravel, professor of microbiology and immunology and director of the Center for Advanced Micr...
Mother knows worms: Microbes pass on antiviral defense
Preview of work showing helminth-induced remodeling of maternal microbiota can program offspring’s antiviral immunity through a microbiota-derived metabolite that enhances lung IFN-I responses
www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
Using extensive geographic sampling and hologenome data, Denis et al. uncover distinct
eco-evolutionary processes shaping genetic connectivity and diversity in a reef-building
coral and its associated...
Maternal helminth exposure may confer offspring protection against respiratory viruses,
but the immune pathways and mediators are not well known. In this issue, Fernandes
et al. demonstrate that helmi...
