Associate professor at MIT studying host-pathogen interactions
lamasonlab.org
Becky Lamason
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Congrats to Dr. Allison Scott on her successful defense this week!
Looking forward to my first CauloCon and catching up on the latest work in Alphaproteobacteria. Day 1's talk from postdoc Brandon Sit @sitbrandon.bsky.social will be a must see!!
Excited to share our latest work from first author Patrick Woida. Using a novel surface display platform for expression of split TurboID, we discovered that CYLD is recruited to the Listeria surface via the effector InlC and that it supports cell-to-cell spread www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Check out our latest paper from first author Allison Scott using a powerful enrichment strategy to enable transcriptional profiling of the early stages of a rickettsial infection
Thrilled to share our latest story from postdoc @sitbrandon.bsky.social! Using a functional genetic screen, he discovered an unexpected way that Rickettsia relies on the host to stabilize the Sca2 surface protein that drives pathogen motility and virulence.
Congrats to postdoc Jane Lodwick for being named a @damonrunyon.org fellow!
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Congrats to postdoc Elayne Fivenson for being named a #JCCFellow!!
First 🟦 post - my main postdoc work is out in the world! We designed a Cas12a-based genetic screen to identify host factors that contribute to infection by the tickborne pathogen Rickettsia parkeri, and stumbled across a really exciting direct interaction between host and bacterium🦠. Check it out!
Our most recent paper "Divergent Rickettsia species exhibit distinct mechanisms of actin-based motility" is now out in @jcb.org! Check it out here: rupress.org/jcb/article/...
Hey alpha aficionados - it's almost time for CauloCon 2026! This free, virtual meeting will feature talks from @brunlabcaulo.bsky.social @thanbichlerlab.bsky.social and @lamasonlab.bsky.social with opps for trainee talks. Register using the link below. 👇
With CauloCon coming up in a few weeks, we are excited to share with you the schedule for the upcoming meeting! There will be 3 keynotes and 26 short talks over three days.
You can see more information at caulocon.com
Host cyclophilin-mediated maturation of an obligate intracellular bacterial surface virulence factor https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.28.684717v1
We're thrilled to announce the 2025 class of Jane Coffin Childs Fellows!
See our latest blog post and "look book" to learn more about our newest Fellows and their exciting research!
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Host cyclophilin-mediated maturation of an obligate intracellular bacterial surface virulence factor https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.28.684717v1
Hybrid capture RNA-seq defines temporal gene expression in Rickettsia https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.04.697603v1
