A get-together of Dartmouth folks at ASM Microbe!
#ASMicrobe
Also a special thanks to the reviewers who all provided great critiques and feedback that really improved the final paper. It was a fantastic experience with @currentbiology.bsky.social !
Excited for this new preprint from former postdoc @caitlinkowa.bsky.social identifying unexpected functions for the bacterial stringent response in antimicrobial fatty acid susceptibility in S. aureus #microsky
It's Leading Edge Fellow day!!! This day fills me with joy and inspiration. This cohort holds a special place in my heart because it is named for Zara Weinberg, a beloved Leading Edge Fellow who was a visionary scientist and fierce advocate for building a better scientific ecosystem
Is anyone in continental Europe looking for a lab manager? I have a fabulous candidate - let me know and please RT!
Do people in the same household share strains when they have the same species?
How many cells transmit when a strain is shared?
Can strain composition be dynamic when species composition is stable?
We answer these and related questions for the facial skin microbiome in our latest paper.
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