Why is preterm birth risk doubled with maternal UTI? It depends on the immune response. We found distinct immune signatures in a UTI-associated preterm birth mouse model. In a human cohort from @AShea_Lab, urine cytokine levels could predict preterm birth. biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/β¦
Honors thesis student, Olivia Powers, got selected for an oral presentation at the Undergraduate Research Symposium and absolutely nailed it! @UofSouthAlabama @usacollegeofmed
Summer Medical Student Research Day!
We are excited to have 3 awesome students presenting their posters. They did a great job moving several of our Shea Lab projects forward. @usacollegeofmed
Iron limitation induces motility in uropath. E. coli CFT073 partially thru action of LpdA journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128β¦@harry_mobley We must learn the full breadth of UPEC pathogenesis to adequately respond to this common bug, esp. w/ the increase of antibiotic-resistant pathogens.
Strong showing from the @harry_mobley group (past and present) at #UTICONF24 despite travel delays and cancelations. (Not pictured: Sarguru Subash and Sapna Pahil)
Our third selected #UTIconf24 abstract this morning is from @AShea_Lab who is working with @MelanieMPearson on Proteus mirabilis acquisition of sugars during UTI
Sad to have not been there in person, but the Shea lab sent our finest! Rachel Fleck presented a poster yesterday on her Pseudomonas UTI project and is giving a podium talk today on her project to detect ASB using a water quality test kit. #AUA24#CAIRIBUatAUA#AUA2024
Excited to publish this work from my NIAID F32 project with @harry_mobley
Emerging roles for ABC transporters as virulence factors in uropathogenic Escherichia coli | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.23β¦
Our first conference as a lab was so much fun! Great poster presentations by two of our undergraduate students at the Southeastern Branch meeting of #ASM#SEBASM2023