MD, PhD • Postdoctoral researcher at University of California San Diego in the lab of Victor Nizet • Treatment options in infections by S. pyogenes & S. aureus.
Joined November 2017
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13 Dec 2024
Immunity to #StrepA is complex! 🧫🤒Pharyngitis elicits serum IgG and muted mucosal IgA. Pre-existing antibodies inversely correlated with the magnitude of IgG induced. Great work @JoshOsowicki et al! nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
3 Dec 2024
This #StrepA paper was a LONG labour of love from a great team 😊 Equal first & senior author credits buried at the very end, so I want to highlight the critical contributions of @hrcfrost @njmoreland & @DrDanikaHill (see her great thread on 🦋) nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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7 Nov 2024
The intricate pathogenicity of Group A Streptococcus: A comprehensive update - out now in @Virulence12 by @victornizet and I 🧫
Updates: airborne transmission, lymphatic spread & neuronal interactions. Inflammation, necrosis & immune evasion. iGAS focus.
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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7 Nov 2024
New from @BergstenHelena in @Virulence12 Journal:
"The intricate pathogenicity of group A Streptococcus: A comprehensive update"
Full article link: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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17 Sep 2024
🤨🦠Did you say IgM?!? Very proud that this publication is now officially online. Post-doc work from the dedicated and talented 💪 Astrid Hendriks. Collaborative effort also showcasing importance of clinical cohorts. Hope you enjoy it! cell.com/cell-reports-medici…
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16 Sep 2024
🔥❤️🔥🔥❤️🔥 @LancefieldSoc_ #LISSSD25 in Brisbane. Get in line (in pairs or chains) and get moving on your abstracts (submission site open NOW). Can't wait to see you there 😀lisssd2025.org/abstract-subm…
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8 Aug 2024
asian seafood buffet 🍣🍜🥟🍱 farewell celebration for two great physician scientists as their extended sabbatical fellowships in the lab draw to a close —@BergstenHelena 🇸🇪 Chih-Ho Chen 🇹🇼 — best wishes in your ongoing careers in infectious diseases care and research!
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12 Jun 2024
A phage lysin that battles MRSA in the nasal cavity has reached the first clinical trial phase in Germany. the-microbiologist.com/news/… @DZIF_ @uni_greifswald @TU_Muenchen
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4 Jun 2024
The biggest congratulations to our Jenny @MjosbergL for her efforts in fighting severe asthma, now awarded the grand research grant of the Heart-Lung Foundation for her groundbreaking work. Read more about it here:
news.ki.se/jenny-mjosberg-aw…
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30 May 2024
Congratulations to @SD_IRACDA Postdoctoral Scholar Alex Hoffman, PhD on her new review in @JPET_Journal describing the novel application of human membrane-coated nanomedicines to treat sepsis, pneumonia, and other life-threatening bacterial infections.
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6 May 2024
🔥 🚨 🔥 SAVE THE DATE 🚨 🔥 🚨
@LancefieldSoc_ inaugural EMCR network webinar just around the corner! Sorry for the late notice. Don’t miss the legendary @AnnaTeglund! Registration details coming very soon!
Please retweet and spread the good news 😊
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26 Feb 2024
How does a monocyte become a macrophage?
We found intestinal stromal cells guide macrophage differentiation via
GM-CSF in human gut!
Now out @NatureComms @karolinskainst
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15 Feb 2024
Proud @UCSanDiego to help launch this interdisciplinary @FondationLeducq initiative to understand Strep A immunity, improve treatments, and guide a future vaccine to prevent strep throat, invasive infections, and rheumatic heart disease /1 imperial.ac.uk/news/251477/g…
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15 Jan 2024
RT @Folkhalsomynd: Ökat antal fall med invasiva grupp A-streptokocker folkhalsomyndigheten.se/nyhe…
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8 Jan 2024
Viruses are transmitted via aerosol. Likewise for bacteria. The odds of this depend on many factors, including how long the bacteria remains viable in air. Our latest work studies the aerostability of Group A Strep, and WHY does it lose viability in air: microbiologyresearch.org/con…
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5 Jan 2024
Off to a good start of 2024! Our comparison of meningitis causing Group A Streptococcus strains with otitis and colonizing strains revealed no distinct invasive pheno- or genotype, indicating continous spread of the infection. @microbiologyOA
doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.1394
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4 Jan 2024
Are you a #postdoc interested in #immunology and how our immune system reacts to #enterovirus infection and #vaccination? Want to help find a prevention for #T1D? This could be an opportunity for you: ki.varbi.com/what:job/jobID:… #postdocjobs @MFT_Diabetes @CIM_Sweden @karolinskainst
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10 Nov 2023
The Baker Lab at Oregon Health & Science University is hiring, both postdocs and research assistants. DM me if you know someone who is interested in learning to apply ‘omics and molecular biology to learn how the #micriobiome impacts our health.
#microbiology
#bioinformatics
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8 Oct 2023
Honored to be inducted tonight into @theNAMedicine in Washington DC — all the credit to my supportive family who shared in the festivities and to all my lab members and collaborators @UCSanDiego whose contributions the award truly recognizes.
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2 Oct 2023
“For the 20 years that we worked together before anybody knew about us or cared it was literally the two of us sitting side by side at a bench and working together.
Usually at 3 or 5am we would be emailing each other with new ideas.”
- 2023 medicine laureate Drew Weissman on his partnership with his co-laureate Katalin Karikó.
Keep an eye out for our telephone interview with Weissman, coming soon!
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