Associate Professor at Montana State University. Studying bacteria and their viruses.
Joined November 2015
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16 Dec 2025
Looking for a paid summer research experience? Apply to Montana State Uuniversity’s Extreme Biofilms REU and work on cutting-edge biofilm science in extreme environments. No prior research experience needed.
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10 Sep 2025
Register NOW for the inaugural Conference on Bacteriophages: Biology, Dynamics, and Therapeutics, October 12–14, 2025, Washington, DC. A 2.5-day program of invited talks, symposia, workshops, and abstracts will highlight the latest advances. For more info: bit.ly/3JUKLYL
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Patrick R. Secor retweeted
29 Jul 2025
Very proud to have our lab's first work published in @cellhostmicrobe!
In this work, we use functional metagenomics to find phage defenses from human and soil microbiomes!
Congrats to first author @luis840alberto !
cell.com/cell-host-microbe/f…
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3 Mar 2025
My lab’s first preprint!
We used functional metagenomics to identify phage defenses in human and soil microbiomes. We scaled these selections while maintaining accuracy, enabling us to examine 9 habitats for defense elements against 7 phages.
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7 May 2025
🚨New paper!
A prophage-encoded sRNA limits lytic phage infection in adherent-invasive E. coli.
Huge thanks to members of @RoundLabUtah, Duerkop Lab, @WiedenheftLab, and phage legend Sherwood Casjens.
doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.06.6…
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Patrick R. Secor retweeted
9 Apr 2025
Job Call: My lab is hiring for a new phase of studies on symbiotic microorganisms and their molecular mechanisms. Candidates with a strong interest in symbiosis, microbiomes, Drosophila, and genetics are well poised to love the work. Know anyone?
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8 Apr 2025
One week left to apply!
20 Mar 2025
🚨 The Department of Microbiology & Cell Biology at Montana State University invites applications for an Assistant Professor tenure-track faculty position in the field of environmental microbiology.
Happy to answer any questions!
jobs.montana.edu/postings/45…
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20 Mar 2025
🚨 The Department of Microbiology & Cell Biology at Montana State University invites applications for an Assistant Professor tenure-track faculty position in the field of environmental microbiology.
Happy to answer any questions!
jobs.montana.edu/postings/45…
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Patrick R. Secor retweeted
12 Feb 2025
New mechanism of gene transfer! With @CostaT_Lab @CBRB_Imperial, cf-PICIs form tail-less elements that, once released, spread among different bacterial species by hijacking tails from various phages. More exciting news soon! shorturl.at/kRJqE
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7 Feb 2025
New paper with @theMaxwellLab :
Phage reprogramming of Pseudomonas aeruginosa amino acid metabolism drives efficient phage replication
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Patrick R. Secor retweeted
15 Jan 2025
Pseudomonas superinfection drives Pf phage transmission within airway infections in patients with cystic fibrosis biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_micrbio
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8 Jan 2025
🚨The Jennings Lab at Montana State is HIRING! Looking for an exciting lab in a beautiful location? Check out this position 👇
8 Jan 2025
We're hiring a Research Associate/Lab Manager! Join us at Montana State University to work on bacterial pathogenesis research in the Microbiology & Cell Biology Department. Apply here: jobs.montana.edu/postings/44…
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Patrick R. Secor retweeted
7 Jan 2025
We are looking for a motivated and energetic post doc to work on our #research team at @ChildrensLA on projects related to bacteriophage, antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial tolerance in #cysticfibrosis and chronic airway infection! lnkd.in/gkJyMYfD
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6 Jan 2025
Friends, please help spread the word about our microbiology REU program at Montana State University.
montana.edu/mbi/reu/
Each student receives a stipend ($7000 for 10 wks). Travel compensation, room, and board are also provided.
Details in the attached pic--Feb 13 deadline
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12 Dec 2024
It was an absolute pleasure to host Paul @bollyky as our seminar speaker here @MSU_MicroImmuno this week. Phages! Immunology! Infectious disease! His talk had it all
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3 Dec 2024
1/8 📣Big update: we are very excited to share that the KlebPhaCol @biorxivpreprint is now out!
Big shoutout to all those involved in making this happen🙌
Check it out now 👇🏻
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Patrick R. Secor retweeted
2 Dec 2024
Excited to share our work on broadly effective phage-antibiotic cocktails. We report 3 cocktails that each work against >95% of 153 antibiotic resistant Pseudomonas isolates. Check it out here: nature.com/articles/s41467-0… Congrats to Kevin Kim @KevinMinyo6651
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