Professor and scientist fascinated by infectious diseases, host-microbe interactions and bacterial infections. Views my own 🇵🇷 #CienciaBoricua #MacFellow
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Now open - LOIs for the Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH) program. Deadline is July 16 @ 3pm ET.
Faculty in US and Canada are eligible to apply
Grant Amount: $505,000 over five years
More information here: buff.ly/mBR4XST
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BWF Announces the 2026 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease bwfund.org/news/bwf-announce… #bwfpath
ALT The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH) awards, recognizing assistant professor-level scientists whose research is advancing understanding of infectious disease mechanisms and informing new approaches to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
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Delighted to see our work recently published in @NatureComms!
In our article we describe a small RNA with a unique modular structure that shapes the evolution of the cholera pathogen
nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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Findings show a small RNA in the cholera bacterium influencing Vibrio cholerae colonization of the gut. Human-associated variants regulate 85% of genes tied to virulence and intestinal colonization, supporting the need for improved outbreak surveillance. ow.ly/cF2A50YZG6Q
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More than thrilled to share that I’ve been promoted to full (tenured) Professor @harvardmed @Harvard. This only happened because of the hard work of many people, but I want to dedicate this promotion to my grandmas, Nonna Maria & Nonna Vevè. A #FirstGen thread 🧵 1/x
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Does an imbalanced gut microbiome worsen chronic kidney disease?
By elucidating the ecological causes for changes in the gut microbiota composition and its consequences for disease progression we were able to answer this question.
Read more at: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4185…
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Skin androgens regulate Staphylococcus aureus pathogenicity via quorum sensing dlvr.it/TRCQqx #MicroSky
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📷Jose Lemos 🇧🇷📷@josealemos
A reminder that abstract submission and applications for the Streptococcal GRC/GRS are open, and the meeting is on track to fill quickly. If interested in presenting, note that early registration is important for consideration for short-talk slots.
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Beyond thrilled to finally see my postdoctoral work with @Horswill_Lab published in @NatureComms. Here we report how the absence of the surface associated collagen binding adhesin causes visibly worsened skin infection. Bacterial deception at its best!
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Excited to announce the upcoming 2026 Microbial Toxins and Pathogenicity GRC and GRS meeting taking place July 12 - 17, 2026 at Waterville Valley in New Hampshire. This meeting will be chaired by yours truly and co-chaired by @SunnyShinLab grc.org/microbial-toxins-and…
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22 Dec 2025
Excited to share our study resolving the GTP-induced activation of the mu-opioid receptor-Gi complex with different agonists using cryoEM and MD simulations is live now @Nature, with additional MD sims, fluorescence work, and more! nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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18 Dec 2025
Researchers have revealed a hidden intermediate state at the center of Src kinase function. This fleeting state is vital for rapid cell migration and T-cell activation, opening new possibilities for targeting kinases. ow.ly/HWe450XLHbg
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8 Dec 2025
Innate Immune Memory Meeting 2026 |Sep 23-25| Montreal, Canada. Registration and abstract submission are now open. Join us in Montreal for cutting-edge science on innate immune memory, from evolution to vaccines. Register today!
event.fourwaves.com/ti2026me…
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4 Dec 2025
nature.com/articles/s41592-0…
Huge congrats to our collaborative team for their success achieving "Parallel stopped-flow interrogation of diverse biological systems at the single-molecule scale"
rdcu.be/eS2ps
An advance in experimental throughput and sensitivity that revealed unexpected results!
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3 Dec 2025
Excited to finally share this new paper from @TheBlanchardLab. This paper is the result of a highly productive intra- and inter-group collaboration of people studying different systems using single-molecule FRET. doi.org/10.1038/s41592-025-0…
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21 Nov 2025
Join us for our last seminar of the Fall semester on Friday December 5!
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22 Sep 2025
A community-acquired #MRSA strain emerged ~2009 in Brooklyn, New York that has become a major cause of skin infections in the US.
@robulrichID & team @nyugrossman now discover a prophage-encoded methyltransferase that increases bacterial virulence by promoting biofilm formation in a mouse infection model: jci.org/articles/view/177872
The figure shows the effect of phage adenine methyltransferase on biofilms from mouse skin abscesses after infection with S. aureus strains empty vector or pamA, stained with DAPI (blue) and 5-methylcytosine (green).
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18 Sep 2025
Delighted to announce that The Vibrio Conference will be back next year!
The International Meeting on the Biology of Vibrios will be held in Berlin in September 13-16, 2026. See you there Vibriologists!
event.fourwaves.com/vibrio20…
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12 Sep 2025
The Host-Microbe Interactions Dept. representing @StJudeResearch at the amazing Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Response meeting at @cshlnews
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