Researchers teasing apart structure-function relationships in the human microbiome. Member of @TheRNAInstitute at @ualbany

Joined June 2018
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13 Jan 2025
If your problem is to identify 100 fluorescent labels in an image, my postdoc has, IMHO, an elegant solution for that. Congrats Ruogu! academic.oup.com/bib/article… @ResearchUAlbany @TheRNAInstitute
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31 Oct 2024
We won the lab door Halloween decorating contest! Some real scary stuff here....@ualbany
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23 Oct 2024
We're excited to participate in this symposium! The Valm lab hopes to see you there.
We are officially less than one month away from our inaugural LGBTQ STEM Day Symposium!! 🌈 🤩 Interested in giving a talk? Submit your abstract in the registration link by November 1
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The “Graduate Pathway for Scholars” program aims to bring #UAlbany graduate biology and chemistry scholars who receive their PhDs at UAlbany back as faculty members to open positions after completing postdoctoral training at other institutions! albany.edu/news-center/news/…
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Join us this Friday at 11 AM EST for a talk led by PhD candidate Emmanuel Edem Adade (@edem_adade) visiting from @ualbany. We are excited to understand more about the host-microbiome landscape! 🌄🦠 If you can't make it in person, DM us for the zoom link!
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8 Dec 2023
Super proud of Emmanuel for receiving this prestigious award and proud to be a member of ASM, here making science accessible and advancing the careers of the next generation of microbiologists. @ResearchUAlbany
30 Nov 2023
Advance your career with #ASMicrobe travel awards! As experienced by award recipient and Ph.D. candidate Emmanuel Adade: "The travel fellowship significantly underwrote my participation, a cornerstone in shaping my professional development." Apply now! asm.social/1B7
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17 Oct 2023
Congrats @LemusLearns on publication of this fantastic methods paper for growing dental plaque biofilms for CLASI-FISH imaging!
Published in Cell Biology! An in vitro dental plaque culture system that recapitulates the human mouth and allows microscopic structural studies. @Valm_Lab currentprotocols.onlinelibra…
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Trainee Spotlight Series-Introducing Alex Lemus (@Valm_Lab) who works on the role of multispecies aggregates in the development of oral biofilms and their impact on oral health. This year he received #F31 fellowship to support his doctoral research. #TraineeSpotlight
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17 Jun 2023
Curious about the master builders of the micro-world inside our mouths? Join me today as we dive into polymicrobial aggregates and how they craft diverse oral biofilms using cutting-edge microscopy & our dental plaque on a chip flowcell! @Valm_lab @UAlbanyGradSch @TheRNAInstitute
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Excited to share our work on how variability in gut microbiota spatial structure affect host mucus phenotype at #ASMMicrobe2023! Join me on Sat, June 17th, 10:15 AM at 371 A-F GRB Centre. Thanks to @ASMMicrobiology -Student Travel Award @Valm_Lab @TheRNAInstitute @jmGhigoLab
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16 Mar 2023
So proud of you, Alex! You're pushing the field forward. @UAlbanyGradSch @TheRNAInstitute @UAlbanyLSRB
15 Mar 2023
I am honored to announce that I've been awarded an F31 fellowship by @NIDCR! A heartfelt thank you to the institute for their confidence in my work and for providing me with this amazing opportunity. I'm eager to contribute to the advancement of knowledge in our field! #Gratitude
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8 Dec 2022
We are hiring! Tenure track Asst Prof in Artificial Intelligence in Biology. Any field of bio / biological system, combining wet lab & computation albany.interviewexchange.com… Come to SUNY Albany. Review of applications starts Jan 12, 2023. Inquiries contact @CheAndamMicro Please RT!

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ASCBers, today is the day. plan.core-apps.com/ascbembo2… You know you want to come to this session. #CellBio2022 @ASCBiology @CellLgbtq
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3 Dec 2022
"Bacterial Cell Division in Diverse Environments"
Congrats to Erin Goley @goleylab who will present at the Ben Barres LGBTQ Diversity Session today at 3:15 pm in Room 151B at #cellbio2022 in Washington, DC. Come check it out!
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Planning to attend #cellbio2022 ? Wondering how you can be a better ally for your LGBTQ trainees, colleagues and others? Come to our workshop on Dec 4, 11:15-12:15 where Dr. Amena Johnson will give tools to help us all transfrom from "From Ally to Actor." amenajohnson.com
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12 Oct 2022
Our Valm lab pizza party got crashed! Thanks for visiting our exciting little corner of the world, Jennifer Lippincott Schwartz @JLS_Lab, it was a delight to host you. Congrats to the organizers for a fantastic Workshop in Scientific Collaboration at @UAlbanyLSRB @ResearchUAlbany
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I'm looking for 2 postdocs with background in microbial genomics & bioinformatics to work on bacterial pathogens, populations, AMR, recombination, HGT funded by NIH & NSF. Come to beautiful upstate New York! Send me an email to apply. Please RT far & wide
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4 Aug 2022
It was an honor and delight to participate in the Shinya Inoué Memorial Symposium at Microscopy&Microanalysis #MM2022Portland. Shinya Inoué's passion, wisdom and love of nature are passed on and contribute to his legacy. Also a joy to gather with friends old and new! @MBLScience
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