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catherine putonti @putonti

Computational Biologist & Phage Phan, Professor, Loyola U Chicago

Joined September 2013
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catherine putonti@putonti
13 Jun 2019
The Nobel Prize... Of raisins.
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Loyola University, College of Arts and Sciences@CAS_Loyola
17 Jul 2023
Engaged Learning courses at @LoyolaChicago offer real research experience in a classroom setting. Meet Krystal and Natalie, who earned more than just course credit from their microbiology lab. 🔬⬇️ bit.ly/3zv0C80
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Loyola Chicago is looking for an instructor in Bioinformatics starting this fall for our growing Bioinformatics Program. Please share! careers.luc.edu/postings/253…
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Putonti Lab@PutontiLab
16 Jun 2023
Maria crushed it at the Undergraduate Summer Research Experience Symposium today. ROCK STAR! @CAS_Loyola
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Loyola University, College of Arts and Sciences@CAS_Loyola
20 Sep 2022
Introducing "Migration" - the latest chapter in the college's annual interdisciplinary lecture series on global affairs. Register now. 🌎 luc.edu/cas/casseriesonmigra…
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They started to assemble our new TEM @LoyolaChicago. Oh the phages we will see!
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Another amazing defense for the lab by @AdrianaEne1
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Fantastic 🦠 talk by @DrHHNZ at Loyola Chicago. Zoom makes seminars across the globe possible. 😊
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Spread the Word: Paid Ugrad/Post-bacc summer research opportunity in bioinformatics & urology. Students can participate online-only or hybrid. Details @ ssom.luc.edu/luerec/administ….
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Amazing defense by former @PutontiLab labbie Kema Malki @ USF with @virome_girl . Congrats Dr. Malki!

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Amazing phage themed masks in @PutontiLab thanks to @dputonti!
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Putonti Lab@PutontiLab
2 Sep 2020
Prophage induction by pH... just the latest work out from labbies @andreamarie546, @tensminger97 and @NicolemStark. @thePeerJ peerj.com/articles/9718 #Microbiology #Virology

Mimicking prophage induction in the body: induction in the lab with pH gradients

The majority of bacteria within the human body are lysogens, often harboring multiple bacteriophage sequences (prophages) within their genomes. While several different types of environmental stresses...

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Linda Brubaker@brubaker1030
14 Jul 2020
Kudos to Dr. Fauci for speaking truth to our citizens. @FauciFan @DrAnthonyF And thank you to Dr. Bauchner, JAMA Editor in Chief, who has never before taken to social media in this way to counter a real threat to science and our health. @JAMANetwork
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@JAMA_current
14 Jul 2020
An Open Letter From @jamanetwork's Editor "The undermining of science - and unprecedented attacks on scientists and public health officials - risks lives in every corner of our country" @WhiteHouse @realDonaldTrump @POTUS @Mike_Pence @NIAIDNews @NIHDirector @CDCgov @CDCDirector
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Excited to share our latest article published in @plosone: journals.plos.org/plosone/ar… #plosoneauthor

Introducing Lu-1, a Novel Lactobacillus jensenii Phage Abundant in the Urogenital Tract

Bacteriophages (phages) play a key role in shaping microbial communities, including those of the human body. Phages are abundant members of the urogenital tract, most often persisting through the...

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Junior investigators give a fantastic science blitz at #UROBIOME2020 @brubaker1030
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Dmitriy Dligach@dmitriydligach
1 Oct 2019
We are hiring! careers.luc.edu/postings/124…
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Enjoying beautiful fall in Chicago at 2:30AM awaiting the locksmith for the door that magically locked behind me as I rushed my geriatric incontinent pup outside for a true Potty Emergency... Is it Friday yet?
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I am vindicated... The spring in the doorknob broke. I did not lock myself out. Rather the universe does not want me to sleep.
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Putonti Lab@PutontiLab
30 Aug 2019
The fruits of our ugrad summer course Bacterial Genomics is out! 14 ugrad authors! For most this is their first paper and first introduction to research. Way to go!!!! mra.asm.org/content/8/35/e00…

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Tomorrow we celebrate the end of my summer class on Lactobacillus genomics with 64 oz of yogurt parfait. I wonder what the CFU count is?
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To whomever found my blue hoodie on the 36 bus today. Wear it well. It's a good hoodie. Although it's pockets are full of snot rags. 🤧
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