In Memoriam: Dr. Barbara Murray at McGovern Medical School- deeply saddened by the loss of Dr. Murray. She was a tremendous mentor and dear friend who paved the way for many women leaders in Infectious Diseases. 🙏💜⁦Luis Ostrosky, MD, FIDSA⁩ ⁦IDSA⁩ ⁦ med.uth.edu/blog/2024/04/1…

A great research opportunity with a great mentor!

So happy to hear this! Congratulations, Heran!

#KlebClub2024 is an impressively well run series and a great way to keep up with Klebsiella research. Many thanks to Laura Anzaldi Mike and the other organizers!

Great tenure advice!

Agreed!

Odd and fascinating immunological study: A 62-year-old male hypervaccinated individual from Germany who deliberately and for private reasons received 217 vaccinations against SARS-CoV-2 within a period of 29 months. The Lancet Infectious Diseases Kilian Schober

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Congrats to Lauren Palmer 👩🏻‍🔬 and her group on this very nice paper.

Excited to see this important paper out - synthesizing genetic and clinical data to inform understanding of COVID-19 outcomes in Chicago! Led by Ted Ling-Hu on behalf of Center for Pathogen Genomics & Microbial Evolution Hultquist Lab Lacy Simons Egon Ozer MD PhD Ramon Lorenzo-Redondo, Ph.D.
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Great work by a great team!

Happy to share work from our group suggesting 'convergent' Klebsiella strains (hypervirulent and antibiotic resistant) may not be as bad as we thought. Thanks to Travis Kochan, Ph.D. 🧬🦠🔬🧫 Sophie Nozick Aliki Valdes Sumitra Debina Mitra, PhD and others! nature.com/articles/s4146…

ID is a wonderful specialty. Each day is filled with something interesting and something to love. Northwestern ID & Antimicrobial Stewardship NU Internal Medicine
I gave a lecture to the IM residents & attendings today, on my 52nd B-day, and opened with this slide.

Great to see MSTP M4 Roger Smith presenting at NU Internal Medicine #GIM Research Day!

A small price to pay for skipping those training modules.

So proud of Bettina Cheung (with help from Travis Kochan, Ph.D. 🧬🦠🔬🧫 Egon Ozer MD PhD Kelly Bachta Sophie Nozick Christopher Axline) for her newly published work examining how strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae use different sets of genes to colonize the GI tract. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb…

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Med Micro Quiz. Here are the answers: 1. B; 2. A; 3. A; 4. A; 5. C; 6. A; 7. C; 8. C; 9. D

Med Bact Lect 9: Each of the following can be acquired by drinking unpasteurized milk and dairy products EXCEPT?

Med Bact Lect 8: Which bacterium causes cough by binding to ciliated respiratory epithelial cells and producing an ADP-ribosylating toxin?

Med Bact Lect 7: A 74-year-old patient develops a catheter-associated urinary tract infection while hospitalized for congestive heart failure. The culture plate has a grape-like odor and shows a blue-green pigment. Which of the following is NOT characteristic of this bacterium?

Med Bact Lect 6: Which of the following toxins blocks the release of acetylcholine from peripheral motor neurons?