It was fun to pen this news&views on this exciting new work published by CJohnstonLab and Susan Bullman and their team. #Fusobacterium #ColonCancer #CancerMicrobiome

Today I thought about quitting science (as one does). By some magic, I still have my MSTP admissions essays on an old flash drive. According to my much younger self: “I have found the thing that I am absolutely meant to do.” She was so sure. Guess I shouldn’t quit. 🙄

Irini Sereti BK Titanji Benjamin D. Singer Pipeline is impossible for MDs interested in clinical / translational research. NIAID Funding knows this, and I assume is intentional as NIAID only awarded 11 K23 & 11 k08 last year. For a country of 330 million people, the pipeline is 22 ID MDs for career development awards

Find me a definition of privilege that privileged people are comfortable with. We’re supposed to do DEI work but cannot name any of the players in an inequitable system lest it hurt their feelings. Anyway, Imma go back to my science. #YesThisIsASubtweet

Happy holidays from the Queen lab

Happy Holidays from the Johns Hopkins Medicine Initiative for Careers in Science and Medicine family!

We are SO proud of ALL of our scholars— current and alumni. #CSMForever

valerie Jessica Queen, MD PhD Eleana Parajón

I've spent a lot of time lately analyzing data, reading, writing, presenting, mentoring, and sitting on zoom meetings. I was low-key excited to do a PCR today. Funny how the average day has shifted since transitioning from postdoc to PI.

Out today in Cell Host & Microbe, Lindsey Dzierozynski, Cindy Sears, and I comment on shaping of the gut microbiome by host genes. Johns Hopkins Medicine Johns Hopkins Division of Infectious Diseases Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute
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Queen Lab members presenting their work at recent conferences: taylor. at the Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute Research Retreat, and Zam Cing at the Johns Hopkins Medicine C.A.R.E.S. conference!

Out in Nature Cancer: Dr. Fyza , Cindy Sears , and I review the latest advancements in microbiome research with potential therapeutic impacts for cancer. nature.com/articles/s4301…

We’ve been busy doing science this Spring and I haven’t done much posting. Here’s a late post of the fabulous taylor. generating our lab’s first mouse colonoids. Love having enthusiastic young minds and hands to push our work forward!

When you buy your first -80 freezer with your fellow junior faculty besties Dr. Fyza and Julia Drewes and they let you pick a Star Wars theme for the name 🤓 #NewPI

When your new equipment arrives just in time for an experiment. #newPI #ProcessingTumors

On Fridays we wear pink. Johns Hopkins Division of Infectious Diseases

Lots of learning and smiles on ID consults at JohnsHopkinsBayview this week Johns Hopkins Division of Infectious Diseases

Reviewing applications this week for a pipeline program, and reflecting gratefully on the people who saw my passion and potential over the years, and opened doors for me to achieve my dreams. Really exciting and humbling to be on the other side. #PayingItForward

When it’s a long day of science and the data turns out whack, so your colleagues start handing you treats. 😂

The American Cancer Society was my first grant as a postdoc and very crucial for the work I’ve been able to do! Postdocs doing cancer research, apply for the fellowship especially since they’ve removed citizenship requirements!

📢📢📢Attention Black postdocs researching cancer! #BlackinCancer