Amid the #Olympics2024 buzz, there's a growing concern for the public health impacts of water pollution. Tracie Baker, assoc. professor and member of the Emerging Pathogens Institute, told Forbes how we've already seen bacteria become airborne around sewage-polluted waters. forbes.com/sites/jamiegol…

What are the next steps in tackling #Chagas? We need to reach those living in rural regions and with limited resources. Great article on #Chagas RDTs! #PLOSNTDs: The use of rapid diagnostic tests for chronic Chagas disease: An expert meeting report dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…

Kudos to Marco Salemi, Ph.D., a professor of experimental pathology at FLORIDA Med, and his colleagues with Emerging Pathogens Institute and Università di Pavia, on winning best poster at the 22nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine! #AIatUF go.ufl.edu/x7pfacz

Reunión Colombiana #Leishmaniasis #Chagas in Medellín! Honored to participate! First day was amazing. The story of #Leishmaniasis and #Chagas is often similar. Great conference to share our experiences and research. PECET BCEI UdeA Emerging Pathogens Institute UF Medicine Omar Cantillo

Happy #NationalHoneyBeeDay! Did you know viruses are one of the leading causes of #honeybee health issues? That's why we're buzzing over new #research that can help. Learn how the SwaleLab finds ways to enhance honeybees’ immune systems! 🐝 Article 🔗: go.ufl.edu/qjirxcf.

Go #UF #Chagas team! We are honored to receive a Research Opportunity Seed Fund to dive further into #Chagas in Florida. So much to learn about this parasite! ⁦UF College of Medicine Office of Research⁩ ⁦Emerging Pathogens Institute⁩ ⁦UF Div of Infectious Diseases & Global Medicine⁩ ⁦UF IFAS FMEL⁩ ⁦UF IFAS Wildlife⁩ research.med.ufl.edu/2024/08/19/pla…

“We are uniquely equipped to deal with emerging pathogens like #H5N1,” said EPI Director Glenn Morris. With members from across #UF, meet the multidisciplinary team that connects with state experts and #Florida farmers to tackle #BirdFlu. Article 🔗: go.ufl.edu/fzn0zz4.

The *first* Porras Tissue-Microbe Interactions Lab paper is out GEN Biotechnology! We worked w. Peter Kima's lab to perform a scoping review on engineered disease models of neglected tropical diseases caused by protozoan parasites. 1/n liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/ge… 🧶🦠- a leishmania promastigote

Welcome back, Gators! Are you looking for #student #research opportunities? Some of our members from UF PHHP, UFVetMed and UF Engineering have open spots in their lab. Apply today before the spots get filled! 🧑‍🔬 epi.ufl.edu/student-resear…

Excited to be Co-PI and Associate Director for Core and Working Group Research Efforts for APPEX - our U.S. National Science Foundation PIPP II Center focused on pandemic expansion, leaning into multidisciplinary approaches and how to do them. Peek at our website: appex.org UF Geography, Emerging Pathogens Institute

“Just published in PLOS NTD” We appreciate the support from the UF - Emerging Pathogens Institute Emerging Pathogens Institute for this international collaborative One Health research program with universities in Thailand. journals.plos.org/plosntds/

Check out our review paper describing how activation of superinfection exclusion mechanisms can affect the fitness of bacterial populations and possibly improve #PhageTherapy. mdpi.com/2924908 #phage #AMR #antimicrobialresistance #antibiotics

#AI is transforming how Emerging Pathogens Institute researchers are forecasting & responding to disease. 🌐 FLORIDA's #AI initiatives are allowing researchers to predict and track disease outbreak and optimize public health measures. This effort is part of UF's broader AI initiative!

How do stress and trauma while #pregnant impact a baby's #health? 🤰👶 EPI member Dr. Connie Mulligan, from UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, combined genetics, anthropology and epidemiology to examine disease patterns. Dive into maternal-child research to learn more! go.ufl.edu/d25bkbv

One phage paper from our group was accepted for publication in Frontiers in Bacteriology today. This work was funded in part by DTRA and the UF Emerging Pathogens Institute frontiersin.org/journals/bacte… UFVetMed UF Infectious Diseases & Immunology Emerging Pathogens Institute

On Aug 27, 2024, Dr. Nina Fefferman, APPEX/NIMBioS Director, and APPEX leaders Dr. Sadie Ryan & Dr. K. Selcuk Candan joined the White House Roundtable on Emerging Tech for Health Emergencies in D.C. Proud to see our team shaping national policy! U.S. National Science Foundation UT Arts & Sciences Emerging Pathogens Institute

#Norovirus claims the lives of at least 50,000 children every year. The Karst Lab_UF has compiled the first-ever study that identifies the role of breast milk bile acids — a breakthrough that can lower infections in newborns. Learn about their novel study: go.ufl.edu/pnhvuof.

Recently published: Humans infecting animals infecting humans − from COVID-19 to bird flu, preventing pandemics requires protecting all species argue Anna Fagre, PhD, DVM, MPH and Dr. Sadie 🔮🌡🦠🗺 Ryan (she/her) in The Conversation Global theconversation.com/humans-infecti…

Our study is out! Thanks to Alyssa Walker, Ph.D. for leading this! Identification of #proteotoxic and #proteoprotective #bacteria that non-specifically affect proteins associated with #neurodegenerative diseases: cell.com/iscience/fullt… #Proteostasis #Alzheimers #Parkinsons #CzyzLab

A patient in Missouri has been hospitalized with #BirdFlu despite having no contact with animals. According to EPI member Dr. Ben Anderson, the biggest concern for bird flu is the potential for it to evolve and gain human-to-human transmission ability. foxnews.com/health/first-c…