Cell Death Mafia meeting in Cologne

Meet Bonnie Bassler, 2023 #GairdnerAwards laureate. It's 1994, right after she started her job as Assistant Prof Princeton University. Her discoveries of bacteria communicating were considered "fringe" but Princeton opened the doors for her to transform the field of microbiology. 1/2

What an incredible honor to be invited to have lunch at the The White House by Dr. Jill Biden in honor of Mrs. Yuko Kishida, spouse of the Prime Minister of Japan. I discussed #LongCovid, nasal vaccines, and the importance of science with powerful women 🌸 asahi.com/ajw/articles/1…

The road to death: Caspases, cleavage, and pores science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Asian Young Scientist Fellowship Announces 2023 Fellow, 12 Early-Career Scientists from the Asian Region #AYSF #Science media-outreach.com/news/hong-kong…

How NINJ1 mediates plasma membrane rupture and why NINJ2 cannot biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

NINJ1 mediates plasma membrane rupture through formation of nanodisc-like rings biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Targeted alveolar regeneration with Frizzled-specific agonists sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

eLife Community: Ten simple rules for successful and sustainable African research collaboration elifesciences.org/inside-elife/9…

Dr. Vishva Dixit (Vishva Dixit) will be joining us in Cape Town, South Africa as a keynote speaker for #IUIS2023! He will be discussing his research into various mechanisms of cell death and associated immunology. Learn more & register at iuis2023.org! #RoadtoCapeTown

Excited to share our preprint on how a cytosolic bacteria evades LPS ubiquitylation and antibacterial autophagy through an effector with esterase activity. Led by Magdalena Szczesna in the lab Imperial Department of Infectious Disease CBRB with superb collaborator Jonathan Pruneda researchsquare.com/article/rs-298…

scientist after sequencing lots of single cells

Join #EESImmunity, which will bring together microbiologists and immunologists to obtain a global view of host-pathogen interactions in plants and animals 🦠 👩🏻‍💻s.embl.org/ees24-08 🖊️Abstract deadline: 26 Mar 📅18 – 21 Jun 🗺️EMBL Heidelberg & Virtual

Emergent behavior in Cape Town

Visiting a friend in Cape Town!

African Penguins making out in Cape Town!

Reprimand in the Kalahari!

Thirsty in the Kalahari - African Wild Dog - highly endangered!

Surprise visitor! At the plunge pool in Londolozi - appeared out of nowhere. I got out in a hurry!

See you there?