Dear early birds 🐦‍⬛on the last day of #DiscoverBMB: ASBMB scheduled our #academic careers session for #8am. 😆🕗🪱 I'm on a panel with speakers who represent every stage of the journey. Come join a discussion packed with hot takes. 🔥🌶️ #negotiation #jobsearch #effectivehabits

Great to see my @asbmb MOSAIC folks at #DiscoverBMB gotta bring more NIDDK folks next year

New Research: Staphylococcus aureus oleate hydratase produces ligands that activate host PPARα frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… #cellinfect

🚨NEW PAPER🚨 We find PPARα is both target and attenuator of oleate hydratase #OhyA products. Our data indicate an OhyA-PPARα #signaling axis promotes #Staphylococcal #infection. #infectiousdiseases University of Kentucky College of Medicine St. Jude Research Frontiers - Infectious Disease Frontiers frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

My postdoctoral mentor unexpectedly passed away last fall, and I had an opportunity to write a retrospective piece on him. Check out the story of this #lipid #biochemistry pioneer. ASBMB ASBMB Lipid Research Division (LRD) St. Jude Research #worldexpert Charles O. Rock (1949 – 2023) asbmb.org/asbmb-today/pe…

Thank you ASBMB for the opportunity to serve as a panelist for: "#Academic #career, is it for me?" I had a blast with fellow panelists Takita Sumter Winthrop University, Pamela Mertz St Mary's College MD, & Reinhart Reithmeier University of Toronto. #ProfessionalDevelopment University of Kentucky College of Medicine #sciencejobs #DiscoverBMB

🚨NEW PAPER🚨 We use #cryoEM 🔬 to find the next structural level of oleate hydratase #OhyA: the OhyA•membrane complex! #OhyA, a peripheral enzyme, forms an oligomeric assembly on the #membrane #bilayer. St. Jude Research University of Kentucky College of Medicine UK Microbiology Immunology & Molecular Genetics Journal of Structural Biology sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Now online! Vaginal Lactobacillus fatty acid response mechanisms reveal a metabolite-targeted strategy for bacterial vaginosis treatment dlvr.it/TC6rHV

Great day for a #5K 👟! Happy to run with Team UK Microbiology Immunology & Molecular Genetics 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine #MilesforMedicine 🛣🩺⚕️🏥. #microbiology #Community #Belonging 🤲❤️

Excited to share our latest work on oleate hydratase #evolutionarybiology, now in Press!📊 🖥 📰 #structuralbiology #phylogenetics #commonfold #sequencediversity University of Kentucky College of Medicine

🚨Paper in Press🚨 Our latest biophysical study of oleate hydratase binding the #membranebilayer is out!🔬#lipids #phosphorusNMR #spectroscopy #FluorescenceCorrelation #microscopy #singlemolecule #hybridtechniques University of Kentucky College of Medicine UK Microbiology Immunology & Molecular Genetics University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy frontiersin.org/journals/molec…

New Research: Dissecting the biophysical mechanisms of oleate hydratase association with membranes frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Great #UNITY Breakfast this morning celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Thanks Ablchapter1906 for organizing this wonderful event. ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿#MLKDay #mlkday2025 City of Lexington Ky

The future of academia thrives on building bridges, not walls. Despite uncertainty around funding, we must keep our focus on the bigger picture. True growth comes from uplifting others, not gatekeeping. The best academics aren't competitors -- they're collaborators. #TeamScience

Explore the world of #oxylipins and their key roles in #inflammation. Our review highlights microbial oxylipins crucial to #infection—molecules that mimic host compounds. Evolutionary coincidence or microbial conspiracy? mdpi.com/1467-3045/47/3… MDPI CIMB MDPI UK Microbiology Immunology & Molecular Genetics

Bon appétit in City of Chicago #ChinaTown 🍽. An excellent finish to Day 1 of #asbmb25 ✅️! ASBMB Andrew Santiago-Frangos, PhD #Turbot🐠 #MOSAIC

Grateful to ASBMB for the opportunity to share our team’s research at #ASBMB25! Excited to highlight our work on #lipids, #structuralbiology, #signaling, #evolution, and #microbialphysiology. University of Kentucky College of Medicine UK Microbiology Immunology & Molecular Genetics

🎉New paper out in #Biochemistry ACS Publications! We reveal how #Staphylococcus aureus rewired a classic #enzyme to escape feedback control 🚧, fueling #membrane biosynthesis and opening doors for bioengineering. American Chemical Society St. Jude Research UK Microbiology Immunology & Molecular Genetics pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

🚨New in Virulence!🚨 #Staphylococcus aureus🦠isn't just an extracellular pathogen---it survives inside #macrophages during #osteomyelitis. Our review explores how it hijacks🥷 macrophage polarization to persist in #bone 🦴and drive chronic infection. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…