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Happy #HispanicHeritageMonth2020 everyone! I am SO proud to be Latina. This #HispanicHeritageMonth, I'm sharing one Latinx/Hispanic scientist YOU should be following today if you aren't already... Follow along & add your name/profession to this thread if you want me to RT you!

Excited to share that I have been awarded an F31 fellowship from NIAMS for defining the role of cobamides in skin microbiome dynamics! Huge thank you to my advisor Dr. Lindsay Kalan 🇨🇦, co-sponsor Jo Handelsman, Kalan Lab members, and my committee for all of their support and guidance!

#MDTP Student Highlight: Susan Zelasko @susan_zelasko is an MD/PhD student in the 3rd year of her PhD in the Currie-Lab Ants and Rey Lab studying the role of specialized metabolites produced by human-associated microbes and their potential as therapeutic drug leads. #Microbiology

Elin Thomas, UK textile artist who uses embroidery, crochet and felting to create unique work resembling petri dishes and bacteria spores #WomensArt

#MDTP Student Highlight! Liz Townsend Liz Townsend Liz is 3rd year MDTP in Kalan Lab (Dr. Lindsay Kalan 🇨🇦) studying the impact of antiseptic on the skin microbiome. #Microbiome #SkinMicrobiome

Color palettes accessible to those with color vision deficiency (CVD) are often insufficient for working with #microbiome data...but not anymore! In #MRAJournal, researchers present microshades, an R package for creating CVD-accessible microbiome figures. asm.social/UE

Interested in learning more about Xanthomonas, Salmonella enterica, and tomato plants? Check out Megan Dixon's recent paper! journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/ae…

Can the molecular diversity of cobamides and glycans be explained as encryption of nutrients? Happy to share this collaboration that Michi Taga Berkeley Plant & Microbial Biology and I worked on. authors.elsevier.com/a/1gFBL,L~yCjJ…

Excited to share our new study on skin microbiota growth preferences in artificial sweat and sebum, now published in Microbiology Spectrum! Dr. Lindsay Kalan 🇨🇦 #skinmicrobiome journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/sp…

New thing I'm trying this semester: Using a coloring book in my General Biology course!

#MicrobiologyMonday: Scientists show that many skin bacteria prefer high sweat concentrations while preferences for sebum levels are variable, indicating it may help regulate skin microbiota composition in regions across the body. Microbiology Spectrum: asm.social/Zk

MDTP Student Highlight: Alex Cheong Alex Cheong, PhD 钟健之 is a PhD student in the Dr. Lindsay Kalan 🇨🇦 lab studying microbial interactions in wounds. #UWMadison

Moraxella catarrhalis causes ear infections & wheezing illnesses in children. An enzyme produced by Rothia bacteria in the nose degrades M. catarrhalis peptidoglycan & inhibits its growth, opening doors for new therapeutics. mBio: asm.social/18M

#MDTP Student Highlight: Thy Nguyen Thy (Uyen Thy Nguyen) is a graduate student working in Dr. Lindsay Kalan 🇨🇦 lab studying skin microbiome. She is currently in the Toronto area, so she has been exploring the city and trying out new foods. #UWMadison

Eek so excited for this! Alex is the first PhD graduate from the lab and he will be talking about a little bit of everything #DFU. From polymicrobial #biofilms to model #skinmicrobiome systems and #metatranscriptomics.

Had the opportunity to present our recent work from Dr. Lindsay Kalan 🇨🇦 lab on the role of metabolites in the #skinmicrobiome for understanding bacterial-fungal interactions at #cmfi2023. Grateful for the chance to share our work and learn in this space!

Check out our latest! We used a combination of clinical indicators, quantitative microbiology, microscopy, sequencing and proteomics to characterize the “gunk” that forms on top of wounds. Turns out that this “gunk” can be useful to predict healing times! Liz Townsend

Tune in to hear all about the fun microbes that live on our skin! 👩🏼‍🔬🦠

Super honored that Dr. Lindsay Kalan 🇨🇦 and I’s review article, "Living in Your Skin: Microbes, Molecules and Mechanisms", was highlighted as an ASM Top Cited paper in 2023! journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/ia…

Newest lab preprint from the fabulous Mary Hannah Swaney Skin-associated Corynebacterium amycolatum shares cobamides biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #skinmicrobiome #corynebacterium