Our (virtual) doors are open! Excited to start my research program and join so many terrific colleagues on faculty here at UVA. Check back for more updates when I return from maternity leave in January!

Congratulations to Rising Black Scientists Undergraduate Award winner Olufolakemi Olusanya! @Fola_Olusanya is a student in the Thompson Lab and Carey Lab at @howardU, studying gene regulation in E. coli. You can read her winning essay in the Feb.18th issue of @cellcellpress

Proud and grateful to work with such an enthusiastic, curious, and thoughtful scientist as @Fola_Olusanya! the Carey Lab, Thompson Lab, and whatever grad school you choose are all lucky to have you! 👏👏👏

Stories In this issue of Cell: Transforming myself and academia for good,Transforming myself and academia for good zpr.io/RR3tk

A powerful read - congrats @Fola_Olusanya on this recognition and thank you for sharing your story!⭐️

Do you like the #microbiome? Do you like metabolic models? If yes to EITHER of these questions, share your perspective on the use of metabolic modeling in the microbiome field! forms.gle/TXeVsQyxQsejAJ…

Now in "print": Megasphaera in the Stool Microbiota Is Negatively Associated With Diarrheal Cryptosporidiosis academic.oup.com/cid/advance-ar…

Check out the results of our survey & publication in EIC Jack Gilbert: Enhancing Microbiome Research through Genome-Scale Metabolic Modeling journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mS… @symbiosisnana David Bernstein Mbiggs @MicroMindy Beatriz García-Jiménez Meiyappan Lakshmanan Alan Pacheco @SnorreSulheim @medlockgreg