The Center for Microbial Medicine at CHOP
@centermicrobialmed.bsky.social
The Center for Microbial Medicine at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is dedicated to finding cures and improving pediatric health through the lens of the microbiome.
https://www.research.chop.edu/center-for-microbial-medicine
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Center for Microbial Medicine
The Center for Microbial Medicine at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia leverages the microbiome to improve the health of children and bring personalized microbiome-based medicine from bench to bedsi...
www.research.chop.edu
We’re excited to bring the Center for Microbial Medicine to Bluesky!
This center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is dedicated to finding cures and improving pediatric health through the lens of the microbiome.
For more info check back here often!
www.research.chop.edu/center-for-m...
This center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is dedicated to finding cures and improving pediatric health through the lens of the microbiome.
For more info check back here often!
www.research.chop.edu/center-for-m...
The Center for Microbial Medicine at CHOP is delighted to be a sponsor for this important @keystonesymposia.bsky.social meeting on emerging strategies for combating AMR! Come find us at the meeting!
Registration is now open for @keystonesymposia.bsky.social "Beyond #Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies Combating #BacterialInfection." Deadline for scholarships and abstract selected short talks is Jan 7! Join us this May for an amazing meeting! keysym.us/KSBeyondAntibiotics26 #KSBeyondAntibiotics26
Beyond Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies for Combating Bacterial Infection | Keystone Symposia
Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Beyond Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies for Combating Bacterial Infection, May 2026, in Breckenridge, with field leaders!
keysym.us
November 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The Center for Microbial Medicine at CHOP is delighted to be a sponsor for this important @keystonesymposia.bsky.social meeting on emerging strategies for combating AMR! Come find us at the meeting!
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And of course, super lucky to be planning this meeting with an amazing team: @kimingeneva.bsky.social @dariavantyne.bsky.social @maribyndloss.bsky.social.
#KSBeyondAntibiotics26
#KSBeyondAntibiotics26
November 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
And of course, super lucky to be planning this meeting with an amazing team: @kimingeneva.bsky.social @dariavantyne.bsky.social @maribyndloss.bsky.social.
#KSBeyondAntibiotics26
#KSBeyondAntibiotics26
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Registration is now open for @keystonesymposia.bsky.social "Beyond #Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies Combating #BacterialInfection." Deadline for scholarships and abstract selected short talks is Jan 7! Join us this May for an amazing meeting! keysym.us/KSBeyondAntibiotics26 #KSBeyondAntibiotics26
Beyond Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies for Combating Bacterial Infection | Keystone Symposia
Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Beyond Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies for Combating Bacterial Infection, May 2026, in Breckenridge, with field leaders!
keysym.us
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Registration is now open for @keystonesymposia.bsky.social "Beyond #Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies Combating #BacterialInfection." Deadline for scholarships and abstract selected short talks is Jan 7! Join us this May for an amazing meeting! keysym.us/KSBeyondAntibiotics26 #KSBeyondAntibiotics26
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We are incredibly grateful for the generous support we have received for @centermicrobialmed.bsky.social. Support from these donors is allowing us to improve pediatric health through the lens of the microbiome and bring precision pathogen surveillance to reduce infections in children.
Donors Join Forces to Support Center for Microbial Medicine at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Donors Join Forces to Support Center for Microbial Medicine at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Today Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) announced funding to support the recently launched Center for Microbial Medicine. This pioneering initiative is made possible by three transformative g...
www.chop.edu
August 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
We are incredibly grateful for the generous support we have received for @centermicrobialmed.bsky.social. Support from these donors is allowing us to improve pediatric health through the lens of the microbiome and bring precision pathogen surveillance to reduce infections in children.
Donors Join Forces to Support Center for Microbial Medicine at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Donors Join Forces to Support Center for Microbial Medicine at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Today Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) announced funding to support the recently launched Center for Microbial Medicine. This pioneering initiative is made possible by three transformative g...
www.chop.edu
August 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Donors Join Forces to Support Center for Microbial Medicine at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
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🦠🧍♀️From bacterial to human immunity.
We report in @science.org the discovery of a human homolog of SIR2 antiphage proteins that participates in the TLR pathway of animal innate immunity.
Co-led wt @enzopoirier.bsky.social by D. Bonhomme and @hugovaysset.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We report in @science.org the discovery of a human homolog of SIR2 antiphage proteins that participates in the TLR pathway of animal innate immunity.
Co-led wt @enzopoirier.bsky.social by D. Bonhomme and @hugovaysset.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org
July 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
🦠🧍♀️From bacterial to human immunity.
We report in @science.org the discovery of a human homolog of SIR2 antiphage proteins that participates in the TLR pathway of animal innate immunity.
Co-led wt @enzopoirier.bsky.social by D. Bonhomme and @hugovaysset.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We report in @science.org the discovery of a human homolog of SIR2 antiphage proteins that participates in the TLR pathway of animal innate immunity.
Co-led wt @enzopoirier.bsky.social by D. Bonhomme and @hugovaysset.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Excited to share this collaborative study with @ritatamayo.bsky.social showing that E. faecalis influences C. diff morphology through the phase variable CmrRST system! This work was co-led by the amazing team of @ashleyweiss.bsky.social and Jilarie Santos-Santiago!
Enterococcus faecalis modulates phase variation in Clostridioides difficile https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.24.666506v1
July 26, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Excited to share this collaborative study with @ritatamayo.bsky.social showing that E. faecalis influences C. diff morphology through the phase variable CmrRST system! This work was co-led by the amazing team of @ashleyweiss.bsky.social and Jilarie Santos-Santiago!
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Excited to post our first S. aureus preprint on biorxiv! Big congrats to co-first authors, postdocs @anjali20anil.bsky.social and Rezia Braza, and really enjoyed the collaboration with @torreslab.bsky.social !
Staphylococcus aureus exhibits spatiotemporal heterogeneity in Sae activity during kidney abscess development https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.08.663646v1
July 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Excited to post our first S. aureus preprint on biorxiv! Big congrats to co-first authors, postdocs @anjali20anil.bsky.social and Rezia Braza, and really enjoyed the collaboration with @torreslab.bsky.social !
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Congratulations to @haidermanzer.bsky.social on being awarded the @bwfund.bsky.social Postdoc Diversity Enrichment Program Award!! So well deserved - we are very proud here in the Zackular Lab!
BWF is proud to announce the 2025 recipients of its Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program (PDEP), which provides critical support to postdoctoral researchers pursuing careers in biomedical and medical research. www.bwfund.org/news/bwf-ann... #bwfpdep
BWF Announces 2025 Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program Recipients - Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Research Triangle Park, N.C. — The Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) is proud to announce the 2025 recipients of its Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program (PDEP), which provides critical support to…
www.bwfund.org
July 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Congratulations to @haidermanzer.bsky.social on being awarded the @bwfund.bsky.social Postdoc Diversity Enrichment Program Award!! So well deserved - we are very proud here in the Zackular Lab!
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Congratulations to Dr. Alexa Semon on successfully defending her thesis yesterday!
We are incredibly proud of all that you accomplished during your time in the Zackular Lab. We’re sad to see you go, but know that you’ll do amazing things at @regeneron.com!
@upenn.edu
@chopresearch.bsky.social
We are incredibly proud of all that you accomplished during your time in the Zackular Lab. We’re sad to see you go, but know that you’ll do amazing things at @regeneron.com!
@upenn.edu
@chopresearch.bsky.social
June 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Alexa Semon on successfully defending her thesis yesterday!
We are incredibly proud of all that you accomplished during your time in the Zackular Lab. We’re sad to see you go, but know that you’ll do amazing things at @regeneron.com!
@upenn.edu
@chopresearch.bsky.social
We are incredibly proud of all that you accomplished during your time in the Zackular Lab. We’re sad to see you go, but know that you’ll do amazing things at @regeneron.com!
@upenn.edu
@chopresearch.bsky.social
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Incredibly honored to be selected as a @bwfund.bsky.social Investigator in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease. Thank you to @bwfund.bsky.social for supporting our work - I am thrilled to join this amazing community! And special thank you to my AMAZING team (past & present) for getting us here!
Announcing the 2025 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease www.bwfund.org/news/announc... #bwfpath
Announcing the 2025 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease - Burroughs Wellcome Fund
DURHAM, N.C. – The Burroughs Wellcome Fund proudly announces the 2025 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH) award recipients. This year’s cohort represents a diverse group of…
www.bwfund.org
May 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Incredibly honored to be selected as a @bwfund.bsky.social Investigator in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease. Thank you to @bwfund.bsky.social for supporting our work - I am thrilled to join this amazing community! And special thank you to my AMAZING team (past & present) for getting us here!
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Check out this new work from the Center for Microbial Medicine(@centermicrobialmed.bsky.social) and @upenn.edu! Amanda PeBenito @rinniehewlett.bsky.social @joeyzacks.bsky.social @alhecht.bsky.social and team show that dietary fiber alters risk for C. diff infection following antibiotics.
Dietary fiber modulates the window of susceptibility to Clostridioides difficile infection
Clostridioides difficile epidemiology is rapidly evolving, and understanding the factors that contribute to one’s risk of C. difficile infection (CDI) is urgently needed. Based on our observations in a dietary intervention study, we hypothesized that fiber modulates susceptibility to C. difficile post-antibiotic exposure and investigated this using human specimens and murine models.
secure.jbs.elsevierhealth.com
May 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Check out this new work from the Center for Microbial Medicine(@centermicrobialmed.bsky.social) and @upenn.edu! Amanda PeBenito @rinniehewlett.bsky.social @joeyzacks.bsky.social @alhecht.bsky.social and team show that dietary fiber alters risk for C. diff infection following antibiotics.
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This was a really fun and collaborative team effort! Thank you to all who were critical for this work including @microbe-enjoyer.bsky.social, @rcglover.bsky.social, Jibraan Fawad, Elliot Friedman, Nitin Ahuja, Gary Wu, Ceylan Tanes, Kyle Bittinger, and Jim Lewis!!
@centermicrobialmed.bsky.social
@centermicrobialmed.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This was a really fun and collaborative team effort! Thank you to all who were critical for this work including @microbe-enjoyer.bsky.social, @rcglover.bsky.social, Jibraan Fawad, Elliot Friedman, Nitin Ahuja, Gary Wu, Ceylan Tanes, Kyle Bittinger, and Jim Lewis!!
@centermicrobialmed.bsky.social
@centermicrobialmed.bsky.social
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Excited to share our new work in @aga-gastro.bsky.social! We show that dietary fiber alters the window of susceptibility to C. difficile following antibiotic exposure. This really fantastic study was co-led by an amazing team @rinniehewlett.bsky.social @alhecht.bsky.social and Amanda PeBenito.
Dietary fiber modulates the window of susceptibility to Clostridioides difficile infection
Clostridioides difficile epidemiology is rapidly evolving, and understanding the factors
that contribute to one’s risk of C. difficile infection (CDI) is urgently needed.
Based on our observations in ...
www.gastrojournal.org
May 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Excited to share our new work in @aga-gastro.bsky.social! We show that dietary fiber alters the window of susceptibility to C. difficile following antibiotic exposure. This really fantastic study was co-led by an amazing team @rinniehewlett.bsky.social @alhecht.bsky.social and Amanda PeBenito.
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I am organizing #KSAntibiotics26 with an amazing team: @kimingeneva.bsky.social, @maribyndloss.bsky.social and @dariavantyne.bsky.social.
Reach out to us if you have any questions and please share with your colleagues!
Reach out to us if you have any questions and please share with your colleagues!
May 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I am organizing #KSAntibiotics26 with an amazing team: @kimingeneva.bsky.social, @maribyndloss.bsky.social and @dariavantyne.bsky.social.
Reach out to us if you have any questions and please share with your colleagues!
Reach out to us if you have any questions and please share with your colleagues!
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Come join us in Breckenridge next May!
Delighted to announce the @keystonesymposia.bsky.social meeting: Beyond #Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies Combating #BacterialInfection. Join us in Breckenridge in May 2026!!
You can check out the program and amazing lineup of speakers below: keysym.us/KSAntibiotics26
#KSAntibiotics26
You can check out the program and amazing lineup of speakers below: keysym.us/KSAntibiotics26
#KSAntibiotics26
Beyond Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies for Combating Bacterial Infection | Keystone Symposia
Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Beyond Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies for Combating Bacterial Infection, May 2026, in Breckenridge, with field leaders!
keysym.us
May 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Come join us in Breckenridge next May!
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Come join us in Breckenridge, CO next May (2026) for the Beyond Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies for Combating Bacterial Infection
Keystone meeting! More information below:
Keystone meeting! More information below:
I am organizing #KSAntibiotics26 with an amazing team: @kimingeneva.bsky.social, @maribyndloss.bsky.social and @dariavantyne.bsky.social.
Reach out to us if you have any questions and please share with your colleagues!
Reach out to us if you have any questions and please share with your colleagues!
May 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Come join us in Breckenridge, CO next May (2026) for the Beyond Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies for Combating Bacterial Infection
Keystone meeting! More information below:
Keystone meeting! More information below:
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Delighted to announce the @keystonesymposia.bsky.social meeting: Beyond #Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies Combating #BacterialInfection. Join us in Breckenridge in May 2026!!
You can check out the program and amazing lineup of speakers below: keysym.us/KSAntibiotics26
#KSAntibiotics26
You can check out the program and amazing lineup of speakers below: keysym.us/KSAntibiotics26
#KSAntibiotics26
Beyond Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies for Combating Bacterial Infection | Keystone Symposia
Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Beyond Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies for Combating Bacterial Infection, May 2026, in Breckenridge, with field leaders!
keysym.us
May 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Delighted to announce the @keystonesymposia.bsky.social meeting: Beyond #Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies Combating #BacterialInfection. Join us in Breckenridge in May 2026!!
You can check out the program and amazing lineup of speakers below: keysym.us/KSAntibiotics26
#KSAntibiotics26
You can check out the program and amazing lineup of speakers below: keysym.us/KSAntibiotics26
#KSAntibiotics26
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The economists get it, maybe someone listen to them if not to us scientists?
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/b...
Trump Science Funding Cuts May Hurt Economy, Experts Say (Gift Article)
Since World War II, U.S. research funding has led to discoveries that fueled economic gains. Now cutbacks are seen as putting that legacy in jeopardy.
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The economists get it, maybe someone listen to them if not to us scientists?
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/b...
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I joined the Center for Microbial Medicine in November, and I'm so excited to see what this team of amazing scientists will accomplish!
Welcome @drnikhilpai.bsky.social and @kristenpidgeon.bsky.social to Bluesky!! Kristen is the Administrative Director of the Center and Nik is leading our Clinical Division and clinical trial efforts. Give them a follow!!
March 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I joined the Center for Microbial Medicine in November, and I'm so excited to see what this team of amazing scientists will accomplish!
Welcome @drnikhilpai.bsky.social and @kristenpidgeon.bsky.social to Bluesky!! Kristen is the Administrative Director of the Center and Nik is leading our Clinical Division and clinical trial efforts. Give them a follow!!
March 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Welcome @drnikhilpai.bsky.social and @kristenpidgeon.bsky.social to Bluesky!! Kristen is the Administrative Director of the Center and Nik is leading our Clinical Division and clinical trial efforts. Give them a follow!!
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Our preprint on genomic epidemiology in the NICU! Strains that transmit faster also cause more invasive disease! nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Transmission of Staphylococcus aureus in the neonatal intensive care unit predicts invasive infection
Background : Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of healthcare-associated infection and is one of the most common pathogens causing serious invasive infection in the neonatal intensive care unit ...
nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Our preprint on genomic epidemiology in the NICU! Strains that transmit faster also cause more invasive disease! nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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Excited to share our work with @pjplanet.bsky.social and @ahmedmicrobes.bsky.social tracking Staph aureus transmission across the NICU using genomics!!
This study was co-led by the amazing @qianxuan.bsky.social and Lakshmi Srinivasan, and made possible by the @centermicrobialmed.bsky.social
This study was co-led by the amazing @qianxuan.bsky.social and Lakshmi Srinivasan, and made possible by the @centermicrobialmed.bsky.social
Transmission of Staphylococcus aureus in the neonatal intensive care unit predicts invasive infection
Background Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of healthcare-associated infection and is one of the most common pathogens causing serious invasive infection in the neonatal intensive care unit (N...
www.medrxiv.org
March 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Excited to share our work with @pjplanet.bsky.social and @ahmedmicrobes.bsky.social tracking Staph aureus transmission across the NICU using genomics!!
This study was co-led by the amazing @qianxuan.bsky.social and Lakshmi Srinivasan, and made possible by the @centermicrobialmed.bsky.social
This study was co-led by the amazing @qianxuan.bsky.social and Lakshmi Srinivasan, and made possible by the @centermicrobialmed.bsky.social
Check out this exciting preprint from @pjplanet.bsky.social @ahmedmicrobes.bsky.social @joeyzacks.bsky.social!! Study led by @qianxuan.bsky.social looking at Staphylococcus aureus transmission across the NICU.
Excited to share our work with @pjplanet.bsky.social and @ahmedmicrobes.bsky.social tracking Staph aureus transmission across the NICU using genomics!!
This study was co-led by the amazing @qianxuan.bsky.social and Lakshmi Srinivasan, and made possible by the @centermicrobialmed.bsky.social
This study was co-led by the amazing @qianxuan.bsky.social and Lakshmi Srinivasan, and made possible by the @centermicrobialmed.bsky.social
Transmission of Staphylococcus aureus in the neonatal intensive care unit predicts invasive infection
Background Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of healthcare-associated infection and is one of the most common pathogens causing serious invasive infection in the neonatal intensive care unit (N...
www.medrxiv.org
March 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Check out this exciting preprint from @pjplanet.bsky.social @ahmedmicrobes.bsky.social @joeyzacks.bsky.social!! Study led by @qianxuan.bsky.social looking at Staphylococcus aureus transmission across the NICU.