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Dept of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology at Johns Hopkins
@johnshopkinsmmi.bsky.social
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Advancing infectious disease research to improve public health
Offering 3 grads programs: ScM & PhD (lab-based) + MHS
MMI is a basic science dept @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social @jhu.edu
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Looking forward to this week's MMI Thursday Seminar featuring University of Chicago's Professor Dominique Missiakas, PhD!

Read Professor Missiakas's related paper here:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

📅 THURS. NOV. 20
⏲️ 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
📍 @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
🏫 Sheldon Hall W1214
November 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Professor @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social Virologist & MMI Vice-chair @andrewpekosz.bsky.social recently spoke at the Assn for Molecular Pathology @ampath.bsky.social Annual Mtg

His talk was 'Emerging Public Health Threats: Avian Influenza A (H5N1)'

www.insideprecisionmedicine.com/topics/preci...
AMP 25: Measles and Other Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Rebound in the Post-Pandemic Era
Global vaccine-preventable diseases are rebounding post-pandemic due to reduced immunization rates, prompting urgent calls for stronger vaccination efforts and public health action.
www.insideprecisionmedicine.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Happening soon!

MMI Thursday Seminar featuring @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @cambiochem.bsky.social Professor Mark Carrington!

📅 TODAY THURS NOV. 13
🕰️. 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
📍 @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
🏫. Sheldon Hall W1214
November 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Welcome @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social Assistant Professor Anya O'Neal @anyaoneal.bsky.social! Anya studies how ticks use their immune system to harbor and transmit human pathogens.

Learn more about Anya ⬇️⬇️⬇️
publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/anya-on...

Check out the O'Neal Lab ⬇️⬇️⬇️
oneallab.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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It's getting cold out...that means it's flu shot season!

Find where you can get yours now: vaccinefinder.org
still from Family Guy of Peter looking at a bandaid on his arm with a doctor standing next to him. Text reads: It's time to get your flu shot Still from Family Guy of Stewie on the couch, sick, with a cup of tea and pain relief medication. Text reads: It’s that time of Year again: Flu Season. The best way to reduce your risk from seasonal flu and its potentially serious complications is to get a flu vaccine. Flu vaccination also has been shown to reduce the severity of illness in people who get vaccinated, but still get sick. Everyone six months and older should get a flu vaccine. Still from The Simpsons of the Simpson family on the couch, sick. Text reads: and if you’re sick, stay home. Take actions every day to help stop the spread of germs. The CDC recommends that people who are sick stay home for at least 24 hours, until both are true: Your symptoms are getting better overall, and you have not had a fever and are not using fever-reducing medication. Still from SpongeBob SquarePants of Squidward sick. Text reads: Click the link in caption to find where you can get the flu vaccine
November 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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“Our study opens the door to future research into ... the identification of urban fungal species that may emerge as potential human pathogens in the future,” said @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social researcher &
@acasadevall1.bsky.social Lab member Daniel Smith, PhD.

www.earth.com/news/city-fu...
City fungi are evolving to survive the heat - and possibly infect humans
Fungi in cities are adapting to rising temperatures, a shift that could increase their chances of surviving in the human body.
www.earth.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Looking forward to this week's MMI Thursday Seminar featuring @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @cambiochem.bsky.social Professor Mark Carrington!

📆 THURS NOV 13
🕰️. 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. EST
📍 @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
🏫 Sheldon Hall W1214
November 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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MMI Published Research | Casadevall Lab

Recent study published in @isme-microbes.bsky.social finds some fungi may adapt to higher temperatures in urban areas

@danielfq.bsky.social @acasadevall1.bsky.social @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social

Study highlights ⬇️
publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/urban-f...
November 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Looking forward to this week's MMI Thursday Seminar featuring @uvmvermont.bsky.social @uvmlarnermed.bsky.social Professor Chris Huston, MD!

📆 THURS NOV. 6
🕰️ 12:00 p.m.
📍 @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
🏫 Becton Dickinson W1030
November 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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And for the *WIN* the Norris Lab takes 1st place 🏆 in @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social MMI 2025 Halloween Costume Contest!

Norris Lab "Spice Girls'

Left>right Sporty Spice (Owen Jaeck), Scary Spice (Renee Ali), Baby Spice (Charley Wang), Posh Spice (Xiang Yin) & Ginger Spice (Margaret Becker)
November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Congratulations @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social @johnshopkinsmmi.bsky.social @davislabjhu.bsky.social Davis Lab who placed 2nd 🏆 in the 2025 @johnshopkinsmmi.bsky.social Halloween Costume Contest as the @orioles.com Jumbotron Crab shuffle!
davislabjhu.bsky.social Kim Davis @davislabjhu.bsky.social · 26d
Happy Halloween from the @DavisLabJHU !! Featuring the @orioles.com Jumbotron Crab shuffle, hotdog race, and bird bath. Proudly took home 2nd place in the @johnshopkinsmmi.bsky.social departmental costume contest! 😀 🦀 🌭
November 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Great turnout at Friday's @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social @johnshopkinsmmi.bsky.social 2025 Halloween Costume Celebration! The Thompson Lab @e-thompson-lab.bsky.social/The Immune Squad representing!
e-thompson-lab.bsky.social Elizabeth Thompson @e-thompson-lab.bsky.social · 27d
Another year of tough competition for the @johnshopkinsmmi.bsky.social annual Halloween costume contest! The Thompson lab was well represented as the Immune Squad and an evil measles virus!
November 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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This week's MMI Thursday Seminar features @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social @yale.edu Maudry Laurent-Rolle, MD, PhD

📅 THURS OCT 30
🕰️ 12:00 p.m.
📍 @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
🏫 Sheldon Hall W1214
October 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Virologist & @jhu.edu Professor @andrewpekosz.bsky.social talks Avian Flu, how the Pekosz Lab @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social studies viruses, & how philanthropic gifts -like support from the Eliasberg Family Foundation- make a critical impact on science & public health.

giving.jhu.edu/story/avian-...
Could Avian Flu Be the Next Pandemic? | Giving to Johns Hopkins
With support from the Eliasberg Family Foundation, Andy Pekosz, PhD, a professor in the W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of ...
giving.jhu.edu
October 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Happening soon!

TODAY's MMI Thursday Seminar features @cuanschutz.bsky.social Professor Ross Kedl!

📅 Thurs. Oct. 23
⏰ 12:00 p.m.
📍 @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
🏢 Sheldon Hall W1214
October 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Looking forward to this week's MMI Thursday Seminar featuring @cumedicalschool.bsky.social Ross Kedl, PhD!

📆 Thursday, Oct. 23
⏰ 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
📍 @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
🏢 Sommer Hall E2014/E3018
October 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Public Health On Call will soon release our 1,000th episode—and you can join the celebration 🎉

Submit questions for our hosts by October 31 for the opportunity to hear your voice on the podcast.

🎙️Email voice memos to [email protected].
October 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Thank you to this week's MMI Thursday Seminar speaker @gwsmhs.bsky.social Rebecca Lynch!
October 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Kristen Johansson, @jhu.edu student, shares her battle to fight 3 tickborne diseases concurrently-Lyme disease, bartonellosis & babesiosis- in this moving, personal essay.

Kristen studies in @johnshopkinsmmi.bsky.social Lab of tickborne diseases researcher Nicole Baumgarth @jhu-bdps.bsky.social
johnshopkinssph.bsky.social Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social · Oct 14
"I want my story to lead to a day when patients and scientists alike not only understand Lyme disease but use their superpowers to overcome it," says Kristen Johansson, a @jhu.edu undergrad working in Nicole Baumgarth’s lab.

magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/when-ly...
When Lyme Stopped My Childhood | Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health Magazine
The tickborne disease stole years of my life, but it also revealed my superpower.
magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu
October 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Looking forward to this week's MMI Thursday Seminar featuring @gwu1821.bsky.social School of Medicine's Associate Professor Rebecca Lynch!

📆 Thursday, Oct. 16
⏰ 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
📍 @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
🏢 Sommer Hall E2014/E3018
October 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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MMI Published Research | Coppens Lab

@johnshopkinssph.bsky.social 1st author Julia Romano & team's research published @natmicrobiol.nature.com

Findings explain how parasite Toxoplasma interacts w/cell it infects & could lead to new ways to treat infections caused by the parasite

rdcu.be/eKlL8
October 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Looking forward to this week's MMI Thursday Seminar featuring @hopkinsmedicine.bsky.social Associate Professor Giorgio Raimondi

📆 Thursday, Oct. 9
⏰ 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
📍 @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
🏢 Sommer Hall E2014/E3018
October 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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MMI Department chair, @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social & @jhu-bdps.bsky.social Professor @acasadevall1.bsky.social shares insight on identifying & correcting AI vulnerabilities in @ngreenfieldboyce.bsky.social's 3-minute @npr.org segment.

www.npr.org/2025/10/02/n...
AI designs for dangerous DNA can slip past biosecurity measures, study shows
Companies that make DNA for science labs screen out any requests for dangerous bits of genetic material. But a new study shows how AI could help malevolent actors get the stuff anyway.
www.npr.org
October 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Many thanks to today's MMI Thursday Seminar speaker @medschool.umaryland.edu Professor William Jackson @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social

@johnshopkinsmmi.bsky.social students and faculty enjoyed the opportunity to learn from your research and ask thoughtful questions after the presentation.
October 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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“There are probably thousands of species with human pathogenic potential that currently do not cause disease because they can’t tolerate human temperatures,” @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social & @jhu-bdps.bsky.social @acasadevall1.bsky.social tells Leader’s Edge.

www.leadersedge.com/healthcare/f...
Fungus Among Us | Leader's Edge Magazine
Fungus Among Us Fungal diseases are already estimated to kill millions of people each year and devastate crops. Now changing climates are showing fungi’s ability to adapt and spread.
www.leadersedge.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM