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Alexis Jaramillo Cartagena, PhD, D(ABMM)

@alexclinmicro.bsky.social

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🔬 Assistant Prof, Pathology ‪@Duke | Director, Clin Micro Lab 🧫 Former Clin Micro Fellow ‪@Memorial Sloan Kettering 👩🏻‍🔬 Former Postdoc @broadinstitute.org 🎓 PhD @The Rockefeller University Focus: Diagnostics, AMR, Structural Biology

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Alexis Jaramillo Cartagena, PhD, D(ABMM) @alexclinmicro.bsky.social · Aug 31

I’m excited to share that I’ve started a new chapter as Assistant Professor & Clinical Microbiology Section Director at @dukemedschool.bsky.social 🏥🔬.

This is a dream opportunity, and I’m so grateful 🙏. Looking forward to growing, learning, and advancing clinical microbiology & patient care 🚀💙.

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Alexis Jaramillo Cartagena, PhD, D(ABMM) @alexclinmicro.bsky.social · 8d

Preparing for the ABMM was humbling—I left the exam feeling defeated 😔. Today, seeing the certificate with my name reminds me it’s real 🤏🙌. Grateful, humbled, and excited to keep learning and serving in this field 💡🧫✨.

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Alexis Jaramillo Cartagena, PhD, D(ABMM) @alexclinmicro.bsky.social · 23d

Congrats, Laura!!!

Alexis Jaramillo Cartagena, PhD, D(ABMM) @alexclinmicro.bsky.social · 25d

Wow!

Alexis Jaramillo Cartagena, PhD, D(ABMM) @alexclinmicro.bsky.social · 25d

On #WorldSepsisDay, huge thanks to all the clinicians, nurses, lab professionals & researchers working to detect, treat & prevent #Sepsis. Your advances in diagnostics & therapies save lives every day. 💙 #PatientSafety #GlobalHealth #Infection #CriticalCare #MedTwitter

WHO @who.int · 26d

It’s World #Sepsis Day
Sepsis kills 11 million people each year.

Symptoms incl.:
🔸Fever or shivering
🔸Confusion
🔸Shortness of breath
🔸Rash that does not fade when pressed
🔸Extreme discomfort
🔸Sweaty skin

Seek medical care as soon as possible when an infection is not getting better.

What is sepsis?
Sepsis arises when a person has an infection, and the body's reaction to it injures tissues and organs

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Alexis Jaramillo Cartagena, PhD, D(ABMM) @alexclinmicro.bsky.social · 28d

Truly a rewarding journey — honored to be part of it! Huge thanks to @roby-b.bsky.social for your dedication and invaluable mentorship throughout. Your guidance made all the difference for everyone involved. Learned so much through this process 🙏

Roby Bhattacharyya @roby-b.bsky.social · 29d

Good start to my workday! >1.5 yrs in review. Most I've ever learned / changed how I've thought about a project from the time we started writing, through the review process, to acceptance. (All trackable via bioRxiv versions!) Thread at some point?

screenshot from an email header saying that a manuscript "has been accepted for publication"

Alexis Jaramillo Cartagena, PhD, D(ABMM) @alexclinmicro.bsky.social · 29d

Thank you!!!

Alexis Jaramillo Cartagena, PhD, D(ABMM) @alexclinmicro.bsky.social · Sep 8

Game-changing #TIL therapy advance! 🚀 Dr. Beth Shaz’s new protocol cuts production to 4 wks using T-cell media + AB serum + α-CD3/CD28 nanobeads (no feeder cells). Faster, efficient, scalable—opening doors for more patients. #CancerImmunotherapy

Dr. Beth Shaz’s Study Aims to Streamline Production of Promising Cancer Therapy

Professor Beth Shaz, MD, MBA, helped lead a study to advance efforts to make tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy more accessible to cancer patients. TIL therapy, which uses a patient’s own imm...

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Alexis Jaramillo Cartagena, PhD, D(ABMM) @alexclinmicro.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thank you, Roby!!!

Alexis Jaramillo Cartagena, PhD, D(ABMM) @alexclinmicro.bsky.social · Sep 8

Muchas gracias, Leonor!!!

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Alexis Jaramillo Cartagena, PhD, D(ABMM) @alexclinmicro.bsky.social · Sep 8

Congrats Jaye!!!

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Alexis Jaramillo Cartagena, PhD, D(ABMM) @alexclinmicro.bsky.social · Sep 7

Thank you, Victor!!!

Alexis Jaramillo Cartagena, PhD, D(ABMM) @alexclinmicro.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thank you!!!

Alexis Jaramillo Cartagena, PhD, D(ABMM) @alexclinmicro.bsky.social · Sep 4

Jonathan Chen Named to ASCP 40 Under Forty List pathology.duke.edu/news/jonatha...

Jonathan Chen Named to ASCP 40 Under Forty List

On August 29, 2025, the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) named Duke Pathologists’ Assistant Jonathan Chen, MHS, PA(ASCP) to its prestigious

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Alexis Jaramillo Cartagena, PhD, D(ABMM) @alexclinmicro.bsky.social · Sep 4

I loved the ~10ish years I lived in the UES, but this is out of control 😱😱😱

Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · Sep 4

Upper East Side: A Horror Story in One Image

Tahitian vanilla ice cream
Small $18
Large $36

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Alexis Jaramillo Cartagena, PhD, D(ABMM) @alexclinmicro.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thank you Sarah! I hope you're having at MGB and in Boston! I'm so glad to see some of your great efforts like the VRE molecular epidemiology study!

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NEJM.org @nejm.org · Sep 3

In a randomized, controlled trial, persons with early syphilis received a single treatment or three treatments with benzathine penicillin G at a dose of 2.4 million units. No benefit was seen with the additional doses. Full trial results: nej.md/3UVCKVZ

#MedSky #IDSky

A diagram showing screening and randomization.

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Alexis Jaramillo Cartagena, PhD, D(ABMM) @alexclinmicro.bsky.social · Sep 4

✨ Excited to dive into tomorrow’s seminar on molecular epidemiology by Robert Potter @plasmidsaurus.bsky.social @childrensphila.bsky.social 🔬🧬
Looking forward to learning a ton from this terrific session! 🚀📚 #ClinicalMicrobiology www.chop.edu/doctors/pott...

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Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) @sshmedicine.bsky.social · Aug 20

📣Annual Book Development Prize Competition 📣
Submissions are now invited for the 2026 Award, which funds authors to turn a proposal into a book in the Social Histories of Medicine series, published by @manchesterup.bsky.social Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until 16 Jan 2026.
#histmed

Annual Book Development Prize Competition

Rules and Entry Form The Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) invites submissions to its Annual Book Development Award Competition. The Award Two awards of £2000.00 each will be given …

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Alexis Jaramillo Cartagena, PhD, D(ABMM) @alexclinmicro.bsky.social · Sep 4

This is amazing Sarah @microbecharmer.bsky.social !! I love how each cell in the fusarium macroconidia has its own personality!!!

Sarah Schrader @microbecharmer.bsky.social · Jan 25

Time for some fungi: Fusarium macroconidiae, Cunninghamella, and Paracoccidioides!
#IDsky #ClinicalMicrobiology #MedicalMicrobiology #mycology

Find them here: www.etsy.com/shop/Microbe...

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hjillianh @hjillianh.bsky.social · Jan 22

Do you have a period?
Do you live in the continental US?
Then do I have a study for you - please join VAMPP and help expand our understanding of the vaginal microbiome!
Scan the QR code on the bottom left to see if you're eligible and learn more

A pink flyer with a darker outline of a uterus and fallopian tubes that says "We need your help investigating menstrual product use and the vaginal microbiome."
Why: Researchers from Duke University are conducting a study investigating if menstrual products advertised as scented or for odor control affect the vaginal microbiome compared to unscented menstrual products.
How: If you agree to participate you will be asked to: (each of the bullet points is shaped like a tampon)
Self-collect vaginal swabs during 4 menstrual cycles for microbiome assessment.
Complete a short questionnaire each cycle.
Complete a demographic and short health history questionnaire.
Use study-provided menstrual products during 2 menstrual cycles
(one cycle you will use scented/odor control products and one cycle you will use unscented products).
Who: Up to 50 of individuals aged 18-40 years who have regular menstrual cycles (approximately every 4 weeks) that last at least 3 days, can safely use tampons, do not have allergies/hypersensitivity to fragrances, are not or do not plan to become pregnant over the study period will take part in this study, and have not given birth in the past 12 months.
Compensation for your time will be provided.

There's a drop of blood with a QR code on it where you can learn more - I'll post that separately!

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Alexis Jaramillo Cartagena, PhD, D(ABMM) @alexclinmicro.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thank you, Kasia!!!

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Will_ Birds_ Wildlife_ Photography @willjames95.bsky.social · Sep 1

Probably the prettiest bird species iv ever seen. The Lilac Breasted Roller! 😍 #bird #birdphotography #birdlovers #nature #naturephotography #tranquillity #lovelife #mindfulness #nikon #nikonbirds #nikonwildlife #nikonwildlifephotography #bbcerth #discover

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Institut Pasteur | 130 years of biomedical research @pasteur.fr · Sep 1

🎓 Applications for Institut Pasteur's PhD programs open Sept 1-Oct 20, 2025 for October 2026 entry.

Apply to up to 4 projects across 6 programs: PPU, PPU-IMAGINE @institutimagine.bsky.social, [email protected], PPU-EID @upcite.bsky.social & more 🧬

Register now ✍️ www.pasteur.fr/en/education...

Pasteur-Paris University International Doctoral Programme, The call for enrollment of students in October 2026 will be open from September 1st to October 20th, 2025

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ISEP @isepprotists.bsky.social · Aug 30

New #ISEPpapers! Regulated development of cannibalistic supergiant cells www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

"we describe a ciliate undergoing drastic morphological transformations... supergiants increase in size, change shape, and modify behaviour to cannibalize clonal relatives"

#protists #microbes

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Emily Wong @emilybethwong.bsky.social · Aug 21

We are hiring! Please circulate in your networks. Join us in beautiful warm and wonderful KZN to answer some important questions about asymptomatic / subclinical TB.

#TBsky #IDsky 🧪

Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) @ahri-news.bsky.social · Aug 21

📢 AHRI is #hiring for 2️⃣ key roles for an exciting new study on asymptomatic TB transmission.

Successful candidates will join the leadership of the study, working closely with our director for clinical trials Limakatso Lebina & @emilybethwong.bsky.social

More ➡️ ahri.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/AHRI1

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