M&I Newsletter
December 2022
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Honors, Awards & Recognition...
Congratulations to the following Cramer lab members:
- The MCB Program and the Graduate Studies Office are pleased to announce Cecilia Gutierrez Perez as the 2022 John H. Copenhaver, Jr. and William H. Thomas, MD 1952 Fellow.
Congratulations to the following O'Toole lab member:
- Fabrice Jean-Pierre was one of the organizers of the Early Career Symposium at the 2022 ASM Biofilms Conference
Congratulations to the following Skopelja-Gardner lab members:
- MCB Graduate student Zachary Peters was awarded the Rheumatology Research ACR Convergence Fellowship to present his work on the regulation of the type I interferon at the American College of Rheumatology annual conference during the Innate Immunity Abstract Session, in Philadelphia, November 2022.
- MCB Graduate student Angelique Cortez presented her work on the role of neutrophils in sun-induced lupus nephritis as an oral abstract presentation at the American College of Rheumatology annual conference in Philadelphia, November 2022.
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Congratulations!
Deb Hogan named as the Thomas S. Kosasa Professor at the Geisel School of Medicine.
Deb Hogan has been named as the Thomas S. Kosasa Professor at the Geisel School of Medicine, effective December 1, 2022. This endowed Professorship appointment has been approved by Dean Compton and the Dartmouth Board of Trustees, and is in recognition of Deb’s scientific accomplishments, and her contributions and service to Geisel and the Department.
The Thomas A. Kosasa Professorship at the Geisel School of Medicine was established in 2016 to honor a member of the Geisel School of Medicine faculty whose work is noteworthy for its contribution to the fields of physiology, neurobiology, microbiology, or immunology. The Professorship was established through the generosity of Thomas Kosasa, MD, a 1967 graduate of Dartmouth College and a 1969 graduate of Dartmouth’s medical school. You can read more about Dr. Kosasa and the Professorship here. Deb is assuming this appointment from the inaugural holder of the Kosasa Professorship, Randy Noelle, who was awarded it in 2016, also in recognition of his outstanding research and service. A formal announcement of Deb’s naming to the Kosasa Professorship will be forthcoming from Geisel, but I wanted to share this wonderful news with the Department ahead of this announcement.
We are planning a Departmental celebration for Deb early in 2023, but in the meantime please join us in congratulating her on this wonderful news.
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Congratulations!
Charles Sentman was elected as a National Academy of Inventors Fellow!
Charles Sentman was elected as a National Academy of Inventors Fellow and is going to be inducted at the organization's 12th annual meeting in June. An amazing achievement and you can read more about it here.
Please join us in congratulating Charles!
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Recent Publications
Neutrophil inflammasomes sense the subcellular delivery route of translocated bacterial effectors and toxins.
Oh C, Li L, Verma A, Reuven AD, Miao EA, Bliska JB, Aachoui Y
Cell Rep. 2022 Nov 22;41(8):111688. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111688.
PMID: 36417874
Inactivated Cowpea Mosaic Virus for In Situ Vaccination: Differential Efficacy of Formalin vs UV-Inactivated Formulations.
Jung E, Mao C, Bhatia M, Koellhoffer EC, Fiering SN, Steinmetz NF
Mol Pharm. 2022 Nov 18; doi: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.2c00744. Epub 2022 Nov 18.
PMID: 36399598
The pan-genome of Aspergillus fumigatus provides a high-resolution view of its population structure revealing high levels of lineage-specific diversity driven by recombination.
Lofgren LA, Ross BS, Cramer RA, Stajich JE
PLoS Biol. 2022 Nov;20(11):e3001890. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001890. Epub 2022 Nov 17.
PMID: 36395320
Postinfluenza Environment Reduces Aspergillus fumigatus Conidium Clearance and Facilitates Invasive Aspergillosis In Vivo.
Liu KW, Grau MS, Jones JT, Wang X, Vesely EM, James MR, Gutierrez-Perez C, Cramer RA, Obar JJ
mBio. 2022 Nov 15;:e0285422. doi: 10.1128/mbio.02854-22. Epub 2022 Nov 15.
PMID: 36377895
Influence of Sodium Bicarbonate on Wall Teichoic Acid Synthesis and β-Lactam Sensitization in NaHCO(3)-Responsive and Nonresponsive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Ersoy SC, Goncalves B, Cavaco G, Manna AC, Sobral RG, Nast CC, Proctor RA, Chambers HF, Cheung A, Bayer AS
Microbiol Spectr. 2022 Nov 15;:e0342222. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.03422-22. Epub 2022 Nov 15.
PMID: 36377886
Aging beyond menopause selectively decreases CD8+ T cell numbers but enhances cytotoxic activity in the human endometrium.
Shen Z, Patel MV, Rodriguez-Garcia M, Wira CR
Immun Ageing. 2022 Nov 12;19(1):55. doi: 10.1186/s12979-022-00312-w. Epub 2022 Nov 12.
PMID: 36371240
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Congratulations on new funding...
- Yina Huang, Directing Cytokine Specificity Through Co-translational Carrier Coupling, R21, 11/8/2022
- David Leib, Does Antibody-Dependent Intracellular Neutralization Limit HSV-1 Reactivation? R21, 11/10/22
- David Bzik, Metabolic basis for the persistence of dormant Toxoplasma gondii infection, R01, 11/23/22
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A celebration in honor of the opening of the new Mouse Gnotobiotic Core.
Thank you to Dr. Ross and Darlene Royce for all of their hard work.
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Karaoke was a big hit again this year at our M&I holiday celebration (Leib lab pictured above). Congratulations to Alexandrea Turnquist (Usherwood Lab) as this year's winner of the M&I karaoke competition. Great job!
It was wonderful to see so many M&I families at the celebration. Below, Operations Director, Sandi Deroin's daughter Lucy has fun taking silly pictures in the photobooth with Ruth Keane, Operations Assistant.
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Alumni News...
Best wishes to Jason Gigley (M&I 2000-2007, Bzik Lab) who has joined the AAI leadership. Jason is currently an Associate Professor at University of Wyoming and a US Fulbright Scholar.
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MCB Winter Food Drive
It's time for the Winter Food Drive!
The food drive will run until December 21st and all donations will go to the Upper Valley Haven. The Upper Valley Haven is a non-profit organization that serves members of our community struggling with poverty by providing meals and housing in addition to a variety of other resources. The Upper Valley Haven does an exceptional job supporting our community, so I hope that the MCB community will come together and do what we can to help out!
Thanks to suggestions from last year's drive, there are now an increased number of donation boxes which can be found at the following locations:
Vail 2nd floor break area
Vail 4th floor break area
LSC 320
Burke 1st floor outside of 105/Marx Lounge
DHMC 6th floor NCCC break area
DHMC 6th floor Borwell break area
Thayer 1st floor outside of 117/grad student offices
All boxes are labelled with the MCB food drive flier (see attached)
Items most requested right now:
Canned tuna/chicken
soups/stews
oatmeal
baking mixes
salt/pepper/spices
Thank you all in advance for your participation! :)
Kaesi A. Morelli
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🖌 Design Contest
We are looking for a new M&I Department Newsletter logo!
In addition, we will feature contestant art in future editions.
Drawings will be done for both BioRender and mixed media entries as applicable.
Submit entries to Microbiology.and.Immunology@dartmouth.edu
Prizes will include gift certificates up to $45.00
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ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATES
As always, please send backup and inquiries to Microbiology.and.Immunology@dartmouth.edu
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