I teach a grad-student levels microbiology journal club this semester. If you have a grad student who recently published or uploaded on BioRxiv and wants to present the story to us on zoom to receive feedback, feel free to send the my way. Please RT Thnx
B. subtilis is the microbe of the year. I was today years old when I learned that B.subtilis is added to the flush water of toilets in German rest areas. Once the germinate, they oust pathogens. Very cool!
#vaam2023
Friday was the day when we sent Dr.
@sadia2sultana
off to her postdoc at Dartmouth. She was the best first PhD student a PI could hope for. Sadia published 5 articles (more to come). I am very proud to have mentored such a strong and passionate scientist…
Great news for the Dahl lab. NoA for our R15 application 🎉. Thanks to
@NIAIDFunding
for funding our research on oxidative stress defense systems in uropathogenic E. coli for the next 3y. Looking forward to exciting data from a fantastic lab.
@ISUBio
@ISUResearch
@ISURedbirds
This is team spirit!
@RedbirdWBB
came to learn about bleach resistance in uropathogenic E. coli and support their team mate at her defense seminar. Great job, Mary!
In 2019, we hired
@JanUlrikDahl1
as a first step in rebuilding our microbiology program. In his T/P seminar today, he delivered in spades: $$, high-profile papers, and most importantly, exceptional mentorship of talented undergrads and grads. This is how you build a team.
All good things come to an end: GRS/C Microbial Stress Response was a blast. I enjoyed organizing the GRS 2022 and know that Carissa Chan and
@sadia2sultana
will do a fantastic job putting together a strong 2024 program. Thanks to all attendees 🧫 🧬 🧪
Time flies so quickly. Yesterday was the first lab dinner of FORMER Dahl lab members at a conference. And b/c it was so enjoyable we repeated it today. Yesterday 🇩🇪 food, today 🇮🇳/🇧🇩. (Plus Haley as a guest)
@sadia2sultana
@RitikaShah29
Lab photo updated, although Carl, Cade, Charlie, and
@_mehdibennis
are missing. Time flies - I will give my tenure talk on Oct 26 at 4 pm CST. Zoom will be available so pls DM me if you would like to join.
@ISUResearch
@ISUBio
I constantly pressed the refresh button right after study section last TW, which I know does not make sense. Then, I forgot about the grant over the weekend and just remembered now (never happened b/f). Impact score: 26, payline is 27. Cautiously declaring it a happy Monday
Microbial stress responses are super interesting. Delighted to hear that the ASM Microbe 2020 committee shares my interest and gives me the possibility to co-organize and -moderate a symposium on this topic at
#asm2020
#microbe2020
New work on polyP from the lab - led by the dearly missed
@RitikaShah29
and 4 UG students. We found that killing of S. aureus by P. aeruginosa is dependent on polyP production in the gram- pathogen. PolyP may contribute both directly and indirectly.
@smbrander
@sabahzero
While-heartedly agree. Some don’t want to post about politics as they are here on a Visa, others use science twitter exclusively for exactly that: science. That doesn’t mean they don’t have opinions or are bad PIs.
Good times at our spring banquet. Some lab members are missing on the photo but we received many awards 🎉🥇.On the left our newest addition who we convinced 76 is not yet the age to retire 🤣. Congrats to all awardees and thanks for your hard work every day
@ISUResearch
@ISUBio
Flying visits in Bochum are always fun: visited Grady and Charlie from my lab, who are hosted by our friends
@FranzNarberhaus
group (many thanks!). Always fun to see the next generation of scientists gain experience in a different lab setting (and country).
@ISUResearch
@ISUBio
Great week so far:
Received 1) NOA from NIH & 2) summary statement for another grant (score too high but plenty of good comments to work on).
3)
@Blue_tints
and
@Topoogh
’s paper accepted in mSphere
4)
@Blue_tints
passed his defense with flying colors
#proudPI
Proud PI moment: great job by the driving force
@sadia2sultana
and other lab members identifying a novel HOCl defense system in UPEC that confers resistance to HOCl and phagocytosis.
Excited to share that my first research article has been published in
@mbiojournal
! Here, our study highlights bacterial resistance mechanism against bleach.🦠🧪
Spearheaded by the one and only
@Blue_tints
, who was supported by
@Topoogh
and 3 undergraduate trainees in the lab, our study on a Ru/Ag-based antimicrobial and its effects on aminoglycoside antibiotics is now online in
@mSphere
@ISUResearch
@ISUBio
The School of Biological Sciences at Illinois State University is hiring for 2 tenure-track positions! One is in Microbiology and one is in Neuroethology. For more information please see our ad below.
The most rewarding part of the job is to see the own students succeed. Kennadi was awarded the David W. Borst Scholarship while grad student
@SadiaSu61799290
received an honorable mention for her successful start. Congrats & thanks for your hard work
@ISUResearch
@IllinoisStateU
To fuel the timeline with some positivity. Nothing is better than a lab with folks from 8 different countries.
@Topoogh
cooked Ghanaian Jollof for me. It is delish!!! I even passed the spice tolerance test 👍🏼😅
Interested in microbial stress responses? Join me at the 2022 GRS on Microbial Stress Responses, followed by the GRC. Apply now - prelim program will be up soon! Send me an email if you have questions. pls RT
Preparing short videos for my class - wanted to be clever and include transcript. Learned that “UPEC” w/ my accent is transcribed into “you pick up chicks” .... if you ever listen to a talk I give: I am talking about uropathogenic E.coli 😬
A big thank you to my friends
@AVM_fly
and
@NathanTMortimer
for inviting me for a talk and hosting me during my stay at Oregon State University. I had a really great time
The faculty job is sometimes tough but also very rewarding. Got this email from a former student whoI enjoyed teaching every minute. This is what we (faculty) live for. Hearing from former students and their accomplishments. Please email us whenever we come to your mind.
Eid Mubarak to
@sadia2sultana
and all other folks who celebrate Ramadan.
@sadia2sultana
surprised the lab with delicious food - the benefit of an international lab is the celebration of every single holiday
@ISUBio
is hiring!! 3 tenure-track positions on pop/community
#ecology
, ecology of human-impacted systems, and
#immunology
. Application review starts on October 16, 2024. Check the link below for details on each job posting!
This really gave me a good chuckle. Student in my intro microbio class: Dr. Dahl, you are too young to understand […] this is more for people as old as my dad. Ok [xxx], how old is your dad? Super old, Dr. Dahl…. 42 😅😬😭🤣
Spearheaded by the one and only
@mcrompton23
(and with important contributions by other lab members) we continue our work on better understanding the RcrR regulon and it’s role in hypochlorite-stressed UPEC.
@ISUResearch
@ISUBio
@ISUGradSchool
Microbial stress response peeps - we all won’t see each other for a while now that most conferences over the summer are cancelled. Anybody interested in a zoom session - pls RT
12 years of friendship and 4 years of collaboration… both from Enzymology to bleach - Ale in neutrophils and I on bacteria. Thanks for visiting us at
@ISUBio
I quote
@SakalukLab
:
@mcrompton23
is a rockstar! Excellent in classroom, lab and basketball court. Her talk was judged by a very experienced ecologist as “the best molecular talk I’ve attended in a long time”. Congrats, Mary, well deserved!
Microbial stress response peeps: 6 more days to submit your abstract for the
#asmmicrobe
2020. We’ll have a special symposium focusing on “Diverse stress responses in the microbial world”, which I co-moderate.
@PetraLevin
@SchmidLab
@graymicrolab
will present! Please RT
We got BSL2 certified & started working. grad students will join in fall, rn my lab has undergrads. We have to start from scratch and I teach them how to monitor bacterial growth. The student told me that he loved the day in the lab. What better compliment could you ask for!
Late night thoughts: my labmembers come from 🇧🇩 🇺🇸 🇬🇭 🇮🇳 🇵🇭 🇲🇦 🇩🇪 and soon also 🇳🇬 - best part of my job is to learn about so many cultures and hopefully be able to visit the countries of my mentees one day.
Isn’t microbiology full of beauty? These are members of the skin microbiota of poison frogs (collaboration w/ my colleague Matt Dugas)
@ISUResearch
@ISURedbirds
@S__Baksh
That’s what we do the first two weeks in my microbiology classes. And students who want to work in my lab need to show that they understand mg/ml, Milli to micro, c1v1=c2v2 as well as %
12 years ago, after my intro
#Microbio
class, I got really fascinated by the these little critters. In 2 months, I will not only open my own lab at
#ISU
but also teach the intro
#Microbio
class! I. Am. So. Excited! I hope that as many of my students will love them as much as I do
Can’t wait to put them on my office door and give some to my students. Great science art work from
@Ungraceful_Bio
. Ordering is super easy, delivery comes quickly w/ such a nice note! Please support!
Bittersweet moment. First farewell in the lab and first official lab picture taken. Kevin came from 🇩🇪 as a DAAD RISE fellow for a summer research project. Pretty productive and a great asset to the lab! Thanks, Kevin,keep in touch with us
#dahllabisu
@DAAD_Germany
@DAADnewyork
@YouGoChi
Well said! Here the quote of a PI, who I met once at a meeting: If you need to work at night and/or the entire weekend, you need to work on your organization skills.
Had a great day at our Phi-Sigma Symposium. Awesome talk by keynote speaker
@FrancisAlonzo12
. Absolutely proud of
@sadia2sultana
(1st place best talk);
@WinedDepression
(2nd place best talk);
@Blue_tints
(2nd place best poster). So much fun to work with these talents
#BlackHistoryMonth
I feature one black person each lecture who contributed to Microbiology and deserves attention and appreciation. Today we talk about eukaryal cells, so I thought Henrietta Lacks fits well. Feel free to drop additional ideas 🔽
They better call these states by Monday, because that’s when I need my refresh button for updates on my impact score of my grant submission 😅
#giverefreshbuttonsabreak
New mini-review by
@sadia2sultana
about the latest discoveries in the field of bacterial defense systems against neutrophilic oxidants
#forestofbiologists
Contemplating whether I mute all
#ASMicrobe
tweets to no longer suffer silently or I enjoy seeing my colleagues have fun. Decided for the latter so please keep it going. Wasn’t able to join this year but will be back next year FOR SURE. 👨🏼🔬🧫
With deep sorrow, I must inform colleagues and friends of Dr. Christina Savage
@Dr_Savage_Sci
that she died yesterday due to complications arising after surgery. Christina's insightful questions during seminars, her creativity, and her quick intellect will be sorely missed.
Guys, I am so much looking forward to the GRS/C Microbial Stress Response. Applications are accepted, pls register ASAP. I will select talks in early May and pay attention to folks who are completely registered. Looking forward to meeting you all and learn about your science.
Interested in microbial stress responses? Join me at the 2022 GRS on Microbial Stress Responses, followed by the GRC. Apply now - prelim program will be up soon! Send me an email if you have questions. pls RT
I am lucky to have so many talented students in the lab. In addition to classes and lab work, Mary also sets a new point record in our basketball team 🏀
@ISUResearch
@IllinoisStateU
Better get used to hearing "𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐄𝐄𝐄𝐄𝐄!" 👌
@mcrompton23
posted a career-high 2⃣0⃣ points in today's win, going 6-of-7 (85.7%) from behind the arc!
#BackTheBirds
//
#TogetherWeWill
Are you ready for helping us shape the program of ASM Microbe 2025? Because we’d love to read your proposals. Please consider submitting a proposal to make the conference another success and become directly involved in the community
Thank you for joining us at ASM Microbe 2024! 🎉 We’re excited to invite you to next year’s meeting in Los Angeles. Session proposals for ASM Microbe 2025 open tomorrow. Don't miss your chance to shape the science you want to see!
#CallForProposals
Non-native speaker problem: Reading through the transcript of the video describing the syllabus for my class, I realize that the software thinks I am talking about Christmas, not quizzes 🎄😅
Congrats to the winners of this year’s
@ISUGradSchool
Three Minute Thesis Competition!
🥇Sadia Sultana
@ISUBio
🥈Nicholas Steffenhagen
@ISUMusic
People’s Choice: Sanhawich Meateanuwat
@ISUTheatre
Look for a recap of tonight’s event tomorrow at
New Episode! Enjoy part one of our interview with
@ISUBio
Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Dr. Jan-Ulrik Dahl. This episode part 1 of 2 of our interview, subscribe today! Part 2 will be released after Spring Break. Hope everyone has a great week!
New this week from PubNavigator: Author
@sadia2sultana
studies how the body responds to a bacterial infection and how the invading bacteria defend themselves from the human immune system.
-article edited by myself and Jaclyn Everly
#scicomm
I always hated when previous advisors asked me to evaluate data asap b/c exp looked promising. Today I officially switched sides. Raw data of 2 lab members look 😍 yet they keep me waiting despite various of my inquiries. Guess I need to learn patience…
Yeayyy - Dahl lab undergraduate student Greg Anderson won the URSP fellowship, which will allow him to work on his project over the summer (if shelter-in order is repealed). Congrats, Greg!
@ISUResearch
@ISURedbirds
#GRCMAST
conference comes to an end. Excellent organization by
@MBlokesch
and
@valdi001
at a beautiful location. Now please pay attention to 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 and consider registering for the Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference
🧵(1/n) Deadline reminder: Oral abstracts due 7/31/23. Poster abstract submission closes on 8/15. Apply for Caregiver Grant during abstract submission. Abstract Awards available. Book your lodging by 8/31 to receive discounted rates.
#2023MMPC
I dont’ like the term
#SocialDistancing
. I think
#PhysicalDistancing
is the better one. We can still be social. Now that I work from home I really get to FaceTime w/ my mom every day to check in how she is doing.