Dr. Shabaana A. Khader
@KhaderShabaana
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Chair of Microbiology @UChicago , Immigrant scientist interested in tuberculosis, lung inflammation and vaccines for infectious diseases. Opinions my own
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I am incredibly honored and excited to share that I will be taking on the role of the Chair of the Department of Microbiology
@UChicago
effective September 1, 2022. Thank you
@WUSTLmed
for an amazing decade of exciting science, fantastic colleagues and friends!
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Excited to share that the Department of Microbiology
@UChicago
is now accepting applications for faculty positions at Assistant, Associate and Full Professor levels. Come join our amazing group of collegial faculty! Feel free to DM me with any queries.
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I am honored to be named the first Bernard and Betty Roizman Professor
@UChicago
. I share this honor with my mentees past and present, and thank three of my mentors Dr. Andrea Cooper,
@GotTcells
and Dr. Steve Beverley for always lifting me up! 🙏
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Excited to share that Department of Microbiology
@Uchicago
is accepting applications for faculty positions at Assistant, Associate and Full Professor levels. Visit: . EOE/Vet/Disability.
Come join our amazing group of collegial faculty!
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Thank you
@UChicago
and the Roizman family for bestowing on me the inaugural Bettie and Bernard Roizman Professorship. It was such a special ceremony and a perfect day
Today is a very special day and I get to celebrate the day with my lab, family and my village. Stay posted for live updates!
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My lab is looking for a post doctoral fellow to work on aspects of T/B cell interactions within the TB granuloma. Please RT and share with your groups. Feel free to DM me directly with any enquiries.
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So proud and excited to share our newest publication!! A labor of love with outstanding work by first co-authors Rosemary Swanson and
@AnanyaG_
,
@DeepakK40495575
@JenGommerman
@Mak_Mitreva
@TomScriba
and others. A short thread on the key findings below...
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Excited for the
#KhaderLab
space in
@UChicago_Micro
as lab relocates and new members join - Do I look excited or what!
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I am looking for a post-doctoral scientist to join my group with a focus on lung immunity in response to tuberculosis, with an emphasis on vaccines. . Please DM me if you want additional details.
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On behalf of Mihai Netea, Trian Chavakis and myself, so pleased to share news of the first
@KeystoneSymp
Innate Immune Memory meeting in 2022!
@claudjak
@dixitvishva
@MazDivangahi
@bart_lambrecht
@DrShrutiNaik
@nigeltwitt
@BelkaidLab
@StabellBenn
and so many others-please RT!
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#Khaderlab
is looking for a post doctoral fellow to work on aspects of T/B cell interactions within the TB granuloma. Fun team members, international pot lucks and games are part of the perks! Please RT and share with your groups.
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Even after 2 decades of working with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, preparing a lecture on its host evasion mechanisms does not cease to amaze me- what a clever bacteria. So excited to be teaching the
@UChicagoCOM
students about TB today!
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A beautiful day in Chicago to meet and greet the new cohort of the Microbiology graduate students (COM)
@Uchicago
and walk through campus!
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Exciting news TB tweeps - The
@KeystoneSymp
on Tuberculosis is rescheduled and back on the agenda! Mark your calendars for August 1-5 2022 at Beaver Run Resort. More details to follow....
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The
#KhaderLab
at
@Uchicago_Micro
is looking to fill positions at entry level to senior technician, post doc fellows and staff scientists. Please DM me with your CV if you are interested and I can share the job postings to apply.
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This has been a busy year with the move to
@UChicago
@UChicago_Micro
and reinstating the lab and program. My lab reminded me to pause and take in all as I celebrate another birthday! So grateful to be surrounded by such outstanding scientists who are also such caring people.🙏🏾
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Today I celebrate completing my first six months as Chair of
@UChicago_Micro
! It has truly been an experience of a lifetime. I remain deeply grateful to my colleagues at
@WUSM_MolMicro
,
@UChicago_Micro
and leadership at
@UChicago
for their support and trust!
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What an emotional rollercoaster of a day! Hugs, laughs and tears all mixed in from my wonderful lab members, my family, amazing colleagues and friends
@WUSM_MolMicro
@WUSTLmed
@UChicago
@ELAMProgram
, neighbors, and twitter.
🙏🏾 for your love and support!
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So excited for the first member of the
#KhaderLab
to transition over in person to
@UChicago
. Welcome to Chicago, Dr. Chauhan!
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Thank you
@UChicago
and Department of Microbiology Faculty, Staff and trainees for a most memorable visit! It was truly amazing to meet many of you in person and can’t wait to see you all again. 🙏🏽
@lightsam1
for amazing
@uchicago
campus tour!
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I had the joy of spending an evening with Dr. Bernard Roizman. Everything about him is awe inspiring; his life's journey, his scientific discoveries, his passion for his work and
@Uchicago
, and his humility. Truly honored to be the inaugural Roizman Chair
@UChicago_Micro
.
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Our latest paper describing a role for lung epithelial cells in regulating vaccine-induced immunity in TB is just out!!
Lung Epithelial Signaling Mediates Early Vaccine-Induced CD4 + T Cell Activation and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Con…
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I am looking to fill two post doctoral positions in my lab - come join this diverse and talented group of scientists! The funded positions will focus on the targeting IL-17 for TB vaccine development - please RT, and DM me if you are interested!
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Celebrating my first anniversary as Chair of
@UChicago_Micro
...what an amazing year of learning, serving, and getting to know the community!
Thanks to the leaders and faculty at
@UChicago
and
@Uchicago_Micro
@Uchicago_COM
for tremendous support and trust. 🙏🙏🙏
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We are recruiting post doctoral fellows to join our diverse and fun group of scientists to study the role of B cells and T cells in TB granulomas. If interested email your CV to khader
@uchicago
.edu.
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So excited to (hopefully) see everyone in person at the next
@KeystoneSymp
TB meeting with
@TomScriba
, Joe Keane and Alan Sher. A special 50th Anniversary celebration and a preview of the TB landscape! Please share with your groups...
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I present to you the first ever Khader Lab T-shirt!! Designed by Drs. Swanson,
@Mushtaq73550530
,
@AnanyaG01940630
and Das, printed locally at St.Louis
@bakedts
. The lungs we study are diverse and inclusive, and the bronchi are depicted by the STL Arch - I think they nailed it !!
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Happy New Year to
#womeninscience
#womeninmedicine
#womenleaders
#womenofcolor
and
#womenmentees
- Wish 2023 to be a wonderful year filled with support for your achievements, give you happiness and peace, and see you break those glass ceilings!
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Congratulations Dr. Bobba! I am so excited to have been a part of your journey! Go on and shine bright and lead the way!!!
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Good morning
@UChicago
! We are excited to come visit you- thank you for hosting us!
#Khaderlab
,
@AnanyaG_
@MuefongC
,
@Mushtaq73550530
@BobbaSuhas
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January 2024 flew by in the blink of an eye. Today we paused to celebrate lab successes over Lab potluck!
#Khaderlab
@UChicago_Micro
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For all of us who give so much of ourselves to take care of our families, our trainees, our research programs, our departments and institutions… don’t forget self care. I finally took a day off for self care and the difference it makes- I can now give back better!
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A place like no other, a place that fills my soul and lightens my heart. I don’t live here anymore but it is a place I still call home.
#Thanjavur
. What is yours?
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Happy New Year to all of you! Fortunate to spend the break in one of the most beautiful places
#TamilNadu
. Thrilled to be back and in the midst of so many exciting projects and initiatives! Wishing everyone a wonderful year ahead!
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Amazing first weekend in Chicago getting to know my faculty colleagues
@UChicago
Micro-love the smiles all around!
@mark_mimee
,
@lightsam1
,
@Mushtaq73550530
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Some really cool and unexpected findings on what happens when NFKB signaling is abrogated in different innate populations during tuberculosis. Kudos to Kuldeep Chauhan, Micah Dunlap and all coauthors who worked to get this study to the finish line!
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Excited to share our latest work on lung ILC3s in TB!! We show that IL-23 and IL-1 pathways, and CXCR5 play an important role in early ILC3 accumulation during TB. Outstanding work by Shibali Das and coauthors in collaboration with
@TheColonnaLab
.
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Type I IFNs play such an important regulatory role during TB. Ever wondered who regulates the IFNs? Here we show PARP9 as a critical negative regulator of Type I IFNs during Mtb infection- counter to it’s known role in viral infections!
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I am an immigrant scientist and without the J1/H1B visa would not have been here today. Without the J1 and H1B visas, scientific innovation and leadership in America will be hollow.
Please sign the petition and share the link widely...
#Scientists
: Support for the innovation engine of American science: immigrants - Sign the Petition! via
@Change
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Our new study in
@PLOSPathogens
with drug resistant Mtb infection projects a protective role for Type I IFNs in tuberculosis. Outstanding work by
@BobbaSuhas
along with fantastic collaborators
@bmathema
and Jenn Philips.
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I am so very excited to share the outstanding efforts of Drs. Akter and Chauhan (along with
@DeepakK40495575
,
@maxim_artyomov
and others!) where we use scRNA-seq to show that lung lymphocyte express a type I IFN signature in Mtb-infected mice.
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For those of us who dare to move to take on a dream position - In my case Chair of
@UChicago_Micro
! Life finally feels like it is coming together when you start getting papers accepted again! Follow me, if you want an update on our latest science coming out soon...
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A huge sigh of relief after conclusion of
@KeystoneSymp
#TBreboot22
. Two years in planning, and rescheduled due to COVID19. Thank you
@KeystoneSymp
for your commitment- the community is invigorated and excited for the future!
@TomScriba
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The time has come for the
#Khaderlab
to say Farewell to
@wustl
@WUSM_MolMicro
, which we have called home for the last decade. Please come celebrate our accomplishments, and wish the members of the
#KhaderLab
the best of luck in their future endeavors. See you next friday!
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Please RT and share widely with your departments and divisions. Thank you for amplifying this Faculty job search.
Visit: . EOE/Vet/Disability.
Excited to share that Department of Microbiology
@Uchicago
is accepting applications for faculty positions at Assistant, Associate and Full Professor levels. Visit: . EOE/Vet/Disability.
Come join our amazing group of collegial faculty!
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@KeystoneSymp
TBreboot22 comes to a close. It has been an honor to work with Alan Sher,
@TomScriba
and Joe Keane to organize this meeting- 🙏🏽 for overwhelmingly positive feedback, engagement and enthusiasm. I will carry this back with me. Safe travels back home.
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Congratulations to the four new Tuberculosis Research Advancement Centers!
@txbiomed
@DeepakK40495575
@SeshadriChetan
@RengarajanLab
@neelrgandhi
@rncoler
👏🏾
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How two different types of immune cells help two billion people keep tuberculosis in check | Biological Sciences Division | The University of Chicago
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New work from
#Khaderlab
showing that Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection drives differential responses in the bone marrow hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells . Huge shoutout to
@BobbaSuhas
,
@LB_Barreiro
,
@MazDivangahi
and others!
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When the Assistant Professors sit together at a seminar and look so happy- who says pre tenure is all stress!!
@lightsam1
@mark_mimee
@MMMKaplan_
@UChicago_Micro
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You asked and we shared!! Here is the link to our recent Protocol paper which describes the pipeline to analyze single-cell RNA-seq data from Mycobacterium tuberculosis infected lung cells. Please share if useful to your groups.
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I am excited to present at the
@UChicagoCOM
today and get to meet and interact with colleagues and trainees!
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Amazing collaboration showing a protective new role for lung ILCs in TB.
@WUSTLmed
@AHRI_News
@NIAIDNews
@nature
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My lab is looking for a mouse colony manager/technician to join our program - please DM me. This position would be perfect for you if you are eager to learn, lead and work as part of a diverse research group. Please RT and share.
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Dear Editors,
A 7-day turnaround for a paper review that I do as a service to my community is just not a reasonable expectation. My response is decline.
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So proud of my teenager for questioning Indian American stereotypes in media in his article
@uchicagolab
:
Indian American stereotypes should be battled through more diverse representation in media .
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Apparently today is Boss’s day- lab surprised me this most creative and touching card! So blessed to have everyone of them in my life:)
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Bittersweet to be back in STL and spend some time with the
#Khaderlab
@WUSTLmed
and say goodbye to some of them. Keep smiling and shining!
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Celebration of
@MuefongC
's thesis defense and graduate journey!
@Sutherland_TB
, you were missed and we heard such great stories of your mentorship of
@MuefongC
. I am so proud of all of his achievements , and cannot wait for how he will shape the field in the future!
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We (
@TomScriba
, Joe Keane and Alan Sher and myself) are so excited to see all of you at the
@KeystoneSymp
#TBreboot
meeting tomorrow. Trainees and young investigators, we look forward to hearing about your exciting research and getting to meet you!
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The Department of Microbiology
@UChicago
now has it own twitter handle! Follow us
@UChicago_Micro
and learn about the exciting new happenings within the department and the broader microbiology community
@Uchicago
!
@MissiakasLab
@lightsam1
@mark_mimee
@UChicagoImmuno
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Today is the day!!!
#Khaderlab
@UChicago
will be receiving our truckload of equipment and lab supplies delivered from
@WUSTLmed
! So exciting!!!!!
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Spent a wonderful lunch with my lab and my village-reflecting on the journey that brought us all together! Surround yourself with such wonderful people and how can you not enjoy the science you do!
@hrileyknight
, very strategic for not spilling the beans!
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The Khader Lab is looking for post doctoral fellows and staff scientists to join our group. We have exciting projects on TB vaccine development, immune feature of TB granulomas and hold your breath... B cells! Please DM me if you are interested in discussing more.
We have two more new open positions for postdoctoral or staff scientists - Please share and RT!
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Happy International Women's Day to all my amazing women colleagues in medicine and science!
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Ever wondered how neutrophils are recruited to the lungs during tuberculosis?
Hard work and commitment from our talented
@NineciaS
( as her graduate work!) and post doctoral scientist Rosemary Swanson answer this question!
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Welcome to
#Khaderlab
@UChicago_Micro
Taylor Abbey, Lab Manager, Laura Filip, Mouse Colony manager, and our own Pam Camp, who manages to keep me on track!
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Tears of joy being reunited with my lab freezers today
@UChicago_Micro
! Certainly left behind some "marks"
@WUSM_MolMicro
!!! 😂
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Thank you
@AbadieValerie
and
@LB_Barreiro
for warm welcome to Chicago and embracing our family - we are so excited to be here!
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We are looking to fill two postdoctoral positions to develop innovative platforms for TB vaccines- come join our diverse and fun group!!
Questions/queries please email
@KhaderShabaana
or post docs in the lab
@MuefongC
@AnanyaG_
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Dear Innate Immune Community,
Please come explore this first ever
@KeystoneSymp
on Innate Immune Memory!! This will be hosted alongside the meeting on Myeloid cells...and in breathtaking Banff.
Scholarship applications due Nov 18 and abstracts for short talk selection due Nov 30 for joint
#Immunology
@KeystoneSymp
#InnateImmunity
#ImmuneMemory
AND
#MyeloidCells
!
Co-organized by
@KhaderShabaana
@VeniPap
@claudjak
@MartinGuilliams
& colleagues.
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Please RT and share- Application review process will start soon!
📢 Exciting opportunity at
@UChicago_Micro
! We're hiring faculty at all levels. Seeking expertise in:
🔬 Host-pathogen interactions
🦠 Microbial pathogenesis
🧬 Microbiome & infectious diseases
🌐 Antimicrobial resistance
🌍 Emerging infectious diseases
RT & spread the word! 🔄
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Keynote 2 from Dr. Soumya Swaminathan-
@doctorsoumya
! She has been a hero that I have followed -so very excited to introduce her today
@KeystoneSymp
#TBreboot22
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Immune correlates of tuberculosis disease and risk translate across species: An amazing 8 year journey from conception to collaboration to publication with the outstanding
@Mak_Mitreva
@TomScriba
@DeepakK40495575
. .
#TeamScience
#animalmodels
#humanTB
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What an amazing
@KeystoneSymp
#KSInnateimmunity22
- we covered topics from mechanisms of trained immunity in health and disease, application of innate memory for treatments/vaccines, protective and maladaptive states of innate memory, and evolutionary basis of trained immunity!
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My highlight for this meeting - 50% of the invited speakers for
@KeystoneSymp
TB2021 will be women speakers!
See the program
So excited to (hopefully) see everyone in person at the next
@KeystoneSymp
TB meeting with
@TomScriba
, Joe Keane and Alan Sher. A special 50th Anniversary celebration and a preview of the TB landscape! Please share with your groups...
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I just voted..long lines but worth every second.
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What a way to end the year, a most amazing patnership between Khader lab,
@DeepakK40495575
and
@maxim_artyomov
!
Kudos to first authors
@katya_esaulova
, Shibali Das and Dhiraj Singh whose efforts describes the single cell immune landscape of tuberculosis!
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My heart goes out to family, friends and colleagues in India who are seeing so much suffering, pain and loss.
@narendramodi
Prime Minister of India, please impose a national lock-down in India so we can get past this...
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My dream team- thank you for your hard work!
@AnanyaG01940630
@MuefongC
@Mushtaq73550530
, Shibali Das, Rosemary Swanson Shyamala Thirunavakarasu, Kuldeep Chauhan.
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Wishing all of you a wonderful holiday season and a peaceful start to the New Year! I am logging off for 2023. See you all in 2024.
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How many of you cringe at the thought of rewatching your recorded presentations later- I certainly do!
But I have it from good sources (my lab members) that this one is worth watching! Enjoy if you missed me live yesterday....
The recorded video of Dr. Shabaana Khader seminar entitled Targeting the lung for Novel TB Vaccines is now available at “Global Immunotalks” YouTube Channel
Hope you enjoy it!
#globalimmuno
#immunology
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Happy Mothers Day to all of you, especially the
#ScienceMoms
who do such an amazing job of balancing your science and caring for your families! I hope you feel celebrated today!
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My 10 year old daughter today proposed a bill today in school to their mock Congress aka classmates- “to give women and people of color more chances”. I think our job is done!
@Mushtaq73550530
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Welcome to the newest members of the
#Khaderlab
and very talented
#WomenInScience
- Drs
@taneja_vibha
, Julia Tao and
@AnanyaG_
(from STL). Love their joy and energy after a welcome lunch
@UChicago
Quad club!
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We often forget the personal struggles the first authors go through to get papers to the finish line. I want to acknowledge the hard work, perseverance, vision and cooperation of
@AnanyaG_
and Rosemary Swanson in getting this study published. Blown away by their friendship!
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At the Khader Lab holiday party today...Fantastic food, great company and we honored Drs. Shibali Das
@Mushtaq73550530
and Ms.Lan Lu for their >5 years of service and dedication to the lab. And did I mention that the potluck was fantastic?
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Proud to share our review on how Mtb infection regulates immunometabolism by the amazing newly minted Dr. Nicole Howard, now a post-doc with Dr. Sarah Fortune.
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You are not official until your website is official!
#KhaderLab
is now official
@UChicago
@UChicago_Micro
@UChicagoBSD
Thank you Drs. Akter and
@mannuabhimanyu
for your help in getting this part of the transition complete!
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@KeystoneSymp
TBreboot22 well represented by
@WUSTLmed
@WUSTLdbbs
@WUSM_MolMicro
@StallingsLab
@WUSTLPostdoc
#Khaderlab
,
#Phillipslab
- taking a moment to catch up outside during the meeting.
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Hello TB tweeps, the abstract and scholarship deadlines for the TB Keystone meeting are coming up! Also, young investigators, we plan to have a workshop to highlight your work. So, please share the word and submit your abstracts!
Deadline for abstracts Oct 14 2021...
So excited to (hopefully) see everyone in person at the next
@KeystoneSymp
TB meeting with
@TomScriba
, Joe Keane and Alan Sher. A special 50th Anniversary celebration and a preview of the TB landscape! Please share with your groups...
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Reflecting on the year that has been....Parenting, virtual schooling, keeping the lab/trainees engaged (and funded!) under ever-changing circumstances, writing grants/papers, reviewing grants/paper-and trying to remain sane. Thanks to my twitter community for support!
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Fortunate to able to keep up the Khader Lab fall tradition of STL field trips to rejuvenate the soul..what a beautiful experience to hang out with my favorite people at the amazing
@STLAquarium
! Special thanks to Emerson and others
@STLAquarium
for taking the pictures.
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So fantastic to reinstate the
#Khaderlab
summer fun party in Chicago! The water ballon fight as always was a great way to team build-missed some of the lab members who couldn’t make it!
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Thank you
@NatImmunol
for amplifying our research work, while highlighting our key findings in a simplified way to make it accessible to a wider audience!
Free full access available at this link
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