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A Message from our Director, Dr. Eric Skaar:
As the end of the calendar year approaches, I want to thank the members of our research community for being such wonderful colleagues and creating a supportive and productive environment for training and discovery. I am grateful that I have the privilege of spending my days surrounded by such talented faculty, postdoctoral fellows, students, and staff that comprise the Division of Molecular Pathogenesis. Your commitment to excellence, positive engagement with our community, and focus on discovery-based research have established the Division of Molecular Pathogenesis as a national model for an outstanding research division within a clinical department. I am reminded every day about how fortunate we are to have created such a unique and positive environment for research and education and I thank you all for contributing to our successes over the last year.
We have many reasons to be excited about 2023. Our research enterprise within the Division continues to expand at an impressive rate, our grant portfolio is strong and growing, we have added to our faculty ranks, and both the primary and secondary faculty in the Division continue to make paradigm-shifting discoveries that are being published in the highest profile journals. We are currently engaged in a search for a new tenure track faculty member, and we will interview candidates in January and February. The renovation of the 4th floor of the A corridor of MCN (phase 2) is complete and the renovation of the 5200 wing (phase 3) has started and is scheduled for completion in approximately one year. Combined, this will represent 22,000 square feet of newly renovated cutting-edge research space. We were awarded a C06 construction grant from the NIH to build a state-of-the-art Biosafety Level 3 facility. Planning has already begun on this $13 million project that will enable Vanderbilt researchers to study some of the most important infectious threats to human health. Division faculty have also received some very promising scores on NIH S10 applications that have the potential to dramatically expand our research capabilities through the purchase of new equipment. Our graduate student and postdoctoral fellow training programs continue to be a crown jewel of our Division, and I am continually impressed with the outstanding positions that our trainees occupy following completion of their training. Of course, none of this would be possible without the incredible support provided by our amazing administrative team. I look forward to working with you all to have another outstanding year for MP! Thank you to everyone for being part of this fantastic Division. On behalf of myself, my family, and my lab, Happy New Year!
-Eric
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Zoom to Teams Project
VUMC leadership recently announced the decision to limit Zoom for general video-conferencing use and transition to Microsoft Teams by March 2023. While this decision is being driven by our shared need to reduce cost, we also seek to improve security, standardize support, and remove duplicate services. Zoom for telehealth use will remain.
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Emergency Use Ultra Low Freezer
There is an ultra low freezer for emergency use available to the department. If a laboratory has a freezer failing, contact Starr or Stephanie to sign out the freezer and gain access!
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The Division Congratulations to participating faculty who contributed to 37 publications, posted on PubMed last month!
Business Meeting &Chalk TalkJanuary 24th
Eric Skaar
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MP Admin Support Calendar
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- January 23 - Jason Carlyon, PhD
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Virginia Commonwealth University - January 30 - Deb Kelly, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Pennsylvania State University
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- January 3 - Laurie Harrington, PhD
Professor of Cell Development & Integrative Biology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
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MHI
Journal Club
Meeting January 11th & 25th at 9amin MCN A5221!
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Thursdays at 1:00 pm in 1220 MRBIII
- January 5 - Jenna Petronglo (Cassat Lab)
- January 12 - Jennie Shuman (Cover Lab)
- January 19 - Dr. Denis Mogilenko
- January 26 - Dr. Allison Walker & Dr. Benjamin Bratton
Check your inbox for the zoom info or email Liz Roelofsz for an invite!
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MP faculty publications: December 2022 - Strayer N, Zhang S, Yao L, Vessels T, Bejan CA, Hsi RS, Shirey-Rice JK, Balko JM, Johnson DB, Phillips EJ, Bick A, Edwards TL, Velez Edwards DR, Pulley JM, Wells QS, Savona MR, Cox NJ, Roden DM, Ruderfer DM, Xu Y.
Bioinformatics. 2022 Dec 6:btac780 - Garcia-Recio S, Hinoue T, Wheeler GL, Kelly BJ, Garrido-Castro AC, Pascual T, De Cubas AA, Xia Y, Felsheim BM, McClure MB, Rajkovic A, Karaesmen E, Smith MA, Fan C, Ericsson PIG, Sanders ME, Creighton CJ, Bowen J, Leraas K, Burns RT, Coppens S, Wheless A, Rezk S, Garrett AL, Parker JS, Foy KK, Shen H, Park BH, Krop I, Anders C, Gastier-Foster J, Rimawi MF, Nanda R, Lin NU, Isaacs C, Marcom PK, Storniolo AM, Couch FJ, Chandran U, Davis M, Silverstein J, Ropelewski A, Liu MC, Hilsenbeck SG, Norton L, Richardson AL, Symmans WF, Wolff AC, Davidson NE, Carey LA, Lee AV, Balko JM, Hoadley KA, Laird PW, Mardis ER, King TA; AURORA US Network, Perou CM
Nat Cancer. 2022 Dec 30 - Gehrke AE, Mendoza-Bertelli A, Ledo C, Gonzalez CD, Noto Llana M, Blanco C, Sordelli DO, Putman NE, Cassat JE, Delpino MV, Gómez MI.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2022 Dec 19:e0114022. - Pinto AM, Geenen R, Wager TD, Lumley MA, Häuser W, Kosek E, Ablin JN, Amris K, Branco J, Buskila D, Castelhano J, Castelo-Branco M, Crofford LJ, Fitzcharles MA, López-Solà M, Luís M, Marques TR, Mease PJ, Palavra F, Rhudy JL, Uddin LQ, Castilho P, Jacobs JWG, da Silva JAP.
Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2023 Jan;19(1):44-60. - Fischer MFS, Crowe JE, Meiler J.
PLoS Comput Biol. 2022 Dec 7;18(12):e1010230. - Raju N, Zhan X, Das S, Karwal L, Dean HJ, Crowe JE Jr, Carnahan RH, Georgiev IS.
Cell Rep. 2022 Dec 13;41(11):111807. - Allen RM, Michell DL, Cavnar AB, Zhu W, Makhijani N, Contreras DM, Raby CA, Semler EM, DeJulius C, Castleberry M, Zhang Y, Ramirez-Solano M, Zhao S, Duvall C, Doran AC, Sheng Q, Linton MF, Vickers KC.
Nat Cell Biol. 2022 Dec;24(12):1701-1713. - Chioma OS, Mallott EK, Chapman A, Van Amburg JC, Wu H, Shah-Gandhi B, Dey N, Kirkland ME, Blanca Piazuelo M, Johnson J, Bernard GR, Bodduluri SR, Davison S, Haribabu B, Bordenstein SR, Drake WP.
Commun Biol. 2022 Dec 22;5(1):1401. - Pino JC, Lubbock ALR, Harris LA, Gutierrez DB, Farrow MA, Muszynski N, Tsui T, Sherrod SD, Norris JL, McLean JA, Caprioli RM, Wikswo JP, Lopez CF.
iScience. 2022 Oct 19;25(11):105341. - Wiebe MA, Brannon JR, Steiner BD, Bamidele A, Schrimpe-Rutledge AC, Codreanu SG, Sherrod SD, McLean JA, Hadjifrangiskou M.
mBio. 2022 Dec 5;13(6):e0296322. - Manuel C, Maynard R, Humphries RM.
J Clin Microbiol. 2022 Dec 21;60(12):e0143022. - Cihlar JL, Harris BD, Wright PW, Humphries RM, Taylor CK, Cherry BR, Talbot TR.
nfect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 Dec 19:1-7. - Huse K, Bai B, Hilden VI, Bollum LK, Våtsveen TK, Munthe LA, Smeland EB, Irish JM, Wälchli S, Myklebust
J Immunol. 2022 Nov 15;209(10):2042-2053. - Medina S, Ihrie RA, Irish JM.
Semin Immunopathol. 2022 Dec 19:1–14. - Alves E, Al-Kaabi M, Keane NM, Leary S, Almeida CM, Deshpande P, Currenti J, Chopra A, Smith R, Castley A, Mallal S, Kalams SA, Gaudieri S, John M.
PLoS Pathog. 2022 Dec 16;18(12):e1010965. - Fraebel J, Engelhardt BG, Kim TK.
Transplant Cell Ther. 2022 Nov 22:S2666-6367(22)01778-X. - Kim SH, Adams TS, Hu Q, Shin HJ, Chae G, Lee SE, Sharma L, Kwon HK, Lee FY, Park HJ, Huh WJ, Manning E, Kaminski N, Sauler M, Chen L, Song JW, Kim TK, Kang MJ.
Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2022 Nov 30 - Bernard SC, Washington MK, Lacy DB.
PLoS Pathog. 2022 Nov 21;18(11):e1010997. - Castro-Córdova P, Otto-Medina M, Montes-Bravo N, Brito-Silva C, Lacy DB, Paredes-Sabja D.
Infect Immun. 2022 Nov 30:e0047622. - Bilches Medinas D, Malik S, Yıldız-Bölükbaşı E, Borgonovo J, Saaranen MJ, Urra H, Pulgar E, Afzal M, Contreras D, Wright MT, Bodaleo F, Quiroz G, Rozas P, Mumtaz S, Díaz R, Rozas C, Cabral-Miranda F, Piña R, Valenzuela V, Uyan O, Reardon C, Woehlbier U, Brown RH, Sena-Esteves M, Gonzalez-Billault C, Morales B, Plate L, Ruddock LW, Concha ML, Hetz C, Tolun A.
EMBO J. 2022 Dec 17;41(2):e105531. - McDonald EF, Jones T, Plate L, Meiler J, Gulsevin A.
Structure. 2022 Nov 30:S0969-2126(22)00479-8. - Song W, Postoak JL, Yang G, Guo X, Pua HH, Bader J, Rathmell JC, Kobayashi H, Haase VH, Leaptrot KL, Schrimpe-Rutledge AC, Sherrod SD, McLean JA, Zhang J, Wu L, Van Kaer L.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Jan 3;120(1):e2214874120 - Greenwood DL, Ramsey HE, Nguyen PTT, Patterson AR, Voss K, Bader JE, Sugiura A, Bacigalupa ZA, Schaefer S, Ye X, Dahunsi DO, Madden MZ, Wellen KE, Savona MR, Ferrell PB, Rathmell JC.
Immunohorizons. 2022 Dec 1;6(12):837-850. - Nelson DJ, Shilts MH, Pakala SB, Das SR, Schmitz JE, Haselton FR.
Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2022 Dec 12. - Weiss A, Laut CL, Antoine-Reid T, Skaar EP, Schmitz JE.
Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2022 Dec 20. - Lang C, Roy S, Wang Y, Graves D, Xu Y, Serezani CH, Korrer M, Kim YJ.
Front Immunol. 2022 Nov 9;13:993771. - Pham L, Komalavilas P, Eddie AM, Thayer TE, Greenwood DL, Liu KH, Weinberg J, Patterson A, Fessel JP, Boyd KL, Schafer JC, Kuck JL, Shaver AC, Flaherty DK, Matlock BK, Wijers CDM, Serezani CH, Jones DP, Brittain EL, Rathmell JC, Noto MJ.
Commun Biol. 2022 Dec 13;5(1):1366. - Owen AM, Luan L, Burelbach KR, McBride MA, Stothers CL, Boykin OA, Sivanesam K, Schaedel JF, Patil TK, Wang J, Hernandez A, Patil NK, Sherwood ER, Bohannon JK.
Front Immunol. 2022 Nov 11;13:1044662. - Cuevas S, Liu QK, Qian H, Joffe ME, Calvitti K, Schladt M, Skaar EP, Oliver KH.
PLoS One. 2022 Dec 30;17(12):e0279183 - Townsend SD
ACS Infect Dis. 2022 Dec 28. - Lee SW, Park HJ, Van Kaer L, Hong S.
Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Dec 5;23(23):15316. - Park HJ, Lee SW, Song JG, Van Kaer L, Cheon JH, Lim SJ, Han HK, Hong S.
Molecules. 2022 Dec 9;27(24):8743. - Zhang C, Huo X, Zhu Y, Higginbotham JN, Cao Z, Lu X, Franklin JL, Vickers KC, Coffey RJ, Senapati S, Wang C, Chang HC.
Commun Biol. 2022 Dec 10;5(1):1358. - Bharti V, Watkins R, Kumar A, Shattuck-Brandt RL, Mossing A, Mittra A, Shen C, Tsung A, Davies AE, Hanel W, Reneau JC, Chung C, Sizemore GM, Richmond A, Weiss VL, Vilgelm AE.
Cell Rep. 2022 Dec 20;41(12):111826. - Gobert AP, Asim M, Smith TM, Williams KJ, Barry DP, Allaman MM, McNamara KM, Hawkins CV, Delgado AG, Blanca Piazuelo M, Rathmacher JA, Wilson KT.
Biomed Pharmacother. 2022 Dec 6;158:114092. - Taylor SJ, Winter MG, Gillis CC, Silva LAD, Dobbins AL, Muramatsu MK, Jimenez AG, Chanin RB, Spiga L, Llano EM, Rojas VK, Kim J, Santos RL, Zhu W, Winter SE.
Microbiome. 2022 Nov 26;10(1):200. - Bogomolnaya L, Talamantes M, Rocha J, Nagarajan A, Zhu W, Spiga L, Winter MG, Konganti K, Adams LG, Winter S, Andrews-Polymenis H.
mBio. 2022 Dec 8:e0244422.
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