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journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb… First big Tucker lab paper! Everyone in the lab made an appearance on the author list:) So proud and grateful for our collaborators and to the editors/reviewers for helping us improve the manuscript.
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb…
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journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb… First big Tucker lab paper! Everyone in the lab made an appearance on the author list:) So proud and grateful for our collaborators and to the editors/reviewers for helping us improve the manuscript.
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb…
June 4, 2025 at 12:58 AM
We are hiring! 😊
Hey y'all! My department is conducting a search for an assistant or associate professor in bacteriology. It's pretty broadly defined. If you know anyone who's looking for a great department that does awesome science - please send them our way! You can DM me with any questions you have 😀
May 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Krista Freeman et al 𝘊𝘌𝘓𝘓

stunning atomic-level imaging (Cryo-EM, cryo-ET) reveals how 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐠𝐞 Bxb1 reshapes its tail tip to breach the mycobacterial cell wall and deliver DNA to the cytoplasm

can inform precise targeted phage therapies for TB and NTM infections

www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
April 18, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Congratulations to Calyssa Huff, my previous REU student and current ICARE postbac, on her NSF GRFP award! I am so proud of her hard work. Shout out to her UG mentor at NM tech, Dr. Daniel Jones, and her mentors through REU and ICARE!
April 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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I think people both within science and outside science don’t fully appreciate the miracle that were the Covid-19 vaccines. How much courage it took to get the sequence out, how much work had already gone into figuring out the best viral antigen and how best to present it. 1/
February 23, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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The last few weeks have been brutal for scientists but today I saw a gorgeous and interesting talk by a grad student in our zebrafish group and had two fabulously productive meetings with my undergrad thesis students. Growth and discovery are still happening and it is a balm to my soul 🧪❤️
February 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Just got the dreaded email. University of Iowa is halting all NIH grant submissions.

Losing a generation of scientists here will send the state backwards. What a travesty.
February 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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It's that time of year. Confocal + Christmas = Xmas Tree, Ymas Tree, and our favorite Zmas tree. #microscopy #confocal #imaging
December 11, 2024 at 7:04 PM
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Couldn’t find a virology starter pack so here’s one to get the ball rolling. Repost/reply if you are a virologist so I can find and add you to the list!

go.bsky.app/SinqoJU
November 10, 2024 at 2:43 PM
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Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️

So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality?

We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary

#WomeninSTEM

www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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November 25, 2024 at 12:38 PM
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I’ll say it again.

Vaccines are LIFESAVING MIRACLES.
The HPV vaccine has been recommended in the US since 2006. New study out today shows that cervical cancer deaths in young women in the years that followed have plummeted, decreasing 15% per year from 2013-2015.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Cervical Cancer Mortality Among US Women Younger Than 25 Years
This study examines trends in cervical cancer mortality in US women aged younger than 25 years before and after the introduction of human papillomavirus vaccines.
jamanetwork.com
November 28, 2024 at 2:41 PM
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We 😍😍 herpesviruses plaques
November 28, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Come be my colleague! Wonderful group of virologists. Message me with any questions:) jobs.uiowa.edu/faculty/view...
Faculty Requisition Details - Jobs@UIOWA: Search and Apply for Jobs at The University of IowaUnivers...
Jobs@UIOWA: The official place to search and apply for jobs at The University of Iowa.
jobs.uiowa.edu
October 25, 2023 at 9:11 AM