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Dept of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology at Johns Hopkins
@johnshopkinsmmi.bsky.social
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Basic science dept focused on control, prevention & treatment of infectious diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, parasites and fungi.
MMI is part of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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Looking forward to this week's MMI Thursday Seminar featuring @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @cambiochem.bsky.social Professor Mark Carrington!

📆 THURS NOV 13
🕰️. 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. EST
📍 @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
🏫 Sheldon Hall W1214
November 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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MMI Published Research | Casadevall Lab

Recent study published in @isme-microbes.bsky.social finds some fungi may adapt to higher temperatures in urban areas

@danielfq.bsky.social @acasadevall1.bsky.social @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social

Study highlights ⬇️
publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/urban-f...
November 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Looking forward to this week's MMI Thursday Seminar featuring @uvmvermont.bsky.social @uvmlarnermed.bsky.social Professor Chris Huston, MD!

📆 THURS NOV. 6
🕰️ 12:00 p.m.
📍 @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
🏫 Becton Dickinson W1030
November 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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And for the *WIN* the Norris Lab takes 1st place 🏆 in @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social MMI 2025 Halloween Costume Contest!

Norris Lab "Spice Girls'

Left>right Sporty Spice (Owen Jaeck), Scary Spice (Renee Ali), Baby Spice (Charley Wang), Posh Spice (Xiang Yin) & Ginger Spice (Margaret Becker)
November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Congratulations @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social @johnshopkinsmmi.bsky.social @davislabjhu.bsky.social Davis Lab who placed 2nd 🏆 in the 2025 @johnshopkinsmmi.bsky.social Halloween Costume Contest as the @orioles.com Jumbotron Crab shuffle!
davislabjhu.bsky.social Kim Davis @davislabjhu.bsky.social · 9d
Happy Halloween from the @DavisLabJHU !! Featuring the @orioles.com Jumbotron Crab shuffle, hotdog race, and bird bath. Proudly took home 2nd place in the @johnshopkinsmmi.bsky.social departmental costume contest! 😀 🦀 🌭
November 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Great turnout at Friday's @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social @johnshopkinsmmi.bsky.social 2025 Halloween Costume Celebration! The Thompson Lab @e-thompson-lab.bsky.social/The Immune Squad representing!
e-thompson-lab.bsky.social Elizabeth Thompson @e-thompson-lab.bsky.social · 10d
Another year of tough competition for the @johnshopkinsmmi.bsky.social annual Halloween costume contest! The Thompson lab was well represented as the Immune Squad and an evil measles virus!
November 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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This week's MMI Thursday Seminar features @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social @yale.edu Maudry Laurent-Rolle, MD, PhD

📅 THURS OCT 30
🕰️ 12:00 p.m.
📍 @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
🏫 Sheldon Hall W1214
October 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Virologist & @jhu.edu Professor @andrewpekosz.bsky.social talks Avian Flu, how the Pekosz Lab @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social studies viruses, & how philanthropic gifts -like support from the Eliasberg Family Foundation- make a critical impact on science & public health.

giving.jhu.edu/story/avian-...
Could Avian Flu Be the Next Pandemic? | Giving to Johns Hopkins
With support from the Eliasberg Family Foundation, Andy Pekosz, PhD, a professor in the W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of ...
giving.jhu.edu
October 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Happening soon!

TODAY's MMI Thursday Seminar features @cuanschutz.bsky.social Professor Ross Kedl!

📅 Thurs. Oct. 23
⏰ 12:00 p.m.
📍 @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
🏢 Sheldon Hall W1214
October 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Looking forward to this week's MMI Thursday Seminar featuring @cumedicalschool.bsky.social Ross Kedl, PhD!

📆 Thursday, Oct. 23
⏰ 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
📍 @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
🏢 Sommer Hall E2014/E3018
October 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Reposted by Dept of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology at Johns Hopkins
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Public Health On Call will soon release our 1,000th episode—and you can join the celebration 🎉

Submit questions for our hosts by October 31 for the opportunity to hear your voice on the podcast.

🎙️Email voice memos to PublicHealthQuestion@jhu.edu.
October 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Thank you to this week's MMI Thursday Seminar speaker @gwsmhs.bsky.social Rebecca Lynch!
October 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Kristen Johansson, @jhu.edu student, shares her battle to fight 3 tickborne diseases concurrently-Lyme disease, bartonellosis & babesiosis- in this moving, personal essay.

Kristen studies in @johnshopkinsmmi.bsky.social Lab of tickborne diseases researcher Nicole Baumgarth @jhu-bdps.bsky.social
johnshopkinssph.bsky.social Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social · 27d
"I want my story to lead to a day when patients and scientists alike not only understand Lyme disease but use their superpowers to overcome it," says Kristen Johansson, a @jhu.edu undergrad working in Nicole Baumgarth’s lab.

magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/when-ly...
When Lyme Stopped My Childhood | Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health Magazine
The tickborne disease stole years of my life, but it also revealed my superpower.
magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu
October 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Looking forward to this week's MMI Thursday Seminar featuring @gwu1821.bsky.social School of Medicine's Associate Professor Rebecca Lynch!

📆 Thursday, Oct. 16
⏰ 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
📍 @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
🏢 Sommer Hall E2014/E3018
October 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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MMI Published Research | Coppens Lab

@johnshopkinssph.bsky.social 1st author Julia Romano & team's research published @natmicrobiol.nature.com

Findings explain how parasite Toxoplasma interacts w/cell it infects & could lead to new ways to treat infections caused by the parasite

rdcu.be/eKlL8
October 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Looking forward to this week's MMI Thursday Seminar featuring @hopkinsmedicine.bsky.social Associate Professor Giorgio Raimondi

📆 Thursday, Oct. 9
⏰ 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
📍 @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
🏢 Sommer Hall E2014/E3018
October 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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MMI Department chair, @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social & @jhu-bdps.bsky.social Professor @acasadevall1.bsky.social shares insight on identifying & correcting AI vulnerabilities in @ngreenfieldboyce.bsky.social's 3-minute @npr.org segment.

www.npr.org/2025/10/02/n...
AI designs for dangerous DNA can slip past biosecurity measures, study shows
Companies that make DNA for science labs screen out any requests for dangerous bits of genetic material. But a new study shows how AI could help malevolent actors get the stuff anyway.
www.npr.org
October 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Many thanks to today's MMI Thursday Seminar speaker @medschool.umaryland.edu Professor William Jackson @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social

@johnshopkinsmmi.bsky.social students and faculty enjoyed the opportunity to learn from your research and ask thoughtful questions after the presentation.
October 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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“There are probably thousands of species with human pathogenic potential that currently do not cause disease because they can’t tolerate human temperatures,” @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social & @jhu-bdps.bsky.social @acasadevall1.bsky.social tells Leader’s Edge.

www.leadersedge.com/healthcare/f...
Fungus Among Us | Leader's Edge Magazine
Fungus Among Us Fungal diseases are already estimated to kill millions of people each year and devastate crops. Now changing climates are showing fungi’s ability to adapt and spread.
www.leadersedge.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Looking forward to TODAY's MMI Thursday Seminar featuring @medschool.umaryland.edu's William Jackson, PhD!

📆 Thursday, October 2
⏰ 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
📍 @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
🏢 Sommer Hall E2014/E3018
October 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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“The need to find a phage that targets bacterial strains would be very urgent” says @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
@davislabjhu.bsky.social who wasn't involved w/the work
“Utilizing AI could be a powerful way of rapidly generating a phage match to treat patients.”
www.sciencenews.org/article/ai-g...
AI generated its first working genome: a tiny bacteria killer
Bacteriophages designed with AI kill E. coli faster than a well-studied strain, but the tech needs regulation before moving beyond lab dishes.
www.sciencenews.org
October 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Looking forward to this week's MMI Thursday Seminar featuring @medschool.umaryland.edu's Professor William Jackson, PhD!

📆 Thursday, October 2
⏰ 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
📍 @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
🏢 Sommer Hall E2014/E3018
September 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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PhD Candidate & @andrewpekosz.bsky.social Lab member Camille Wouters defends her PhD thesis tomorrow.

Good Luck, Camille!

📆 Friday, Sept. 26, 2025
⏰ 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
📍 @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
🏢 W2030
September 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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*Happening Soon*

TODAY's MMI Thursday Seminar features guest lecturer @uconnhealth.bsky.social Professor & Director of Research Justin Radolf, MD

📆 Thursday, Sept. 25
⏰ 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
📍@johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
🏢 Sommer Hall E2014/E3018
bit.ly/3IgWxwl
September 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Looking forward to this week's MMI Thursday Seminar featuring guest lecturer @uconnhealth.bsky.social Professor &
Director of Research Justin Radolf, MD!

🗓️ Thurs. Sept. 25
⏲️ 12:00 pm - 1:00 p.m.
@johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
Sommer Hall E2014/E3018
🔗 bit.ly/3IgWxwl
September 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM