Mary Weber (Weber lab)
@mweberlab.bsky.social
Associate Professor at the University of Iowa. Studying host-pathogen interactions, with a focus on Chlamydia and Orientia effector proteins and host cell biology.
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The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
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September 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
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🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨
Come work with us at the University of Iowa on Orientia tsutsugamushi—a fascinating intracellular pathogen. Projects include building genetic tools + uncovering how effectors hijack host cell cycle + centrosome function.
Please share!
📩 mary-weber@uiowa.edu
🔗 weber.lab.uiowa.edu
Come work with us at the University of Iowa on Orientia tsutsugamushi—a fascinating intracellular pathogen. Projects include building genetic tools + uncovering how effectors hijack host cell cycle + centrosome function.
Please share!
📩 mary-weber@uiowa.edu
🔗 weber.lab.uiowa.edu
July 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨
Come work with us at the University of Iowa on Orientia tsutsugamushi—a fascinating intracellular pathogen. Projects include building genetic tools + uncovering how effectors hijack host cell cycle + centrosome function.
Please share!
📩 mary-weber@uiowa.edu
🔗 weber.lab.uiowa.edu
Come work with us at the University of Iowa on Orientia tsutsugamushi—a fascinating intracellular pathogen. Projects include building genetic tools + uncovering how effectors hijack host cell cycle + centrosome function.
Please share!
📩 mary-weber@uiowa.edu
🔗 weber.lab.uiowa.edu
Reposted by Mary Weber (Weber lab)
PSA for NIH R35s: My R35 was administratively withdrawn this year because I broke my Future Research into “Aims” & they said this violated the “Do not submit a Specific Aims page or identify specific aims” policy.
So. Don’t use the word “Aims” in an R35 - use “Projects”. #critical
So. Don’t use the word “Aims” in an R35 - use “Projects”. #critical
March 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
PSA for NIH R35s: My R35 was administratively withdrawn this year because I broke my Future Research into “Aims” & they said this violated the “Do not submit a Specific Aims page or identify specific aims” policy.
So. Don’t use the word “Aims” in an R35 - use “Projects”. #critical
So. Don’t use the word “Aims” in an R35 - use “Projects”. #critical
Reposted by Mary Weber (Weber lab)
BV study section rescheduled for mid-April, posted on the Federal Register yesterday
March 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
BV study section rescheduled for mid-April, posted on the Federal Register yesterday
I’m absolutely devastated. My heart goes out to those who put so much effort into these applications and to the panel members who dedicated their time and energy to reviewing them. Hoping for a swift resolution!
BV study section cancelled this morning, no notice. All of that effort.. 🤬 #NIH
February 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I’m absolutely devastated. My heart goes out to those who put so much effort into these applications and to the panel members who dedicated their time and energy to reviewing them. Hoping for a swift resolution!
Stunning microscopy and fascinating new insights from @lamasonlab.bsky.social on Rickettsia-ER contact sites. Incredible work!
Yamilex Acevedo-Sánchez et al. @lamasonlab.bsky.social characterize a novel interkingdom contact site between the ER and a cytosolic bacterial pathogen. They report that these bacteria–ER contacts (BERCs) require the tethering proteins VAPA and VAPB. https://buff.ly/4gXzZfI
January 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Stunning microscopy and fascinating new insights from @lamasonlab.bsky.social on Rickettsia-ER contact sites. Incredible work!
Registration is open for the NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program in Microbiology at the Host-Pathogen Interface. This 10-week summer program places students in bacteriology, immunology, parasitology, or virology research labs. bit.ly/3ACBJvt
December 11, 2024 at 3:23 AM
Registration is open for the NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program in Microbiology at the Host-Pathogen Interface. This 10-week summer program places students in bacteriology, immunology, parasitology, or virology research labs. bit.ly/3ACBJvt
🎉 Big congratulations to MSTP student Xavier Tijerina and Postdoctoral Fellow Jabeena on the release of their exciting preprint! 🚀 Their work sheds new light on CpoS and its interactions with host and other Inc proteins! Check it out here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Tetramer formation of CpoS facilitates Inc-Inc interactions during Chlamydia trachomatis infection
Chlamydia trachomatis ( C.t. ), the leading bacterial cause of sexually transmitted infections, replicates within a unique intracellular compartment called the inclusion, which is modified by secreted...
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December 4, 2024 at 4:55 PM
🎉 Big congratulations to MSTP student Xavier Tijerina and Postdoctoral Fellow Jabeena on the release of their exciting preprint! 🚀 Their work sheds new light on CpoS and its interactions with host and other Inc proteins! Check it out here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Remember, many recommendation letters you were asked to fill out are due December 1st (many emails DON'T say this for whatever stupid reason). That is before you return to work after Thanksgiving since it is so late. Do it before you eat that Turkey. The students will have less indigestion.
November 26, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Friday we said farewell to our incredible postdoc Jaby, who’s off to do amazing work with Rama Rao Amara at Emory. Best of luck, Jaby—we’ll miss you and can’t wait to see all you accomplish! 👏🎉
November 25, 2024 at 12:57 PM
Friday we said farewell to our incredible postdoc Jaby, who’s off to do amazing work with Rama Rao Amara at Emory. Best of luck, Jaby—we’ll miss you and can’t wait to see all you accomplish! 👏🎉
Excellent advice on P&T!
I have been on Promotion and Tenure Committees for several years now. Here are some things I wish candidates knew. A thread!
Complete with ridiculous gifs 😀
PTR committee members, please add to this thread! 1/x
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PTR committee members, please add to this thread! 1/x
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November 15, 2024 at 12:34 PM
Excellent advice on P&T!
Had a fantastic time hosting @shames-lab.bsky.social for an inspiring seminar! Incredible science and exciting insights—thanks for sharing your work with us!
November 13, 2024 at 3:12 AM
Had a fantastic time hosting @shames-lab.bsky.social for an inspiring seminar! Incredible science and exciting insights—thanks for sharing your work with us!