Valeria Reyes Ruiz
@reyesruiz.bsky.social
HHMI Hanna H. Gray Postdoc in the Skaar Lab | PhD in the Shin Lab | From Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 | Views are my own
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Valeria Reyes Ruiz
@reyesruiz.bsky.social
· May 14
1/3 It’s official 🙌🏽
The Reyes Ruiz Lab is opening in 2026 at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences. My lab will focus on host antibacterial effectors and adaptation of bacteria to host-imposed stress during S. aureus infections.
The Reyes Ruiz Lab is opening in 2026 at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences. My lab will focus on host antibacterial effectors and adaptation of bacteria to host-imposed stress during S. aureus infections.
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Mark your calendars! #mmpc2026 The 2026 Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference will be take place September 25-27, 2026 at the University of Minnesota! We are excited to welcome keynote speaker Dr. Andy Camilli. Give us a follow and watch for important information here ➡️ mmpc2026.umn.edu
Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference | Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference 2026
mmpc2026.umn.edu
October 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Mark your calendars! #mmpc2026 The 2026 Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference will be take place September 25-27, 2026 at the University of Minnesota! We are excited to welcome keynote speaker Dr. Andy Camilli. Give us a follow and watch for important information here ➡️ mmpc2026.umn.edu
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Job alert ‼️ UChicago Micro is hiring! Open to tenured/tenure track faculty at all levels in any area of microbiology. Come join our amazing and growing department. apply.interfolio.com/174404
October 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Job alert ‼️ UChicago Micro is hiring! Open to tenured/tenure track faculty at all levels in any area of microbiology. Come join our amazing and growing department. apply.interfolio.com/174404
Ready for MMPC, but first, some yummy food in Chicago! 🥰♥️
October 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Ready for MMPC, but first, some yummy food in Chicago! 🥰♥️
Ready to start MegaMicrobe 2025! Thanks to Owen and Jesse for leading the Skaar Lab booth with the ESKAPE band. 🎸🤘
September 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Ready to start MegaMicrobe 2025! Thanks to Owen and Jesse for leading the Skaar Lab booth with the ESKAPE band. 🎸🤘
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Honored to have received the 2026 ASM Award for Early Career Basic Research. This award is also a recognition of my phenomenal trainees and their hard work. Thank you to the mentors that have supported my career and those who have nominated me for this award.
asm.org/press-releas...
asm.org/press-releas...
September 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Honored to have received the 2026 ASM Award for Early Career Basic Research. This award is also a recognition of my phenomenal trainees and their hard work. Thank you to the mentors that have supported my career and those who have nominated me for this award.
asm.org/press-releas...
asm.org/press-releas...
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Did you miss the opportunity to submit an abstract to MMPC?
We have extended the deadline to August 25! Please consider sharing your latest and greatest research!
www.mmpconference2025.com/submit-an-ab...
We have extended the deadline to August 25! Please consider sharing your latest and greatest research!
www.mmpconference2025.com/submit-an-ab...
MMPC 2025 - Submit an Abstract
Submission Dates
Abstract submission will open on May 1, 2025
Oral abstract submission deadline: July 15, 2025
Poster abstract submission deadline: Extended to August 25!
Instructions for abstract s...
www.mmpconference2025.com
August 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Did you miss the opportunity to submit an abstract to MMPC?
We have extended the deadline to August 25! Please consider sharing your latest and greatest research!
www.mmpconference2025.com/submit-an-ab...
We have extended the deadline to August 25! Please consider sharing your latest and greatest research!
www.mmpconference2025.com/submit-an-ab...
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Please share my 1 min video on the importance of maintaining NIH funding of infectious diseases and drug discovery research vs rising antibiotic resistance
Drastic budget cuts harm our health and imperil the next generation of scientists
More @UCSanDiego “Behind Every Breakthrough” bit.ly/3FlXQs3
Drastic budget cuts harm our health and imperil the next generation of scientists
More @UCSanDiego “Behind Every Breakthrough” bit.ly/3FlXQs3
August 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Please share my 1 min video on the importance of maintaining NIH funding of infectious diseases and drug discovery research vs rising antibiotic resistance
Drastic budget cuts harm our health and imperil the next generation of scientists
More @UCSanDiego “Behind Every Breakthrough” bit.ly/3FlXQs3
Drastic budget cuts harm our health and imperil the next generation of scientists
More @UCSanDiego “Behind Every Breakthrough” bit.ly/3FlXQs3
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Super excited to share our paper online 🚨today🚨 in Cell Host & Microbe! Xiaomei Ren @xiaomeiren.bsky.social and Mason Clark @rmasonclark.bsky.social co-led discovery of ecological factors for Acinetobacter baumannii carriage in the gut, a reservoir for pathogen spread. 🎉
tinyurl.com/443kfefk
tinyurl.com/443kfefk
Amino acid competition shapes A. baumannii gut carriage
Acinetobacter baumannii uses ornithine to compete w/ microbiota & persist in gut. Amino acid supplementation & differences in diet promote A. baumannii gut colonization in mice & humans
@laurenpalmer.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
Acinetobacter baumannii uses ornithine to compete w/ microbiota & persist in gut. Amino acid supplementation & differences in diet promote A. baumannii gut colonization in mice & humans
@laurenpalmer.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
Amino acid competition shapes Acinetobacter baumannii gut carriage
Ren and Clark et al. show that Acinetobacter baumannii uses ornithine to compete with
the resident microbiota and persist in the gut. Additional evidence demonstrates that
amino acid supplementation a...
www.cell.com
August 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Super excited to share our paper online 🚨today🚨 in Cell Host & Microbe! Xiaomei Ren @xiaomeiren.bsky.social and Mason Clark @rmasonclark.bsky.social co-led discovery of ecological factors for Acinetobacter baumannii carriage in the gut, a reservoir for pathogen spread. 🎉
tinyurl.com/443kfefk
tinyurl.com/443kfefk
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Happy to share Iván’s first-author pub from the lab! www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Staphylococcus aureus exploits lipoic acid salvage to combat host oxidative stress
Acosta et al. find that ADP-ribosylation of the lipoic acid carrier protein GcvH-L
promotes Staphylococcus aureus resistance to oxidative burst and facilitates infection.
ADP-ribosylation leads to a s...
www.cell.com
August 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Happy to share Iván’s first-author pub from the lab! www.cell.com/cell-reports...
This is awesome! Congratulations Angel. Excited to get to UW Madison and connect again. 🙂
Recognizing the importance of language accessibility in science and scientific communication, I have translated this work into Spanish. You can find the Spanish translation in Supplementary file 3!
I'm excited to announced that the version of record of this article is out in @elife.bsky.social. With the other first coauthor My Tran, we found that phage resistance cause reduced beta-lactam resistance and reduced virulence phenotypes in diverse MRSA strains.
elifesciences.org/articles/102...
elifesciences.org/articles/102...
July 11, 2025 at 2:58 AM
This is awesome! Congratulations Angel. Excited to get to UW Madison and connect again. 🙂
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I'm excited to announced that the version of record of this article is out in @elife.bsky.social. With the other first coauthor My Tran, we found that phage resistance cause reduced beta-lactam resistance and reduced virulence phenotypes in diverse MRSA strains.
elifesciences.org/articles/102...
elifesciences.org/articles/102...
Bacteriophage infection drives loss of β-lactam resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
In methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, evolution of bacteriophage resistance causes trade-offs that re-sensitize the bacteriato β-lactam antibiotics.
elifesciences.org
July 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I'm excited to announced that the version of record of this article is out in @elife.bsky.social. With the other first coauthor My Tran, we found that phage resistance cause reduced beta-lactam resistance and reduced virulence phenotypes in diverse MRSA strains.
elifesciences.org/articles/102...
elifesciences.org/articles/102...
Somedays are so heavy. Keep the empathy and kindness at 100%. This world needs who you are! ♥️
July 4, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Somedays are so heavy. Keep the empathy and kindness at 100%. This world needs who you are! ♥️
This is our home ❤️🥹 Feels good to spend time with family.
June 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This is our home ❤️🥹 Feels good to spend time with family.
Congratulations to everyone, especially to @joeyzacks.bsky.social! So well deserved. 🥰
May 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Congratulations to everyone, especially to @joeyzacks.bsky.social! So well deserved. 🥰
Congrats to @sarahprice.bsky.social on her win for the Skaar Lab Desserts Taste test! Also, celebrating @eliasxwest.bsky.social. Big win with Cremé Bruleé. Runner up with a strawberry pie.
#SkaarLabBracket
#SkaarLabBracket
May 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Congrats to @sarahprice.bsky.social on her win for the Skaar Lab Desserts Taste test! Also, celebrating @eliasxwest.bsky.social. Big win with Cremé Bruleé. Runner up with a strawberry pie.
#SkaarLabBracket
#SkaarLabBracket
1/3 It’s official 🙌🏽
The Reyes Ruiz Lab is opening in 2026 at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences. My lab will focus on host antibacterial effectors and adaptation of bacteria to host-imposed stress during S. aureus infections.
The Reyes Ruiz Lab is opening in 2026 at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences. My lab will focus on host antibacterial effectors and adaptation of bacteria to host-imposed stress during S. aureus infections.
May 14, 2025 at 3:40 AM
1/3 It’s official 🙌🏽
The Reyes Ruiz Lab is opening in 2026 at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences. My lab will focus on host antibacterial effectors and adaptation of bacteria to host-imposed stress during S. aureus infections.
The Reyes Ruiz Lab is opening in 2026 at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences. My lab will focus on host antibacterial effectors and adaptation of bacteria to host-imposed stress during S. aureus infections.
So much joy to see everyone today coming together to celebrate 20 years of the Skaar Lab. Thank you to Eric for the leadership and mentorship over the years! 🥰
April 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
So much joy to see everyone today coming together to celebrate 20 years of the Skaar Lab. Thank you to Eric for the leadership and mentorship over the years! 🥰
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Celebrating 20 years of the Skaar Lab 🙂
So good to be back in Nashville to celebrate 20 years of the Skaar Lab!
April 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Celebrating 20 years of the Skaar Lab 🙂
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Thrilled to share our @elife.bsky.social paper "Inflammasomes primarily restrict cytosolic Salmonella replication within human macrophages" by 1st author Dr. @marisaegan.bsky.social (@cambupenn.bsky.social alum, now faculty @swarthmorecollege.bsky.social)! elifesciences.org/articles/90107 🧵(1/n)
elifesciences.org
April 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Thrilled to share our @elife.bsky.social paper "Inflammasomes primarily restrict cytosolic Salmonella replication within human macrophages" by 1st author Dr. @marisaegan.bsky.social (@cambupenn.bsky.social alum, now faculty @swarthmorecollege.bsky.social)! elifesciences.org/articles/90107 🧵(1/n)
During a conversation today, someone said that in order to be courageous, you have to experience fear. That stuck with me. The fear of uncertainty is so strong, but taking it day by day, with love and courage, is the only way I can see forward.
February 14, 2025 at 2:58 AM
During a conversation today, someone said that in order to be courageous, you have to experience fear. That stuck with me. The fear of uncertainty is so strong, but taking it day by day, with love and courage, is the only way I can see forward.
Two talks, same outfit vibe 😅🥰♥️
December 18, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Two talks, same outfit vibe 😅🥰♥️
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Dr. Joseph Zackular, from CHOP and UPenn discusses his mRNA vaccine research for #Cdifficile. The vaccine has shown promise in reducing mortality in animal models, with plans to move to human trials. #IDsky #MEDsky
Stay tuned for part 2 tomorrow: www.contagionlive.com/view/mrna-va...
Stay tuned for part 2 tomorrow: www.contagionlive.com/view/mrna-va...
mRNA Vaccine Shows Potential for C difficile Infections
Joseph Zackular, PhD, shares insights on his team’s mRNA vaccine research for C difficile, highlighting progress in animal models and future plans for human trials.
www.contagionlive.com
December 16, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Dr. Joseph Zackular, from CHOP and UPenn discusses his mRNA vaccine research for #Cdifficile. The vaccine has shown promise in reducing mortality in animal models, with plans to move to human trials. #IDsky #MEDsky
Stay tuned for part 2 tomorrow: www.contagionlive.com/view/mrna-va...
Stay tuned for part 2 tomorrow: www.contagionlive.com/view/mrna-va...
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🤯🔥Awesome work from @stallingslab.bsky.social on NETs induced by type I IFN & released from intracellular vesicles without death of the Neutrophils! This NET release is associated with increased M.tb replication, and cellular necrosis and caseation within the granuloma! www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
Type I IFN-mediated NET release promotes Mycobacterium tuberculosis replication and is associated with granuloma caseation
Sur Chowdhury et al. report that Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection results in the release of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) that promote Mtb replication and associate with tissue damage. Blocking NET release results in better control of Mtb replication, revealing a strategy for treating these deadly infections.
www.cell.com
December 5, 2024 at 1:01 AM
🤯🔥Awesome work from @stallingslab.bsky.social on NETs induced by type I IFN & released from intracellular vesicles without death of the Neutrophils! This NET release is associated with increased M.tb replication, and cellular necrosis and caseation within the granuloma! www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
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Excited to see many in the bacterial pathogenesis community joining here in the last few weeks, so here's a Starter Pack to help make connections. Reply/DM to be added to this or future Packs. #Microsky go.bsky.app/VH64BaY
November 17, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Excited to see many in the bacterial pathogenesis community joining here in the last few weeks, so here's a Starter Pack to help make connections. Reply/DM to be added to this or future Packs. #Microsky go.bsky.app/VH64BaY