Matthew Higgs, PhD
@madeofmicrobes.bsky.social
Reposted by Matthew Higgs, PhD
A huge congratulations to Cristian, who defended this PhD thesis yesterday. We're proud to now call him Dr. Roca!
November 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
A huge congratulations to Cristian, who defended this PhD thesis yesterday. We're proud to now call him Dr. Roca!
It's been a crazy (but great) 5 years. Glad to finally be done!
Research labs can be a revolving door of people. Today we officially welcomed a new PhD student, Rose Mason. Also today, Matthew Higgs @madeofmicrobes.bsky.social defended his dissertation and earned his PhD. Congratulations to both of these amazing scientists!!!
May 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
It's been a crazy (but great) 5 years. Glad to finally be done!
Reposted by Matthew Higgs, PhD
For our first post on Bluesky, we're excited to share our recent work published in mBio @asm.org! Led by PhD student @madeofmicrobes.bsky.social, we show that flagellar motility and interactions with the mucus environment influence Pseudomonas antibiotic tolerance.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Flagellar motility and the mucus environment influence aggregation-mediated antibiotic tolerance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in chronic lung infection | mBio
Antibiotic treatment failure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection is a key driver of mortality in muco-obstructive airway diseases (MADs).
The bacterial mechanisms that contribute to antibiotic toleran...
journals.asm.org
May 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
For our first post on Bluesky, we're excited to share our recent work published in mBio @asm.org! Led by PhD student @madeofmicrobes.bsky.social, we show that flagellar motility and interactions with the mucus environment influence Pseudomonas antibiotic tolerance.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...