A sex-specific salivary microbe predicts oral mucositis severity following blood cancer treatment
In 2022, oncologist Dr. Armin Rashidi joined the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (FHCC) to treat patients who receive stem cell transplants for the treatment of blood-related cancers. A new study recently published in npj Biofilms and Microbiomes describes work his group has done to understand microbial predictors of treatment complication severity.
A gut microbial enzyme that impacts host signaling in undernourished children
Dr. Siddarth Venkatesh, now at the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, previously studied the gut microbiome's impact on childhood undernutrition and the therapeutic potential of microbiota-directed complementary food (MDCF) at Washington University. The culmination of that work was published today in Science, where Dr. Venkatesh and coauthors describe a microbial fatty acid amide hydrolase that may be crucial for health in this context.
9/24 mim_cTP workshop: National Microbiome Data Collaborative
Our next mim_c Trainee Program meeting is a special edition National Microbiome Data Collaborative (NMDC) workshop hosted by NMDC ambassador Rebecca Maher (Postdoctoral Fellow, Friday Harbor Labs).
mim_cTP meeting 8/22
Our next Trainee Program meeting will be held Thursday, August 22nd at 2pm in the mim_c offices.
Save the date: 11/8 mim_c Fall Symposium
We are happy to announce the 2024 mim_c Fall Symposium, to be held the morning of November 8th at South Campus Center on the UW main campus.
mim_cTP meeting 7/26
Our next Trainee Program meeting will be held Friday, July 26th, 12-1pm in the mim_c offices.
mim_cTP meeting 6/28
Our next Trainee Program meeting will be held Friday, June 28th, 2-3pm in the mim_c offices.
Love Your Gut event 6/4 at The Gates Foundation
We will have an informational table at the June 4th microbiome-themed event at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Discovery Center.
mim_cTP meeting 5/24
Our next Trainee Program meeting will be held Friday, May 24th, 1-2pm in the mim_c offices.
Umbrella toxins discovered in Streptomyces present new class of antimicrobials
Results from a new study led by Drs. Qinqin Zhao and Joseph Mougous et al. uncovers a new modular proteinaceous antimicrobial particle produced by soil bacteria.
Endogenous microbes dominate post-surgical infections
A new publication from Drs. Dustin Long and Steve Salipante et al. yields insight into the sources of surgical site infections during major spine surgery.
mim_c Spring Symposium registration is open!
The event will be held 9:00am - 12:00pm on May 30th, 2024, in SOCC 316 on the UW main campus.
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mim_c TP Meeting 4/23
Our next Trainee Program meeting will be held Monday, April 23rd, 4-5pm in the mim_c offices.
mim_c Spring Symposium 5/30
We are happy to announce the 2024 mim_c Spring Symposium, to be held from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm on May 30th at South Campus Center on the UW main campus.
2023 mim_c Fall Symposium
Our UW mim_c Fall Microsymposium will be held from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm on November 15th, 2023, at a UW main campus venue TBD.