Jéssica Mendonça
@Jesscmendonca
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Postdoc at @UTKMicrobiology interested in microbial interactions and vaginal/reproductive health. MS and PhD in Bioscience🔬🇧🇷 #strep #GBS #catmom She/her
Knoxville, TN
Joined June 2009
RT @abaumler: Infection and Immunity is now welcoming nominations for highly promising scientists at the assistant professor level (or equi….
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RT @JWVeening: Now published @NatureComms, congrats @Bevika2 Kinki Jim, @vincentdebakker Florian Bock, @PaddyGibson2!..
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Nature Communications - Streptococcus pneumoniae, the causative agent of pneumococcal disease, has become increasingly resistant to fluoroquinolones. Through CRISPRi-seq, the authors identify the...
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RT @UTKMicrobiology: From bench to bedside—innovative research in our department is driving real impact. Dr. Lindsey Burcham’s collaboratio….
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Joint appointments with the College of Medicine help University of Tennessee, Knoxville faculty address complex health challenges.
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Thanks for allowing me to be part of such awesome story. Congratulations Andrew, Ashley, the entire Monteith lab and collaborators!.
The debut paper from the lab is live! Check out the amazing work by @AWiseMitchell and collaborators discovering that mitochondria are not just the 'powerhouse of the cell' but adapted by neutrophils to sense bacterial persistence and trigger NETosis.
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RT @RonniAnderson: Getting the spiderwebs out to excitedly share our new work @KimInGeneva lab. We studied how Enterococci use lactic acid….
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Macrophage activation is critical for the innate immune response, and its suppression by pathogens represents a significant barrier to immune clearance. Here we identify E. faecalis -derived lactic...
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RT @UTKMicrobiology: From PhD to Startup! Microbiology alumnus Jordan Cannon turned his research into Circular Biosciences, a company tackl….
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RT @LucyICM: New paper from the lab out today on Akkermansia muciniphila and how it breaks down host glycans! @IMIBirmingham @unibirm_CMH….
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Nature Microbiology - Biochemical characterization of 66 carbohydrate-active enzymes from the gut microorganism Akkermansia muciniphila reveals that these enzymes can break down a range of host...
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RT @Rebecca_Keogh: Applications are open for the 2025 GRS/GRC on Staphylococcal Diseases! Make sure to get your abstracts submitted for the….
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Our paper is out! If you work with systemic models of bacterial infection in mice, we hope this is a good tool to decide the best model for your research!.
Read @Jesscmendonca & @LindseyAtUTK 's latest publication, "Comparison of lateral tail vein and retro-orbital venous sinus as routes of inoculation to study Group B streptococcal systemic infection"
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RT @McDevitt_Lab: Congrats to Aurélia Hiron and team, Université de Tours, for their #genetics study into how the #pathogen Streptococcus a….
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Streptococcus agalactiae is a bacterial human pathobiont causing invasive diseases in neonates. Upon infection, S. agalactiae is presented with Zn limitation and excess but the genetic systems that...
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RT @MVMazzuoli: Thrilled to have contributed to this innovative approach of costitutively activating TCS sensors to decode complex regulato….
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Nature Communications - Bacterial two-component systems (TCSs) consist of a sensor histidine kinase (HK) and a response regulator that modulate gene expression. Here, the authors generate...
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RT @UTKMicrobiology: Congrats to Dr. Jéssica dC Mendonça @Jesscmendonca of the Burcham lab @LindseyAtUTK for winning the People’s Choice A….
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So we all agree that Moo Deng videos/photos are the best thing happening on Twitter right now? 💜.
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Thank you Burcham Lab!! Thank you @LindseyAtUTK for being the best PI I could ask for, and for creating this supportive, knowledgeable, inspirational and amazing atmosphere in your lab. I am such a lucky postdoc!!!
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…dedication to make me feel appreciated and loved. Sometimes when things don’t go the way I’m expecting, or when I miss home, I remember how grateful I am for having them by my side to make me feel supported, contribute with my research and just remind me that here is home too.
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This #PostdocAppreciationWeek #NPAW2024 was the most special for me as a postdoc. I’m very lucky to work with such an amazing and caring group of people. They surprised me every single day with a themed decor (and some internal jokes), and I couldn’t be more happy with their […]
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RT @UTKMicrobiology: Applications are still open for our THREE tenure track positions, to start Fall 2025!
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RT @UTKMicrobiology: Interested in a PhD or MSc in Microbiology? We are accepting applications for Fall 2025!
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RT @Vol_Sports: A truly moving performance, inspired by the unyielding spirit of the Olympic Games
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