Dr. Laura Cook
@LauraInTheLab1
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Microbiologist studying streptococci 🧫🧬, Assist Prof @bingUBio, mom/wife, traveler, lover of Russian literature, ally 🍷 She/her/Dr. #newPI #steminist
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Joined February 2009
New preprint online! My favorite Streptococcus phage protein is actually an intrinsically disordered protein. The structure of paratox we know is only when its bound to ComR. @MBMicrobiology @umanitobasci @UofmMicroclub @UMmicrogsa @LauraInTheLab1
https://t.co/LiDCJzwMoF
biorxiv.org
The bacteriophage protein paratox blocks quorum sensing in its streptococcal host by directly binding the signal receptor and transcription factor ComR. This reduces ability of Streptococcus to...
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It’s set in Ink! I am a @UCSDMedSchool #PPFP 2024 award recipient. I got the call and I dropped a tear as I listened to the Ass. Director speak the words CONGRATULATIONS…..! Plenty thanks to my mentors @victornizet and @LauraInTheLab1 🫶🏾🇯🇲
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We colonized Ventura for the first ever Lactic Acid Bacteria GRC! What an incredible, supportive community for this chemist to be a part of 😊
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The Entero/Strepto fields are well-represented at #LABGRC in windy Ventura. Thanks to @rabritton and Maria Marco for organizing the inaugural meeting!
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Love hearing about the cool stuff in @LindseyAtUTK 's lab (and loved the shout outs to me and @Katy_Patras ) 😁
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Amazing talk on the power of citizen science in women's vaginal health by @SarahLebeer ❤️ #LABGRC
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Time for my favorite session of the #LABGRC! #vaginalsymbiosis @Katy_Patras @LindseyAtUTK @SarahLebeer @jacquesravel
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Sitting in a crazy jeep truck eating In-N-Out burgers talking about vaginal infections in the middle of the night on our way to the Lactic Acid Bacteria GRC. What could be better? @Katy_Patras @LindseyAtUTK #LABGRC
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Nice job by a talented undergraduate in my lab! Go Eliza! @BingUBio
https://t.co/RbF3wxcvoy
discovere.binghamton.edu
Undergraduate Eliza Klos sees her time in the lab as a foundation for a career in medicine.
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Interested in a career in biodefense? We are recruiting a PhD microbiologist to drive a Bacillus anthracis research program. DM with questions. Please RT. @VI4Research
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Excited to be back in MN to give a talk @UMNBiofilmClub Symposium!
One more day until the 2023 UMN Biofilm & Microbial Communities Symposium with keynotes by Drs. @LauraInTheLab1 and Noah Palm! Talks will start at 9am CST tomorrow. If you'd like to join virtually, please register so we can send you the Zoom link!
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Our new paper on the immune repose to P. aeruginosa persister cells is now out @ the mBio latest articles. We demonstrate the persister cells can evade the immune response. https://t.co/IbYL4Wzzc4
journals.asm.org
Bacterial cells have a subpopulation—persister cells—that have a low metabolism. Persister cells survive antimicrobial treatment and can regrow to cause chronic and recurrent infections.
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Make sure you join us on 4/21/23 for the UMN Biofilm & Microbial Communities Symposium featuring keynotes by Dr. Laura Cook @LauraInTheLab1 & Dr. Noah Valm! Register for in person & Zoom below 👇
Save the date! The 2023 UMN Biofilm & Microbial Communities Symposium will be Friday April 21st from 9am-3:30pm! Registration is free:
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Save the date! The 2023 UMN Biofilm & Microbial Communities Symposium will be Friday April 21st from 9am-3:30pm! Registration is free:
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The 2023 symposium will take place in the Cancer and Cardiovascular Research Building (CCRB) room 1-125 on the East Bank campus on Friday, April 21st from 8:45am - 3:30pm. Free lunch will be provided...
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The highlight of faculty life is our weekly zoom group who celebrates the wins and drags you through lows. PSA send alcohol for both. Drizzly is wicked fast. Today we celebrate @LindseyAtUTK for epic awesomeness!! #LeadingLadiesOfStrep @LauraInTheLab1 @Katy_Patras @Alison_Coady
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Is there a reason universities require reviewers to make an account and verify an email address just to submit a letter of recommendation? Can we stop doing that?
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MALICE IN CHAINS: “#StrepA was bad before the pandemic, is bad now, and will remain bad until we have a vaccine to reduce the enormous public health burden of life-threatening fast (iGAS) and slow (RHD) streptococcal diseases.”
academic.oup.com
Infectious diseases physicians encounter few clinical syndromes matching the toxic force of fulminant invasive group A streptococcal disease (iGAS) and man
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Great work by @Rebecca_Keogh et al! Very excited to continue our studies on GBS in the diabetic wound.
Microbiologists have discovered specific mutations in Group B Streptococcus that are crucial for its resilience in #diabetic wound #infections. https://t.co/0Y2WJsXzYF
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