Cari Vanderpool
@MicroPhysIL
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Prof of Microbiology @Illinois_Alma, small RNA lover, microbial physiology enthusiast. she/her Tweets my own π©βπ©βπ§βπ¦π³οΈβππ
Champaign, IL
Joined August 2015
NIH SRO/PO jobs now open, hiring in all NIH-funded areas! Telework/remote work possible, US citizen & PhD required, otherwise lots of different successful career paths here. DM me with questions.
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DYK IHSI is offering limited-time support for IRBOnline project transitions? PIs with active human subject research projects approved prior to 9/18/23 may get assistance with transitioning their projects to the IRBOnline system. Learn more: https://t.co/S4Gy2CGPRx
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Thrilled to share a new preprint from our lab co-led by @elisacaetano_ & @AkritiShre that describes gut microbiota immunogenic properties that develop with advanced age and are strongly linked to host inflammation. A journey started thanks to @twbuford.. https://t.co/uHjMea3vEE
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Aging is associated with low-grade inflammation that increases the risk of infection and disease, yet the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Gut microbiota composition shifts with age, harboring...
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1/5: Molecular intricacies of gut bacteria! 𧬠Our study in @NatureMicrobiol , with colleagues from @Helmholtz_HIRI, @DeutschbauerLab , & @LBarquist groups, unveils B. thetaiotaomicron's transcriptional landscape across 15 gut conditions. https://t.co/NoX3tRSOdM
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As NSURP approaches 100 applications, we could always use more mentors. We are still looking for graduate trainees, postdocs, and PIs to mentor them. Research intensive, PUI, industry, we welcome all. Visit https://t.co/WOcrVt6kyd to apply (by April 1st!)
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National Summer Undergraduate Research Project
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Please share: collaborative postdoc opportunity in microbial ecology and evolution @IUBiology: Part of @NSF Biology Integration Institute (BII) on "Genomics and Eco-evolution of Multi-Scale Symbioses (GEMS)β Β @GEMS_BII: https://t.co/cAjjMIvcx9
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https://t.co/gCzDtT8aYw Last week, my nephew was hospitalized after going into cardiac arrest. Since then, Junior has underwent several surgeries, including open-heart surgery. Thanks to his medical care team, Junior is recovering. This crisis has created financial strain [1/2]
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Dear Friends and Supporters, One week ago, my 12-year-old nephew, De⦠Nkrumah Grant needs your support for Helping Hands for a Healing Heart #JuniorStrong
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I so appreciate this thread. 100% on target. I hope to contribute to a culture with a more expansive definition of research excellence.
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Great editorial in @ScienceMagazine: "For centuries, Indigenous scientists have had to adapt to, and develop fluency in, Western modes of knowledge making. Itβs now Western scientistsβ turn to learn from, and respect, Indigenous science." https://t.co/zcNNQWp2ya
science.org
Faced with the profound challenges of a rapidly changing environment, society needs other ways of knowing to illuminate a different way forward. Thanks to the leadership of Indigenous scholars and...
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Hearty congratulations to #microbiology professor James Imlay, who was named a Swanlund Chair at #UIUC! More about his work in oxidative stress and its impact: https://t.co/zyUm3GxJK4
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Check out our recent manuscript on bioRxiv about the impacts of maternal influenza A virus infection on fetal brain development! Congrats to first author @ashleyotero01! π€°π§ π
Influenza A virus during pregnancy disrupts maternal intestinal immunity and fetal cortical development in a dose- and time-dependent manner https://t.co/7521jJ62cg
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Excited to share a preprint from our lab. Some new ways to think about how microbial metabolism can be modified to promote fermented food bioactivity. Congrats to PhD student Mikaela Kasperek (not on X) for driving this project forward! More to come π.. https://t.co/uK8wSrHXnR
biorxiv.org
Ingestion of fermented foods impacts human immune function, yet the bioactive food components underlying these effects are not understood. Here, we interrogated whether fermented food bioactivity...
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Announcing the 2024 Microbes and Social Equity speaker series lineup! https://t.co/02mIphQtT0
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New preprint from the lab reinforces the role of the RRM domain protein RbpB as a global RNA binder in Bacteroides and reports a function in post-transcriptional PUL regulation: https://t.co/fNWc8lzwjv. Thanks to our collaborators @Wenhan_Zhu1, @franzifaber & @LBarquist.
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We are hiring faculty at the associate and full professor level in Synthetic Biology. Come join us at Indiana University's beautiful Bloomington campus. https://t.co/JgIh2xVEQd
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I am excited to share the Purdue will be hosting the 2024 Midwest Microbiome Symposium at the Beck Agricultural Center from May 13-15, 2024. Please mark your calendars and look out for further details that will be posted on https://t.co/gfkVBToEI5.
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Full list of invited speakers! Abstract portal opens in January. Come join us in Madison for an awesome conference! https://t.co/DHtBvsWzei
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