Wheeler Lab
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Focused on elucidating mechanisms of Candida albicans disseminated and mucosal infections. #science #fungus
University of Maine
Joined September 2014
We are the Wheeler Lab at the University of Maine, specializing in murine and zebrafish models for studying Candida albicans! #fungus
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Applications are now open for the @GordonConf Immunology of Fungal Infections 2025! Submit your abstract now to save your spot - this popular meeting is usually oversubscribed. Link to apply here: https://t.co/YTkH75dGO6
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UKHSA’s 5 year Pathogen Genomics Strategy sets out a programme to improve the UK's ability to detect and understand pathogens that pose the greatest risks to it. https://t.co/sBaW2fVSEz
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Fantastic work, Elena! Bravissima!
It is amazing to see one of my microscopy images being used as the cover of such an important journal. Congratulations to us! @MRCcmm @ZinckerDuncan
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Dear all Registration for the next #HFP2024 is now open at https://t.co/xuL8STXypp see you in La Colle! @guilhemjanbon, @ElaineBignell and Mike Lorentz
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Check out this fantastic conference!
Save the date for the next GRC Immunology of Fungal Infections 2025 in California!
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Check out my and @rachaeldangare1 new spotlight article highlighting cool new developments in neuroimmune mechanisms in cryptococcal meningitis, out now in @TrendsNeuro !
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Such fantastic work, Teresa! Now we understand how this epidemic pathogen can colonize skin and surfaces so well.
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32nd #Fungal #Genetics Conference at Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove,CA - premier meeting for international community of fungal #geneticists - registration, abstract submission open October20 https://t.co/KECJKTkgQ2
@GeneticsGSA
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Congratulations
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I'm advertising a funded PhD #studentship in my lab! Come work with @forestcita and me studying how endosymbionts influence fungal pathogenesis. (UK Students Only, due to funder rules) Details here:
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Yes, please keep spreading the word.
yet again... mice (!) do not have a gender (!) and we cannot study the effects of gender on immunology (!) in mice (!!) 🫠🫠🫠 this has been a PSA
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Looking for the latest biogrid file for Candida albicans to input into cytoscape. Please share.
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Beautiful structure and insights on fungal beta-glucan synthase (Fks1). This enzyme is the target of the echinocandin drugs and can synthesize and thread glucan polymers into fungal cell walls. Kudos to the authors for this lovely work. https://t.co/zjGL5ZCYh1
nature.com
Nature - Using cryo-electron microscopy, the molecular architecture and catalytic mechanism of action of the fungal β-1,3-glucan synthase FKS1 are determined.
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Thrilled to share our most recent publication. A fantastic collaboration with @LeijieJ and the Brakhage team.
cell.com
Jia et al. discover a mechanism allowing the human-pathogenic fungus A. fumigatus to escape intracellular killing by human cells. The authors identify the p11 protein as a regulatory node of phagos...
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Words of one of the top US authorities on fungal disease.
I’m a CDC fungal disease expert - here’s what you need to know about The Last of Us
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Congratulations to medical mycology and fungal genetics colleagues elected to the American Academy of Microbiology 2023: Guilhem Janbon, Amy Gladfelter, Jay Vyas, Elaine Bignell, Yue Wang, Victoria McGovern, Dave Rogers, and Marie Hardwick! https://t.co/zfbSWqsobb
asm.org
The American Academy of Microbiology elected 65 new Fellows to the Class of 2023. Fellows are elected annually based on their records of scientific achievement and original contributions that have...
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I’ve posted this one before, but today seems like a good fit for this image of a kidney glomerulus and nearby axon doing its best to look like a rose.
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A happy day. Thanks @aaas for the recognition of 🍄 research (Bettina Fries too). Thanks to my trainees for making this team accomplishment happen. Always good to be in the same class as David Weiss and @TorresVJ_Lab
https://t.co/7D85BXhoXv
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