Luis Rodríguez-Rodríguez
@luis840alberto
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Ph.D. Candidate at @UTSWgradschool | Molecular Microbiology/Forsberg Lab 🦠 HHMI Gilliam Fellow #firstgen | He/Him | Boricua 🇵🇷
Dallas, TX
Joined April 2021
RT @cellhostmicrobe: Diverse antiphage defenses:.Functional metagenomics reveals hundreds of sequences from soil & human microbiomes that b….
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Rodríguez-Rodríguez et al. use functional metagenomics to identify hundreds of sequences from diverse environmental bacteria that block phage infection when expressed in E. coli. Their discoveries...
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RT @kvnforsberg: Very proud to have our lab's first work published in @cellhostmicrobe!. In this work, we use functional metagenomics to fi….
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Rodríguez-Rodríguez et al. use functional metagenomics to identify hundreds of sequences from diverse environmental bacteria that block phage infection when expressed in E. coli. Their discoveries...
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RT @kvnforsberg: We get to use our curiosity, ingenuity, and drive to learn brand new things about a dizzyingly complex world. How cool is….
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RT @kvnforsberg: I’d like to end with a note of gratitude. Science feels a bit more tenuous these days than usual. The fear of loss can mak….
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RT @kvnforsberg: We also find a whole slew of new phage defenses – outer membrane proteins, abortive infection, and genes without sequence….
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RT @kvnforsberg: We cloned and purified one of these nucleases and – yep! – it could degrade genomic DNA from both Mu and T4. In fact, its….
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RT @kvnforsberg: Homologs of the nuclease PD-T4-3 were very common (first found by Vassallo and @michael_laub8). These genes defended again….
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RT @kvnforsberg: Why do we say this? Because a mutant phage without these modifications is resistant to many of these nuclease defense syst….
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RT @kvnforsberg: Nucleases are particularly common – implying that these defenses cross phylogenetic boundaries exceptionally well. Many of….
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RT @kvnforsberg: A lot!. We found >200 defense inserts from 63 selections, from every habitat surveyed and against each phage tested. These….
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RT @kvnforsberg: And when I say ‘we’, outsized credit should go to Luis Rodriguez-Rodriguez (@luis840alberto). Luis is the 1st grad student….
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RT @kvnforsberg: My lab’s first preprint!. We used functional metagenomics to identify phage defenses in human and soil microbiomes. We sca….
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RT @ADiaz_PhD: Great science, engaging conversations, valuable networking, & a welcoming environment have defined our experience at #CellBi….
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RT @rgarciareyes4: Three of us got Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 on the map again at HHMI 🎉 We rocked it at this year’s Gilliam Meeting! #HHMIGilliamFello….
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RT @ADiaz_PhD: We are proud to see the accomplishments of @luis840alberto, PhD candidate and #GilliamFellow in the @kvnforsberg lab at @UTS….
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RT @ADiaz_PhD: Your dedication, hard work, & perseverance have paid off, and we’re celebrating this remarkable and well-deserved accomplish….
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RT @UTSWMedCenter: Congratulations to @luis840alberto, @UTSWGradSchool student in Molecular Microbiology, and adviser @kvnforsberg who were….
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RT @HHMINEWS: 🎉It's Gilliam Day! 🎉 We're so excited to announce the 2024 #GilliamFellows!. These 50 adviser-student pairs are being recogni….
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I am incredibly honored and excited to have received this award and become a Gilliam Fellow. Couldn’t have done it without the support, training and mentorship of @kvnforsberg 🦠Aquí un jibarito🇵🇷 agradecido representando!Congrats to all the other #GilliamFellows @UTSWGradSchool
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Yesterday, the lab celebrated Sam Sakells who recently earned a prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Sam's thesis work is studying the evolution of anti-CRISPR genes in phage genomes. We are all very proud of her. Well done, Sam!
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