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Out Now! Prioritizing prenatal screening to prevent Chagas disease #MicroSky

Manuscript on congenital Chagas Disease accepted at Nature Microbiology 🎉🎉 the NTD that captured my interest my first year at OU, so excited to finally get to write about it

journals.lww.com/ajg/pages/pa... Read it here!

Excited to share that our paper analyzing FAIRS analysis of sex based algorithms in gastroenterology and hepatology was accepted for publication in AJG!

Belated post, but a fantastic first ACG presenting two posters (starring the one and only @victorchedidmd.bsky.social ) Over the moon honored to receive a @rainbowingastro.bsky.social travel award as well ⭐️ Learned so much and had a great time!

If you are LGBTQ+ and have IBD, please consider taking this survey!! www.surveymonkey.com/r/IBDLGBTQIA

academic.oup.com/crohnscoliti... Just published! Excited to see this project reach this milestone - very important to me and a critical area of research!

🌈 #RIG #PRIDE member highlight🌈 Meet @cdalecondray.bsky.social, recent BSc Microbiology grad🎓 U Oklahoma & founder of prideandpoop.com 🌈 At #RIG, we welcome folks from all training backgrounds, gender identities, and sexual orientations! 🫶 Join us rainbowsingastro.org #GISky

👋Our June issue's out! Cover: #Ferroptosis hotspots 👉🏼Editorial on #microscopy reporting 👉🏼Review on #mitochondria membrane 🔬 #cholesterol transport #neutrophils #exosomes #CellDeath #RNA #DNArepair #BreastCancer #ExtracellularVesicles #peroxisome proteins & more! www.nature.com/ncb/volumes/...

Our June 2025 issue is out now - www.thelancet.com/gastrohep Including research in irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, & rectal cancer plus reviews on the intestinal barrier & prevention in IBD, plus lots more content! #gastrosky #medsky #oncsky #ibdsky

The bill wouldn't just cause millions to lose their health insurance, it would also: *ban Medicaid coverage of non-abortion care at Planned Parenthood *ban Medicaid coverage of ANY gender-affirming care (yes, adults) *block marketplace insurance plans from covering abortion or gender-affirming care

I graduated!

A privilege and fantastic experience to present at DDW this year! I learned so much, from IBD to hep to panc, and saw my favorite people. The best week of the year and I can’t wait until next time! So grateful for the mentorship and encouragement I have and support from programs like the YGS!

Defective autophagy in CD4 T cells drives liver fibrosis via type 3 inflammation🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Really cool: papaya has an enzyme (papain) that is very effective in treating dry mouth and prevention of associated oral thrush (100% of participants had resolved xerostomia symptoms) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I wrote (waxing poetic like I do) about the downstream effects and harms caused by attacks on minority health, notably SGM health - so much has changed from writing to publication too www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

New content online:

NEW: Per a source with knowledge, the entire HHS Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy, or OIDP, was just fired.

The only redbud on south campus is in bloom in front of the Micro department 🙂 Unfortunately for those with seasonal allergies, every other tree is in bloom too

www.cbsnews.com/news/foreign... Lancet HIV journal modeling study estimates that by 2030, there could be between 4.4 million to 10.8 million additional new HIV infections in low- and middle-income countries and 770,000 to 2.9 million HIV-related deaths in children and adults due to foreign aid cuts

All scientists, regardless of their discipline or location, are potential targets for online hate. But there are things you can do to protect yourself, and resources that can help. Nature provides five steps to get started. #Academicsky 🧪

LAB are often marketed as “good bacteria” and a drive of some fermented food ‘trends’ (a la, probiotic soda?) But they can actually cause significant issues - even ‘harmless’ spp like Lactobacillus spp and Leuconostoc enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to fund development of breath test for Pseudomonas infections A breath test would be less invasive than the traditional method of using mucus or phlegm samples from the lungs of CF patients. www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...

The development of extremely successful mRNA vaccines for PDAC is a game changer, a disease with a 86% mortality rate, really sad that this is in limbo now. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Read our latest News and Views on diet-microbiota-host synergy in colorectal cancer www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Measles in Oklahoma: 4 cases now oklahoma.gov/health/healt...

A poop a day keeps the doctor for away? New study indicates lower frequency of bowel movements increases microbially derived uremic toxins . These toxins have been implicated in disease progression and mortality in kidney disease other chronic diseases. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39019013/

Today's Diverse Educators blog is by Mohamed Abdallah To Belong Is Not Enough: Why We Must Move Towards Mattering www.diverseeducators.co.uk/world-book-d... #DiverseEd

The fires in Oklahoma just up the road 😬

90% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer die from the disease. That's why the medical community is excited about the results of a small trial in which nearly half of the pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease remained relapse-free three years later.

🤗 hot off the press a month ago, room temperature off the press?

#WomensHistoryMonth Spotlight: Baharak Moshiree, MD, MSc, FACG Dr. Moshiree is recognized for seamlessly blending scientific discovery, clinical excellence, and a steadfast commitment to mentorship. ➡️ bit.ly/acg-womens-hx-2025 #WomeninGI @spaulliver.bsky.social

Free HIV testing today at the OU Memorial Union! Provided by OK HIV Prevention Co-Op and partnership with Diversity Care and the OKC Indian Health Service

The background of how we gained knowledge regarding viral hepatitis is so, so dark - from 1956 to 1980 (!) academic.oup.com/cid/article-...

ICYMI: New online! RNA vaccine induces long-lived anti-tumour T cells in pancreatic cancer

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month! Check out our @UCLAHealth FAQ "What to Know About Colorectal Cancer." 👉🏾 www.uclahealth.org/news/article... #CRC #ColorectalCancer #UCLAColonChampion #screening #ColorectalCancerAwarenessMonth

March is #ColorectalCancerAwarenessMonth and #StandUpToCancer scientists Dr. Fola May and Dr. Nicolette Rodriguez share what you need to know! 💡 If you have a family history of colorectal cancer or are the age of 45 and older, talk to your doctor about getting screened today.

#Scabies itch is thought to be stimulated by host-mite interactions and neuronal sensitisation, which is then exaggerated by scabies-associated bacteria. https://www.nature.c...

March is here! Please join us in promoting CRC Awareness Month & encourage your loved ones to get timely screening for a largely preventable cancer. You also need to discuss your potential risks with your primary care doc

Very sad to see that #RareDiseaseDay event at FDA-NIH has been cancelled. Cuts that limit rare disease research and cures (1) leave patients behind, and (2) forfeit precious opportunity to learn more about common human diseases. udnf.org/udnf-stateme...

All NIH summer internships cancelled Breaks my heart for everyone and especially the students from underfunded institutions who benefit so greatly from these programs (ask me how I know!) www.reddit.com/r/NIH/s/K0DW...

I lost my parrain/uncle to pancreatic cancer in 2021 - never got to say goodbye in person because of COVID restrictions but he was one of my favorite people in the world The sheer disparity in pancreatic ca outcomes, diagnosis and mortality rates is terrible so I hope advances like this continue

A two-and-a-half-year-old girl shows no signs of a rare genetic disorder, after becoming the first person to be treated for the motor-neuron condition while in the womb. https://go.nature.com/41a7Zzj

StatPearls down for anyone else? www.st-va.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430...

Diarrheal illnesses like V. cholera are metabolically neat but terrible! CT binds to gut epithelium, inhibits NaCl absorption, phosphorylates CFTR causing ATP-mediated efflux of chloride ions and secretion of HCO3, Na, K, and H2O This inhibits absorption while also causing severe watery diarrhea

🏳️‍🌈 plates! L to R:Tellurite-Cefsulodin-Cefiximie Sorbitol MacConkey Agar, Trypitic Soy Agar with Kanamycin, Listeria Selective Agar - Oxford Formulation, Hektoen Enteric Agar, Modified Semisolid Rappaport-Vassiliadis Medium, and Modified Hemorrhagic Coli Agar

The gulf of enterotoxins