Next Generation Faculty Symposium SESSION 3: Immunology and Cell-Cell Interactions More on the speakers: www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com/speakersalumni

Honored to be selected to speak at this symposium. Please tune in on Sept. 10th if you’re interested in hearing what I’ve learned while mapping HGT in the gut microbiome! www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com

JB Editor's Choice: McKeithen-Mead, Grossman et al. explore the mechanism whereby ICEBs1, an integrative and conjugative element (ICE) of B. subtilis, inhibits the host SOS response and RecA function. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... @asm.org #JBacteriology

Interested in the influence of the infant microbiome on health? Quickly interrogating non-model organisms using omic approaches? A new publication, describing genome-scale resources in bifidobacteria, is now available online: doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... #microbiome #microsky

I'm excited to share that my third first-author publication from grad school has been published in JBAC: doi.org/10.1128/jb.0...