& it’s out🤍this story started as a “fun thing to do” on the side & it made it to @ASMicrobiology Journal Infection&Immunity🥹🥼 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... Today I got to celebrate with my lab eating gelato🍦 —It has always been about the journey, not the finish line✨(Hiu’s words)

It’s that time of the year again!!!🤩🎄🗓️🎁Labvent is up & we are starting strong on Dec 1st with our very own Chu Lab Microbiome Market Stickers🔥🥹 —the Strainbows have a special place in my heart💕 @chulab.bsky.social

& then I became Dr. Marvic Carrillo Terrazas🥹💗 —I still can’t believe it🥂🍾 Such a special day that I’m so happy I got to share with amazing people🌸

It’s time!👩🏻‍🎓💗 @chulab.bsky.social Excited to share that I’ll be defending soon! Let me know if you are interested in hearing —a lot— about B. fragilis! Specifically, my work focuses on strain-variation among commensal bacteria & host interactions 🧫🔥💩

Please share my 1 min video on the importance of maintaining NIH funding of infectious diseases and drug discovery research vs rising antibiotic resistance Drastic budget cuts harm our health and imperil the next generation of scientists More @UCSanDiego “Behind Every Breakthrough” bit.ly/3FlXQs3

If you're at #ASMicrobe, check out @reneeoles.bsky.social's talk on Monday morning: Session EEB-IDS-501 - Evolution in Microbiomes Across Environments Adaptive Evolution of Bacteroides fragilis under Oxidative Stress Modulates Iron Metabolism and Intensifies Host Inflammatory Responses #asm2025

Almost there👩🏻‍🎓…memories of becoming la Dra. Carrillo Terrazas🖤 Gracias @chulab.bsky.social 👩🏻‍🎓 #LatinainSTEM #Mexicana🇲🇽

A day of amazing science!🦠🧫 cSIMVa ・KIC・LJI・UCSD Strategic International Joint Symposium 2025 Thank you for the opportunity to share my work❤️💃🏻 #LatinainSTEM

Aloha!🌺 Super excited for another year at #Immunology2025 representing the Chu Lab👩🏻‍🔬 @chulab.bsky.social This time I’ll be sharing the induction of pro-inflammatory responses by B. fragilis isolated from an IBD patient👀 Want to hear all about it? Stop by poster #1046☕️ #LatinaInSTEM

"In an unprecedented move, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has begun mass terminations of research grants that fund active scientific projects because they no longer meet 'agency priorities'" www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This is where I will be on Friday, March 7th - at the @standupforscience.bsky.social rally at UCSD

This checks out! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

23 de Diciembre🎄✨ Last day of Labvent🥲🎁 Ending it strong with some face masks & candy🧖🏻‍♀️🍬 —self-care theme!❤️ Wanted to thank the person behind the magic of Labvent, my PI @chulab.bsky.social, for another great year🤍 this is all possible because of her efforts✨ Felices Fiestas🎁✨🎄

20 de Diciembre🎁✨ The next best thing about being in this lab —science & my PI are top of the list— is the amazing lab swag😍🧦 Hiu always gets it right🥹🤍✨🎄

19 de Diciembre✨🎄 A special treat as we approach the end of the 2024 Labvent🥲❤️ Breakfast with my lab🥐✨

17&18 de Diciembre🎄✨ Science rocking our world🍬😍as we keep up with all these yummy treats (90’s nostalgia🥲)🤍 & for day 18 some Miltenyi swag🧡🎒 —you’ll see us carrying our samples to the flow core in style💅🏻🧪

Highlights from the 2024 Chu Lab Holiday Party🎄✨🤍 Trying my new Bf tattoo👀 & showing some of our cookie decorating skills😂🍪

16 de Diciembre✨🎄 Self-care is a must as we get ready for the Holidays🤍🛁🧖🏻‍♀️ —& something to keep up all year long👀

13 de Diciembre🎄✨ The B. fragilis pangenome on our skin🥹💖 —EPIC 👀is that figure 1? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

12 de Diciembre🎄❄️ A sweet treat —from our equally sweet PI— for a cold day in SD🍬🛟😍

11 de Diciembre🎄🤍 One of my favorite labvent days, ANNUAL FACE STICKER REVEAL😂 Enjoy our beautiful faces this season💖✨ —props are becoming a must👀

10 de Diciembre🤍❄️ Nothing like a sweet treat during the holidays🍫☕️ — bonus pic, Allison & Miguelf working this morning🎄✨

9 de Diciembre🎄✨ The new Chu Lab stickers are here!!!💖💅🏻👩🏻‍🔬 —also, introducing a special guest this year, Miguelf❄️ Will he be a good or bad lab citizen?👀 #elfonthelab-shelf

Non-labvent appreciation post for the place that has seen all my research/scientific eras💖👩🏻‍🔬 —unfiltered

2 de Diciembre✨ —It’s that time of the year😍🎄 The Chu Labvent calendar is up & the 1st set of goodies has arrived🥹😋 Felices fiestas everyone🗓️❤️

The Chu Lab on bsky🙌🏼💙 We are all very excited to share more of our work soon☕️✨🧫 —thanks to my PI for the hype!🤍

A🧵about B. fragilis and the emergence of pathogenic strains from commensal isolates🚨#rarvic #Bfragilis #StrainTeam www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Ser Mexicano es un placer❤️‍🔥☕️ Grateful that I’m able to share my traditions and culture with my lab✨ Sharing rosca today🤍🇲🇽—traída de Tijuana, México con harto amor

Have you heard about B. fragilis Division I and II? Check out Renee’s preprint discussing genetic diversity among strains!🤩❤️ The Chu Lab’s starting 2024 strong!🧫✨

22 de Diciembre🎄✨last day of Labvent🥹 Closing this year with some goodies from thermo❤️ & MORE stationery😍 Thank you to Labvent sponsor Sierra & my PI, Dr. Hiutung Chu @chulab.bsky.social for all her efforts + keeping this lab tradition alive for another year🎁

Coffee, chocolate & stationery (in no particular order😂) —the Chu Lab love language

20 de Diciembre🎄✨ We are getting close to the end of Labvent🥹 —still going strong with the self-care theme🫶🏼🧖🏻‍♀️✨

18 de Diciembre🩶🖊️ MORE STATIONERY TODAY😍🎄❄️ —screaming— Labvent is actively feeding into my obsession with pens/markers🥹

15 de Diciembre🎄🫶🏼 A special treat as we are on the self-care theme Labvent💆🏻‍♀️💤

Exciting news! Our lab’s first paper is published in JEM 🎉 Led by Adriana Vasquez Ayala, we show that commensal bacteria, such as Bacteroides fragilis, employ type IFN pathways to promote immune tolerance. 🧪 🧫 🦠 #ImmunoSky #MicroSky doi.org/10.1084/jem....

14 de Diciembre❄️🎄 & the lab smells like data…🕯️🩶😍

12 y 13 de Diciembre❄️🎄 —I didn’t forget about Labvent👀, life was just happening to me— BUT nothing that can’t be fixed by stationery🥹❤️ Gracias Sierra for being an official sponsor this 2023🩶 you’re amazing!✨

11 de Diciembre🩶🎄✨ SHOWER STEAMERS!🫧—loving the self-care theme labvent😍⭐️

8 de Diciembre❄️✨MORE MARKERS❤️‍🔥🎄—what a week!😍🩶

6 de Diciembre🎄❄️a nice chilly day in SD —could be colder tbh👀 Nothing like coffee to go with it☕️❤️

6 de Diciembre✨🎄stocking day!🧦 New face stickers!!❤️ Just in case people are wondering…what am I looking at? chilaquiles🇲🇽😍 —original pic attached in appreciation of that beautiful Mexican dish👁️👁️

5 de Diciembre🎄✨skin care is self-care👁️👁️💛 at the Chu Lab @chulab.bsky.social 💅🏻-a personal favorite, aside from coffee☕️-

1ro de Diciembre…so we know what that means for the Chu Lab! @chulab.bsky.social 🎄❤️(my favorite time of the year👀✨) Día 1 - new lab stickers🥹!!!

Miércoles de Microbiología🧫❤️‍🔥