Feeling incredibly grateful to join this amazing cohort of scientists! Thanks to all my mentors that have helped get me this far. www.bwfund.org/news/bwf-ann...

Please check out our latest publication where we find that caspase-3, which mediates what is thought to be an immunologically silent form of cell death is important for protecting against bacterial infections. Congrats to the whole team for making this possible. journals.plos.org/plospathogen...

"Talent is universal, access must be designed, and excellence must be intentional!" Inspiration talk by Donita Brady at #ASBMB2026. Donita has worked tirelessly to bring access to Penn and beyond. Congrats on winning the Ruth Kirschtein Award!

Our Cell Death in Immunity and Inflammation session was phenomenal today at #ASBMB2026. A pleasure to co-organize this with Cornelius Taabazuing @taabaman.bsky.social. @ragoninstitute.bsky.social @upenn.edu Jianbin Ruan, @katbarnett.bsky.social, Kasia Groburz, & @pedrosvdr.bsky.social

STEM Black History Fact 27/28 Dr. William Montague Cobb was a founder of modern physical anthropology and used anatomy to counter scientific racism. www.pbs.org/education/bl...

Please join us for the Cold Spring Harbor Asia @cshlnews.bsky.social meeting on Bacterial Infection & Host Defense this May 11-15 in Suzhou, China! We have a fantastic lineup of speakers. Abstract deadline is March 6. Hope to see you there!

Congratulations to Kahlilia Morris-Blanco (@pennepigenetics.bsky.social), @taabaman.bsky.social (BioBio) & @ralphwhiteiii.bsky.social (@penncbio.bsky.social) on being featured in @wiley.com's Index of Inspiring Black Scientists! tinyurl.com/2s4bkyfs

If you've ever wondered if there's anybody who could be a potential mentor to you, now there is an index to help you find mentors with similar interests. www.wiley.com/research/ind...

Check out our latest work led by two talented postdocs, Madhura @mkulkarni.bsky.social and Chris. We find that CASP4/5 can cleave and activate CASP3/7, acting as initiators of both pyroptosis and apoptosis. Notably, both are needed for full pathogen defense! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Excited to see this out in @science.org today!! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Two new preprints online today! One with @dremilygoldberg.bsky.social on lysine lactylation www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Another with @taabaman.bsky.social on new peptide tools to study caspases www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

If you're preparing for graduate school interviews, here's a resource to help you prepare. journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....

Manuscript submitted! Kudos to the smart, hardworking trainees that made this gift possible for the holidays! I truly appreciate you all. 🎉🥂🥳

It was great to finally met Dr. @taabaman.bsky.social in person. Your science and commitment to education will continue making an impact. #CellBio2024

Please help us welcome the newest postdoc to join the Taabazuing lab. We are all immigrants in the lab, but Ashutosh is our first international student hailing from India.

Feeling recharged after our department retreat in the Poconos last weekend. Huge congrats to our postdoc Madhura for winning the poster prize! We also welcomed the latest postdoc to join the lab, Ashutosh.

Check out our lab's latest paper describing a mutually inhibitory complex between DPP9 and KEAP1 www.jbc.org/article/S002...

I'm SO thankful for my amazing lab! Out of over 350 global entries, my lab manager is in the finals for lab manager of the year award 2024. Help me show my appreciation by voting for Bohdana Discher for this year's award. Vote daily until December 1st. Thanks! www.ptglab.com/news/company...

All letters of recommendations have been submitted so the only thing left to do now is write our next paper. Hoping to give the lab a submission gift for Christmas.

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Hi all! My name is Cornelius, and I'm an assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics @pennmedicine.bsky.social @upenn.bsky.social. My lab is interested in host-pathogen interactions with a focus on how the host responds to infections. I'm passionate about mentoring, too!

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