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Dr. Eliza McColl (she/her)

@elizamccoll.bsky.social
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Postdoc in the Mysorekar Lab at Baylor College of Medicine. Passionate about infection during pregnancy and the placenta.

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Dr. Eliza McColl (she/her) @elizamccoll.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Congratulations to @rafaelmichita.bsky.social on a fantastic talk on the role of TNTs in vertical transmission of ZIKV. Some exciting new rodent data showing in vivo significance! @mysorekarlab.bsky.social @bcmfromthelabs.bsky.social #ASRI2025
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Dr. Eliza McColl (she/her) @elizamccoll.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Congratulations to all of the Gusdon Award finalists! It was a fantastic session. #ASRI2025
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Dr. Eliza McColl (she/her) @elizamccoll.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
The @mysorekarlab.bsky.social is here and excited to share our work! You can hear about UTIs from Indira on Tues (S-06), SARS-CoV-2 and the placenta from Brittany’s poster and my talk on Tues (S-10.5), and Zika and TNTs from @rafaelmichita.bsky.social on Wed morning (S12.5). #ASRI2025
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Dr. Eliza McColl (she/her) @elizamccoll.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Excited to kick off my fourth #ASRI meeting with an inspiring plenary from @LizaKonnikova. Looking forward to a great meeting! #ASRI2025 #ReproductiveImmunology
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Dr. Eliza McColl (she/her) @elizamccoll.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Excited to be attending and presenting at my first Texas Forum for Reproductive Sciences this week! Looking forward to hearing about #ReproScience being conducted around the state. #TFRS2025
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Dr. Rafael Michita @rafaelmichita.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
🚨 Exciting news! 🚨 Our latest work on #Zika virus is now published in @naturecomms.bsky.social ! Huge thanks to my colleagues in the @mysorekarlab.bsky.social and amazing collaborators at PennState Joyce Jose and Anoop Narayanan. Check it out! 🔬🦠 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Zika virus NS1 drives tunneling nanotube formation for mitochondrial transfer and stealth transmission in trophoblasts - Nature Communications
Michita et al. show that Zika virus (ZIKV) NS1 induces tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) in placental cells, which facilitate viral spread and transport of mitochondria in placental cells. Infection with a N...
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From the Labs at Baylor College of Medicine @bcmfromthelabs.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
#Stealth virus: #ZikaVirus builds tunnels to covertly infect cells of the #placenta. Read @mysorekarlab.bsky.social @rafaelmichita.bsky.social @longbtran.bsky.social story, here: www.bcm.edu/news/stealth... @bcmhouston.bsky.social #NatureComm.
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Stealth virus: Zika virus builds tunnels to covertly infect cells of the placenta
Infection with Zika virus in pregnancy can lead to neurological disorders, fetal abnormalities and fetal death. Until now, how the virus manages to cross...
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