Reposted by Grace Emerson ShepardKlebsiella Papers @klebpapers.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Connections between Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream dynamics and serotype-independent capsule properties doi.org/10.1128/iai.00641-25doi.orgConnections between Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream dynamics and serotype-independent capsule properties | Infection and ImmunityGlobally, Klebsiella pneumoniae is the third leading cause of antimicrobial resistance-related deaths (1). It is a gram-negative pathogen that infects a variety of host sites, including the urinary tr... 001
Reposted by Grace Emerson ShepardLaura Mike @lauraamike.bsky.social · 03/07/2025It's seem like arginine is emerging as a major host cue. So we wrote an IAI minireview on how arginine levels vary between host tissues and affect microbial behavior. The review is online today! journals.asm.org/doi/epdf/10.... @brookeeryan3.bsky.social #microsky 15329
Reposted by Grace Emerson ShepardLaura Mike @lauraamike.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Our paper reporting a highly conserved mechanism by which arginine positively regulates hypervirulent K. pneumoniae mucoid phenotype is now fully online. rdcu.be/euiWG Summary picture is below, but details in the 🧵 35224
Reposted by Grace Emerson ShepardLaura Mike @lauraamike.bsky.social · 20/06/2025📣Introducing Dr. @brookeeryan3.bsky.social! First Mike Lab defense and Brooke knocked it out of the park, can't wait to share her work soon. Congratulations! 🥂 0143
Grace Emerson Shepard @graceeshepard.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Congrats Saroj on a wonderful and informative review! 010
Grace Emerson Shepard @graceeshepard.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Very excited to have had the opportunity to present an elevator pitch of my work at the UPMC Women’s Initiative Taskforce Symposium. It was amazing to be able to represent the Mike Lab at my first public talk! 000
Grace Emerson Shepard @graceeshepard.bsky.social · 21/11/2024New preprint from the Mike Lab. Super excited to have worked on this project! 000
