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Kyle T. Enriquez

@kyletenriquez.bsky.social
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Vanderbilt MSTP M4 | FY2526 #Treasurer @a-p-s-a.bsky.social | ASM FLMF | M.Sc. B.S., @stanforduniversity.bsky.social '20 | #IDSky #TxID | Views my own

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Kyle T. Enriquez @kyletenriquez.bsky.social · 15h
I'm proud to be a part of the #Latiné community at @vumedicine.bsky.social and to participate in #NationalLatinoPhysicianDay #NLPD. I am fortunate to be able to serve current and future Latino trainees in medicine and science and look forward to continuing as a mentor.
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Kyle T. Enriquez @kyletenriquez.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Building clinical research skills in service of @vumedicine.bsky.social #ASP, using my training from @idsainfo.bsky.social, has been a great experience. The first work from this project has been published @ichejournal.bsky.social, check out what we are doing for #CMV management in #LungTxp pts!
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Kyle T. Enriquez @kyletenriquez.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Thanks to the authors, reviewers, and editors that have supported this work at the center of my #thesis, now published in @asm.org #MicrobiologySpectrum! Check out our work, focused on @staph-papers.bsky.social and a growing area of #research into #COG0523 protiens: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Staphylococcus aureus ZigA is implicated in survival in zinc-deplete and genotoxic environments | Microbiology Spectrum
In this work, Enriquez et al. study the response of Staphylococcus aureus to zinc limitation. Among these genes are those encoding the COG0523 proteins, which in bacteria and eukaryotes can act as met...
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Kyle T. Enriquez @kyletenriquez.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Thank you to all who stopped by my #poster at #JointMeeting discussing #QI #QualityImprovement work @vumedicine.bsky.social with the #ID fellows and faculty. Working with #transplant and #TxID patients has been a long-term passion that I am excited to #research moving forward!
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Kyle T. Enriquez @kyletenriquez.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
This year's AAP/ASCI/APSA Joint Meeting has already been packed with fantastic sessions, #physicianscientist speakers, and leadership from our @a-p-s-a.bsky.social #ASCI #AAP teams. As I pass the torch as APSA #Treasurer, I am excited to see what our #trainee volunteers do next to #SupportAPSA!
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Kyle T. Enriquez @kyletenriquez.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
It is an honor and a pleasure to serve #physicianscientist trainees in the Vanderbilt #MSTP and beyond as we #SupportAPSA this year. Lots of exciting updates will be shared Joint Meeting 2026 next week, keep an eye out for more benefits, more partners, and ways to engage with @a-p-s-a.bsky.social
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Kyle T. Enriquez @kyletenriquez.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Closed Defense (with my fantastic committee) ✅️ Dissertation and Edits ✅️ Open Defense (thanks to everyone who attended!) ✅️ I have too many people to thank for their support of my professional development, and am excited to go back to med school as #DrKyle. #FGLI #mstp #MedSky #PhDSky #IDSky
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Kyle T. Enriquez @kyletenriquez.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
My thesis work has been a wealth of experience in #hostmicrobe biology, #MicrobialGenetics, and @microbesinfo.bsky.social that I look forward to sharing later this week! Thank you to the #mentors, collegaues, and #collaborators that worked with me the last 4 years! DM/comment for Zoom info!
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Kyle T. Enriquez @kyletenriquez.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Thank you to @vubasicsciences.bsky.social for the 2026 Russell G. Hamilton Excellence in Leadership award, and to my nominators Drs. Eric Skaar and Dr Chris Williams. Representing @vumedicine.bsky.social and the #MSTP through the Skaar Lab, #VI4, and @a-p-s-a.bsky.social continues to be an honor.
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Kyle T. Enriquez @kyletenriquez.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
In new work just published in @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social, we reviewed exciting new data in #abscess formation of #Staphylococcus aureus. These translational findings have the potential to improve studies of #temporal and #spatial components of abscess architecture!
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Kyle T. Enriquez @kyletenriquez.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Any opportunity to serve #physicianscientist trainees through @a-p-s-a.bsky.social is one I am excited to participate in. Glad to fill-in as part of the fantastic #PR team led by @bribrammer.bsky.social!
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Kyle T. Enriquez @kyletenriquez.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Very much looking forward to the 2026 Joint Meeting in Chicago this year, both as a poster presenter on clinical #QualityImprovement work through @vubasicsciences.bsky.social surrounding #CMV in immunocompromised hosts and as the @a-p-s-a.bsky.social 2025-26 Treasurer. See you there!
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American Physician Scientists Association @a-p-s-a.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
A huge congratulations to SEMSS for a fantastic regional meeting, celebrating 15 years of SEMSS! 🎉 #SEMSS2025 was hosted by the University of Alabama-Birmingham MSTP, with 280+ registered attendees, 195 trainee presentations, and over 40 institutions represented.
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ASM @asm.org · 19/11/2025
It’s World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week! AMR is a top public health threat and will create increasingly complex challenges in the hospital, the lab, on the farm and in communities. See ASM’s policy paper with recommendations to combat AMR: asm.social/2H3 #WAAW
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ASM Policy Recommendations to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance | ASM.org
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a top public health threat and national security issue. ASM recommends steps for policymakers that prioritize science and the roles of microbiologists.
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Kyle T. Enriquez @kyletenriquez.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Thank you to the VUMC ID Fellows for their #collaboration on this #QualityImprovement work, presented @idweek.bsky.social and the Vanderbilt Center for Transplant Science #VCTS Symposium. This #QI work highlights our progress to prevent #CMV in #LungTransplant recipients!
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Kyle T. Enriquez @kyletenriquez.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
My mentors @vubasicsciences.bsky.social encouraged the #CollaborativeScience behind this work from the Chazin and Skaar labs, with co-author Randy Perera. Excited to have published this work @proteinsociety.bsky.social studying #Calprotectin and #StaphAureus onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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The C‐terminal extension of calprotectin mediates zinc chelation and modulates Staphylococcus aureus biomass accumulation
Calprotectin (CP) is an S100A8/S100A9 heterodimer that plays an important role in nutritional immunity at the host–microbe interface. CP combats Staphylococcus aureus growth by sequestration of zinc ...
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Kyle T. Enriquez @kyletenriquez.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Its not everyday you read literature from @a-p-s-a.bsky.social and see your picture in a figure. I'm honored to have contributed to initiatives discussed in new work from colleagues insight.jci.org/articles/vie... highlighting the great work being done to serve #doubledocs trainees #SupportAPSA
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JCI Insight - American Physician Scientist Association annual meetings: celebrating 20 years of physician-scientist training and collaboration
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Kyle T. Enriquez @kyletenriquez.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
#SEMSS2025 was another reminder of the fantastic #mstp #physicianscientist communities facilitated by UAB,Vanderbilt, and Emory MSTPs and supported by @a-p-s-a.bsky.social. This conference is possible thanks to our APSA partners @laskerfdn.bsky.social @the-asci.org @bwfund.bsky.social #SupportAPSA
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Kyle T. Enriquez @kyletenriquez.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Proud of the #physicianscientist #mstp trainees in Vanderbilt's MSTP that participated in #NLPD #NationalLatinoPhysicianDay, supporting and learning to provide better care to all of our patients!
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Kyle T. Enriquez @kyletenriquez.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Thankful I got to collaborate with @caitmurdoch.bsky.social on another project before she started her lab @universityofri.bsky.social. Check out this new work modelling #ZincDeficiency in mice, used to in part understand the 20% of people worldwide that are zinc deficient.
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Kyle T. Enriquez @kyletenriquez.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Looking forward to representing @a-p-s-a.bsky.social at #SEMSS2025 this weekend thanks to the work of all of the volunteers at UAB, Vanderbilt, and Emory MSTPs. Any opportunity to #SupportAPSA and meet with #physicianscientist #mstp colleagues is one I cant pass up. See you in #Birmingham!
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Kyle T. Enriquez @kyletenriquez.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Last month I attended the #GRS and #GRC on Staphylococcal Diseases. The conference was an excellent opportunity to meet new colleagues, learn with and about the vibrant #Staphylococcal community, and get ideas on #Zinc #ZNG1 research, coming soon
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Kyle T. Enriquez @kyletenriquez.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Last week I had the opportunity to present #QI work on #LungTxp and #CMV at the @fredhutch.bsky.social ICH ID Symposium. Thanks to the #TravelAward committee, my VUMC mentors, and those who attended the poster to learn about new efforts to improve #TxID care at Vanderbilt!
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Kyle T. Enriquez @kyletenriquez.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
The 5th @fredhutch.bsky.social Symposium on Infectious Diseases in the Immunocompromised Host was such a great opportunity to engage with the #TxID community. The conference was an incredible experience, highlighting the need for #discovery in #ICH and motivating research for these patients.
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Kyle T. Enriquez @kyletenriquez.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Our sponsors like @laskerfdn.bsky.social are the reason #JointMeeting25 was so successful. This year was RECORD BREAKING for @a-p-s-a.bsky.social attendees and for Residency Luncheon participants. This year will be even bigger and better, the plans are in the works! #SupportAPSA
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Kyle T. Enriquez @kyletenriquez.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
I'm proud to serve @a-p-s-a.bsky.social and represent Vanderbilt's MSTP as APSA's National #Treasurer this year. We have an excellent batch of student-leaders old and new that I look forward to partnering with as we grow and improve #doubledocs #mstp initiatives! #SupportAPSA
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Kyle T. Enriquez @kyletenriquez.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Congratulations @EricSkaar on being elected to the National Academy of Sciences! It's an honor to be a part of the Skaar Laboratory, and even more so to see the results of your mentorship and scientific work recognized on such a large scale!
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Kyle T. Enriquez @kyletenriquez.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
This year's #ISZB2024 in Merida was a great opportunity to meet a new #AcademicSky community of zinc scientists. Presenting my work on #Zinc and #Staph was a privilege. The experience has led to new ideas and assays to probe new biology! #IDSky #MicroSky
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Kyle T. Enriquez @kyletenriquez.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
The APSA (www.physicianscientists.org) is dedicated to the development of #physicianscientists. I'm honored to serve as the #ViceChair for #PR this year. It's been a great experience to foster intra-APSA relationships with #Events and #JEDI teams to support new #AcademicSky #PhDSky initiatives
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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
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Alt: Ned Flanders from the Simpsons says “Thanks God”. A hand drops from above the cloud in an ok sign and says “okilly dokilly”
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Kyle T. Enriquez @kyletenriquez.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
With the move to #IDSky, its time for content that defines my passions! Thanks again to Eric Skaar and coauthors William Dupont and Walter Chazin for their support in this assay and the statistical approaches of #TMBL, in the Journal of Microbiological Methods. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Temporal modelling of the biofilm lifecycle (TMBL) establishes kinetic analysis of plate-based bacterial biofilm dynamics
Bacterial biofilms are critical to pathogenesis and infection. They are associated with rising rates of antimicrobial resistance. Biofilms are correla…
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Kyle T. Enriquez @kyletenriquez.bsky.social · 19/10/2024
Thanks to the #ICGPP scientific committee for the opportunity represent the Skaar Laboratory and to give a talk on #ZigA. This week provided many great learning opportunities with like-minded colleagues regarding important ongoing research in #Staphylococcus!
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Dr. Michael D. L. Johnson @copperbae.bsky.social · 08/02/2024
The deadline is Feb 15 for graduate trainees to sign up for the Future Leaders Mentoring Fellowship. You get to come to ASM and get some great professional development training while there. Share and don't delay! asm.org/Fellowships/...
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