Valeria Reyes Ruiz @reyesruiz.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Check out this awesome review from Erin Green and group! 030
Valeria Reyes Ruiz @reyesruiz.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Phages 2026! Such a fun meeting connecting with awesome scientists. 180
Reposted by Valeria Reyes RuizValeria Reyes Ruiz @reyesruiz.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Our lab is hiring an enthusiastic and motivated research specialist to study host-pathogen interactions in the context of S. aureus infection. For more information, see below: Lab website: www.reyesruizlab.org jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/researc...jobs.wisc.eduResearch Specialist - Madison, Wisconsin, United StatesCurrent Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:Academic StaffEmployment Type... 02027
Valeria Reyes Ruiz @reyesruiz.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Our lab is hiring an enthusiastic and motivated research specialist to study host-pathogen interactions in the context of S. aureus infection. For more information, see below: Lab website: www.reyesruizlab.org jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/researc...jobs.wisc.eduResearch Specialist - Madison, Wisconsin, United StatesCurrent Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:Academic StaffEmployment Type... 02027
Valeria Reyes Ruiz @reyesruiz.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Congratulations to everyone but most of all to @laurenpalmer.bsky.social ! Such an incredible role model as a scientist and mentor. ♥️ 2101
Reposted by Valeria Reyes RuizErin Green @erinrgreen.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Excited to share the final part of my postdoc work, where we investigate the impact of antimicrobial treatment on susceptibility to hospital-acquired Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia. Thanks to our amazing group of collaborators for their contributions to this study! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgThe intestinal microbiota impacts nutritional immunity and resistance to Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia | PNASBroad-spectrum antibiotics are frequently administered to intensive care unit patients as part of empiric care. This treatment has been associated ... 02313
Valeria Reyes Ruiz @reyesruiz.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Congrats to Jesse on her win for the Skaar Lab Baked Goods Taste test! Big win with Pesto/Parmesan pull apart bread. Also, celebrating @sarahprice.bsky.social, runner up with a cannoli cake. #SkaarLabBracket 030
Reposted by Valeria Reyes RuizDr. Sunny Shin @sunnyshinlab.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Please 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! 12825
Reposted by Valeria Reyes RuizMidwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference @mmpconference.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Mark your calendars! #mmpc2026 The 2026 Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference will be take place September 25-27, 2026 at the University of Minnesota! We are excited to welcome keynote speaker Dr. Andy Camilli. Give us a follow and watch for important information here ➡️ mmpc2026.umn.edummpc2026.umn.eduMidwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference | Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference 2026 01113
Reposted by Valeria Reyes RuizErin Green @erinrgreen.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Job alert ‼️ UChicago Micro is hiring! Open to tenured/tenure track faculty at all levels in any area of microbiology. Come join our amazing and growing department. apply.interfolio.com/174404 4127126
Valeria Reyes Ruiz @reyesruiz.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Ready for MMPC, but first, some yummy food in Chicago! 🥰♥️ 080
Valeria Reyes Ruiz @reyesruiz.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Ready to start MegaMicrobe 2025! Thanks to Owen and Jesse for leading the Skaar Lab booth with the ESKAPE band. 🎸🤘 2162
Reposted by Valeria Reyes RuizMariana Byndloss @maribyndloss.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Honored to have received the 2026 ASM Award for Early Career Basic Research. This award is also a recognition of my phenomenal trainees and their hard work. Thank you to the mentors that have supported my career and those who have nominated me for this award. asm.org/press-releas... 4658
Reposted by Valeria Reyes RuizMidwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference @mmpconference.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Did you miss the opportunity to submit an abstract to MMPC? We have extended the deadline to August 25! Please consider sharing your latest and greatest research! www.mmpconference2025.com/submit-an-ab...mmpconference2025.comMMPC 2025 - Submit an AbstractSubmission Dates Abstract submission will open on May 1, 2025 Oral abstract submission deadline: July 15, 2025 Poster abstract submission deadline: Extended to August 25! Instructions for abstract s... 0612
Reposted by Valeria Reyes RuizᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Please 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 39671
Reposted by Valeria Reyes RuizLauren Palmer @laurenpalmer.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Super excited to share our paper online 🚨today🚨 in Cell Host & Microbe! Xiaomei Ren @xiaomeiren.bsky.social and Mason Clark @rmasonclark.bsky.social co-led discovery of ecological factors for Acinetobacter baumannii carriage in the gut, a reservoir for pathogen spread. 🎉 tinyurl.com/443kfefk 1310442
Reposted by Valeria Reyes RuizFrancis Alonzo @francisalonzo12.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Happy to share Iván’s first-author pub from the lab! www.cell.com/cell-reports...cell.comStaphylococcus aureus exploits lipoic acid salvage to combat host oxidative stressAcosta et al. find that ADP-ribosylation of the lipoic acid carrier protein GcvH-L promotes Staphylococcus aureus resistance to oxidative burst and facilitates infection. ADP-ribosylation leads to a s... 44117
Valeria Reyes Ruiz @reyesruiz.bsky.social · 11/07/2025This is awesome! Congratulations Angel. Excited to get to UW Madison and connect again. 🙂 110
Reposted by Valeria Reyes RuizAngel J Hernández Viera @angeljhv.bsky.social · 10/07/2025I'm excited to announced that the version of record of this article is out in @elife.bsky.social. With the other first coauthor My Tran, we found that phage resistance cause reduced beta-lactam resistance and reduced virulence phenotypes in diverse MRSA strains. elifesciences.org/articles/102...elifesciences.orgBacteriophage infection drives loss of β-lactam resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusIn methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, evolution of bacteriophage resistance causes trade-offs that re-sensitize the bacteriato β-lactam antibiotics. 21713
Valeria Reyes Ruiz @reyesruiz.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Somedays are so heavy. Keep the empathy and kindness at 100%. This world needs who you are! ♥️ 1100
Valeria Reyes Ruiz @reyesruiz.bsky.social · 05/06/2025This is our home ❤️🥹 Feels good to spend time with family. 180
Valeria Reyes Ruiz @reyesruiz.bsky.social · 24/05/2025Congratulations to everyone, especially to @joeyzacks.bsky.social! So well deserved. 🥰 181
Valeria Reyes Ruiz @reyesruiz.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Congrats to @sarahprice.bsky.social on her win for the Skaar Lab Desserts Taste test! Also, celebrating @eliasxwest.bsky.social. Big win with Cremé Bruleé. Runner up with a strawberry pie. #SkaarLabBracket 051
Valeria Reyes Ruiz @reyesruiz.bsky.social · 14/05/20251/3 It’s official 🙌🏽 The Reyes Ruiz Lab is opening in 2026 at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences. My lab will focus on host antibacterial effectors and adaptation of bacteria to host-imposed stress during S. aureus infections. 3013019
Valeria Reyes Ruiz @reyesruiz.bsky.social · 06/04/2025So much joy to see everyone today coming together to celebrate 20 years of the Skaar Lab. Thank you to Eric for the leadership and mentorship over the years! 🥰 15411
Reposted by Valeria Reyes RuizDr. Sunny Shin @sunnyshinlab.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Thrilled to share our @elife.bsky.social paper "Inflammasomes primarily restrict cytosolic Salmonella replication within human macrophages" by 1st author Dr. @marisaegan.bsky.social (@cambupenn.bsky.social alum, now faculty @swarthmorecollege.bsky.social)! elifesciences.org/articles/90107 🧵(1/n)elifesciences.org 109826
Valeria Reyes Ruiz @reyesruiz.bsky.social · 14/02/2025During a conversation today, someone said that in order to be courageous, you have to experience fear. That stuck with me. The fear of uncertainty is so strong, but taking it day by day, with love and courage, is the only way I can see forward. 0141
Reposted by Valeria Reyes RuizContagion® @contagionlive.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Dr. Joseph Zackular, from CHOP and UPenn discusses his mRNA vaccine research for #Cdifficile. The vaccine has shown promise in reducing mortality in animal models, with plans to move to human trials. #IDsky #MEDsky Stay tuned for part 2 tomorrow: www.contagionlive.com/view/mrna-va...contagionlive.commRNA Vaccine Shows Potential for C difficile InfectionsJoseph Zackular, PhD, shares insights on his team’s mRNA vaccine research for C difficile, highlighting progress in animal models and future plans for human trials. 0142
Reposted by Valeria Reyes RuizIgor Brodsky @brodskyigorlab.bsky.social · 05/12/2024🤯🔥Awesome work from @stallingslab.bsky.social on NETs induced by type I IFN & released from intracellular vesicles without death of the Neutrophils! This NET release is associated with increased M.tb replication, and cellular necrosis and caseation within the granuloma! www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...cell.comType I IFN-mediated NET release promotes Mycobacterium tuberculosis replication and is associated with granuloma caseationSur Chowdhury et al. report that Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection results in the release of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) that promote Mtb replication and associate with tissue damage. Blocking NET release results in better control of Mtb replication, revealing a strategy for treating these deadly infections. 2347
Reposted by Valeria Reyes RuizMatt Barber @biobarber.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Excited to see many in the bacterial pathogenesis community joining here in the last few weeks, so here's a Starter Pack to help make connections. Reply/DM to be added to this or future Packs. #Microsky go.bsky.app/VH64BaY 8522874
Reposted by Valeria Reyes RuizJoe Zackular @joeyzacks.bsky.social · 04/10/2024Delighted to share our work developing an mRNA vaccine for C. difficile. This study with Drew Weissman’s lab was co-led by two truly amazing scientists: Alexa Semon from the Zackular lab and Mohamad-Gabriel Alameh from CHOP (formerly Weissman lab)! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgA multivalent mRNA-LNP vaccine protects against Clostridioides difficile infectionClostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is an urgent public health threat with limited preventative options. In this work, we developed a messenger RNA (mRNA)–lipid nanoparticle (LNP) vaccine targeti... 515252
Reposted by Valeria Reyes RuizHensley Lab @scottehensley.bsky.social · 16/11/2024The preliminary sequence from the H5N1 human case in British Columbia has been posted and it is not good news. The virus potentially has a quasispecies at HA residue 226 (H3 numbering). This is bad news because we know that mutations at residue 226 can increase binding to human receptors. 1/ 2022155953
Reposted by Valeria Reyes RuizVictor J. Torres @torreslab.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Publication Alert! Happy to share our new work published in CellReports of a collaboration with the Zychlinsky Lab (Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology). "Histone H1 kills MRSA". cell.com/cell-reports.... Enjoy!cell.comHistone H1 kills MRSAMarsman et al. detect histone H1 in MRSA in human abscesses and demonstrate that it kills MRSA under physiological conditions. They identify through selective evolution and a genome-wide screen that h... 58927
Valeria Reyes Ruiz @reyesruiz.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Check out this awesome work from @laurenpalmer.bsky.social and coauthors! It has been so fun to see this story develop. 🙌🏽 060
Valeria Reyes Ruiz @reyesruiz.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Happy to made the jump here! 👋🏽 I am a postdoc in the Skaar Lab at Vanderbilt University Medical Center interested in how bacteria adapt to host-imposed stress and innate immune factors controlling infection. PhD in the Shin lab at Penn. Proud to be boricua 🇵🇷! And a busy toddler mom 🥰. 37210
Reposted by Valeria Reyes RuizJeff Freiberg @jefffreiberg.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Staph papers @staph-papers.bsky.social is now on Bluesky! 062