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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 2h

📣 join @globaluti.bsky.social for Oct's #UTIHour Dr. Robert Potter, PhD, D(ABMM) from University of Pennsylvania will share his work focused on: Pre-analytic considerations in the era of next-generation UTI diagnostic modalities 🗓️ Oct 8th 🕐 12pm EDT #UTIsky

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

📣 join @globaluti.bsky.social for Oct's #UTIHour to hear Dr. Melanie Yarbrough, PhD, from Washington University in St. Louis talk about her work entitled: "From Ur-ine to Result out: Navigating the real world of urine collection, stabilization, and culture reporting" 🗓️Oct 8th, 12pm EDT #UTISky

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

📣 Join @globaluti.bsky.social for our next #UTIHour Topic: Pre-analytic specimen handling for quantitative urine culture: implications for clinical practice and research Host: Dr. Maya Chandru @gu-e.bsky.social 🗓️Oct 8th 🕐 12:00 New York Time check out the website for more info: utiga.org/upcoming

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#ISSSI2026 Day 3 is all about the posters. Can say hi at poster no. 56

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Beautiful talk by Merve Zeden about synergy between antibiotics and pyrimidine synthesis at #ISSSI2026

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Starting off Day 1 of #isssi2026 strong with a fantastic talk by Julie Bubeck Wardenburg

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Great start to Day 3 of #ESKAPE2026 with a fantastic talk by Dr. David Rosen from #WashU about K. pneumoniae vaccine development

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Great to see all that exciting work the Salgado Pabón Lab at Wisconsin-Madison #ESKAPE2026 #Saureus #pathogenesis

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Really fantastic talk from Dr. Bubeck-Wardenburg at #ESKAPE2026 today #Saureus #pathogenesis

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

📣 #UTIHour is one month from today! Mark your 🗓️ to join @globaluti.bsky.social and our host @gu-e.bsky.social to learn about Pre-analytic specimen handling for quantitative urine culture: implications for clinical practice and research

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

📣 Mark your calendars! ASM Texas Branch Meeting is only 1 month away 🗓️ Oct 15th-17th Register now for early bird registration Abstract submission is now open More info 👉 txasm.org/registration/ #txasm

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Fantastic talk by Dr. Katelyn Jetelina (aka yourlocalepidemiologist on IG) at #UTHealthHouston today

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Welcome to the new class of graduate students @mda-uthgrad.bsky.social #MIDprogram orientation is underway

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

📣 The date is set! mark your 📅 for the next #UTIhour 📅 Oct 8th 🕜 12 pm New York Time Theme: Pre-analytic specimen handling for quantitative urine culture: implications for clinical practice and research 🗣️ hosted by Dr. Maya Chandru with talks by Drs. Gail Howard, Melanie Yarbrough, & Robert Potter

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Thrilled to finally be able to share our work that was just published in #mbio All thanks to the hard work of @janagm.bsky.social which dissected how #Saureus urease is regulated during #UTI #UTISky journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

And that wraps another great meeting. Until next year #CUReS2026

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Fantastic talk about the epidemiology of infectious prostatitis by Tyler Brehm from @bwtrautner.bsky.social group

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Excellent talk about discordant pre-op urine cultures and urosepsis by #UTAustin trainee Sumin Choi at #CUReS2026

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

A big congrats to Dr. Namrata Deka for all her hard work and defending her thesis today. And to her mentor @chelsamicro.bsky.social for the completion of another successful chapter

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Congratulations to @mda-uthgrad.bsky.social student Dr. Gretchen Morrison for successfully defending her thesis today

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Happening now! For to UTIGA.org to find the link

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Mark your calendars! Only one more month until #UTIHour #UTISky 📅 Monday July 20th 🕜 1:30 pm New York Time 🗣️ hosted by @lauraamike.bsky.social check out the website utiga.org/upcoming for more info!

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Congratulations to my PhD student @jmduranramirez.bsky.social for receiving one of the Dean's Research Scholarship awards from @uthealthhouston.bsky.social He's really racking up the awards lately!

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Proud to introduce Dr. Shane Cristy! Congrats on all your hard work

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Honored to have the privilege to hood @janagm.bsky.social this evening at the #GSBS Commencement

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Mark your calendars! @globaluti.bsky.social next UTI Hour is hosted by Dr. @lauraamike.bsky.social Theme: Non-UPEC uropathogens 📅 July 20th, 2026 🕜 1:30 New York Time With talks by: @bacterialtalk.bsky.social, Scott Bray (@katypatras.bsky.social lab), Kyle Buchan, & Katie Forster #UTISky #UTIHour

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

#Proudmentormoment my rotation student, Alexandra Serrato, won the 1st place poster prize as a pre-qualifying exam student at our departmental/graduate student retreat this week! Congrats Alexandra!

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Great talk about Kleb UTI isolate heterogeneity to wrap up the last session of #UTICONF2026 #UTISky

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Fascinating talk about long term colonization with MDR UPEC by Dr. Matt Mulvey at #UTICONF2026 #UTISky

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Outstanding talks by the trainees from @katypatras.bsky.social lab Scott Bray and @aeshealab.bsky.social lab Oluwagbenro Adesunloro at #UTICONF2026 #UTISky

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Fantastic talk by Dr. Sarguru Subash focused on UPEC fitness in #UTI at #UTICONF2026

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

So proud of my graduate student @jmduranramirez.bsky.social for giving a great selected abstract talk at #UTICONF2026 this morning ##UTISky

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Starting day 3 of #UTICONF2026 strong with a great talk by Ashlee Earl #UTISky

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Stop by poster 42 to hear about the cool work her lab is doing with P. mirabilis diabetic UTI #UTICONF2026 #UTISky

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Come see Blake at poster 19 and hear about the kleb project his lab has been working on #UTICONF2026 #UTISky

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Congratulations to my MPH advisee for successfully defending her thesis today! And congrats to her research supervisor Dr. Fuqing Wu for his first MPH student thesis🎉

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