Dr. Seema Mattoo

The agreement was signed out of the public view a month ago by Pentagon official Robert Kadlec and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, echoing my reporting. It establishes a 10-year framework that officially runs through September 30, 2036.

Dr. Anthony Fauci urges Americans not to accept "Normalization of Untruths".

Honored to be elected to the Editorial Board of @asm.org journal #mSphere. I cover Post-Translational Modifications, Bacteriology, Host-Pathogen Interactions, and Toxin/Effector Secretion & Function. Looking forward to working with ASM, and grateful for this opportunity.

Please welcome @vscooper.micropopbio.org as the new ASM President and Federico Sisti, Ph.D., as President-Elect. They begin their terms on July 1. ASM congratulates its new & continuing leaders and looks forward to their leadership in advancing ASM’s mission. asm.social/2Zx

Day 3 of @asm.org also reconnected me with fellow @hypothesisfund.bsky.social awardee @kacarlab.bsky.social! She is such a star 🤩

After 4 days at @asm.org, we microbiologists not only start dressing alike in matching colors, but looking alike too! 😜 Pictured here with Victor DiRita, Lawrence Di Rita, Heidi Kaplan, Theresa Kohler.

Hey #ASMICROBE I give my talk tomorrow and have two really cool things I want to share with everyone. You’ll have to come by to hear them!

Honored to serve on @asm.org #ASMmicrobe2026 Scientific Programming Committee. Spotlighting my sessions below - do attend! 1. TODAY, June 5, 11:45am, Hub - w/ Tiffany Zarrella 2. June 7, 9am, 151AB - w/ Victor DiRita, @copperbae.bsky.social Sarah Stanley & Hualiang Pi

Day 1 of @asm.org #ASMmicrobe2026 was great! Wonderful reconnecting with the Microbiology community, including fellow @hypothesisfund.bsky.social family members @laahrs.bsky.social & @paulturnerlab.bsky.social!

Former students revisiting my notes in Med/Grad school, thanking me for sparking their love for Microbiology - that’s the real reward. Still, nice to have the work recognized w/ the department’s highest teaching award. Grateful & honored. www.bio.purdue.edu/news/article...

Feels like this paper on protein-templated DNA synthesis by a natural enzyme warrants some comment. So here's a 🧵. /1 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

What happens when Purdue U. has its own airport? The Biological Sciences faculty share a quick 6am pow-wow and hugs as they jet off to their individual seminar and conference destinations across the country! DC, LA, Charlotte… here we come! #PurdueScience

Excited to share our work w/ colleagues at @univofmaryland.bsky.social this week. Thanks to Vincent Lee for the invitation. Looking forward to connecting with UMD, NIH & other colleagues in the area; hope you can attend the seminar!

A busy, exciting few days at Purdue w/ GREAT seminar visits from Hank Seifert @medillschool.bsky.social & @copperbae.bsky.social @uarizona.bsky.social! Thanks, Hank & Michael, for excellent scientific discussions. Big thx admin & IT staff for help w/ visits, & to all who participated.

I was interviewed by @katiepickup.bsky.social recently for @dmmjournal.bsky.social. This has a little bit of my background, a little bit on science and mentoring, and a little bit (ok, more than a little bit) on funding in science. Check it out at: journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...

We #Boilermakers are thrilled to have @drannecarpenter.bsky.social & @runxishen.bsky.social join us as Purdue Biology colleagues! Welcome, Anne & Runxi!

Seema Mattoo explains Bordetella pertussis, the cause of whooping cough, and talks with Mark Martin about how vaccine hesitancy is driving the return of childhood diseases. @markowenmartin.bsky.social

Such an honor to share our work on @microbetv.bsky.social! And fun too! Thank you, @markowenmartin.bsky.social, for the invitation and for being such an enthusiastic host! @asm.org

Too much data, too little thinking. A important essay from Ruslan Medzhitov on the importance of understanding data, not just generating it. A must read. @Yale www.nature.com/articles/s41...

NSF needs to hear from you. Among other points, I suggested: keep politics out of science; stop using the threat of cancelling scientific grants to try to control universities; increase NSF funding for fundamental research. Pls send around. Deadline is January 27. Thanks www.nsf.gov/od/updates/n...

Why #ASMMicrobe matters… @asm.org

Submit your abstracts for ASM Microbe 2026! As a member of the Scientific Program Committee, I can vouch for great science with something for everyone! @asm.org asm.org/events/asm-m...

Honored to be included in Clarivate's Highly Cited Researcher list for 2025. Working with the best people in the business makes the discoveries easier, and more fun. Cheers to my lab (present and former). @clarivatelsh.bsky.social @bostonchildrens.bsky.social @harvardmed.bsky.social

Dr. Rita Colwell. Truly inspiring in every way. And a #Boilermaker to boot! Happy birthday, Rita!

Sharing this important article... for no reason whatsoever. "We must also continue to deepen and refine our understanding of fundamental biological processes because these details frequently hold the keys to major advances in applied research." elifesciences.org/articles/102...

Want to help us as an abstract reviewer for the @asm.org #ASMMicrobe2026? Abstract Review Period: January 29 - February 5, 2026. Please fill out the Abstract Reviewer Interest Form: asm.org/Microbe2026-... Thanks for your help!

NYT obituary of Jim Watson. A long and fairly balanced view of a complicated man who participated in one of the greatest discoveries in biology. [Gift Link] www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...

Mark 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.edu

We're excited to welcome Glen McGugan, Ph.D., as ASM’s Scientific Director of the Mechanism Discovery unit! He’ll lead efforts advancing discovery-driven microbial sciences in physiology, genetics, genomics & more. ➡️ Learn more about the unit: asm.social/2Dy

Fun kickoff to #150PurdueBIO celebrating 150 years of #Purdue Biological Sciences, w/ special guests Doug Robinson @jhu.edu & Jack Johnson @scripps.edu, & colleagues Janice Evans, Nick Noinaj. Thanks to Dept Head Perry Paschou! www.bio.purdue.edu/150/index.html

T-regs for the win! www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic...

Today is the 97th anniversary of penicillin's discovery! Many know the story of Fleming's serendipitous find. But fewer know that the antibiotic-producing mold drifted in from a nearby lab where it was being studied during an unusually cool period that allowed it to grow. apnews.com/today-in-his...

Thrilled to share my work from the @jkagan1.bsky.social lab! TLDR: O-acetylation and wall teichoic acid compete for space on S. aureus peptidoglycan. This competition regulates DNA release, and thus immune receptor activation, during infection! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #microsky #immunosky

NSF Graduate Fellowship announcement is finally posted! www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo... 1/2

An inspiring scientist & role model - the success of Lucy Shapiro’s mentees is a legacy worth celebrating, let alone her exceptional science & dedication to basic science discovery! Congrats Dr. Shapiro, winner Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award 🥇 👏 laskerfoundation.org/winners/pion...

When you break your leg, and THIS is the conversation you have with your friends! 🤣Makes my recovery so much more manageable :) Hope my like-minded dad joke lovers are aptly entertained!

Beautiful mural honoring Henrietta Lacks painted by Baltimore community members popped up near Hopkins med campus recently.

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Franklin W. Stahl, 95, Dies; Helped Create a ‘Beautiful’ DNA Experiment www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/s...

"Our observations should prompt an essential re-evaluation of the literature concerning astrocyte-neuron mitochondrial transfer" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

We have an open engineer position to work on type IX secretion (T9SS), under the supervision of @doan_thierry (collab with HP Fierobe & A. Tolonen). 1-year contract, renewable up to 3.5 years. Please apply here or forward to anyone potentially interested: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

I've wanted to write this article for years. About my and other's struggles to even survive sometime in #academia. Thank you to the amazing editors at @plosbiology.org that gave me the forum to write this piece. #science

Any grad students interested in a career in science policy? Check out this opportunity: mirzayanfellow.nas.edu?utm_source=N...

The new open access policy of NIH will take effect next week (July 1st). All NIH funded research 🔬🧪🧬accepted after July 1st must be open access upon publication. Worried about fees? 💸 Check out how IAI stacks up against other journals—you might be surprised. #OpenAccess #SciComm #Microbiology

New York Times article on the end (at least for the moment) of NIH grant terminations... [Gift link] www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/s...

Enjoyed presenting our work & latest collab w/ @rtsolis.bsky.social at #ASMicrobe! Great sharing the stage w/ @delafuentelab.bsky.social, @laahrs.bsky.social & @heran.bsky.social. A drawback speaking at a Plenary Session is how prominent your pimples & wrinkles are on the jumbo screen🤣😬