@lf_cabo

PhD student at UPitt in the Boyle Lab, interested in congenital transmission of #toxoplasma and other placental pathogens, she/her

Joined September 2019
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New Lab Content: @lf_cabo⁩ shows that Toxoplasma rewires placental trophoblasts with important developmental consequence. My fav part: infection suppresses trophoblast fusion, a critical process in maintaining the protective placental barrier. Read 👇 biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

Toxoplasma gondii infection misdirects placental trophoblast lineage specification

Pregnancy is a critical point of vulnerability to infection and other insults that could compromise proper fetal development. The placenta acts as a protective and nutrient-permeable barrier to most...

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These 3 gals are all done their #MPM2023 presentations and are heading home! Cheers to a great conference week with a really cool research community.
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I’m excited to share my work which investigates oral infectivity of Toxoplasma gondii ROCY1 (BFD2) KO parasites within an in vivo model. Come by poster 101 to see more! #MPM2023 @WiParasitology @parasitesrule – at Woods Hole, MA
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Reviving my science Twitter to plug my poster at #MPM2023!! Come hear about my work investigating how Toxoplasma impacts progenitor cells in the human placenta. I will be at the Monday night session, poster #112! @parasitesrule @WiParasitology
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Happy Valentine’s Day! Please enjoy some toxo-themed valentines ♥️ – at Pittsburgh, PA
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Postdoc opportunities in my lab at the University of Pittsburgh! Come and join us! asmcareerconnections.org/job… – at Pittsburgh, PA

POSITION Job Opening in LOCATION - American Society for Microbiology Career Connections

A new

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ToxoXVI@Toxo_XVI26 May 2022
and finally… what you’ve all been waiting for @Toxo_XVI group photo! Safe home everyone and see you in Berlin!
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Would have shown this at the end of my talk this evening @Toxo_XVI #toxoxvi to highlight posters from my lab: Leah, Hisham and Rafaela. Sorry I can’t be there yet but swing by these posters tonight if you are interested!
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A transcriptional network required for Toxoplasma gondii tissue cyst formation is dispensable for long-term persistence biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

A transcriptional network required for Toxoplasma gondii tissue cyst formation is dispensable for...

Cyst formation is a key feature of the T. gondii life cycle but the genetic networks that drive this process are not yet fully characterized. To identify new components of this network, we compared...

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Today @scienceCC and I got the notice for grant award for a multi PI grant to study Toxoplasma-placenta interactions. This was the sixth time we submitted that grant in some form or another. Lots of reasons why (poor grant writing at times on my part for sure!!)…. But…
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today everyone here is clearly mourning the plain fact that the one institution authorized to make evidence-based guidance during this pandemic is actually an apparatus for capitalist extraction. yes, that is a bummer.
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Even though I couldn’t attend the lab Christmas party, I was very happy to at least take home the Ugly Sweater competition win for @BoyleLab! #catsFTW
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SUPER happy say that my PhD work will now be funded by an NIH F31! Proof that you can reuse your comprehensive exam document for something after all 🥳
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Thanks to my mentors on this application @BoyleLab and @scienceCC. And especially @ScienceSaraHh whose previously funded application was an invaluable roadmap
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New paper alert! 🚨🚨 A true whole-group effort in outlining CCL22 induction at the hands of T. gondii secreted protein GRA28. Important work in understanding T. gondii infection dynamics at the placenta. Congrats to lead @ZoomingBio!! journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128…
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New paper from the @BoyleLab: Toxoplasma gondii GRA28 Is Required for Placenta-Specific Induction of the Regulatory Chemokine CCL22 in Human and Mouse #AcademicTwitter journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128…
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Interested in pursuing a PhD @PittBioSci?? Then signup for our virtual information session this Friday at 4pm ET! A team of students and faculty will be on Zoom to answer your questions, discuss our department, and the application/interview process. pitt.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/f…
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Andy Truman PhD@TrumanLab16 Nov 2021
What is your favorite piece of biological science equipment under $5000?
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Please help out Jahree, my friend and fellow Pitt PhD student, who lost everything in a fire 🤍
J Sosa@SosaScience18 Oct 2021
Hi all, this past weekend I was the victim of a home fire and lost my home and all of my belongings. Pls share my story to help us get back on our feet. Anything helps! Thank you ❤️ gofund.me/3fc4b787
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