Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at JHSPH

@JohnsHopkinsMMI

The dept is focused on the control, prevention & treatment of infectious diseases caused by viruses, bacteria & parasites. @JohnsHopkinsSPH @JohnsHopkins

Baltimore, MD

Joined August 2018

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Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at JHSPH@JohnsHopkinsMMI · Jul 23

MMI PhD Candidate Jerome Edwards will defend his PhD thesis Monday, July 28 @JohnsHopkinsSPH #measles #vaccines #PhDDefense #dissertation

JohnsHopkinsMMI's tweet image. MMI PhD Candidate Jerome Edwards will defend his PhD thesis Monday, July 28 @JohnsHopkinsSPH

#measles #vaccines #PhDDefense #dissertation

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Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at JHSPH@JohnsHopkinsMMI · Jul 22

Thank you to this week's Postdoc Summer Research Forum presenters - Houhong Zhang, PhD, and Shilpa Sachan, PhD, for their interesting and engaging presentations. Thank you also to all who came out! Both @JohnsHopkinsMMI Postdoctoral Fellow presentations were well attended!

JohnsHopkinsMMI's tweet image. Thank you to this week's Postdoc Summer Research Forum presenters - Houhong Zhang, PhD, and Shilpa Sachan, PhD, for their interesting and engaging presentations.

Thank you also to all who came out! Both @JohnsHopkinsMMI Postdoctoral Fellow presentations were well attended!

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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health@JohnsHopkinsSPH · Jul 21

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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health@JohnsHopkinsSPH · Jul 21

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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health@JohnsHopkinsSPH · Jul 21

It's the season of the (s)ticks. As warm weather has arrived across much of the U.S., and that means more hikes, outdoor fun, and concerns about ticks. Here's what you need to know about tick season ➡️

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Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at JHSPH@JohnsHopkinsMMI · Jul 21

TODAY's Postdoc Summer Research Forum features Houhong Zhang, PhD, of the Dimopoulos Lab and Shilpa Sachan, PhD, of the Baumgarth Lab Monday, July 21 @JohnsHopkinsSPH 12:00Noon - 1:00 p.m. Room W2008 #PlasmodiumFalciparum #BorreliaBurgdorferi

JohnsHopkinsMMI's tweet image. TODAY's Postdoc Summer Research Forum features Houhong Zhang, PhD, of the Dimopoulos Lab and Shilpa Sachan, PhD, of the Baumgarth Lab

Monday, July 21
@JohnsHopkinsSPH
12:00Noon - 1:00 p.m.
Room W2008

#PlasmodiumFalciparum #BorreliaBurgdorferi

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Johns Hopkins University@JohnsHopkins · Jul 17

Experts warn that NIH funding cuts could usher in a “dark age” for autoimmune disease research—research that holds the potential to improve and save lives through innovative cellular therapies for lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and related conditions. hub.jhu.edu/2025/06/24/nih……

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Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at JHSPH@JohnsHopkinsMMI · Jul 18

MMI's Postdoc Summer Research Forum will conclude July 28. If you have not been able to attend and learn about our Postdoc's research, considering attending. There are 2 forums remaining - July 21 & July 28. Monday, July 21 @JohnsHopkinsSPH 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Room W2008

JohnsHopkinsMMI's tweet image. MMI's Postdoc Summer Research Forum will conclude July 28. If you have not been able to attend and learn about our Postdoc's research, considering attending. There are 2 forums remaining - July 21 &amp; July 28.

Monday, July 21
@JohnsHopkinsSPH
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Room W2008

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Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at JHSPH@JohnsHopkinsMMI · Jul 17

Virologist and @JohnsHopkinsSPH Professor @andrewpekosz comments on @NIH pauses to U.S. funded research “There doesn’t seem to be a risk-benefit analysis or understanding that things like this are going on in the real world,” Pekosz says. science.org/content/articl…

JohnsHopkinsMMI's tweet card. Trump executive order leads to pauses on U.S.-funded research into TB, influenza, COVID-19, and other diseases, dismaying some scientists

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Andrew Pekosz@andrewpekosz · Jul 17

1/5 The lab’s first paper on bovine H5N1 looks at preexisting antibody immunity in the human population and how influenza vaccination and infection effect it. @JohnsHopkinsMMI and @JohnsHopkinsSPH biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

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Andrew Pekosz@andrewpekosz · Jul 17

2/5 While there is little H5 HA binding or neutralizing antibody responses, there is a significant amount of antibodies that recognize bovine N1 NA and that inhibit NA enzymatic activity.

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Andrew Pekosz@andrewpekosz · Jul 17

3/5 The N1 NA crossreactive antibodies are boosted after seasonal influenza H1N1 infection, but not by H3N2 infection or seasonal influenza vaccination. Of course, we don’t know how these crossreactive NA antibodies modulate H5N1 disease...

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Andrew Pekosz@andrewpekosz · Jul 17

4/5 but it may indicate that boosting NA antibodies might be a faster way to induce human population immunity to bovine H5N1. Several other studies have indicated similar things.

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Andrew Pekosz@andrewpekosz · Jul 17

5/5 This work was driven by PhD student Annie Werner, in collaboration with @Virusnerdette and @cosettegrace from the University of Maryland with help from @CXCLGIN

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Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at JHSPH@JohnsHopkinsMMI · Jul 16

Nicole Baumgarth @nbaumgarth, DVM, PhD, Director of the @JohnsHopkins Lyme and Tickborne Diseases Research and Education Institute & a @JHU_BDPs, comments on #babesiosis--the tickborne disease spread primarily by bites from black-legged (deer) ticks. newsweek.com/experts-warn-s…

JohnsHopkinsMMI's tweet card. A CDC spokesperson told Newsweek that "the number of babesiosis cases reported each year has increased over time."

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Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at JHSPH@JohnsHopkinsMMI · Jul 15

Thank you to this week's @JohnsHopkinsMMI Postdoc Summer Research Forum presenters! Mary Kefi, PhD (Dimopoulos Lab) investigates mosquito-parasite interactions. Gladys Gutierrez-Bugallo, PhD (Dimopoulos Lab) studies the mosquito immune system & it's microbiome

JohnsHopkinsMMI's tweet image. Thank you to this week's @JohnsHopkinsMMI Postdoc Summer Research Forum presenters!

Mary Kefi, PhD (Dimopoulos Lab) investigates mosquito-parasite interactions.

Gladys Gutierrez-Bugallo, PhD (Dimopoulos Lab) studies the mosquito immune system &amp; it's microbiome

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Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at JHSPH@JohnsHopkinsMMI · Jul 14

TODAY's #Postdoc Summer Research Forum features Dimopoulos Lab members Mary Kefi, PhD, and Gladys Gutierrez-Bugallo, PhD TODAY July 14, 2025 @JohnsHopkinsSPH 12:00Noon W2008 All members of the @JohnsHopkins community are welcome to attend! #malaria #AedesAegypti

JohnsHopkinsMMI's tweet image. TODAY's #Postdoc Summer Research Forum features Dimopoulos Lab members Mary Kefi, PhD, and Gladys Gutierrez-Bugallo, PhD

TODAY July 14, 2025
@JohnsHopkinsSPH
12:00Noon
W2008

All members of the @JohnsHopkins community are welcome to attend!

#malaria #AedesAegypti

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Johns Hopkins Giving@HopkinsGiving · Jun 30

With ticks moving north, tick infections have been on the rise. However, with support from Karen Peetz, Bus '81, the Lyme and Tickborne Diseases Research and Education Institute is working to understand and prevent tickborne diseases. Learn more: giving.jhu.edu/lyme-and-tick-…

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Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at JHSPH@JohnsHopkinsMMI · Jul 10

“Screening of blood for Babesia is becoming a must.” – Nicole Baumgarth, PhD, @JohnsHopkinsMMI @JohnsHopkinsSPH Experts warn of rising #babesiosis as tickborne diseases spread. Read more in @Newsweek: “Experts Warn of Spreading Tick Bite Disease” #PublicHealth #LymeDisease

JohnsHopkinsMMI's tweet image. “Screening of blood for Babesia is becoming a must.”
– Nicole Baumgarth, PhD, @JohnsHopkinsMMI @JohnsHopkinsSPH
Experts warn of rising #babesiosis as tickborne diseases spread.

Read more in @Newsweek:
“Experts Warn of Spreading Tick Bite Disease”

#PublicHealth #LymeDisease

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Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at JHSPH@JohnsHopkinsMMI · Jul 10

Fungal infections are harder to treat “It's an increasingly complicated story & physicians may have trouble identifying whether or not they're dealing w/a drug-resistant fungal infection" explains @JHU_BDPs @ACasadevall1 MD PhD @JohnsHopkinsSPH @NBCNews nbcnews.com/health/health-…

JohnsHopkinsMMI's tweet card. The fungus Aspergillus fumigatus tops the World Health Organization's list of worrying fungal diseases. It's growing increasingly resistant to the first-line drug used to treat it.

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