Mehdi Bouhaddou, PhD

Assist. Prof. @UCLAQCBio @MicrobioUcla. Postdoc @KroganLab. PhD @BirtwistleLab. Phosphoproteomics +Bioinformatics +Disease. 50% dry, 50% wet.🇺🇸🇫🇷🇲🇦🏳️‍🌈

[Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @KrutikaKuppalli]

🚨 The @AfricaCDC statement on the new #Ebola outbreak in #DRC is deeply concerning.

🔬 This is a non-Zaire ebolavirus outbreak
🧪 13 of 20 samples tested positive
⚠️ 246 suspected cases reported
🕊️ 65 deaths, including 4 laboratory workers

This highlights the urgent need for enhanced surveillance, rapid diagnostics, infection prevention and control, and protection of frontline healthcare and laboratory personnel.

[Mehdi Bouhaddou, PhD @DoctorBou]

@LongDesertTrain Thanks Ryan! Recommend getting in touch with Yaron Tomer, who wrote the code and is super helpful. Happy to put you in touch if you need.

[Mehdi Bouhaddou, PhD @DoctorBou]

Big shout out to co-first authors @kareem_alb and Declan Winters! Also to our stellar collaborators, couldn’t do it without you. Collaboration makes the dream work!

[Mehdi Bouhaddou, PhD @DoctorBou]

Thrilled to share the first major preprint from the lab. Viruses are classically viewed as targets of host sensing. Do viruses also sense and respond to the host? We propose viruses may act as “biosensors” of the host signaling state. A thread👇🏾
https://t.co/4o9jCCMcuG

[Mehdi Bouhaddou, PhD @DoctorBou]

In sum, our findings suggest the possibility that viruses evolved as biosensors of the host signaling state, unveiling new antiviral opportunities aimed at disrupting virus decision-making.

[Mehdi Bouhaddou, PhD @DoctorBou]

👌🏽

[Jeffrey West @mathoncbro]

Another great short essay, by Paul Nurse, 2021:

"Theorizing should be encouraged, and theories should be included in experimental papers to put data in context."

[Mehdi Bouhaddou, PhD @DoctorBou]

Happy Holidays from the Bouhaddou Lab @MicrobioUcla @UCLAQCBio @UCLA. It’s been a productive year and the group is growing. Feel lucky to get to do science with good people.

[Mehdi Bouhaddou, PhD @DoctorBou]

@VignuzziLab @NatureComms @idlabs_astar I love Sonja!

[Mehdi Bouhaddou, PhD @DoctorBou]

Introducing PFAIR
https://t.co/BaVtvuypCx

[Mehdi Bouhaddou, PhD @DoctorBou]

Congratulations to Yennifer Delgado @Delgado_Yenn PhD student in my group for receiving the @NSF GRFP, a competitive 3-year fellowship for graduate students, and to Declan Winters for an honorable mention. You guys are amazing. I’m lucky to work with you!

[Mehdi Bouhaddou, PhD @DoctorBou]

@BenGlicksberg @IcahnMountSinai @MindichCHDI @AIHealthMtSinai @mountsinaicbipm @HPI_MS @girish_nadkarni @aw_charney Amazing!

[Mehdi Bouhaddou, PhD @DoctorBou]

@ZeynepHG @Delgado_Yenn @MicrobioUcla Yes I do ;) let’s do it

[Mehdi Bouhaddou, PhD @DoctorBou]

Stellar presentation by Yennifer Delgado @Delgado_Yenn at the @MicrobioUcla virology seminar series, PhD student in the lab, talking about her work on membrane protein phosphorylation — stay tuned for updates

[Mehdi Bouhaddou, PhD @DoctorBou]

@VignuzziLab Congrats! Well deserved💪🏽💪🏽