Melanie Yarbrough

Associate Professor of Pathology and Immunology @WUSTLmed Clinical Microbiologist and Chemist @BarnesJewish Tweets are my own.

[Melanie Yarbrough @MicroMeIanie]

First of many presentations from WashU at #ASMicrobe! The Twitterless Rachel Bosserman presented her study on microbial burden of bacteria and yeast from positive blood cultures from the @bioMerieuxUSA Virtuo instrument. Come see her at the CPHM poster session! @washupathedu

[Melanie Yarbrough @MicroMeIanie]

@garygrajales @WUSTLmstp @WUSTLImmuno @wusm_pathology @WUSTLmed Congrats Gary! Very excited for you!

[GD @volatilebug]

Applications open for Investigator (Tenure) Track Faculty Positions in the Division of Lab & Genomic Medicine @wusm_pathology at @WUSTLmed! Broad search for awesome new colleagues. Please share. Application details: https://t.co/PbMw01ypqW

[Melanie Yarbrough @MicroMeIanie]

@melmillerphd @deray28 @SBtotheDub @DienBard @andreaprinzi Thanks @melmillerphd! @farnsworthcw and I had a great time making lab staff “glow” during this study. I learned a lot about automation too! @BurnhamBugDoc

[Morgan Pence, PhD, D(ABMM) @Morgan_morganii]

Join us at the SWACM annual meeting September 7-9 in Kansas City! We have an excellent speaker lineup. Full program and registration available at https://t.co/4Ykx4tskIy. @SWACM1 @MidwestMicrobes @DrMattBinnicker @ali_eberly @MMBhattiMD @MicroMeIanie

[Melanie Yarbrough @MicroMeIanie]

So many diagnostic methods for pneumonia! Can one test rule them all? @Nanderson0715 discusses utility of multiplex PCR for pneumonia at #2022AACC. High NPV of PCR has potential for earlier antibiotic de-escalation!

[Melanie Yarbrough @MicroMeIanie]

Can NGS be used for respiratory specimens? Yes! But @SimnerLab stresses that conditional reporting is needed for NGS-based pathogen identification, particularly in samples with “normal flora”. See more at https://t.co/4ZPSCZIjYq #AACC2022 @DavidCGaston

[Melanie Yarbrough @MicroMeIanie]

What’s the value of NGS in clinical micro? @DavidCGaston says it’s a valuable tool. But it can’t replace a good differential and culture! #AACC2022 @SimnerLab

[Melanie Yarbrough @MicroMeIanie]

@farnsworthcw awarded Outstanding Achievement by a Young Investigator at #AACC2022 for his work in cardiac biomarkers, COVID serology, and beyond. Very well deserved, Dr. Farnsworth! @_AACC @wusm_pathology

[WashU Medicine Pathology & Immunology @washu_pathology]

Interested in a rewarding career in #ClinicalMicro? @WUSTLmed is accepting applications for 2023 #CPEP fellowship in St. Louis, @explorestlouis. Details at https://t.co/hMXorMTvue and https://t.co/GMExJP8hKH. @ASMicrobiology #labmedical

[Melanie Yarbrough @MicroMeIanie]

@JClinMicro @melmillerphd @andreaprinzi @drswlong @richdavisphd @BurnhamBugDoc @SBtotheDub @Microetry @DrMattBinnicker @romneyintn @ParasiteGal @SimnerLab @ElliTheelPhD Magic School Bus is awesome but we also love @StoryBots in our house!

[Anthony Orvedahl 🧬🦠🔬🩺🇺🇦 @AOmdphd]

Great content on NIH funding mechanisms!!! Med students and MSTP students consider F30; Residents consider R38; Early Fellows consider DP5 or K12/KL2, and within 4 yrs K99/R00 (NIAID requires 50% effort!!); K08 recipients consider R03 for pilot studies in final 2 years of award.

[Melanie Yarbrough @MicroMeIanie]

A great opportunity to be part of cutting edge science! #newPI #supportivewife

[Anthony Orvedahl 🧬🦠🔬🩺🇺🇦 @AOmdphd]

The Orvedahl Lab is recruiting a postdoc to lead a project focused on immune responses to SARS-CoV-2! Historically underrepresented applicants highly encouraged to apply. DM for more details, apply via the official channel: https://t.co/xbAaXiRe2A

[Rémi Le Guern @rleguern]

In a study comparing blood culture systems, Kingella kingae was detected in only 42% (5/12) for the Virtuo.
This is an issue for septic arthritis, as joint fluid is often incubated into blood cultures. @MicroMeIanie @BurnhamBugDoc #ASMClinMicro #IDTwitter
https://t.co/A6sRKP2a0P

[Anthony Orvedahl 🧬🦠🔬🩺🇺🇦 @AOmdphd]

What's new in Prism 9.0.0?! Automatic stars on graphs!!! @GraphPad Thank you! 2020 is looking up... https://t.co/DnR22Yrd6s

[Melanie Yarbrough @MicroMeIanie]

Urine trouble! Urine specimens are commonly submitted for diagnostic testing for UTI. Can urinalysis and reflex algorithms help with over-utilization of urine culture? Join us at #2019AACC in Room 205AB at 10:30 to find out!

[Melanie Yarbrough @MicroMeIanie]

Interactive round table format for this session on infectious disease diagnostics at #2019AACC. Come learn how to tackle common issues in ID serology!

[Melanie Yarbrough @MicroMeIanie]

Congrats to the the 2019 AACC Midwest Section travel award winner, Viji Nandakumar, and the Marshall award winners, Melissa Budelier and Ghaith Altawallbeh! Check out their posters and presentations at #2019AACC.

[Melanie Yarbrough @MicroMeIanie]

Dr. T. Scott Isbell: Predictive analytics may be used to anticipate sepsis development but must be combined with effective clinical decision support tools to be useful. Great presentation on sepsis advances at #2019AACC! @tscottisbell #sepsis

[Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine @myADLM]

Give 4 promising students a boost: Attend the student poster oral presentations, today @ 1, Rm 201AB, in advance of the poster contest @ 2:15 pm