Kerri Coon

Assistant Professor @UWBact @UWMadison studying mosquito-microbe interactions. Tweets are my own. She/her/hers.

[Kerri Coon @MosMicrobes]

@Amelia_Lindsey @UWBact It was so nice to see you and hear the latest about the amazing work your group is doing, Amelia!!! 🪰🦠❤️

[🦟🦠 @mosquitomicrobe]

The latest instalment in our journey to create mosquitoes with designer microbiomes!! 🦟🦠🧪

“A cryopreservation method to recover laboratory- and field-derived bacterial communities from mosquito larval habitats”

Great work @szymbiosis & @Mosmicrobes!

https://t.co/FLMudnQYwc

[Laura E Brettell @laura_brettell]

We took microbiomes from different 🦟species from the lab/field and transplanted into Ae. aegypti -> they responded similarly when the 🦠🦠were from lab donors -regardless of 🦟species, but far more changes to gene expression when using a field donor -pretty cool I reckon😀

[Eva Heinz @EvaHeinz7]

When we swap their microbiomes, what do the mosquitoes actually think about that?? Take a look at our new preprint; congratulations @Shiva_hegde @laura_brettell @SQuek_001 Miguel Saldaña @EtebariK @SassanAsgari @MosMicrobes @mosquitomicrobe https://t.co/iw3VMB0DZv

[Kerri Coon @MosMicrobes]

Beyond proud of my amazing MDTP students @NicholsHollyL, @Asommer101, and @aldoaarellano for their hard work and incredible talks at ESA this year! ❤️🦟🥳

[Microbiology Doctoral Training Program @UWMadisonMDTP]

Congratulations to #MDTP student @NicholsHollyL for earning 1st place for her talk at the 2022 ESA, ESC, and ESBC Joint Annual Meeting in Vancouver, BC!

Read the full article here: https://t.co/jJm7qBG2bk

@MosMicrobes #Entomology #Microbiology

[Mark Mandel @markjmandel]

Applications for the assistant professor position in @UWMadisonMMI should be submitted by this Tuesday (November 15) to receive full consideration. We have supportive faculty with fantastic students across many graduate programs on campus! https://t.co/yRvjDGPnOs

[Eva Heinz @EvaHeinz7]

Job alert! Since our brilliant @vectorvish is off to new adventures with a PhD scholarship @LSTMnews (congratulations again!! 🥳); @laura_brettell @mosquitomicrobe and myself will be recruiting for a research assistant in Liverpool @LSTMnews! (1/3)

[Dennis Halterman @HaltermanLab]

Come and work with me at the University of Wisconsin-Madison! The Dept. of Plant Pathology is looking for a Nematologist at the Assistant OR Associate level. The research area is open. Applications are encouraged from citizens of any nation.
https://t.co/PPx6YCjvNp

[Gina Lewin @Gina_Lewin]

My lab website is live!!

https://t.co/Bw3GCD4cPL

Next up: recruiting some awesome people so I'm not the only one on the lab members page 😂

[Kerri Coon @MosMicrobes]

@nsa_dada @asuSOLS @ASUTheCollege Huge congrats, Nsa!!!

[Kerri Coon @MosMicrobes]

@RuthlessRuth15 @markjmandel @MicroKLV Amazing work, Ruth!

[Kerri Coon @MosMicrobes]

It’s a happy (and sunny) day here in Madison! Huge congrats to @NicholsHollyL for passing her prelims with flying colors!!!

[Kerri Coon @MosMicrobes]

Huge congrats to all of the new fellows and advisers! Can’t wait to be reunited with @aldoaarellano after his internship @dermbiont this summer. Give your students the space to explore career options, folks. It’ll only make all the science better!

[Denise Dearing @MDeniseDearing]

.@BenMicrobesMtg #BeneficialMicrobesMtg looking for a postdoc interested in discovering and culturing creosote-degrading microbes from woodrats. Email me if you are interested in this cool project. 🐭🦠

[Kerri Coon @MosMicrobes]

@Juul @mosquitomicrobe Our results support the latter statement, as our cryopreservation conditions had very little impact on recovery of bacteria, even from the field!

[Kerri Coon @MosMicrobes]

What better way to celebrate the close of the @BenMicrobesMtg this week than to share our new paper?… "Cryopreservation of mosquito microbiota for use in microcosm experiments"
https://t.co/1M8auuMRfD

[Kerri Coon @MosMicrobes]

@Juul @mosquitomicrobe DMSO doesn't play nice with mosquito larvae and trial and error with individual isolates suggested that 20% glycerol would be sufficient to preserve most bacteria from mosquito environments.

[🦟🦠 @mosquitomicrobe]

Follows on from our microbiome transplantation work.
🦟🦠➡️🧪➡️🦟🦠

You can check that out in the thread here 👇

https://t.co/Kkf5rJaehG

[🦟🦠 @mosquitomicrobe]

Our latest step towards establishing a field microbiome in the lab. Here we show that cryopreserved microbiomes from mosquito larval habitats can be stored and reconstituted in the lab. The resulting microbiomes are remarkable consistent too👍 Nice work @MosMicrobes & @szymbiosis

[Kerri Coon @MosMicrobes]

The sky’s the limit…and we’re working hard to continue to optimize these approaches, especially for field-derived microbiota. Stay tuned for more from us and our incredible colleagues @NicholsHollyL Miguel Medina Munoz @EvaHeinz7 @laura_brettell @vectorvish

[Kerri Coon @MosMicrobes]

The same approach could also be used to cryopreserve microbiota for transplantation into different life stages or host species, à la:
https://t.co/5To8BwFquz