Melanie Rutkowski (she/her)

Mother, wife, daughter, scientist. Working to define how interactions between the microbiota, immune cells and tumors influence cancer outcomes.

[Brady Spencer @BradySpencer12]

Very excited to share that Uday @snowkaryote and I will be joining the Microbiology, Immunology, & Cancer Bio Dept @UVA_MIC @MedicineUVA as Assistant Professors this Fall! 🎉 My lab will study protein secretion in Gram-positive bacteria and its impact on host barriers & immunity.

[Anna Cliffe @AnnaCliffe1]

The Cliffe lab is hiring a lab specialist or technician. Our current technician is leaving for grad school 👏. The post is well-suited for anyone who would like a few years of experience before grad school or for someone who would like to stay in a position for longer.
Pls RT

[Melanie Rutkowski (she/her) @RutkowskiLab]

@annesperling1 @UvaDOM @UVA_PCCM @UVAimmunology Congratulations Anne - this sounds so so important!!!

[Melanie Rutkowski (she/her) @RutkowskiLab]

Congratulations @SimonaBajgai - she passed her qualifying exam like a total rockstar!!! So excited to see what she will uncover about mast cells and breast cancer!

[Carrie Cowardin @Ccowardin]

Our lab's first paper is official! Super proud of and grateful to the team for everything that went into this project. Check out the video to learn more about how the microbiome contributes to growth and immunity during intergenerational undernutrition.

[Sarah E Ewald, PhD @ewald_lab]

Excited to share our new story explaining how macrophages use nitric oxide derivatives to shut down Toxoplasma evasion of cell-autonomous immunity. Congrats to @zhaoxyu6 and the team! https://t.co/wh3jFYHKl6

[Melanie Rutkowski (she/her) @RutkowskiLab]

@RiyueSunnyBao It was so wonderful seeing you!!!! I had such a fantastic visit!!

[Melanie Rutkowski (she/her) @RutkowskiLab]

@RiyueSunnyBao @UVA Thank you so very much for the kind words. It was such a wonderful meeting!!!

[UVAimmunology @UVAimmunology]

CIC member, Dr. Kristin Anderson @immunegirl , explains her lab’s super cool research and its importance to treating cancer!

[Melanie Rutkowski (she/her) @RutkowskiLab]

@ARHarris_PhDMPH Ali this is amazing!!!! Congratulations!!!

[Melanie Rutkowski (she/her) @RutkowskiLab]

Our department @UVA_MIC is hiring! UVA and MIC are super supportive of junior faculty. We are collaborative and lucky to recruit outstanding students through the BIMS graduate program! A fantastic place to begin your independent academic career!

[Isabelle Derré @IsabelleDerre]

JOB POST: Assistant Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis available in our Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology department at the University of Virginia @UVA @UVA_MIC.
Apply here: https://t.co/AoDMalXSmV
Please RT.

[Melanie Rutkowski (she/her) @RutkowskiLab]

@ZegarraRuizPhD @UVA_MIC @UVAimmunology @MedicineUVA @UVA We are thrilled to have you join us!!!

[Melanie Rutkowski (she/her) @RutkowskiLab]

@IsabelleDerre @UVA @UVA_MIC @uva_bims Congratulations Isabelle!!!!!

[UVA-MIC @UVA_MIC]

Congrats to MIC Faculty member Melissa Kendall @melissa_lulu_k
https://t.co/VwJGkaf445

[UVA_BIMS 🔬🥽🎓 @uva_bims]

Congratulations to this exceptional group of @MedicineUVA faculty
We are so excited our great PhD mentors have been recognized! @KendallMicroLab @bimald @mete_civelek @PompanoLab @LazzaraLab @iscwilliams! 🧡💙
https://t.co/6yBnl1YYvY

[Melanie Rutkowski (she/her) @RutkowskiLab]

@HeatherCaslin @DanAbebayehu Congratulations! This sounds like a beautifully synergistic and supportive environment!!! Im so thrilled for you!!!

[Melanie Rutkowski (she/her) @RutkowskiLab]

@VolkanKoseoglu5 Congratulations @VolkanKoseoglu5 I am very excited to see your new research program grow!!!

[UVAimmunology @UVAimmunology]

Congratulations to Dr. Sepideh Dolatshahi @sepiddsh, as the 2023 Chambers-Thermo Fisher Scientific Award Recipient! https://t.co/9Ry9grLiuZ!

[Melanie Rutkowski (she/her) @RutkowskiLab]

@FilippoVeglia81 @MoffittNews Congratulations!!! I'm so happy to hear this!

[Melanie Rutkowski (she/her) @RutkowskiLab]

@DrewDudleyLab @kamm_lab @ChiappinelliLab @NatureComms @uva_bims @SarahSheltonPhD @UVA_MIC Beautiful paper by the @DrewDudleyLab identifying a novel method of enabling T cell infiltration into tumors. The vasculature are key!