Abby Kroken

Assistant professor at Loyola University Chicago. Professional bacteria photographer. Corneal infections. Bad jokes. Moving to Blue Sky:

[Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference (MMPC) @MMPConference]

The registration deadline for MMPC 2025 has been extended to Friday September 5!
https://t.co/KJJMx0HYb3

[Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference (MMPC) @MMPConference]

Did you miss the opportunity to submit an abstract to MMPC?
We have extended the deadline to August 25! Please consider sharing your latest and greatest research!
https://t.co/ph4amsNddl

[Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference (MMPC) @MMPConference]

Reminder: the deadline for poster abstracts is this Friday, August 15!
https://t.co/ph4amsNL2T

[Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference (MMPC) @MMPConference]

Reminder: MMPC's abstract deadline to be considered for an oral presentation is July 15!
https://t.co/ph4amsNddl

[Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference (MMPC) @MMPConference]

Registration for MMPC 2025 opens today! We can’t wait to see you in St. Charles, IL, for the first MMPC hosted by Loyola University Chicago!
https://t.co/KJJMx0Iw0B

[Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference (MMPC) @MMPConference]

The 2025 Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference, hosted by Loyola University Chicago, will be held October 3-5. We have a website where you can find additional information and begin making your plans! https://t.co/6cdZI1ySfc

[Abby Kroken @krokenlab]

Last, a bit of life advice: if you’re giving a talk alongside @jonathankirk, make sure you go before him! Incredible storyteller, comedian, and advocate. Congrats, "Senior" Scientist! (though we are not too far apart in age, ha!)

[Abby Kroken @krokenlab]

I received truly humbling recognition today as I was awarded Junior Scientist of the Year at Loyola.

[Abby Kroken @krokenlab]

If any of my teachers or mentors had told me, “Abby, you’re not cut out for this,” I think I would have listened.

I think it’s important to remember the power of our words and reserve judgement about newcomers in science, and in higher education in general.

[Abby Kroken @krokenlab]

@jonathankirk @LoyolaCaMP @LoyolaChicago I thought faculty members were supposed to use their very first headshot for all time! Bonus points if it's a candid shot in an office full of paper stacks.

[ASM @ASMicrobiology]

Can P. aeruginosa adopt an intracellular lifestyle? In #JBacteriology, researchers review studies that observe intracellular P. aeruginosa in vitro, as well as contextualize these findings with the few studies that report similar observations in vivo. https://t.co/3aicMQ0v0x

[Abby Kroken @krokenlab]

Check it out here: https://t.co/lmRq5zXsAP

[Abby Kroken @krokenlab]

We wrote a minireview on the studies that observed intracellular Pseudomonas aeruginosa, now out in @JBacteriology ! When we set out to do this, we thought there were about 40-some papers, but we found just over 100!

[Zach Resko @zachresko]

Happy to share our first review out now in @JBacteriology where we discuss the 100+ studies that observed intracellular Pseudomonas aeruginosa in multiple epithelial cell types! https://t.co/aPLobOB9ZW

[Abby Kroken @krokenlab]

Our hope is that this will spur more investigation into this phenomenon. Intracellular P. aeruginosa has been observed in animal models and recently also lungs of cystic fibrosis patients, but it remains uncertain if it contributes to disease severity or treatment resistance.

[Abby Kroken @krokenlab]

happy #FluorescenceFriday from the omega cell!

[Abby Kroken @krokenlab]

First Kroken lab posters! Hope you got a chance to visit Rachel and Adam! #2023MMPC

[Abby Kroken @krokenlab]

Lots of firsts for me at #2023MMPC!
First speaker ribbon 😊

[Abby Kroken @krokenlab]

I'm still figuring out where my online science community is, and for the time being, will try to crosspost in a few places and see what sticks.

Twitter/X: @krokenlab
Blue Sky: https://t.co/rTq9w12EZY
Mastodon: [email protected]