Leah Cabo

PhD student at UPitt in the Boyle Lab, interested in congenital transmission of #toxoplasma and other placental pathogens, she/her

[@boylelab.bsky.social @BoyleLab]

New Lab Content: @lf_cabo⁩ shows that Toxoplasma rewires placental trophoblasts with important developmental consequence. My fav part: infection suppresses trophoblast fusion, a critical process in maintaining the protective placental barrier. Read 👇 https://t.co/8lT7Wgs1c7

[Leah Cabo @lf_cabo]

@BoyleLab Antibody manufacturers are all at the top of my list of enemies

[Leah Cabo @lf_cabo]

These 3 gals are all done their #MPM2023 presentations and are heading home! Cheers to a great conference week with a really cool research community.

[Sarah Reilly @sarahreilly57]

I’m excited to share my work which investigates oral infectivity of Toxoplasma gondii ROCY1 (BFD2) KO parasites within an in vivo model. Come by poster 101 to see more! #MPM2023 @WiParasitology @parasitesrule

[Leah Cabo @lf_cabo]

Reviving my science Twitter to plug my poster at #MPM2023!! Come hear about my work investigating how Toxoplasma impacts progenitor cells in the human placenta. I will be at the Monday night session, poster #112! @parasitesrule @WiParasitology

[Sarah Reilly @sarahreilly57]

Happy Valentine’s Day! Please enjoy some toxo-themed valentines ♥️

[@boylelab.bsky.social @BoyleLab]

Postdoc opportunities in my lab at the University of Pittsburgh! Come and join us! https://t.co/9Ii2chonWx

[ToxoXVI @Toxo_XVI]

and finally… what you’ve all been waiting for @Toxo_XVI group photo! Safe home everyone and see you in Berlin!

[@boylelab.bsky.social @BoyleLab]

Would have shown this at the end of my talk this evening @Toxo_XVI #toxoxvi to highlight posters from my lab: Leah, Hisham and Rafaela. Sorry I can’t be there yet but swing by these posters tonight if you are interested!

[Leah Cabo @lf_cabo]

@Toxo_XVI folks! Want to know the context behind my toxo nail art? Come see my poster tomorrow (Monday) at 7 pm! Poster 78!!! @WiParasitology #ToxoXVI

[Leah Cabo @lf_cabo]

@EliseTweetsBio @BoyleLab @punk_scientist @celestelabedz @jaeeNscience @ctsdr313 @EliseTweetsBio What’s your schedule like in 3ish years?

[@boylelab.bsky.social @BoyleLab]

A transcriptional network required for Toxoplasma gondii tissue cyst formation is dispensable for long-term persistence https://t.co/LpP1ocubPG

[@boylelab.bsky.social @BoyleLab]

Today @scienceCC and I got the notice for grant award for a multi PI grant to study Toxoplasma-placenta interactions. This was the sixth time we submitted that grant in some form or another. Lots of reasons why (poor grant writing at times on my part for sure!!)…. But…

[Leah Cabo @lf_cabo]

@andrea_fetters HUGE congratulations on this, Andrea. You’ve worked so hard!!!

[@hellomingo.bsky.social @chanthropology]

today everyone here is clearly mourning the plain fact that the one institution authorized to make evidence-based guidance during this pandemic is actually an apparatus for capitalist extraction. yes, that is a bummer.

[Sarah Reilly @sarahreilly57]

Even though I couldn’t attend the lab Christmas party, I was very happy to at least take home the Ugly Sweater competition win for @BoyleLab! #catsFTW

[Leah Cabo @lf_cabo]

@Lrunyenj Thank you!!!! 😁😁

[Leah Cabo @lf_cabo]

Thanks to my mentors on this application @BoyleLab and @scienceCC. And especially @ScienceSaraHh whose previously funded application was an invaluable roadmap

[Leah Cabo @lf_cabo]

SUPER happy say that my PhD work will now be funded by an NIH F31! Proof that you can reuse your comprehensive exam document for something after all 🥳