StLegerLab

Head of Ocular Microbiome & Immunity Lab at @PittTweet. Pioneering research in the #ocular #microbiome. Runner, Dad & #Philly sports fan. RT≠endorsement

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Infectious diseases and Immunology from @Pitt_Vision went axe throwing yesterday. Fun-gi, Kevin Fuller, won the championship against the immunologist, Masaaki Yoshida. Better luck next year, Campbell lab. @EyeMicrobiology.

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Today is the last day for @ARVOinfo SIGs, and if your interested in learning about the ocular microbiome, you can access the SIG (12-1:30 PM EST) here:
https://t.co/c6tsqVmFqg

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Interested in corneal nerves? Dr. Steve Plugfelder, Dr. Pedram Hamrah, @SabanLab, and I will lead a discussion on corneal nerves (How to label, sequence, stimulate, and how they interact with other cells) at the July 11 ARVO SIG. https://t.co/4Ba1tMBdRx

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Congratulations to Yannis Rigas for being selected as runner-up for the Cora Verhagen award at #ARV02024! "Investigating ocular commensal colonization in IL-17 and serum antibody induction" was supported by @eyeandear @NatEyeInstitute @Pitt_PMI @Pitt_Vision

[Eric Romanowski @romanowskieg1]

Revamped Antibiotic May Treat Deadly Eye Infection https://t.co/iCcwozz33N https://t.co/iCcwozz33N

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One last shout out to the lab for #ARVO2024 . Congrats to @4thryon4th for winning the members in training poster award for the Immuno and Micro section! Very proud of all the members of the lab this trip! @Pitt_Vision

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@SabanLab

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@Stlegerlab showed up at #ARVO2024 today with four posters and a space needle visit with members of the @SabanLab. Looking forward to two talks tomorrow from our lab (Yannis Rigas @ 8:45 and Hongmin Yun @ 3:30).

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Couldn't be there today, but solid performance by the St. Leger lab in choosing a champion drink to make for the annual Pitt Immuno Holiday Party. @Pitt_Vision coming to take all the awards.

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@krokenlab We've had a Stirling -80 for almost 6 years with no issues!

[PoholekLab @poholeklab]

@PittTweet @PittHealthSci Calling all URM interested in immunology & microbiology! Applications for Fall MIDS Program are due this Friday Sept 15th! DM or email me for questions.

[Michael F. Chiang, MD @NEIDirector]

Meeting of @NatEyeInstitute ocular surface consortium.

8 linked collaborative projects with goal: delineate ocular surface innervation including corneal sensation, pain circuits, tearing reflexes.

Teams include @dukeeyecenter @HMSeye @BascomPalmerEye (others tagged in photo...)

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Excited to see grad school classmates doing huge things! Welcome back @SmithImmunology, H2P!

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@dukeeyecenter @SabanLab @DukeHealth @DukeMedSchool @DukeBrain @ImmunologyDuke @ARVOinfo Great to see!

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Successful #ARVO2023 for the St. Leger lab! It was a good time in NOLA with two talks and a poster for the lab. Back to Pittsburgh!

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Flying over North Park in Pittsburgh today! I thought it was the end, but Google says they're satellites!

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Got word this week that a collaboration with Anat Galor (MD/MSPH-@BascomPalmerEye), @EyeMicrobiology, @MeiselLab, and @Pitt_CMM will get funding to study the human ocular microbiome for the next 3 years! Big things coming soon! @Pitt_PMI @Pitt_Ophtho

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@SabanLab Thanks!

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Hey! Now live @IOVS today! Yannis Rigas (now an @Pitt_PMI student!), Ben Treat, and Jackie Shane were able to engineer an ocular microbe to express mCherry! We can track ocular microbes now! Check it out! @EyeMicrobiology @eyeandear @Pitt_Vision

https://t.co/6vhoBmC2qw

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Ocular Surface nerves!

Interleukin-33-activated neuropeptide CGRP-producing memory Th2 cells cooperate with somatosensory neurons to induce conjunctival itch https://t.co/RkGVmZo0m2