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Congratulations to my mentor, Dr. Jon Skare, for being elected as a 2025 AAAS Fellow. Jon was recognized for his contributions to Lyme disease virulence regulation, adherence, and host immune evasion mechanisms and his dedication to scientific growth. This honor is very well deserved. Congrats, Jon!

Thank you! It was so nice getting to speak with you at the GRS!

It’s official! I passed my dissertation defense! Huge thank you to my mentor, labmates, and my family for their support during this adventure.

Congratulations to Dr. Brittany Shapiro for defending her Ph.D. dissertation yesterday! She presented her project titled “Borreliella burgdorferi BosR-mediated post-transcriptional regulation”. Brittany’s work has resulted in two publications to date and numerous awards. Exceptional job, Brittany!

VERY proud that Brittany Shapiro, a Ph.D. student in the Skare lab, is a Gramm Fellowship awardee! This award recognizes outstanding teaching and research by select Texas A&M graduate students. Congratulations to Brittany for this well-deserved honor!

Thank you, Jon!

A day late but STILL IMPORTANT

BBK32 attenuates antibody-dependent complement-mediated killing of infectious Borreliella burgdorferi isolates Author summary Lyme disease, caused by Borreliella burgdorferi and other related species, is the most common arthropod-borne infection in the United States. As an extracellular pathogen, B. burgdorfer...

Excited to share our recent publication in PLoS Pathogens! Congratulations to Alex Powell-Pierce, Brittany Shapiro, Payton Smith, and Shannon Allen from my group—as well Brandon Garcia’s lab—for their commitment and hard work on this paper!

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My TAMU Lecture

At Texas A&M University

2025 College of Medicine Graduate Student Organization Annual Research Symposium To be held on 8/22/25 from 8:00-5:15 pm in HPEB LL11A/B, 43A/B, and 44 Keynote speaker: Dr. Peter Hotez Alumni speaker: Dr. Pratheesh Sathyan Please RSVP below for attendance, poster presentations, j...

Use this link to RSVP and to register to present a poster and/or an oral presentation. Abstract submission guidelines are included in the form- docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I am very excited to announce the Texas A&M COM Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium. This event will feature Dr. Peter Hotez as our keynote speaker. As the GSO president this year, I have had the pleasure of planning this event with an amazing officer team. See the link below for more info!

Thank you, Jon!

Congratulations to my senior graduate student, Brittany Shapiro, who was awarded the Richard and Mary Finkelstein award. She was also selected to give a Rapid Fire flash talk at the #ASMicrobe annual meeting in Los Angeles and did an outstanding job! @rnarebel.bsky.social

Had a great time at #ASMicrobe this week. Congrats to @richmarconi.bsky.social for receiving the ASM Applied and Biotechnological Research Award!

Someone really cool must have designed these shirts!

Check out our new Skare lab group photo! Featuring some Texas bluebonnets and iconic lab shirts.

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Urge Congress to protect these critical research programs!

Stood up for science today in College Station with @rnarebel.bsky.social!

Join us this Friday at 12pm to ‼️STAND UP FOR SCIENCE‼️ at Texas A&M University

Rally at Academic Plaza near the Lawrence Sullivan Ross Statue. Feel free to bring posters and spread the word.

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