The Walker Lab at UTHealth

 📢 Join @globaluti.bsky.social as we discuss the #gutbladderaxis and how #microbiomeresearch is reshaping our understanding of #UTI risk.
      📅 Feb 17th
      🕟 4 pm New York Time
      👤 Hosted by @henryschreiber.bsky.social
      🗣️ speakers: Drs. Mark Schembri, Manita Guragain, and Ben Olson

🔬We are rethinking UTIs through the #gutbladderaxis
The gut serves as a reservoir for uropathogens and influences bladder immunity too! Join @globaluti.bsky.social for #UTIHour.
📆 Feb 17th
🕐 4 PM EST
👤 @henryschreiber.bsky.social
🗣️ Drs. Mark Schembri, Manita Guragain, and Ben Olson

Check out this great paper by the Kline lab

January's Paper of the Month highlights the challenges of persistent Staphylococcus aureus in catheterized patients

Shoutout to my amazing graduate students @jmduranramirez.bsky.social for his ground breaking study and @janagm.bsky.social for her beautiful article highlighting it gsbs.uth.edu/news/story/j...

🦠 Did you know the health of the gut and bladder are connected? Disruptions in the gut can influence bladder health, infection risk, and recurrence #GutBladderAxis
🔍 Come find out who’s at risk @globaluti.bsky.social Feb #UTIHour hosted by @henryschreiber.bsky.social
📅 Feb 17th
🕟 4pm New York Time

Great job at all the poster presenters at #GCCAMR26 today and special shout out to my rotation student and Kyle from the Hanson Lab

In 2026, FEMS will introduce a number of important updates across its journals portfolio as part of a wider refresh.

We’ve shared more about what’s changing, and why, in our latest update: buff.ly/NU89NNk

Had the pleasure of introducing @scotthultgren.bsky.social at the #GCCAMR26 yesterday. Inspiring talk and beautiful, impactful work.

So proud of @jmduranramirez.bsky.social for a great talk at #GCCAMR26

@janagm.bsky.social did a great job presenting her work to @scotthultgren.bsky.social

Excellent rapid fire talk by #gsbs student Gretchen Morrison at #GCCAMR26

Impressive talk by @scotthultgren.bsky.social about the broad ways we can develop therapies to target bacterial pathogens

Great start to the #CGGAMR26 conference with a fantastic talk by @proctordm.bsky.social

Great interview with @afloresmireles.bsky.social !

Congrats to @hossaenaayele.bsky.social very much deserved!

Uneven sequencing (coverage) depth can bias microbial intraspecies diversity estimates and how to account for it Abstract. An unbiased and accurate estimation of intraspecies diversity, i.e. the extent of genetic diversity within species (or microdiversity), is crucia

Uneven sequencing (coverage) depth can bias microbial intraspecies diversity estimates and how to account for it
#microbiology #ecology #MicroSky
@isme-microbes.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/isme...

Don’t miss out on travel awards to #CSAUTI deadline is Monday!

Don't miss this fun and informative interview with the great @afloresmireles.bsky.social with the patient advocacy organization Live UTI Free! They talk all the way from marine biology, to good microbes, bad microbes, and UTIs and CAUTIs - a little bit for everyone! Only 30 really enjoyable mins!

Blue poster announcing travel award applications due Jan 12, 2026, with overlapping colorful circular UTI-themed medallions and conference details for April in Nashville.

Attention postdocs, medical fellows, and residents of #UTISky and #IDsky!

Abstract submission for travel awards to our April UTI conference, #UTICONF26, are due on January 12.

The general abstract submission deadline is February 16.

Submit your applications at utiga.org!

Don’t forget to register separately for the “Using R to analyze and display microbiome data” workshop one week from today!

#GCCAMR2026 is only one week away! Regular registration ends tomorrow. Don’t miss out!

Mark your calendars! We are only 2 months away from our next #UTIHour
📆Feb 17th
🕐4 pm New York Time
👤Hosted by @henryschreiber.bsky.social

Also, thank you Dr Schwartz for this amazing image. We are still seeking images to highlight for #UTICONF26 - please submit to information@utiga.org

Sent miss out!

Thanks @chelsamicro.bsky.social for the invitation to give a seminar. The questions from the students were great and it was fantastic meeting all the faculty

#UTICONF26 is just around the corner!
We've got a great program covering:
🦠 #UTI diagnosis
🦠 Pathogenesis
🦠 Drivers
🦠 Microbiomes/reservoirs
🦠 Personalized therapies
🦠 Host-pathogen interactions

Deadlines:
Travel award - 1/12
Abstracts - 2/16
Early registration - 2/26

#UTISky #IDsky

Staphylococcus aureus urease is controlled by a complex regulatory network and promotes dissemination during catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are one of the most common hospital-associated infections in the United States, accounting for >1 million cases annually. One CAUTI-associated pat...

Thrilled to share our preprint in @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social This was huge effort by @janagm.bsky.social and we are really pleased how the story turned out
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Reminder to get your materials ready for #UTICONF26 if you want to present your research or apply for a travel award! The deadlines will sneak up on you fast!

@hossaenaayele.bsky.social and @jmduranramirez.bsky.social have great talks for the #CIDSeminarSeries this week! Thanks to all those who joined and asked great questions!

Don't miss @hossaenaayele.bsky.social and @jmduranramirez.bsky.social #CID talk this afteroon