The lab attends the first Center for Infectious Diseases Research symposium
HMI successfully hosted the inaugural CIDR Symposium, bringing together a distinguished lineup of eight external and four internal St. Jude speakers to address critical challenges
Happy Birthday, Polly and Oyinda!
What’s better than celebrating one birthday? Celebrating two! The lab headed over to Loflin Yard to toast to Polly and Oyinda. Huge happy birthday to
Dr. Moreno’s NBC interview on the rising V. vulnificus cases in the US
Dr. Moreno interviewed with NBC to raise public awareness about the increasing cases of Vibrio vulnificus in several US states. The sharp increase in infections
Our latest PNAS paper is highlighted in St. Jude’s Progress magazine!
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Progress magazine features our work on the unique genetic features that make pandemic cholera strains so dangerous to children and
Oyinda joins the Moreno lab!
The Moreno lab welcomes Oyinda, Associate Scientist, to the team!
How specific strains become human pathogens: New insights from our latest study
Our new PNAS study reveals that the pandemic cholera group (PCG) emerged through the acquisition of gene clusters and allelic variations, offering a blueprint for how pathogenic
Rachel joins the team!
Rachel has joined the Moreno Lab as a postdoctoral researcher. Welcome to the team!
Drs. Alexander and Moreno discuss the potential role of quantum mechanics in living organisms
The article in BBC Science Focus discusses the ‘biodynamic optimization principle’, integrating quantum physics and evolution.
The lab is awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation!
Congratulations to Drs. Moreno and Cordero (MIT) on a NSF grant on microbiome engineering to design synthetic consortia. This is Dr. Moreno’s second grant from
Dr. Moreno is promoted to Associate Professor!
Dr. Salvador Almagro-Moreno is now a Tenured Associate Professor at the College of Medicine! Kudos on the milestone!
Our latest paper correlates meterological data and disease incidence
Using data from the Florida Dept. of Health and NOAA, we model the effect of meteorological changes on V. vulnificus infections. Congrats to all authors!
The Moreno Lab welcomes Zac and Cole!
Zac and Cole join the lab as Research Technicians! Welcome to the team!
Our latest paper in PLoS Genetics provides insights into the emergence of antimicrobial resistance
Trudy’s paper demonstrates how allelic variations in a porin-encoding gene allows for the emergence of antimicrobial resistance in Vibrio cholerae
The lab publishes two book chapters on Vibrio!
Dr. Moreno and Deepak publish chapters on Vibrio infections and cholera dynamics in a book published by Springer.
Dr. Moreno is an editor of a book on Vibrio infections
The book co-edited by Dr. Moreno and Dr. Pukatzki (CUNY) is a compendium of the infections caused by the different species of Vibrio. The book