First undergrad experiment in the lab worked, meaning our graduate students, undergrads, and technicians are all producing data three months in! So proud of them 🤩

Happy last new piece of equipment day to those who celebrate!!

Bourgeois Lab v001

We’re about two weeks away from being able to do our first experiments!

Happy First Deliveries to the Lab Day to those who celebrate!

As of today the Bourgeois Lab has been award a DoD CDMRP TBDRP Idea award to identify a genetic basis for severe acute Lyme disease and PTLDS using the novel “msHOST” platform. This award has an emphasis on “career development” and will help the Bourgeois Lab find its footing in the field.

Also shoutout to my favorite Hu Lab member: the Echo Revolve with a darkfield filter 😍

Okay I’m done science posting for a while. Happy Pride 🏳️‍🌈

I didn’t know how I’d feel today, but it’s over and I’m sad. There were good days and bad days, and I’m thankful to @tuftslyme.bsky.social for all of them. I hope I can be half the advisor you are.

So long and thanks for all the fish.

Introducing the first 200 members of the Bourgeois Lab. They joined today and their first task is are taking a quick 10 week vacation before we put them to work.

Coming soon!! Thrilled to announce that the Bourgeois Lab will be launching at WPI. We will leverage natural diversity to understand Borrelia burgdorferi transmission and Lyme disease manifestations. We are hiring at all levels so please reach out!

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Favorite micrograph I took in 2024–human peripheral blood derived macrophages infected at a very high MOI with GFP-expressing B. burgdorferi. Orange is actin staining. Interesting that you can see the macs trying (succeeding?) to phagocytose the clumps of Bb that occur during in vitro culture.

Coming soon!!