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Julie Pfeiffer
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Our lab at UT Southwestern studies viral pathogenesis. And sometimes wine.
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What we offer:
Activities that build community and collaboration. (5/5)
Photos of lab member teams participating in the Microbiology Olympics. Photo showing our seminar room transformed into the set for Faculty Feud. Lab teams face off at Faculty Feud.
August 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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What we offer:
Faculty mentoring (grant writing workshops, chalk talks, strategy sessions, etc.). (3/5)
An agenda of discussion topics at a recent grant workshop, including when a project is ready, organization, scope, avoiding rookie mistakes, reviewer empathy, and what really happens during the review process. A slide showing strategies for when to submit a grant, with pitfalls for submission too early or too late in the timeline of a given project.
August 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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What we offer:
A highly collaborative and supportive environment that enables innovative science. (2/5) www.utsouthwestern.edu/departments/...
A photo of department members and a list of faculty and trainee awards including NIH Pioneer, NIH New Innovator, HHMI Faculty Scholars, Pew Scholar, Searle Scholar, BWF-PATH awardees, HHMI Hanna Gray Fellows, HHMI Gilliam Fellow, NSF Fellows.
August 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Faculty search announcement 2025: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Microbiology at UT Southwestern. We seek candidates working in microbial pathogenesis (some preference may be given to bacterial pathogens). Come join our community! (1/5) www.utsouthwestern.edu/departments/...
Department members sit at a very long table in the hallway eating a pre-Thanksgiving potluck feast.
August 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Finally, huge congrats to Valerie on this story, which spanned virology, genetics, cell biology, biochemistry, and mouse infections (thanks to @robertmaples.bsky.social‬ for help with mouse work!). She defended her thesis last week and will start a postdoc with @msdiamondlab.bsky.social‬ soon! 10/10
After defending her Ph.D. thesis Valerie hits the "EASY" button, which says, "that was easy". She celebrates.
June 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Valerie Rodriguez Irizarry’s tour de force paper on murine norovirus adaptation/egress is now out in peer-reviewed form ‪@plosbiology.org‬. It highlights the power of forward genetics in virology research. 🧵 1/10 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Drawing of a cell showing mitochondria in the cytoplasm, with murine norovirus virions exiting the cell through damage to the plasma membrane. Image credit: Valerie Rodriguez Irizarry Photo of Valerie Rodriguez Irizarry
June 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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New preprint from Valerie Rodriguez-Irizarry in our group-- her tour de force thesis work used forward genetics to discover new insights into non-enveloped viral egress.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
An extremely talented female scientist smiles.
February 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Microbiology Department potluck lunch ✨
November 22, 2024 at 7:52 PM
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Happy halloween.
October 31, 2023 at 11:43 AM
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Wonderful to celebrate the legacy of Beth Levine yesterday. Dr. Noboru Mizushima, first winner of the Beth Levine M.D. Prize in Autophagy Research, gave a fantastic seminar including amazing drawings of his history with Beth. www.utsouthwestern.edu/research/bet....
October 4, 2023 at 2:37 PM