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Kaitlyn and Caleb Presented at the SLB Conference
Papers Matthew Lawrenz 9/16/26 Papers Matthew Lawrenz 9/16/26

Kaitlyn and Caleb Presented at the SLB Conference

Postdocs Kaitlyn Whitefoot-Keliin and Caleb Whitley presented their data at the Society for Leukocyte Biology’s annual conference.

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Hot Off the Press: New Review from the Lawrenz Lab
Papers Matthew Lawrenz 4/10/26 Papers Matthew Lawrenz 4/10/26

Hot Off the Press: New Review from the Lawrenz Lab

A neutrophil and Y. pestis walk into a bar… Learn what happens next in this review from Dr. Katelyn Sheneman.

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New Paper on Plague, Neutrophils, and EV Production
Papers Matthew Lawrenz 4/17/25 Papers Matthew Lawrenz 4/17/25

New Paper on Plague, Neutrophils, and EV Production

Graduate student Katelyn Sheneman’s paper marks the lab’s foray into the EV world and provides further evidence that Y. pestis manipulates the immune system during infection.

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New Paper on Evolutionarily Divergent Yersinia Sequences
Papers Matthew Lawrenz 12/10/24 Papers Matthew Lawrenz 12/10/24

New Paper on Evolutionarily Divergent Yersinia Sequences

Our latest paper shares genome sequences of evolutionary distant Yersinia species.

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New Paper on Inflammatory Lipids and Plague
Papers Matthew Lawrenz 10/19/24 Papers Matthew Lawrenz 10/19/24

New Paper on Inflammatory Lipids and Plague

Our latest paper describes key differences in how neutrophils and macrophages recognize and respond to the Y. pestis type 3 secretion system.

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New Paper on Inactivation Protocols for Y. pestis
Papers Matthew Lawrenz 4/9/24 Papers Matthew Lawrenz 4/9/24

New Paper on Inactivation Protocols for Y. pestis

Want to know all about inactivating Y. pestis? Read our latest paper!

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New Paper on Leukotriene B4 Inhibition During Plague
Papers Matthew Lawrenz 1/26/24 Papers Matthew Lawrenz 1/26/24

New Paper on Leukotriene B4 Inhibition During Plague

Hooray! Amanda Brady’s first manuscript with the Lawrenz Lab has been published in PLoS Pathogens.

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New Paper on Nutritional Immunity in the Dermis
Papers Matthew Lawrenz 12/16/23 Papers Matthew Lawrenz 12/16/23

New Paper on Nutritional Immunity in the Dermis

Excited to announce Sarah Price’s last manuscript with the Lawrenz Lab in collaboration with the Jewell Lab and others.

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Press Release on Katelyn’s Research & F31
Papers Matthew Lawrenz 11/27/23 Papers Matthew Lawrenz 11/27/23

Press Release on Katelyn’s Research & F31

Thanks to the University of Louisville for sharing some of PhD student Katelyn Sheneman’s discoveries in the realm of neutrophil manipulation by Y. pestis.

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New Paper on the Yersiniabactin Secretion System
Papers Matthew Lawrenz 7/28/23 Papers Matthew Lawrenz 7/28/23

New Paper on the Yersiniabactin Secretion System

We used a new form of TnSeq to identify the yersiniabactin secretion system in Y. pestis.

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New Paper on Model Development for MDR Pseudomonas
Papers Matthew Lawrenz 9/12/22 Papers Matthew Lawrenz 9/12/22

New Paper on Model Development for MDR Pseudomonas

We worked with the FDA to generate a preclinical model for testing new antimicrobials.

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New Paper on Siderophore Sensors
Papers Matthew Lawrenz 3/11/22 Papers Matthew Lawrenz 3/11/22

New Paper on Siderophore Sensors

Happy to collaborate with the Klebba Lab and many others on these new tools to investigate bacterial pathogenesis.

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New Paper on Yersiniabactin & Nutritional Immunity
Papers Matthew Lawrenz 10/29/21 Papers Matthew Lawrenz 10/29/21

New Paper on Yersiniabactin & Nutritional Immunity

Congrats to PhD student Sarah Price on her first first-author paper!

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