peterbradleyucla.bsky.social
Professor at UCLA studying the opportunistic pathogen Toxoplasma gondii https://bradleylab.dgsom.ucla.edu
👤 Joined on 03 October 2023
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@peterbradleyucla.bsky.socialWe knew Toxoplasma Type I needs fats to survive in culture. Now we show this in Toxoplasma Type II, responsible for most human infections in Europe and North America. Blocking fatty acid elongation reduced growth and persistence in lab culture and in animals. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Show PostMy pink flowered strawberry is sending off white sectors. Wonder if the pink color is due to a transposon in a MYB promoter?
Show PostI ended up getting my cat a cat. He’s a bit of a weirdo. Everyone meet Cheddar. Happy #Caturday
Show PostOne of my former undergrads (now a first year grad student at UCLA) was awarded the NSF GRFP, so I got her a cake to celebrate. Can you tell she likes cats?
Show PostEvery year I neglect this epiphyllum on my front porch and am always shocked at how big and beautiful its flowers are
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