March 13, 2023
Congrats to Felipe and all the other Chiu lab members that contributed to one of our most recent publications in Nature; Bacteria hijack a meningeal neuroimmune axis to facilitate brain invasion. Linked below are two articles summarizing nicely why Dr. Ribeiro, and all of us in the Chiu lab are excited about his scientific findings.
Bacterial meningitis hits an immunosuppressive nerve: https://www-nature-com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/articles/d41586-023-00540-0
How meningitis-causing bacteria invade the brain: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/meningitis-causing-bacteria-invade-brain
How Bacteria Enter the Brain: