Thomas Potts @tc_potts
UW-Madison PhD candidate in the Kalejta Lab. Like to look at virus-host interactions. Immunogoblin. He/Him Joined July 2013-
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TODAY! Join us for MDTP student seminar @ 12:05 pm in 1420 MSB! Thomas Potts (@tc_potts) from the @KalejtaLab will be presenting on HCMV immune evasion proteins, and Rauf Salamzade (@SalamMicrobes) from the @lindskalan lab will be talking about BGCs in the skin microbiome
Upcoming MDTP student seminar this Wed, 11/16 @ 12:05 pm in 1420 MSB! Thomas Potts (@tc_potts) from the @KalejtaLab will be presenting on HCMV immune evasion proteins, and Rauf Salamzade (@SalamMicrobes) from the @lindskalan lab will be talking about BGCs in the skin microbiome
Make that JEOPARDY WINNER @BioProfBarker !!! 🎉🎉🎉
Make that JEOPARDY WINNER @BioProfBarker !!! 🎉🎉🎉
Be sure to stop by P24-6 and check out @KalejtaLab grad student @tc_potts’s work #ASV2022
Make sure you stop by @KalejtaLab grad student @tc_potts’s poster (P24-6) at the #ASV2022 poster session tonight before heading over to see the Herpetic Legion!
Make sure you stop by @KalejtaLab grad student @tc_potts’s poster (P24-6) at the #ASV2022 poster session tonight before heading over to see the Herpetic Legion!
First of many ASV reunions with @BioProfBarker and her current awesome lab members!
Can't wait to see everyone at my first in person conference! #ASV2022
Another new dissertator in the @KalejtaLab! Congratulations to @tc_potts who passed his prelim exam today! 🎉🍾
Our latest work showing HCMV inhibits replication-dependent histone production while requiring SLBP for infectious virion production is out in @PNASNews! Congrats @emalbright & @Kylee__Morrison + co-authors from @KalejtaLab, @TerhuneLab & Ahlquist labs pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.10…
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Congratulations to the newest @KalejtaLab dissertator @ryanwalter93 on a successfully prelim defense! 🎉
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