Research Digest

GUEST

Alexander Paredes, PhD

Current Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania

Profile link: https://www.hhmi.org/scientists/alexander-paredes

REFERENCE

Paredes, A., Hull, M., Singh, H. et al. The responseregulator BqsR/CarR controls Fe2+ acquisition in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Nat Commun (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-76130-1

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HOST

Hasan Al Banna, PhD

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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-6706

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KEYWORDS

#researchdigest#ResearchCommunity#sciencecommunication #sciencetalks #researchpublication

#AntibioticResistance#HospitalInfections #Biofilms #PseudomonasAeruginosa #TwoComponentSystem#IronSensing #DrugTargets #Microbiology

GUEST

Jubayer Rahman, PhD

Affiliation: National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA

Profile link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jubayer-Rahman

REFERENCE

Rahman J, et al. A CD4+ T cell-intrinsic complementC5aR2-prostacyclin-IL-1R2 axis orchestrates Th1 cell contraction. Immunity. 2025 Jun 10;58(6):1438-1455.e10.

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HOST

Hasan Al Banna, PhD

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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-6706

https://www.hasanalbanna.org/

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#researchdigest #ResearchCommunity #sciencecommunication#sciencetalks #researchpublication

#Immunity #Inflammation#autoimmunedisease #guthealth #Arthritis #medicalresearch

GUEST: Juliet Obi, PhD

Affiliation: Eli Lilly and Company, California, USA

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REFERENCE

Obi, J.O., Kihn, K.C., McQueen, L. et al. Structuraldynamics of the dengue virus non-structural 5 (NS5) interactions with promoterstem-loop A (SLA). npj Viruses 3, 30 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44298-025-00112-1

Guest: Nadiya Khyzha, PhD

Affiliation: Postdoctoral fellow at Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Seattle, USA

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GUEST INTRODUCTION

Mohammad Rubayet Hasan, PhD

Clinical Microbiologist, Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program;

Associate Professor, McMaster University, Canada.

Google Scholar of the Guest

KEYWORDS

#VaccineUpdates #HerdImmunity #PublicHealth #EmergingInfections #VaccineUpdate

#researchdigest #ResearchCommunity #sciencecommunication #sciencetalks #researchpublication

GUEST INTRODUCTION

Mirza Galib, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry,

Howard University, USA.

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GUEST INTRODUCTION

Jagotamoy Das, PhD

Research Associate Professor,
Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University.

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#MolecularPendulum #MolecularPendulum #BiosensorInnovation #Nanocatalysis #ChemistryPodcast

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In this episode of the Research Digest Podcast, we discussed the article titled “Early adversitycauses sex-specific deficits in perforant pathway connectivity and contextual memory in adolescent mice”, published in Biology of Sex Differences Journal (Volume: 15, Article number: 39) in 2024 by BMC/Springer Nature. We talked with the leading author, Dr. Rafiad Islam, about the backgroundof the research work, major findings, and future perspectivesYOUTUBE LINK

GUEST INTRODUCTION

Rafiad Islam, PhD

Associate Research Scientist,

Yale School of Medicine

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – Introduction

01:45 – Author’s career journey

06:35 – Early life adversity and related studies

19:49 – Starting of the project and initial experiments

28:10 – Other main findings of the study

44:40 – A challenging part of the study

47:23 – Why do men and women differ in terms of development?

51:20 – Future directions of the study

53:54 – Take home message

In this episode of the Research Digest Podcast, we dive into a fascinating study published in JCI Insight (2024) titled “Impact of genetic factors on antioxidant rescue of maternal diabetes–associated congenital heart disease.” We had the pleasure of chatting with the lead author, Dr. Talita Z. Choudhury, who walked us through the story behind the research, the key discoveries, and what this could mean for future studies in the field.

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In this episode of the Research Digest Podcast, we discussed the article titled “Protein bL38 facilitates incorporation of uL6 during assembly of the 50S subunit in Flavobacterium johnsoniae”, published in Nucleic Acids Research (NAR) Journal (Volume 53, Issue 4) on 28 February 2025 by Oxford University Press. We talked with the leading author, Md Siddik Alom, about the background of the research work, major findings, and future perspectives.

GUEST AFFILIATION

Md Siddik Alom, PhD

Ohio State University

YouTube Link

https://youtu.be/RNxSsZfQ3XY

Original Article Link

https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaf120