Qing Tang officially joined Department of Biology at the University of Texas at Arlington as an assitant professor starting in January 2024!

Qing Tang’s publication, titled “Thymidine starvation promotes c-di-AMP-dependent inflammation during pathogenic bacterial infection,” has been selected as a Highlighted Article by Science Signaling.

Abstract: Bacterial stress caused by antibiotics increases a second messenger that directly stimulates host inflammation.

Cell Host & Microbe published a comment article written by Iván C. Acosta and Francis Alonzo III titled “Antibiotic treatment ignites a fire that lasts” and highlighted Qing Tang’s recent research.

Abstract: Tissue damage and persistent inflammation are distinctive features of antibiotic-resistant chronic infections. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Tang et al. demonstrate that anti-folate antibiotics trigger the synthesis of a bacterial second messenger, which induces an exuberant immune response and establishes a paradigm for chronic infection.