The Brown/Trinity Rep MFA program presents its October thesis show, References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot, directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, a third year MFA directing candidate. "When I listen to José Rivera's words spoken aloud, I hear my family. He writes the way my family, a strong Puerto Rican family with a New York City Edge talk. He paints a vivid picture of my cousins, aunts, and uncles in this play,” says Carlo. The show also stars Brown/Trinity Rep MFA students Anwar Ali, Kalyne Coleman, Danielle Dorfman, Ricardy Fabre and Michael Rosas. Performances run October 3-13 at the Pell Chafee Performance Center. Learn more about the play and Tatyana-Marie Carlo.

Antibiotics save countless lives each year from harmful bacterial infections — but the community of beneficial bacteria that live in human intestines, known as the microbiome, frequently suffers collateral damage.In a new study published in Cell Metabolism, researchers, including lead study author Damien Cabral, a Pathobiology doctoral student and Peter Belenky, an assistant professor of molecular microbiology and immunology, found that antibiotics change the composition and metabolism of the gut microbiome in mice, and that a mouse’s diet can mitigate or exacerbate these changes. Read more.

A free conference on October 4 is open to all Brown PhD students who may be interested in careers at teaching intensive institutions. The workshop runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Westfield State University. Participants will have the opportunity to learn from and network with faculty and deans from a range of teaching-intensive institutions across the New England region. They will be available to review and offer advice on CVs and cover letters as well. Learn more and register.