Was lucky enough to do a sabbatical at the Uni of Otago a year ago. A lovely place, can only recommend! #microsky
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Was lucky enough to do a sabbatical at the Uni of Otago a year ago. A lovely place, can only recommend! #microsky
New post-doctoral research position in my phage-host interactions (Phi) laboratory in @otagomicroimmuno.bsky.social at @universityofotago.bsky.social New Zealand. The project is focused on defences against jumbo phages. Please share and if interested apply using the link in the comments.
Delighted by this @target-amr.bsky.social publication in @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social. Led by @drtessjohnson.bsky.social and @lewiscemason.bsky.social
'The role of microbial genomics in delivering the UK’s national action plan for confronting AMR 2024–29'
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Save the date for the next International Conference on Gram-Positive Bacteria which will take place between 29 June–2 July 2027. The organizers (@annadragos.bsky.social, @polonca32.bsky.social, and Ines Mandic-Mulec) look forward to welcoming you to Ljubljana, Slovenia
Checkout our latest preprint which is a real lab-wide effort to map antibiotic stress signatures across the pneumococcal pangenome. All findings have also been incorporated in PneumoBrowse 2.0.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Come do a PhD with me and @trevor-lithgow.bsky.social at @monashuniversity.bsky.social ! We’re at the leading edge of pathogen biology using cutting edge Cryo-EM and AI-driven genetic screens to uncover the mysteries of outer membrane biology. Reach out to me for a chat!
macsys.org/phd-scholars...
Very happy to host Fred Antson (University of York) today for a seminar! Stunning structures and functional insights into phage/virus capsids and DNA loading.
#NatMicroPicks
Aerobic archaeal-eukaryotic ancestor? 🦠🫁
The ancestor of eukaryotes may have combined hydrogen metabolism with aerobic respiration, shaping early cellular complexity.
#MicroSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Thought you might appreciate the news..
On the "positive" note 😱
Reform appoints Suella Braverman as education spokesperson share.google/gUPJctQnbu5c...
Lipids are kind of the ignored middle children of origins of life research. It's time they got a bit of attention, too!
This week's post is a Q&A with geoscientist-turned-??? (interdisciplinary folks know the struggle) @jamessaenz.bsky.social about why there's no cutting the fat from origins. 🧪
Thank you for highlighting our paper on how septal PG hydrolysis licenses a second wave of PG transpeptidation during cell separation! www.nature.com/articles/s41.... I will do a thread when the page set version is out.
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Two Postdoctoral Research Associates in the Molecular Analysis of Bacterial Outer Membrane Protein Biogenesis
BEN BERKS lab 🤩
SAVE THE DATE!
The next instalment of the long-running Bacterial and Archaeal Cell Division Conference will take place at www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels..., Italy from the 20th to 23rd of April 2027.
Organisers: me, @s-lab.bsky.social, @awehenkel.bsky.social.
More info soon.
#MicroSky
Research into filamentous actinomycetes, the antibiotic producers, is in steep decline. Loads of natural products chemistry research worldwide but not much aimed at understanding their biology and ecology. The latter is key to unlocking their specialised metabolism
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is so evolved at surviving environmental stresses!
By @oneyrolles.bsky.social & team
#TBSky #MicroSky @embojournal.org
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Please spread the word: the Structural Studies Division @mrclmb.bsky.social is looking for a new tenure-track, independent group leader with an exciting plan in any area of Structural (Molecular & Cell) biology, in discovery biology and/or methods development. 🥳
mrc.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...
#microsky
This is a nice one! Congratulations @carballido-lab.bsky.social et al! Nice to see you agree that this might lead to local enrichment of cell wall precursor lipids. Not easy to prove but I still think its an attractive model (to ensure high CW synthesis given low lipid II levels).
ATP-driven membrane binding and polymerization of bacterial actin MreB promotes local membrane fluidization https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.13.705564v1
Charging batteries at the Cheviots. (First sunny day of 2026)
New in JB: Jorgenson reviews recent advances in cell envelope assembly via the lens of the essential lipid carrier undecaprenyl phosphate and with an eye on targets of novel Abx development.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
@asm.org #JBacteriology
Still time to apply for the open postdoc position in our lab!
Or perhaps antibacterial drug discovery is more your jam? @banzhaflab.bsky.social and @henrikstrahl.bsky.social at Newcastle have just the thing!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
E. coli is the leading bacterium causing death from AMR infections worldwide. If you'd like to explore approaches to exploit the DNA damage response as alternative antimicrobial, please apply to the following PhD studentship available in my lab starting October 2026: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
We eat ice cream all year around..
Next time you are visiting the Nordics, you should try salty liquorice ice cream. That combination is also nice!
This equally delicious alternative is available on Amazon (when the craving is overwhelming).
Its the best!!
ICYMI: UKRI pauses several funding calls amid priorities shake-up.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...