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Our colleague Barbara Ritzl-Rinkenberger nailed her PhD thesis today 😍Congratulations Barbara! Good luck with your defense in May! Umeå University MIMS - Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden 🦸‍♀️🌻🦠

Congrats to Barbara on her Thesis defense! All the best wishes from the Cava lab!! Many thanks to Manuel Banzhaf Manuel Banzhaf from the Bioscience Institute at Newcastle University for his great seminar and insightful discussions Umeå University MIMS - Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden

A warm welcome to Daniel Rea, soon to be a PhD student. Good luck with your projects, Dani! MIMS - Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden Umeå University

We have a postdoc opportunity together with the CavaLab and LudvigLizana to understand Outer membrane tethering in Gram-negative bacteria. Apply here: icelab.se/opportunities/…

Still time to apply for our postdoc position together with CavaLab and LudvigLizana

Very happy to welcome 🌞postdoc Martina Wolflingseder from Uni Graz/University of Graz, Austria. Good luck with your projects Martina! 🦠👩‍🔬Umeå University MIMS - Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden

Out now in Nature Communications: Control of bacterial cell wall autolysins by peptidoglycan crosslinking mode CavaLab Felipecava.mims Doerr Lab nature.com/articles/s4146…

Our latest work is now out Nature Communications: Control of bacterial cell wall autolysins by peptidoglycan crosslinking mode nature.com/articles/s4146… Another great collaboration with the Doerr Lab CavaLab MIMS - Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden Umeå universitet KAW SciLifeLab Umeå Centre for Microbial Research

We are pleased to welcome Yin, our new postdoc with a background in virology and host defenses against viruses from the University of Surrey, UK. Good luck, Yin—the superkingdom of bacteria awaits your expertise! Umeå University MIMS - Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden

Researchers from Umeå University and Cornell University, USA have discovered a widespread mechanism in bacteria that enhances the bacteria's defense against environmental threats. The discovery may be important for research into developing new treatments. umu.se/en/news/study-…

🔬 Our new review on peptidoglycan adaptation mechanisms is out! Discover how bacteria adjust their cell walls in response to environmental threats 🦠 📄 Read here: portlandpress.com/biochemsoctran… #Microbiology #BacterialAdaptation #EnvironmentalStress CavaLab

The cytoplasm is not necessarily chemically uniform, says Delerue, Updegrove, & @Sylvia_Char. Surface of the developing spore inside the #Bacillus subtilis mother cell is acidic & needs a chaperone to activate MurG (lipid II synthase) pnas.org/doi/epub/10.10…

Umeå University's Vice-Chancellor Hans Adolfsson was re-elected as President of The Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions (SUHF) at the Assembly earlier in October. umu.se/en/news/vice-c…

We’re excited to share our latest paper in PLOS Genetics : "LD-transpeptidation is crucial for fitness and polar growth in A. tumefaciens"🧬🔗Read it here: dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa… Special thanks to our collaborators: Typas Lab, Mateus lab, Pam Brown and Savitski Lab!

Big congratulations to our colleague Víctor Pinedo for nailing his PhD thesis on Friday! 🎉 Best of luck with your defense in December—we’re cheering you on all the way! 📷Umeå University MIMS - Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden #NailingDay #PhDLife #Congratulations

New Review Alert from our lab ! 🚨 Explore Bacterial Peptidoglycan Recycling 🦠🔄—a deep dive into the latest discoveries on PG transport and reuse, featuring insights from @GilmoreMichaelC 📖 Chek it out here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Today, we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Manuel Pazos (Manuel Pazos), who delivered an insightful talk on the "Molecular Basis of Preseptal Growth" 🧬. His talk highlighted bacterial cell wall dynamics and growth, sparking insightful discussions! 🚀 Umeå University MIMS - Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden

🎉 Huge congrats to Victor Pinedo on an outstanding defense of his doctoral thesis! Amazing presentation and discussion. Welcome, Dr. Pinedo! 🎓👏 Umeå University MIMS - Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden

Welcome Diamond Jain! 🌟 Excited to have join us as a postdoc Diamond Jain from IIT-Kharagpur! Looking forward to new research ahead! 🚀