DAY 23 // SPACE Over ambitious fungi needs more space #microber2022 #space #SciArt #fungi

DAY 24 // CONNECTION Always ensure the correct connection, no one wants to see loading dye running the wrong way A little more molecular than micro today 😅 #microber2022 #SciArt #connection #electrophoresis

DAY 25 // SOIL The wonderful micro-world of soil revealed in a Winogradsky column #microber2022 #SciArt #soil #winogradsky

New preprint from the lab, in a pretty cool project led by Ronni da Silva. He describes a VRE-combatting drug that takes advantage of vancomycin resistance for its antibiotic effect and simultaneously promotes immune activity to treat wound infections. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

DAY 26 // INTERNAL The internal world of bacteria is truely fascinating Being a single-molecule imaging group, it’s only reasonable we use powerful microscopes to have a look 🔬👩‍🔬 #microber2022 #internal #sciart #ecoli #singlemolecule

DAY 31 // SPOOKY Nothing scarier than receiving this pathology report card 😱 #microber2022 #spooky #SciArt #AMR

Our #CrystalBall perspective is out in @Environmicrobi! We discuss microbial primary succession (the beginnings of new ecosystems) and the future of understanding the lifestyles of microbial pioneers. doi.org/10.1111/1462-2… (1/3)

I’m recruiting a Research Assistant to work on host pathogen-interactions in infective endocarditis🔬🫀. The position is based at SCELSE in Singapore and available from Feb 1st 2023. Apply: ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/NT…

Final thanks to all the organisers of #AusME22: Dr Zahra Islam Chris Greening Vanessa R Marcelino Kate Howell Steve Petrovski Christina Birnbaum PhD🍃 and Ashley M. Dungan, PhD (she/her)! Chris Greening thanks himself massively 😆 (as do we all)

Important discovery by Jake Lacey et al, who have used genomics to show #GroupAStrep impetigo cases have direct transmission links to asymptomatic throat carriage in communities, leading to frequent symptomatic reinfection. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… #preprints

The most recent work of my post-doc at SMART, in the Chen (MIT) and Kline (Unige) Labs is out! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Curious about how we can use repurposed compounds to target macrophages to clear infections? See the link for the article with our most recent example. 🧵👇🏻

In nature today (open access), we report the structural and mechanistic basis of how bacteria harvest energy from air. We reveal a novel enzyme, Huc, consumes atmospheric levels of hydrogen gas and transfers the derived electrons for aerobic respiration. nature.com/articles/s4158…

Bactabolize has now been published in eLife. Few updates since the preprints and version 1.0.2 live on GitHub. elifesciences.org/articles/87406 For accurate, strain-specific metabolic models in less than 2 minutes per genome, check it out. github.com/kelwyres/Bacta…

We are searching for a bioinformatics postdoc to study the links between the gut #microbiome and response to immunotherapy. More details to come. Interested? Send me an email with your CV and a cover letter.

Happy to share this breaking story from my work in the Kline Kimberly Kline 🏔 and Chen labs! This preprint article is part of our endeavor to repurpose compounds and reprogram macrophages to treat bacterial infection. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) AMR_IRG_SMART NTU Singapore Université de Genève Claudia Stocks

Finally a professional lab photo! Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute

Ever wondered why there are so many co-circulating #klebsiella pneumo clones? ... me too! So I'm thrilled to present this new preprint from my lab, where we explore this very question. The culmination of 3+ yrs hard work by Ben Vezina! doi.org/10.1101/2024.0… Klebsiella Club

Our new preprint where we sailed the seven seas of the #Klebsiella pneumoniae species complex 🏴‍☠️ and have charted you an atlas of our travels! We present a population metabolism study of 7835 genomes + metabolic models, in vitro validation and co-cultures. doi.org/10.1101/2024.0…

Hydrogen cycling underpins gut health. In a new preprint from Cait Welsh, we uncover microbes and processes responsible. Through enzyme, cellular, and ecosystem-level work, we show the group B hydrogenase predominates in healthy guts but is depleted in disease states. (1/2)

Very proud of this study. Cait Welsh, Forster Lab, Princess R. Cabotaje, Ph.D., Berggren@UU, Lyras Lab, Vanessa R Marcelino, and Duncan Kountz.