I am very excited to announce our latest work on how MRSA conquers antibiotics. In this work, we showed that high-level resistance to methicillin requires S. aureus to use a distinct form of cell division to ensure its survival. Sheffield AFM Group Foster Lab science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

So proud of the entire Foster Lab It’s a pleasure to have been part of such an amazing project! (Ft. green tea and friends) High-level resistance to methicillin requires S. aureus to use a distinct form of cell division to ensure its survival. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

This is an awesome piece of work from Foster Lab , demonstrating that high level methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus requires a distinct mode of cell division - Two codependent routes lead to high-level MRSA science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Read more about our latest paper on S. aureus using an alternative mode of cell division to resist the effects of methicillin

Scientists from UCD & the University of Sheffield have discovered how the hospital superbug MRSA can grow and divide in the presence of antibiotics. The findings published in Science pave the way for new approaches to control infectious disease. Read more👉bit.ly/3UvMVk9

A new study from scientists at The University of Sheffield and University College Dublin has revealed how the hospital superbug MRSA can grow and divide in the presence of antibiotics. MRSA is an antimicrobial resistance superbug that causes over 120,000 deaths a year. The findings Science Magazine offer

And for anyone wanting a link that works, try this science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Fully-funded DiMeN DTP PhD opportunity available in my lab to investigate novel DNA damage repair processes using next generation sequencing and microscopy techniques (co-supervised by @acdarby & Kasia Mickiewicz). Please RT and contact me if interested. findaphd.com/phds/project/m…

Very happy to see this paper by Amy Tooke out there! Congratulations Amy!!

Tetracycline and Oxacillin Act Synergistically on Biofilms and Display Increased Efficacy In Vivo Against Staphylococcus aureus ift.tt/JlGU6Ru

Staphylococcus aureus gliding comets: formation and observation - new observations of the S. aureus comets and how to get the assay to work biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Please repost!!!!! Abstraction submission for the next Great Wall Symposium is now open! Come to Sicily in September and learn the latest on bacterial cell wall biology. thegreatwall-symposium.org/abstract-submi…

The role of lipoteichoic acid in Staphylococcus aureus cell wall integrity biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Excited to share with you the story that enabled me to start my own lab: what happens when the bacterial DNA replication machinery encounters single-strand discontinuities on template DNA? What is required for DNA break repair and replication restart? biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Super excited to have been awarded a 2024 BBSRC Fellowship to investigate antibiotic tolerance in staphylococci! ☺️🧫 🦠💊 Thanks to Mathew Stracy Sheppard Lab Foster Lab Rebecca Corrigan Manuel Banzhaf Dunn_School (now @DunnSchool.bsky.social) and many others for their support! ukri.org/news/9-million…

Interested in superbugs, AMR and stress resistance? Join us to do a PhD in the Corrigan lab UCD Medicine ucd.ie/graduatestudie…

If you're in Sheffield & you 😍 CAKE, make sure to visit the Addison Building TUESDAY 10-3pm 🧁 Olivija & Helen are launching a new dropbox, so you can get FREE shipping for whole plasmid sequencing & microbial WGS The University of Sheffield Science at Sheffield #MicrobialGenomics #CakeAndScience