CetZ1-dependent assembly and positioning of the motility machinery in haloarchaea biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

This work started all the way back in my honours year in 2018. Excited to see the preprint out in the world! We show that CetZs can promote cell motility by facilitating the assembly and positioning of motility machinery. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

13 PhD positions available in a European consortium working on the biotechnological potential of Archaea! Please spread the word! #positions #PhDposition 1 position in my lab. Apply here until the 12th of May! archaeaforbiotechnology.eu/esr-3-universi…

Our last study from the Iain Duggin lab on improving tools to study haloarchaea as well as investigating the impact of linkers and various FP on fusion functionnalities is now published open acces Microbiology Society go.shr.lc/3WVR2If - 🔬🌈🦠

CetZ1-dependent assembly and positioning of the motility machinery in haloarchaea biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Inspired by Iain Duggin and Solenne Ithurbide PhD (see their paper: bit.ly/45OAzIk), we decided to test different FPs in our lab (and new ones) by expressing FtsZ1 fusions in the ∆ftsZ1 background and observe cell morphology (funcionality_, brightness and photostability [2/5]

Cell division protein A (CdpA) assembles and anchors the two FtsZ rings at midcell in haloarchaea biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_micrbio

EXCITED to announce the preprint of our work on a NEW Cell division protein (CdpA) in FtsZ-based division system in Haloarchaea. Thanks for the collaborative efforts of our amazing team. Vinaya Shinde Dalong Hu, Zhuang Xu, Bill Söderström Michie Lab Iain Duggin Australian Institute for Microbiology & Infection

Min system proteins are known for their role in positioning of FtsZ, a #tubulin homologue, in bacteria. In the latest preprint from myself and Iain Duggin we find for the first time that min proteins spatially regulate CetZ tubulin homologues in #archaea

Beyond bacterial paradigms: uncovering the functional significance and first biogenesis machinery of archaeal lipoproteins biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Excited to share our latest work. We developed a modified TraDIS appropriate for host cell infections where bacterial yields are limiting and applied it to a stage-resolved human bladder culture model of UTI Australian Institute for Microbiology & Infection journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.11…

New paper online PNASNews! Great collab with Vikram Alva, Pohlschroder Lab, Amy Schmid and inspiring team work within the Bisson lab. PNAS: shorturl.at/tzNqn Preprint: shorturl.at/Wi58N Blurb: shorturl.at/vMZsZ highlights below (1/4)

Have you got your ticket to the AMR symposium yet?! If not, get it below! 👇👇👇

Tissue-Like Multicellular Development Triggered by Mechanical Compression in Archaea biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_cellbio

I’m SO happy to share the preprint of the final chapter of my PhD This work started way back in 2018 so it feels very special and bit surreal to see it all together 🥹 It’s a super cool story about two CetZs coordinating their functions to control cell morphogenesis 1/3

What a sugar rush! Today was 2024 MIF Great Microscopy Bake-off UTS Science. Sponsored by Australian Institute for Microbiology & Infection & Nikon Microscope Solutions. Well done to all the winners. Thx to judges Iain Duggin Errin Johnson & Anthea Leonard. Expect more posts with details of each bake! Microscopy Australia UTS Research UTS

New paper alert! MinD is famously known for positioning FtsZ at mid-cell in bacteria In our study, myself and Iain Duggin found that MinD homologues in H. volcanii influence the localisation of CetZ1, a homologue of FtsZ and tubulin #Archaea #microbiology frontiersin.org/journals/micro…

📣 New paper alert! One of the most exciting projects we've done in recent years is now out on BioRxiv: "An Asgard archaeon from a modern analog of ancient microbial mats". Glimpse into early complex life! ❄️🦠 🔬🧬 biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... A thread...