Reposted by Samantha Wellington MirandaAjai Dandekar @ajaidandekar.bsky.social · 07/03/2024theatlantic.comThe Cystic-Fibrosis Breakthrough That Changed EverythingThe disease once guaranteed an early death—but a new treatment has given many patients a chance to live decades longer than expected. What do they do now? 053
Reposted by Samantha Wellington MirandaPaul Hoskisson 🧫 🦠🐸 @paulhoskisson.bsky.social · 03/03/2024Adaptive Evolution of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Human Airways Shows Phenotypic Convergence Despite Diverse Patterns of Genomic Changes academic.oup.com/mbe/article/... #MicroSkyacademic.oup.comAdaptive Evolution of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Human Airways Shows Phenotypic Convergence Despite Diverse Patterns of Genomic ChangesAbstract. Selective forces in the environment drive bacterial adaptation to novel niches, choosing the fitter variants in the population. However, in dynamic an 0138
Reposted by Samantha Wellington MirandaDr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 17/01/2024“Curiosity-driven, basic science has yielded a deeper understanding of how life forms develop and function in their environment and has had wide implications for health and our planet. Investing in this is vital for scientific progress and is worth protecting in a democracy.” —Ruth Lehmannnature.comBasic science is not just a foundation - Nature Cell BiologyIntellectual freedom for scientists, unconstrained by commercial interests and direct application, fuels unexpected discoveries. Curiosity-driven, basic science has yielded a deeper understanding of h... 15229
Reposted by Samantha Wellington MirandaVaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 13/01/2024Are you an early-stage researcher seeking support to attend ASM Microbe? 🧪🧬 The ASM Peggy Cotter Travel Award Program provides funds for outstanding early career Branch members to attend ASM Microbe. asm.org/Travel-Award... 12626
Reposted by Samantha Wellington MirandaLaurie Belcher @lauriebelch.bsky.social · 29/12/2023Our new tool 'SOCfinder' to find social genes in bacteria is out now, in Microbial Genomics 🦠 www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...microbiologyresearch.orgSOCfinder: a genomic tool for identifying social genes in bacteriaBacteria cooperate by working collaboratively to defend their colonies, share nutrients, and resist antibiotics. Nevertheless, our understanding of these remarkable behaviours primarily comes from stu... 03217
Reposted by Samantha Wellington MirandaEric Déziel @dezieleric.bsky.social · 05/12/2023New biosurfactant alert! We report that some Burkholderia species can produce methylated rhamnolipids, which are thus nonionic. Lack of charge of these methyl esters might have major implications for their biological functions, and future applications www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 032
Samantha Wellington Miranda @drsamwellie.bsky.social · 05/12/2023I'm thrilled to share our latest paper out in the Journal of Bacteriology! We asked the question: Which evolutionary pressures tune sensitivity in cell signaling? doi.org/10.1128/jb.0...doi.orgA balancing act: investigations on the impact of altered signal sensitivity in bacterial quorum sens...Quorum sensing (QS) is a widespread form of cell-cell signaling that regulates group behaviors important for competition and cooperation within bacterial communities. The QS systems from different bac... 172
Reposted by Samantha Wellington MirandaAjai Dandekar @ajaidandekar.bsky.social · 31/10/2023Excited to share this manuscript by @hsiehyp.bsky.social, describing how Candida albicans sequesters magnesium from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, reducing bacterial fitness. But this competition has the effect of conferring colistin resistance on P. aeruginosa! /1 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgWidespread fungal-bacterial competition for magnesium enhances antibiotic resistancebioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution 361
Reposted by Samantha Wellington MirandaSTCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 19/10/2023Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infections by Roberto A quarter of the world's population – that's two billion people – is estimated to be latently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This staggering number is often presented in scientific pub... Read more > tinyurl.com/2rarexkr #MicroSky 🦠🧫 1167
Reposted by Samantha Wellington MirandaCraig MacLean @craigmaclean.bsky.social · 17/10/2023Funded PhD position in my group: Evolution of resistance to novel antibiotics. Academic/industrial project in collaboration with Bactobio. Excellent opportunity to do interesting fundamental science and learn from academic and commercial settings. www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 01415
Reposted by Samantha Wellington MirandaDerek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 16/10/2023Tracking down why what’s supposed to be the same bacterial growth medium can give such different results: an unexpected impurity!science.orgScience | AAAS 23317
Reposted by Samantha Wellington MirandaRoby Bhattacharyya @roby-b.bsky.social · 12/10/2023Starting now-ish in the IDWeek poster hall! 041