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harvardmicro.bsky.social @harvardmicro.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
A new study from the Rudner lab defines a comprehensive set of genes required for spore formation in Bacillus anthracis. Similarities and striking differences between the Bacillus subtilis model and this important human pathogen are described. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41385520/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41385520/
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harvardmicro.bsky.social @harvardmicro.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
What We Need To Know To Stop a Listeria Outbreak: Darren Higgins, professor of microbiology in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, has been studying listeria and other intracellular bacteria for decades hms.harvard.edu/news/what-we...
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harvardmicro.bsky.social @harvardmicro.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
“I Am Determined to Carry On This Vital Work” David Knipe (knipelab.med.harvard.edu) studies how to prevent, combat, and make use of a virus that infects most people in the world: magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/i-a...
David Knipe
Photo: Sam Ogden
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harvardmicro.bsky.social @harvardmicro.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Brogan et al uncover a signaling pathway in which levels of the nucleotide second messenger c-di-AMP increase in response to defects in cell wall synthesis. This regulatory pathway decreases the cytoplasmic turgor pressure and protects the cell from lysis: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cyclic-di-AMP modulates cellular turgor
in response to defects in bacterial cell wall
synthesisCyclic-di-AMP modulates cellular turgor
in response to defects in bacterial cell wall
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harvardmicro.bsky.social @harvardmicro.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Due to loss of research funding, we’ve had to terminate our Seminar Series -- a huge loss for our research community. We are happy to announce that through a private donor, we will be able to host some invited speakers’ again this fall. (1 of 2)
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harvardmicro.bsky.social @harvardmicro.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Joel Tan discovers a DNA molecular tripwire that guards against viral infection. New research from the Kranzusch (kranzuschlab.med.harvard.edu) and Jost (jostlab.org) labs in HMS Micro @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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harvardmicro.bsky.social @harvardmicro.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Research from Renee Chang explains how viruses disrupt His-ADPR immune signaling. Kranzusch lab (kranzuschlab.med.harvard.edu), @soreklab.bsky.social, Tamulaitiene lab, @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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