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Katherine Legg

@katherinelegg.bsky.social
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she/her • 5th year Chemical Biology PhD candidate @ IU Bloomington studying low-molecular weight thiols in microbes in the Giedroc Lab • climber • metalcore enjoyer • fantasy reader • tea and coffee enthusiast

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Claudia Lennicke @claudialennicke.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
If you work on redox biology, oxidative stress, mitochondria, or metabolism, or related field, we would love to see you there More info & applications: GRS: www.grc.org/thiol-based-... GRC: www.grc.org/thiol-based-...
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2026 Thiol-Based Redox Regulation and Signaling Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Thiol-Based Redox Regulation and Signaling will be held in Castelldefels, Barcelona Spain. Apply today to reserve your spot.
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Katherine Legg @katherinelegg.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Are you a redox biologist? Do you love sulfur? Are you a graduate student or post-doctoral researcher? Apply to the 2026 GRS on Thiol-Based Redox Regulation & Signaling! It’s the coolest conference you’ll attend and we have great co-chairs!
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Claudia Lennicke @claudialennicke.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Excited to co-chair the 2026 Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on Thiol-Based Redox Regulation & Signaling with Taylor Covington, a meeting for early career researchers in redox research 📍 Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain ☀️ 📅 July 11–12, 2026 #Redox #Thiols #EarlyCareerResearchers More details ↓
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Giedroc Lab @giedroclab.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Excited to share our new preprint on self-S-sulfonation in persulfide dioxygenase CstB from S. aureus, unveiling how it detoxifies thiol persulfides via a dynamic loop shuttle to produce thiosulfate, no sulfite released! Crystal structures, MS, & mechanistic insights included. tinyurl.com/4sr3ayz5
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Katherine Legg @katherinelegg.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
So happy to announce my first author publication is online @science.org! This was the culmination of two years of hard work and I couldn’t be more proud. I’m so grateful to my collaborators who helped make this possible!
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Giedroc Lab @giedroclab.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Huge congratulations to grad student @katherinelegg.bsky.social on her new Science Advances paper, “CH•••S hydrogen bonds drive molecular recognition of ergothioneine by the microbial transporter”! 🎉 A beautiful collaboration of biochemistry, structural biology, NMR, and MD. tinyurl.com/3wxchjhp
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Katherine Legg @katherinelegg.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
So excited to have been part of this awesome project spearheaded by @gramnegativity.bsky.social! Check it out in ASM and learn about Lauren’s approach to uncover how Staph can grow in CF sputum! 🦠
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Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
The latest (and penultimate! 👀) article from the @mreniere.bsky.social lab is finally out! I’m really proud of this one in which I took a genetic approach (shocking, I know) to probe how Staph is able to grow in cystic fibrosis sputum: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Analysis of genetic requirements and nutrient availability for Staphylococcus aureus growth in cystic fibrosis sputum | mBio
Staphylococcus aureus is a major cause of lung infections in people with cystic fibrosis (CF). This work identifies genes required for S. aureus growth in this niche, which represent potential targets...
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Quantitative & Chemical Biology - Indiana University @iuqcb.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
📅 Save the date! 1️⃣ Fri, Apr 11: 1st Annual Undergrad. Chemical Biology Symposium Talks, poster session, facility tour, pizza, no registration! 2️⃣ Sat, Apr 12: 14th Annual Watanabe Symposium Talks, lunch, poster session, registration required! Questions? avemcfar@iu.edu or acbach@iu.edu #IUResearch
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Quantitative & Chemical Biology - Indiana University @iuqcb.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Our annual QCB fellowship competition for 2025 is now open! We're offering 3-5 awards for PhD students in QCB trainer labs, including 1-2 for international students. Apply by April 13, 2025, midnight. Spread the word!🧑‍🔬 #QCBFellowship #IUResearch #PhDFunding iuqcb.indiana.edu/about/traine...
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Trainee Fellowship Competition – QCB
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Giedroc Lab @giedroclab.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Our lab is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral research associate to study zinc metallochaperones from the COG0523 superfamily of small GTPases. Apply here: shorturl.at/UmQYM or send application materials to Prof. Giedroc directly at giedroc@iu.edu. Looking for strong biochemists; please share!
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Postdoctoral Fellow (Zinc Metallochaperones)
The Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts + Sciences, consists of a well-rounded research community with cutting-edge expertise in a wide variety of modern disciplines including materials che...
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Pride in Microbiology @prideinmicro.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Did you miss PiM Virtual Coffee Hour last week? Make sure to add future dates and times to your calendar to catch us next time! 🏳️‍🌈 🔬 🏳️‍⚧️ #PrideinMicrobiology #PiM #QueerinScience #CoffeeHour
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Well the award for most cowardly, boot-lickingest academic society has squarely gone to the American Society of Microbiology, who has taken down features of various non-white scientists. Absolutely pathetic behavior. Those articles are now coming up as “under review”. Truly sickening cowardice here.
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Giedroc Lab @giedroclab.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Congratulations to our long-time collaborator Eric Skaar on receiving this prestigious Award in Molecular Biology from the National Academy of Sciences! www.nasonline.org/award/nas-aw...
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NAS Award in Molecular Biology – NAS
The NAS Award in Molecular Biology is supported by Pfizer Inc. and recognizes a recent notable discovery by a young scientist (no older than 50) who is a citizen of the United States. The award is pre...
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Christina Stallings @stallingslab.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Interested in Mtb pathogenesis and developing new strategies to treat these deadly infections? Please apply to join us for the GRC for Tuberculosis Drug Discovery and Development!! www.grc.org/tuberculosis... Deadline to submit an abstract to be considered for a talk is March 1st! Please repost!
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2025 Tuberculosis Drug Discovery and Development Conference GRC
The 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Tuberculosis Drug Discovery and Development will be held in Castelldefels, Barcelona Spain. Apply today to reserve your spot.
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Giedroc Lab @giedroclab.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
@betainverse.bsky.social, our former research scientist, is now the Director of the METACyt Biomolecular NMR Laboratory! She'll oversee the training and operation of our state-of-the-art 600 MHz and newly installed 800 MHz Bruker Ascend instruments. Congratulations, Katie! 🧲 #NMR #IUResearch
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Giedroc Lab @giedroclab.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Drs. @betainverse.bsky.social and Diaz-Rodriguez purified EgtU, an ABC transporter that imports ergothioneine into bacterial cells, paving the way for structural and functional studies of uptake systems in S. pneumoniae and other pathogens. Kudos to the team! #BacterialTransporters shorturl.at/AUPTJ
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Expression and purification of the intact bacterial ergothioneine transporter EgtU
The bacterial ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter EgtU is responsible for uptake of the cellular antioxidant ergothioneine in Streptococcus pneumon…
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Giedroc Lab @giedroclab.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Our review on bacterial metallostasis is now online in Chemical Reviews! This collaboration by the Giedroc (@betainverse.bsky.social and @jsrocchio.bsky.social) and Capdevila labs delves into bacterial metal regulation. 🦠 #Microbiology #ChemicalReviews #BacterialMetallostasis doi.org/10.1021/acs....
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Giedroc Lab @giedroclab.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Our very talented undergrad, Clare Frawley, presented her first poster today at the Indiana University Undergraduate Research Conference! 📊 🌟 Clare has been working with our grad student @jsrocchio.bsky.social on unnatural amino acid incorporation for live-cell cross linking studies! #IUResearch
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Giedroc Lab @giedroclab.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
🎉 Our grad student @katherinelegg.bsky.social is a co-author on a new preprint about the genetic requirements and nutrient needs for Staphylococcus aureus growth in cystic fibrosis sputum. Congrats to @gramnegativity.bsky.social and all involved! shorturl.at/yfZQA 🧬 #CysticFibrosis #Microbiology
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Analysis of genetic requirements and nutrient availability for Staphylococcus aureus growth in cystic fibrosis sputum
Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most common pathogens isolated from the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis (CF), but little is known about its ability to colonize this niche. We performed a Tn-s...
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Jake McKinlay @jakemckinlay.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
My snowman cards will be available at IU Biology's holiday auction to benefit the local food bank. Cards and more always available at: Various products: sci-hustle.myspreadshop.com Cards: www.zazzle.com/store/newtfa... All sales from these sites support GRID Alternatives and One Tree Planted.
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Giedroc Lab @giedroclab.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
As the lab migrates over to #ChemSky, we are debuting our new lab logo designed by our own graduate student @jsrocchio.bsky.social. Happy to be here!
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