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Dr Kathy Stratton

@kathystratton.bsky.social
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Research Associate at Newcastle University studying bacterial DNA replication and DNA damage 🧬 she/her 🏳‍🌈

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Max Jordan @maxljordan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Really excited to share our new manuscript on how the #NLR protein #AfsR regulates #Streptomyces antibiotic production - and how we can use its similarity to plant NLR immune receptors to enhance this production! 📄🧵 (1/17) @johninnescentre.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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A conserved NLR activation switch governs global transcriptional control of antibiotic biosynthesis in Streptomyces
Nucleotide-binding and oligomerization domain-like receptors (NLRs) are conserved molecular switches that regulate innate immunity across diverse domains of life. While best known for their roles in i...
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bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
The RecBCD complex interacts directly with the DNA sliding clamp in Escherichia coli www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Susan Schlimpert @s-lab.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
New Independent Fellowship position in Microbiology to launch your lab in our department @johninnescentre.bsky.social (UK). We are conducting a broad search in the area of plant-associated microbial interactions. Message me if you have any questions. Apply here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/in...
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Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions | John Innes Centre
An exciting opportunity for an Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions has arisen at the John Innes Centre. To read the full job description for this role…
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Dr Kathy Stratton @kathystratton.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
"Across the fields of microbiology and immunology, women constitute approximately 52% of the research community" BUT "only 30% of first authors, and 23.4% of corresponding authors, identified as women at the submission stage"
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Dr Kathy Stratton @kathystratton.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
It's a rainy day here in Newcastle so here's a picture of my kitten Percy to brighten everyones day 🌞
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Dr Kathy Stratton @kathystratton.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
June is Pride Month. Let's call out companies who show support for LGBTQ+ people while also advertising on GB News, a channel that pumps out LGBTQ+ hate. Tell these companies to pick a side - hate or Pride: action.goodlawproject.org/pick-side-ha...
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Pick a side – hate or Pride
June is Pride month. So our social feeds will be awash with corporate rainbow logos performatively signalling their support for the LGBTQ+ community. But some of the same companies celebrating Pride a...
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Dr Kathy Stratton @kathystratton.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Signed! I'm proud to be a feminist academic who supports trans rights :)
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Jonathan Potter @profjonathanpotter.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
University research isn’t just opinion. It involves building evidence-based arguments, tested through peer review and serious critique. That's a much higher bar than casual commentary.
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Sarah Clarke - Not your doll @damselindystopia.northsky.social · 24/04/2025
Fucking yes, exactly.
When the majority of rape and sexual assault victims know their attacker and must now wait, on average, 800 days to be heard in court, is women's safety from a trans person in a public bathroom really the issue? Or is it just a convenient smokescreen to help society avoid facing up to deeper and more entrenched problems?
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Charles Winterhalter @winterhalterlab.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
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 break repair and replication restart? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Rescuing bacterial genome replication: essential functions to repair a double-strand break and restart DNA synthesis
Many antibiotics indirectly generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) that can damage bacterial genomes. Oxidised nucleobases become genotoxic when they are targeted for repair through excision, generati...
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Wiep Klaas Smits (ExpBac/CMAT) @smitslab.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Nice work from Newcastle: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #replication #breakrepair
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Rescuing bacterial genome replication: essential functions to repair a double-strand break and restart DNA synthesis
Many antibiotics indirectly generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) that can damage bacterial genomes. Oxidised nucleobases become genotoxic when they are targeted for repair through excision, generati...
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Dr Kathy Stratton @kathystratton.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
I honestly think I was more excited about these rainbow E. coli strains than my undergrads were 🌈🧬
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