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Liselot Dewachter

@liselotdewachter.bsky.social
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Streptococcus pneumoniae cell biology at UCLouvain & de Duve Institute, Brussels, Belgium

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Masschelein Lab @masscheleinlab.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
📢 We're hiring a postdoc! If you're passionate about microbial biosynthetic pathway elucidation and enzyme discovery we'd love to hear from you! www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
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Postdoc Microbial Biochemistry: Biosynthetic Enzyme Discovery in Cable Bacteria
Elucidating the biosynthesis of a unique nickel-containing conductive structure for long-range electron transport in cable bacteria
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Géraldine Laloux @lalouxlab.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
#MicroSky Please RT @erc.europa.eu-funded postdoc position in my lab to identify the molecular basis of prey-predator interactions using our favorite micro-vampire Bdellovibrio exovorus as a model. Let's find what the bite is made of! 🧛 Flexible start date. Info: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/415877
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Postdoctoral researcher in molecular and cellular bacteriology - ERC CoG VAMPIRE
The research group of Prof Géraldine Laloux at the de Duve Institute (UCLouvain) is looking for a highly motivated postdoc to elucidate the molecular factors underlying bacterial prey-predator interac...
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Dirk-Jan Scheffers 🟥 @dirkscheffers.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Great turnout today at the KNVM Fundamental Microbiology section Fall Meeting in Groningen, with keynote lectures from @bramkamplab.bsky.social and @liselotdewachter.bsky.social. Now on to drinks!
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Géraldine Laloux @lalouxlab.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
📝New preprint! #MicroSky 🕰️We chart the full, synchronized lifecycle of a predatory bacterium using Hi-C, RNA-seq, ChIP-seq & microscopy. 🧬We uncover dramatic shifts in nucleoid architecture & transcription, tightly coordinated with predation. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Dynamics and interplay of gene expression and chromosome organization across a predatory lifecycle
The obligate predatory bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus alternates between a motile attack phase and a growth phase inside another bacterium, during which it undergoes multiple rounds of DNA repli...
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Liselot Dewachter @liselotdewachter.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
There's so much more than just the peptidoglycan that protects bacteria from lysis 👀🦠🧪 Super interesting paper!
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Liselot Dewachter @liselotdewachter.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
The DMF department at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland is an amazing place to be! Highly recommend!
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Liselot Dewachter @liselotdewachter.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Job alert 🦠🧪: We are looking for a postdoc (and PhD candidate!) to join our team at UCLouvain/de Duve institute in Brussels, Belgium. You will work on our ERC Starting Grant project aimed at characterizing cell cycle regulation in S. pneumoniae. More information here: dewachterlab.com/join-us/.
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Liselot Dewachter @liselotdewachter.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Throwback to this beautiful video of S. pneumoniae dying because they don't have enough Und-P, the carrier that transports cell envelope building blocks from cytoplasm to extracellular space. RIP pneumo! 🪦🦠
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Liselot Dewachter @liselotdewachter.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
When you have (1) a lab, and (2) a friend who is really into his new 3D printer, this is what you get: pokemon falcon tube holders 🤩🧪🦠
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Jan Michiels lab @michielslab.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Proud to present our latest model of aggregation-induced dormancy, published in #NatureComms @liselotdewachter.bsky.social rdcu.be/d7EcI
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Composition and liquid-to-solid maturation of protein aggregates contribute to bacterial dormancy development and recovery
Nature Communications - Recalcitrant infections are often caused by dormant bacteria, including persisters and viable but nonculturable cells. Here, the authors explore how composition and...
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VIB @viblifesciences.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
🔬 New research by @michielslab.bsky.social @liselotdewachter.bsky.social @vibmicrobes.bsky.social in @naturecomms.bsky.social shows how protein 'clumps' drive bacteria into a state of dormancy, with implications for antibiotic resistance. ➡️ Read here vibbio.tech/40Qxc2M 🙌 FWO Vlaanderen - KU Leuven
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Sara Mitri @saramitri.bsky.social · 05/12/2023
Our department is recruiting a tenure-track Assistant Professor on microbial interactions linked to the NCCR Microbiomes nccr-microbiomes.ch Don't miss this opportunity to join a friendly, dynamic department in a city with hard-to-beat quality of life. Apply tinyurl.com/4k2mevax by Jan 31!
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