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Anne S. Meyer

@meyerroc.bsky.social
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Synthetic biologist, microbiologist, and iGEMer at the University of Rochester

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Anne S. Meyer @meyerroc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Exciting to see The Guardian highlighting our lab's work on 3D-printed engineered biofilms that can break down bioplastics! @urochester.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The plastic waste overtaking New York – and the people trying to curb it
From New York to Quebec, photographer Bryan Anselm spent months capturing spaces overrun with plastic and the actions individuals and groups are taking to reduce waste
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Anne S. Meyer @meyerroc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Our new DIY bacteria bioprinter is published! For less than $500, our in-house designed printer can create bacteria-laden, free-standing structures with high aspect ratios or internal cavities, which can form engineered biofilms. pubs.acs.org/aapmcd/artic... @urochester.bsky.social @pubs.acs.org
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Anne S. Meyer @meyerroc.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Or you could shoot for the moon and fall behind on ALL the things!
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URochester iGEM @uofrigem.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The 2026 University of Rochester iGEM Team's crowdfunding page is live! Help us reach our goal by donating through the link below. Your donation will help fund lab supplies and get us to Paris for the iGEM Jamboree! Link: give.rochester.edu. @urochester.bsky.social @urochesteradm.bsky.social
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University of Rochester
Default page for University of Rochester crowdfunding and online giving initiatives.
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Anne S. Meyer @meyerroc.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Can we create plastics that don't linger as waste in the ocean for hundreds of years? My lab has developed 3D-printed "biostickers" that contain marine microbes and can accelerate the degradation of bioplastics in ocean environments. @urochester.bsky.social pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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3D-Bioprinted Marine Bacteria for the Degradation of Polyhydroxybutyrate Bioplastics
The severe, long-lasting harm caused by plastic pollution to marine ecosystems and coastal economies has led to the development of biodegradable plastics; however, their limited decomposition in marin...
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Anne S. Meyer @meyerroc.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Not the emails! 😱
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Anne S. Meyer @meyerroc.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I'm on an email chain where everyone is discussing how to respond to reviewer comments, so every time a new e-mail comes in, the subject line makes me think I have another new set of reviewer comments 😱
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Anne S. Meyer @meyerroc.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Wow, this article is an incredible look at the pressures facing everyone in US academic science research. With fewer grant awards being made and cancelled funding opportunities, it feels like we are starving research progress, and the next generation of junior scientists is simply disappearing.
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Anne S. Meyer @meyerroc.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Looking into funding my lab with "granty" funding
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Julie Biteen @juliebiteenlab.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Bacteria are amazing! The abundant Dps protein binds and protects DNA in stationary-phase cells with minimal effect on chromosome accessibility, dynamics, and organization. Now in NAR doi.org/10.1093/nar/...; I'm really proud of our multidisciplinary team led by Lauren, Lindsay, and Xiaofeng, et al.
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Anne S. Meyer @meyerroc.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Wow, what an honor to be included among the "175 ways URochester makes the world ever better"! You can check out the incredible list of people and accomplishments here: www.rochester.edu/newscenter/r... @urochester.bsky.social
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175 ways URochester makes the world ever better
What good is the research university? At the University of Rochester, the answers get ever better.
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Moumita (Mo) Das @physbee.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Our manuscript on Dps:DNA condensates is now live on bioRxiv! With @abbondanzieri.bsky.social @meyerroc.bsky.social Check it out at: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Emergent Morphologies, Slow Dynamics, and Phase Behavior in Dps:DNA assemblies
The DNA-binding protein from starved cells (Dps) compacts bacterial DNA into stress-protective condensates, yet the physical mechanisms underlying this process and the material properties of the resul...
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Anne S. Meyer @meyerroc.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Congrats to you all for your awards yesterday!
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Anne S. Meyer @meyerroc.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Just wrapped up the 2025 iGEM Jamboree in Paris, and my team won a gold medal and four nominations for their project to create sustainable materials on Mars! @urochester.bsky.social @igemhq.bsky.social
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Anne S. Meyer @meyerroc.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Ugh sorry to hear that - science is not an easy road!
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Anne S. Meyer @meyerroc.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Tough round of rejections recently? 😭
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Elio Abbondanzieri @abbondanzieri.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Excited to share a new preprint from a team of researchers I am part of (funded by an NIH grant). The paper helps us understand a question I have been interested in for a while: why are bacteria so resilient? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @meyerroc.bsky.social @juliebiteenlab.bsky.social
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Julie Biteen @juliebiteenlab.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Thrilled to share our multidisiplinary work on how genome-wide DNA bridging by H-NS reshapes the stationary phase bacterial nucleoid and affects the transcriptional landscape. With Xindan Wang and @meyerroc.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Julie Biteen @juliebiteenlab.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Lauren, Lindsay, Xiaofeng et al. coupled live-cell super-resolution microscopy with ChIPseq and Hi-C in starved E. coli to learn that the abundant protein Dps compacts DNA while only minimally affecting other nucleoid properties. XindanWang Lab & @meyerroc.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Dps binds and protects DNA in starved Escherichia coli with minimal effect on chromosome accessibility, dynamics and organisation
Dps is the most abundant nucleoid-associated protein in starved Escherichia coli with ∼180, 000 copies per cell. Dps binds DNA and oxidises iron, facilitating survival in harsh environments. Dps-DNA c...
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Anne S. Meyer @meyerroc.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
High genetic complexity!
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Karl Romanowicz @kroman.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Our new Science Advances paper is out! 🎉 The Plesa Lab's first, it builds on DropSynth technology as a proof of concept for large-scale synthetic gene libraries, showcasing a synthetic metagenomics approach to studying antibiotic resistance at scale. 👉 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Exploring antibiotic resistance in diverse homologs of the dihydrofolate reductase protein family through broad mutational scanning
DropSynth technology enables scalable and cost-effective exploration of antibiotic resistance across the DHFR protein family.
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Anne S. Meyer @meyerroc.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Insulin recombinantly synthesized by Yersinia pestis?
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Calin Plesa @calin.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Huge congrats to Dr. Andrew Holston on a successful PhD defense!! Andrew has been working on the large-scale characterization and engineering of chimeric receptor histidine kinases. He’s looking for roles in biotech/academia, let’s connect if you’re hiring! -> @hkalltheway.bsky.social
Dr. Andrew Holston PhD defense
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Anne S. Meyer @meyerroc.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Bring factory jobs back to the US (United Slugs)!
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Anne S. Meyer @meyerroc.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Busy day on Capitol Hill today meeting with nine of the New York House Representatives to advocate for NSF funding! Thanks to the CNSF for organizing and to @urochester.bsky.social for supporting my trip.
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Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Are you a postdoc/grad student preparing to launch a faculty search? Do you have a track record of excellence in research, leadership, mentorship & community engagement? Apply to the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium: www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com! Pls repost! (1/3)
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Stanford.Berkeley.UCSF Next Generation Faculty Symposium
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University of Rochester @urochester.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
A researcher is a problem solver 🧪 A team of 10 undergraduate students has pioneered a new 3D-bioprinting technology that efficiently replicates useful chemicals found in plants, including those endangered by our changing climate. #EverBetter #URochesterResearch | uofr.us/4iZo2Xr
student in a white lab coat and blue latex gloves holds a pipette near a flame.
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Anne S. Meyer @meyerroc.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Done! Thanks for the advice
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Stirling Churchman @stirlingchurchman.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
My father-in-law, Jack Strominger, and I wrote a letter to the @wsj.com editor about the current threats to science due to Trump's funding freeze. Please repost! www.wsj.com/opinion/scie...
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Opinion | Science Suffers With Trump’s Funding Freeze
America’s scientific enterprise demands reliable stewardship, not destabilizing political intervention.
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Anne S. Meyer @meyerroc.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
@urochester.bsky.social
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Anne S. Meyer @meyerroc.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Science News Explores published this fun article about our engineered bacteria that focus light like tiny lenses! This kind of research can be the starting point to develop new technologies, which is why the current freezes on NIH and NSF funding are so damaging. www.snexplores.org/article/glas...
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Living lenses? Glass-coated microbes might take better photos
Bacteria with a gene from sea sponges can coat themselves in glass. Working as tiny, bendable lenses, they could lead to thinner cameras or sensors.
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Anne S. Meyer @meyerroc.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Wow, amazing news!
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Eric C. Greene @dnacurtain.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
I am a professor at Columbia University. All of the student NIH training grants have been canceled and now there are reports that ALL funding will be frozen. Why are Universities not banding together and speaking out publicly and forcibly about governmental attacks on biomedical research?
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
The horrifying actions of ICE, kidnapping immigrants & international students & holding them without charges or trial, have now come home to UNC. aculty Chair Beth Moracco told us yesterday at least 6 UNC students had visas revoked. It's time to act for all of us, or know we remained silent 1/2
Dear Colleagues:
I have been out of town attending a conference and was dismayed to learn from news reports that the visas of six of our international students have been terminated by the federal government. At this time, I do not have information about why these students were targeted, though similar actions are occurring at universities across the country, including Duke and NC State.
Since last night, I have heard from many faculty members who are distressed and angry, not only because this has happened, but also because we had to learn about it from media reports. At this point, we have not received any communication from university administration. I have written to Chancellor Roberts and Vice Provost for Global Affairs Barbara Stephenson to request as much information as possible, and that it be provided to us promptly.
However, information is not our only need. As a faculty, we also urgently need to speak up in support of our international students and colleagues, who are an integral part of our vibrant academic environment at UNC. They enrich our classrooms, our research, and campus community life with their perspectives, ideas, and experiences.
We also must speak up for our values as an academic community, especially academic freedom and free expression, the cornerstones of a thriving institution of higher education.These values ensure that universities remain spaces where ideas can be explored, debated, and tested. They empower both faculty and students to engage with complex and evolving issues, fostering the environment of intellectual growth and critical thinking that we all cherish. While I do not know why our students' visas were revoked, I know that students at other campuses appear to have been targeted for their speech. UNC has a long history of students and other campus community members expressing their views, and the peaceful expression of viewpoints should never be a ground for removing a person from our community. Indeed, freedom of speech and assembly are enshrined in our country’s Constitution.
I will share any information I receive from the administration with you. In the upcoming days, as we learn more, members of faculty governance will be considering potential actions we can take to support these six students as well the hundreds of international students, scholars, staff, and faculty here at UNC who may be affected by these and similar actions taken by the federal government. We will likely be reaching out to many of you for your perspectives and guidance. In addition, the April 25 Faculty Council meeting is a joint meeting with the General Faculty during which we can further discuss and propose action.
Thank you for the deep concern and care for our students that I see reflected in your anguished emails, texts and calls. In these terrible times, such collective compassion is uplifting—and essential.
In solidarity,
Beth
Kathryn E. (Beth) Moracco, PhD, MPH
Chair of the Faculty
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Martin Enserink @martinenserink.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
This hasn't gotten much attention—but new National Science Foundation grants have dropped by almost half since Trump took office, an analysis by @davidimiller.bsky.social shows. www.science.org/content/arti... (Story by @policyhound.bsky.social)
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NSF has awarded almost 50% fewer grants since Trump took office
The reasons aren’t clear—and the agency’s director claims the president’s policies haven’t slowed grant awards
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Anne S. Meyer @meyerroc.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Congratulations ✨✨✨
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Anne S. Meyer @meyerroc.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
MSFC did not meet as scheduled on 2/24 public.csr.nih.gov/StudySection...
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MSFC | NIH Center for Scientific Review
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Allison Lopatkin, PhD @ajlopatkin.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
New review out in @NatureRevMicro on the complex rltnshp btween metabolism & AMR! A true labor of love from previous postbac Mehrose, grad students Varun & Zirui, and collaborator @drrobsmith.bsky.social (plus figures I'll likely use for many talks to come 😊) rdcu.be/eaES2
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The role of bacterial metabolism in antimicrobial resistance
Nature Reviews Microbiology - In this Review, Ahmad et al. examine how antibiotics influence bacterial metabolism and how metabolism, in turn, affects drug efficacy and the emergence and evolution...
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Dame lab at Leiden University @damelab.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
In @molecularmicro.bsky.social: two special issues on Prokaryotic Chromosome Organization. Many excellent contributions, including a vision article: 'Future directions of the Prokaryotic Chromosome Field', outcome of BioPhyChrom 2023 @biophychrom.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Future Directions of the Prokaryotic Chromosome Field
In September 2023, the Biology and Physics of Prokaryotic Chromosomes meeting ran at the Lorentz Center in Leiden, The Netherlands. As part of the workshop, those in attendance developed a series of ....
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Anne S. Meyer @meyerroc.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
My warmup activity is to take care of my emails for the day first, and by the time that is done it's so late that I'm frantic to do any writing at all
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 28/01/2025
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
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White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
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Daniela Barillà @danielabarilla.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
🚨Registration is now open for The Biology & Physics of Chromosomes VII, 16-19 September in beautiful York. www.biochemistry.org/events-and-t... Great lineup of speakers! Join us! @graingerlab.bsky.social @damelab.bsky.social @vslioy.bsky.social @biochemsoc.bsky.social @biophychrom.bsky.social
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The Biology and Physics of Prokaryotic Chromosomes VII
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Mahipal Ganji @ganjilab.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Check out a preprint from our lab! We've uncovered all possible speed imager sequences for DNA-PAINT. You can now do 10-plex imaging in just a few hours with simple Exchange-PAINT. 🚀📸 #DNApaint #SuperResolution www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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High-speed 10-plex DNA-PAINT with a larger sequence repertoire
DNA-Points Accumulation for Imaging in Nanoscale Topography (DNA-PAINT) enables multiplexed super-resolution imaging of biological samples. We expand the repertoire of speed-optimized DNA sequences fo...
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Anne S. Meyer @meyerroc.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Yes, we should have followed this advice - I didn't expect they would be so easy to cook when starting from dried
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Anne S. Meyer @meyerroc.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
We are making black-eyes peas on New Year's for the first time this year! They got burned when we took our afternoon dog walk just now, so starting over with batch number two. 😬
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Anne S. Meyer @meyerroc.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Wow - exciting!
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