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SCELSE - a biofilm & microbiome research centre in NTU & NUS @scelse.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Why do some wounds refuse to heal - even with treatment? Scientists from SCELSE-NTU, SMART and University of Geneva found that Enterococcus faecalis suppresses immune defences by releasing lactic acid, helping infections persist. Study is published in Cell Host & Microbe. scelse.sg/smart-resear...
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Kimberly Kline 🏔 @kimingeneva.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
What if quorum sensing doesn’t promote biofilms - but restrains it? 🤔 New work from @harisantypas.bsky.social shows that the Fsr QS system in Enterococcus faecalis acts as a brake on biofilm formation and pathogenesis during infective endocarditis (IE). www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Loss of Fsr quorum sensing promotes biofilm formation and worsens outcomes in enterococcal infective endocarditis - Nature Communications
Infective endocarditis (IE) is an understudied biofilm-associated infection. Here, analyses of preclinical and clinical data reveal that the Fsr quorum sensing (QS) system of Enterococcus faecalis is ...
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Kimberly Kline 🏔 @kimingeneva.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Lactic acid lover? Check out @ronni.bsky.social 's new work in @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social showing how Enterococcus faecalis-derived LA suppresses macrophage activation, in turn promoting bacterial persistence and polymicrobial wound infection in vivo. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Enterococcus faecalis-derived lactic acid suppresses macrophage activation to facilitate persistent and polymicrobial wound infections
Macrophage activation is essential for innate immunity and antimicrobial defense. We show that Enterococcus faecalis suppresses macrophage activation …
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Kimberly Kline 🏔 @kimingeneva.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Strep/Enterococcal colleagues! Streptococcal Biology GRC/GRS are open for applications. Acceptances are underway and the meeting is on track to fill up. If you’re aiming for a short talk (lots of slots), registering early matters for full consideration. Share widely! www.grc.org/streptococca...
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2026 Streptococcal Biology Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Streptococcal Biology will be held in Lucca (Barga), Lucca Italy. Apply today to reserve your spot.
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Dr. Stephanie Marroquin @marroquinphd.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
We are now over 2/3 full for the 2025 Microbial Adhesion and Signal Transduction GRS! Apply to join us July 19-20 (through 25 for GRC) at Salve Regina University! It’s going to be a great meeting with amazing science and people!Please re-post!! #MAST
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Dr Laura Nolan @drlauranolan.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
My lab at SCELSE, NTU, Singapore, is recruiting a PhD student to study food chain biofilms! The PhD will commence in January 2026 and tuition and stipend is provided for 4 years. Singaporean and international applicants welcome. See attached for more details. Please share widely!
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Kimberly Kline 🏔 @kimingeneva.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
How does Enterococcal QS activation impact infection outcomes across different host microenvironments? To answer this as fluid dynamics change over the course of infection, @harisantypas.bsky.social led our first foray into enterococcal infective endocarditis w/ some surprisingly results. #microsky
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Guillaume Thibault @gthibault.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Thrilled to see this incredible story unfold! My team played a small part in this journey, and it’s exciting to see such an important mechanism finally elucidated. Huge kudos to Brenda Tien, @ronni.bsky.social, @kimingeneva.bsky.social and everyone involved! 🎉
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Kimberly Kline 🏔 @kimingeneva.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Check out how 💪🏼Enterococci💪🏼 use lactic acid to suppress the inflammatory response and promote virulence. Project started by Brenda Tien during her PhD and brought home by the always excellent @ronni.bsky.social! 🥳
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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
JOB CLAXON! I am recruiting a post-doctoral researcher on a BBSRC-funded project (36 months) on the genetics and functional genomics of vancomycin resistance in enterococci. Further details here: edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... Please DM or email me if you want to discuss this post.
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Research Fellow - Department of Microbes, Infections and Microbiomes - 104864 - Grade 7
This exciting BBSRC-funded project aims to mechanistically characterise the fitness costs associated with vancomycin resistance in the Gram-positive opportunistic pathogens Enterococcus faecalis and E...
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Alasdair Hubbard @dralhubb.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
This is now open to international students as well, so please share even wider! Deadline is 14th Feb. Anyone interested please get in touch, happy to chat with anyone about this project. #AMR #MicroSky
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Karrera Djoko @thecopperdoctor.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
We have a fully-funded PhD position to develop and test a mathematical model that can explain how metal ions influence microbial coexistence. Will suit candidates with a natural sciences, maths, ecology, or microbiology background who can imagine themselves doing some wet lab and some modelling.
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Population-scale impacts of metals on microbial communities at Durham University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Population-scale impacts of metals on microbial communities at Durham University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Kimberly Kline 🏔 @kimingeneva.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
This drug repurposing project for the clearance of intracellular pathogens - led by @ronni.bsky.social - is now published in ASC Infectious Diseases. 🤩 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Bosutinib Stimulates Macrophage Survival, Phagocytosis, and Intracellular Killing of Bacteria
Host-acting compounds are emerging as potential alternatives to combating antibiotic resistance. Here, we show that bosutinib, an FDA-approved chemotherapeutic for treating chronic myelogenous leukemi...
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