Reed Stubbendieck
@bactereedia.bsky.social
Microbiologist 🧫 | #newPI OKState | specialized/secondary metabolism | bacterial interactions | respiratory microbiomes | he/him | posts are my own |
My lab has published our first paper! We previously showed that Rothia are associated with healthy nasal microbiomes and inhibit the pathobiont Moraxella catarrhalis. We now describe the novel species Rothia similimucilaginosa. Check it out here: www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
Rothia similimucilaginosa sp. nov., isolated from the human nasal cavity
Four strains of a Gram-stain-positive, coccoid, catalase-positive, non-motile bacterium were recovered from nasal lavage samples collected from children in Wisconsin during the Spring of 2008. These s...
www.microbiologyresearch.org
January 19, 2026 at 5:45 PM
My lab has published our first paper! We previously showed that Rothia are associated with healthy nasal microbiomes and inhibit the pathobiont Moraxella catarrhalis. We now describe the novel species Rothia similimucilaginosa. Check it out here: www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
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I’m excited to share the first paper from my lab that was led largely by undergraduate students at University of Wisconsin and Washington College! #secmet #natprod
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic...
September 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I’m excited to share the first paper from my lab that was led largely by undergraduate students at University of Wisconsin and Washington College! #secmet #natprod
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic...
Semester ended with two manuscripts accepted after over a year each in review! Happy Holidays all!
December 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Semester ended with two manuscripts accepted after over a year each in review! Happy Holidays all!
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🚨SAVE THE DATE!
5th Synthetic Biology of Natural Products Conference
📅Date: 01 - 04 November 2026
🌏Location: Playa del Carmen, Mexico
📢Early Bird & Talk Submission: 04 May 2026
Don't miss out, Register now ➡️https://bit.ly/4s4F3VU
#SBNP #FusionGenomics #FusionMolBio #FusionBioChem
5th Synthetic Biology of Natural Products Conference
📅Date: 01 - 04 November 2026
🌏Location: Playa del Carmen, Mexico
📢Early Bird & Talk Submission: 04 May 2026
Don't miss out, Register now ➡️https://bit.ly/4s4F3VU
#SBNP #FusionGenomics #FusionMolBio #FusionBioChem
December 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Come and work with me and @ariannebabina.bsky.social on #Streptomyces evolution and antibiotic production
Origins of a tangled bank: Adaptation and evolution in antibiotic-producing Streptomyces
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
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Origins of a tangled bank: Adaptation and evolution in antibiotic-producing Streptomyces
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
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University of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Centres for Doctoral Training - NorthWest Biosciences - Our Projects - Underpinning Bioscience - Paul A Hoskisson
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September 30, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Come and work with me and @ariannebabina.bsky.social on #Streptomyces evolution and antibiotic production
Origins of a tangled bank: Adaptation and evolution in antibiotic-producing Streptomyces
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
please repost
Origins of a tangled bank: Adaptation and evolution in antibiotic-producing Streptomyces
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
please repost
The first paper from PhD student Niladri Bhowmik is out today as a PLOS Pathogens Pearl: Achromobacter spp.: Emerging pathogens in the cystic fibrosis lung. Congrats Niladri!
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
Achromobacter spp.: Emerging pathogens in the cystic fibrosis lung
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April 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The first paper from PhD student Niladri Bhowmik is out today as a PLOS Pathogens Pearl: Achromobacter spp.: Emerging pathogens in the cystic fibrosis lung. Congrats Niladri!
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
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Recorded #MattersMicrobial Episode 88 with Dr. Reed Stubbendieck from Oklahoma State today. Great conversation about how microbes converse with one another during sickness and health. Fascinating! @bactereedia.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Recorded #MattersMicrobial Episode 88 with Dr. Reed Stubbendieck from Oklahoma State today. Great conversation about how microbes converse with one another during sickness and health. Fascinating! @bactereedia.bsky.social
We have been dealing with high background using erythromycin selection for multiple E. coli strains in my lab. We've tried multiple vendors and lots, but the problem persists. Has anyone else had this problem before? Any ideas?
March 26, 2025 at 11:40 PM
We have been dealing with high background using erythromycin selection for multiple E. coli strains in my lab. We've tried multiple vendors and lots, but the problem persists. Has anyone else had this problem before? Any ideas?
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In biology, I keep thinking of the bacterial strains, yeast strains, plasmids, mouse lines, worm mutants etc etc etc that will be lost to science FOREVER because the freezers and animal facilities won't be maintained
Generations of work will be lost in essentially an instant
Generations of work will be lost in essentially an instant
People might think that whatever destruction is done to science in the US, we can undo in 4 years with a Democratic president and Congress.
The problem is that many areas require specialized knowledge and skills built up over years, and once that's lost, it's hard to get back.
The problem is that many areas require specialized knowledge and skills built up over years, and once that's lost, it's hard to get back.
The damage will be far worse than just a 4-yr gap. Both I and the individual who has managed this site for most of the past 50 yrs are retiring within the next 2 years. With this closure, we will not be able to plan a transition.
March 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
In biology, I keep thinking of the bacterial strains, yeast strains, plasmids, mouse lines, worm mutants etc etc etc that will be lost to science FOREVER because the freezers and animal facilities won't be maintained
Generations of work will be lost in essentially an instant
Generations of work will be lost in essentially an instant
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My lab’s first preprint!
We used functional metagenomics to identify phage defenses in human and soil microbiomes. We scaled these selections while maintaining accuracy, enabling us to examine 9 habitats for defense elements against 7 phages.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
1/10
We used functional metagenomics to identify phage defenses in human and soil microbiomes. We scaled these selections while maintaining accuracy, enabling us to examine 9 habitats for defense elements against 7 phages.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
1/10
March 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
My lab’s first preprint!
We used functional metagenomics to identify phage defenses in human and soil microbiomes. We scaled these selections while maintaining accuracy, enabling us to examine 9 habitats for defense elements against 7 phages.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
1/10
We used functional metagenomics to identify phage defenses in human and soil microbiomes. We scaled these selections while maintaining accuracy, enabling us to examine 9 habitats for defense elements against 7 phages.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
1/10
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"downsizes" is a weak way of saying "forced to cancel dozens of programs, which jeopardizes future STEM careers of talented undergrads" @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
NSF downsizes summer research program for undergraduates
Many participants are from groups underrepresented in science
www.science.org
March 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
"downsizes" is a weak way of saying "forced to cancel dozens of programs, which jeopardizes future STEM careers of talented undergrads" @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
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Some of my first year grad students in my class are asking for books to read that will get them thinking about what questions to ask and how to know what they should ask. I have a couple of recs but wondering if anyone can help. What inspired you??
February 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Some of my first year grad students in my class are asking for books to read that will get them thinking about what questions to ask and how to know what they should ask. I have a couple of recs but wondering if anyone can help. What inspired you??
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GATOR-GC preprint is live! If you haven't already, check out our new tool for targeted gene cluster mining. @jcedielbecerra.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
February 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
GATOR-GC preprint is live! If you haven't already, check out our new tool for targeted gene cluster mining. @jcedielbecerra.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Our minireview on BGC evolution being shaped by genomic & ecological context is now live on mSystems:
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
#secmet #MEvoSky
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
#secmet #MEvoSky
Context matters: assessing the impacts of genomic background and ecology on microbial biosynthetic gene cluster evolution | mSystems
Microbial secondary metabolites are compounds produced by bacteria and fungi that
are not required for their replication and unconditional survival (1, 2). While they are thus not expected to be unive...
journals.asm.org
February 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Our minireview on BGC evolution being shaped by genomic & ecological context is now live on mSystems:
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
#secmet #MEvoSky
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
#secmet #MEvoSky
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We are crowd sourcing reductions in graduate admissions and hiring freezes across biomedical research and higher ed in response to pauses in NIH funding and EO’s. If you have information if you could add to this spreadsheet, it would be greatly appreciated!: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Graduate Reductions Across Biomedical Sciences (2025)
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February 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We are crowd sourcing reductions in graduate admissions and hiring freezes across biomedical research and higher ed in response to pauses in NIH funding and EO’s. If you have information if you could add to this spreadsheet, it would be greatly appreciated!: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Just sitting here, trying to write a grant, crying for so many thousands who dedicated their lives to making the world better and safer, just thrown out like trash today.
February 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Just sitting here, trying to write a grant, crying for so many thousands who dedicated their lives to making the world better and safer, just thrown out like trash today.
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"Make America Great Again. Make America Healthy Again. These were promises made by candidate Trump in his campaign to be president of the United States of America. What in this campaign platform should have prepared us for a war on discovery?"
Guest column: “The war on discovery” is antithesis of campaign pledge to make America great again - Wisconsin Technology Council
By Jo Handelsman MADISON, Wis. – Make America Great Again. Make America Healthy Again. These were promises made by candidate Trump in his campaign to be president of the United States of America. What...
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February 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"Make America Great Again. Make America Healthy Again. These were promises made by candidate Trump in his campaign to be president of the United States of America. What in this campaign platform should have prepared us for a war on discovery?"
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Somewhere in the U.S., there’s a scientist staring at their NSF/NIH grant application wondering why they bother. This post is for you. Science and society both need you. Hang in there and know there is a whole community supporting you.
January 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Somewhere in the U.S., there’s a scientist staring at their NSF/NIH grant application wondering why they bother. This post is for you. Science and society both need you. Hang in there and know there is a whole community supporting you.
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All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
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~5y ago, Barbara, Serina, @marnixmedema.bsky.social & I teamed up to make a better NRPS A-domain specificity predictor. The Challis group & others joined along the way to add some very cool insights.
Very proud of this work. Check it out now on biorxiv!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Very proud of this work. Check it out now on biorxiv!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
PARAS: high-accuracy machine-learning of substrate specificities in nonribosomal peptide synthetases
Nonribosomal peptides are chemically and functionally diverse natural products with important applications in medicine and agriculture. Bacterial and fungal genomes contain thousands of nonribosomal p...
doi.org
January 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
~5y ago, Barbara, Serina, @marnixmedema.bsky.social & I teamed up to make a better NRPS A-domain specificity predictor. The Challis group & others joined along the way to add some very cool insights.
Very proud of this work. Check it out now on biorxiv!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Very proud of this work. Check it out now on biorxiv!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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My current state is exemplifed by the duck of ennui.
January 15, 2025 at 1:37 AM
My current state is exemplifed by the duck of ennui.
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Just in time for the holidays
Convergent Evolution of the Antimycobacterial Lasso Peptide Triculamin
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@amerrild.bsky.social @tizianasvenningsen.bsky.social @thomastorring.bsky.social
Convergent Evolution of the Antimycobacterial Lasso Peptide Triculamin
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@amerrild.bsky.social @tizianasvenningsen.bsky.social @thomastorring.bsky.social
Convergent Evolution of the Antimycobacterial Lasso Peptide Triculamin
Triculamin is a ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide (RiPP) lasso peptide with potent antimycobacterial activity, produced by an unusual, non-canonical biosynthetic gene c...
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December 22, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Just in time for the holidays
Convergent Evolution of the Antimycobacterial Lasso Peptide Triculamin
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@amerrild.bsky.social @tizianasvenningsen.bsky.social @thomastorring.bsky.social
Convergent Evolution of the Antimycobacterial Lasso Peptide Triculamin
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@amerrild.bsky.social @tizianasvenningsen.bsky.social @thomastorring.bsky.social