Christian Lentz
@christianslentz.bsky.social
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Assoc. Prof. in Infection Biology at UiT The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø. Chemical Microbiology and Bacterial Single Cell Studies.
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bugsinblood.bsky.social
Now published! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Very nice collaboration with Hoogenboom ( @ucl.ac.uk ) and Bonev ( @uniofnottingham.bsky.social ) labs.
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genomarit.bsky.social
Thrilled to share this preprint on Klebsiella pneumoniae plasmids in a One Health setting 🦠 Fantastic work by @twinkler.bsky.social! 🎉 @irenlohr.bsky.social @margaretlam.bsky.social
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A One Health study of Klebsiella pneumoniae species complex plasmids shows a highly diverse and ecologically adaptable plasmidome https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.14.676155v1
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nizet.bsky.social
Don't put all your eggs🥚 in the same basket🧺

𝙋𝙨𝙚𝙪𝙙𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙚𝙧𝙪𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙤𝙨𝙖: epigenetic ON/OFF switching of 𝙜𝙡𝙥𝘿 gene → diverse subpopulations in the host

Cells with high 𝙜𝙡𝙥𝘿 → increased toxin production and motility

Low 𝙜𝙡𝙥𝘿 cells stay stealthy

Balances attack and evasion

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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veeninglab.com
New tenure track assistant professor position in molecular microbiology in our department @dmf-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social! We are casting a wide net for an experimental molecular microbiologist. Apply here: wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...
DMF: Tenure Track Assistant Professor towards Associate Professor in Molecular Microbiology - Site des postulations FBM
wwwfbm.unil.ch
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liselotdewachter.bsky.social
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/.
christianslentz.bsky.social
..and a great double-talk by my dear colleague Veronika Pettersen aka @microbioquester.bsky.social on the early life microbiome and AMR.
christianslentz.bsky.social
More great things happening at #ESCMIDGlobal: PhD candidate @nadiaaftab.bsky.social introducing the concept of differential cultivability of single S. aureus cells under specialized media conditions..
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Having a great time at ESCMID Global and proud of postdoc @ronimiah.bsky.social presenting his work on a programmable, selection-free CRISPRi system in S. aureus.
ronimiah.bsky.social
Disclosing my developed CRISPRi system in a global platform!. Grateful to the ESCMID committee for awarding me travel grant, registration fee waiver, and additional support. Special thanks to @christianslentz.bsky.social, @monaj66.bsky.social , @mkjos.bsky.social.
Our ppsf-CRISPRi approach First study Second study Future study?
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ellinoralseth.bsky.social
Mystique is here! When I started my position at @cmdi.bsky.social there were no readily available phage against my A. baumannii focal strain. The solution? Finding my own phage ofc. Mystique is a broad host range Acinetobacter phage, and I'm thrilled to see this work out today #PhageSky 🧪🦠
Mystique, a broad host range Acinetobacter phage, reveals the impact of culturing conditions on phage isolation and infectivity
Author summary Bacterial infections caused by Acinetobacter baumannii are a major global health concern due to high antibiotic resistance, earning it a critical priority pathogen ranking by the WHO. P...
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itaiyanai.bsky.social
Contrary to popular belief, what is important in science is as much its spirit as its product: it is as much the openmindedness, the primacy of criticism, the submission to the unforeseen, however upsetting, as the result, however new that may be. – Francois Jacob
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olayarendueles.bsky.social
After a great first session on pathogenesis, the second Klebsiella Seminar Series @klebclub.bsky.social will discuss a variety of different topics.
Join us for the lightning talks selected from submitted abstracts
🗓️ Thursday @9AM EDT (3pm Central European Summer Time)
#microsky
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cansuit.bsky.social
Welcome to todays CANS seminar by Kimberly Kline, Univ. of Geneva, Switzerland and Markus Lakemeyer, University of Jena, Germany

'Pathogenesis of Enterococcal biofilm-associated infection'
14:15-15.00

´Chemoproteomic profiling of microbial interactions´
15.00-15.45

MH Aud 5
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mbogyo.bsky.social
Excited to report our studies that identified a new serine protease secreted by the gut microbe Bacteroides fragilis that regulates pain and inflammation through PAR2 activation. #ChemBio. Check it out!https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.15.633241v1
Identification of a secreted protease from Bacteroides fragilis that induces intestinal pain and inflammation by cleavage of PAR2
Protease-activated receptor 2 (PAR2) is a central regulator of intestinal barrier function, inflammation and pain. Upregulated intestinal proteolysis and PAR2-signaling are implicated in inflammatory ...
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