Prahathees Eswara
@eswaralab.bsky.social
Associate Professor at U. South Florida 🌴🌊 | Postdoc - NIH | PhD - U. Houston | Bacterial Cell Biologist 🔬| ASM Councilor & Microbe Program Committee member | Subtillery | he/him
www.eswaralab.com
www.eswaralab.com
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Why does daptomycin resistance appear so fast in Enterococcus? We finally have a clue.
DAP resistance in enterococci pops up quickly. What’s been missing is why resistance-associated membrane changes look the way they do, and why the classic path of mutations is so predictable.
DAP resistance in enterococci pops up quickly. What’s been missing is why resistance-associated membrane changes look the way they do, and why the classic path of mutations is so predictable.
A two-component system signaling hub controls enterococcal membrane remodeling in response to daptomycin https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.16.688641v1
November 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Why does daptomycin resistance appear so fast in Enterococcus? We finally have a clue.
DAP resistance in enterococci pops up quickly. What’s been missing is why resistance-associated membrane changes look the way they do, and why the classic path of mutations is so predictable.
DAP resistance in enterococci pops up quickly. What’s been missing is why resistance-associated membrane changes look the way they do, and why the classic path of mutations is so predictable.
🔊 New story!
This GlmR (of hope) article has it all. Cell shape, cytokinesis, c-di-AMP, and catalysis - the famous 4 Cs 💎?
There is also antibiotic resistance, phosphorylation, acetylation, and a (cool) model to explain what shapes Bacillus cells.
Excellent group effort. Congrats team!
#Microsky
This GlmR (of hope) article has it all. Cell shape, cytokinesis, c-di-AMP, and catalysis - the famous 4 Cs 💎?
There is also antibiotic resistance, phosphorylation, acetylation, and a (cool) model to explain what shapes Bacillus cells.
Excellent group effort. Congrats team!
#Microsky
Staying in the loop to make ends meet: roles and regulation of GlmR in Bacillus subtilis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.05.686802v1
November 6, 2025 at 5:06 AM
🔊 New story!
This GlmR (of hope) article has it all. Cell shape, cytokinesis, c-di-AMP, and catalysis - the famous 4 Cs 💎?
There is also antibiotic resistance, phosphorylation, acetylation, and a (cool) model to explain what shapes Bacillus cells.
Excellent group effort. Congrats team!
#Microsky
This GlmR (of hope) article has it all. Cell shape, cytokinesis, c-di-AMP, and catalysis - the famous 4 Cs 💎?
There is also antibiotic resistance, phosphorylation, acetylation, and a (cool) model to explain what shapes Bacillus cells.
Excellent group effort. Congrats team!
#Microsky
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Independent research fellowships leading to tenured positions at the John Innes Centre.
Repost = nice. Thank you very much!!!
Repost = nice. Thank you very much!!!
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to give a seminar at the Fellows Conference, which will be held on 10 March 2026.
Candidates who win Fellowships will be offered a Tenure Track Group Leader position from the outset, initially for 5 years.
Find out more: www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...
Candidates who win Fellowships will be offered a Tenure Track Group Leader position from the outset, initially for 5 years.
Find out more: www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...
October 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Job alert ‼️ UChicago Micro is hiring! Open to tenured/tenure track faculty at all levels in any area of microbiology. Come join our amazing and growing department. apply.interfolio.com/174404
October 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Job alert ‼️ UChicago Micro is hiring! Open to tenured/tenure track faculty at all levels in any area of microbiology. Come join our amazing and growing department. apply.interfolio.com/174404
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Our Department of Microbiology & Immunology at UCSF is running a faculty search this year for a new Assistant Professor! Please see the ad below for details. Searching for a great colleague, mentor, and scientist!
aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05807
aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05807
Microbiology and Immunology – Faculty Position (Ladder Rank) – Assistant Professor
University of California, San Francisco is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.ucsf.edu
September 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Our Department of Microbiology & Immunology at UCSF is running a faculty search this year for a new Assistant Professor! Please see the ad below for details. Searching for a great colleague, mentor, and scientist!
aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05807
aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05807
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cell divisionists & FtsZ fans take note 👇
September 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
cell divisionists & FtsZ fans take note 👇
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We're hiring! 5 tenure track assistant professors. 2 #microbiology, 2 #Evolution, 1 #biologicalclocks
jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/675062/f...
jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/675062/f...
Five Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Positions in Microbiology, Evolution, and Biological Clocks - College Station, Texas job with Department of Biology - TAMU | 675062
Texas A&M University (TAMU) invites applications for five full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor positions
jobs.sciencecareers.org
September 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
We're hiring! 5 tenure track assistant professors. 2 #microbiology, 2 #Evolution, 1 #biologicalclocks
jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/675062/f...
jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/675062/f...
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Immunization with peptides can elicit antigen-specific T cell responses, but they're not widely used because they are poorly immunogenic and are rapidly cleared. Domenico D'Atri solves this by using our "SSHEL" platform (synthetic bacterial spores) .
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Immunization with peptide encapsulated within synthetic spores activates T cell responses and reduces tumor growth | mBio
Effective delivery of antigens to the immune system is essential for activating the
adaptive immune system. Synthetic Spore Husk-Encased Lipids (SSHELs) are synthetic bacterial spore-like particles, w...
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September 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Immunization with peptides can elicit antigen-specific T cell responses, but they're not widely used because they are poorly immunogenic and are rapidly cleared. Domenico D'Atri solves this by using our "SSHEL" platform (synthetic bacterial spores) .
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
We are hiring! Please share the news.
Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Bacterial Pathogenesis
See link below for details.
We are a vibrantly growing department with friendly colleagues and supportive environment. Bonus: year-round sunshine in Tampa, FL 🌤🌴
Job Ad: tinyurl.com/USF-Microbio...
Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Bacterial Pathogenesis
See link below for details.
We are a vibrantly growing department with friendly colleagues and supportive environment. Bonus: year-round sunshine in Tampa, FL 🌤🌴
Job Ad: tinyurl.com/USF-Microbio...
Assistant Professor - Molecular Biosciences
Department Name / Number: Molecular Biosciences / 0-1210-000 College: College of Arts and Sciences Hiring Salary: Negotiable Appointment Start Date: August 7, 2026 The Department of Molecular Bioscien...
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September 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
We are hiring! Please share the news.
Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Bacterial Pathogenesis
See link below for details.
We are a vibrantly growing department with friendly colleagues and supportive environment. Bonus: year-round sunshine in Tampa, FL 🌤🌴
Job Ad: tinyurl.com/USF-Microbio...
Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Bacterial Pathogenesis
See link below for details.
We are a vibrantly growing department with friendly colleagues and supportive environment. Bonus: year-round sunshine in Tampa, FL 🌤🌴
Job Ad: tinyurl.com/USF-Microbio...
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So great to see Lucy Shapiro — a scientific hero of mine both for her pioneering work and for her incredible communication skills —honored today www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
Major Medical Prizes Given to Cell Biology and Cystic Fibrosis Pioneers
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
So great to see Lucy Shapiro — a scientific hero of mine both for her pioneering work and for her incredible communication skills —honored today www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
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"For a 55-year career in biomedical science—honored for discovering how bacteria coordinate their genetic logic in time and space to generate distinct daughter cells; for founding Stanford's distinguished Department of Developmental Biology; and for exemplary leadership at the national level"
Congrats to Lucy Shapiro, a pioneering microbiologist, for winning the 2025 Lasker-Koshland Award. So deserving!
laskerfoundation.org/winners/pion...
laskerfoundation.org/winners/pion...
laskerfoundation.org
September 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"For a 55-year career in biomedical science—honored for discovering how bacteria coordinate their genetic logic in time and space to generate distinct daughter cells; for founding Stanford's distinguished Department of Developmental Biology; and for exemplary leadership at the national level"
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FYI: Davos Compact on Antimicrobial Resistance 2025
Unified Coalition for AMR Response = UCARE
Government and philanthropic organizations commit to create the right conditions for private sector investments to address AMR. See more at link
reports.weforum.org/docs/WEF_AMR...
Unified Coalition for AMR Response = UCARE
Government and philanthropic organizations commit to create the right conditions for private sector investments to address AMR. See more at link
reports.weforum.org/docs/WEF_AMR...
reports.weforum.org
September 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
FYI: Davos Compact on Antimicrobial Resistance 2025
Unified Coalition for AMR Response = UCARE
Government and philanthropic organizations commit to create the right conditions for private sector investments to address AMR. See more at link
reports.weforum.org/docs/WEF_AMR...
Unified Coalition for AMR Response = UCARE
Government and philanthropic organizations commit to create the right conditions for private sector investments to address AMR. See more at link
reports.weforum.org/docs/WEF_AMR...
A paper cake for 👇🏾
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39602291/
Thanks to my talented and thoughtful wife, this has become a lab tradition.
Excellent team effort by @dipanwitab.bsky.social, Asher, @lilymcknight.bsky.social, and Pilar! Congrats! 👏🏾
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39602291/
Thanks to my talented and thoughtful wife, this has become a lab tradition.
Excellent team effort by @dipanwitab.bsky.social, Asher, @lilymcknight.bsky.social, and Pilar! Congrats! 👏🏾
September 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A paper cake for 👇🏾
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39602291/
Thanks to my talented and thoughtful wife, this has become a lab tradition.
Excellent team effort by @dipanwitab.bsky.social, Asher, @lilymcknight.bsky.social, and Pilar! Congrats! 👏🏾
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39602291/
Thanks to my talented and thoughtful wife, this has become a lab tradition.
Excellent team effort by @dipanwitab.bsky.social, Asher, @lilymcknight.bsky.social, and Pilar! Congrats! 👏🏾
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This is one of my fav bac cell div papers. It's remarkable how much we've learned about cytokinesis in the past decade, and how much we still don't know. This paper harmonizes many of the disagreements in the field, like what limits construction rates (1/4)
I’m excited that the work by Diego Ramirez and Lei Yin is out, where they gained several key insights into what provides the force underlying bacterial cell division doi.org/10.1101/2025....
To divide, cells must first bend the membrane inward, a process that’s energetically expensive
To divide, cells must first bend the membrane inward, a process that’s energetically expensive
The interplay of membrane tension and FtsZ filament condensation on the initiation and progression of cell division in B. subtilis
The first step of cell division is deforming the planar cell membrane inward towards the cytoplasm. As deforming membranes is energetically costly, biology has developed various protein systems to acc...
doi.org
August 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is one of my fav bac cell div papers. It's remarkable how much we've learned about cytokinesis in the past decade, and how much we still don't know. This paper harmonizes many of the disagreements in the field, like what limits construction rates (1/4)
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Our Pitt Microbiology and Molecular Genetics department in the School of Medicine is recruiting..
Microbiologists! 🧫🦠🔬🧪
Please apply to join our faculty and enjoy these views 👀 while doing great science
cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...
Microbiologists! 🧫🦠🔬🧪
Please apply to join our faculty and enjoy these views 👀 while doing great science
cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...
August 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Our Pitt Microbiology and Molecular Genetics department in the School of Medicine is recruiting..
Microbiologists! 🧫🦠🔬🧪
Please apply to join our faculty and enjoy these views 👀 while doing great science
cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...
Microbiologists! 🧫🦠🔬🧪
Please apply to join our faculty and enjoy these views 👀 while doing great science
cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...
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🚨 Imagine a bacterium that refuses to follow the textbook:
It grows as tangled filaments, divides unevenly, reshapes its own membranes… and even builds grappling hooks.
Meet Litorilinea aerophila — and here’s why it blew our minds.
It grows as tangled filaments, divides unevenly, reshapes its own membranes… and even builds grappling hooks.
Meet Litorilinea aerophila — and here’s why it blew our minds.
August 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM
🚨 Imagine a bacterium that refuses to follow the textbook:
It grows as tangled filaments, divides unevenly, reshapes its own membranes… and even builds grappling hooks.
Meet Litorilinea aerophila — and here’s why it blew our minds.
It grows as tangled filaments, divides unevenly, reshapes its own membranes… and even builds grappling hooks.
Meet Litorilinea aerophila — and here’s why it blew our minds.
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We are hiring! The Dept of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics is looking for faculty at the Assistant or Associate professor level (tenure track). Please consider joining our vibrant microbiology and immunology community at the University of Pittsburgh School of medicine
August 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
We are hiring! The Dept of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics is looking for faculty at the Assistant or Associate professor level (tenure track). Please consider joining our vibrant microbiology and immunology community at the University of Pittsburgh School of medicine
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Faculty search announcement 2025: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Microbiology at UT Southwestern. We seek candidates working in microbial pathogenesis (some preference may be given to bacterial pathogens). Come join our community! (1/5) www.utsouthwestern.edu/departments/...
August 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Faculty search announcement 2025: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Microbiology at UT Southwestern. We seek candidates working in microbial pathogenesis (some preference may be given to bacterial pathogens). Come join our community! (1/5) www.utsouthwestern.edu/departments/...
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Elio Schaechter was one of my heroes. His 1958 paper with Ole Maaløe and Niels Kjeldgaard (fondly known as “SMK”) is a North Star for so much work in my group. A wonderful scientist, great communicator, and a very kind person. May his memory be a blessing.
August 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Elio Schaechter was one of my heroes. His 1958 paper with Ole Maaløe and Niels Kjeldgaard (fondly known as “SMK”) is a North Star for so much work in my group. A wonderful scientist, great communicator, and a very kind person. May his memory be a blessing.
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Bacterial cell wall & periplasm paradigm shift - important read #MicroSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
July 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Bacterial cell wall & periplasm paradigm shift - important read #MicroSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
If you would like your favorite research topic to be covered at ASM Microbe 2026 in Washington DC, submit a session proposal.
Deadline: Aug. 5, 2025 (2 pm US Eastern)
Deadline: Aug. 5, 2025 (2 pm US Eastern)
Thank you for being part of #ASMicrobe 2025—your energy & insights made it unforgettable! Save the date for ASM Microbe 2026, June 4–8 in Washington, D.C.! Session proposals are now open—help shape next year’s program & advance the microbial sciences. asm.social/2tm
July 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
If you would like your favorite research topic to be covered at ASM Microbe 2026 in Washington DC, submit a session proposal.
Deadline: Aug. 5, 2025 (2 pm US Eastern)
Deadline: Aug. 5, 2025 (2 pm US Eastern)
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New Independent Fellowship position in Microbiology to launch your lab in our department @johninnescentre.bsky.social (UK). We are conducting a broad search in the area of plant-associated microbial interactions. Message me if you have any questions.
Apply here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/in...
Apply here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/in...
Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions | John Innes Centre
An exciting opportunity for an Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions has arisen at the John Innes Centre. To read the full job description for this role…
www.jic.ac.uk
July 10, 2025 at 6:28 AM
New Independent Fellowship position in Microbiology to launch your lab in our department @johninnescentre.bsky.social (UK). We are conducting a broad search in the area of plant-associated microbial interactions. Message me if you have any questions.
Apply here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/in...
Apply here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/in...