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The official Bluesky account of the Department of Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology of Michigan State University.
Specifically, her work is centered around the enzyme RNase E, which is a protein commonly found in many bacterial species, and how disruptions to RNase E can cause the bacteria to be more sensitive to different stressors, like antibiotic treatment.
November 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Specifically, her work is centered around the enzyme RNase E, which is a protein commonly found in many bacterial species, and how disruptions to RNase E can cause the bacteria to be more sensitive to different stressors, like antibiotic treatment.
Northcote's research focuses on how bacteria called Brucella regulate the stability of RNA, which plays an important role in how bacteria respond to stress.
November 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Northcote's research focuses on how bacteria called Brucella regulate the stability of RNA, which plays an important role in how bacteria respond to stress.
In return, the bacteria receive abundant nutrients inside the squid. Boucaud focuses on why some bacteria cooperate by producing light while others “cheat” by growing faster, and how the squid’s biology keeps these cheaters in check.
November 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
In return, the bacteria receive abundant nutrients inside the squid. Boucaud focuses on why some bacteria cooperate by producing light while others “cheat” by growing faster, and how the squid’s biology keeps these cheaters in check.
Boucaud studies how juvenile Hawaiian bobtail squids form a lifelong partnership with bioluminescent bacteria. The bacteria help the squid glow, camouflaging it against moonlight and reducing its shadow on the ocean floor, which gives them an advantage against predators.
November 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Boucaud studies how juvenile Hawaiian bobtail squids form a lifelong partnership with bioluminescent bacteria. The bacteria help the squid glow, camouflaging it against moonlight and reducing its shadow on the ocean floor, which gives them an advantage against predators.
Today's Work in Progress Seminars were given by doctoral students Camille Boucaud of the Heath-Heckman Lab (@drheathheckman.bsky.social) and Rosemary Northcote of the Crosson Lab.
Join us next Monday at noon in 1425 BPS to hear from our graduate students!
Join us next Monday at noon in 1425 BPS to hear from our graduate students!
November 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Today's Work in Progress Seminars were given by doctoral students Camille Boucaud of the Heath-Heckman Lab (@drheathheckman.bsky.social) and Rosemary Northcote of the Crosson Lab.
Join us next Monday at noon in 1425 BPS to hear from our graduate students!
Join us next Monday at noon in 1425 BPS to hear from our graduate students!
🌱🔬 Exciting news from the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center! MGI assoc prof Sarah Lebeis has been appointed science director, leading groundbreaking research into the plant microbiome.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/48eynzvr
🔗https://tinyurl.com/48eynzvr
November 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
🌱🔬 Exciting news from the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center! MGI assoc prof Sarah Lebeis has been appointed science director, leading groundbreaking research into the plant microbiome.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/48eynzvr
🔗https://tinyurl.com/48eynzvr
Sophia Liberto, an MGI PhD student in the Hulin lab, gave a WiPS seminar about her work studying the genetic makeup of a bacteria that causes a canker disease in trees in the Prunus species. She hand-draws her research illustrations, combining her loves of art & science.
November 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Sophia Liberto, an MGI PhD student in the Hulin lab, gave a WiPS seminar about her work studying the genetic makeup of a bacteria that causes a canker disease in trees in the Prunus species. She hand-draws her research illustrations, combining her loves of art & science.
Thank you to MSU Integrative Biology Assoc Professor Ingo Braasch (@fishevodevogeno.bsky.social) for giving today's MGI research seminar!
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Thank you to MSU Integrative Biology Assoc Professor Ingo Braasch (@fishevodevogeno.bsky.social) for giving today's MGI research seminar!
This week's Work in Progress seminars were presented by Joel Marty of the Kaminski Lab and Le Zhan of the Wang Lab. Thank you!
Join us each Monday at noon in 1425 BPS to hear our graduate students present their current research.
Join us each Monday at noon in 1425 BPS to hear our graduate students present their current research.
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This week's Work in Progress seminars were presented by Joel Marty of the Kaminski Lab and Le Zhan of the Wang Lab. Thank you!
Join us each Monday at noon in 1425 BPS to hear our graduate students present their current research.
Join us each Monday at noon in 1425 BPS to hear our graduate students present their current research.
The Long-Term Evolution Experiment has returned home. Led by Professors Richard Lenski (@relenski.bsky.social) and Jeffrey Barrick, this groundbreaking work continues to reveal how bacteria evolve in real time. 12 flasks. 1 legacy.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/f6vjyjvr
🔗https://tinyurl.com/f6vjyjvr
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The Long-Term Evolution Experiment has returned home. Led by Professors Richard Lenski (@relenski.bsky.social) and Jeffrey Barrick, this groundbreaking work continues to reveal how bacteria evolve in real time. 12 flasks. 1 legacy.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/f6vjyjvr
🔗https://tinyurl.com/f6vjyjvr
Next up in our Micro Biography series is Abdul Osman, an MGI graduate student working in the Giri Lab at Henry Ford Health.
Read more about his research and goals here: tinyurl.com/26r28dkn
Read more about his research and goals here: tinyurl.com/26r28dkn
November 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Next up in our Micro Biography series is Abdul Osman, an MGI graduate student working in the Giri Lab at Henry Ford Health.
Read more about his research and goals here: tinyurl.com/26r28dkn
Read more about his research and goals here: tinyurl.com/26r28dkn
Congratulations to MGI's newest Ph.D. graduate, Dr. Beth Ottosen!
November 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Congratulations to MGI's newest Ph.D. graduate, Dr. Beth Ottosen!
Joshua Obar of Dartmouth College gave today's MGI Research Seminar. The topic was "Trans-Kingdom Interactions: Regulation of Anti-Fungal Immunity & Disease." Thank you for a terrific talk!
November 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Joshua Obar of Dartmouth College gave today's MGI Research Seminar. The topic was "Trans-Kingdom Interactions: Regulation of Anti-Fungal Immunity & Disease." Thank you for a terrific talk!
Today's Work in Progress Seminars were given by Heather Murdoch of the Abramovitch Lab and Imani Pascoe of the Bonito and Lebeis Labs.
Join us at noon each Monday in 1425 BPS to hear our doctoral students present their research!
Join us at noon each Monday in 1425 BPS to hear our doctoral students present their research!
November 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Today's Work in Progress Seminars were given by Heather Murdoch of the Abramovitch Lab and Imani Pascoe of the Bonito and Lebeis Labs.
Join us at noon each Monday in 1425 BPS to hear our doctoral students present their research!
Join us at noon each Monday in 1425 BPS to hear our doctoral students present their research!
Congratulations to MGI's newest graduate & Jedi Knight, Jasper Gomez! He successfully defended his dissertation and was knighted by his advisor, Chris Waters, at his seminar today.
October 31, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Congratulations to MGI's newest graduate & Jedi Knight, Jasper Gomez! He successfully defended his dissertation and was knighted by his advisor, Chris Waters, at his seminar today.
MGI graduate student Anuli Khairatkar recently wrote an article entitled "Cancer and the immune system: A Molecular Battleground." The piece was written for a site called Club SciWri that is dedicated to communicating scientific topics simply.
sciwri.club/archives/14387
sciwri.club/archives/14387
Cancer And The Immune System: A Molecular Battleground
by Anuli Khairatkar Cancer is a universally feared condition, but what about it is so terrifying? The danger of cancer lies not just in its origins, but also in how it interacts within the body onc…
sciwri.club
October 31, 2025 at 2:11 PM
MGI graduate student Anuli Khairatkar recently wrote an article entitled "Cancer and the immune system: A Molecular Battleground." The piece was written for a site called Club SciWri that is dedicated to communicating scientific topics simply.
sciwri.club/archives/14387
sciwri.club/archives/14387
In honor of our 125th anniv., MGI recently held the Whittam-Brubaker Symposium. The celebration kicked off with a welcome from MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz and featured speakers David Relman of Stanford and Karla Satchell of Northwestern.
Read more:🔗https://tinyurl.com/5y8ap9ve
Read more:🔗https://tinyurl.com/5y8ap9ve
October 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
In honor of our 125th anniv., MGI recently held the Whittam-Brubaker Symposium. The celebration kicked off with a welcome from MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz and featured speakers David Relman of Stanford and Karla Satchell of Northwestern.
Read more:🔗https://tinyurl.com/5y8ap9ve
Read more:🔗https://tinyurl.com/5y8ap9ve
Today, MGI Associate Professor Annette Rowe gave her Promotion Seminar: "Eating Rocks! Microbes gaining electrons from minerals, electrodes and other microbes" to a standing-room only crowd. Thank you for a fantastic talk!
October 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Today, MGI Associate Professor Annette Rowe gave her Promotion Seminar: "Eating Rocks! Microbes gaining electrons from minerals, electrodes and other microbes" to a standing-room only crowd. Thank you for a fantastic talk!
MGI Associate Professor Rob Quinn is helping to organize the inaugural Microbes in Microbiomes conference being held this coming February in Miami, FL.
Learn more here: microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...
@microbiologysociety.org
Learn more here: microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...
@microbiologysociety.org
October 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
MGI Associate Professor Rob Quinn is helping to organize the inaugural Microbes in Microbiomes conference being held this coming February in Miami, FL.
Learn more here: microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...
@microbiologysociety.org
Learn more here: microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...
@microbiologysociety.org
Today's Work in Progress Seminars were given by Fatma Afify of the Hammer Lab and Kyleen Hall of the Manning Lab. Thank you for your great talks!
Join us each Monday at noon in 1425 BPS to learn about what our grad students are up to.
Join us each Monday at noon in 1425 BPS to learn about what our grad students are up to.
October 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Today's Work in Progress Seminars were given by Fatma Afify of the Hammer Lab and Kyleen Hall of the Manning Lab. Thank you for your great talks!
Join us each Monday at noon in 1425 BPS to learn about what our grad students are up to.
Join us each Monday at noon in 1425 BPS to learn about what our grad students are up to.
Two MGI faculty members, Phillip Delekta and Greg Bonito, joined MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz on the #SpartanBusTour. They met partners in healthcare, nutrition, education, and more!
October 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Two MGI faculty members, Phillip Delekta and Greg Bonito, joined MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz on the #SpartanBusTour. They met partners in healthcare, nutrition, education, and more!
This week's Work in Progress Seminar presentations were given by Asia Hawkins of the Haus Lab and Jared Godfrey of the Olive Lab. Well done!
Join us each Monday at noon in 1425 BPS to hear MGI doctoral students present their current research.
Join us each Monday at noon in 1425 BPS to hear MGI doctoral students present their current research.
October 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This week's Work in Progress Seminar presentations were given by Asia Hawkins of the Haus Lab and Jared Godfrey of the Olive Lab. Well done!
Join us each Monday at noon in 1425 BPS to hear MGI doctoral students present their current research.
Join us each Monday at noon in 1425 BPS to hear MGI doctoral students present their current research.
Aathmaja Anandhi Rangarajan, a postdoc in MGI Prof. Chris Waters’ lab is lead author on a paper published in MBio, which describes new findings about how metal availability influences bacterial behavior, offering fresh insight into the persistence and spread of V. cholerae.
tinyurl.com/t2zwn7ve
tinyurl.com/t2zwn7ve
October 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Aathmaja Anandhi Rangarajan, a postdoc in MGI Prof. Chris Waters’ lab is lead author on a paper published in MBio, which describes new findings about how metal availability influences bacterial behavior, offering fresh insight into the persistence and spread of V. cholerae.
tinyurl.com/t2zwn7ve
tinyurl.com/t2zwn7ve
This week's MGI Seminar was presented by Billy Tsai of the University of Michigan (@umich.edu). He spoke about "How a DNA and an RNA virus hijack the bidirectional secretory pathway to cause infection." Thank you, Dr. Tsai!
billytsailab.org
billytsailab.org
October 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This week's MGI Seminar was presented by Billy Tsai of the University of Michigan (@umich.edu). He spoke about "How a DNA and an RNA virus hijack the bidirectional secretory pathway to cause infection." Thank you, Dr. Tsai!
billytsailab.org
billytsailab.org