It was great to have Mark visit us today. Many great science discussions and hopefully new collaborations to start!

A new methods paper from us, this time with a focus on reliable monitoring membrane potential and cell lysis at different growth stages and cell densities. Also, note the surprisingly high level of background lysis in seemingly healthy B. subtilis cultures.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Fascinating seminar by Prof @gebhardlab.bsky.social on ‘Building bacterial bridges – How an ancient bacterial trait can help us build the infrastructure of the future’ and visit at @cbcb-newcastle.bsky.social (hosted by @henrikstrahl.bsky.social) #bacillus #spores

Don’t miss your chance #Newcastle, tickets for #PINT25 are out! @pintofscience.uk @pintsworld.bsky.social
More info for venues and tickets here pintofscience.co.uk/events/newca...
Repost appreciated :)

The role of membrane perturbations in antibiotic resistant Gram-negative bacteria. Supervised by @davychang.bsky.social, ‬Margarita Staykova, Mark Geoghegan and @adwol.bsky.social.

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New lysins for medically and environmentally important Mycobacteriales. Supervised by @lislowe.bsky.social and Paul James.

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Dissecting Gram-negative envelope biogenesis to understand drug delivery in Gram-negative pathogens. Supervised by Manuel Banzhaf, @thecopperdoctor.bsky.social and @henrikstrahl.bsky.social.

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Microbial metal-head: the integrated roles of metal homeostasis in host-pathogen interaction. Supervised by @ruamicro.bsky.social, @thecopperdoctor.bsky.social and Manuel Banzhaf.

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Adding functionality to C. difficile's armour; integrative structural biology studies of SlpA and CWPs. Supervised by @pssalgado.bsky.social, Peter Chivers, and Agnieszka Bronowska.

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Structure and functions of the novel type of RNA polymerases and their application in synthetic biology and biotechnology. Supervised by Nikolay Zenkin and Ehmke Pohl.

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Single-molecule analysis of the bacterial chromosome origin Basal Unwinding System (BUS). Supervised by @heathmurraylab.bsky.social and Aakash Basu.

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Antibiotics from the abyss; assessing the impact of deep-sea mining on biodiscovery. Supervised by @kateduncan.bsky.social, @thecopperdoctor.bsky.social and @ruamicro.bsky.social.

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Uncovering the hidden laws of grit: novel mechanisms of drug-resistance via ribosome hibernation. Supervised by @sergeymelnikov.bsky.social and @jamiebojko.bsky.social.

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Engineering anti-CRISPR/Cas systems to control the DNA damage response in live bacterial cells. Supervised by @winterhalterlab.bsky.social, @acdarby.bsky.social, and Katarzyna Mickiewicz.

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Looking for a PhD opportunity in Microbiology? Consider joining one of the strongest clusters of microbiology research in UK at @newcastleuni.bsky.social, Biosciences Institute, and @cbcb-newcastle.bsky.social. See thread for BBSRC DTP PhD studentships currently advertised.

Congratulations Charles! It's a great paper!

Excited to share with you the story that enabled me to start my own lab: what happens when the bacterial DNA replication machinery encounters single-strand discontinuities on template DNA? What is required for break repair and replication restart?
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The Cells Genes and Molecules Theme @newcastleuni.bsky.social is very pleased to have joined Bluesky 🙂

Good to have you here!

They researched diseases that devastate trees and came up with a lateral flow solution to aid in detecting and preventing spread of disease. Alongside the device, they developed skills in intellectual property, target markets, financial projections, and networked with various experts in the field.

Congratulations to CBCB PhD-student Taylor @taylorwr.bsky.social and his team for being awarded best consideration of IP strategy and social media prizes for their theoretical project "DiagnosTree" in the YES competition.
www.yescompetitions.co.uk/showcase/new...

New preprint 🚨: with @madejmar.bsky.social we found that the Bacteroidetes beta-barrel assembly machinery is quite different to E. coli. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #cryo-EM

First post of the year to mark my return from maternity leave :) Excited to share the first open PhD position in my group.
Deadline end of February.
Please spread the word. www.findaphd.com/phds/projectdetails.aspx?PJID=181239

We are happy to join the science community at BlueSky! #MicroSky