Olivera Francetic
@oliverafr.bsky.social
Molecular microbiologist studying bacterial nanomachines, Institut Pasteur, Paris
Reposted by Olivera Francetic
Our latest T7SS study is now out in Science Advances!
We solved the cryoEM structure of the T7SSb core unit (T7bCU) composed of YukB, YukC, and YukD from Bacillus subtilis, revealing how these components assemble within the secretion machinery.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We solved the cryoEM structure of the T7SSb core unit (T7bCU) composed of YukB, YukC, and YukD from Bacillus subtilis, revealing how these components assemble within the secretion machinery.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A ubiquitin-like protein controls assembly of a bacterial type VIIb secretion system
Cryo-EM structure reveals how a ubiquitin-like protein orchestrates assembly of a bacterial weapon system.
www.science.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Our latest T7SS study is now out in Science Advances!
We solved the cryoEM structure of the T7SSb core unit (T7bCU) composed of YukB, YukC, and YukD from Bacillus subtilis, revealing how these components assemble within the secretion machinery.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We solved the cryoEM structure of the T7SSb core unit (T7bCU) composed of YukB, YukC, and YukD from Bacillus subtilis, revealing how these components assemble within the secretion machinery.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Can't stop listening to this divine piece
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Music for a while (Purcell) - The King's Singers & Jakub Józef Orliński
YouTube video by The King's Singers
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November 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Can't stop listening to this divine piece
youtu.be/ZYBliPhLAE0?...
youtu.be/ZYBliPhLAE0?...
Congrats to the @sandkvistlab.bsky.social on this insightful
paper ! Journal of Bacteriology journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
paper ! Journal of Bacteriology journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
The PDZ domain of EpsC is required for extracellular secretion of VesB by the Type II secretion system in Vibrio cholerae | Journal of Bacteriology
The T2SS is common in Gram-negative pathogens, facilitating the secretion of various
toxins and enzymes; however, the mechanisms of substrate selection and secretion remain
poorly understood. Here, we...
journals.asm.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Congrats to the @sandkvistlab.bsky.social on this insightful
paper ! Journal of Bacteriology journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
paper ! Journal of Bacteriology journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Very interesting work freshly out in @mbio.bsky.social by the
@annakonovalova.bsky.social
lab journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....
@annakonovalova.bsky.social
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Bypassing BamD essentiality by mutations in a non-essential substrate | mBio
The β-barrel assembly machinery (Bam) complex assembles all outer membrane proteins
(OMPs) and is conserved and essential across all gram-negative bacteria. While BamA
is critical for the folding and ...
journals.asm.org
September 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Very interesting work freshly out in @mbio.bsky.social by the
@annakonovalova.bsky.social
lab journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....
@annakonovalova.bsky.social
lab journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....
Congratulations to Vladimir Shevchik and all the coauthors!
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rdcu.be/exonh
An inner membrane protein is covalently attached to peptidoglycan in the γ-proteobacterium Dickeya dadantii
Communications Biology - In Gram-negative bacterium Dickeya dadantii, an inner membrane protein OutB is covalently attached to peptidoglycan by the same catalytic mechanism as Braun’s...
rdcu.be
July 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Congratulations to Vladimir Shevchik and all the coauthors!
rdcu.be/exonh
rdcu.be/exonh
Reposted by Olivera Francetic
See our new paper describing a simple single-plasmid system for making <100 nm filamentous phage-derived nanorods, based on a PhD thesis by Rayen Leon-Quezada at Massey University, collaboration with @the-gold-lab.bsky.social
#phage
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#phage
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A Single‐Plasmid Inducible‐Replication System for High‐Yield Production of Short Ff (f1, M13 or fd)‐Phage‐Derived Nanorods
Single-plasmid inducible-replication system for biological nanorod production was developed based on the knowledge of replication and biology of the Ff (f1, fd or M13) bacteriophages from which they ...
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:24 AM
See our new paper describing a simple single-plasmid system for making <100 nm filamentous phage-derived nanorods, based on a PhD thesis by Rayen Leon-Quezada at Massey University, collaboration with @the-gold-lab.bsky.social
#phage
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#phage
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Olivera Francetic
Magnifique et bouleversante Mélody Gardot pour son dernier concert à l’Olympia… 💜
July 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Magnifique et bouleversante Mélody Gardot pour son dernier concert à l’Olympia… 💜
Reposted by Olivera Francetic
We have a salaried 4-year PhD student position available in the Lind Lab at Umeå University, Sweden! Exploring the eco-evolutionary dynamics of salt-induced cell clustering in bacteria. Reposts appreciated. umu.varbi.com/en/?jobtoken...
PhD position in Molecular Biology
We are looking for a PhD student in Molecular Biology and a special interest in microbial evolution and ecology. The position at the Department of Molecular Biology at Umeå University is temporary fo
umu.varbi.com
March 27, 2025 at 8:16 AM
We have a salaried 4-year PhD student position available in the Lind Lab at Umeå University, Sweden! Exploring the eco-evolutionary dynamics of salt-induced cell clustering in bacteria. Reposts appreciated. umu.varbi.com/en/?jobtoken...
Reposted by Olivera Francetic
In Memoriam: Wolfenson, Giannone, and Schwartz recall the life and many contributions of Michael Sheetz, who passed away on January 30, 2025. rupress.org/jcb/article/...
March 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In Memoriam: Wolfenson, Giannone, and Schwartz recall the life and many contributions of Michael Sheetz, who passed away on January 30, 2025. rupress.org/jcb/article/...
#Kintsugi. If you break your favorite vase or cup, don't throw it away. With Kintsugi its life will continue, more beautiful and more precious than before. Many thanks to Michiyo Yamashita, who teaches this ancient Japanese art in Paris.
March 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
#Kintsugi. If you break your favorite vase or cup, don't throw it away. With Kintsugi its life will continue, more beautiful and more precious than before. Many thanks to Michiyo Yamashita, who teaches this ancient Japanese art in Paris.
Reposted by Olivera Francetic
The Journées Sécrétion are back!
2nd and 3rd October in Marseille
Keynote lecture by: @archaellum.bsky.social
Registration is open until May 15: forms.gle/2qxHntTktoxw...
Organized by Romé Voulhoux @lcbofficiel.bsky.social, @cascaleslab.bsky.social, Thierry Doan, @juliengiraud.bsky.social
2nd and 3rd October in Marseille
Keynote lecture by: @archaellum.bsky.social
Registration is open until May 15: forms.gle/2qxHntTktoxw...
Organized by Romé Voulhoux @lcbofficiel.bsky.social, @cascaleslab.bsky.social, Thierry Doan, @juliengiraud.bsky.social
March 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The Journées Sécrétion are back!
2nd and 3rd October in Marseille
Keynote lecture by: @archaellum.bsky.social
Registration is open until May 15: forms.gle/2qxHntTktoxw...
Organized by Romé Voulhoux @lcbofficiel.bsky.social, @cascaleslab.bsky.social, Thierry Doan, @juliengiraud.bsky.social
2nd and 3rd October in Marseille
Keynote lecture by: @archaellum.bsky.social
Registration is open until May 15: forms.gle/2qxHntTktoxw...
Organized by Romé Voulhoux @lcbofficiel.bsky.social, @cascaleslab.bsky.social, Thierry Doan, @juliengiraud.bsky.social
Reposted by Olivera Francetic
❗️Exciting upcoming post-doc opportunity in the lab❗️🔔 If you have expertise in cryo-EM and bacterial secretion systems are your thing, then I’ll soon be advertising a long-term position funded by Wellcome Trust. Feel free to DM or email for early enquiries.. Thanks!
February 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
❗️Exciting upcoming post-doc opportunity in the lab❗️🔔 If you have expertise in cryo-EM and bacterial secretion systems are your thing, then I’ll soon be advertising a long-term position funded by Wellcome Trust. Feel free to DM or email for early enquiries.. Thanks!
Reposted by Olivera Francetic
Reposted by Olivera Francetic
The Structural Biology and Chemistry Department at Institut Pasteur is seeking a junior or mid-career researcher to lead a new group in Medicinal Chemistry, Chemical Biology or Structural Biology
research.pasteur.fr/en/call/call...
research.pasteur.fr/en/call/call...
Call for applications 2025 - Creation of new research groups at the Institut Pasteur - Research
The Institut Pasteur launches an international call to recruit new junior research group leaders in the application of cutting-edge transdisciplinary approaches to the exploration of host-microbe, tis...
research.pasteur.fr
February 11, 2025 at 10:19 AM
The Structural Biology and Chemistry Department at Institut Pasteur is seeking a junior or mid-career researcher to lead a new group in Medicinal Chemistry, Chemical Biology or Structural Biology
research.pasteur.fr/en/call/call...
research.pasteur.fr/en/call/call...
A human gut bacterium antagonizes neighboring bacteria by altering their protein-folding ability: Cell Host & Microbe www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
A human gut bacterium antagonizes neighboring bacteria by altering their protein-folding ability
Antagonism shapes microbiomes. Lim et al. identify a mechanism used by human gut commensals
to antagonize related bacteria. The secreted effector Bte1 alters the protein-folding
machinery of targeted ...
www.cell.com
February 5, 2025 at 10:31 AM
A human gut bacterium antagonizes neighboring bacteria by altering their protein-folding ability: Cell Host & Microbe www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
Reposted by Olivera Francetic
Reposted by Olivera Francetic
Low uric acid levels could be linked to an increased risk of multiple sclerosis www.msard-journal.com/article/S221...
Allopurinol use and risk of multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, immune-mediated neurological disease characterized
by inflammation, demyelination, and neurodegeneration within the central nervous system
(Attfield et al., 2022)...
www.msard-journal.com
January 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Low uric acid levels could be linked to an increased risk of multiple sclerosis www.msard-journal.com/article/S221...
Reposted by Olivera Francetic
We are pleased to announce that ETOX 2025, the 22nd European Workshop on Bacterial Protein Toxins, will be held in Spain, June 29 - July 3, 2025. Registration opens on January 6. Apply here etox-meetings.org and join us for a great meeting! Please repost
November 10, 2024 at 8:12 AM
We are pleased to announce that ETOX 2025, the 22nd European Workshop on Bacterial Protein Toxins, will be held in Spain, June 29 - July 3, 2025. Registration opens on January 6. Apply here etox-meetings.org and join us for a great meeting! Please repost
Reposted by Olivera Francetic
Hi Klebsiella researchers! We are excited to share KlebPhaCol, a barrier-free, #opensource and expandable #Klebsiella #phage and strain collection for your research. #KlebPhaCol currently contains 53 phages and 74 strains to request, use and share!
www.klebphacol.org
www.klebphacol.org
KlebPhaCol
www.klebphacol.org
November 20, 2024 at 10:15 AM
Hi Klebsiella researchers! We are excited to share KlebPhaCol, a barrier-free, #opensource and expandable #Klebsiella #phage and strain collection for your research. #KlebPhaCol currently contains 53 phages and 74 strains to request, use and share!
www.klebphacol.org
www.klebphacol.org