Richard Meek
richardwmeek.bsky.social
Richard Meek
@richardwmeek.bsky.social
Anniversary Fellow at University of Southampton |
Glycobiology enthusiast working on carbohydrate-active enzymes | Chemical glycobiology
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Super excited by our new #glycotime preprint! A long-term project from my group with awesome collaborator @elisafadda.bsky.social

Regulation of N-glycosylation efficiency by eukaryotic oligosaccharyltransferase www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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media.tenor.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:32 AM
The mechanisms used by the bacterial predator Bdellovibrio never cease to amaze me:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A paper well worth a read.
A porin-like protein used by bacterial predators defines a wider lipid-trapping superfamily - Nature Communications
This study reveals that an outer membrane protein from the predator Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus forms a pentameric assembly that traps a lipid monolayer within. This allows the discovery of two superfa...
www.nature.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Honoured and very excited to be a recipient of the AMS Springboard Award 2025. This award will support us in unravelling the complex role of glycans in neurological disorders @unisouthampton.bsky.social 🔬🧠 #Springboard25
📢 We're making our largest ever investment in early-career researchers

Through #Springboard25, we’re investing £7.6m in 62 researchers to drive innovations that improve health and wellbeing 🔬

Congrats to all 2025 awardees! 🎉

👉 bit.ly/springboard2...

@thebhf.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM