Chen Zhang
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Bacteriologist studying S-layer 🔬🦠🧬 Postdoc at Rudner lab @harvardmed. PhD alumni @epfl
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anna brogan
@apbrogan.bsky.social
· Jun 17
Cyclic-di-AMP modulates cellular turgor in response to defects in bacterial cell wall synthesis - Nature Microbiology
Brogan et al. uncover a signalling pathway in which levels of the nucleotide second messenger c-di-AMP increase in response to defects in cell wall synthesis. This regulatory pathway decreases turgor ...
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Tanmay Bharat
@tbharat-lab.bsky.social
· Jun 19
A self-assembling surface layer flattens the cytokinetic furrow to aid cell division in an archaeon | PNAS
The surface layer or “S-layer” is a two-dimensional lattice of proteins that coats
a wide range of archaea and bacteria in place of a cell wall or ...
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Chen Zhang
@zchenstory.bsky.social
· Mar 31
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Mariana Pinho
@pinholab.bsky.social
· Mar 29
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Chen Zhang
@zchenstory.bsky.social
· Feb 12
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Evelina Tutucci
@anilevetu.bsky.social
· Jan 26
Highly multiplexed spatial transcriptomics in bacteria
Single-cell decisions made in complex environments underlie many bacterial phenomena. Image-based transcriptomics approaches offer an avenue to study such behaviors, yet these approaches have been hin...
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Jan-Willem Veening
@veeninglab.com
· Nov 10
A bacterial cell wall repair and modification system to resist host antibacterial factors
Pathogenic bacteria have acquired the ability to resist antibacterial defense mechanisms of the host. Streptococci are common in animal microbiota and include opportunistic pathogens like Group A Stre...
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