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ellieboardman.bsky.social
Postdoc working on S. aureus T7SS in Tracy Palmer’s group at Newcastle University, UK
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Giusy is a fantastic, supportive person and doing really exciting phagey science! A great lab to do a postdoc in! Plus she makes great tiramisu which she definitely hasn’t bribed me with to repost this 🧐

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14 days of strike action incoming at @newcastleucu.bsky.social 🚨 Newcastle vice-chancellor has put 300 jobs on the line. He now needs to stop going half way round the world during a staff travel ban & get back to the negotiating table.

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Folks, this post doc position on #phage is not to be missed - if I were younger etc You can’t fail if you work with Giusy:

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Love phage-bacteria interactions, anti-phage systems, and a sprinkle of evolutionary biology? There’s still time to apply and join our team in Glasgow at @uofgsii.bsky.social !

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

🚨We are hiring! A MRC-funded PDRA position to study novel anti-phage systems & their evolutionary dynamics in P. aeruginosa, in collaboration with @friendlymicrobe. If you are passionate about phage-bacteria interactions & evolution, apply now ! tinyurl.com/bddz4z44

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

I have a Research Technician post open - short contract. jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

Yay for FedEx 🙄

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In a multidisciplinary study led by Georgina Benn and Tom Silhavy we show the role of OmpA in controlling the organisation of the outer membrane and in sharing the mechanical load. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/....

submitted 86 days ago • 3 comments

OK, this is just a damn cool article 🤯 🦠 🔬 Infecting the cell nucleus, gaining nutrients, but preventing cell death! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

submitted 100 days ago • 1 comment

We have a couple of fully-funded PhD opportunities available, with @hetsys.bsky.social and MIBTP Doctoral training Centres. See here for more information: stansfeldresearchgroup.wordpress.com/welcome/avai...

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

"Now that shipments are booked and the flat is moved, it’s official… Starting from January, I’m thrilled to announce that my lab is moving to the University of Glasgow! 🎉 More good news will follow soon—once I’m free to share them! Very happy to return to Scotland 🧪✨

submitted 91 days ago • 3 comments

Great review by @pinholab.bsky.social and Simon Foster on the current knowledge regarding growth, elongation and division of Staphylococcus aureus www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

submitted 99 days ago • 1 comment

Hello 🦋 #protein / #microbio / #BioML community! We are excited to release Gaia🌎, a context-aware protein search tool, extending protein search and discovery capabilities beyond sequence and structure, to include *genomic context*. Search your favorite protein sequences with on gaia.tatta.bio

submitted 101 days ago • 10 comments

It’s wildin’ out there in the microbial world 💀🦠 - with Aureispira grappling and stabbing 🔪🩸 and Yersinia sacrificing themselves 🫥🤕 Now, it’s time we expose the violent tendencies 🥷 of a salty 🧂 #archaea in our new paper in Science Advances! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧵1/5 #cryoET #teamtomo

submitted 104 days ago • 3 comments

Excited to share that our paper is now out in ⁦Nature Microbiology @natureportfolio.bsky.social! We characterize a positive mechanism for Z ring placement in S. aureus governed by the proteins PcdA/DivIVA, and its implication during infection in a mouse model #Microsky rdcu.be/dYmdC

submitted 123 days ago • 1 comment