Great turnout today at the KNVM Fundamental Microbiology section Fall Meeting in Groningen, with keynote lectures from @bramkamplab.bsky.social and @liselotdewachter.bsky.social. Now on to drinks!
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Streptococcus pneumoniae cell biology at UCLouvain & de Duve Institute, Brussels, Belgium
Great turnout today at the KNVM Fundamental Microbiology section Fall Meeting in Groningen, with keynote lectures from @bramkamplab.bsky.social and @liselotdewachter.bsky.social. Now on to drinks!
06.11.2025 15:59 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0πNew preprint! #MicroSky
π°οΈWe chart the full, synchronized lifecycle of a predatory bacterium using Hi-C, RNA-seq, ChIP-seq & microscopy.
π§¬We uncover dramatic shifts in nucleoid architecture & transcription, tightly coordinated with predation.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
There's so much more than just the peptidoglycan that protects bacteria from lysis ππ¦ π§ͺ
Super interesting paper!
The DMF department at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland is an amazing place to be! Highly recommend!
11.06.2025 16:11 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Job alert π¦ π§ͺ: We are looking for a postdoc (and PhD candidate!) to join our team at UCLouvain/de Duve institute in Brussels, Belgium. You will work on our ERC Starting Grant project aimed at characterizing cell cycle regulation in S. pneumoniae. More information here: dewachterlab.com/join-us/.
05.05.2025 12:56 β π 7 π 18 π¬ 0 π 0Throwback to this beautiful video of S. pneumoniae dying because they don't have enough Und-P, the carrier that transports cell envelope building blocks from cytoplasm to extracellular space. RIP pneumo! πͺ¦π¦
24.03.2025 18:55 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Impressive, Renske! Matching microscopy phenotypes to the correct scientist is next level nerd alert, I love it! π And indeed, these beautiful dying cells were mine. Great to see them popping up again!
24.03.2025 18:45 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0When you have (1) a lab, and (2) a friend who is really into his new 3D printer, this is what you get: pokemon falcon tube holders π€©π§ͺπ¦
11.03.2025 10:22 β π 12 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Proud to present our latest model of aggregation-induced dormancy, published in #NatureComms @liselotdewachter.bsky.social
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π¬ New research by @michielslab.bsky.social @liselotdewachter.bsky.social @vibmicrobes.bsky.social in @naturecomms.bsky.social shows how protein 'clumps' drive bacteria into a state of dormancy, with implications for antibiotic resistance. β‘οΈ Read here vibbio.tech/40Qxc2M
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Our department is recruiting a tenure-track Assistant Professor on microbial interactions linked to the
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Ready, Strep, Go! Thanks for the strains π
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