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Bill Söderström

@bill-lab.bsky.social

ARC Future Fellow and Senior Lecturer in microbiology at UTS in Sydney: https://aimi.uts.edu.au In the lab, we are keen to know how bacteria are doing during infections. Soderstromlab.com

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Divisome dynamics in intracellular UPEC cells during infection. Left: Representative confocal image of intracellular UTI89 expressing a division marker (FtsZ-mCitrine; pseudo coloured green) with mCherry (pseudo coloured magenta) as cytoplasmic marker, bladder cell membranes shown in blue (CellBrite Steady Membrane 405) and nuclei shown in gold (NucSpot Live Cell 650). Right: Still images of a time-lapse sequence showing FtsZ-mCitrine (pseudo coloured green) driven coccobacilli divisions imaged using HiLo illumination.

Divisome dynamics in intracellular UPEC cells during infection. Left: Representative confocal image of intracellular UTI89 expressing a division marker (FtsZ-mCitrine; pseudo coloured green) with mCherry (pseudo coloured magenta) as cytoplasmic marker, bladder cell membranes shown in blue (CellBrite Steady Membrane 405) and nuclei shown in gold (NucSpot Live Cell 650). Right: Still images of a time-lapse sequence showing FtsZ-mCitrine (pseudo coloured green) driven coccobacilli divisions imaged using HiLo illumination.

Uropathogenic #Ecoli #UPEC proliferate as round coccoid cells during intracellular infection; @alaskapokhrel.bsky.social @bill-lab.bsky.social &co show that accelerated division via FtsZ constriction drives this, the coccobacillus form persisting for generations @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4gdx97i

04.09.2025 08:53 — 👍 6    🔁 10    💬 1    📌 0
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There are now 24 step-by-step guides, explaining how to create these ⬇️ data visualizations with R/ggplot2 - I hope this is a useful resource. Find them all here: joachimgoedhart.github.io/DataViz-prot...

16.12.2024 09:25 — 👍 549    🔁 194    💬 18    📌 14
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Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions | John Innes Centre An exciting opportunity for an Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions has arisen at the John Innes Centre. To read the full job description for this role…

New Independent Fellowship position in Microbiology to launch your lab in our department @johninnescentre.bsky.social (UK). We are conducting a broad search in the area of plant-associated microbial interactions. Message me if you have any questions.

Apply here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/in...

10.07.2025 06:28 — 👍 76    🔁 94    💬 1    📌 4

Best thing since sliced beard. mLychee and family! They’re great.

24.04.2025 08:35 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Frame-Seal™ in situ PCR and Hybridization Slide Chambers, 15 x 15 mm, 65 µl Pkg of 100, 15 x 15 mm, adhesive in situ PCR and hybridization chambers, 65 µl, coverslips included SLF0601

We use.
I think there was a Bio-Rad alternative at some point? www.bio-rad.com/en-au/sku/SL...

08.04.2025 21:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I am somehow for the first time ever reviewing for PNAS and their reviewer instructions include this BANGER of a line:

"The purpose of peer review is not to demonstrate proficiency in identifying flaws"

Print it in eleventy point font and hang it from the hillside. Scream it from the rooftops.

13.03.2025 14:59 — 👍 731    🔁 137    💬 20    📌 14

A simple ex vivo bladder infection model permits study of host-pathogen interactions in UTI https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.23.630047v1

23.12.2024 18:16 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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A simple ex vivo bladder infection model permits study of host-pathogen interactions in UTI Urinary tract infections (UTI) are one of the most common infections, worldwide. To understand mechanisms of UTI pathogenesis and find new treatments, researchers often use animal models, such as mice...

Need a break from the Christmas food? Check out the latest supercool ex-vivo UTI model from the ingersoll lab @immunobladder.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

23.12.2024 21:40 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Frontiers | MinD proteins regulate CetZ1 localization in Haloferax volcanii

🚨 New paper alert! 🚨

MinD is famously known for positioning FtsZ at mid-cell in bacteria

In our study, myself and @iduggin.bsky.social found that MinD homologues in Haloferax volcanii influence the localisation of CetZ1, a homologue of FtsZ and tubulin

#Archaeasky #Microsky

23.11.2024 07:22 — 👍 44    🔁 14    💬 1    📌 2
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Antimicrobial Resistance Symposium 2024 — Australian Society for Microbiology A collaboration between the Australian Institute for Microbiology and Infection (AIMI) at UTS and the Australian Society for Microbiology NSW-ACT Branch. Join us for a one-day symposium dedicated to ...

If you are in Sydney don’t miss the AMR day this Thursday: www.theasm.org.au/conferences-...

17.11.2024 21:18 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Mate, add me 🙏

17.11.2024 21:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Mate, add me and Iain Duggin please. Cheers

17.11.2024 21:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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