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Kevin Whitley

@kevindwhitley.bsky.social

Biophysicist. Lecturer at Biosciences Institute (Newcastle U) doing single-molecule microscopy in bacteria.

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Wow this all sounds familiar. Amen to this!

30.06.2025 08:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If international law were applied evenly, I'm pretty sure Trump and several in his cabinet would be indicted by the ICC for war crimes for what they just did.

22.06.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here, we show that bacterial ribosomesβ€”often viewed as conserved drug targetsβ€”actually vary across species due to extensive sequence variation in their drug-binding residues. In some cases, this divergence may lead to intrinsic drug resistance in certain bacterial clades: doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...

19.06.2025 07:31 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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a group of soldiers marching with flags and a picture of kim jong un Alt: A patriotic parade that is definitely not a hallmark of authoritatianism

Won't be awake for Trump's birthday parade. Assume it will look something like this.

14.06.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks super cool! I look forward to reading it (when I actually have time...😭).

03.06.2025 08:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How does your favorite species elongate? 🧡 "Phenotypic plasticity in bacterial elongation among closely related species". Happy to see this paper in print @natcomms.nature.com. Nice work by @mariedelaby.bsky.social, Liu Yang et al. See original 🧡, different colours, same data and conclusions.

02.06.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Research Assistant/Associate - Mapping the Bacterial Cell Wall with Super-resolution Microscopy at Newcastle University Apply for the Research Assistant/Associate - Mapping the Bacterial Cell Wall with Super-resolution Microscopy role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View det...

Postdoc position available!

This is a 2-year post funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences. You'll be based in the Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology here in Newcastle, using super-resolution microscopy to look at the bacterial cell wall. πŸ”¬πŸ¦ 

Please re-post πŸ™

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMY885/r...

06.05.2025 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We have 3 openings for ambitious postdocs or PhD students in our #CDlab - for exciting single-molecule biophysics research on nuclear pores, peroxisomes, or archaeal divisomes.

Check it out and apply: ceesdekkerlab.nl/come-join-us/

RT=nice!

13.03.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

It's super-cool work. Glad to have been a part of it! πŸ§¬πŸ”¬

01.05.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Quantitative Super‐Resolution Imaging of Molecular Tension Quantitative tension PAINT (qtPAINT) is a new method to quantify molecular tension at super-resolution by exploiting force-dependent DNA oligonucleotide dissociation kinetics. Combining hairpin tensi....

Check out our recent progress using 🧬 PAINT kinetics to decode molecular tension in super-resolution force imaging! πŸ”¬ Great team effort from Seongho, Adam, Irving, and Kevin! πŸ‘
#DNA-PAINT #tension #integrin #superresolution #adhesion

doi.org/10.1002/advs...

18.04.2025 08:00 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
Research Associate Genetic and functional analysis of Gram positive secretion systems and substrates Research Associate Genetic and functional analysis of Gram positive secretion systems and substrates

Two ERC-funded postdoc positions available in the team - one here and second to follow - please repost! jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...

09.04.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
Live Cell Imaging of Bacillus subtilis and Streptococcus pneumoniae using Automated Time-lapse Microscopy 42.1K Views. University of Groningen. This protocol provides a step-by-step procedure to monitor single cell behavior of different bacteria in time using automated fluorescence time-lapse microscopy....

Fellow bacterial cell biologists, message me if you use @thermofishersci.bsky.social Gene Frames for microscopy!
Thermo are planning to discontinue these in September but have indicated they will look into this further.
If I make list of labs using them Thermo might not kill the product
Please RTπŸ”¬πŸ¦ 

08.04.2025 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 1

Thanks SΓ©amus!

08.04.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Kate!

08.04.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Susanne!

08.04.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Liam!

07.04.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Tracy!

07.04.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks DJ!

07.04.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Paula!

07.04.2025 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Three people wearing lab coats and talking to each other while writing on a whiteboard

Three people wearing lab coats and talking to each other while writing on a whiteboard

πŸ“’ We're making our largest ever investment in early-career researchers

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

Congrats to all 2025 awardees! πŸŽ‰

πŸ‘‰ bit.ly/springboard2...

@thebhf.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social

07.04.2025 08:42 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 9

Thrilled to have received the Springboard Award from the Academy of Medical Sciences! (my first grant, actually!) @acmedsci.bsky.social #springboard25

We're gonna answer some key questions on the fundamental biology of TB with super-resolution microscopy. πŸ¦ πŸ”¬

07.04.2025 11:06 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

Did you get a chance to read the thread on our new @naturehumbehav.bsky.social paper on SES yet?

If not, don't worry, I have something better for you!

Check out this comic by the amazing @lizahaart.bsky.social

Complete comic: communities.springernature.com/posts/are-we...

Or in this thread πŸ‘‡πŸΎ

28.03.2025 12:39 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 10

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