Lis Lowe

PhD scholarship within biotechnology (296538) | Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) Job title: PhD scholarship within biotechnology (296538), Employer: Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Deadline: Friday, April 3, 2026

PhD position available in our lab at NMBU in 🇳🇴 with focus on proteomics, enzyme discovery, applied enzymology and a touch of microbiology🐟🧪🧬💻🦠 Deadline for applying: April 04, 2026. RTs highly appreciated. For details, see the link below 👇
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Bacteriocin biophysics: From protein-protein interaction models to navigators of the bacterial cell envelope Bacteriocins are toxins deployed by bacteria to kill their competitors. Here, I reflect on my laboratory’s work on protein bacteriocins and their immunity proteins from Gram-negative bacteria. We unco...

A gift of an article from the inimitable Colin Kleanthous as he says a moving farewell to his laboratory. A brave, unrepentant and scientifically brilliant journey is described - please have a read, friends.

www.jbc.org/article/S002...

Cartoon representing the mycobacterial oxidative phosphorylation system, including cytochromes, NDH-2, and ATP synthase. Taken from Figure 1 of the article.

#Microbiology

The anti-tuberculosis drug bedaquiline targets the mycobacterial ATP synthase, but how that leads to bacterial death is unclear

Here the authors clarify how bedaquiline works

@jnblab.bsky.social @morwan.me
#TBSky #antibiotics #AMR

http://dlvr.it/TQjZ0W

I know what they're getting at with the "could put jobs at risk" but can we focus on the immediate impact? Each suspended round at MRC and BBSRC means about 80 fewer postdoc jobs and the retrospective cuts at MRC add another 30 or so

TAKE A THOUSAND NAKED PICTURES OF YOURSELF NOW. YOU MAY CURRENTLY THINK, "ON I'M TOO SPOOKY OR "NORODY WANTS TO SEE THESE TINY BOOBIES" BUT BEUEVE ME ONE DAY YOU WILL LOOK AT THOSE PICTURES WITH MUCH KINDER EYES AND SAY "DEAR GOD, I WAS A BEAUTIFUL THING! MORA ROSE

With much love RIP Catherine O'Hara.

A partially frozen Hudson River

Hudson Freeze #glycotime www.theguardian.com/us-news/vide...

That is such a niche joke and I love it

I am completely baffled by the total lack of any action or any evidence of speaking out from our scientific ‘leaders’. We’re in a void of information and the consequences are potentially catastrophic- especially as it looks like BBSRC are following suit.

Yeah that’s why I said partly on the mrc website. Bbsrc is just rumours for the time being

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Partly rumours partly in the mrc website

Not 100% confirmed for bbsrc

Characterising antibacterial toxins in the food-borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Characterising antibacterial toxins in the food-borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com/phds/project... interested in bacterial antagonism? PhD opportunity in our team, see below. Please repost!

Bbsrc and mrc grant apps paused until future notice

Research Fellow - Department of Microbes, Infection and Microbiomes - 106849 - Grade 7 To create and contribute to the creation of knowledge by undertaking a specified range of activities as part of an Investigator project funded by Wellcome, focusing on understanding microbial and diet...

Happy New Year – new role! 🎉

We’re looking for a PostDoc to join us in @halllab.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social.

Full-time, fixed-term to March 2028. Note tight closing date: 11 Jan 2026. CV + cover letter (submit via portal).

Further details 👇

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Same to you Luiz, hope you have a fab Christmas!

This looks very very cool, congrats! I’m looking forward to reading when I’m back in the office but it’ll have to wait until 2026! 😆🥳

Mycobacterium tuberculosis overcomes phosphate starvation by extensively remodelling its lipidome with phosphorus-free lipids - Nature Communications Here, the authors show that Mycobacterium tuberculosis manipulates lipid metabolism to overcome host restriction, by remodelling its lipidome and utilising host lipids as an alternative phosphate sour...

We’re excited to share our latest study that reshapes our understanding of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) lipid composition, with major implications for drug discovery, immunity, and vaccine development.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A thread.

Fantastic to have Prof Matthias Wilmanns from EMBL Hamburg hosted by @kshbeckham.bsky.social to give a @mhd-newcastle.bsky.social seminar on mycobacterial infection #dreamtheme

I Dream of Theresa May – Tara Theatre

Absolutely blown away by the staging and acting at opening night of my play @taratheatre.com last night. Thanks so @natashakchandra.bsky.social and the entire team for transforming it into something special!

Please go see it if you're in London- on until Nov 29th:
taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d...

Are you looking for female speakers in CryoEM for seminars and conferences? Are you a woman in CryoEM and not yet on the ‚woman in CryoEM‘ list? Find your speakers and add/update name and affiliation! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

I Dream Of Theresa May: Vivek Nityananda writes about his new play at Tara Theatre, 17 - 29 November 2025 I Dream Of Theresa May: Vivek Nityananda writes about his new play at Tara Theatre, which runs from 17 - 29 November 2025.

I wrote about my play and where it came from for @qxmagazine.bsky.social :

www.qxmagazine.com/2025/11/i-dr...

An illustration of a carbonic anhydrase complex in a synthetic mini-carboxysome

Pleased to see this collaboration with a great PhD student Pei Cing Ng, from Prof. Luning Liu's lab at Liverpool University published. Structure of the H. neapolitanus carbonic anhydrase and localisation in a mini-carboxysome: www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....

MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Rapid and sensitive diagnostic ‘fingerprinting’ of prostate cancer O-glycans using Fourier-Transform alternative current voltammetry (FTACV) at University of Y... PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Rapid and sensitive diagnostic ‘fingerprinting’ of prostate cancer O-glycans using Fourier-Transform alternative current voltammetry ...

Funded PhD opportunity for anyone interested in using cutting-edge chemistry to look at glycan profiles in prostate cancer samples 🙌🏻

The successful student will be based at the University of York with Prof Alison Parkin with the opportunity to carry out a placement at the @nucancer.bsky.social

Excited to share our preprint led by Carlos Voogdt et al

We developed new genetic tools & genome-wide libraries for species of the Bacteroidales order; constructed saturated barcoded transposon libraries in key representatives of three genera.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

I’m trying to remember what story Harry was telling to make him laugh like that 🤣🤣

Spending some time collecting memories of Harry today 🥺 - this is when he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. If anyone in the #glycotime universe has pictures or memories of Harry Gilbert they want to share please send them my way 💚

Next up,

Dr Kate Beckham @kshbeckham.bsky.social

The Beckham lab is interested mycobacterial membrane transport processes. They focusing on understanding the steps occurring at the mycobacterial outer membrane.

www.ncl.ac.uk/cbcb/staff/p...

Day 2 of MHD introductions 😃

Dr Lis Lowe @lislowe.bsky.social

The Lowe lab is focussed on microbial glycobiology. They work on bacterial Cazymes from commensals and pathogens, and are particularly interested in enzymes that target microbial glycans such as the cell walls of Mycobacteria.

Convergent evolution of distinct D-ribulose utilisation pathways in attaching and effacing pathogens - Nature Communications Cottam et al. identify distinct pathways for D-ribulose utilisation in pathogenic Escherichia coli and Citrobacter rodentium, providing mechanistic details and suggesting convergent evolution towards ...

Absolutely delighted to share the labs latest work. We identify and characterise two pathways for D-ribulose utilisation in pathogenic EHEC and Citrobacter.