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Coordination of membrane synthesis with cell growth: localization of the Escherichia coli phospholipid synthesis enzyme PlsB responds to membrane abundance in a manner consistent with filamentation-mediated inhibition https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.03.685888v1

Structural mechanisms of pump assembly and drug transport in the AcrAB-TolC efflux system https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.29.685381v1

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Episode 112 of #MattersMicrobial! Dr. Petra Levin joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss bacterial cell size, pH, and antibiotic sensitivity. PLEASE spread the #GoodMicrobialWord. Petra is inspirational. @univpugetsound @asmicrobiology @microbe.tv

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Structural mechanism of lipid modulation of pentameric ligand-gated ion channel activity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.07.680764v1

Stability vs flexibility: reshaping archaeal membranes in silico

This ‘fundamental’ study characterises the mechanics and stability of bolalipids from archaeal membranes using a minimalist, physics-based computational model.
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A load-bearing function for the cytoplasmic membrane of Escherichia coli The structural integrity of bacterial cells is traditionally attributed to the peptidoglycan cell wall, and more recently to the outer membrane, with the cytoplasmic membrane assumed to be mechanicall...

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A new #CryoET study shows that the protein ZapD helps organise FtsZ filaments into stable ring-like structures in building bacterial division machinery.
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Leaflet-specific phospholipid imaging using genetically encoded proximity sensors - Nature Chemical Biology An approach combining bioorthogonal chemistry with genetically encoded fluorogen-activating proteins enables subcellular imaging of phospholipids and glycans, as well as the visualization of lipid tra...

Very excited to share new work out today in @natchembio.nature.com on a new approach - FACES - for selectively imaging of phospholipids and other biomolecules at spatial resolutions down to individual membrane leaflets (1/n) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Peptidoglycan turnover promotes active transport of protein through the bacterial cell wall https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.12.675941v1

Conserved nucleocytoplasmic density homeostasis drives cellular organization across eukaryotes Nature Communications - Cells can regulate their mass density. Here, the authors demonstrate how eukaryotes establish and maintain a lower density in the nucleus than in the cytoplasm via pressure...

FINALLY! Challenging to publish but we believe it is an important discovery: rdcu.be/eATFz

💚 Thanks to the team ‪@biswashere.bsky.social‬, Omar Muñoz, ✨Q✨ C. Hoege, B. Lorton, R. Nikolay ‪@matthewkraushar.bsky.social‬ @dshechter.bsky.social @gucklab.bsky.social @vasilyzaburdaev.bsky.social‬ 💚

Sad to miss phages this year! Idk Bluesky rules but think if you follow me back I can DM you, I have a potential lead

The impact of bacterial purine metabolism on antibiotic efficacy npj Antimicrobials and Resistance - The impact of bacterial purine metabolism on antibiotic efficacy

📢Our review of the impact of bacterial purine synthesis on antibiotic tolerance and resistance expression is now out! A lot of food for thought and contrasting data from E. coli and S. aureus... 🤔

Read it here: rdcu.be/ezfQ7

Cell's sugar coating mapped at below-nanometre resolution Nature - Super-resolution technique works with off-the-shelf optical microscopes.

Scientists have mapped individual sugar molecules on the surface of cells at a resolution once thought to be impossible for light microscopes

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I was pretty proud of those 😁

@cornellasap.bsky.social my McClintock letter in the Petersburg Observer! Research helps everyone, including farmers 👩‍🌾🚜🌽

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...

Come visit our booth this Saturday at Out in the Ozarks: West Plains Pride, Sunday at People's Pride KC, and all weekend at St. Louis Pridefest! We'll have initiative petitions you can sign to protect same-sex marriage and expand anti-discrimination laws in Missouri!

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Federal research cuts impact local economies, and stall progress.

Publish an opinion piece in your hometown paper on June 16th to SPREAD THE WORD about how scientific research contributes to the everyday health and wealth of the general public.

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