Anthony Vecchiarelli

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NEW REVIEW: How DNA-binding proteins, supercoiling, and—especially—macromolecular crowding drive nucleoid phase separation. Describes recent in vivo, in vitro, and theoretical/modeling studies.
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#MicroSky #Ecoli #DNA #Biophysics #Microbiology

UMich cancels doctoral epidemiology program admissions for 2026 The University of Michigan School of Public Health will not admit a 2025-2026 admissions cycle cohort to its PhD in Epidemiologic Sciences program.

The University of Michigan’s Department of Epidemiology, one of the best IMO, will not be admitting any PhD students for 2026 due to funding concerns brought about by the Trump Administration.

A thoughtful Current Opinion from Chris @azaldegui.bsky.social laying out how ParA-type ATPases partition DNA cargos—especially carboxysomes—in bacteria. Fun summer reading for those interested in how bacteria position their contents. @cellforganized.bsky.social
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I doubt that there is a single family in America that hasn’t benefitted directly from the NIH.

Call for 20 Assistant Professor positions Karolinska Institutet is a world-leading medical university with a long and proud history of ground-breaking research. We are now recruiting outstanding early-career researchers with particularly exce...

Wow

Karolinska Institutet is recruiting 20 outstanding early-career researchers for assistant professor positions

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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

Major funding boost to bring world leading researchers to the John Innes Centre | John Innes Centre The John Innes Centre has been awarded an equal share of the new £54 million Global Talent Fund, to attract and support leading researchers and their teams to relocate to the UK. The new Global Talent...

Exciting times to be at @johninnescentre.bsky.social !

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Prophages block cell surface receptors to preserve their viral progeny - Nature Zip promotes the accumulation of free phages in bacterial lysogen communities, safeguarding phage progeny.

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We wrote 2 📕 chapters with tips & tricks to identify protein-protein interactions in bacteria 🦠

1) In vivo proximity labeling with miniTurbo link.springer.com/protocol/10....

2) An adapted polar recruitment assay feat. E. coli as a test tube link.springer.com/protocol/10.....

Enjoy #MicroSky 🧪

happy birthday, anthony 🎉

did you know that geraldine leyloux now talks of "How 𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲 Informed Our Understanding of Cellular Organization" when addressing your pet condensates? 😄
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Thank you! I just registered for her talk. Thanks for sharing!

Lab made me a calendar for my bday. Here is July. Canadian tuxedos in full effect 🇨🇦

The ParA-like ATPase PldP influences the TatA dynamics in Corynebacterium glutamicum https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.02.662783v1

A SynBio explosion: a whole new world for Rubisco engineering This article comments on:Archer J, Kathpalia M, Lee B, Li S, Wang T. 2025. Effects of chaperone selectivity on the assembly of plant Rubisco orthologs in E

A SynBio explosion: a whole new world for Rubisco engineering

From @laura-gunn.bsky.social

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

Excellent letter to the editor of her hometown paper by PhD student Adrienne Brauer. First two lines are bangers. Science does help everyone! #proudPI #McClintockProject #midwest

Functional amyloid proteins confer defence against predatory bacteria Nature - Escherichia coli uses curli fibres, oligomers of the functional amyloid CsgA, as a barrier to protect against the predatory bacteria Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus and Myxococcus xanthus in a...

Words cannot describe how excited I am to share the findings from the second half of my postdoc in @aaronwhiteley.bsky.social's lab where we discover that bacteria use functional amyloids to defend themselves from predatory bacteria. rdcu.be/euu5Y. See thread for details on this epic adventure 1/.

Understanding carboxysomes to enhance carbon fixation in crops url: portlandpress.com/biochemsoctr...

we always liked the way the jonas lab @krijonas.bsky.social depict the 'shredder' domain of Lon protease (also in earlier pubs)
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I'm pleased to announce that I will be starting my lab as an Assistant Professor at UMass Chan Medical School in August! My group will study phages that infect corynebacteria and mycobacteria to understand bacterial cell envelope assembly and phage gene function. Website and more info to come soon!

We're SUPER excited to have you! 😃

Extremely excited to share I have accepted an offer to be an Assistant Professor in the MCDB department at the University of Michigan! Go Blue! The Ledvina lab will investigate the molecular interworking of the bacterial immune systems including defense against both viral and bacterial pathogens.

It's NSF CAREER season! I've been fortunate to review dozens of CAREER grants and received one in 2022. Here are the most common mistakes I see and actionable tips to strengthen your proposal.

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Safeguarding crop photosynthesis in a rapidly warming world Continued greenhouse gas emissions will accelerate global warming and intensity of heat waves, which already harm crop productivity. From the stability of key enzymes to canopy processes, photosynthes...

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Unsung hero of WWII

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Good news Friday... impact score of 14 on an R21 I'm super excited about!! Kudos to my lab for laying the groundwork. 🤩

Enzymatic Activity of PBP1B Compensates for β-lactam Mediated Inhibition of PBP2 in Cells Overproducing ppGpp The alarmone (p)ppGpp (ppGpp) accumulates in response to starvation and other stress, leading to inhibition of multiple biosynthetic pathways and, at high concentrations, suppression of bacterial grow...

Joint effort from lab alumnus Dr. Sarah Anderson and her fantastic undergraduate Isabella Mack on #ppGpp mediated control of cell wall synthesis in E. coli and the consequences for #AMR now up on @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social

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Plasmids, prophages, and defense systems are depleted from plant microbiota genomes - Genome Biology Plant-associated bacteria significantly impact plant growth and health. Understanding how bacterial genomes adapt to plants can provide insights into their growth promotion and virulence functions. He...

Our new paper is online in Genome Biology:
"Plasmids, prophages, and defense systems are depleted from plant microbiota genomes"
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