Dr Kathy Stratton

The RecBCD complex interacts directly with the DNA sliding clamp in Escherichia coli https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.20.671105v1

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...

"Across the fields of microbiology and immunology, women constitute approximately 52% of the research community"
BUT "only 30% of first authors, and 23.4% of corresponding authors, identified as women at the submission stage"

It's a rainy day here in Newcastle so here's a picture of my kitten Percy to brighten everyones day 🌞

June is Pride Month. Let's call out companies who show support for LGBTQ+ people while also advertising on GB News, a channel that pumps out LGBTQ+ hate. Tell these companies to pick a side - hate or Pride:

action.goodlawproject.org/pick-side-ha...

Signed! I'm proud to be a feminist academic who supports trans rights :)

University research isn’t just opinion. It involves building evidence-based arguments, tested through peer review and serious critique. That's a much higher bar than casual commentary.

Fucking yes, exactly.

Rescuing bacterial genome replication: essential functions to repair a double-strand break and restart DNA synthesis Many antibiotics indirectly generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) that can damage bacterial genomes. Oxidised nucleobases become genotoxic when they are targeted for repair through excision, generati...

Excited to share with you the story that enabled me to start my own lab: what happens when the bacterial DNA replication machinery encounters single-strand discontinuities on template DNA? What is required for break repair and replication restart?
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Rescuing bacterial genome replication: essential functions to repair a double-strand break and restart DNA synthesis Many antibiotics indirectly generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) that can damage bacterial genomes. Oxidised nucleobases become genotoxic when they are targeted for repair through excision, generati...

Nice work from Newcastle: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #replication #breakrepair

I honestly think I was more excited about these rainbow E. coli strains than my undergrads were 🌈🧬