Kevin Lang

That pho broth will be a good first meal…in time

Always read @randballsstu.bsky.social and not just because he mentioned me. But I did totally take that poster off the wall. 🍺🍺🍺🍺

NIH research grant funding rates plummeted in 2025 Agency acknowledges young investigators are losing out as result of multiyear funding policy imposed by White House

NIH research grant funding rates plummeted in 2025. Agency acknowledges young investigators are losing out as result of multiyear funding policy imposed by White House. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

I’ve used this extensively with @plasmidsaurus.bsky.social long read WGS data. It worked great for a B. subtilis genetic screen!

Our latest collaboration with Karthik Hullahalli's team on bacterial barcoding is now out! We developed a way to measure dissemination dynamics that controls for independent colonization events. This more accurately assesses how bacteria spread between tissues.

journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Conflicts between the DNA replication and repair machineries promote cell death in Gram-positive bacteria Cellular proliferation relies on the successful coordination and completion of genome replication and segregation. To help achieve this, many bacteria utilize regulatory pathways that ensure DNA repli...

Conflicts between the DNA replication and repair machineries promote cell death in Gram-positive bacteria doi.org/10.1099/mic.... b @winterhalterlab.bsky.social @heathmurraylab.bsky.social et al.

New episode of #MattersMicrobial! The superlative Dr. Jeff Gralnick chats with the #QualityQuorum about bacteria that breathe metal! Please spread the #GoodMicrobialWord! @univpugetsound @asmicrobiology @microbe.tv

youtu.be/rh-TK2Bvxj8?...

RNA polymerase II is a polar roadblock to a progressing DNA fork Nature Communications - Transcription–replication conflicts can threaten genome stability. Here, the authors show that RNA polymerase II (Pol II) is a stronger roadblock to a DNA fork in the...

Great work from Michelle Wang’s group at Cornell exploring how RNAP II and associated R-loops act as intrinsic roadblocks during mechanical DNA unzipping. These findings have mechanistic implications for transcription–replication conflict.

rdcu.be/eILVd

It’s a great vid

Memorial Day kicks off two of my favorite seasons:

Grateful Dead Season (specifically 1971, 77-80, as 73-75 are reserved for Labor Day through Halloween)
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Grilling Season

So I ask today, you reply or quote with pics of your grilling and/or favorite Dead cuts!

The cement king of Sioux City who drives a brand new F-350 and has two vacation houses in Florida isn't an elite but a grad student with $200,000 in debt and a nose ring is, that's how this works.

Three million child deaths linked to drug resistance Children in Africa and South East Asia are most at risk from antibiotics medicines no longer working, a study suggests.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

🚨 The Department of Microbiology & Cell Biology at Montana State University invites applications for an Assistant Professor tenure-track faculty position in the field of environmental microbiology.

Happy to answer any questions!
🧫🧪🧬 #microsky

jobs.montana.edu/postings/45680

“Not all mutants are transgenic.” -Donny

My NIGMS R35 renewal (submitted 1/16/24, approved by council 9/20/24, original project end date tomorrow) is still pending. Clearly no chance the $$ arrive before Monday.

Assume many are in the same boat and curious as to whether anyone anywhere has received institutional guidance. NB I have not.

Mine def was when I was setting up a southern blot transfer and an undergraduate said “I learned in class that those are obsolete” :/

I think they wrote that song about Le Sueur, MN @trevofrank.bsky.social

Y'all, I'm away from lab traveling and my trainees sent me this via slack: they all dressed up as me for Halloween (Winter Kevin, Summer Kevin, and "I wear this all the time" Kevin)! My trainees rock and having a lab is a lot of fun!