AVERT project

Presenting a collection of projects spanning my time at the University of Otago and Newcastle University was a squeeze, but I think I managed! @avertproject.bsky.social @bsacandjac.bsky.social

27.11.2025 22:45 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

A few pictures from a recent annual meeting with our expert Scientific Advisory Board - thank you all for joining and for the invaluable discussions and feedback.

26.11.2025 19:10 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Bacterial networks #BacNet26 in September 2026 will be chaired by @lalouxlab.bsky.social and co-chaired by @s-lab.bsky.social with @coralietesseur.bsky.social

Sneak peak on invited speakers and preliminary program:
meetings.embo.org/event/26-bac...

20.11.2025 08:47 — 👍 42    🔁 22    💬 2    📌 1

Prolonged exposure to teixobactin generates cross-tolerance to other cell wall-targeting antimicrobials in Enterococcus faecalis | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Antimicrobial tolerance (AMT) is the ability of a microorganism to survive but not proliferate during high-dose antimicrobial treatment (1). Mechanisms of AMT have been linked to many different cellul...

New paper out in AAC looking at the development of hyper-tolerance and cross-tolerance to cell wall-targeting antimicrobials via mutations in the mevalonate and Epa biosynthesis pathways and the LiaFSR cell envelope stress response. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1128/aac....

19.11.2025 09:14 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1

Beautiful systematic analysis of membrane thickness inside native cells. This is a great use of both the Chlamy Dataset (bsky.app/profile/cell...) and #MemBrain segmentations (bsky.app/profile/lore...). The open-source workflow is a very helpful resource for #TeamTomo. Thanks and congrats!! 🧪 🔬

06.11.2025 08:51 — 👍 24    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

‼️Research update - the last-resort 💊antibiotic daptomycin attacks🧫bacteria through two independent mechanisms & IM30 protein LiaH helps remodel membranes under stress. Great work by @henrikstrahl.bsky.social & @jbuttresssci.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social team
#microsky #BBSRC #sLoLa ⬇️

25.11.2025 14:39 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1