Hi all 👋
I'm a #microbiology researcher working with #Antarctic soil microbes, mainly #Streptomyces and #fungi, with an aim to find new #antibiotics or other #NaturalProducts.

I love photographing microbes and will mostly be posting colony pics and #microscopy.

Otherwise, you can find me lurking around posts about #science, #politics, #health, #dataviz, #climatechange, #socialjustice and #undergroundmusic
🙂

RT @biologistninja
Some beautiful interactions between Bacillus subtilis and different Streptomycetes. Captured for the long night of science at TU Dresden a few years ago. I still like those pictures a lot 🤩

#microbes #AcademicChatter #bacillus #streptomyces

we fully agree with this tweet by @ArianeBriegel :

°So proud of @VeroniqueO5
! Her paper on Reversible bacteriophage resistance by shedding the bacterial cell wall is among the top 5 cited articles in Open Biology in 2022!"

https://twitter.com/BriegelAriane/status/1620675201993437184

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsob.210379

#microbiology #Streptomyces

RT @GillesvanWezel
Our paper on role of SepF-like proteins on #celldivision in #Streptomyces is out. Impressed with efficient editorial and production process @sciencedirect Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 1/2)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36680940/

RT @FrunzkeLab
#Streptomyces explorer cells are also lysed by phages, leading to rapid sporulation all over the colony surface.

RT @FrunzkeLab
Dynamics of plaque growth and constriction of #Streptomyces venezuelae infected with phage Alderaan. You see the formation of transiently resistant mycelium enabling regrowth into the lysis zone.

RT @GillesvanWezel
our paper is out, showing how the #plant hormone Jasmonic acid activates #antibiotic production in #Streptomyces. Work by @VanderMeijAnne
and collaboration with @NatMart_Chembio and Jos Raaijmakers @niooknaw @LeidenBiology
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.12.23.521753v1

@laborjournal
also for ornamentation: a few #Streptomyces colonies, please 🙂

Another fun paper with a great bunch of people on antibiotic resistance ARE-ABCFs. https://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2022.12.05.519065v1
Our tool uORF4u for predicting inducible expression through #ribosome stalling gets some action too. By @art_egorov@twitter.com http://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.10.27.514069v1 #AMR #cdiff #streptomyces #bacillus #structuralbiology

#Streptomyces fans and NAP addicts take note 👇

arrest of hyphal growth upon HU depletion + the explanation...
https://academic.oup.com/nar/advance-article/doi/10.1093/nar/gkac1093/6845437?login=false
#microbiology

@hall_lab
let me know when your re-start bears fruit, please. I'd really like to know more about it. related: when & how do #Streptomyces substrate hyphae decide to branch. talked about this with joost willemse from gilles van wezels lab but they don't have a clear picture yet (despite having great microscopy pictures 😉)

#Introduction

I'm an associate professor at #UniversityofNorthTexas in #Biology and currently an interim associate dean in #UNTCollegeofScience. My professional interests are in #microbiology #bacteriophages #Streptomyces #DBER #STEMeducation #BiologyEducationResearch. Hobbies include #camping #hiking #kayaking #birdwatching #photography. All views are my own. He/Him/His.

#introduction I am an interdisciplinary microbiologist interested in all things #Streptomyces including understanding and exploiting biomaterials soil and chemical engineering applications