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Heather Feaga @heatherfeaga.bsky.social · Aug 19

Latest from the lab! Analysis of everyone’s favorite regulatory mechanism in bacteria — the RF2 programmed frameshift! Likely present in the ancestor of bacteria, use of this mechanism is influenced by stop codon usage! Big congrats to @cassidyprints.bsky.social
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Conservation and evolution of the programmed ribosomal frameshift in prfB across the bacterial domain | mBio

Translation termination is catalyzed by one of two release factors in bacteria, RF1 or RF2. It has been known for decades that RF2 levels in Escherichia coli are regulated by a programmed ribosomal frameshift within the prfB gene that encodes RF2. We ...

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Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · May 16

Interesting MS on Agrobacterium cooperation and antagonism as well as development of dual binary system that mitigates plant immune antagonism. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Quantitative dissection of Agrobacterium T-DNA expression in single plant cells reveals density-dependent synergy and antagonism - Nature Plants

Alamos et al. show that Agrobacterium engages in density-dependent interactions that dictate transformation efficiency and transgene expression. These findings enable a quantitative model to improve m...

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Alexandra Weisberg @weisbergaj.bsky.social · May 20

Happy to share a new publication on a collaboration with Xindan Wang and @fuquaclay.bsky.social labs. We identified and characterized naturally occurring Agrobacterium strains with fused chromosomes. Did mobile genetic elements play a role in fusion? journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Linear dicentric chromosomes in bacterial natural isolates reveal common constraints for replicon fusion | mBio

Most bacterial genomes are monopartite with a single, circular chromosome. However, some species, like Agrobacterium tumefaciens, carry multiple chromosomes. Emergence of multipartite genomes is often...

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · Apr 24

A day ago at this hour of the evening, I was presenting our biofilm topics at #Biofilminar… today a pistachio creme brûlée with raspberry sorbet as a treat

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Clay Fuqua @fuquaclay.bsky.social · Apr 15

Registration is free

Clay Fuqua @fuquaclay.bsky.social · Apr 5

On the ASM Biofilms website in the Important Dates list, you click on the ASM Biofilminar link to register.

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Clay Fuqua @fuquaclay.bsky.social · Mar 8

Proud of IU Micro for showing up in force at the Stand Up for Science rally yesterday (03/07) on a gray and chilly day in front of the statehouse in Indianapolis. Our pro-science, pro-research, pro-people, pro-fairness messsage was delivered loud and clear.

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John Helmann @johnhelmann.bsky.social · Dec 18

A very thorough and authoritative* overview of bacterial metallostasis (metalloregulation, trafficking, metalation) from the Giedroc and Capdevila labs!

*58 figures and almost 1000 references! wow!
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Giedroc Lab @giedroclab.bsky.social · Dec 15

Our review on bacterial metallostasis is now online in Chemical Reviews! This collaboration by the Giedroc (@betainverse.bsky.social and @jsrocchio.bsky.social) and Capdevila labs delves into bacterial metal regulation. 🦠 #Microbiology #ChemicalReviews #BacterialMetallostasis doi.org/10.1021/acs....

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Clay Fuqua @fuquaclay.bsky.social · Dec 18

See the URL below for a great summer 2025 REU opportunity at Binghamton University in biofilm research. Let your biofilm-interested undergraduates know! www.binghamton.edu/centers/biof...

Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) | Biofilm Research Center | Binghamton University

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Prachee Avasthi @pracheeac.bsky.social · Dec 18

• Author accepted manuscripts (peer reviewed articles) must be made available in Pubmed Central WITHOUT EMBARGO upon the official date of publication.
• Policy effective date is Dec 31, 2025 (no end date).

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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · Dec 17

Infamous paper that popularized unproven COVID-19 treatment finally retracted

Study on hydroxychloroquine by Didier Raoult and colleagues gets pulled on ethical and scientific grounds
@cathleenogrady.bsky.social reports.

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Infamous paper that popularized unproven COVID-19 treatment finally retracted

Study on hydroxychloroquine by Didier Raoult and colleagues gets pulled on ethical and scientific grounds

www.science.org

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Clay Fuqua @fuquaclay.bsky.social · Dec 18

#asmbiofilms

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Clay Fuqua @fuquaclay.bsky.social · Dec 18

Check out the ASM 10th Conference on Biofilms Bluesky page @asmbiofilms2025.bsky.social

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Clay Fuqua @fuquaclay.bsky.social · Nov 22

Happy to be switching from X to Bluesky. Looking forward to using this alternative platform to connect to the community.

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