Cristina Landeta-Escamilla
@cris-s.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @Indiana University Bloomington | Studying disulfide bond formation in bacteria
Reposted by Cristina Landeta-Escamilla
Could folding systems in Clostridia bacteria make ideal drug targets?
Cristina Landeta @cris-s.bsky.social takes us behind the scenes of their #Microbiology paper on investigating the machinery that build crucial disulphide bonds in bacterial cells microb.io/4oba348
Cristina Landeta @cris-s.bsky.social takes us behind the scenes of their #Microbiology paper on investigating the machinery that build crucial disulphide bonds in bacterial cells microb.io/4oba348
November 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Could folding systems in Clostridia bacteria make ideal drug targets?
Cristina Landeta @cris-s.bsky.social takes us behind the scenes of their #Microbiology paper on investigating the machinery that build crucial disulphide bonds in bacterial cells microb.io/4oba348
Cristina Landeta @cris-s.bsky.social takes us behind the scenes of their #Microbiology paper on investigating the machinery that build crucial disulphide bonds in bacterial cells microb.io/4oba348
Our latest work is now published! Please check it out.
Congratulations to Adrian, Rebecca and @fireinlab.bsky.social
for their hard work.
I’m very proud of this piece, we found proteins that require oxidative protein folding in mycobacteria.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Congratulations to Adrian, Rebecca and @fireinlab.bsky.social
for their hard work.
I’m very proud of this piece, we found proteins that require oxidative protein folding in mycobacteria.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
journals.asm.org
July 31, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Our latest work is now published! Please check it out.
Congratulations to Adrian, Rebecca and @fireinlab.bsky.social
for their hard work.
I’m very proud of this piece, we found proteins that require oxidative protein folding in mycobacteria.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Congratulations to Adrian, Rebecca and @fireinlab.bsky.social
for their hard work.
I’m very proud of this piece, we found proteins that require oxidative protein folding in mycobacteria.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Reposted by Cristina Landeta-Escamilla
Great collaboration with my Bloomington colleague @cris-s.bsky.social out now in #mbio #teammassspec journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Disulfide bonds are critical for stabilizing cell division, cell envelope biogenesis, and antibiotic resistance proteins in mycobacteria | mBio
This work addresses a major deficiency in understanding mycobacterial cell envelope
processes and highlights the biological and clinical implications of oxidative protein
folding in mycobacteria. This...
journals.asm.org
July 31, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Great collaboration with my Bloomington colleague @cris-s.bsky.social out now in #mbio #teammassspec journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Congratulations Manuel and Baizabal lab for this 2025 seed grant from the Brain Research Foundation! 👏🏽🥳
www.thebrf.org/seed-grants/
@iubiology.bsky.social #iu #heterochromatin
www.thebrf.org/seed-grants/
@iubiology.bsky.social #iu #heterochromatin
Neurological Research Grants | Brain Research Seed Grants
BRF’s Seed Grant Program provides funds for innovative brain research projects that lead to future opportunities, collaboration, and scientific advancement. Learn more!
www.thebrf.org
July 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Congratulations Manuel and Baizabal lab for this 2025 seed grant from the Brain Research Foundation! 👏🏽🥳
www.thebrf.org/seed-grants/
@iubiology.bsky.social #iu #heterochromatin
www.thebrf.org/seed-grants/
@iubiology.bsky.social #iu #heterochromatin
Reposted by Cristina Landeta-Escamilla
Very VERY excited to see this addition to the SCIMaP project.
@joshuasweitz.bsky.social @asinclair.bsky.social
BOTTOM LINE: Proposed NIH cuts are estimated to result in ~50b in economic losses and over 200k job losses.
But hey! How are those egg prices??
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
@joshuasweitz.bsky.social @asinclair.bsky.social
BOTTOM LINE: Proposed NIH cuts are estimated to result in ~50b in economic losses and over 200k job losses.
But hey! How are those egg prices??
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research
Developed by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide
scienceimpacts.org
June 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Very VERY excited to see this addition to the SCIMaP project.
@joshuasweitz.bsky.social @asinclair.bsky.social
BOTTOM LINE: Proposed NIH cuts are estimated to result in ~50b in economic losses and over 200k job losses.
But hey! How are those egg prices??
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
@joshuasweitz.bsky.social @asinclair.bsky.social
BOTTOM LINE: Proposed NIH cuts are estimated to result in ~50b in economic losses and over 200k job losses.
But hey! How are those egg prices??
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
Reposted by Cristina Landeta-Escamilla
For non-scientists: the funding rate is somewhere between 7% to ~25% (rare) for NIH or NSF grants, depending on where you are applying. Grants are reviewed by a panel of peers who read the grants, score them, then debate the ratings for 1-2 days to rank them. It is INCREDIBLY competitive already.
Republican Senator Katie Britt: We need to create a system "where the beat idea wins... This is our opportunity to make a dollar go further and to make it have a greater impact."
(NIH already generates $2.56 for every $1 spent it spends on research.)
(NIH already generates $2.56 for every $1 spent it spends on research.)
June 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
For non-scientists: the funding rate is somewhere between 7% to ~25% (rare) for NIH or NSF grants, depending on where you are applying. Grants are reviewed by a panel of peers who read the grants, score them, then debate the ratings for 1-2 days to rank them. It is INCREDIBLY competitive already.
Reposted by Cristina Landeta-Escamilla
I urge others to similarly support our patriots at NIH who use their training and talents to improve human health and position the US as the world’s leader in biomedical discovery, innovation and technology development 🙏
Stanford's professor and Bethesda Declaration signatory @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social notes that the declaration “represents the voices of the highly trained Americans at NIH who want to serve their country and steward the biomedical enterprise.” 🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH staff and biomedical community sound alarm about agency politicization, funding slowdown
In test of NIH director’s support of dissent, NIH staff sign Bethesda Declaration urging reversal of grant cuts and freezes
www.science.org
June 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I urge others to similarly support our patriots at NIH who use their training and talents to improve human health and position the US as the world’s leader in biomedical discovery, innovation and technology development 🙏
Reposted by Cristina Landeta-Escamilla
Trump’s NIH cuts aren’t just numbers. They are delayed cures, abandoned treatments, futures stolen, lives that will be lost. This is why we Stand Up For Science.
#StandUpForScience
#SummerFightForScience
#StandUpForScience
#SummerFightForScience
“I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial.” Be that as it may, the NIH terminated that scientist's grant. Here's a huge survey of the 2,500 grants that NIH has killed or delayed...so far. Gift link: nyti.ms/43Jz1yJ
June 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Trump’s NIH cuts aren’t just numbers. They are delayed cures, abandoned treatments, futures stolen, lives that will be lost. This is why we Stand Up For Science.
#StandUpForScience
#SummerFightForScience
#StandUpForScience
#SummerFightForScience
My lab and I attended the VIII Beckwith reunion at Hyannis, MA. Supper happy to see old time friends. It was great to catch up and discuss science, social issues in biology and talk about life!
May 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
My lab and I attended the VIII Beckwith reunion at Hyannis, MA. Supper happy to see old time friends. It was great to catch up and discuss science, social issues in biology and talk about life!
Reposted by Cristina Landeta-Escamilla
HAPPY 75th, NSF!
We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.
Read on 🧵(1/11):
We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.
Read on 🧵(1/11):
May 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
HAPPY 75th, NSF!
We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.
Read on 🧵(1/11):
We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.
Read on 🧵(1/11):
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As markets plummet again today from Trump's chaotic economic policies, ask yourself: Why would billionaires back policies that tank their own stock values?
It’s the taxes.
I wrote a step-by-step explainer of how billionaires avoid paying taxes. People are often surprised when I explain it.🧵
It’s the taxes.
I wrote a step-by-step explainer of how billionaires avoid paying taxes. People are often surprised when I explain it.🧵
Buy, Borrow, Die: How Billionaires Legally Avoid Paying Taxes While the Rest of Us Can't
A Step-by-Step Guide to How the Ultra-Wealthy Minimize Their Tax Burden While Their Fortunes Multiply
open.substack.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
As markets plummet again today from Trump's chaotic economic policies, ask yourself: Why would billionaires back policies that tank their own stock values?
It’s the taxes.
I wrote a step-by-step explainer of how billionaires avoid paying taxes. People are often surprised when I explain it.🧵
It’s the taxes.
I wrote a step-by-step explainer of how billionaires avoid paying taxes. People are often surprised when I explain it.🧵
Reposted by Cristina Landeta-Escamilla
Thanks @standupforscience.bsky.social for organizing! @nytimes.com please report on this, the public deserves to understand how decreasing DEIA and funding in Science will impact them. Thanks @nature.com for live reporting! @goodtroublein.bsky.social @indivisible.org @iubiology.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Thanks @standupforscience.bsky.social for organizing! @nytimes.com please report on this, the public deserves to understand how decreasing DEIA and funding in Science will impact them. Thanks @nature.com for live reporting! @goodtroublein.bsky.social @indivisible.org @iubiology.bsky.social
Reposted by Cristina Landeta-Escamilla
Breaking news: Thousands of researchers and their supporters, including recently fired federal workers, have gathered across the U.S. in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration. scim.ag/41zlPv4
Thousands gather across U.S. in Stand Up for Science events
Scientists rally across the country in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration
scim.ag
March 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Breaking news: Thousands of researchers and their supporters, including recently fired federal workers, have gathered across the U.S. in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration. scim.ag/41zlPv4
Stand up for Science Indianapolis. We need science not trillionaires!
March 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Stand up for Science Indianapolis. We need science not trillionaires!
It’s tomorrow!!! we will be in Indianapolis… que se oiga con fuerza: Fund science, not billionaires!
SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING!
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
March 7, 2025 at 1:49 AM
It’s tomorrow!!! we will be in Indianapolis… que se oiga con fuerza: Fund science, not billionaires!
Reposted by Cristina Landeta-Escamilla
WHERE WILL YOU BE ON MARCH 7TH!?
Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one!
#standupforscience2025
Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one!
#standupforscience2025
March 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
WHERE WILL YOU BE ON MARCH 7TH!?
Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one!
#standupforscience2025
Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one!
#standupforscience2025
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Spending isn't a “conspiracy” just because Musk doesn’t know how to read usaspending.gov.
A program isn't waste just because it doesn’t help the richest man in the world.
It isn't fraud just because he doesn’t like it.
A law is not illegal just because he disagrees with it.
A program isn't waste just because it doesn’t help the richest man in the world.
It isn't fraud just because he doesn’t like it.
A law is not illegal just because he disagrees with it.
February 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Spending isn't a “conspiracy” just because Musk doesn’t know how to read usaspending.gov.
A program isn't waste just because it doesn’t help the richest man in the world.
It isn't fraud just because he doesn’t like it.
A law is not illegal just because he disagrees with it.
A program isn't waste just because it doesn’t help the richest man in the world.
It isn't fraud just because he doesn’t like it.
A law is not illegal just because he disagrees with it.
Reposted by Cristina Landeta-Escamilla
Love national parks? I'm lucky enough to live in one of the best parks in the world, and on Saturday we held a demonstration to protest the mass & indiscriminate firing of our friends and coworkers. #nationalparks #rangers #publicland #Yosemite #Firefall #fedworkers #massfiring #NPS #ProtectourParks
February 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Love national parks? I'm lucky enough to live in one of the best parks in the world, and on Saturday we held a demonstration to protest the mass & indiscriminate firing of our friends and coworkers. #nationalparks #rangers #publicland #Yosemite #Firefall #fedworkers #massfiring #NPS #ProtectourParks
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🚨 WANT TO HELP US STAND UP FOR SCIENCE? 🚨
Here's a little update on where we're currently at with the planning process!
Is your state red or grey & you want to see an event happen? Fill out our volunteer form or share with a friend! airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG...
#standupforscience2025
Here's a little update on where we're currently at with the planning process!
Is your state red or grey & you want to see an event happen? Fill out our volunteer form or share with a friend! airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG...
#standupforscience2025
February 22, 2025 at 5:19 AM
🚨 WANT TO HELP US STAND UP FOR SCIENCE? 🚨
Here's a little update on where we're currently at with the planning process!
Is your state red or grey & you want to see an event happen? Fill out our volunteer form or share with a friend! airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG...
#standupforscience2025
Here's a little update on where we're currently at with the planning process!
Is your state red or grey & you want to see an event happen? Fill out our volunteer form or share with a friend! airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG...
#standupforscience2025
Reposted by Cristina Landeta-Escamilla
Reposted by Cristina Landeta-Escamilla
📢 “He’s trying to steal Medicaid to enrich himself. He’s gutting NASA to line his pockets with SpaceX. He’s looting everything good in America for private profit.” - @aoc.bsky.social at today’s #SaveOurServices NYC rally.
The fight isn’t over. Join us: go.savepublicservices.com
The fight isn’t over. Join us: go.savepublicservices.com
February 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
📢 “He’s trying to steal Medicaid to enrich himself. He’s gutting NASA to line his pockets with SpaceX. He’s looting everything good in America for private profit.” - @aoc.bsky.social at today’s #SaveOurServices NYC rally.
The fight isn’t over. Join us: go.savepublicservices.com
The fight isn’t over. Join us: go.savepublicservices.com
Reposted by Cristina Landeta-Escamilla
This is Oligarchy. The three richest men in the world have become $196 BILLION richer since Donald Trump was elected.
$196 billion for three men in 99 days.
Meanwhile, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
$196 billion for three men in 99 days.
Meanwhile, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
February 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This is Oligarchy. The three richest men in the world have become $196 BILLION richer since Donald Trump was elected.
$196 billion for three men in 99 days.
Meanwhile, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
$196 billion for three men in 99 days.
Meanwhile, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
Reposted by Cristina Landeta-Escamilla
Make sure you, your trainees, and anyone else who might listen to you understands what "indirects" actually are, how they are established, and what Universities contribute. H/T @rodallab.bsky.social
Please share widely!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxTD...
Please share widely!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxTD...
Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Costs Explainer
YouTube video by Association of American Universities
www.youtube.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Make sure you, your trainees, and anyone else who might listen to you understands what "indirects" actually are, how they are established, and what Universities contribute. H/T @rodallab.bsky.social
Please share widely!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxTD...
Please share widely!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxTD...
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At least $12 *trillion* from global oligarchs is hidden offshore in secret tax havens worldwide. And it is headquartered right here in the USA.
Instead of cutting lifesaving programs like the VA, Medicaid, and food stamps, we should be cracking down on tax havens for the ultra-rich.
Instead of cutting lifesaving programs like the VA, Medicaid, and food stamps, we should be cracking down on tax havens for the ultra-rich.
February 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
At least $12 *trillion* from global oligarchs is hidden offshore in secret tax havens worldwide. And it is headquartered right here in the USA.
Instead of cutting lifesaving programs like the VA, Medicaid, and food stamps, we should be cracking down on tax havens for the ultra-rich.
Instead of cutting lifesaving programs like the VA, Medicaid, and food stamps, we should be cracking down on tax havens for the ultra-rich.