Diepold Lab
@diepold-lab.bsky.social
Our group, the Department of Applied Biology at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, investigates bacterial secretion systems and virulence mechanisms to better understand their role in infection biology and engineer biotech and healthcare applications
Secreting bacteria undergo drastic changes.
We found that in Yersinia, T3SS activation triggers rapid, large-scale reorganisation of chromosomal and plasmid DNA. This links secretion to growth inhibition-revealing a new connection between virulence and bacterial cell biology.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
We found that in Yersinia, T3SS activation triggers rapid, large-scale reorganisation of chromosomal and plasmid DNA. This links secretion to growth inhibition-revealing a new connection between virulence and bacterial cell biology.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
November 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Secreting bacteria undergo drastic changes.
We found that in Yersinia, T3SS activation triggers rapid, large-scale reorganisation of chromosomal and plasmid DNA. This links secretion to growth inhibition-revealing a new connection between virulence and bacterial cell biology.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
We found that in Yersinia, T3SS activation triggers rapid, large-scale reorganisation of chromosomal and plasmid DNA. This links secretion to growth inhibition-revealing a new connection between virulence and bacterial cell biology.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
What if even the core of bacterial nanomachines wasn’t static?
We found that the T3SS core protein SctD in Yersinia dynamically exchanges subunits — and this flexibility is essential for proper assembly & function.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@kit.edu @t3sss.bsky.social
We found that the T3SS core protein SctD in Yersinia dynamically exchanges subunits — and this flexibility is essential for proper assembly & function.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@kit.edu @t3sss.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
What if even the core of bacterial nanomachines wasn’t static?
We found that the T3SS core protein SctD in Yersinia dynamically exchanges subunits — and this flexibility is essential for proper assembly & function.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@kit.edu @t3sss.bsky.social
We found that the T3SS core protein SctD in Yersinia dynamically exchanges subunits — and this flexibility is essential for proper assembly & function.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@kit.edu @t3sss.bsky.social
We recently described how T3SS effectors reach the injectisome with a shuttle system. But what about their chaperones? With live microscopy, proximity labeling and functional assays, @keithpint.bsky.social showed the Yersinia chaperone SycH already hands over its cargo in the cytosol. bit.ly/47hq6rM
August 27, 2025 at 9:22 AM
We recently described how T3SS effectors reach the injectisome with a shuttle system. But what about their chaperones? With live microscopy, proximity labeling and functional assays, @keithpint.bsky.social showed the Yersinia chaperone SycH already hands over its cargo in the cytosol. bit.ly/47hq6rM
Using live-cell microscopy, we uncovered distinct bacterial subpopulations that primarily use certain combinations of these nanomachines:
• some prioritize motility & T3SS
• others shift to T6SS for antagonism
All tuned by the usual suspect: cyclic di-GMP.
• some prioritize motility & T3SS
• others shift to T6SS for antagonism
All tuned by the usual suspect: cyclic di-GMP.
August 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Using live-cell microscopy, we uncovered distinct bacterial subpopulations that primarily use certain combinations of these nanomachines:
• some prioritize motility & T3SS
• others shift to T6SS for antagonism
All tuned by the usual suspect: cyclic di-GMP.
• some prioritize motility & T3SS
• others shift to T6SS for antagonism
All tuned by the usual suspect: cyclic di-GMP.