Are restriction/modification modules only used for host defense? @selmamhm.bsky.social shows an alternative use. "Restriction-modification systems are required for Neisseria gonorrhoeae pilin antigenic variation" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2602688123 #Microd #Microsky. #Microbiology

If you're around, come say hi! @luriecancer.bsky.social

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL OF YOU!🎄✨

And there it is: FDA has approved zoliflodacin for gonorrhea as well. That makes two new antibiotics to treat this STI and it means a fascinating debate now about how to use these drugs in a way that will delay resistance as much as possible… 🧪 #IDsky

Publicly Available Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Genomes Predominantly Represent In Vitro-Derived Nonpiliated Variants url: academic.oup.com/jid/article/... @iboiko.bsky.social and Selma Metanne

Want to see something that will fry your brain? Disappearing reappearing plaques on P aeruginosa @dominickfaith.bsky.social 🧫🦠🧪

💥CONTAM CALENDAR GIVEAWAY💥 Here's your chance to win a ContamCalendar 2026! 🗓️🍄🦠 Just follow @contamclub.bsky.social and repost this post to enter the competition Winner will be randomly selected from Bluesky or Twitter on Wednesday @ 6pm UTC

A new article by @husonfirst.bsky.social about Neisseria Flavin pathways and pilus phenotypes : dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

Microbiology Postdoctoral Position (Please re-post) A funded postdoctoral position in Chicago will open in 2026 to study aspects of Neisseria gonorrhoeae pathogenesis, antigenic variation, genetics, or physiology. If interested, please get in touch with Hank Seifert [email protected]

We wrote 2 📕 chapters with tips & tricks to identify protein-protein interactions in bacteria 🦠 1) In vivo proximity labeling with miniTurbo link.springer.com/protocol/10.... 2) An adapted polar recruitment assay feat. E. coli as a test tube link.springer.com/protocol/10..... Enjoy #MicroSky 🧪

Wonderful recognition! Hank gave great speech at ceremony on how service and faculty joining together is most important in challenging times

🚨🚨🚨 L'@ipbstoulouse.bsky.social est laboratoire d'accueil pour 4 postes de MCU en biochimie, biologie moléculaire, génétique et microbiologie qui vont ouvrir au concours en 2025 à l'Université de Toulouse #Emploi #Université #Maitredeconférences 👇

Seeing this little buddy every day makes me actually happy, thank you again @contamclub.bsky.social!

Contaminants are back! Let's enjoy the view~ @contamclub.bsky.social

The second article from my PhD is finally out! Next one won't be about Salmonella 😉 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...