So excited to have been part of this awesome project spearheaded by @gramnegativity.bsky.social! Check it out in ASM and learn about Lauren’s approach to uncover how Staph can grow in CF sputum! 🦠

The latest (and penultimate! 👀) article from the @mreniere.bsky.social lab is finally out! I’m really proud of this one in which I took a genetic approach (shocking, I know) to probe how Staph is able to grow in cystic fibrosis sputum: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

📅 Save the date! 1️⃣ Fri, Apr 11: 1st Annual Undergrad. Chemical Biology Symposium Talks, poster session, facility tour, pizza, no registration! 2️⃣ Sat, Apr 12: 14th Annual Watanabe Symposium Talks, lunch, poster session, registration required! Questions? [email protected] or [email protected] #IUResearch

Our annual QCB fellowship competition for 2025 is now open! We're offering 3-5 awards for PhD students in QCB trainer labs, including 1-2 for international students. Apply by April 13, 2025, midnight. Spread the word!🧑‍🔬 #QCBFellowship #IUResearch #PhDFunding iuqcb.indiana.edu/about/traine...

Our lab is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral research associate to study zinc metallochaperones from the COG0523 superfamily of small GTPases. Apply here: shorturl.at/UmQYM or send application materials to Prof. Giedroc directly at [email protected]. Looking for strong biochemists; please share!

Did you miss PiM Virtual Coffee Hour last week? Make sure to add future dates and times to your calendar to catch us next time! 🏳️‍🌈 🔬 🏳️‍⚧️ #PrideinMicrobiology #PiM #QueerinScience #CoffeeHour

Well the award for most cowardly, boot-lickingest academic society has squarely gone to the American Society of Microbiology, who has taken down features of various non-white scientists. Absolutely pathetic behavior. Those articles are now coming up as “under review”. Truly sickening cowardice here.

Congratulations to our long-time collaborator Eric Skaar on receiving this prestigious Award in Molecular Biology from the National Academy of Sciences! www.nasonline.org/award/nas-aw...

Interested in Mtb pathogenesis and developing new strategies to treat these deadly infections? Please apply to join us for the GRC for Tuberculosis Drug Discovery and Development!! www.grc.org/tuberculosis... Deadline to submit an abstract to be considered for a talk is March 1st! Please repost!

@betainverse.bsky.social, our former research scientist, is now the Director of the METACyt Biomolecular NMR Laboratory! She'll oversee the training and operation of our state-of-the-art 600 MHz and newly installed 800 MHz Bruker Ascend instruments. Congratulations, Katie! 🧲 #NMR #IUResearch

Drs. @betainverse.bsky.social and Diaz-Rodriguez purified EgtU, an ABC transporter that imports ergothioneine into bacterial cells, paving the way for structural and functional studies of uptake systems in S. pneumoniae and other pathogens. Kudos to the team! #BacterialTransporters shorturl.at/AUPTJ

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....

Our very talented undergrad, Clare Frawley, presented her first poster today at the Indiana University Undergraduate Research Conference! 📊 🌟 Clare has been working with our grad student @jsrocchio.bsky.social on unnatural amino acid incorporation for live-cell cross linking studies! #IUResearch

🎉 Our grad student @katherinelegg.bsky.social is a co-author on a new preprint about the genetic requirements and nutrient needs for Staphylococcus aureus growth in cystic fibrosis sputum. Congrats to @gramnegativity.bsky.social and all involved! shorturl.at/yfZQA 🧬 #CysticFibrosis #Microbiology

My snowman cards will be available at IU Biology's holiday auction to benefit the local food bank. Cards and more always available at: Various products: sci-hustle.myspreadshop.com Cards: www.zazzle.com/store/newtfa... All sales from these sites support GRID Alternatives and One Tree Planted.

As the lab migrates over to #ChemSky, we are debuting our new lab logo designed by our own graduate student @jsrocchio.bsky.social. Happy to be here!