How the twin-arginine translocase (Tat) system manages to transport folded proteins across membranes without any leaks? To answer this fundamental question we solved the first structure of TatB3C3 complex with bound cargo. Please check out new preprint! t.co/962Kj9pt6F

Really excited to share my first paper from the Whitney lab, alongside an amazing grad student, Polina. Here we identify a chaperone family required for the folding of a central domain of T7SS toxins, and solve the structure of the chaperone-toxin complex. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

It was a really nice experience to give a talk at Northumbria University! Very happy to get to present our work on Zorya systems for the first time - A huge thank you to @emmseveri.bsky.social and (not on bluesky?) Ciarán Kelly and Darren Smith for the invitation!

Really excited to share this story from Jake in the lab! We have found bacterial protein toxins that can enter Gram positive bacterial cells without the need for a receptor resulting in broad spectrum antibacterial activity.

For those of you who approached me at @microbiologysociety.org #Microbio25 (and anyone else interested!!), this is your last chance to apply for our PDRA position. Come join us in Glasgow!

🚨We are hiring! A MRC-funded PDRA position to study novel anti-phage systems & their evolutionary dynamics in P. aeruginosa, in collaboration with @friendlymicrobe. If you are passionate about phage-bacteria interactions & evolution, apply now ! tinyurl.com/bddz4z44

Presenting a poster at #Microbio25 today/tomorrow. Come for a chat about defence hotspots in Pseudomonas phage!

Still time left to apply!!

Pleased to share that my main Sir Henry Wellcome Fellowship project is now published! This study provides mechanistic insights into Zorya II function. Grateful to all who contributed! Read it here:https://tinyurl.com/ZoryaII

We have extended the deadline for this! If you are passionate about phage-bacteria interactions, check this out and join us!

🚨 #PhD opportunity! 🚨 Come and work with @evaheinz7.bsky.social and me at the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow) on an exciting project investigating the roles that #bacteriophages play in the evolution and virulence of #enterococci. 🧫🧬 Details here: www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...

📌 WE ARE HIRING! @uofgsii.bsky.social is seeking to appoint a Research Associate in Molecular Microbiology. ⏺️ Vacancy Ref: 164773 ⌛️ Closing date: 24 Feb 2025 📧 Informal Enquiries: Dr @giusym1990.bsky.social [email protected] More Info | How To Apply: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...

Still time to apply! Join us in Glasgow—be part of my team. Closing date: Feb 24th

Love phage-bacteria interactions, anti-phage systems, and a sprinkle of evolutionary biology? There’s still time to apply and join our team in Glasgow at @uofgsii.bsky.social !

We are very pleased to share our latest preprint on the architecture of the membrane complex of the type 7 secretion system involved in bacterial competition in B. subtilis. #CryoEM #microsky

🚨We are hiring! A MRC-funded PDRA position to study novel anti-phage systems & their evolutionary dynamics in P. aeruginosa, in collaboration with @friendlymicrobe. If you are passionate about phage-bacteria interactions & evolution, apply now ! tinyurl.com/bddz4z44

Happy to share the final version of our paper on Serratia defence islands. Congrats to first-authors Tom and Suraj, and a big thank you to Blowerlab and @stephenrgarrett.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3vnyvufa

Over the moon to share some amazing news—I’ve been awarded an MRC Career Development Award to pursue my research at the University of Glasgow !! 🎉 Can’t wait to get started on this exciting new chapter. Stay tuned—I’ll soon be advertising a PDRA position!

"Now that shipments are booked and the flat is moved, it’s official… Starting from January, I’m thrilled to announce that my lab is moving to the University of Glasgow! 🎉 More good news will follow soon—once I’m free to share them! Very happy to return to Scotland 🧪✨

News on the Zorya defense system: anchors to the peptidoglycan and detects membrane disruption by phage. It has a flagella-motor-like device that rotates once activated. So cool! I've been waiting for insights on Zorya since we first described it 5 years ago. Congrats Tylor&co! t.co/WFvS9FePB5

Come do a PhD with me at University of Glasgow. 3-year fully funded PhD for UK students. Friend to Foe: Colonisation as an Entry Point for S. aureus Infectionhttps://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/fully-funded-friend-to-foe-colonisation-as-an-entry-point-for-staphylococcus-aureus-infection/?p166823

Check out this competitive PhD opportunity in my lab (and with Dr Tim Downing at Pirbright Institute). If you are passionate about antiphage systems discovery and Serratia marcescens, have a look at our project in the Pathogens and Host Defences DTP tinyurl.com/HostPathDTP or get in touch!

Interested in gut pathogens, anti-phage systems and phages-bacteria conflict in disease and biocontrol? Check out this competitive #PhD opportunity with me and @jaimehat.bsky.social in our BBSRC FoodBioSystems Doctoral Training Partnership t.co/Rv3b1depAY

#Microbiology lecturer/senior lecturer post at University of Strathclyde in Glasgow- Come and work with us - happy to chat with any potential applicants - DM me or email me for further information - please RT #AcademicJobs #MicroSky [email protected] www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DDJ300/l...