Why would anyone want to be a scientist? There are the pleasures of: 1. Having the initial idea or insight, 2. Watching the idea develop into new experiments or a new model, and 3. Telling others. Martin A. Schwartz Check out also his Night Science podcast episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/7...

for more background on #dopamine, checkout this free primer www.cell.com/current-biol...

First talk at a conference! #phages2025 Shared my work on how flow impacts bacterial life. Grateful for the opportunity to share a story from our lab’s work over the last few years. A week of science, art and the sunsets! #microsky 🧪

@anu-sharma.bsky.social want a twitch? lose itch to use LB, go with flow and your cells may grow #sciku 🧪🧬🔬🧫🦠 #Phages2025 doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

@anu-sharma.bsky.social: flow increases H2O2 effectiveness against #pseudomonas 50-fold, combining the two blocks motility and growth #phages2025 🦠 www.cell.com/current-biol...

(bacterial) cell divisionists take note, unbedingt 👇 #MicroSky

Our new big review on Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Hope you enjoy reading it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

In B. subtilis, TerC proteins function in Mn export to support the metalation of exoenzymes. MeeY is also required (directly or indirectly) for production of surfactin, a lipopeptide required for swarming motility! (collab. with Dan Kearns' lab @IU). #MicroSky journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Contrary to popular belief, what is important in science is as much its spirit as its product: it is as much the openmindedness, the primacy of criticism, the submission to the unforeseen, however upsetting, as the result, however new that may be. – Francois Jacob www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A very helpful read on tackling procrastination @naturebiotech.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Read this to find out how fluid flow influences antimicrobial delivery! 🧪 Glad to be a part of this work. Congratulations @ashuppara.bsky.social!

Some good science for the day! 🧪 I’ve seen this story develop over last few years, so glad it’s out! Congratulations @ezzakhan.bsky.social

1/10 🧵 Injecting some science in your feed: Happy to share another chapter in our investigation of bacterial surface sensing. We describe the role of CpaL, a minor pilin-like protein, a key player in surface sensing and adhesion in Caulobacter crescentus. #microsky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

How do bacteria experience nutrient stress in nature? In our new preprint, we study how cells respond to nutrient limitation under flow. We find that in flow, cells can grow on concentrations of glucose 1,000 times lower than in batch cell culture. (1/5) #microsky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

New research from the lab of Joe Sanfilippo demonstrates that the amount of hydrogen peroxide required to inhibit bacterial growth is 50x less than previously thought, at amounts naturally present in the human body. go.mcb.illinois.edu/bacteria

To honour Abigail A. Salyers (1942-2013), who is considered as the mother of microbiome research, DSMZ researchers named the strain Streptomyces salyersiae (DSM 41770) after her. #WomenInScience #antibiotics #antibioticresistance #microbiome #microbiology

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The first review article from my lab, helmed by @celiasouque.bsky.social, "From Petri Dishes to Patients to Populations: Scales and Evolutionary Mechanisms Driving Antibiotic Resistance" is now online and open access at Annual Reviews Microbiology: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

So excited to see this in press! Congratulations to @anu-sharma.bsky.social for her fantastic work and first published first author paper. Check it out!!!

Do you feel stressed? Is it one thing or a combination? Turns out bacteria can’t handle stress either! Excited to share my first first author paper out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social! Combining multiple stressors blocks bacterial migration and growth! www.cell.com/current-biol...

Check out this new review from our lab led by postdoc Pavan Silva! We explore the varied mechanisms by which gene amplifications lead to antibiotic resistance. www.nature.com/articles/s44...