Brian Stevenson Ph.D. spirochete lab
@bstevensonlab.bsky.social
Mostly about bacterial gene/protein regulation & function, esp. with Borrelia burgdorferi and Lyme disease. Professor at U Kentucky, views are my own. He/him Lab= http://microscopist.net/Stevenson_Lab.html UK= https://medicine.uky.edu/users/bstev0
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Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference (MMPC) September 25-27, 2026 University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN Register now! #MicroSky
Julia Willett@jlewillett.bsky.social · yesterdayI'm excited to be co-organizing the 2026 Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference, which will take place Sept 25-27 on the UMN campus in Minneapolis! Poster abstracts due Aug 7! Submit yours & register here ➡️ mmpc2026.umn.edu
Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference (MMPC) September 25-27, 2026 University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN Register now! #MicroSky
Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference@mmpconference.bsky.social · yesterdayNew for #mmpc2026 this year: T-SHIRTS!! Designed by @ruthlessruth15.bsky.social & featuring your favorite microbes! Shirts must be ordered by Sept 4 & can be picked up at the conference. Get your official 2026 Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference swag here: mmpc2026.umn.edu/more/2026-mm...
NIAID R21 proposal was scored 18. When paylines existed, that score was definitely going to be funded. Now, I’m merely “cautiously optimistic”. Haven’t purchased the champagne.
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Had a few drinks with my ghosts last night
Kristin Rose Jutras 38m Devastated to share that my husband, @jutraslab.bsky.social, passed away. People are writing fake obituaries online/sharing on social media that Brandon died of Lyme disease. This is not true and is an affront to everything Brandon stood for as a scientist: the truth.
Devastated to report that Brandon Jutras passed away a day or two ago. Brandon earned his PhD with me. He went on to be an Associate Professor at Northwestern University School of Medicine and a super star in Lyme research. A loving husband and father, a sincere friend, and a brilliant scientist 💔
Relapsing fever in Texas, USA Human Exposure to Spirochete-Infected Ornithodoros turicata in a Residential Setting in the Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42517151/ #MicroSky
Philip Stewart, a recently retired Rocky Mountain Labs researcher (who) focused on tick-borne diseases, “There is an anti-science movement … We are targets” Phil was also a postdoc with Patti Rosa at RML, about 3 years after I left the lab.
KFF Health News@kffhealthnews.org · 2w ago“There is an anti-science movement,” said Philip Stewart, a retired NIH scientist. “We are targets, and if it hadn’t been Vincent, it would have been someone else.” @k-hought.bsky.social & @arthurallen202.bsky.social report ⤵️
Antiphospholipid antibodies in acute and post-treatment Lyme disease "A subset of patients with chronic symptoms is identifiable by persistent elevation in anti-phosphatidylserine" journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... #MicroSky
Antiphospholipid antibodies in acute and post-treatment Lyme disease | Infection and Immunity
Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne infection in North America and Europe and is caused in the United States mainly by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. Early infection typically manifests...
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Today we say goodbye to my parents’ mortal remains ❤️❤️
Bactofilins are essential spatial organizers of peptidoglycan insertion in the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... #MicroSky
Bactofilins are essential spatial organizers of peptidoglycan insertion in the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi | Journal of Bacteriology
The spirochetal bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi causes Lyme disease, the most prevalent vector-borne infection in North America and Europe. Cellular replication, which requires growth and division of t...
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A secreted Buchnera endosymbiont protein essential for colonizing host cells #MicroSky
Nancy Moran@nancy-moran.bsky.social · last mo.A step forward in discovering Buchnera's key to the aphid's heart, published today! Thanks to Jerry Maeda and other authors--a great team -- and to the helpful reviewers #SymbioSky doi: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Phage ORF annotation app #MicroSky #PhageSky
Bacteriophage Lab of Institut Pasteur@phagepasteur.bsky.social · last mo.We’re happy to introduce phageFACTor (Functional Annotation and Curation Tool) 👩💻Developed by Tanaïs Moreau, our most recent PhD candidate, and building on Phold, we were able to improve annotation of prophage genes by as much as 50% 🧬 You should check it out github.com/TMs-code/pha...
Riboflavin Salvage Supports Glycolysis in Borrelia burgdorferi Through Flavin-Dependent NAD+ Regeneration Nifty new information from Mollie Jewett and team! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #MicroSky
Dr. Mark Martin's "Matters Microbial" podcasts @markowenmartin.bsky.social Watch 'em all! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #MicroSky
I know it seems like a heretical idea, but one way to figure out if a preprint is really interesting (to you) is... to read the preprint. Then, in the spirit of sharing, send a note to authors: a simple kudos or a more detailed question. I do this a dozen times a year. It's awesome. Try it.
The host calcium system contributes to intracellular Rickettsia pathogenesis "Calcium channel blockers (disrupt) rickettsial actin polymerization, and these results highlight the complex interdependence of Rickettsia and host cell biology." journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... #MicroSky
"Dr. Rachel Simmons is a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University, where her research focuses on something to do with gene regulation that she could explain in detail if you would just let her open her laptop for thirty seconds."
Carolyn Bertozzi@carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · last mo.“The whole point of AI tools is that I no longer need to retain information in my biological memory. My biological memory is for other things now. Important things. Like my Netflix password” 😂 inpreparation.substack.com/p/opinion-i-...
Machine learning-driven identification of virulence determinants in Borrelia burgdorferi associated with human dissemination New publication from @brissettelab.bsky.social journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol... #MicroSky
Structural architecture of a hybrid β-barrel assembly machinery BAM-TAM complex in Borrelia burgdorferi More cool structural information of the Lyme disease spirochete, from Kalvis Brangulis! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #MicroSky
One Health Webinar Series: "Leptospirosis in French Amazonia: How Research Transformed an Anecdotal Disease Into an Endemic Public Health Issue" Wednesday, June 24th 12:30–1:30 PM (Paris Local Time). in English ✅ Registration: FREE! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #MicroSky
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Plant pathogens cleave 2'cADPR to suppress TIR immune signaling #MicroSky
Sorek Lab@soreklab.bsky.social · 2mo agoPreprint: Plant pathogens cleave 2’cADPR to suppress TIR immune signaling Inspired by knowledge on how phages inhibit bacterial immunity, we now show that disease-causing bacteria inhibit plant immunity in a similar way. A 🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
A genetic screen identifies O-antigen as essential for Rickettsia parkeri survival in macrophages by protecting from inflammasomes and interferon-stimulated genes #MicroSky
Thomas P200 Burke@findmeinthelab.bsky.social · 2mo agoI'm excited to share our recent working using forward genetics to identify virulence determinants in Rickettsia. Check it out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Infection with multiple strains of the Lyme disease bacterium in female mice can affect the strain-specific maternal antibody response in their offspring www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #MicroSky
