Dr. Sam Fenn
@sj-fenn.bsky.social
Postdoc at UCC in the group of Professor Massey researching bacterial metabolism and how this impacts survival in harsh environments. Hobby-level cricketer and weightlifter. Pro-level coffee and pint consumption.
Tetracyclines are one of the oldest and largest families of antibiotics in use. Consequently, bacterial resistance to them is widespread. This latest review contemplates the future of this longstanding antibiotic family. Read the full article here🔗 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.002197
As a component of aseptic technique, Bunsen burners do not universally decrease deposition of microbe-containing particles journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.... #jcampubs
🌍 New paper🌍 Here, I introduce the “cuprosphere” to connect how copper shapes fungal–bacterial interactions across One Health environments. rdcu.be/fwZqD #OneHealth #Microbiology #Copper #Fungi #Bacteria #Interactions @mrccmm.bsky.social @nihrexeterbrc.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk
From Fungicide to Phagosome: A One Health View of Copper-Driven Fungal–Bacterial Interactions
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Shameless self-plug. Our new paper out in NPJ biofilms and microbiomes @masseylab.bsky.social and Mario Recker Copper at the heart of an interkingdom wound-like biofilm. rdcu.be/fw1Ut
Copper as a central element critical to interkingdom interactions within a polymicrobial wound environment
npj Biofilms and Microbiomes - Copper as a central element critical to interkingdom interactions within a polymicrobial wound environment
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Antibiotics do not fix every toothache. For #WorldMicrobiomeDay, Charlotte Richards explains why many cases of dental pain need dental treatment rather than antibiotics. @masseylab.bsky.social #Microbiome #Antibiotics #OralHealth #AMR
Gwaaaaan Kate!
(not) Imran Khan@imrsankhan.bsky.social · 3mo agoSecond in a recent spree of Massey lab papers published in @microbiologysociety.org - talented PhD student Kate shows how some clinical uropathogenic Staph strains have lost their ability to grow under iron-limited conditions #microsky www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
Some bacteria survive in blood by changing how they use energy. A new paper in 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 shows how S. aureus carrying PdhD V76I resists host defences in human serum. With @sj-fenn.bsky.social and @masseylab.bsky.social. 📰 Read: buff.ly/WsG557r #Microbiology #MicroSky @microbiologysociety.org
