​Super cool new preprint from former colleague @goemanslab.bsky.social 🧫 ​They show that "bacteriostatic" antibiotics don't just freeze growth, they can actually drive bacterial death by tipping the scales of strain competition in communities. ​Check it out 👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Bacteriostatic antibiotics drive bacterial death by reshaping competitive interactions

Protein synthesis inhibitors, including macrolides and tetracyclines, are classically defined as bacteriostatic because they arrest bacterial growth without directly causing death. Yet their effects v...

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We're excited to invite everyone to the 25th Annual Microbiology Student Symposium on May 4th, 2026! Please join us for a day of research presentations, poster sessions, free food, and more. Feel free to register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Beachside science in Ventura with @kelleygallagher.bsky.social and her awesome PhD student during the STIM GRC. We put Streptomyces on a pedestal. From regulatory networks to signaling molecules that shape microbial decisions and metabolism. Science is better with conversations and ocean air. 🦠🧫

Huge congrats to the newly minted Dr. Luis Cantu Morin for graduating and for an incredible finishing talk!!

Thrilled to share our latest work on the Actinobacterial G protein system, now on bioRxiv! 🧬 In this study, we uncover how the accessory protein CvnF8 modulates histidine kinase activity to regulate key cellular processes in Streptomyces coelicolor. And it is just the start 😉. Stay tuned!

The accessory protein CvnF8 modulates histidine kinase activity in an Actinobacterial G protein system in Streptomyces coelicolor

Conservons are regulatory systems found in bacteria of the phylum Actinomycetota. These regulatory systems are composed of four core proteins: a sensor histidine kinase-like protein (CvnA homolog), an...

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Traxler Lab@traxlab.bsky.social · last yr.

Our recent work on Actinobacterial G protein system is live on bioRxiv! These regulatory systems are conserved in Actinomycetota and are involved in secondary metabolism, phage defense, and cellular development. Check out the preprint here 👇:

#ISBA2025 will be my official introduction in the Actino community. As we all look at understanding the diversity of these Microorganisms. I remain convinced that diversity drives discovery, from natural product discovery to human community. #PrideMonth #QueerInScience

It was an honor to serve as the GRS chairs of the first ever Bacterial Cell Biology Development Gordon Research Seminar! ❤️ @kdekoninck.bsky.social

🎁 Holiday planning? Add the GRS on Bacterial Cell Biology and Development (May 31 -June 1, 2025) to your list! Co-chaired with @wanassab.bsky.social, this GRS is your chance to present, discuss and connect. 🧬 Don't wait for the New Year'resolutions - Apply Now ! #GRC #GRS #Microbiology

Thrilled to have attended #GRCSTIM2024 on Sensory Transduction in microorganisms in Ventura, California! 🧫 Thanks for the insightful discussions with my amazing labmates @varunsridharr and @TraxLab. Here's to the science journey! 📸 #ScienceConference #TeamScience #ResearchLife

Our review - Antibiotics from rare actinomycetes, beyond the genus Streptomyces - is now online Thanks to coauthors @jonathanparra.bsky.social @ainsleybeaton1 @ryanfseipke @barriewilksjic @matthutchings.bsky.social and editors Toni Gabaldón & Luiz Carvalho for the invitation

Antibiotics from rare actinomycetes, beyond the genus Streptomyces

Throughout the golden age of antibiotic discovery, Streptomyces have been unsurpassed for their ability to produce bioactive metabolites. Yet, this su…

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