Hey alpha aficionados - it's almost time for CauloCon 2026! This free, virtual meeting will feature talks from @brunlabcaulo.bsky.social @thanbichlerlab.bsky.social and @lamasonlab.bsky.social with opps for trainee talks. Register using the link below. 👇

Marie Delaby@mariedelaby.bsky.social · 6mo ago

CauloCon 2026 is coming! 🔬✨ March 3–5 (fully virtual + free). Keynotes by Yves Brun, Becky Lamason & Martin Thanbichler. Great chance for grad students & postdocs to present their work (work-in-progress welcome!). Submit an abstract by Sun Feb 8. Register + submit: www.caulocon.com

Many of you in the mycobacterial community attended the awesome inaugural 2025 Biology of Mycobacteria GRC, organized by @heran.bsky.social and myself: www.grc.org/biology-of-m.... I am writing with an update about this conference as the new chair.

A new study from the Rudner lab defines a comprehensive set of genes required for spore formation in Bacillus anthracis. Similarities and striking differences between the Bacillus subtilis model and this important human pathogen are described. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41385520/

Fer’s tour de force in B. anthracis is out! Fer got Tn-seq running, built an ordered knockout library, defined all essential sporulation genes, and found a peptidoglycan deacetylase inhibitor critical for engulfment. Including our first one-by-all Alphafold screen! journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Identification of sporulation genes in Bacillus anthracis highlights similarities and significant differences with Bacillus subtilis

How good is Bacillus subtilis as a model for the spore-forming pathogen Bacillus anthracis? Using high throughput genetics to identify B. anthracis sporulation genes and cytological analysis of the mu...

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Just got word that we are a go for the Bacterial Cell Biology and Development GRS and GRC at Southern New Hampshire University! GRS will be on June 5-6, 2027 GRC will be from June 6-11, 2027 Block off your calendars Prokaryotic Cell Biologists! More details to come! Please repost!

If you or someone you know is looking for a post-doctoral position working on mycobacterial envelope biology, please get in touch. I am recruiting here at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada.

We will have soon an Open position for a PhD thesis position to work on bacterial secretion systems ! Stay tuned !!

So proud to have trained with Lucy. She is an exceptional scientist, exceptional person, and exceptional mentor. Huge congrats and so well-deserved. laskerfoundation.org/winners/pion...

Pioneering approach to bacterial cell biology & national leadership - Lasker Foundation

Lucy Shapiro

laskerfoundation.org

Exciting news! My work with Liu Yang in the @brunlabcaulo.bsky.social, “Phenotypic plasticity in cell elongation among closely related bacterial species”, has been selected as an Editors’ Highlight in @natcomms.nature.com under Microbiology and infectious diseases! Check it out here:

👏🏻🎉🎉 @apbrogan.bsky.social

anna brogan@apbrogan.bsky.social · last yr.

Very happy to share that a large part of my thesis work is out today: B. subtilis uses the second messenger c-di-AMP to modulate its turgor pressure in response to the state of its cell envelope. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Some positive news in troubled times: New preprint by Vincent de Bakker, Xue Liu @jonbakerlab.bsky.social Infection-mimicking conditions+transcriptomics/proteomics/'essentialomics'/lipidomics shows many cool things! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Multi-omics profiling reveals atypical sugar utilization and identifies a key membrane composition regulator in Streptococcus pneumoniae

The human body comprises many different microenvironments, each with their own challenges for microorganisms to overcome in order to survive, and possibly cause infection. The human pathogen Streptoco...

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Thank you both for organising this outstanding GRS ✨

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

Just back home after a fantastic Bacterial Cell Biology and Development GRC conference. Many thanks to the organizers Pam Brown and Ethan Garner. It was fabulous to meet you all again!

Just part of the Caulo crew at BCBD GRC. We would’ve gotten all the alphaphiles but it was too many people to herd into a pic!

The GRS program is out! Looking forward to seeing everyone in a month! 🧪🔬🧬

Kilian Dekoninck@kdekoninck.bsky.social · 2y ago

🎁 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

🎁 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

Registration is OPEN for 2025 Bacterial and Archaeal Cell Biology and Development @GordonConf and GRS. This will be oversubscribed, so register ASAP. We have an amazing lineup of speakers and discussion leaders. Apply now - www.grc.org/bacterial-ce... #MicroSky