Tomorrow is the last day to submit an abstract for @keystonesymposia.bsky.social meeting Beyond Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies Combating Bacterial Infections.

It is going to be an amazing meeting and we have a few slots left!
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A teichoic acid-like wall modification associated with immune suppression is socially regulated in Streptococcus pyogenes | mBio journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

"Research is often described as ‘basic’, but there is nothing basic about it. The links between discovery-based research and downstream applications aren’t always clear at the outset. Although a translational output may require years to achieve"

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Planetary microbiome structure and generalist-driven gene flow across disparate habitats A planetary-scale analysis of over 85,000 metagenomes establishes a framework for exploring the structure and drivers of global microbial habitats, revealing that generalist species bridge ecological boundaries to mediate gene flow across disparate habitats, including the dissemination of antimicrobial resistance.

Planetary microbiome structure and generalist-driven gene flow across disparate habitats: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Frontiers | First genome sequence and functional profiling of Psychrobacter SC65A.3 preserved in 5,000-year-old cave ice: insights into ancient resistome, antimicrobial potential, and enzymatic activi... IntroductionAncient cryospheric environments may preserve overlooked reservoirs of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and bioactive potential. This study reports...

Genome sequence of a 5,000 year old bacterium (Psychrobacter) from cave ice contains more than 100 genes associated with antimicrobial resistance 😳

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My first self-made Sorbian egg got a special design. Phagetastic Easter everyone!

Polygenic, cell-envelope adaptations drive high-frequency daptomycin resistance in Staphylococcus capitis NRCS-A from neonatal sepsis and NEC | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy The increasing incidence of bloodstream infections caused by multi-resistant bacteria presents a major global health burden, complicating the treatment of patients facing sepsis and resulting in incre...

The NRCS-A clone of Staph. capitis is a major cause of neonatal sepsis. Worryingly, isolates are often daptomycin-resistant! Glad to contribute to Chris Slavetinsky's study! @cmfi.bsky.social @dzif.bsky.social

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The anatomy and molecular inventory of Staphylococcus aureus abscesses Staphylococcus aureus is an opportunistic pathogen that infects practically every body site despite differences in nutritional environment, immune milieu, and mode of inoculation. S. aureus abscesses are pathophysiological structures wherein host-derived extracellular matrix and immune cells form layers surrounding a S. aureus colony. Staphylococcal abscess communities seed staphylococcal abscesses, which are associated with worse S. aureus infection outcomes. Abscesses are also an example of the host–S. aureus interface, wherein host and pathogen adaptations define the spatial and temporal features of pathogenesis as well as the outcomes of infection. This review discusses recent discoveries in abscess formation made across organ systems and highlights findings involving host and pathogen determinants of abscess formation that improve our understanding of S. aureus pathogenesis.

The anatomy and molecular inventory of Staphylococcus aureus abscesses

Researchers, clinicians, and trainees from around the world will come together to share the latest discoveries in:

• Staphylococcus biology

• Pathogenesis and host interactions

• Epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance

• Diagnostics, prevention, and treatment

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Global Staphylococcus research community is heading to the Canadian Rockies!

Join the 20th International Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections
📅 September 20–24, 2026

📍 Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Canada

#ISSSI2026
#Staphylococcus

Congratulations Tami! Hope to meet you in La Granja

(bacterial) chromosome segregationists take note 👇

membrane-anchoring of the 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘊 region to ensure proper daughter chromosome segregation after replication initiation – proposed decades ago but never substantiated... 👉now shown for 𝘚. 𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘴 by mariana pinho's lab

Grafik mit goldenem, geschwungenem Weg und Bäumen, Text: „Excellent – today and in the future. University of Excellence 2027–2033“.

Grafik mit Text vor grünem Hintergrund: Fünf Ziele in der neuen Förderphase Die in der vergangenen Förderphase begonnenen Projekte werden fortgeführt beziehungsweise weiterentwickelt. Dabei wird die Universität Tübingen mit den Mitteln aus der künftigen Exzellenzförderung fünf Ziele verfolgen: Exzellenz in Forschung und Lehre Aufbau eines integrativen und kooperativen Universitätsumfelds Flexibilität und Anpassungsfähigkeit in einer sich schnell verändernden Welt Globales Bewusstsein und internationale Vernetzung Gesellschaftliches Engagement, Innovation und Ko-Kreation

Logowand: Exzellenzstrategie, Wissenschaftsrat, DFG sowie Förderhinweis mit Logos von Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt und Baden-Württembergischem Wissenschaftsministerium.

Die Universität Tübingen bleibt Exzellenzuniversität! 🎉 Dies hat eine Kommission aus Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern sowie Vertreterinnen und Vertretern von Bund und Ländern am Abend bekannt gegeben: 👉 uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet/… #ExStra #Forschung #UniTübingen #Exzellenzstrategie

Our recent work is now available in bioRXIV!

Our work on understanding how Staphylococcus aureus mode of cell division contributes to pathogenesis is now available in bioRxiv

Congrats Xin, have a good start at Fudan!

Cool new study in Nat Comm by Amanda Dugan, Deepsing Syangtan, et al that identifies INTELECTIN-2 as a broad-spectrum antimicrobial operating right at mucosal surfaces

INTELECTIN-2 not only senses microbes, it actively shapes which microbes gets to stay

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@natcomms.nature.com

Lovely work driven by Lizzie Ledger in the group: a new but druggable mechanism by which Staphs produce biofilm using components of human serum. First polysaccharides, then protein, then eDNA, now lipids too!

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Amazing resolution of this beautiful mechanism!
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@cmfi.bsky.social continues its international conference series: come to Tübingen in 2027!

Collagen binding adhesin restricts Staphylococcus aureus skin infection - Nature Communications Staphylococcus aureus is able to evade host immune responses by expressing surface adhesins, like collagen binding adhesin (Cna). Here, the authors report the role of Cna during S. aureus skin infecti...

Cool new study suggesting that some Staphs use collagen binding to evade immunity on the skin, with a substantial trade-off in terms of bacterial load and disease severity. Congrats to the authors! #microsky

Skin androgens affect virulence of Staphylococcus aureus Nature Microbiology, Published online: 27 February 2026; doi:10.1038/s41564-026-02281-ySex-specific differences in susceptibility to skin infections with Staphylococcus aureus are well described. Testosterone now emerges as a direct modulator of the accessory gene regulator quorum sensing system, increasing S. aureus virulence, which both explains sex-specific differences and informs treatment strategies.

Out Now! Skin androgens affect virulence of Staphylococcus aureus #MicroSky

One of my favorite papers of past few years!

Bacterial defense systems and host ecology drive the evolution of intra-species lineages Staphylococcus aureus lineages vary widely in the frequency of gene exchange and the diversity of genome content. Gorzynski and Harling-Lee et al. show that both host ecology and the horizontal acquis...

Great work by Jamie Gorzynski and Josh-Harling-Lee from the group providing insights into the evolutionary origins of bacterial lineages. A collaboration with @jrpenades.bsky.social @wfigueroac3.bsky.social. #Staph Cell Reports www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Bacterial metabolic remodeling by convergent evolution unlocks nutrient availability after a host switch Staphylococcus aureus has undergone metabolic remodeling to adapt to the dairy niche.

Insights into how #Staph aureus adapts to the bovine host by unlocking nutrients from the dairy niche. Great work by Amy Pickering, Jamie Gorzynski and others in the group. Bacterial metabolic remodeling by convergent evolution after a host switch.|Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Bacterial metabolic remodeling by convergent evolution unlocks nutrient availability after a host switch Staphylococcus aureus has undergone metabolic remodeling to adapt to the dairy niche.

Cool new paper from Amy Pickering in Edinburgh comparing phenotypes in Staph between host species, highlighting a key role for proteolysis and peptide utilisation in bovine mastitis. Great work!

Staphylococcus species infected by a bacteriophage with a tail that is both curved and contractile | mBio Past work has seen over-representation of Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates in genome and biology studies on staphylococci. Here, we show by a selective plating analysis of municipal wastewater ...

🫴 Staphylococcus species infected by a bacteriophage with a tail that is both curved and contractile:

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Thrilled to share this study tracking Staph aureus carriage and transmission across the NICU using genomics! Work done w @pjplanet.bsky.social & @ahmedmicrobes.bsky.social and made possible by @centermicrobialmed.bsky.social.

Study co-led by the amazing @qianxuan.bsky.social & Lakshmi Srinivasan!

Super cool story from Sam Fenn. He developed a wound model where s. aureus & p. aerunginosa & c. albicans fight it out shows that copper is central to the outcome where Candida and pseudomonas take copper from human tissue to gang up on staph!

But staph being staph is as always one step ahead….

Open PhD position
Institute of Medical Microbiology, Lübeck, Germany.

I will be leading a new research group at UKSH Lübeck and we have an open PhD position starting April 2026.

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