The @dalfaculty.bsky.social returned to the bargaining table with the Dalhousie Board of Governors at 4pm ADT on Friday, September 12.

Meanwhile, the DFA held its fourth rally on the same day. The union has been locked out since August 20th.

After locking out faculty and blocking email account access for 3 weeks, Dalhousie University admin is now “providing email access to ensure an efficient return to work”.

Never mind that an agreement (contract) has not been signed nor voted on by anyone 🙃

Posturing and misinformation!
Madness.

First ever Canadian University with major professional and research programs to threaten faculty with lockout.

Dalhousie university threatens faculty with a 48 hr lockout notice during labour negotiations.
Essentially devaluing faculty contributions to the university mandate.
#dobetter
@dalhousieu.bsky.social
#KeepDalStrong

Thanks Salvador!

Functional genomics of chitin degradation by Vibrio parahaemolyticus reveals finely integrated metabolic contributions to support environmental fitness Author summary Vibrio species are key contributors to ocean carbon cycling by degrading and assimilating robust chitin polymers. These waterborne and seafood associated bacteria also infect humans lea...

Our Tn-seq paper is out in PLOS Genetics! @plos.org
We found a new Vibrio chitoporin and a key regulator of chitinolytic growth. Lots of other cool stuff too!
Great work by Oriana Robinson and @landongetz.bsky.social

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Sometimes at the bench: “slower is faster” Do it right and with controls the first time and it saves time done the road!

Health inequalities which impact the treatment of urinary tract infections Find out about this studentship opportunity on Health inequalities which impact the treatment of urinary tract infections.

PhD studentship available.

The project is VERY interdisciplinary, combing social science, biophysics and microbiology to understand inequalities of UTIs treatment and replicate them in vitro to help choose the correct antibiotic.

Pls share, home students only #AMR #MicroSky

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Gamma-Mobile-Trio systems are mobile elements rich in bacterial defensive and offensive tools Nature Microbiology - GMT-containing genomic islands in Vibrio parahaemolyticus and other diverse bacteria serve as a stockpile of immune and anti-phage defence systems, antibiotic-resistance genes...

Happy to share our work that's now online in Nature Microbiology: Gamma-Mobile-Trio systems are mobile elements rich in bacterial defensive and offensive tools.

If you're interested in Anti-phage, T6SS, Vibrio, or MGE then this is for you. 🦠

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Join us!
4 Assistant/ Associate Professor posts available at University of Warwick School of Life Sciences, 2 in Host-Pathogen interactions and 2 in Plant Sciences:
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Functional genomics of chitin degradation by Vibrio parahaemolyticus reveals finely integrated metabolic contributions to support environmental fitness https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.07.16.603657v1 Vibrio species are marine prokaryotes that inhabit diverse ecological niches, colonizing abiotic and

Functional genomics of chitin degradation by Vibrio parahaemolyticus reveals finely integrated metabolic contributions to support environmental fitness www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.07....

Assembly of a unique membrane complex in type VI secretion systems of Bacteroidota - Nature Communic... The type VI secretion system (T6SS) of Gram-negative bacteria is typically anchored to the cell envelope through a membrane complex (MC), but Bacteroidota appear to lack genes encoding canonical MC co...

My first post on Bluesky app to share the culmination of a 6+ year (!) collaboration with Eric Durand investigating the Bacteroidota T6SS membrane complex. Thanks to all co-authors www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our department is looking for a tenure-track, teaching-focused faculty member. Come and join a dynamic department!

The application deadline is January 4, 2024.

More info here - www.uoguelph.ca/facultyjobs/...

Sialoglycan binding triggers spike opening in a human coronavirus - Nature Binding of a sialoglycan-based primary receptor by the spike protein of the common cold human coronavirus HKU1 triggers conformational changes to a state that would allow binding to a second receptor ...

Our latest #virology research is now online at Nature 🎉

Using #cryoEM and MD simulations, we show how a sugar-based receptor can trigger opening of a coronavirus spike protein through an allosteric mechanism 🍬

www.nature.com/articles/s41...