Abhishek Shrivastava

Happy to share that our story on the bacterial archaellum was published today in @natmicrobiol.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Congrats to the authors: @sshamphavi.bsky.social @loumollat.bsky.social @mariejoest.bsky.social Najwa Taib and @sgribaldo.bsky.social

A molecular conveyor belt-associated protein controls the rotational direction of the bacterial type 9 secretion system | mBio The type 9 secretion system (T9SS) is fundamental to bacterial gliding motility, pathogenesis, and surface colonization. Our findings reveal that the C-terminal region of the conveyor belt-associated ...

Our paper on how a conveyor belt-associated protein of T9SS-driven gliding bacteria acts as a molecular switch, reversing T9SS rotation to fine-tune movement - like a smart conveyor or biological snowmobile adapting to changing terrain is out now in @mbio.bsky.social journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Distinguishing among evolutionary and ecological processes shaping microbiome dynamics Abstract. Evolution is defined as the change in allele frequency over time as a result of either neutral processes, such as genetic drift, or as an adaptiv

Distinguishing among evolutionary and ecological processes shaping microbiome dynamics

#ISMEJournal review by Tiffany N Batarseh and @bkoskella.bsky.social

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RABiTPy: an open-source Python software for rapid, AI-powered bacterial tracking and analysis - BMC Bioinformatics Bacterial tracking is crucial for understanding the mechanisms governing motility, chemotaxis, cell division, biofilm formation, and pathogenesis. Although modern microscopy and computing have enabled...

Presenting RABiTPy, a Python package for bacterial tracking that works in a jupyter notebook format for: video/image stack import and processing, AI-based or traditional cell segmentation, cell tracking, trajectory analysis, and downstream plotting
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Synthesis of versatile neuromodulatory molecules by a gut microbial glutamate decarboxylase Biochemistry; Molecular neuroscience; Microbiology

Happy to share that a study led by @ShahLab_Enzymes and our joint PhD student Pavani Dadi, where multiple neuromodulatory compounds are reported to be produced by an evolved enzyme from the gut microbe Bacteroides fragilis is now online www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

Congratulations to our 2nd year PhD student @samsen06.bsky.social for winning a Poster Award for Innovation in Environmental Solutions @ASUBiodesign annual retreat 👏🎊🥳

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Swarming bacteria exhibit developmental phase transitions to establish scattered colonies in new regions Abstract. The collective surface motility and swarming behavior of microbes play a crucial role in the formation of polymicrobial communities, shaping ecos

Our new paper in ISME Journal reports that swarms of anaerobic bacteria isolated from the human mouth exhibit mesmerizing flower-like, wave-like, and chrysanthemum firework patterns, via developmental phase transitions, to establish scattered colonies in new region
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My PhD student, Emma Henderson, received the Howard C. Berg Award for an outstanding talk on motility by a young investigator at the BLAST meeting #proudpi #blastmeeting2025 @asuSOLS @ASUBiodesign

Motile bacterial zorbs demonstrate one of the most fascinating collective migration strategies I have ever encountered. Our lab's postdoc, Jitendra Gosai, gave an excellent talk on the sensory control of zorbs at the BLAST conference.

Emma Henderson, a 4th year PhD student from our lab gave a cool talk about a paper that we are currently writing..proud PI moment here 😊 #blastmeeting2025

The prevalence of motility-related genes within the human oral microbiota | Microbiology Spectrum The human oral microbiota has been extensively studied, and many of the isolated bacteria have genome sequences stored on the human oral microbiome database (eHOMD). Spatial distribution and polymicro...

Our work on motility genes in the human oral microbiota is now published in @JournalSpectrum. This started as an undergraduate research project of the fantastic 1st author Sofia Rocha and it motivated her to continue as a PhD student 😊
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I can definitely use some McCutcheon pizza at Biodesign 😉

Wild & weird. Defs stashing away for my #CellBio course next semester!

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Looking for a microbiology starter pack? Thanks to @souvik-uthealth.bsky.social for creating one. Please nominate yourself and add fellow microbiologists..cheers!
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