Lisa-Marie Nisbett

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BBM2026 will be held from June 22nd - 23rd at Boston University’s George Sherman Union. Our featured speaker this year is Dr. Eric Skaar from Vanderbilt University!

Registration opens soon!

More info at: bostonbacterial.org

#BBM2026

Prevalence and mechanisms of high-level carbapenem antibiotic tolerance in clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae Author summary Bacteria can survive exposure to antibiotics by constantly repairing cellular damage induced by the drug. This “antibiotic tolerance” enables diverse bacteria to survive long enough to ...

First paper of my PhD @doerrlab.bsky.social is up! We characterized meropenem tolerance in Enterobacterales species, and then further dissected tolerance mechanisms in Klebsiella pneumoniae. journals.plos.org/plospathogen...

Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) | Biofilm Research Center | Binghamton University

Summer REU in biofilms! Pls share.
www.binghamton.edu/centers/biof...

Pls share: Hofstra University is looking for a Tenure-Track Microbiologists!
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We are seeking a microbiologist with a research focus on a non-pathogenic bacterial model system.
hofstra.peopleadmin.com/postings/6542

Call for Papers: Nontuberculous Mycobacterial (NTM) Pathogens─Biology, Infection, and Drug Discovery

Announcing a call for a special issue on Nontuberculous Mycobacterial (NTM) Pathogens, led by our guest editors Sidharth Chopra, Arunava Dasgupta and @lkremer1.bsky.social! Accepting manuscripts on various themes.
Deadline - March 30, 2026.
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Link - pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

A remind to submit to The Pseudomonads Collection at JB! We will be accepting papers until the end of October for this collection. learn more here!
journals.asm.org/journal/jb/p...
@asm.org #JBacteriology

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Looking to boost your professional skills? This September, whether you're in community college, undergrad, postbac, grad school or a postdoc, ASM's free webinar series has something for you! Explore sessions by educational/career stage and register today: asm.social/2zt

Conservation of sporulation genes and a transmembrane-containing Spo0B variant in Paenibacillus Sporulation is a strategy employed by many bacteria to survive harsh environmental conditions. The genus Paenibacillus includes spore-forming species notorious for spoiling pasteurized dairy products ...

Here we show that >90% of Paenibacillus encode a unique Spo0B with a transmembrane domain! TM domain helps it interact with its phosphorelay partners. Congrats to @isabellalin.bsky.social who left for grad school this week and her mentor @cassidyprints.bsky.social! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Congratulations! So excited for you!

Time for Episode 95 of #MattersMicrobial! This time, Dr. Tory Hendry of Cornell University joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss aphids, symbiosis, and fluorescent bacteria. Please spread the #GoodMicrobialWord? microbe.tv

youtu.be/i9xoWApANNM?...

First podcast recording of the day. Guest is Dr. Tory Hendry of Cornell University, chatting about interactions between fluorescent Pseudomonas and aphids!

Many thanks to our awesome guest speakers and student organizers for a fantastic CBI symposium at Cornell yesterday!

YebC2 resolves ribosome stalling and increases fitness of cells lacking EF-P and the ABCF ATPase YfmR Author summary Polyproline motifs are essential structural features of many proteins but are difficult for the ribosome to synthesize. EF-P reduces ribosome pausing at polyproline motifs. Here, we sho...

Latest work from the lab - we identify a translation factor, YebC2, that reduces ribosome stalling in B. subtilis!

Congrats to co-first authors: grad students Hye-Rim Hong & Cassidy Prince & undergrad Dennis Wu @denniswu02.bsky.social

journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...

Please go chat with @yushuchen.bsky.social at the Biology of Mycobacteria GRC if you haven't, or missed his Mon poster! Also, Ruby Hao SUN is presenting another interesting poster on Thu! #MicroSky #Mycobacteria #GRCMyco2025

Two ERC-funded postdoc positions available in the team - one here and second to follow - please repost! jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...

Very excited about this work from graduate student Laura Chacon Machado now published in Mobile DNA, "A family of Tn7-like transposons evolved to target CRISPR repeats"! #TESky

Come join our faculty! We’re hiring.

A mutation in RNA polymerase imparts resistance to β-lactams by preventing dysregulation of amino acid and nucleotide metabolism Patel and Helmann identify metabolic pathways that are dysregulated in RNAP mutant strains with altered β-lactam sensitivity. Genetic and physiological studies demonstrate that BCAA and Pyr synthesis ...

Excited to share! @yeshapatel.bsky.social and I report...

Mutations in RNAP confer antibiotic resistance via transcriptome remodeling.
Repression of branched chain amino acid and Pyr pathways increases β-lactam resistance in B. subtilis.

#MicroSky #AMR #antibiotics
www.cell.com/cell-reports...

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BBM 2025 will be held on June 9-10th at the Harvard Science Center feat. the one and only Dr. Petra Levin as keynote! We can't wait to see you there.

Registration and scholarship applications open next week.

I have a wonderful scientist in my lab who is looking to move to Europe. Is anyone looking for a staff scientist? She has a PhD. She is particularly in her element doing field work. Great skills with rodents and very open to non-rodent positions as well.

Please send leads, please amplify!

Laboratory Technician III To set up and conduct a variety of laboratory tests and experiments by applying established methods, procedures, and techniques in support of research studies directed at understanding bacterial biofi...

I am looking for a research associate - a recent college grad with BS or equivalent. Apply online!
searchjobs.dartmouth.edu/postings/77394

Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) | Biofilm Research Center | Binghamton University

See the URL below for a great summer 2025 REU opportunity at Binghamton University in biofilm research. Let your biofilm-interested undergraduates know! www.binghamton.edu/centers/biof...