Very proud of this work!

We further expand on our first publication (another eLife) to reveal the nature of GpsB-FtsZ (unique?) interaction.

Congratulations team!
Lauren Hammond
Dipanwita Bhattacharya
Lily McKnight
Sebastian Khan

Wait for another big FtsZ-GpsB reveal in the coming days!

Excited to share our new pre-print describing a novel and seemingly clinically relevant pathway that broadly potentiates resistance of Staphylococcus aureus to compounds targeting the cell wall or cell membrane

Absolutely thrilled to receive this funding from Wellcome who recognise the significant threat S.aureus bloodstream infection poses. Immensely grateful to Ruth Massey @ucc and Mario Recker University of Exeter for making this happen #excitingtimesahead TCD TBSI

mSphere of Influence: Targeting bacterial signaling and metabolism to overcome antimicrobial resistance journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/ms…
mSphere ASM

Now recruiting: enthusiastic postdocs to use advanced imaging methods to dissect biological processes. My group at Harvard has 2 Wellcome-funded positions examining the underlying mechanisms and resultant forces driving bacterial growth, division, and antimicrobial resistance.

Rebecca Corrigan and Foster Lab Christmas 🎄 meal in Hethersage. Most exciting part of the evening was meeting cardboard cutout of David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet. (@Laia_Pasquina, Josh Sutton, Lucy Urwin, Mark Gainford, Mariana Tinajero-Trejo)
#PhD #phdchat #phdlife

PhD studentship with Pasquina-Lemonche Lab exploring the mysteries of S. pneumoniae cell wall biophysics to understand the process of cell wall maturation and remodelling using AFM imaging of dynamic samples, STORM and advanced image analysis. UK students only

findaphd.com/phds/project/u…

Thanks Molecular Microbiology Sheffield for welcoming with open arms!

👇Check out👇 this PhD fully-funded (UK) position. If you're motivated and driven, with an interest in imaging the hidden world of the nanoscale, independently of your previous science background, I'd encourage you to apply.🎉

Welcoming the newest member of our research cluster Pasquina-Lemonche Lab!
In my group we use AFM and STORM and other biophysical approaches to study the cell wall architecture of Streptococcus pneumoniae
nature.com/articles/s4158…

Fancy a #PhD focussed on DNA damage repair using the CrispR/Cas technology AND applying that to the context of Staphylococcal infections? Then please apply to my DiMeN DTP PhD project to join our lovely team with Foster Lab and Kasia Mickiewicz FindAPhD: findaphd.com/phds/projectde…

Come join a fantastic Wellcome funded collaboration at Molecular Microbiology Sheffield. We have 3 postdoc positions available working on AMR with Rebecca Corrigan Foster Lab and Jeff Green. Fun collaborations with Sheffield AFM Group, Ethan Garner in Harvard & Balance of the Microverse in Jena

jobs.ac.uk/job/DDS189/res…

It's official, I am about to start my lab working on bacterial DNA damage repair as a Wellcome Early Career Fellow CBCB Newcastle Newcastle University 🧬🦠🔬
I will soon advertise PhD and postdoc positions, please contact me to join the team if interested!

New paper out 🤓

doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2…

Beautiful new paper from the Andrew K Fenton lab, in collaboration with Rebecca Corrigan (also Molecular Microbiology Sheffield) and Sheppard Lab. Have a read to discover how Strep pneumo can begin to evolve resistance to a family of antibiotics commonly used to treat infection

pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

The roles of GpsB and DivIVA in Staphylococcus aureus growth and division ift.tt/Qbk6JdO

Congratulations to Dr Vozza⁦Emilio Vozza⁩ always a great day in the lab when the latest PhD student flies the nest! Thanks to ⁦⁦Foster Lab⁩ and ⁦Sharee Ann Basdeo⁩ for examining

🚨Excited to share my work at ⁦Kumaran Ramamurthi⁩! An NTPase evolved from defense against phages to be a positive regulator for Z ring placement. Check out our preprint for insights on how S. aureus chooses the correct cell division plane 1/2 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Fun fact: #Staphylococcus aureus divides using alternating division planes that are orthogonal to the previous one. But how? But why? Félix Ramos-León, Plastic Off the Sofa 🛋️ 🇵🇸 and collabs may have cracked this 50-y.o. mystery! #MRSA
Our preprint:
biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Our new publication on the role of GpsB in cell shape determination in S. aureus is out now! Congratulations Josh Sutton and everyone involved!

frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

More amazing funding news. Pasquina-Lemonche Lab has been awarded a @WellcomeTrust Early-Career Award to decipher the cell wall architecture and growth dynamics of Streptococcus pneumoniae at molecular resolution using #AFM and #STORM . Congratulations Laia and welcome to our cluster!