@WYuLab

Assistant Prof at University of South Florida, Mom, study staphylococcal biology and pathogenesis, staph cell envelope Views are my own

 Tampa, FL
wyulab.org
Joined January 2019
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sebasm.org/so/7cP1l3i9k?lang… Are you a microbiologist in Florida, Georgia or Alabama? Join us for the annual meeting of the South Eastern branch of the ASM. September 6th-8th in Tampa FL. Follow the link for details!
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So excited to announce our new method for multiplexed RNA imaging in bacterial cells: bacterial-MERFISH! A huge congratulations to the team of @AriSarfatis, Yuanyou Wang, and Nana Twumasi-Ankrah! Check out the following thread or our bioRxiv (biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…) 1/12
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1/ Registration now open for the 22nd International Meeting on Bacilli & Gram-positive Bacteria! grampositivebloomington.iu.e…
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The latest preprint from the lab is up. Here we asked how the cell responds when pilus biogenesis goes off the rails in E. faecalis. 😱 Come for the chaperone/protease action, stay for the WEIRD morphologies & two component system induction. 👇
bioRxiv Microbiology@biorxiv_micrbio21 Nov 2023
The HtrA chaperone monitors sortase-assembled pilus biogenesis in Enterococcus faecalis biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_micrbio
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We just updated our large database of PhD fellowships. For each of the 190 entries, we provide description of the fellowship, link, amount, deadline, and eligibility criteria (e.g. citizenship). Downlonad this database here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding…
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Looking forward to great talks by excellent distinguished speakers: Fred Bäckhed @BackhedLab, Michael Fischbach @mfgrp, Ruth Ley @RuthLeyMicro, Lisa Maier @lab_maier, Eric Pamer @EricPamer, Emma Slack @Slack1Emma, Victor Torres @TorresVJ_Lab, Nadine Ziemert @NadineZiemert.....
Andreas Peschel@AndreasPeschel112 Jan 2023
Join us in October in #Tübingen, for the 3rd International @CoE_CMFI Conference "Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections".
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Those interested in #Staphylococcus, quite the virtual meeting lineup! Including us! unitedscientificgroup.com/co… among others! @KielianLab @proftracypalmer @ArcherLab @TheOlsonLab @AnaelleFait @SMalhotraKumar @WYuLab @Prince_Lab @SakoulasGeorge
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Talk submission deadline in two days! We have funds for young and underrepresented scientists. @merrikh_houra @PinhoLab @CRodriguesLab @RamamurthiLab @HenrikStrahl @S_vanTeeffelen @ElitzaTocheva @xindanwang @AWilliamslab @WYuLab @heathmurraylab
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Our latest review from the great Dr Severn ⁦@Mac_brown01⁩ Staphylococcus epidermidis and its dual lifestyle in skin health and infection | Nature Reviews Microbiology nature.com/articles/s41579-0…
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Excited to share our latest work on polymicrobial wound infections, led by @wjunj, now out in @plospathogens: journals.plos.org/plospathog… #WhatNoEnterococcus

Escherichia coli BarA-UvrY regulates the pks island and kills Staphylococci via the genotoxin...

Author summary Wound infections are often polymicrobial in nature and are associated with poor disease prognoses. Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus are among the top five most cultured...

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6/ #TopProtocols2021 🏅 Tracking the subcellular localization of surface proteins in #Staphylococcus aureus by #immunofluorescence microscopy bit.ly/3vw3m3z By @WYuLab and colleagues
a series of immunofluorescence microscopy protocols designed to detect the stepwise subcellular localization of the surface protein precursors: surface display (protocol A), cross-wall localization (protocol B), and cytoplasmic/septal membrane localization (protocol C).

ALT a series of immunofluorescence microscopy protocols designed to detect the stepwise subcellular localization of the surface protein precursors: surface display (protocol A), cross-wall localization (protocol B), and cytoplasmic/septal membrane localization (protocol C).

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Please RT Save the date! ClostPath 13 (#ClostPath) will be held September 19 - 23, 2023 at @banffcentre in Banff, Alberta Canada. We have an exciting lineup of speakers! Keep an eye on the event website for details: event.fourwaves.com/clostpat…
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Wenqi Yu retweeted
Tammy Kielian@KielianLab2 May 2022
Please check out this postdoc position available in our laboratory. RTs appreciated!!
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@jobRxiv29 Apr 2022
POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN IMMUNOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE with @KielianLab University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA jobrxiv.org/job/university-o… #ScienceJobs @UNMC_PathMicro

POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN IMMUNOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Post a job in 3min, or find thousands of job offers like this one at jobRxiv!

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Happy to announce that we are accepting abstracts for the Strep GRC on Aug 14-19, 2022. grc.org/streptococcal-biolog… Apply now- we will choose remaining talks from abstracts this month! @Grampospath @MichaelFederle @JWVeening
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New work form the lab by Dr. @xuhui_zheng published today in @ASMicrobiology. The Major Autolysin Atl Regulates the Virulence of Staphylococcus aureus by Controlling the Sorting of LukAB | Infection and Immunity journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128…

The Major Autolysin Atl Regulates the Virulence of Staphylococcus aureus by Controlling the Sorting...

Infections caused by the Gram-positive bacterium Staphylococcus aureus remain a significant health threat globally. The production of bicomponent pore-forming leukocidins plays an important role in...

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PhD students nearing graduation: #postdoc position available in our lab. We offer: -Collegial, diverse colleagues -Washington, DC area -Competitive salary -Scientific resources galore -Fun projects (or propose your own) Interested? ccr.cancer.gov/staff-directo…

Kumaran S. Ramamurthi, Ph.D.

Dr. Ramamurthi’s laboratory studies how proteins localize during cell division and cell differentiation to understand how these processes can go awry during disease. His lab also designs synthetic...

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Are you interested in S. aureus? What about toxins and neutrophils? Perhaps how proteins are sorted through the cell-envelope? If you are, we are happy to share the work of Dr. Zheng @xuhui_zheng, which is out today @NatureComms nature.com/articles/s41467-0… rdcu.be/cz54F
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We have an open postdoc position! This project is an exciting collaboration with Pete Dedon (amr.smart.mit.edu/) to study post-transcriptional regulation & Enterococcal pathogenesis. Job posting 👇🏼. Informal queries via email welcome! Plz retweet. mycareersfuture.gov.sg/job/s…

Welcome to SMART Anti Microbial Resistance Interdisciplinary Research Group

The SMART AMR IG is a Singapore-MIT initiative creating solutions to address antimicrobial resistance. We're a translational research and entrepreneurship program that tackles the growing threat of...

amr.smart.mit.edu
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Interested in earning a PhD answering awesome questions at the intersection of bacterial physiology and pathogenesis? We are looking to recruit a doctoral student to the lab. Contact me for details! Please RT! @ASMicrobiology @GUBiology – at Washington, DC
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Wenqi Yu retweeted
KCRiceUF@KCRiceUF21 Jul 2021
Thankful to all the great colleagues who contributed chapters to this book, including @BoseMicroLab @CassatLab @ShawLabUSF @NealHammer1 @CarrollMicroLab @Horswill_Lab @TheOlsonLab springer.com/us/book/9781071…

Staphylococcus aureus

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