New in JB: Zhan, Du et al. provide evidence that in the elongasome, MreC alternates between an active and an inactive state and interacts with PBP2 and RodZ, indicating a key regulatory role for RodZ. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... @asm.org #JBacteriol @microsky.bsky.social

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Happy to share our paper’s final version in Nature Communications! 🥳 Using, among other techniques, a genetic screen, cryo-EM of BepA-BAM complex, and engineered disulfide bonds, we show how a molecular “harpoon” activates and localizes BepA at the outer membrane. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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📚🦠 J'ai une petite passion pour les bactéries, mais surtout j’adore faire de la recherche fondamentale ! Pour partager cette joie avec le grand public francophone, j’ai écrit un court ouvrage qui sort aujourd’hui : Mille milliards de vies invisibles, édité par @premierparallele.bsky.social !

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Some personal news! After 14 fantastic years at the University of Sheffield, I will be taking up a new role as a professor in @warwicklifesci.bsky.social early in the new year. I'm really excited to get to know more of the brilliant scientists in Warwick and to grow our research in a new home

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Friends don't let friends draw conclusions about knock-outs without complementation

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