How does Klebsiella pneumoniae resist #Zinc stress? Aimee Tan of the McDevitt Laboratory led a study showing the crucial role of ZntA published in Microbiology Spectrum A Doherty Institute investigation with Andrew Stephanie Neville Mark_Davies_Lab and others. bit.ly/3fhdcNU

An exciting #biometals investigation into molybdenum homeostasis and how this is disrupted by chromate in Pseudomonas aeruginosa with many unexpected findings. Great work by Eve Maunders Dalton Ngu Evelyne Deplazes and other collaborators not on Twitter. bit.ly/3wJ6Q2g

Lovely to be back at BacPath 17, hearing some great talks, getting some great ideas and soaking up some of that great Queensland sunshine.

From Australian summer to Austrian winter. Wonderful, albeit chilly, week at ABC2025 with the McDevitt Laboratory. Great to hear so many fantastic talks on ABCtransporters (especially the prokaryotic ones) and watch Christopher McDevitt give his plenary. All amongst the snow-related fun!

Looking to contribute to #AMR #research? We are recruiting several new roles to aid in delivering our CARB-X funded therapeutics project. We are looking for: Project Manager (jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/914…) Technical Officer (jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/914…) Postdoctoral roles coming soon.

What a fun introduction to the world of marine ecology at the @ace_uq Marine Ecogenomics Symposium! Fascinating talks, and after years exploring the impact of metals at the host-pathogen interface, it was great to hear about their effects on reef health.

Thrilled to kick off the new year with the publication of our study uncovering two pivotal zinc transporters in #Klebsiella metal homeostasis! Thanks to everyone from the McDevitt Laboratory and Trevor labs who made this happen. frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

How does the pathogenic #bacteria Haemophilus influenzae scavenge the crucial #biometal #manganese? New work from McDevitt Laboratory Ulrike Kappler Kobe Lab Evelyne Deplazes reveals the role of HfeA and its ABC transporter in metal scavenging and virulence. doi.org/10.1021/acsinf…

Ok this paper is bonkers and I love it biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Tiny, translucent glassfrogs increase their transparency two- to threefold while sleeping by temporarily storing red blood cells in their liver, according to a 2022 study in Science. Learn more on #WorldFrogDay: scim.ag/6ih

After an 20 hour holiday in LAX, courtesy of Crowdstrike, I made it to the MBL in Woods hole! Better late than never, I'm attending the 2024 Molecular and Cell Biology of Symbiosis course. Let the fun begin! Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL)

Swapping out the lab bench for the park bench during #MBLSYM2024 plant week! Freshest DNA I've ever extracted, complete with PCR in the car Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL)

#MBLSYM2024 is a wrap! We had a great course this year! Thank you to Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) Moore Foundation and all the awesome students and instructors. If you love symbiosis, consider joining us next year!

📣Awardees for the 2025 Thomas Davies Research Grant for Marine, Soil and Plant Biology have been announced. Congratulations to • Dr Amanda Dawson and Dr Qi Yang from CSIRO, • Dr Julian Greenwood, ourANU, • Dr Satomi Hayashi, QUT, • Dr Zeinab Khalil, Dr Eve Maunders and