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News on the Zorya defense system: anchors to the peptidoglycan and detects membrane disruption by phage. It has a flagella-motor-like device that rotates once activated. So cool! I've been waiting for insights on Zorya since we first described it 5 years ago. Congrats Tylor&co!

Check out my latest work from Chris Waters lab with our amazing collaborators Jeremy Schroeder Freddolino Lab on how V. cholerae maintains its cyclic di-GMP levels to maintain the balance between motile and sessile forms. (1/3) biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Beautiful story Dr. Aathmaja Anandhi Rangarajan and very happy to work with Jeremy and Freddolino Lab on this (with Geoff Severin, Macy E. Pell, PhD, and Meng Hsieh co-authors from my group and Rebecca Hurto from Lyida's team). So important to not just consider biofilm formation, but also dispersal!

A Vibrio cholerae Type IV restriction system targets glucosylated 5-hydroxymethylcytosine to protect against phage infection JBacteriology Eds by Jasper and Chris Waters journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jb…

Enjoying excellent science at #MMPC2024 at the beautiful IU campus.

#newPI #LatinxAtlas We are not only Hispanics, Latinas, Latinos & Latines, but also people with intersectional identities & diverse perspectives (beyond our ancestry). We are here to support our communities! Happy #HispanicHeritageMonth #RepresentationMatters

The lab had an amazing time at Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference (MMPC) this weekend in Bloomington, Indiana! So happy to be part of such a vibrant community of microbial pathogenesis in the Midwest! And congrats to postdoc Xiaomei Ren Xiaomei Ren on her abstract award 🎉 #MMPC2024

Excited to see the new Kurzgesagt video out today on the human virome, which features some of our research and I helped read and critique the script. Check out the amazing human virome below! youtube.com/watch?v=SbvAaD…

Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacter hormaechei Uses Mucus Metabolism to Facilitate Gastrointestinal Colonization biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_micrbio

A new study from DiRita lab. Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacter hormaechei Uses Mucus Metabolism to Facilitate Gastrointestinal Colonization | bioRxiv biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

MGI researchers are teasing out the mechanisms behind how E. hormaechei grows in the gut in hopes of developing novel therapeutic strategies. Ritam Sinha Beth Ottosen Victor DiRita Dr. Stephanie Shames

Tonight I performed the Volta experiment as a rite of passage as newest professor in the Department of Microbiology at the U. of I. I also received word that one of my papers was curated into an ASM collection for its citation frequency over the last two years. What a day!

This video is incredible. Everyone should RETWEET it so the whole *world* sees it.

MGI's Beth Ottosen and Ritam Sinha have a new paper out in mBio about their new neonatal mouse model which will help better study infections in human infants. Using that model, they found evidence that E. hormaechei feeds on mucus in the intestines. tinyurl.com/5598z3w7

MGI doctoral student Alex Wessel of the Waters Lab has published new research in the ASM Journal of Bacteriology demonstrating that certain strains of cholera do not grow on TCBS agar, the go-to medium for diagnosis. Read more here: tinyurl.com/2vsx2df8

Check out my recent work from Chris Waters delineating the role of zinc in the regulation of phosphodiesterase that cleaves cyclic di-GMP in V. cholerae. Thanks to all the collaborators who have helped shape this work. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Excited to attend my first ASM microbe this year at LA. Will be presenting my postdoctoral work from @watersla on "Zinc regulation of cyclic di-GMP in V. Cholerae" in Room 408B from 3.30-3.45 on June 20th. Looking forward to seeing you all there. #asm2025

Dr. Dr. Aathmaja Anandhi Rangarajan Rangarajan, an MGI postdoc in the Chris Waters, attended her first ASM Microbe conference last week. The trip was supported by the ASM Peggy Cotter Travel Award. Read more here: tinyurl.com/rwdmcnm