Clay Fuqua

Clay Fuqua

@fuquaclay.bsky.social

Microbiologist at Indiana University. We study the convergence of surface attachment, biofilm formation, genomics and virulence in bacteria.

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Admirable Women
@admirablewomen.bsky.social

Microbiologist Dr. Rita Colwell was born #OTD in 1934. She is recognized for her study of global infectious disease spread through water sources. Her research on cholera helped save 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 lives. She was the first female director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), 1998-2004. #WomenInSTEM

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Heather Feaga
@heatherfeaga.bsky.social

Latest from the lab! Analysis of everyone’s favorite regulatory mechanism in bacteria — the RF2 programmed frameshift! Likely present in the ancestor of bacteria, use of this mechanism is influenced by stop codon usage! Big congrats to @cassidyprints.bsky.social journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

journals.asm.orgConservation and evolution of the programmed ribosomal frameshift in prfB across the bacterial domain | mBioTranslation termination is catalyzed by one of two release factors in bacteria, RF1 or RF2. It has been known for decades that RF2 levels in Escherichia coli are regulated by a programmed ribosomal frameshift within the prfB gene that encodes RF2. We ...

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Gitta Coaker
@gittacoaker.bsky.social

Interesting MS on Agrobacterium cooperation and antagonism as well as development of dual binary system that mitigates plant immune antagonism. www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

nature.comQuantitative dissection of Agrobacterium T-DNA expression in single plant cells reveals density-dependent synergy and antagonism - Nature PlantsAlamos et al. show that Agrobacterium engages in density-dependent interactions that dictate transformation efficiency and transgene expression. These findings enable a quantitative model to improve m...

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Alexandra Weisberg
@weisbergaj.bsky.social

Happy to share a new publication on a collaboration with Xindan Wang and @fuquaclay.bsky.social labs. We identified and characterized naturally occurring Agrobacterium strains with fused chromosomes. Did mobile genetic elements play a role in fusion? journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

journals.asm.orgLinear dicentric chromosomes in bacterial natural isolates reveal common constraints for replicon fusion | mBioMost bacterial genomes are monopartite with a single, circular chromosome. However, some species, like Agrobacterium tumefaciens, carry multiple chromosomes. Emergence of multipartite genomes is often...
Clay Fuqua
@fuquaclay.bsky.social

Proud of IU Micro for showing up in force at the Stand Up for Science rally yesterday (03/07) on a gray and chilly day in front of the statehouse in Indianapolis. Our pro-science, pro-research, pro-people, pro-fairness messsage was delivered loud and clear.

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John Helmann
@johnhelmann.bsky.social

A very thorough and authoritative* overview of bacterial metallostasis (metalloregulation, trafficking, metalation) from the Giedroc and Capdevila labs! *58 figures and almost 1000 references! wow! #MicroSky

Giedroc Lab@giedroclab.bsky.social

Our review on bacterial metallostasis is now online in Chemical Reviews! This collaboration by the Giedroc (@betainverse.bsky.social and @jsrocchio.bsky.social) and Capdevila labs delves into bacterial metal regulation. 🦠 #Microbiology #ChemicalReviews #BacterialMetallostasis doi.org/10.1021/acs....

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Prachee Avasthi
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• Author accepted manuscripts (peer reviewed articles) must be made available in Pubmed Central WITHOUT EMBARGO upon the official date of publication. • Policy effective date is Dec 31, 2025 (no end date).

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Elisabeth Bik
@elisabethbik.bsky.social

Infamous paper that popularized unproven COVID-19 treatment finally retracted Study on hydroxychloroquine by Didier Raoult and colleagues gets pulled on ethical and scientific grounds @cathleenogrady.bsky.social reports. www.science.org/content/arti...

science.orgInfamous paper that popularized unproven COVID-19 treatment finally retractedStudy on hydroxychloroquine by Didier Raoult and colleagues gets pulled on ethical and scientific grounds

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