Jutras Lab

Kristin Rose Jutras 38m Devastated to share that my husband, @jutraslab.bsky.social, passed away. People are writing fake obituaries online/sharing on social media that Brandon died of Lyme disease. This is not true and is an affront to everything Brandon stood for as a scientist: the truth.

Four different seminar requests in one day, WTF? 😳 There must be some kind of seminar date vortex centered around Hemingway’s bday…

Membrane binding controls the ATPase cycle and localization of MinD in <i>Bacillus subtilis</i>

We're hiring an enthusiastic and ambitious technician to unravel the mysteries of spirochetes (#Lyme #syphilis). Come be a part of a wonderful team and working enviro in beautiful Chicago! Looking for training micro, molec, cell, or glycobiology of pathogens?👇 myhr.northwestern.edu/psp/hrnu/EMP...

Interested in joining our group in Oxford? We are looking for a PDRA with single particle Cryo-EM experience to help us figure out how sphingolipids are transported to the cell surface of Gram-negative bacteria. The deadline is 31st July. Informal enquires are welcome. Please share!

Great to see this out, congrats!

Happy 159th Canada Day to all my fellow Canucks out there! 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 May your papers be reviewed rapidly, your grants received favorably, and your science continue to motivate and inspire all nations; wherever it takes place 💪

The Dillard Lab is looking to hire a research technician to study the mechanisms by which Neisseria gonorrhoeae damages human Fallopian tubes during pelvic inflammatory disease. Lab website: www.dillardlab.mmi.wisc.edu View the job posting: shorturl.at/YO2sE

Canada! 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦

💯 correct. Studied these gals for a while and those two variables are 90% of their existence, including fecundity.

A multilayered cell envelope of a member of the Chloroflexota offers an anchoring platform for the archaellum #microbiology #archaea #bacteria #MicroSky doi.org/10.3389/fmic...

Highly recommend npj antimicrobials and resistance! It was an excellent experience and a transparent process. The future is bright! Well done 👏

How did complex cells emerge? In this groundbreaking paper, @tonigabaldon.bsky.social & co show that eukaryotes arose through multiple waves of ancient genetic exchange involving diverse bacteria (& giant viruses!) revealing a far more complex origin than we imagined. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Honored to have many projects and members of the lab’s research highlighted in the most recent issue of NU magazine @feinberg.northwestern.edu. Check out how folks in our lab are tackling the many challenges associated with Lyme disease! #microsky magazine.northwestern.edu/discovery/ne...

Sub-cellular chemical mapping using correlated cryogenic electron and mass spectrometry imaging online @natmethods.nature.com, led by Hannah Ochner, collaboration with @catfranco.bsky.social and @kiranrpatil.bsky.social labs doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Good story from Stephanie Lee at the Chronicle of Higher Education on dealing with funding uncertainty with very highly rated grant proposals. www.chronicle.com/article/they... 1/2

Congrats to Julia Van Riel—current research technician in the lab—for her hard work, dedication, AND admissions into the MD/PhD program at Case Western! 🎉 You’re lucky @casewestern.bsky.social! Her smile this morning was a reminder of why I do this 🥹 B on the lookout for new search info to share

Bravo Rock lab! 🎸

We are hiring! Focus is on colleagues interested in protein homeostasis and human disease. Priority reviewing starts mid-June and will continue on a rolling basis. Here is the ad, hit me up if you have questions! careers.umass.edu/jobs/assista...

The start of a new tradition-day game at Wrigley for our spring lab outing! Thanks @cubsbot.bsky.social for putting on a show 💪

A direct, urine-based test to diagnose acute Lyme disease using actively secreted peptidoglycan as a biomarker https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.05.26352475v1

📜The final version of our paper on eCIS firing is out: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Congrats to @xujwet.bsky.social @chipericson.bsky.social #cryoEM #CIS

Finally published. Many thanks to a wonderful collaborative team and scientific platforms!!! And thanks to editors and reviewers for enthusiasm and a great review. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

‘Ass-Dean’! 😁 Congratulations, this is awesome

Congrats Erin, super exciting for you and your amazing team 🎉

After 7 yrs in the books, the lab turns 8 today! So thankful and proud of all the fabulous trainees who have gone to fantastic positions in industry and academia, including one that will open the doors to their own lab in the fall.

#Taiwan reports third incidence of #SFTS #tick-borne #disease ... | #thrombocytopenia | #virus | #bunyavirus | #infections | #publichealth | #Asia | Via taipeitimes .com

Today was an inspirational reminder of why I love biology, physics, & the scientist that do both so well. Thanks so much to friend and colleague @fleshball.bsky.social for sharing and potentially changing how biomed folks think about bacteria. Exhausted, & yet don’t recall feeling more invigorated 💪

@felixrl.bsky.social reported that PcdA mediates orthogonal cell division in #Staphylococcus aureus: www.nature.com/articles/s41.... But what’s the point? Well, forming staphylococcal abscess communities to evade host immune responses requires this mode of division: www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

We are excited to be recruiting into 3 Associate Professorship's in @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social. Come join us as a colleague and benefit from our vibrant and multidisciplinary environment. Reach out to me if you have any questions. Please repost! (tinyurl.com/48deybuu) (tinyurl.com/4pdvjaft).

70+ degrees in Chicago yesterday. Came out of a restaurant tonight after a thunderstorm—40 degrees and quarter-sized hail!

Pls re-post: My department @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social are recruiting for several new faculty positions (links below). Broad search in molecular biology/biochemistry, across prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Interested in understanding life at the molecular level, this job might be for you! 1/n

MS/MS scan range can be an afterthought that doesn't receive attention in method design, but improper settings can affect experimental outcomes. This is especially true in glycoproteomics. A #glycotime thread about a new #JASMS paper on this idea from @riley-research.bsky.social 1/10

New research from @jutraslab.bsky.social supported by #BAL highlights mechanism behind #Lymearthritis and points toward new treatment approaches. Learn more ⤵️ #LymeDisease #TickBorneDiseaseResearch

Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Baker Mayfield, Saquon Barkley. All exceptional, immediately, or in time. But, Sam Donald was drafted early in that class and was largely considered a bust. Maturity, patience, and perseverance drove Sam. Don’t love the Seahawks, but love the grit and determination. 👍 Sam!

Hey alpha aficionados - it's almost time for CauloCon 2026! This free, virtual meeting will feature talks from @brunlabcaulo.bsky.social @thanbichlerlab.bsky.social and @lamasonlab.bsky.social with opps for trainee talks. Register using the link below. 👇

It’s batshit that study sections that didn’t meet in Nov (that were originally supposed to meet after gov re-opened anyway) were postponed 2+ months. It’s flat out stupid to reschedule them for 2 days AFTER the CR was set to expire! Did they seriously think ‘nah, couldn’t happen again?!?!?’ 😡🤬😡

Pure malarkey that NIH director Jay’s first action item was to make all science open access then publishes his NIAID vision behind a paywall 🤣😆🤣 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

It’s more than comical that this article is behind a paywall, despite the new NIH guidelines

We are hiring! If you are a hardcore single molecule biophysicist specializing in fluorescence imaging, check it out here: apply.interfolio.com/179992

Many thanks to @natmed.nature.com for highlighting some of our recent work on Lyme disease in their 'news' section. Important and timely piece 👇 #MicroSky www.nature.com/articles/d41...

New article highlighting a few of the advances in Lyme disease research. Shout out to @jutraslab.bsky.social for their work! A lot of good research is happening in Lyme - excited for 2026! www.nature.com/articles/d41...