Jeffrey McLean
@JMcLean_UW
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Professor, Adj UW Micro. #oralmicrobiome, #microbiome #Saccharibacteria https://t.co/A9GJpvz3Hp
University of Washington
Joined September 2010
Wonder what happens when you stop brushing? #gingivitis What about the impact of #inflammation on distant healthy oral tissue sites? Now in PNAS @PNASNews. @UW_Kris #microbiome #periodontal @UWDentalSchool
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RT @ForsythResearch: AFI scientists have developed a new imaging approach that makes it possible to analyze the spatial connections between….
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Proposal of Patescibacterium danicum gen. Nov., sp. nov. in the ubiquitous ultrasmall bacterial phylum Patescibacteriota phyl. Nov
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Abstract. Candidatus Patescibacteria is a diverse bacterial phylum that is notable for members with ultrasmall cell size, reduced genomes, limited metaboli
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RT @jcamthrash: Our latest, and a tour de force by postdoc @GreenwoodBritt . Polyhydroxybutyrate production in freshwater SAR11 (LD12) http….
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SAR11 bacteria (order Pelagibacterales ) are oligotrophs and often the most abundant bacterioplankton in aquatic environments. A subset of sequenced SAR11 genomes, predominantly in the brackish and...
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RT @UW: University of Washington biochemist David Baker has won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering work designing new pro….
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RT @ITHS_UW: Learn more about the ITHS TL1 program, a one-year mentored research training program in translational science for predoctoral….
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RT @science_seattle: The vaginal microbiome can influence the risk of #HIV. In particular, an overgrowth of bacterial vaginosis (BV) raises….
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RT @EichlerLab: Check out SVbyEye: A new visualization tool to characterize structural variation among whole-genome assemblies ( https://t.c….
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RT @Hamatsa50: Very sad day today -- I learned that my Ph.D. mentor Jim Staley passed away on Thursday. He was a wonderful human being and….
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RT @ScienceBlogTwit: Mouth bacteria's bizarre cell division reshapes our understanding of dental plaque. New study reveals how these microb….
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Scientists have discovered that a prevalent bacterium in human dental plaque reproduces through an extraordinary method of cell division. This finding
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RT @alexjmeeske: The final version of our paper on anti-CRISPRs "in disguise" as Cas proteins is out today in Nature! Congrats to Mark, Edi….
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Nature - We demonstrate that phages have co-opted cas genes from CRISPR defence systems, which subsequently evolved anti-defence functions.
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RT @genome_gov: NHGRI is hiring a new director of the Division of Genome Sciences! We’re looking for an enthusiastic candidate to lead NHGR….
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RT @AmyDWillis: Slides from my #ISME19 presentation available at . Looking forward to continuing the rest of the se….
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RT @jonbakerlab: New publication is out in @MicrobiomeJ ! The next chapter of our Klebsiella story. Collaboration with @BatbilegBor @he_xu….
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Background The human oral and nasal cavities can act as reservoirs for opportunistic pathogens capable of causing acute infection. These microbes asymptomatically colonize the human oral and nasal...
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RT @jonbakerlab: Served as a Guest Editor for this Special Collection of articles on Microbiome Modulators & Oral Health in Journal of Oral….
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Explore the article collection: Microbiome Modulators and Oral Health. Published in Journal of Oral Microbiology.
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RT @jonbakerlab: New preprint:. Many studies have looked at the #bacteria of the #oral #microbiome during #caries,….
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While many studies have examined the bacterial taxa associated with dental caries, the most common chronic infectious disease globally, little is known about the caries-associated virome. In this...
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Comprehensive analysis of insertion sequences within rRNA genes of CPR bacteria and biochemical characterization of a homing endonuclease encoded by these sequences | Journal of Bacteriology
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Insertion sequences (ISs) in rRNA genes are relatively limited and infrequent in most bacterial phyla. With a comprehensive bioinformatic analysis, we show that in CPR bacteria, these ISs occur in...
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