James Connolly
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MRC Career Development Fellow at Newcastle University. Studying how pathogens control their genes
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Joined June 2018
I’m thrilled to share our latest work in @NatureComms led by the brilliant @curtiscottam and the first paper from his PhD. He discovered a new arabinose transporter in EHEC and found that metabolism of this sugar enhances T3SS expression
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Nature Communications - Here, Cottam et al. identify an L-arabinose transporter in Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli and show that metabolism of this dietary sugar upregulates the type 3...
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RT @curtiscottam: Our recent work is now published @NatureComms and concludes a really great project started during my PhD. In summary, we….
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Nature Communications - Cottam et al. identify distinct pathways for D-ribulose utilisation in pathogenic Escherichia coli and Citrobacter rodentium, providing mechanistic details and suggesting...
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RT @LucyICM: Very pleased to present the next pre-print from our lab #glycotime We showcase PNGaseL from Flavobacterium akiainvivens that w….
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PNGases are used by a wide range of organisms to remove N-glycan structures from proteins for use as either nutrients or in glycoprotein processing. PNGaseF is the most well-characterised enzyme of...
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RT @KevinDWhitley: Postdoc position available! . This is a 2-year post funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences. You'll be based in the C….
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RT @jrpenades: If you are interested in phage satellites, we hope you'll enjoy this. Fun collaboration with the Rocha, Seed, Bikard, and Ch….
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Nature Reviews Microbiology - In this Review, Penadés et al. explore the genetics, potential origins and life cycle of phage satellites, and they discuss the impact of these elements on the...
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Still time to apply for this PhD position with our team!.
Fully funded PhD position available to join our team! We will focus on untangling the mechanisms used by antibiotic resistant E.coli to colonise the host gut. Highly interdisciplinary project with Karrera Djoko and @BanzhafLab. Please share
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RT @Lis_Lowe: Come and do a PhD with me and @DrPaulJamesUK to find some new exciting enzymes! #glycotime .
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PhD Project - New lysins for medically and environmentally important Mycobacteriales at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Fully funded PhD position available to join our team! We will focus on untangling the mechanisms used by antibiotic resistant E.coli to colonise the host gut. Highly interdisciplinary project with Karrera Djoko and @BanzhafLab. Please share
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PhD Project - Microbial metal-head: the integrated roles of metal homeostasis in host-pathogen interaction at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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RT @BlowerLab: The lab is now up and running at New England Biolabs @NEBiolabs! I'm looking for a postdoc to study phage defence systems. I….
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RT @mbiojournal: #mBio is proud to announce that our new Editor in Chief, beginning July 1, 2025, is Dr. Marvin Whiteley! .
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ASM welcomes new Editors in Chief (EiC) for the Journal of Clinical Microbiology®, mBio®; mSystems® and mSphere®.
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RT @GiusyM1990: Love phage-bacteria interactions, anti-phage systems, and a sprinkle of evolutionary biology? There’s still time to apply a….
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RT @corrigar1: We're hiring! Two new fellowships available in AMR at the UCD School of Medicine and the Vet School.
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RT @GiusyM1990: 🚨We are hiring! A MRC-funded PDRA position to study novel anti-phage systems & their evolutionary dynamics in P. aeruginosa….
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RT @GiusyM1990: Over the moon to share some amazing news—I’ve been awarded an MRC Career Development Award to pursue my research at the Uni….
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RT @npokorzynski: OmpA controls order in the outer membrane and shares the mechanical load
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OmpA, a predominant outer membrane (OM) protein in Escherichia coli, affects virulence, adhesion, and bacterial OM integrity. However, despite more...
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RT @GraingerLab: Giving these another airing. projects on bacterial pathogens, antimicrobial resistance, and basic mechanisms. all with….
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RT @MBlokesch: Exciting times! Our latest preprint is now live 🤩!.I truly believe this is one of the most significant contributions we've m….
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Our understanding of the factors underlying the evolutionary success of different lineages of pandemic Vibrio cholerae remains incomplete. Interestingly, two unique genetic signatures define the West...
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RT @GraingerLab: PhD projects available in our lab all listed in the below link. All focus on bacterial gene regulation, in the context of….
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RT @dianagithwe: Officially Dr Githwe 👩🏾🎓🥂an incredible 4 years finished off in the most perfect way! I’m honoured to have had the most wo….
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