Andrew Krusenstjerna
@ackrusen
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Chicano | Microbiologist | Ph.D. with @BStevensonLab | Postdoc with @GoleyLab | Appreciating the little things in life | Views are my own 🧫🇲🇽🏳️🌈(He/Him)
Baltimore, MD
Joined August 2012
.@PRSecor’s Laboratory (@montanastate) is hiring a Postdoc Researcher to study interactions between #phages, #bacteria, and the immune system in relation to #Lymedisease, using tick-mouse models, microbial genetics, genomics, and RNA-seq approaches. https://t.co/ag0O87nNai
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AlphaFold can predict protein, DNA, or RNA complexes.. BUT is it easy to determine the reliable interactions?🤔 ➡️ AlphaBridge will identify the most confident interactions, making your analysis easier! 🌐Try it here: https://t.co/VoUvfdDruD 👀Read more: https://t.co/wfEK74sSpo
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🚨Identify confident Protein-Protein/DNA/RNA Interfaces!! 🔧Our tool highlight the most reliable interaction sites, converting AlphaFold3 predictions into intuitive 3D models and clear diagrams 🤔How many interfaces will your prediction show? 📢Try it and share your feedback!
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Staphylococcus aureus responds to the host environment by synthesizing a thick peptidoglycan cell wall. What proteins are required for this response? Research in #AACJournal suggests the penicillin-binding protein PBP4 plays a crucial role. Learn more: https://t.co/x6wOzhqEWY
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EF-hand calcium sensor was found to control calcium-dependent iron uptake and self-lysis in human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. #mBio
https://t.co/8OClWYCWkD
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Free scientific illustrations for biologists! 😍 @NIH has released a library of 500+ free scientific illustrations to create figures, presentations, and illustrations! all freely available in the public domain. Retweet and spread the message! https://t.co/p1bD1kxO7H
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@felixrl_ took on a ~50-yr-old mystery in #Staph aureus cell biology and came out on top! Check out his paper on how #Staphylococcus aureus chooses its cell division plane, how it forms clusters, and why all this matters during infection... https://t.co/LOURgaVJEP
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Watch how BAM and SurA fold proteins! Our cryoEM structures brought to life in this awesome animation by @phospho! Read about it in our paper published last month https://t.co/TcZ9vS0bmc
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PlasmidScope: a comprehensive plasmid database with rich annotations and online analytical tools | Nucleic Acids Research | Oxford Academic
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Abstract. Plasmids are extrachromosomal genetic molecules that replicate independent of chromosomes in bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotic organisms. They co
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Out today in @NAR_Open from @cees_dekker lab!! *DNA supercoiling enhances DNA condensation by ParB proteins* https://t.co/ocwibQGRp9 Together with @Aless322 (and @Gruber_Lausanne ) we show the interaction between partition complex proteins (ParB) and supercoiled DNA!
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A flagellar accessory protein links chemotaxis to surface sensing - @JBacteriology by @RachelSalemi et al https://t.co/dfVEVdByAc
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🫴Bacteria re-purpose proteins involved in basic processes of life to control their ability to cause disease: 👇 #PLOSPathogens:
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Author summary This study reveals an unexpected role for a metabolic regulatory protein in the attaching and effacing family of pathogenic Gram-negatives. The transcription factor PdhR normally...
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The Escherichia coli replication initiator DnaA is titrated on the chromosome
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DNA replication initiation is orchestrated in many prokaryotes by the replication initiator DnaA. Two models for regulation of DnaA activity in Escherichia coli have been proposed: the switch between...
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MreC-MreD structure reveals a multifaceted interface that controls MreC conformation https://t.co/Opzx2wTEcz
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#Pseudomonas #protein PlzR regulators type IV #pili assembly in a c-di-GMP manner by PilZ/B #interaction. Check our #publication in @NatureComms
https://t.co/KhcTGSDv3U
#microbiology #motility #bacteria #AMR #molecular #biology
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Two temperature-responsive RNAs act in concert: The small RNA CyaR and the mRNA ompX https://t.co/nZPgHpJZhA
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Doing good science is 90% finding a science buddy to constantly talk to about the project.
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