John Boyce
@jdbbirder
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Prof of Microbiology, birdwatcher, stargazer and general nature lover.
Joined July 2014
Just a call out to microbiology researchers, especially those with an interest in one health bacterial pathogenesis, that early bird registration for MedVetPathogens2025 conference in Prato, Italy (May 26-29) closes 3rd March. See
medvetpathogens2025.org
The 7th MedVetPathogens Conference was held 26-29th May, 2025 at The Prato Centre in Italy. The MedVetPathogens series of conferences attracts an international audience of scientists and veterinari...
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Excited to highlight our new work in #mbio showing how an A. baumannii type VI secretion system effector functions and is delivered. Awesome work by @Vali_Bez , Brooke Hayes @Cescagillett , Amy Wright @davidroper2 @DrSheenaMcGowan and Marina Harper
journals.asm.org
We have shown that the Acinetobacter baumannii T6SS effector Tae17 is a modular, bifunctional, peptidoglycan-degrading enzyme that has both lytic transglycosylase and amidase activities. Both...
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Excited to share our new work, led by Brooke Hayes and Marina Harper and with @DrSheenaMcGowan as senior author, on Type VI secretion system Rhs effector and delivery mechanisms now finally out today in Nat. Commun.
nature.com
Nature Communications - The study reveals the Acinetobacter baumannii T6SS Rhs effector, Tse15, uses its clade domain as an internal chaperone to facilitate toxin delivery and the Rhs cage is not...
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Our new work on delivery determinants of an Acinetobacter T6SS effector. Great work from @monashmicro PhD students (now postdocs) @Vali_Bez and Brooke Hayes and @cescagillet and @davidroper2 from @WarwickLifeSci. Also @DrSheenaMcGowan and Marina Harper.
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Great to be able to share our new insights on regulation of capsule production in Pasteurella multocida. Big congrats to lead author Tom Smallman @tsmA001 and Marina Harper and Galain Williams.
journals.asm.org
The bacterial pathogen P. multocida can cause serious disease in production animals, including fowl cholera in poultry, hemorrhagic septicemia in cattle and buffalo, atrophic rhinitis in pigs, and...
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At current growth of Aus Covid-19 infections (doubling every 3.7 days) we have 23 days till ICU beds over capacity (5% infections requiring ICU, 2200 ICU places, 4 day doubling). Will current unclear, mostly optional restrictions halt this? #COVIDー19 #Lockdownaustralia
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Reporters ask government 1. Why it’s better to shut down later than early? 2. What expert advice relying on (make predictions public) and what level of infections/deaths are in models? 3. Why full lockdown needs 6 mnths when disease period 3 wks #COVIDー19 #Lockdownaustralia
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#bacpath prize winners. Lucy, Tim, Ben, Amelia, Andrew, Jacqueline and Matthew. Maria Liaskos also a winner. http://t.co/A6tijAt0jz
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