Clay Fuqua
@fuquaclay.bsky.social
Microbiologist at Indiana University. We study the convergence of surface attachment, biofilm formation, genomics and virulence in bacteria.
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Latest from the lab! Analysis of everyone’s favorite regulatory mechanism in bacteria — the RF2 programmed frameshift! Likely present in the ancestor of bacteria, use of this mechanism is influenced by stop codon usage! Big congrats to @cassidyprints.bsky.social
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Conservation and evolution of the programmed ribosomal frameshift in prfB across the bacterial domain | mBio
Translation termination is catalyzed by one of two release factors in bacteria, RF1 or RF2. It has been known for decades that RF2 levels in Escherichia coli are regulated by a programmed ribosomal frameshift within the prfB gene that encodes RF2. We ...
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August 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Latest from the lab! Analysis of everyone’s favorite regulatory mechanism in bacteria — the RF2 programmed frameshift! Likely present in the ancestor of bacteria, use of this mechanism is influenced by stop codon usage! Big congrats to @cassidyprints.bsky.social
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Interesting MS on Agrobacterium cooperation and antagonism as well as development of dual binary system that mitigates plant immune antagonism. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Quantitative dissection of Agrobacterium T-DNA expression in single plant cells reveals density-dependent synergy and antagonism - Nature Plants
Alamos et al. show that Agrobacterium engages in density-dependent interactions that dictate transformation efficiency and transgene expression. These findings enable a quantitative model to improve m...
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May 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Interesting MS on Agrobacterium cooperation and antagonism as well as development of dual binary system that mitigates plant immune antagonism. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Happy to share a new publication on a collaboration with Xindan Wang and @fuquaclay.bsky.social labs. We identified and characterized naturally occurring Agrobacterium strains with fused chromosomes. Did mobile genetic elements play a role in fusion? journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Linear dicentric chromosomes in bacterial natural isolates reveal common constraints for replicon fusion | mBio
Most bacterial genomes are monopartite with a single, circular chromosome. However,
some species, like Agrobacterium tumefaciens, carry multiple chromosomes. Emergence of multipartite genomes is often...
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May 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Happy to share a new publication on a collaboration with Xindan Wang and @fuquaclay.bsky.social labs. We identified and characterized naturally occurring Agrobacterium strains with fused chromosomes. Did mobile genetic elements play a role in fusion? journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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A day ago at this hour of the evening, I was presenting our biofilm topics at #Biofilminar… today a pistachio creme brûlée with raspberry sorbet as a treat
April 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
A day ago at this hour of the evening, I was presenting our biofilm topics at #Biofilminar… today a pistachio creme brûlée with raspberry sorbet as a treat
Proud of IU Micro for showing up in force at the Stand Up for Science rally yesterday (03/07) on a gray and chilly day in front of the statehouse in Indianapolis. Our pro-science, pro-research, pro-people, pro-fairness messsage was delivered loud and clear.
March 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Proud of IU Micro for showing up in force at the Stand Up for Science rally yesterday (03/07) on a gray and chilly day in front of the statehouse in Indianapolis. Our pro-science, pro-research, pro-people, pro-fairness messsage was delivered loud and clear.
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A very thorough and authoritative* overview of bacterial metallostasis (metalloregulation, trafficking, metalation) from the Giedroc and Capdevila labs!
*58 figures and almost 1000 references! wow!
#MicroSky
*58 figures and almost 1000 references! wow!
#MicroSky
Our review on bacterial metallostasis is now online in Chemical Reviews! This collaboration by the Giedroc (@betainverse.bsky.social and @jsrocchio.bsky.social) and Capdevila labs delves into bacterial metal regulation. 🦠 #Microbiology #ChemicalReviews #BacterialMetallostasis doi.org/10.1021/acs....
December 18, 2024 at 6:13 PM
A very thorough and authoritative* overview of bacterial metallostasis (metalloregulation, trafficking, metalation) from the Giedroc and Capdevila labs!
*58 figures and almost 1000 references! wow!
#MicroSky
*58 figures and almost 1000 references! wow!
#MicroSky
See the URL below for a great summer 2025 REU opportunity at Binghamton University in biofilm research. Let your biofilm-interested undergraduates know! www.binghamton.edu/centers/biof...
Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) | Biofilm Research Center | Binghamton
University
www.binghamton.edu
December 18, 2024 at 4:00 PM
See the URL below for a great summer 2025 REU opportunity at Binghamton University in biofilm research. Let your biofilm-interested undergraduates know! www.binghamton.edu/centers/biof...
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• Author accepted manuscripts (peer reviewed articles) must be made available in Pubmed Central WITHOUT EMBARGO upon the official date of publication.
• Policy effective date is Dec 31, 2025 (no end date).
• Policy effective date is Dec 31, 2025 (no end date).
December 18, 2024 at 2:58 AM
• Author accepted manuscripts (peer reviewed articles) must be made available in Pubmed Central WITHOUT EMBARGO upon the official date of publication.
• Policy effective date is Dec 31, 2025 (no end date).
• Policy effective date is Dec 31, 2025 (no end date).
Reposted by Clay Fuqua
Infamous paper that popularized unproven COVID-19 treatment finally retracted
Study on hydroxychloroquine by Didier Raoult and colleagues gets pulled on ethical and scientific grounds
@cathleenogrady.bsky.social reports.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Study on hydroxychloroquine by Didier Raoult and colleagues gets pulled on ethical and scientific grounds
@cathleenogrady.bsky.social reports.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Infamous paper that popularized unproven COVID-19 treatment finally retracted
Study on hydroxychloroquine by Didier Raoult and colleagues gets pulled on ethical and scientific grounds
www.science.org
December 17, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Infamous paper that popularized unproven COVID-19 treatment finally retracted
Study on hydroxychloroquine by Didier Raoult and colleagues gets pulled on ethical and scientific grounds
@cathleenogrady.bsky.social reports.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Study on hydroxychloroquine by Didier Raoult and colleagues gets pulled on ethical and scientific grounds
@cathleenogrady.bsky.social reports.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Check out the ASM 10th Conference on Biofilms Bluesky page @asmbiofilms2025.bsky.social
December 18, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Check out the ASM 10th Conference on Biofilms Bluesky page @asmbiofilms2025.bsky.social
Happy to be switching from X to Bluesky. Looking forward to using this alternative platform to connect to the community.
November 22, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Happy to be switching from X to Bluesky. Looking forward to using this alternative platform to connect to the community.