Josy ter Beek
@josyterbeek.bsky.social
Biochemist, molecular & structural biologist @UmeaUniversity 🧬 Studying #AntibioticResistance spread via #T4SS in Gram+ bacteria🦠 Chair of Info committee medical faculty📢 #SciComm🧪She/her👩🏻🔬
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Josy ter Beek
@josyterbeek.bsky.social
· Dec 30
Pili are essential for conjugation also in many Gram-positive bacteria
Type IV secretion systems (T4SS) enable the spread of antibiotic resistance and other virulence factors. In Gram-positive bacteria, T4SSs have long been thought to lack VirB2-like proteins that form c...
www.biorxiv.org
📣New preprint with @rberntsson.bsky.social👇We overturn the long-standing view that Gram-positive bacteria lack conjugative pili! We identify pili-forming proteins in a wide range of bacteria and show they're essential for the spread of #antibioticresistance #AMR 🧵1/6
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Reposted by Josy ter Beek
This is great! Conjugation without pili was always an annoying paradox, and this finding shows that things finally make sense.
📣New preprint with @rberntsson.bsky.social👇We overturn the long-standing view that Gram-positive bacteria lack conjugative pili! We identify pili-forming proteins in a wide range of bacteria and show they're essential for the spread of #antibioticresistance #AMR 🧵1/6
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Pili are essential for conjugation also in many Gram-positive bacteria
Type IV secretion systems (T4SS) enable the spread of antibiotic resistance and other virulence factors. In Gram-positive bacteria, T4SSs have long been thought to lack VirB2-like proteins that form c...
www.biorxiv.org
December 31, 2025 at 9:15 AM
This is great! Conjugation without pili was always an annoying paradox, and this finding shows that things finally make sense.
📣New preprint with @rberntsson.bsky.social👇We overturn the long-standing view that Gram-positive bacteria lack conjugative pili! We identify pili-forming proteins in a wide range of bacteria and show they're essential for the spread of #antibioticresistance #AMR 🧵1/6
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Pili are essential for conjugation also in many Gram-positive bacteria
Type IV secretion systems (T4SS) enable the spread of antibiotic resistance and other virulence factors. In Gram-positive bacteria, T4SSs have long been thought to lack VirB2-like proteins that form c...
www.biorxiv.org
December 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
📣New preprint with @rberntsson.bsky.social👇We overturn the long-standing view that Gram-positive bacteria lack conjugative pili! We identify pili-forming proteins in a wide range of bacteria and show they're essential for the spread of #antibioticresistance #AMR 🧵1/6
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
”Så istället för att flytta kommunikationsavdelningarna längre bort från forskarna, genom att till exempel centralisera kommunikationen, borde motsatsen ske. Ge kommunikatörerna möjlighet att fördjupa sig i områden de är intresserade av” www.tidningencurie.se/kronikor/jag...
Jag är varken forskare eller kommunikatör - det passar mig jättebra | Tidningen Curie
När Julia Ravanis började forska insåg hon att forskning och forskningskommunikation ansågs vara två helt olika saker. Själv vill hon varken forska eller kommunicera utan förstå nya saker.
www.tidningencurie.se
December 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
”Så istället för att flytta kommunikationsavdelningarna längre bort från forskarna, genom att till exempel centralisera kommunikationen, borde motsatsen ske. Ge kommunikatörerna möjlighet att fördjupa sig i områden de är intresserade av” www.tidningencurie.se/kronikor/jag...
We've been moving the lab this week and it's been so much work as we're combining stuff from 3 smaller labs into 1 big one, but we're getting there and I think it will be good in the end. Unfortunately I lost my own office as well, but managed to make a cosy corner in the 6 person one... #Lab #Move
December 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Reposted by Josy ter Beek
It's beginning to look a lot like...
Microbial Christmas!
🦠🧫🔬🎄🎅🏻🛷🦌☃️
👉🏻 www.superbugs.online/superblog/microbial-christmas
Microbial Christmas!
🦠🧫🔬🎄🎅🏻🛷🦌☃️
👉🏻 www.superbugs.online/superblog/microbial-christmas
December 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It's beginning to look a lot like...
Microbial Christmas!
🦠🧫🔬🎄🎅🏻🛷🦌☃️
👉🏻 www.superbugs.online/superblog/microbial-christmas
Microbial Christmas!
🦠🧫🔬🎄🎅🏻🛷🦌☃️
👉🏻 www.superbugs.online/superblog/microbial-christmas
@sbgrid.bsky.social is looking for a Research Associate to provide support to our community of users. This position is for a computationally-minded PhD structural biologist, see their website for more info: academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15185.
HMS - Research Associate in SBGrid, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
We invite applications for a Research Associate position in SBGrid at Harvard Medical School. This annually appointed academic role advances discovery in structural biology by curating, validating, an...
academicpositions.harvard.edu
October 20, 2025 at 8:25 AM
@sbgrid.bsky.social is looking for a Research Associate to provide support to our community of users. This position is for a computationally-minded PhD structural biologist, see their website for more info: academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15185.
Reposted by Josy ter Beek
✨Last chance to submit to our #BiofilmCreate #competition, which closes tomorrow (17 October 2025)!
🎨 📷 Showcase your talent in photography/art whilst highlighting the impact of #biofilms
🏆Gift cards will be awarded in both categories
🗳️biofilms.ac.uk/create
#scicomm #AMR #MicroSky #biofilm
🎨 📷 Showcase your talent in photography/art whilst highlighting the impact of #biofilms
🏆Gift cards will be awarded in both categories
🗳️biofilms.ac.uk/create
#scicomm #AMR #MicroSky #biofilm
October 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
✨Last chance to submit to our #BiofilmCreate #competition, which closes tomorrow (17 October 2025)!
🎨 📷 Showcase your talent in photography/art whilst highlighting the impact of #biofilms
🏆Gift cards will be awarded in both categories
🗳️biofilms.ac.uk/create
#scicomm #AMR #MicroSky #biofilm
🎨 📷 Showcase your talent in photography/art whilst highlighting the impact of #biofilms
🏆Gift cards will be awarded in both categories
🗳️biofilms.ac.uk/create
#scicomm #AMR #MicroSky #biofilm
Reposted by Josy ter Beek
‘Alternative medicine’ is not harmless
The rise of anti-science has been happening for more than a decade but was turbocharged by conspiracy theorists and alternative medicine ‘practitioners’ during the pandemic
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The rise of anti-science has been happening for more than a decade but was turbocharged by conspiracy theorists and alternative medicine ‘practitioners’ during the pandemic
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Our sister died because of our mum's cancer conspiracy theories, say brothers
Paloma Shemirani’s brothers say she refused chemotherapy because of their mother’s beliefs.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 23, 2025 at 5:22 AM
‘Alternative medicine’ is not harmless
The rise of anti-science has been happening for more than a decade but was turbocharged by conspiracy theorists and alternative medicine ‘practitioners’ during the pandemic
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The rise of anti-science has been happening for more than a decade but was turbocharged by conspiracy theorists and alternative medicine ‘practitioners’ during the pandemic
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
👏lärosätena borde upphöra att vara statliga myndigheter och omvandlas till självständiga lärosäten. Utredningen föreslog också att ägandet av Akademiska hus skulle överföras till lärosätena, med motivet att en egen kapitalbas är viktig för reell självständighet.👏👍 www.tidningencurie.se/7655.html
June 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM
👏lärosätena borde upphöra att vara statliga myndigheter och omvandlas till självständiga lärosäten. Utredningen föreslog också att ägandet av Akademiska hus skulle överföras till lärosätena, med motivet att en egen kapitalbas är viktig för reell självständighet.👏👍 www.tidningencurie.se/7655.html
After some more awesome science from amongst others @greening.bsky.social, Simon Newstead & @martinsteinegger.bsky.social and unfortunately a long drive back home, we made it back to Umeå! Thank you #Sweprot and all participants for the great company and hopefully see you next year!
June 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
After some more awesome science from amongst others @greening.bsky.social, Simon Newstead & @martinsteinegger.bsky.social and unfortunately a long drive back home, we made it back to Umeå! Thank you #Sweprot and all participants for the great company and hopefully see you next year!
Enjoying #Sweprot conference with good food and company & great science! #Sweprot2025 sweprot.se #Tällberg
June 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Enjoying #Sweprot conference with good food and company & great science! #Sweprot2025 sweprot.se #Tällberg
Reposted by Josy ter Beek
Don't go the U.S. if you can at all avoid it, and hold your international conferences elsewhere.
I feel bad for orgs with venues booked for this year, but for 2026- conferences, holding it in the US is a decision that says something to your global membership.
I feel bad for orgs with venues booked for this year, but for 2026- conferences, holding it in the US is a decision that says something to your global membership.
Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated
March 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Don't go the U.S. if you can at all avoid it, and hold your international conferences elsewhere.
I feel bad for orgs with venues booked for this year, but for 2026- conferences, holding it in the US is a decision that says something to your global membership.
I feel bad for orgs with venues booked for this year, but for 2026- conferences, holding it in the US is a decision that says something to your global membership.
Reposted by Josy ter Beek
Please spread the word! We have an opening in the Atkinson lab for a post-doc with a focus on the molecular mechanisms of microbial immune systems. Can be a fully computational or experimental or hybrid project.
Read more and apply here:
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
#phage #bioinformatics
Read more and apply here:
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
#phage #bioinformatics
Postdoctoral research fellow with a focus on the molecular mechanisms of bacteriophage-host interactions
Description of the Workplace In the Atkinson lab we are interested in making discoveries about protein function and structure, with a focus on bacterial immune system components that protect against b
lu.varbi.com
March 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Please spread the word! We have an opening in the Atkinson lab for a post-doc with a focus on the molecular mechanisms of microbial immune systems. Can be a fully computational or experimental or hybrid project.
Read more and apply here:
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
#phage #bioinformatics
Read more and apply here:
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
#phage #bioinformatics
Reposted by Josy ter Beek
The Dutch Research Council is funding 5 projects with €4.53 million to develop new antibiotics and tackle #AMR. These initiatives use AI-driven discovery, safer drug formulations, and alternative therapies, uniting universities, hospitals, and industry.
www.innovationnewsnetwork.com/nwo-funds-5-...
www.innovationnewsnetwork.com/nwo-funds-5-...
NWO funds 5 Dutch projects €4.5m to tackle antibiotic resistance
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has allocated €4.53m to five cutting-edge research projects to combat antibiotic resistance.
www.innovationnewsnetwork.com
March 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The Dutch Research Council is funding 5 projects with €4.53 million to develop new antibiotics and tackle #AMR. These initiatives use AI-driven discovery, safer drug formulations, and alternative therapies, uniting universities, hospitals, and industry.
www.innovationnewsnetwork.com/nwo-funds-5-...
www.innovationnewsnetwork.com/nwo-funds-5-...
Something to take into account next time I submit an article 🤔: "‘tripartite phrases’ enhance clarity by breaking down complex ideas into interconnected parts, create rhythmic patterns that are memorable and aim to communicate multiple aspects of research concisely." www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Catchy, clear, concise: three-part phrases boost research paper citations
Memorable ‘tripartite’ phrases in titles make studies more likely to be read and cited.
www.nature.com
March 19, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Something to take into account next time I submit an article 🤔: "‘tripartite phrases’ enhance clarity by breaking down complex ideas into interconnected parts, create rhythmic patterns that are memorable and aim to communicate multiple aspects of research concisely." www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Vi är tillbaka i Väven (och online) nu på lördag med gofika och följande inspirerande forskare; Daniel Öhlund: Kan vi få cancer att läka ut? Anna Lövgren: Ansiktssmärta, en orättvis börda. Sophia Harlid: Miljö och bröstcancerrisk - spelar tidpunkten roll? Se www.umu.se/fika för all info! #forskom
March 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Vi är tillbaka i Väven (och online) nu på lördag med gofika och följande inspirerande forskare; Daniel Öhlund: Kan vi få cancer att läka ut? Anna Lövgren: Ansiktssmärta, en orättvis börda. Sophia Harlid: Miljö och bröstcancerrisk - spelar tidpunkten roll? Se www.umu.se/fika för all info! #forskom
Postdoc opportunity, please share!
We are looking for a #postdoc to join our international team* in our quest to understand how Type 4 Secretion Systems facilitate the transfer of #antibioticresistance genes and other virulence factors in Gram-positive #bacteria.🧫👇
*5 people & 5 nationalities 🇸🇪🇳🇱🇳🇿🇺🇸🇪🇬
We are looking for a #postdoc to join our international team* in our quest to understand how Type 4 Secretion Systems facilitate the transfer of #antibioticresistance genes and other virulence factors in Gram-positive #bacteria.🧫👇
*5 people & 5 nationalities 🇸🇪🇳🇱🇳🇿🇺🇸🇪🇬
We are looking for a postdoc!
Join us to work in an exciting integrated structural biology project, focusing on understanding how Type 4 Secretion System facilitate horizontal gene transfer in bacteria!
Please share!
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Join us to work in an exciting integrated structural biology project, focusing on understanding how Type 4 Secretion System facilitate horizontal gene transfer in bacteria!
Please share!
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Postdoctoral position to study Gram-positive Type 4 Secretion Systems - Umeå, Sweden job with Umeå University | 12837918
A two-year Postdoctoral position for studies of Gram-positive Type 4 Secretion Systems that facilitate the spread of antibiotic resistance
www.nature.com
March 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Postdoc opportunity, please share!
We are looking for a #postdoc to join our international team* in our quest to understand how Type 4 Secretion Systems facilitate the transfer of #antibioticresistance genes and other virulence factors in Gram-positive #bacteria.🧫👇
*5 people & 5 nationalities 🇸🇪🇳🇱🇳🇿🇺🇸🇪🇬
We are looking for a #postdoc to join our international team* in our quest to understand how Type 4 Secretion Systems facilitate the transfer of #antibioticresistance genes and other virulence factors in Gram-positive #bacteria.🧫👇
*5 people & 5 nationalities 🇸🇪🇳🇱🇳🇿🇺🇸🇪🇬
Reposted by Josy ter Beek
Please repost: Postdoc position in antibiotic discovery in a large multidisciplinary project combining high-throughput approaches, microscopy, AI, and hit-to-lead optimization at @umontreal.ca and @mila-quebec.bsky.social. Apply to ML.Antibiotics@gmail.com. See
lnkd.in/dVVk4N3s. #microsky
lnkd.in/dVVk4N3s. #microsky
March 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Please repost: Postdoc position in antibiotic discovery in a large multidisciplinary project combining high-throughput approaches, microscopy, AI, and hit-to-lead optimization at @umontreal.ca and @mila-quebec.bsky.social. Apply to ML.Antibiotics@gmail.com. See
lnkd.in/dVVk4N3s. #microsky
lnkd.in/dVVk4N3s. #microsky
Reposted by Josy ter Beek
In UK, antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections in humans have INCREASED by 13% since 2018…
Despite a target to reduce them by 10%.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Despite a target to reduce them by 10%.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
UK ‘falling short’ in fight against rise of superbugs resistant to antibiotics
Antimicrobial resistance contributing to estimated 35,000 deaths a year in UK, and government ‘a long way’ from containing the problem, says NAO
www.theguardian.com
February 26, 2025 at 7:09 AM
In UK, antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections in humans have INCREASED by 13% since 2018…
Despite a target to reduce them by 10%.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Despite a target to reduce them by 10%.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
🌟 Imorgon är vi tillbaka i Väven med Fika efter en forskare! 🔬Kom och ta del av spännande forskning och njut av gofika! ☕️🍰
Den här gången får vi möta följande forskare:
👨🔬 Gustav Andersson
👩🔬 Anna-Clara Rullander
👨🔬 Andreas Josefsson
Se nedan för mer info eller gå till www.umu.se/fika👇
Den här gången får vi möta följande forskare:
👨🔬 Gustav Andersson
👩🔬 Anna-Clara Rullander
👨🔬 Andreas Josefsson
Se nedan för mer info eller gå till www.umu.se/fika👇
February 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🌟 Imorgon är vi tillbaka i Väven med Fika efter en forskare! 🔬Kom och ta del av spännande forskning och njut av gofika! ☕️🍰
Den här gången får vi möta följande forskare:
👨🔬 Gustav Andersson
👩🔬 Anna-Clara Rullander
👨🔬 Andreas Josefsson
Se nedan för mer info eller gå till www.umu.se/fika👇
Den här gången får vi möta följande forskare:
👨🔬 Gustav Andersson
👩🔬 Anna-Clara Rullander
👨🔬 Andreas Josefsson
Se nedan för mer info eller gå till www.umu.se/fika👇
So proud of our postdoc who got a Marie Curie grant 👏👌👇 I’m so happy to have you as my colleague Kieran! 🤗
Excited to say I've been offered a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions postdoc fellowship! #MSCA
I'll be staying at #umeauniversity, continuing work on the structural biology of Gram-positive type 4 secretion systems.
I'll be staying at #umeauniversity, continuing work on the structural biology of Gram-positive type 4 secretion systems.
February 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
So proud of our postdoc who got a Marie Curie grant 👏👌👇 I’m so happy to have you as my colleague Kieran! 🤗
Reposted by Josy ter Beek
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November 17, 2024 at 6:48 PM
⚠️THREAD OF ALL SCIENCE-RELATED STARTER PACKS! ⚠️
🔄Share to help people finding its topic/field
- STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
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Crystallography: bsky.app/starter-pack...
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- STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
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Structural Biology 2: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Crystallography: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Synchrotron&CryoEM: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Reposted by Josy ter Beek
November 8, 2024 at 10:01 PM
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Ok, trying to bring my community back together... I created a starter pack for lipids and membrane protein aficionados!
Feel free to share, add and distribute, so we can come together again! 😍
go.bsky.app/AEeXh86
Feel free to share, add and distribute, so we can come together again! 😍
go.bsky.app/AEeXh86
November 16, 2024 at 3:53 AM
Ok, trying to bring my community back together... I created a starter pack for lipids and membrane protein aficionados!
Feel free to share, add and distribute, so we can come together again! 😍
go.bsky.app/AEeXh86
Feel free to share, add and distribute, so we can come together again! 😍
go.bsky.app/AEeXh86
Välkommen till årets första Fika efter en forskare, nu på lördag den 25 januari. Läs mer på www.umu.se/fika #forskom #Scicomm
January 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Välkommen till årets första Fika efter en forskare, nu på lördag den 25 januari. Läs mer på www.umu.se/fika #forskom #Scicomm