Julie Biteen
@juliebiteenlab.bsky.social
Building microscopes at #umich to measure chemistry, physics, and biology one #singlemolecule at a time (she/her)
https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/biteen-lab/
https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/biteen-lab/
Bacteria are amazing! The abundant Dps protein binds and protects DNA in stationary-phase cells with minimal effect on chromosome accessibility, dynamics, and organization. Now in NAR doi.org/10.1093/nar/...; I'm really proud of our multidisciplinary team led by Lauren, Lindsay, and Xiaofeng, et al.
January 16, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Bacteria are amazing! The abundant Dps protein binds and protects DNA in stationary-phase cells with minimal effect on chromosome accessibility, dynamics, and organization. Now in NAR doi.org/10.1093/nar/...; I'm really proud of our multidisciplinary team led by Lauren, Lindsay, and Xiaofeng, et al.
Now published in Protein Science: Dan used single-molecule and SOFI microscopies to visualize curli fibers (the major component of E. coli biofilms) on living cells! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
January 15, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Now published in Protein Science: Dan used single-molecule and SOFI microscopies to visualize curli fibers (the major component of E. coli biofilms) on living cells! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Also submitted just before the holidays: David Fuller collaborated with the Xindan Wang Lab to measure how growth-phase-dependent chromosome reorganization affects the behavior and function of bacterial nucleoid-associated proteins. #SingleMolecule #Microscopy
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
January 8, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Also submitted just before the holidays: David Fuller collaborated with the Xindan Wang Lab to measure how growth-phase-dependent chromosome reorganization affects the behavior and function of bacterial nucleoid-associated proteins. #SingleMolecule #Microscopy
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Submitted just before the holidays: Dan Foust collaborated with the Lyle Simmons Lab to measure how enzyme activity is spatially modulated to process RNA-DNA hybrids. #SingleMolecule #Microscopy
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January 6, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Submitted just before the holidays: Dan Foust collaborated with the Lyle Simmons Lab to measure how enzyme activity is spatially modulated to process RNA-DNA hybrids. #SingleMolecule #Microscopy
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Happy New Year from the Biteen Lab!
January 5, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Happy New Year from the Biteen Lab!
@lortzrodz.bsky.social's manuscript was featured as a @natcomms.nature.com Editors' Highlight! Read more about this functional change in the material state of bacterial condensates:
doi.org/10.1038/s414... ,
and see the rest of the collection at:
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doi.org/10.1038/s414... ,
and see the rest of the collection at:
www.nature.com/collections/...
Microbiology and infectious diseases
This page highlights recent articles on all aspects of bacteriology, mycology, parasitology and virology, covering the biology of pathogens, host-pathogen ...
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November 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
@lortzrodz.bsky.social's manuscript was featured as a @natcomms.nature.com Editors' Highlight! Read more about this functional change in the material state of bacterial condensates:
doi.org/10.1038/s414... ,
and see the rest of the collection at:
www.nature.com/collections/...
doi.org/10.1038/s414... ,
and see the rest of the collection at:
www.nature.com/collections/...
Now in print: @lortzrodz.bsky.social with @schraderlab.bsky.social found that the stress-induced transition of the material properties of bacterial ribonucleoprotein bodies repurposes them from sites of mRNA decay to reservoirs for mRNA storage.
@natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Stress changes the material state of a bacterial biomolecular condensate and shifts its function from mRNA decay to storage - Nature Communications
Bacterial ribonucleoprotein bodies are dynamic biomolecular condensates that play roles in RNA metabolism. Here, Ortiz-Rodríguez et al. show that, under stress, these condensates shift from a liquid s...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Now in print: @lortzrodz.bsky.social with @schraderlab.bsky.social found that the stress-induced transition of the material properties of bacterial ribonucleoprotein bodies repurposes them from sites of mRNA decay to reservoirs for mRNA storage.
@natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🎃The annual Biteen Lab continues on a beautiful fall afternoon. 🎃
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
🎃The annual Biteen Lab continues on a beautiful fall afternoon. 🎃
Thrilled to share our multidisiplinary work on how genome-wide DNA bridging by H-NS reshapes the stationary phase bacterial nucleoid and affects the transcriptional landscape. With Xindan Wang and @meyerroc.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Thrilled to share our multidisiplinary work on how genome-wide DNA bridging by H-NS reshapes the stationary phase bacterial nucleoid and affects the transcriptional landscape. With Xindan Wang and @meyerroc.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
One of my proudest achievements from my time as DGS was designing and implementing a mandatory prof. dev. course focused on writing in the discipline. Daisy Haas @dahaas and I wrote up our teaching approaches and course content, now out in J. Chem. Ed. #chemicaleducation pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Supporting Chemistry Graduate Students’ Academic Writing Practice through a Professional Development Course
Writing is important for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) graduate students to achieve milestones within their programs and for their future career aspirations. However, although STEM...
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September 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
One of my proudest achievements from my time as DGS was designing and implementing a mandatory prof. dev. course focused on writing in the discipline. Daisy Haas @dahaas and I wrote up our teaching approaches and course content, now out in J. Chem. Ed. #chemicaleducation pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Lauren, Lindsay, Xiaofeng et al. coupled live-cell super-resolution microscopy with ChIPseq and Hi-C in starved E. coli to learn that the abundant protein Dps compacts DNA while only minimally affecting other nucleoid properties. XindanWang Lab & @meyerroc.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Dps binds and protects DNA in starved Escherichia coli with minimal effect on chromosome accessibility, dynamics and organisation
Dps is the most abundant nucleoid-associated protein in starved Escherichia coli with ∼180, 000 copies per cell. Dps binds DNA and oxidises iron, facilitating survival in harsh environments. Dps-DNA c...
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September 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Lauren, Lindsay, Xiaofeng et al. coupled live-cell super-resolution microscopy with ChIPseq and Hi-C in starved E. coli to learn that the abundant protein Dps compacts DNA while only minimally affecting other nucleoid properties. XindanWang Lab & @meyerroc.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The fall semester is in full swing! Welcome to incoming PhD students Yuhan and Lyn! Looking forward to lots of amazing biophysical chemistry. sites.lsa.umich.edu/biteen-lab/p...
September 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The fall semester is in full swing! Welcome to incoming PhD students Yuhan and Lyn! Looking forward to lots of amazing biophysical chemistry. sites.lsa.umich.edu/biteen-lab/p...
We took a day off to enjoy the sunshine ☀️ and the Huron River! We only made a few 🤓 jokes about phase separation and condensates as we tubed in the Argo Rapids.
August 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
We took a day off to enjoy the sunshine ☀️ and the Huron River! We only made a few 🤓 jokes about phase separation and condensates as we tubed in the Argo Rapids.
Same place, new lab photo! We hope everyone's summer is filled with great science :) 🔬🦠🥼🤓
July 31, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Same place, new lab photo! We hope everyone's summer is filled with great science :) 🔬🦠🥼🤓
A thoughtful Current Opinion from Chris @azaldegui.bsky.social laying out how ParA-type ATPases partition DNA cargos—especially carboxysomes—in bacteria. Fun summer reading for those interested in how bacteria position their contents. @cellforganized.bsky.social
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July 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
A thoughtful Current Opinion from Chris @azaldegui.bsky.social laying out how ParA-type ATPases partition DNA cargos—especially carboxysomes—in bacteria. Fun summer reading for those interested in how bacteria position their contents. @cellforganized.bsky.social
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lWGb4tPFp...
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lWGb4tPFp...
Congratulations to 🎓Dr. David Fuller 🔬🦠on his successful PhD defense!
July 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Congratulations to 🎓Dr. David Fuller 🔬🦠on his successful PhD defense!
Lab members enjoyed teaching the WISE GISE campers about fluorescence and microscopy last week—experiments included extracting chlorophyll from spinach and measuring the color with hand-held spectrometers! wise.umich.edu/k-12-familie...
June 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Lab members enjoyed teaching the WISE GISE campers about fluorescence and microscopy last week—experiments included extracting chlorophyll from spinach and measuring the color with hand-held spectrometers! wise.umich.edu/k-12-familie...
Dan developed two complementary super-resolution fluorescence microscopy approaches (SMLM and SOFI) to visualize curli fibers (the major component of the E. coli biofilm) on living cells! Check out his preprint:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
June 23, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Dan developed two complementary super-resolution fluorescence microscopy approaches (SMLM and SOFI) to visualize curli fibers (the major component of the E. coli biofilm) on living cells! Check out his preprint:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
New energy in the lab! This summer, the lab feels fresh as we welcome incoming PhD student Lyn Wang, and as our three first-year PhD students (Ruochuan, Ulises, and Sam) settle in after the transition from "rotators" to permanent lab members. A lot of exciting #SingleMolecule science is underway :)
June 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
New energy in the lab! This summer, the lab feels fresh as we welcome incoming PhD student Lyn Wang, and as our three first-year PhD students (Ruochuan, Ulises, and Sam) settle in after the transition from "rotators" to permanent lab members. A lot of exciting #SingleMolecule science is underway :)
Belated congratulations to Sarah El-Mohri: after a year as an undergrad researcher in our lab, she's earned admission to grad school. We'll miss her, but fortunately, she's not going far: congrats, Sarah, on joining the University of Michigan Chemistry PhD program—we know you'll do amazing! #GoBlue
June 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Belated congratulations to Sarah El-Mohri: after a year as an undergrad researcher in our lab, she's earned admission to grad school. We'll miss her, but fortunately, she's not going far: congrats, Sarah, on joining the University of Michigan Chemistry PhD program—we know you'll do amazing! #GoBlue
Congratulations to Dr. Yekaterina (Kate) Fyodorova on her successful PhD defense!🎉🎓
May 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Yekaterina (Kate) Fyodorova on her successful PhD defense!🎉🎓
Thrilled to share our collaborative work with the Kearns Lab at Indiana University. Dan Foust quantified patterning and mobility of flagella on the bacterial surface!
Caroline Dunn et al. "Nascent flagellar basal bodies are immobilized by rod assembly in Bacillus subtilis"
doi.org/10.1128/mbio...
Caroline Dunn et al. "Nascent flagellar basal bodies are immobilized by rod assembly in Bacillus subtilis"
doi.org/10.1128/mbio...
May 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Thrilled to share our collaborative work with the Kearns Lab at Indiana University. Dan Foust quantified patterning and mobility of flagella on the bacterial surface!
Caroline Dunn et al. "Nascent flagellar basal bodies are immobilized by rod assembly in Bacillus subtilis"
doi.org/10.1128/mbio...
Caroline Dunn et al. "Nascent flagellar basal bodies are immobilized by rod assembly in Bacillus subtilis"
doi.org/10.1128/mbio...
Congrats Xiaofeng on a terrific presentation at the Agilent Measurement Science Symposium!
May 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Congrats Xiaofeng on a terrific presentation at the Agilent Measurement Science Symposium!
The hooding ceremony was a chance to celebrate these 2024 🎓 graduates all over again!
May 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The hooding ceremony was a chance to celebrate these 2024 🎓 graduates all over again!