Katherine Legg
@katherinelegg.bsky.social
she/her • 5th year Chemical Biology PhD candidate @ IU Bloomington studying low-molecular weight thiols in microbes in the Giedroc Lab • climber • metalcore enjoyer • fantasy reader • tea and coffee enthusiast
So excited to have been part of this awesome project spearheaded by @gramnegativity.bsky.social! Check it out in ASM and learn about Lauren’s approach to uncover how Staph can grow in CF sputum! 🦠
The latest (and penultimate! 👀) article from the @mreniere.bsky.social lab is finally out! I’m really proud of this one in which I took a genetic approach (shocking, I know) to probe how Staph is able to grow in cystic fibrosis sputum: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Analysis of genetic requirements and nutrient availability for Staphylococcus aureus growth in cystic fibrosis sputum | mBio
Staphylococcus aureus is a major cause of lung infections in people with cystic fibrosis (CF). This work
identifies genes required for S. aureus growth in this niche, which represent potential targets...
journals.asm.org
April 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
So excited to have been part of this awesome project spearheaded by @gramnegativity.bsky.social! Check it out in ASM and learn about Lauren’s approach to uncover how Staph can grow in CF sputum! 🦠
Reposted by Katherine Legg
The latest (and penultimate! 👀) article from the @mreniere.bsky.social lab is finally out! I’m really proud of this one in which I took a genetic approach (shocking, I know) to probe how Staph is able to grow in cystic fibrosis sputum: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Analysis of genetic requirements and nutrient availability for Staphylococcus aureus growth in cystic fibrosis sputum | mBio
Staphylococcus aureus is a major cause of lung infections in people with cystic fibrosis (CF). This work
identifies genes required for S. aureus growth in this niche, which represent potential targets...
journals.asm.org
April 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The latest (and penultimate! 👀) article from the @mreniere.bsky.social lab is finally out! I’m really proud of this one in which I took a genetic approach (shocking, I know) to probe how Staph is able to grow in cystic fibrosis sputum: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Reposted by Katherine Legg
📅 Save the date!
1️⃣ Fri, Apr 11: 1st Annual Undergrad. Chemical Biology Symposium
Talks, poster session, facility tour, pizza, no registration!
2️⃣ Sat, Apr 12: 14th Annual Watanabe Symposium
Talks, lunch, poster session, registration required!
Questions? avemcfar@iu.edu or acbach@iu.edu
#IUResearch
1️⃣ Fri, Apr 11: 1st Annual Undergrad. Chemical Biology Symposium
Talks, poster session, facility tour, pizza, no registration!
2️⃣ Sat, Apr 12: 14th Annual Watanabe Symposium
Talks, lunch, poster session, registration required!
Questions? avemcfar@iu.edu or acbach@iu.edu
#IUResearch
March 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
📅 Save the date!
1️⃣ Fri, Apr 11: 1st Annual Undergrad. Chemical Biology Symposium
Talks, poster session, facility tour, pizza, no registration!
2️⃣ Sat, Apr 12: 14th Annual Watanabe Symposium
Talks, lunch, poster session, registration required!
Questions? avemcfar@iu.edu or acbach@iu.edu
#IUResearch
1️⃣ Fri, Apr 11: 1st Annual Undergrad. Chemical Biology Symposium
Talks, poster session, facility tour, pizza, no registration!
2️⃣ Sat, Apr 12: 14th Annual Watanabe Symposium
Talks, lunch, poster session, registration required!
Questions? avemcfar@iu.edu or acbach@iu.edu
#IUResearch
Reposted by Katherine Legg
Our annual QCB fellowship competition for 2025 is now open! We're offering 3-5 awards for PhD students in QCB trainer labs, including 1-2 for international students. Apply by April 13, 2025, midnight. Spread the word!🧑🔬 #QCBFellowship #IUResearch #PhDFunding iuqcb.indiana.edu/about/traine...
Trainee Fellowship Competition – QCB
iuqcb.indiana.edu
March 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Our annual QCB fellowship competition for 2025 is now open! We're offering 3-5 awards for PhD students in QCB trainer labs, including 1-2 for international students. Apply by April 13, 2025, midnight. Spread the word!🧑🔬 #QCBFellowship #IUResearch #PhDFunding iuqcb.indiana.edu/about/traine...
Reposted by Katherine Legg
Our lab is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral research associate to study zinc metallochaperones from the COG0523 superfamily of small GTPases. Apply here: shorturl.at/UmQYM or send application materials to Prof. Giedroc directly at giedroc@iu.edu. Looking for strong biochemists; please share!
Postdoctoral Fellow (Zinc Metallochaperones)
The Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts + Sciences, consists of a well-rounded research community with cutting-edge expertise in a wide variety of modern disciplines including materials che...
indiana.peopleadmin.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Our lab is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral research associate to study zinc metallochaperones from the COG0523 superfamily of small GTPases. Apply here: shorturl.at/UmQYM or send application materials to Prof. Giedroc directly at giedroc@iu.edu. Looking for strong biochemists; please share!
Reposted by Katherine Legg
Did you miss PiM Virtual Coffee Hour last week? Make sure to add future dates and times to your calendar to catch us next time! 🏳️🌈 🔬 🏳️⚧️
#PrideinMicrobiology #PiM #QueerinScience #CoffeeHour
#PrideinMicrobiology #PiM #QueerinScience #CoffeeHour
February 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Did you miss PiM Virtual Coffee Hour last week? Make sure to add future dates and times to your calendar to catch us next time! 🏳️🌈 🔬 🏳️⚧️
#PrideinMicrobiology #PiM #QueerinScience #CoffeeHour
#PrideinMicrobiology #PiM #QueerinScience #CoffeeHour
Reposted by Katherine Legg
Well the award for most cowardly, boot-lickingest academic society has squarely gone to the American Society of Microbiology, who has taken down features of various non-white scientists. Absolutely pathetic behavior. Those articles are now coming up as “under review”. Truly sickening cowardice here.
February 3, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Well the award for most cowardly, boot-lickingest academic society has squarely gone to the American Society of Microbiology, who has taken down features of various non-white scientists. Absolutely pathetic behavior. Those articles are now coming up as “under review”. Truly sickening cowardice here.
Reposted by Katherine Legg
Congratulations to our long-time collaborator Eric Skaar on receiving this prestigious Award in Molecular Biology from the National Academy of Sciences!
www.nasonline.org/award/nas-aw...
www.nasonline.org/award/nas-aw...
NAS Award in Molecular Biology – NAS
The NAS Award in Molecular Biology is supported by Pfizer Inc. and recognizes a recent notable discovery by a young scientist (no older than 50) who is a citizen of the United States. The award is pre...
www.nasonline.org
January 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Congratulations to our long-time collaborator Eric Skaar on receiving this prestigious Award in Molecular Biology from the National Academy of Sciences!
www.nasonline.org/award/nas-aw...
www.nasonline.org/award/nas-aw...
Reposted by Katherine Legg
Interested in Mtb pathogenesis and developing new strategies to treat these deadly infections? Please apply to join us for the GRC for Tuberculosis Drug Discovery and Development!! www.grc.org/tuberculosis...
Deadline to submit an abstract to be considered for a talk is March 1st! Please repost!
Deadline to submit an abstract to be considered for a talk is March 1st! Please repost!
2025 Tuberculosis Drug Discovery and Development Conference GRC
The 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Tuberculosis Drug Discovery and Development will be held in Castelldefels, Barcelona Spain. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
January 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Interested in Mtb pathogenesis and developing new strategies to treat these deadly infections? Please apply to join us for the GRC for Tuberculosis Drug Discovery and Development!! www.grc.org/tuberculosis...
Deadline to submit an abstract to be considered for a talk is March 1st! Please repost!
Deadline to submit an abstract to be considered for a talk is March 1st! Please repost!
Reposted by Katherine Legg
@betainverse.bsky.social, our former research scientist, is now the Director of the METACyt Biomolecular NMR Laboratory! She'll oversee the training and operation of our state-of-the-art 600 MHz and newly installed 800 MHz Bruker Ascend instruments. Congratulations, Katie! 🧲 #NMR #IUResearch
December 19, 2024 at 7:51 PM
@betainverse.bsky.social, our former research scientist, is now the Director of the METACyt Biomolecular NMR Laboratory! She'll oversee the training and operation of our state-of-the-art 600 MHz and newly installed 800 MHz Bruker Ascend instruments. Congratulations, Katie! 🧲 #NMR #IUResearch
Reposted by Katherine Legg
Drs. @betainverse.bsky.social and Diaz-Rodriguez purified EgtU, an ABC transporter that imports ergothioneine into bacterial cells, paving the way for structural and functional studies of uptake systems in S. pneumoniae and other pathogens. Kudos to the team! #BacterialTransporters shorturl.at/AUPTJ
Expression and purification of the intact bacterial ergothioneine transporter EgtU
The bacterial ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter EgtU is responsible for uptake of the cellular antioxidant ergothioneine in Streptococcus pneumon…
shorturl.at
December 10, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Drs. @betainverse.bsky.social and Diaz-Rodriguez purified EgtU, an ABC transporter that imports ergothioneine into bacterial cells, paving the way for structural and functional studies of uptake systems in S. pneumoniae and other pathogens. Kudos to the team! #BacterialTransporters shorturl.at/AUPTJ
Reposted by Katherine Legg
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 15, 2024 at 5:59 PM
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....
Reposted by Katherine Legg
Our very talented undergrad, Clare Frawley, presented her first poster today at the Indiana University Undergraduate Research Conference! 📊 🌟 Clare has been working with our grad student @jsrocchio.bsky.social on unnatural amino acid incorporation for live-cell cross linking studies! #IUResearch
December 6, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Our very talented undergrad, Clare Frawley, presented her first poster today at the Indiana University Undergraduate Research Conference! 📊 🌟 Clare has been working with our grad student @jsrocchio.bsky.social on unnatural amino acid incorporation for live-cell cross linking studies! #IUResearch
Reposted by Katherine Legg
🎉 Our grad student @katherinelegg.bsky.social is a co-author on a new preprint about the genetic requirements and nutrient needs for Staphylococcus aureus growth in cystic fibrosis sputum. Congrats to @gramnegativity.bsky.social and all involved! shorturl.at/yfZQA 🧬 #CysticFibrosis #Microbiology
Analysis of genetic requirements and nutrient availability for Staphylococcus aureus growth in cystic fibrosis sputum
Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most common pathogens isolated from the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis (CF), but little is known about its ability to colonize this niche. We performed a Tn-s...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
December 2, 2024 at 3:00 PM
🎉 Our grad student @katherinelegg.bsky.social is a co-author on a new preprint about the genetic requirements and nutrient needs for Staphylococcus aureus growth in cystic fibrosis sputum. Congrats to @gramnegativity.bsky.social and all involved! shorturl.at/yfZQA 🧬 #CysticFibrosis #Microbiology
Reposted by Katherine Legg
My snowman cards will be available at IU Biology's holiday auction to benefit the local food bank. Cards and more always available at:
Various products:
sci-hustle.myspreadshop.com
Cards:
www.zazzle.com/store/newtfa...
All sales from these sites support GRID Alternatives and One Tree Planted.
Various products:
sci-hustle.myspreadshop.com
Cards:
www.zazzle.com/store/newtfa...
All sales from these sites support GRID Alternatives and One Tree Planted.
November 28, 2024 at 3:21 PM
My snowman cards will be available at IU Biology's holiday auction to benefit the local food bank. Cards and more always available at:
Various products:
sci-hustle.myspreadshop.com
Cards:
www.zazzle.com/store/newtfa...
All sales from these sites support GRID Alternatives and One Tree Planted.
Various products:
sci-hustle.myspreadshop.com
Cards:
www.zazzle.com/store/newtfa...
All sales from these sites support GRID Alternatives and One Tree Planted.
Reposted by Katherine Legg
As the lab migrates over to #ChemSky, we are debuting our new lab logo designed by our own graduate student @jsrocchio.bsky.social. Happy to be here!
November 25, 2024 at 4:54 PM
As the lab migrates over to #ChemSky, we are debuting our new lab logo designed by our own graduate student @jsrocchio.bsky.social. Happy to be here!