Meg and her Microbes
@meganbehrmann.bsky.social
NCI postdoctoral fellow in the #AnuKhareLab 🕵️♀️🧬 investigating dynamic genetic mechanisms that lead to adaptation and resistance in MRSA 🧫🔬| all views my own
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Happy to share a new publication on Mechanistic Coupling of Enzyme Activities at the Replisome in JBC. We #Traklab compare and contrast strategies used across organisms to coordinate the many enzymatic processes that occur during DNA replication. Hope it is helpful. doi.org/10.1016/j.jb...
October 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Happy to share a new publication on Mechanistic Coupling of Enzyme Activities at the Replisome in JBC. We #Traklab compare and contrast strategies used across organisms to coordinate the many enzymatic processes that occur during DNA replication. Hope it is helpful. doi.org/10.1016/j.jb...
Enjoyed presenting and attending some excellent posters yesterday at the #NIH research festival 🤓🥼🧬📊
#Anupamakharelab #NCI #megandhermicrobes #AMR
#Anupamakharelab #NCI #megandhermicrobes #AMR
September 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Enjoyed presenting and attending some excellent posters yesterday at the #NIH research festival 🤓🥼🧬📊
#Anupamakharelab #NCI #megandhermicrobes #AMR
#Anupamakharelab #NCI #megandhermicrobes #AMR
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These members of the NIH Council of Councils are voicing serious concerns about NIH grant terminations, restructure, and budget cuts
go.nature.com/46Vr8t2
go.nature.com/46Vr8t2
Protect the integrity of the US National Institutes of Health
Letter to the Editor
go.nature.com
July 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
These members of the NIH Council of Councils are voicing serious concerns about NIH grant terminations, restructure, and budget cuts
go.nature.com/46Vr8t2
go.nature.com/46Vr8t2
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Excited to share that our paper is now out in Nature Microbiology @natureportfolio.bsky.social! We characterize a positive mechanism for Z ring placement in S. aureus governed by the proteins PcdA/DivIVA, and its implication during infection in a mouse model #Microsky
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PcdA promotes orthogonal division plane selection in Staphylococcus aureus
Nature Microbiology - PcdA interacts with DivIVA and FtsZ, promoting Z-ring formation and division plane selection in Staphylococcus aureus, which increases virulence in mice and reduces...
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October 28, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Excited to share that our paper is now out in Nature Microbiology @natureportfolio.bsky.social! We characterize a positive mechanism for Z ring placement in S. aureus governed by the proteins PcdA/DivIVA, and its implication during infection in a mouse model #Microsky
rdcu.be/dYmdC
rdcu.be/dYmdC
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We are on the lookout for postdocs for two different projects at the intersection of ecology, evolution, and the human microbiome.
See thread for more information and reach out!
See thread for more information and reach out!
July 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
We are on the lookout for postdocs for two different projects at the intersection of ecology, evolution, and the human microbiome.
See thread for more information and reach out!
See thread for more information and reach out!
Had a great time this weekend attending the @asa3org.bsky.social 2025 annual meeting, this year in CO! It was an invigorating and refreshing time filled with great workshops, talks, and nature 🏔️. Thankful for this community of like-minded STEM peers ☺️🫶🏼
July 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Had a great time this weekend attending the @asa3org.bsky.social 2025 annual meeting, this year in CO! It was an invigorating and refreshing time filled with great workshops, talks, and nature 🏔️. Thankful for this community of like-minded STEM peers ☺️🫶🏼
Had an absolutely fabulous time at the 2025 molecular mechanisms of evolution GRC! Amazing science, amazing people, card games, CanJam, and a lil' EtOH 🥹 - it was a week to remember! Excited to get back into lab this week and put into practice some great suggestions 🤓
June 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Had an absolutely fabulous time at the 2025 molecular mechanisms of evolution GRC! Amazing science, amazing people, card games, CanJam, and a lil' EtOH 🥹 - it was a week to remember! Excited to get back into lab this week and put into practice some great suggestions 🤓
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Excited to share this new preprint from the lab, where postdoc Pavan Silva @kptsilva.bsky.social found pathways that control gene amplifications, and thus antibiotic resistance, in Staph aureus!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Genetic determinants of gene amplifications alter frequency and evolutionary trajectory of antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus
Gene amplifications are thought to be common in bacterial populations, providing a rapid reversible mode of adaptation to diverse stresses, including the acquisition of antibiotic resistance. We previ...
www.biorxiv.org
April 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Excited to share this new preprint from the lab, where postdoc Pavan Silva @kptsilva.bsky.social found pathways that control gene amplifications, and thus antibiotic resistance, in Staph aureus!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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The transfer of antibiotic resistance genes between evolutionarily distant bacteria | mSphere journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
The transfer of antibiotic resistance genes between evolutionarily distant bacteria | mSphere
Antibiotic-resistant infections pose a growing threat to global health. This study
reveals how genes conferring antibiotic resistance can move between bacteria that
belong to different phyla lineages ...
journals.asm.org
June 22, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The transfer of antibiotic resistance genes between evolutionarily distant bacteria | mSphere journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Check out this new review from our lab led by postdoc Pavan Silva! We explore the varied mechanisms by which gene amplifications lead to antibiotic resistance.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
November 18, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Check out this new review from our lab led by postdoc Pavan Silva! We explore the varied mechanisms by which gene amplifications lead to antibiotic resistance.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...