Ellie Boardman
ellieboardman.bsky.social
Ellie Boardman
@ellieboardman.bsky.social
Postdoc working on S. aureus T7SS in Tracy Palmer’s group at Newcastle University, UK
We’ve kept registrations open till the end of this week so get your last minute applications in for posters and talks!
October 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
We have a fantastic keynote speaker @lowlab.bsky.social, representatives from industry and beyond and we will also select a range of talks and posters from ECR attendees so a great opportunity to enrich that CV! Plus… a free meal at St James Park 🥳
October 14, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Reposted by Ellie Boardman
I’m Chloe, I am part of the Connolly lab and I study how the role of two-component systems differs between types of E.coli”
October 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Hi, I’m Natalia Łoś from Dr Dave Bolam’s lab. I’m currently going into the third year of my PhD working on dietary fibre degradation by the members of the human gut microbiota 😊

Follow Natalia here : @natalia-los.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Reposted by Ellie Boardman
We think this much larger BAM enables biogenesis of outer membrane β-barrel and surface-exposed lipoprotein complexes, which are a hallmark of the Bacteroidota.
October 2, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Reposted by Ellie Boardman
Berks and @smlea.bsky.social labs also found yet a different BAM architecture in Flavobacterium johnsoniae, another member of Bacteroidota.

doi.org/10.1038/s415...
A new paradigm for outer membrane protein biogenesis in the Bacteroidota - Nature
Structural and biochemical studies of the β-barrel-assembly machinery from Flavobacterium johnsoniae reveal a subunit composition and assembly that are distinct from those of the canonical Escherichia coli complex.
doi.org
October 2, 2025 at 6:20 AM
September 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM