Ezza Khan
@ezzakhan.bsky.social
Ph.D candidate in Mera Lab at UIUC | Studying regulation of bacterial cell cycle, cell size and morphology in Caulobacter crescentus.
Bacterial Cell Biology and Development GRC'25
Just part of the Caulo crew at BCBD GRC. We would’ve gotten all the alphaphiles but it was too many people to herd into a pic!
June 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Bacterial Cell Biology and Development GRC'25
Reposted by Ezza Khan
Asgard archaea have actin - but what about microtubules? Where do they come from? 🧐 Our new paper www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... by @xujwet.bsky.social & @florianwollweber.bsky.social, in collaboration with the Schleper & Wieczorek labs, describes tiny Asgard microtubules! #TeamTomo #ArchaeaSky 1/6
March 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Asgard archaea have actin - but what about microtubules? Where do they come from? 🧐 Our new paper www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... by @xujwet.bsky.social & @florianwollweber.bsky.social, in collaboration with the Schleper & Wieczorek labs, describes tiny Asgard microtubules! #TeamTomo #ArchaeaSky 1/6
Excited to share my first graduate research project.
The preprint is now out on biorxiv!
We identify new mechanism in which DnaA modulates cell size independently of oriC copy number.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The preprint is now out on biorxiv!
We identify new mechanism in which DnaA modulates cell size independently of oriC copy number.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
February 26, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Excited to share my first graduate research project.
The preprint is now out on biorxiv!
We identify new mechanism in which DnaA modulates cell size independently of oriC copy number.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The preprint is now out on biorxiv!
We identify new mechanism in which DnaA modulates cell size independently of oriC copy number.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Ezza Khan
1/10 🧵 Injecting some science in your feed: Happy to share another chapter in our investigation of bacterial surface sensing. We describe the role of CpaL, a minor pilin-like protein, a key player in surface sensing and adhesion in Caulobacter crescentus. #microsky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Stimulation of the Caulobacter crescentus surface sensing pathway by deletion of a specialized minor pilin-like gene
Bacteria colonize surfaces through complex mechanisms of surface sensing. Pili are dynamic bacterial appendages that play an important role in this process. In Caulobacter crescentus , tension on retr...
www.biorxiv.org
February 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
1/10 🧵 Injecting some science in your feed: Happy to share another chapter in our investigation of bacterial surface sensing. We describe the role of CpaL, a minor pilin-like protein, a key player in surface sensing and adhesion in Caulobacter crescentus. #microsky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Ezza Khan
To honour Abigail A. Salyers (1942-2013), who is considered as the mother of microbiome research, DSMZ researchers named the strain Streptomyces salyersiae (DSM 41770) after her.
#WomenInScience #antibiotics #antibioticresistance #microbiome #microbiology
#WomenInScience #antibiotics #antibioticresistance #microbiome #microbiology
December 5, 2024 at 8:22 AM
To honour Abigail A. Salyers (1942-2013), who is considered as the mother of microbiome research, DSMZ researchers named the strain Streptomyces salyersiae (DSM 41770) after her.
#WomenInScience #antibiotics #antibioticresistance #microbiome #microbiology
#WomenInScience #antibiotics #antibioticresistance #microbiome #microbiology
Reposted by Ezza Khan
Do you feel stressed?
Is it one thing or a combination?
Turns out bacteria can’t handle stress either!
Excited to share my first first author paper out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social!
Combining multiple stressors blocks bacterial migration and growth! www.cell.com/current-biol...
Is it one thing or a combination?
Turns out bacteria can’t handle stress either!
Excited to share my first first author paper out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social!
Combining multiple stressors blocks bacterial migration and growth! www.cell.com/current-biol...
November 19, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Do you feel stressed?
Is it one thing or a combination?
Turns out bacteria can’t handle stress either!
Excited to share my first first author paper out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social!
Combining multiple stressors blocks bacterial migration and growth! www.cell.com/current-biol...
Is it one thing or a combination?
Turns out bacteria can’t handle stress either!
Excited to share my first first author paper out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social!
Combining multiple stressors blocks bacterial migration and growth! www.cell.com/current-biol...