Matthew Owens, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM
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Matthew Owens, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM
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PhD Student in @brucelab.bsky.social 🦠 | UVM CMB
| Medical Laboratory Scientist | Microbiology |🍸
Reposted by Matthew Owens, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM
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June 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Really enjoyed writing about one of my favorite topics (influenza filaments). There is so much exciting new filament research now, it is clearly no longer 'the graveyard of postdocs' Bob Lamb called the topic during my PhD. www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Influenza filaments: a graveyard of postdocs no longer? | The EMBO Journal
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June 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Reposted by Matthew Owens, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM
The colors on these Aspergillus were just so beautiful. The green one is Aspergillus flavus, and the tan one is Aspergillus terreus.

The exudate on the A. terreus literally made it ✨️sparkle✨️.

Fungus is so amazing ❤️

#IDsky #MicroSky #ClinMicro
April 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Reposted by Matthew Owens, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM
Preprint from our lab is out! We identified a peroxisome-localized acyl-coA binding protein AcbdA - that regulates peroxisome movement. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... Congratulations to members of my lab and the Christensen lab
@christensenlab.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Acyl-coA binding protein AcbdA regulates peroxisome hitchhiking on early endosomes
Motor-driven transport on microtubules is critical for distributing organelles throughout the cell. Most commonly, organelle movement is mediated by cargo adaptors, proteins on the surface of an organ...
www.biorxiv.org
April 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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February 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Reposted by Matthew Owens, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM
Great to see lots of folks out for Stand Up For Science!!!
March 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM