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Dr Jacob Scadden
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Postdoctoral researcher at the University of New South Wales. Studying the evolution of the bacterial flagellar filament.
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Registrations for Australia's premier Microbiology conference are now open. www.theasmmeeting.org.au/registration
November 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Thanks to @jamsorgsyd.bsky.social for the opportunity to talk about the evolution of the bacterial flagellar filament to a fantastic crowd. It is always a pleasure to tell this story and showcase the amazing diversity, evolution and adaptation of bacterial flagella! 🦠🔬
October 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Come along and join us at the Keg & Brew for our final monthly of the year! Super keen to hear some amazing talks about all things microbiology🤩🧬

#microbiology #JAMSmicro #science #seminar #networking #biology #research
October 23, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Thanks to the @arccoesb.bsky.social for organising a great ECR workshop on grant writing! Some great tips into grant writing and insights into the decision making process. A big thank you to all the panel members for taking time to help during the 1:1 sessions. #ECR #Grant #Academia
August 28, 2025 at 7:12 AM
🚨New Paper Alert🚨Our latest paper is published now in the Journal of Bacteriology @asm.org!🦠🔬🏃

A huge thanks to all the co-authors (Matthew Baker, Divyangi Pandit, Pietro Ridone and Yoshiyuki Sowa) for all their hard work! @unswbabs.bsky.social
#flagella #chimera

journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Rescue of bacterial motility using two- and three-species FliC chimeras | Journal of Bacteriology
Flagellin is a key protein forming the filament of the bacterial flagellar motor which powers most bacterial swimming. Flagellin can have hypervariable domains which can alter motility in different en...
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August 12, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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Out this weekend in @ismepublications.bsky.social

We looked at 10,000 species to map the diversity and history of the bacterial #flagellar motor across the tree of life.

Lots of (re)analysis , especially from Jamiema Sara Philip @unswbabs.bsky.social

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June 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I'm excited to share that our latest research, "Mapping the loss of flagellar motility across the tree of life", in which I was a co-author, has been published in @isme-microbes.bsky.social Journal! 🧪🦠 Huge thanks to all the co-authors!
📖 Read the full paper here: academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
Mapping the loss of flagellar motility across the tree of life
Abstract. Bacterial swimming is mostly powered by the bacterial flagellar motor and the number of proteins involved in the flagellar motor can vary. Quanti
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June 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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New paper alert! The nisin O biosynthetic gene cluster lacks a leader-peptide cleaving protease but is distributed across different gut-associated genera. @microbiologysociety.org @narbadlab.bsky.social www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
The nisin O cluster: species dissemination, candidate leader peptide proteases and the role of regulatory systems
Nisin O is an antimicrobial peptide encoded by the human gut bacterium Blautia obeum A2-162 which has antimicrobial activity against clinically relevant organisms. The nisin O biosynthetic gene cluste...
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February 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM