Kevin Lang
@kslang.bsky.social
Assistant professor at the University of Minnesota studying how host-microbe interactions impact genome integrity.
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Conflicts between the DNA replication and repair machineries promote cell death in Gram-positive bacteria doi.org/10.1099/mic.... b @winterhalterlab.bsky.social @heathmurraylab.bsky.social et al.
Conflicts between the DNA replication and repair machineries promote cell death in Gram-positive bacteria
Cellular proliferation relies on the successful coordination and completion of genome replication and segregation. To help achieve this, many bacteria utilize regulatory pathways that ensure DNA repli...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Conflicts between the DNA replication and repair machineries promote cell death in Gram-positive bacteria doi.org/10.1099/mic.... b @winterhalterlab.bsky.social @heathmurraylab.bsky.social et al.
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New episode of #MattersMicrobial! The superlative Dr. Jeff Gralnick chats with the #QualityQuorum about bacteria that breathe metal! Please spread the #GoodMicrobialWord! @univpugetsound @asmicrobiology @microbe.tv
youtu.be/rh-TK2Bvxj8?...
youtu.be/rh-TK2Bvxj8?...
October 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
New episode of #MattersMicrobial! The superlative Dr. Jeff Gralnick chats with the #QualityQuorum about bacteria that breathe metal! Please spread the #GoodMicrobialWord! @univpugetsound @asmicrobiology @microbe.tv
youtu.be/rh-TK2Bvxj8?...
youtu.be/rh-TK2Bvxj8?...
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Great work from Michelle Wang’s group at Cornell exploring how RNAP II and associated R-loops act as intrinsic roadblocks during mechanical DNA unzipping. These findings have mechanistic implications for transcription–replication conflict.
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rdcu.be/eILVd
RNA polymerase II is a polar roadblock to a progressing DNA fork
Nature Communications - Transcription–replication conflicts can threaten genome stability. Here, the authors show that RNA polymerase II (Pol II) is a stronger roadblock to a DNA fork in the...
rdcu.be
September 30, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Great work from Michelle Wang’s group at Cornell exploring how RNAP II and associated R-loops act as intrinsic roadblocks during mechanical DNA unzipping. These findings have mechanistic implications for transcription–replication conflict.
rdcu.be/eILVd
rdcu.be/eILVd
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Memorial Day kicks off two of my favorite seasons:
Grateful Dead Season (specifically 1971, 77-80, as 73-75 are reserved for Labor Day through Halloween)
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Grilling Season
So I ask today, you reply or quote with pics of your grilling and/or favorite Dead cuts!
Grateful Dead Season (specifically 1971, 77-80, as 73-75 are reserved for Labor Day through Halloween)
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Grilling Season
So I ask today, you reply or quote with pics of your grilling and/or favorite Dead cuts!
May 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Memorial Day kicks off two of my favorite seasons:
Grateful Dead Season (specifically 1971, 77-80, as 73-75 are reserved for Labor Day through Halloween)
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Grilling Season
So I ask today, you reply or quote with pics of your grilling and/or favorite Dead cuts!
Grateful Dead Season (specifically 1971, 77-80, as 73-75 are reserved for Labor Day through Halloween)
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Grilling Season
So I ask today, you reply or quote with pics of your grilling and/or favorite Dead cuts!
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The cement king of Sioux City who drives a brand new F-350 and has two vacation houses in Florida isn't an elite but a grad student with $200,000 in debt and a nose ring is, that's how this works.
It would be so useful if everyone who writes about “elites” could make the tiny extra effort to be specific about who they’re actually talking about
May 19, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The cement king of Sioux City who drives a brand new F-350 and has two vacation houses in Florida isn't an elite but a grad student with $200,000 in debt and a nose ring is, that's how this works.
Reposted by Kevin Lang
Reposted by Kevin Lang
🚨 The Department of Microbiology & Cell Biology at Montana State University invites applications for an Assistant Professor tenure-track faculty position in the field of environmental microbiology.
Happy to answer any questions!
🧫🧪🧬 #microsky
jobs.montana.edu/postings/45680
Happy to answer any questions!
🧫🧪🧬 #microsky
jobs.montana.edu/postings/45680
March 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
🚨 The Department of Microbiology & Cell Biology at Montana State University invites applications for an Assistant Professor tenure-track faculty position in the field of environmental microbiology.
Happy to answer any questions!
🧫🧪🧬 #microsky
jobs.montana.edu/postings/45680
Happy to answer any questions!
🧫🧪🧬 #microsky
jobs.montana.edu/postings/45680
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My NIGMS R35 renewal (submitted 1/16/24, approved by council 9/20/24, original project end date tomorrow) is still pending. Clearly no chance the $$ arrive before Monday.
Assume many are in the same boat and curious as to whether anyone anywhere has received institutional guidance. NB I have not.
Assume many are in the same boat and curious as to whether anyone anywhere has received institutional guidance. NB I have not.
February 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
My NIGMS R35 renewal (submitted 1/16/24, approved by council 9/20/24, original project end date tomorrow) is still pending. Clearly no chance the $$ arrive before Monday.
Assume many are in the same boat and curious as to whether anyone anywhere has received institutional guidance. NB I have not.
Assume many are in the same boat and curious as to whether anyone anywhere has received institutional guidance. NB I have not.
Mine def was when I was setting up a southern blot transfer and an undergraduate said “I learned in class that those are obsolete” :/
What’s your science/PI version of “OMG I’m my parents now!”?
Mine may be emailing random papers to my students with absolutely no context.
Mine may be emailing random papers to my students with absolutely no context.
December 8, 2023 at 7:59 PM
Mine def was when I was setting up a southern blot transfer and an undergraduate said “I learned in class that those are obsolete” :/
Y'all, I'm away from lab traveling and my trainees sent me this via slack: they all dressed up as me for Halloween (Winter Kevin, Summer Kevin, and "I wear this all the time" Kevin)! My trainees rock and having a lab is a lot of fun!
November 1, 2023 at 2:27 PM
Y'all, I'm away from lab traveling and my trainees sent me this via slack: they all dressed up as me for Halloween (Winter Kevin, Summer Kevin, and "I wear this all the time" Kevin)! My trainees rock and having a lab is a lot of fun!