Merilin Rosenberg
@merosen.bsky.social
Microbiologist, mother, dog/coffee/beer person, in love with science.
A few years back we were developing a motility screen and were left puzzled by an immotile E. coli that does not swim but somehow "crawls" on agar with glucose and was inhibited by surfactant... In retrospect - it might be swashing, just the type of motility was not yet described 😅 Pics in comments.
JB Editor's Choice: Panich, Wadhwa et al. describe a new type of motility in Salmonella they refer to as "swashing", which does not appear to require active propulsion.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:11 AM
A few years back we were developing a motility screen and were left puzzled by an immotile E. coli that does not swim but somehow "crawls" on agar with glucose and was inhibited by surfactant... In retrospect - it might be swashing, just the type of motility was not yet described 😅 Pics in comments.
Inspirational!
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I don't think scientists should work for anyone else. They should work for discovery and for their own curiosity.
– Maria Leptin, ERC President @marialep.bsky.social
(From the episode of the Night Science Podcast coming out next week @nightsciencepod.bsky.social )
– Maria Leptin, ERC President @marialep.bsky.social
(From the episode of the Night Science Podcast coming out next week @nightsciencepod.bsky.social )
December 9, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Inspirational!
open.spotify.com/episode/2AJj...
open.spotify.com/episode/2AJj...