Adrienne Brauer (she/her)
@runandpipette.bsky.social
WashU Plant & Microbial Biosciences. Doing fun science in the Petra Levin lab 🔬👩🔬. Easily peer pressured into signing up for road races
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Coordination of membrane synthesis with cell growth: localization of the Escherichia coli phospholipid synthesis enzyme PlsB responds to membrane abundance in a manner consistent with filamentation-mediated inhibition https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.03.685888v1
November 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Coordination of membrane synthesis with cell growth: localization of the Escherichia coli phospholipid synthesis enzyme PlsB responds to membrane abundance in a manner consistent with filamentation-mediated inhibition https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.03.685888v1
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Structural mechanisms of pump assembly and drug transport in the AcrAB-TolC efflux system https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.29.685381v1
October 30, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Structural mechanisms of pump assembly and drug transport in the AcrAB-TolC efflux system https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.29.685381v1
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Your go-to tutorial for simulating mesoscale membranes is here. Look no further for:
-Understanding the state of the field
-A guide for creating new models for your science
-Hands-on tutorials to simulate your very own membranes
See tinyurl.com/punk3tcu and the below 🧵 start your journey 💻
-Understanding the state of the field
-A guide for creating new models for your science
-Hands-on tutorials to simulate your very own membranes
See tinyurl.com/punk3tcu and the below 🧵 start your journey 💻
October 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Your go-to tutorial for simulating mesoscale membranes is here. Look no further for:
-Understanding the state of the field
-A guide for creating new models for your science
-Hands-on tutorials to simulate your very own membranes
See tinyurl.com/punk3tcu and the below 🧵 start your journey 💻
-Understanding the state of the field
-A guide for creating new models for your science
-Hands-on tutorials to simulate your very own membranes
See tinyurl.com/punk3tcu and the below 🧵 start your journey 💻
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Episode 112 of #MattersMicrobial! Dr. Petra Levin joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss bacterial cell size, pH, and antibiotic sensitivity. PLEASE spread the #GoodMicrobialWord. Petra is inspirational. @univpugetsound @asmicrobiology @microbe.tv
youtu.be/YPNAvJYAq-s?...
youtu.be/YPNAvJYAq-s?...
October 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Episode 112 of #MattersMicrobial! Dr. Petra Levin joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss bacterial cell size, pH, and antibiotic sensitivity. PLEASE spread the #GoodMicrobialWord. Petra is inspirational. @univpugetsound @asmicrobiology @microbe.tv
youtu.be/YPNAvJYAq-s?...
youtu.be/YPNAvJYAq-s?...
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Structural mechanism of lipid modulation of pentameric ligand-gated ion channel activity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.07.680764v1
October 8, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Structural mechanism of lipid modulation of pentameric ligand-gated ion channel activity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.07.680764v1
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Stability vs flexibility: reshaping archaeal membranes in silico
This ‘fundamental’ study characterises the mechanics and stability of bolalipids from archaeal membranes using a minimalist, physics-based computational model.
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This ‘fundamental’ study characterises the mechanics and stability of bolalipids from archaeal membranes using a minimalist, physics-based computational model.
buff.ly/jCnRfkO
October 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Stability vs flexibility: reshaping archaeal membranes in silico
This ‘fundamental’ study characterises the mechanics and stability of bolalipids from archaeal membranes using a minimalist, physics-based computational model.
buff.ly/jCnRfkO
This ‘fundamental’ study characterises the mechanics and stability of bolalipids from archaeal membranes using a minimalist, physics-based computational model.
buff.ly/jCnRfkO
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I’m a trained signature collector 🙋♀️
Are you ready to take action? Get trained to collect signatures to protect same-sex marriage in MO and expand anti-discrimination laws across the state!! Sign up for a virtual training: forms.gle/hdBANTseQDjd...
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October 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I’m a trained signature collector 🙋♀️
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Want to help us protect and expand LGBTQ+ Rights in Missouri, but don't have time to volunteer? You can help spread the word by sharing and interacting with our posts. And support our efforts by donating to our campaign. Any size donation helps!! secure.actblue.com/donate/mo4lg...
May 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Want to help us protect and expand LGBTQ+ Rights in Missouri, but don't have time to volunteer? You can help spread the word by sharing and interacting with our posts. And support our efforts by donating to our campaign. Any size donation helps!! secure.actblue.com/donate/mo4lg...
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A new #CryoET study shows that the protein ZapD helps organise FtsZ filaments into stable ring-like structures in building bacterial division machinery.
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September 21, 2025 at 8:21 AM
A new #CryoET study shows that the protein ZapD helps organise FtsZ filaments into stable ring-like structures in building bacterial division machinery.
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buff.ly/saLPqJM
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Very excited to share new work out today in @natchembio.nature.com on a new approach - FACES - for selectively imaging of phospholipids and other biomolecules at spatial resolutions down to individual membrane leaflets (1/n) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Leaflet-specific phospholipid imaging using genetically encoded proximity sensors - Nature Chemical Biology
An approach combining bioorthogonal chemistry with genetically encoded fluorogen-activating proteins enables subcellular imaging of phospholipids and glycans, as well as the visualization of lipid tra...
www.nature.com
September 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Very excited to share new work out today in @natchembio.nature.com on a new approach - FACES - for selectively imaging of phospholipids and other biomolecules at spatial resolutions down to individual membrane leaflets (1/n) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Peptidoglycan turnover promotes active transport of protein through the bacterial cell wall https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.12.675941v1
September 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Peptidoglycan turnover promotes active transport of protein through the bacterial cell wall https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.12.675941v1
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FINALLY! Challenging to publish but we believe it is an important discovery: rdcu.be/eATFz
💚 Thanks to the team @biswashere.bsky.social, Omar Muñoz, ✨Q✨ C. Hoege, B. Lorton, R. Nikolay @matthewkraushar.bsky.social @dshechter.bsky.social @gucklab.bsky.social @vasilyzaburdaev.bsky.social 💚
💚 Thanks to the team @biswashere.bsky.social, Omar Muñoz, ✨Q✨ C. Hoege, B. Lorton, R. Nikolay @matthewkraushar.bsky.social @dshechter.bsky.social @gucklab.bsky.social @vasilyzaburdaev.bsky.social 💚
Conserved nucleocytoplasmic density homeostasis drives cellular organization across eukaryotes
Nature Communications - Cells can regulate their mass density. Here, the authors demonstrate how eukaryotes establish and maintain a lower density in the nucleus than in the cytoplasm via pressure...
rdcu.be
August 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
FINALLY! Challenging to publish but we believe it is an important discovery: rdcu.be/eATFz
💚 Thanks to the team @biswashere.bsky.social, Omar Muñoz, ✨Q✨ C. Hoege, B. Lorton, R. Nikolay @matthewkraushar.bsky.social @dshechter.bsky.social @gucklab.bsky.social @vasilyzaburdaev.bsky.social 💚
💚 Thanks to the team @biswashere.bsky.social, Omar Muñoz, ✨Q✨ C. Hoege, B. Lorton, R. Nikolay @matthewkraushar.bsky.social @dshechter.bsky.social @gucklab.bsky.social @vasilyzaburdaev.bsky.social 💚
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📢Our review of the impact of bacterial purine synthesis on antibiotic tolerance and resistance expression is now out! A lot of food for thought and contrasting data from E. coli and S. aureus... 🤔
Read it here: rdcu.be/ezfQ7
Read it here: rdcu.be/ezfQ7
The impact of bacterial purine metabolism on antibiotic efficacy
npj Antimicrobials and Resistance - The impact of bacterial purine metabolism on antibiotic efficacy
rdcu.be
August 5, 2025 at 5:53 AM
📢Our review of the impact of bacterial purine synthesis on antibiotic tolerance and resistance expression is now out! A lot of food for thought and contrasting data from E. coli and S. aureus... 🤔
Read it here: rdcu.be/ezfQ7
Read it here: rdcu.be/ezfQ7
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Scientists have mapped individual sugar molecules on the surface of cells at a resolution once thought to be impossible for light microscopes
go.nature.com/40I9Ewv
go.nature.com/40I9Ewv
Cell's sugar coating mapped at below-nanometre resolution
Nature - Super-resolution technique works with off-the-shelf optical microscopes.
go.nature.com
August 3, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Scientists have mapped individual sugar molecules on the surface of cells at a resolution once thought to be impossible for light microscopes
go.nature.com/40I9Ewv
go.nature.com/40I9Ewv
@cornellasap.bsky.social my McClintock letter in the Petersburg Observer! Research helps everyone, including farmers 👩🌾🚜🌽
June 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
@cornellasap.bsky.social my McClintock letter in the Petersburg Observer! Research helps everyone, including farmers 👩🌾🚜🌽
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There are now 24 step-by-step guides, explaining how to create these ⬇️ data visualizations with R/ggplot2 - I hope this is a useful resource. Find them all here: joachimgoedhart.github.io/DataViz-prot...
December 16, 2024 at 9:25 AM
There are now 24 step-by-step guides, explaining how to create these ⬇️ data visualizations with R/ggplot2 - I hope this is a useful resource. Find them all here: joachimgoedhart.github.io/DataViz-prot...
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Come visit our booth this Saturday at Out in the Ozarks: West Plains Pride, Sunday at People's Pride KC, and all weekend at St. Louis Pridefest! We'll have initiative petitions you can sign to protect same-sex marriage and expand anti-discrimination laws in Missouri!
June 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Come visit our booth this Saturday at Out in the Ozarks: West Plains Pride, Sunday at People's Pride KC, and all weekend at St. Louis Pridefest! We'll have initiative petitions you can sign to protect same-sex marriage and expand anti-discrimination laws in Missouri!
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Federal research cuts impact local economies, and stall progress.
Publish an opinion piece in your hometown paper on June 16th to SPREAD THE WORD about how scientific research contributes to the everyday health and wealth of the general public.
#McClintockLetters
blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
Publish an opinion piece in your hometown paper on June 16th to SPREAD THE WORD about how scientific research contributes to the everyday health and wealth of the general public.
#McClintockLetters
blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
April 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Federal research cuts impact local economies, and stall progress.
Publish an opinion piece in your hometown paper on June 16th to SPREAD THE WORD about how scientific research contributes to the everyday health and wealth of the general public.
#McClintockLetters
blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
Publish an opinion piece in your hometown paper on June 16th to SPREAD THE WORD about how scientific research contributes to the everyday health and wealth of the general public.
#McClintockLetters
blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...