Joe Dillard
@sacculus.bsky.social
Bacteriologist. We study Nesseria, Gardnerella, and all things related to peptidoglycan. Professor at UW-Madison.
It's the height of morel season in south-central Wisconsin.
May 16, 2025 at 7:58 PM
It's the height of morel season in south-central Wisconsin.
We have developed methods for making targeted mutations in Gardnerella species. It's been a long slog, and the bacteria put up a lot of hurdles. Thanks to the hard work and ingenuity of Amy Klimowicz and Erin Garcia, we can make deletions, point mutations, and complements. Preprint is on bioRxiv.
May 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
We have developed methods for making targeted mutations in Gardnerella species. It's been a long slog, and the bacteria put up a lot of hurdles. Thanks to the hard work and ingenuity of Amy Klimowicz and Erin Garcia, we can make deletions, point mutations, and complements. Preprint is on bioRxiv.
Spring is just starting in south central Wisconsin. My son and I enjoyed a 5 mile hike and foraging for scarlet elf cups in the rain.
March 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Spring is just starting in south central Wisconsin. My son and I enjoyed a 5 mile hike and foraging for scarlet elf cups in the rain.
🧪 We've published our first paper on Gardnerella. There is extensive phase variation in all the Gardnerella species we examined. It effects surface proteins, toxin production, and human cervix infection ex vivo. doi.org/10.1128/msph...
June 28, 2024 at 2:06 PM
🧪 We've published our first paper on Gardnerella. There is extensive phase variation in all the Gardnerella species we examined. It effects surface proteins, toxin production, and human cervix infection ex vivo. doi.org/10.1128/msph...
🧪 In PID, peptidoglycan fragments and other soluble molecules released by Neisseria gonorrhoeae lead to tissue damage. Our latest article describes the transcriptomic responses in human Fallopian tube tissue to these molecules or gonococcal infection. rdcu.be/dGR5W
May 6, 2024 at 7:23 PM
🧪 In PID, peptidoglycan fragments and other soluble molecules released by Neisseria gonorrhoeae lead to tissue damage. Our latest article describes the transcriptomic responses in human Fallopian tube tissue to these molecules or gonococcal infection. rdcu.be/dGR5W
Check out our new pub on cell wall metabolism in Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Mutation of the gene for the peptidoglycan terminase MltG results in cells that are abnormally large and pour out cell wall fragments. Antibiotic resistant strains become sensitive when mltG is mutated. doi.org/10.1128/jb.0...
December 4, 2023 at 8:21 PM
Check out our new pub on cell wall metabolism in Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Mutation of the gene for the peptidoglycan terminase MltG results in cells that are abnormally large and pour out cell wall fragments. Antibiotic resistant strains become sensitive when mltG is mutated. doi.org/10.1128/jb.0...
Today my lab is celebrating our 25th anniversary, 25 years of studying pathogenic Neisseria, type IV secretion, peptidoglycan, Fallopian tubes, and recently, Gardnerella. We've had a lot of fun and learned a lot of stuff.
October 27, 2023 at 6:33 PM
Today my lab is celebrating our 25th anniversary, 25 years of studying pathogenic Neisseria, type IV secretion, peptidoglycan, Fallopian tubes, and recently, Gardnerella. We've had a lot of fun and learned a lot of stuff.