Samantha Tucker
@samkaytucker.bsky.social
PhD student in the Roe lab.
Interested in pathogenic E. coli, toxins and compound discovery 🧫 Based at @uofglasgow.bsky.social
Interested in pathogenic E. coli, toxins and compound discovery 🧫 Based at @uofglasgow.bsky.social
Thrilled to share this new study! A great study to be a part of.
Excited to share our new study! Great fun working again with my good friend @stephenrgarrett.bsky.social — always a highlight! Huge thanks to fantastic co-authors @samkaytucker.bsky.social, @drandyjroe.bsky.social and our star technician Vojtech Pavelka. academic.oup.com/nargab/artic...
November 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Thrilled to share this new study! A great study to be a part of.
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May 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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🚨 New paper alert! 🚨
We used complementary sensing approaches to study oxygen microenvironments in E. coli biofilm transport channels, which provided a spatial overview of how transport channels maintain chemical gradients in complex communities.
doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.001543
We used complementary sensing approaches to study oxygen microenvironments in E. coli biofilm transport channels, which provided a spatial overview of how transport channels maintain chemical gradients in complex communities.
doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.001543
May 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
🚨 New paper alert! 🚨
We used complementary sensing approaches to study oxygen microenvironments in E. coli biofilm transport channels, which provided a spatial overview of how transport channels maintain chemical gradients in complex communities.
doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.001543
We used complementary sensing approaches to study oxygen microenvironments in E. coli biofilm transport channels, which provided a spatial overview of how transport channels maintain chemical gradients in complex communities.
doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.001543
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🚨WE’RE HIRING!🚨 A Research Technician (2y) to join our team & work on exciting projects in bacterial evolution & gene regulation. Come join our growing, supportive Bacteriology Dept @uofglasgow.bsky.social ! 🏴 #MicroBio25 #microsky @microbiologysociety.org Apply by 30th April: tinyurl.com/2z9z9kse
April 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
🚨WE’RE HIRING!🚨 A Research Technician (2y) to join our team & work on exciting projects in bacterial evolution & gene regulation. Come join our growing, supportive Bacteriology Dept @uofglasgow.bsky.social ! 🏴 #MicroBio25 #microsky @microbiologysociety.org Apply by 30th April: tinyurl.com/2z9z9kse
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What a week! Grateful for the chance to share my recent work on #bacteria, #evolution, and #RNA at my first #MicroBio25 conference. As a new lecturer in the UK, it was an incredible introduction to the vibrant microbiology community here! @microbiologysociety.org
April 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
What a week! Grateful for the chance to share my recent work on #bacteria, #evolution, and #RNA at my first #MicroBio25 conference. As a new lecturer in the UK, it was an incredible introduction to the vibrant microbiology community here! @microbiologysociety.org
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For those of you who approached me at @microbiologysociety.org #Microbio25 (and anyone else interested!!), this is your last chance to apply for our PDRA position. Come join us in Glasgow!
🚨We are hiring! A MRC-funded PDRA position to study novel anti-phage systems & their evolutionary dynamics in P. aeruginosa, in collaboration with @friendlymicrobe. If you are passionate about phage-bacteria interactions & evolution, apply now ! tinyurl.com/bddz4z44
April 4, 2025 at 9:46 AM
For those of you who approached me at @microbiologysociety.org #Microbio25 (and anyone else interested!!), this is your last chance to apply for our PDRA position. Come join us in Glasgow!
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University of Glasgow Bacteriologists representing at #Microbio25 @uofgsii.bsky.social @uofgmvls.bsky.social @microbiologysociety.org
April 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
University of Glasgow Bacteriologists representing at #Microbio25 @uofgsii.bsky.social @uofgmvls.bsky.social @microbiologysociety.org
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New paper from the group - here we show that aurodox prevents shiga toxin mediated damage in a murine model. Interesting changes to the microbiota too. Amazing work by @rebeccamchugh.bsky.social and the group.
Paper here- rdcu.be/efW0K
Paper here- rdcu.be/efW0K
April 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
New paper from the group - here we show that aurodox prevents shiga toxin mediated damage in a murine model. Interesting changes to the microbiota too. Amazing work by @rebeccamchugh.bsky.social and the group.
Paper here- rdcu.be/efW0K
Paper here- rdcu.be/efW0K
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Welcome to day two of #Microbio25! Make the most of the events on offer today by viewing the full itinerary - microb.io/Microbio25
Annual Conference 2025
31 March - 03 April 2025
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April 1, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Welcome to day two of #Microbio25! Make the most of the events on offer today by viewing the full itinerary - microb.io/Microbio25
It’s #Microbio25 and I will have a poster up today at A055! Come along and chat with me about Shiga toxin producing E. coli and differences in toxin expression levels
April 1, 2025 at 6:27 AM
It’s #Microbio25 and I will have a poster up today at A055! Come along and chat with me about Shiga toxin producing E. coli and differences in toxin expression levels
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Ready for the first talks at @microbiologysociety.org 2025 annual conference.
@samkaytucker.bsky.social
#microbio2025 🦠
@samkaytucker.bsky.social
#microbio2025 🦠
March 31, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Ready for the first talks at @microbiologysociety.org 2025 annual conference.
@samkaytucker.bsky.social
#microbio2025 🦠
@samkaytucker.bsky.social
#microbio2025 🦠
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📣Publication alert!
Another great output from @metagymomics.bsky.social for his PhD. Looking at strain level genetic variation within members of the vaginal microbiome. #microsky @pauldcotter.bsky.social @calumwalsh.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Another great output from @metagymomics.bsky.social for his PhD. Looking at strain level genetic variation within members of the vaginal microbiome. #microsky @pauldcotter.bsky.social @calumwalsh.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Strain-level variation among vaginal Lactobacillus crispatus and Lactobacillus iners as identified by comparative metagenomics - npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
npj Biofilms and Microbiomes - Strain-level variation among vaginal Lactobacillus crispatus and Lactobacillus iners as identified by comparative metagenomics
www.nature.com
March 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
📣Publication alert!
Another great output from @metagymomics.bsky.social for his PhD. Looking at strain level genetic variation within members of the vaginal microbiome. #microsky @pauldcotter.bsky.social @calumwalsh.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Another great output from @metagymomics.bsky.social for his PhD. Looking at strain level genetic variation within members of the vaginal microbiome. #microsky @pauldcotter.bsky.social @calumwalsh.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🏅 | @uofgsii.bsky.social's Professor Lilach Sheiner (@sheinerlab.bsky.social) was recently awarded the prestigious C.A. Wright Medal by the @bspparasitology.bsky.social for outstanding contributions to the discipline.
Congratulations, Professor Sheiner!
🔗 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
Congratulations, Professor Sheiner!
🔗 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
March 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
🏅 | @uofgsii.bsky.social's Professor Lilach Sheiner (@sheinerlab.bsky.social) was recently awarded the prestigious C.A. Wright Medal by the @bspparasitology.bsky.social for outstanding contributions to the discipline.
Congratulations, Professor Sheiner!
🔗 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
Congratulations, Professor Sheiner!
🔗 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
Looking forward to reading this paper!
Secretion mechanisms of many T6SS effectors in Gram-neg #bacteria remain unclear. @drdorsalomon.bsky.social &co identify a new class of #T6SS effectors, which can harbor either 1 or 2 toxic domains and use the WHIX domain as a secretion motif🧪 @plosbiology.org plos.io/4iCxVL3
March 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Looking forward to reading this paper!
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🚨 🧬 Updated preprint on the completed BASEL collection - what's new? Some fun with bacterial immunity and a new P22 relative infecting E. coli K-12. A thread 🧵
February 6, 2025 at 6:05 AM
🚨 🧬 Updated preprint on the completed BASEL collection - what's new? Some fun with bacterial immunity and a new P22 relative infecting E. coli K-12. A thread 🧵
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🚨We are hiring! A MRC-funded PDRA position to study novel anti-phage systems & their evolutionary dynamics in P. aeruginosa, in collaboration with @friendlymicrobe. If you are passionate about phage-bacteria interactions & evolution, apply now ! tinyurl.com/bddz4z44
January 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
🚨We are hiring! A MRC-funded PDRA position to study novel anti-phage systems & their evolutionary dynamics in P. aeruginosa, in collaboration with @friendlymicrobe. If you are passionate about phage-bacteria interactions & evolution, apply now ! tinyurl.com/bddz4z44
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Very happy to see this work published! We unveil a plasmid-chromosome crosstalk by showing that pOXA-48 encodes for a regulator that mediates the transcription of an enterobacterial chromosomal operon, resulting in a growth benefit for the plasmid-carrying bacteria!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A plasmid-chromosome crosstalk in multidrug resistant enterobacteria - Nature Communications
The authors describe a new crosstalk between a globally disseminated carbapenem resistance plasmid and clinical enterobacteria clones. This crosstalk provides a fitness advantage to the plasmid-carryi...
www.nature.com
January 2, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Very happy to see this work published! We unveil a plasmid-chromosome crosstalk by showing that pOXA-48 encodes for a regulator that mediates the transcription of an enterobacterial chromosomal operon, resulting in a growth benefit for the plasmid-carrying bacteria!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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We are pleased to announce that ETOX 2025, the 22nd European Workshop on Bacterial Protein Toxins, will be held in Spain, June 29 - July 3, 2025. Registration opens on January 6. Apply here etox-meetings.org and join us for a great meeting! Please repost
November 10, 2024 at 8:12 AM
We are pleased to announce that ETOX 2025, the 22nd European Workshop on Bacterial Protein Toxins, will be held in Spain, June 29 - July 3, 2025. Registration opens on January 6. Apply here etox-meetings.org and join us for a great meeting! Please repost
Another great year working in the Roe lab and the bacteriology department.
Happy holidays everyone!
Happy holidays everyone!
December 20, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Another great year working in the Roe lab and the bacteriology department.
Happy holidays everyone!
Happy holidays everyone!
We have created a University of Glasgow Bacteriology starter pack for infection and immunity researchers.
We all share a mutual interest in understanding and reducing bacterial pathogenesis. Have a look at the link below!
@uofgsii.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/CJyjtir
We all share a mutual interest in understanding and reducing bacterial pathogenesis. Have a look at the link below!
@uofgsii.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/CJyjtir
December 12, 2024 at 6:09 PM
We have created a University of Glasgow Bacteriology starter pack for infection and immunity researchers.
We all share a mutual interest in understanding and reducing bacterial pathogenesis. Have a look at the link below!
@uofgsii.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/CJyjtir
We all share a mutual interest in understanding and reducing bacterial pathogenesis. Have a look at the link below!
@uofgsii.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/CJyjtir
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EfpL (YeiP) -one of the many rescue factors that relieves ribosome stalling at polyproline seq. 🧪 #Ribosome www.nature.com/articles/s41...
EF-P and its paralog EfpL (YeiP) differentially control translation of proline-containing sequences - Nature Communications
EF-P plays an important role in overcoming polyproline sequence-induced stalling in bacteria. Here, the authors show that its paralog, EfpL, can also resolve this type of stalling, and also sense cell...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2024 at 5:18 PM
EfpL (YeiP) -one of the many rescue factors that relieves ribosome stalling at polyproline seq. 🧪 #Ribosome www.nature.com/articles/s41...