Heather Feaga
@FeagaHeather
Assistant prof at Cornell Micro. Ribosomes and translation quality control in bacteria. Nothing bad happens to a scientist, it’s all data.
Out now in @PNASNews we used Tn-seq to identify genetic interactions with EF-P in B. subtilis. We found that 1) the ABCF YfmR (Uup) is required in absence of EF-P in some conditions pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…
We cracked the tRNA specificity of FaRel2 toxSAS. A fun collaboration with the @SuzukiRNALab, Garcia-Pino @gem__atkinson and Polikanov. Out in @ScienceAdvances! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
The paper is finally out in @NAR_Open ! doi.org/10.1093/nar/gk… - We demonstrate that bacterial sRNA terminators get involved in really strong and specific gene expression regulation. Congrats to co-first author @_Eugenisimo and colleagues in Maude Guillier's lab @EgmIbpc
New year, new preprint! A great pleasure to share our story of fepA repression by multiple small RNAs, with the unexpected implication of sRNA terminator loops! Great job from coworkers in Maude Guillier's lab, @_Eugenisimo , Alexey and Fanny. Summary will come with final version
Nice short/introductory review in all things ribosomes by pioneer Harry Noller in the special 50 years issue of Cell. The ribosome comes to life: Cell cell.com/cell/fulltext/…
New in JB: Many infections are polymicrobial. Warrell, Khare et al. show that P. aeruginosa co-opt secreted surfactants from other species (including other pathogens) for swarming motility. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jb… @ASMicrobiology @JBacteriology
Eukaryotes have linear DNA and their telomeres are hotspots for transposons. Many bacteria are also known to have linear genomes. We identified several families of independently evolved telomeric transposons. 1/7 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Come be our colleague! The Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Cornell University is searching for a TT position in Oceanography of a Changing Planet academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28590. This forms part of the wider Cornell Oceans initiative cals.cornell.edu/oceans
Congrats to @KevinAEngland for passing his qualifying exam! Officially a ppGPhD candidate!
Early heads up for post-doc opportunities in Sweden coming in 2025 via the SciLifeLab PULSE program, funded by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions COFUND scilifelab.se/research/pulse…
Macro dosed my anxiety by submitting a paper before the election. With editor. With swing states.
Our very first research article is out. An exciting project led by a group of stellar young scientists that set the groundwork for ongoing work in the lab. #science #NewPI #research #academiclife iubmb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/iu…
That’s my lab in third with the student-only team! 🥲
Amazing #Subtillery2024 Tiriva by @PepLarkin during the break, recognizing bacteria on plates (advantage for those teaching basic microbiology curses), and knowing Bacillus at SubtiWiki level I needed 20/20 correct to beat @CabeenLab's super rapid responses 😂
You wouldn’t set a ballot box on fire unless you know you’re losing
Amazing 🤩!!! So happy to see this out!!
@felixrl_ took on a ~50-yr-old mystery in #Staph aureus cell biology and came out on top! Check out his paper on how #Staphylococcus aureus chooses its cell division plane, how it forms clusters, and why all this matters during infection... nature.com/articles/s4156…
@felixrl_ took on a ~50-yr-old mystery in #Staph aureus cell biology and came out on top! Check out his paper on how #Staphylococcus aureus chooses its cell division plane, how it forms clusters, and why all this matters during infection... nature.com/articles/s4156…
If she is not our president I will just be so sad
In Kalamazoo, MI, a supporter yells, "Kamalazoo." Watch her joy and humanity. We need her leadership now.
Realizing the election is in 10 days after bottling up all my dread for months
Help please
Dear colleagues working at universities in the United States, I need your help! I am making a list of fellowships for international graduate students (people who are not US citizens or permanent residents). Any recommendations? * I will share the final version of this list
You ladies ready to try this again? I AM. ❤️
Susan B. Anthony gravesite decorated with #IVOTED stickers in honor of her life...makes me choke up EVERYTIME. #ImWithHer #Election2016