Foster Lab
@foster_lab
Foster lab @mm_sheffield at the University of Sheffield. Bacterial cell wall, S. aureus pathogenesis, antibiotics. Account run by PhD students & post docs.
Our latest paper is out in science advances discussing cell division and morphogenesis control in S. aureus. Massive congratulations to Mariana and all of our other authors and collaborators!! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
If you're in Sheffield & you 😍 CAKE, make sure to visit the Addison Building TUESDAY 10-3pm 🧁 Olivija & Helen are launching a new dropbox, so you can get FREE shipping for whole plasmid sequencing & microbial WGS @sheffielduni @ScienceShef #MicrobialGenomics #CakeAndScience…
Read more about our latest paper on S. aureus using an alternative mode of cell division to resist the effects of methicillin
MRSA, an antimicrobial resistance superbug, causes over 120,000 deaths per year. A new study led by @sheffielduni, funded by @UKRI, has revealed the bugs’ double defence mechanism against antibiotics - a crucial step in developing new ways to target its survival strategy. Read…
Interested in superbugs, AMR and stress resistance? Join us to do a PhD in the Corrigan lab @UCDMedicine ucd.ie/graduatestudie…
Super excited to have been awarded a 2024 BBSRC Fellowship to investigate antibiotic tolerance in staphylococci! ☺️🧫 🦠💊 Thanks to @M_Stracy @sheppard_lab @foster_lab @corrigar1 @BanzhafLab @Dunn_School and many others for their support! ukri.org/news/9-million…
Excited to share with you the story that enabled me to start my own lab: what happens when the bacterial DNA replication machinery encounters single-strand discontinuities on template DNA? What is required for DNA break repair and replication restart? biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
The role of lipoteichoic acid in Staphylococcus aureus cell wall integrity biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Please repost!!!!! Abstraction submission for the next Great Wall Symposium is now open! Come to Sicily in September and learn the latest on bacterial cell wall biology. thegreatwall-symposium.org/abstract-submi…
Staphylococcus aureus gliding comets: formation and observation - new observations of the S. aureus comets and how to get the assay to work biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Tetracycline and Oxacillin Act Synergistically on Biofilms and Display Increased Efficacy In Vivo Against Staphylococcus aureus ift.tt/JlGU6Ru
Very happy to see this paper by @AKTooke out there! Congratulations Amy!!
Happy to share this story from my PhD @foster_lab & @steverenshaw - with @becky31290 in Ken Bayles’ lab & @JosiePyrah - we show that oxacillin & tetracycline display synergy against S. aureus biofilms & during infection in zebrafish! @MM_Sheffield @unmc link.springer.com/article/10.100…
Fully-funded @DiMeN_DTP PhD opportunity available in my lab to investigate novel DNA damage repair processes using next generation sequencing and microscopy techniques (co-supervised by @acdarby & @MicKasia). Please RT and contact me if interested. findaphd.com/phds/project/m…
So proud of the entire @foster_lab It’s a pleasure to have been part of such an amazing project! (Ft. green tea and friends) High-level resistance to methicillin requires S. aureus to use a distinct form of cell division to ensure its survival. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
A new study from scientists at @sheffielduni and @ucddublin has revealed how the hospital superbug MRSA can grow and divide in the presence of antibiotics. MRSA is an antimicrobial resistance superbug that causes over 120,000 deaths a year. The findings @ScienceMagazine offer…
And for anyone wanting a link that works, try this science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
We are very excited to announce our latest work on how MRSA conquers antibiotics. We show that high-level resistance to methicillin requires S. aureus to utilise an alternative mode of cell division to ensure its survival! @Sheffield_AFM @Olulana4 doi.org/10.1126/scienc…
Scientists from UCD & the University of Sheffield have discovered how the hospital superbug MRSA can grow and divide in the presence of antibiotics. The findings published in Science pave the way for new approaches to control infectious disease. Read more👉bit.ly/3UvMVk9
This is an awesome piece of work from @foster_lab , demonstrating that high level methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus requires a distinct mode of cell division - Two codependent routes lead to high-level MRSA science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
I am very excited to announce our latest work on how MRSA conquers antibiotics. In this work, we showed that high-level resistance to methicillin requires S. aureus to use a distinct form of cell division to ensure its survival. @Sheffield_AFM @foster_lab science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…