New article from the Berntsson lab, where we have identified which components are conserved across all conjugative Type 4 Secretion Systems, and used the new modelling tools available to model the pCF10 T4SS structure. Published now in JMB: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022283624005540?via%3Dihub
In collaboration with the Cava lab, Josy ter Beek solved the structure of a recptor that recognizes D-amino acid. For the full publiction in Nature Micorbiology, see here.
The paper by Sun et al is out in eLife, and can be found here!
The paper “Insights into the evolution of enzymatic specificity and catalysis: From Asgard archaea to human adenylate kinases” from the Wolf-Watz lab is now published in Science Advances! https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abm4089?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed
A new pre-print from the Berntsson lab, with Annika Breidenstein as first author, is out on bioRxiv. You can find it here!
We congratulate Dr. Lena Lassinantti, who successfully defended her thesis on the 3rd of June!
The ISB postdoc program call is now open for the round of 2021. At this stage we are inviting project proposals from PIs that wish to recruit postdocs within this program. For full details of the call and how to apply, please see https://www.biostruct.umu.se/isb-postdoctoral-program/
We have a new publication out in mSphere regarding how enterococcal PrgU provides additional layer of complexity to pheromone controlled conjugative plasmids in Gram-positive bacteria! https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00264-21
The Berntsson lab at the department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics at Umeå University, Sweden, is recruiting one postdoctoral fellow (funded by the Kempe Foundation) to study the structural and functional aspects of Type 4 Secretion Systems. These large protein complexes are responsible for horizontal gene transfer between bacteria. As such, they facilitate the spread […]
Postdoctoral fellowship to study Type 4 Secretion System The Berntsson lab at the department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics at Umeå University, Sweden, is recruiting one postdoctoral fellow (2-year fellowship, funded by the Kempe Foundation) to study the structural and functional aspects of Type 4 Secretion Systems. These large protein complexes are responsible for horizontal […]
