Gemma Reguera

@microgem
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Professor of Microbiology and Associate Dean at Michigan State University. Microbes, metals and nanowires. Editor in Chief, #AppliedAndEnvironmentalMicrobiology (ASM journal). Posts are my own.

The College of Natural Science at Michigan State University is searching for the next leader(s) of its Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (#DEI). Join our vibrant college and contribute to our strategic plan towards inclusive excellence. Reposts appreciated!

https://careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/517979/associate-deanmanagement

MSU Careers Details - Associate Dean-Management

The College of Natural Science at Michigan State University is searching for the next leader(s) of its Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (#DEI). Join our vibrant college and contribute to our strategic plan towards inclusive excellence. Reposts appreciated!

https://careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/517979/associate-deanmanagement

MSU Careers Details - Associate Dean-Management

How Yersinia pestis Got Its Pathogenic Groove
The Ail protein allows Yersinia pestis to infect humans and cause plague. But flea serum provides a protective niche for the bacterium and promotes the horizontal transfer of virulence factors. #AppliedAndEnvironmentalMicrobiology
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/aem.01244-22
The new issue of #AppliedAndEnvironmentalMicrobiology is out! Don’t miss my editorial with MRA and mSystems editors in chief @chicaScientifica and Jack Gilbert about our pilot program to publish companion papers with #MRA. A much needed approach to curate data resources and promote open science. https://journals.asm.org/toc/aem/current
Applied and Environmental Microbiology: Vol 89, No 2

Applied and Environmental Microbiology: Table of Contents Volume 89, Issue 2

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Dear America, what is being revealed is our deep connection to violence & brutality. We are at an inflection point. Doing nothing only promises more of this. We’ve become the horror of the world. Our leaders wear AR15 pins next to their hearts.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michigan-state-university-shooting-gun-tragedy_n_63ec2a8ee4b0808b91c3359b

The MSU Shooting Is Making Us See A New Kind Of Gun Tragedy

Survivors of previous shootings are now having to relive another massacre.

HuffPost
In the midst of immense grief, this beautiful article by #Spartan alumn Tim Alberta felt like a ray of sunshine. #SpartanStrong
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/02/michigan-state-university-mass-shooting-campus/673060/
Requiem for Michigan State University

The school I love is forever changed.

The Atlantic
The College of Natural Science #NatSci grieves with the #MSU community after the tragic events of February 13. We will get through this together. #SpartanStrong
https://natsci.msu.edu/
Home - College of Natural Science

The College of Natural Science at Michigan State University is home to 27 departments and programs in the biological, physical and mathematical sciences. The college averages $51M in research expenditures annually and claims to have more than 6,500 undergraduate majors and nearly 1,000 graduate students.

Before the #LastOfUsHBO made #Cordyceps famous, I wrote about how they control the minds of insects and how another #fungus comes to the rescue. (From my time as associate blogger #STCmicrobeblog a long time ago.)
https://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2012/07/an-evolutionary-tale-of-zombie-ants-and-fungal-villains-knights.html
On behalf of the editorial team at #AppliedAndEnvironmentalMicrobiology , wholehearted congratulations to UC Berkeley Prof. Jillian F. Banfield for receiving the 2023 Van Leeuwenhoek Medal. First woman to receive this award. 🙌 #WomenInScience
https://www.knvm.org/activities/awards-and-grants/van-leeuwenhoek-medal/van-leeuwenhoek-medal-2023
van Leeuwenhoek Medal 2023

KNVM
To prey or not to prey?
Bdellovibrio bacteria prey on Pseudomonas, albeit with low efficiency. Replicate Bdellovibrio populations evolving with Pseudomonas adapted to #starvation rather than killing efficiency. They’d rather diet than finish all their food! 🤯
#AppliedAndEnvironmentalMicrobiology
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/aem.01776-22