@ktforest

Structural Microbiologist, generally curious, enchanted by phytochrome and type IV pili, proud #scientistmom

 University of Wisconsin-Madison
Joined August 2010
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Katrina Forest retweeted
UWResearch@UWiscResearch6 Jun 2023
Federal grants to 2 Wisconsin startups highlight UW’s leading role in fusion energy news.wisc.edu/federal-grants…

Federal grants to 2 Wisconsin startups highlight UW’s leading role in fusion energy

The two companies' Wisconsin roots and national recognition are the result of decades of fusion investment and innovation at UW–Madison.

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Collaboration with Prof. Terazima and Dr. Nakasone at Kyoto Univ. on transient grating measurement of heliorhodopsin has been published in PCCP. Transient helix (ICL1) unfolding during photoreaction was found. #OpenAccess pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti…
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Need an up-to-date #TreeofLife for teaching/conferences/wall paper? Talented PhD student @BasileBeaud drew a schematic consensus ToL from the most recently published phylogenies. Hope this is useful! Downloadable version in the thread👇
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Passionate about Microbiology and Teaching? UW Bacteriology has an open search for a full-time PhD level colleague to join the Teaching Faculty team in our undergraduate curriculum. Applications due 4/30. Please RT. jobs.hr.wisc.edu/en-us/job/5…
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Our own remarkable Betül Kaçar @betulland stars in new TED talk about the possibilities of life on other planets go.ted.com/betulkacar @UW_OoLALA @KacarLab @UWMadisonCALS

We could kick-start life on another planet. Should we?

"Life makes our planet an incredibly exotic place compared to the rest of the known universe," says astrobiologist Betül Kaçar, whose research uses statistics and mathematical models to simulate...

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Katrina Forest retweeted
Cell@CellCellPress15 Mar 2022
Now online! Cryo-EM structures reveal multiple stages of bacterial outer membrane protein folding dlvr.it/SLmB8P

Cryo-EM structures reveal multiple stages of bacterial outer membrane protein folding

The folding of the β barrel protein EspP by the β barrel assembly machinery in E. coli involves the progressive conversion of a β sheet into a barrel-like structure in a process that is influenced by...

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The GRC/GRS will be held in Ventura Beach Marriot in California 🌊 Here an overview of the place where we will discuss exciting science 👇
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📢📢 We have good news to share: GRS/GRC Photosensory 2022 will run as scheduled!!! 😃😃😃 Please RT, we will be posting information soon!! @TinaDomnguez @YHontani
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Katrina Forest retweeted
Annegret Wilde@FreeCyano27 Dec 2021
What is the function of the PATAN domain in Type IV pilus dependent phototaxis? Check the new paper by our group: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3493…

PATAN-domain regulators interact with the Type IV pilus motor to control phototactic orientation in...

Many prokaryotes show complex behaviors that require the intricate spatial and temporal organization of cellular protein machineries, leading to asymmetrical protein distribution and cell polarity....

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Katrina Forest retweeted
Olivera Francetic@OFrancet9 Oct 2021
Please RT: Call for group leaders in single-particle reconstruction or cellular structural biology and tomography. Institut Pasteur is equipped with four state-of-the-art microscopes (research.pasteur.fr/en/team/…) and a second ultrastructural imaging facility.

NanoImaging Core - Research

SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION (expect changes) In the last 5 years, interest in cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) has grown exponentially due to groundbreaking new developments in instrumentation. This...

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Katrina Forest retweeted
IU Biology@IUBiology26 Jan 2021
Join us as Edward F. DeLong presents this year's Norman R. Pace Lecture—Genomic perspectives on microbial ecology and evolution in the sea: A rising tide lifts all boats—on Feb. 2 at 4pm on Zoom. go.iu.edu/29K7 @FuquaClay
Left: Edward F. DeLong. Right: Norm Pace.

ALT Left: Edward F. DeLong. Right: Norm Pace.

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We are building an #NIH National CryoET Center & expanding #cryoEM & #cryoET @UWBiochem! Interested in #CryoEM, #teamtomo, #CLEM, and working with a great team? Check out the 3 ads! Assistant Scientists, Research Specialist, & Program Manager | Also great #Postdoc posts | DM & RT
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Eloquent powerful and actionable manifesto by MDTP students.
Microbiology Doctoral Training Program@UWMadisonMDTP19 Jun 2020
Our students have written a letter to #MDTP faculty calling for changes in the program to dismantle racist structures and increase diversity, equity, and inclusion. ow.ly/MkS750AcIW8 @UWBact @UWMadisonMMI @UWMadGSEd @uw_diversity #PhDChat #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter
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So this is what happens when I let my love of knitting run into my love of microbes. With design credit to an unidentified Planctomycetes, & fungi from @socialmicrobes & Kolter’s Life at the Edge of Sight. #SciArt
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Katrina Forest retweeted
Gratton Lab@GrattonLab20 Feb 2020
Earlier this semester, the @UWMadisonCALS ento department unveiled this series of gorgeous posters by @chase_prairie. The initiative was spearheaded by lab members Taylor Tai, @lepidopterlst, and @jademkoch, along with fellow grad student Jacki Whisenant
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Department of Chemistry wins Regents’ Diversity Award news.wisc.edu/department-of-… via @uwmadison
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Olivera Francetic@OFrancet1 Feb 2020
Transient binding of #T2SS substrates to the inner membrane is important for secretion. This is how it is done in #Myxococcus.
Mol Micro Editors@MolMicroEditors26 Jan 2020
Recently accepted: MYXO‐CTERM sorting tag directs proteins to the cell surface via the type II secretion system onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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For the first instalment of our new #SignificantFigures series, @andyextance has been investigating Ellie Knaggs’ overlooked contribution to carbon’s tetrahedral bonding chemistryworld.com/culture/e…
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Interested by P. aeruginosa? Pathogenicity? Bacterial competition in lungs? Lung microbiota & CF pathogens? T6SS? Come to work with us! We are offering a one-year technician position from Jan-Feb 2020 as part of an A*midex grant @univamu @LISM_CNRS_AMU Email for information
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check out our #andywarhol inspired cover and the corresponding paper in the current issue of @jbiolchem jbc.org/content/294/38.cover…
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