Bacterial chromosome biology, gene expression, pathogenicity... and football. www.graingerlab.com https://bsky.app/profile/graingerlab.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/graingerlab.bsky.social/post/3mtliufytzc24A new pre-print out - we show that promoters and terminators of transcription are frequently coupled, throughout the bacteria, and this is regulatory. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.19.745784v121 Aug 2026 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:aqdsbysgpcsh4uygpmfruhqw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtliufytzc24https://bsky.app/profile/graingerlab.bsky.social/post/3mhsrqeevxc2dTwo post-doctoral positions open in our lab. We're looking for people with expertise in molecular microbiology and/or genome-scale tools. Initially 3 yrs, posts could be extended for upto 8 yrs. If you'd like to know more about us take a look at www.graingerlab.com https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQY475/research-fellow-postdoctoral24 Mar 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:aqdsbysgpcsh4uygpmfruhqw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhsrqeevxc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/graingerlab.bsky.social/post/3me7aberttc2sIn our most recent work David Forrest has discovered a widespread mechanisms linking transcription initiation to DNA supercoiling... https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-69038-306 Feb 2026 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:aqdsbysgpcsh4uygpmfruhqw/app.bsky.feed.post/3me7aberttc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/graingerlab.bsky.social/post/3me7a6yl4rc2s@ewarman.bsky.social has followed up on her discovery of bidirectional promoters in bacteria by defining their basic rules for regulation and links to gene expression noise... https://academic.oup.com/nar/article/54/3/gkag028/8437503?login=true06 Feb 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:aqdsbysgpcsh4uygpmfruhqw/app.bsky.feed.post/3me7a6yl4rc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/graingerlab.bsky.social/post/3me7a36h72k2sA busy few weeks for the lab 🥵... three new stories published. The first describes activation of transcription by DNA distortion https://academic.oup.com/nar/article/54/1/gkaf1424/8417325?login=true06 Feb 2026 15:33 +0000at://did:plc:aqdsbysgpcsh4uygpmfruhqw/app.bsky.feed.post/3me7a36h72k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/graingerlab.bsky.social/post/3m2midcc4lc2oOur lab is offering 3 PhD projects this year across 3 different topics: antibiotic resistance mechanisms, evolution of pathogenic bacteria, and fundamental mechanisms of gene regulation. https://www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywords=grainger+birmingham07 Oct 2025 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:aqdsbysgpcsh4uygpmfruhqw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2midcc4lc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/graingerlab.bsky.social/post/3lyx5q2ho5n2l@danielabarilla.bsky.social kicking off #BioPhyChrom2025 - a fantastic turn out too...16 Sep 2025 10:52 +0000at://did:plc:aqdsbysgpcsh4uygpmfruhqw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyx5q2ho5n2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/graingerlab.bsky.social/post/3lurzllkffc2oTalk slots full but we can take late breaking poster abstracts until August 7th. Hope to see you in York to hear about your chromosome story 🧬🦠🧫 www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/f... @vslioy.bsky.social @damelab.bsky.social @graingerlab.bsky.social @biochemsoc.bsky.social @biophychrom.bsky.social25 Jul 2025 12:14 +0000at://did:plc:aqdsbysgpcsh4uygpmfruhqw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lurzllkffc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/graingerlab.bsky.social/post/3lgbmr2npj22jIf you're interested in chromosome biology (DNA folding, gene regulation, replication, polymer modelling and more) we're organising the below this autumn. It'd be great to see you there. Please share if you can. :-)21 Jan 2025 19:49 +0000at://did:plc:aqdsbysgpcsh4uygpmfruhqw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgbmr2npj22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/graingerlab.bsky.social/post/3lbze5zbu222kPhD projects available in our lab all listed in the below link. All focus on bacterial gene regulation, in the context of basic understanding, disease, or antibiotic resistance. Deadlines in January... https://www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywords=grainger+birmingham28 Nov 2024 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:aqdsbysgpcsh4uygpmfruhqw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbze5zbu222k