Antibiotic resistance, metabolism, microbial populations, and anything else that sounds cool.https://bsky.app/profile/drrobsmith.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrobsmith.bsky.social/post/3lbkmubwnus25Harmful algal blooms are a threat to human health. Yet, we don't understand how changes in gene expression of the main culprit, Microcystis, facilitate blooms. Our latest collab, led by Dr. Lauren Krausfeldt and @jochrome1.bsky.social , sheds light on this process. https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/spectrum.01369-2422 Nov 2024 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:rdl7rtsyaxf2dal2mtorsgzd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbkmubwnus25https://bsky.app/profile/drrobsmith.bsky.social/post/3layjs6z4oc2wHappy to share our most recent manuscript with the Bsky community. Bacterial infections that reach a high density are challenging to treat with antibiotics, but we do not know why. We present evidence showing that nucleotide synthesis is intimately involved. https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.01895-2415 Nov 2024 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:rdl7rtsyaxf2dal2mtorsgzd/app.bsky.feed.post/3layjs6z4oc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/drrobsmith.bsky.social/post/3latq7y4jwk2lHappy to see the community growing here. Our lab is interested in understanding how bacterial metabolism impacts antibiotic resistance. We often hop into other cool projects outside our primary interest, ranging from understanding algal blooms to identifying quantum events in biological systems.13 Nov 2024 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:rdl7rtsyaxf2dal2mtorsgzd/app.bsky.feed.post/3latq7y4jwk2l