Our grad student @katherinelegg.bsky.social was a co-author on this recent publication in collaboration with the Reniere lab at UW! @gramnegativity.bsky.social was first author and has a great thread below going over the paper. Congrats Katherine, Lauren and all those involved!
Giedroc Lab
The latest (and penultimate! š) article from the @mreniere.bsky.social lab is finally out! Iām really proud of this one in which I took a genetic approach (shocking, I know) to probe how Staph is able to grow in cystic fibrosis sputum: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Staphylococcus aureus is a major cause of lung infections in people with cystic fibrosis (CF). This work
identifies genes required for S. aureus growth in this niche, which represent potential targets...
