ARC DECRA fellow in microbiology | Using functional genomics to understand how bacteria make decisions | Klebsiella, Acinetobacter | Views my own
Joined November 2019
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Francesca Short retweeted
8 Oct 2024
Would you like to watch Prof. Chris Greening @greeninglab talk about 'Profiling environmental persistence and transmission of pathogens', then come along to our One Health Night on Wednesday 16 October 2024! trybooking.com/CWBXL
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Francesca Short retweeted
5 Jun 2024
#PhD Scholarship available to join the @LithgowLab @MACSYS to work on bacterial cell envelopes. The funding requires being local (Aus or NZ) students. If you know bacterial cell biology and love a bit of biochemistry with your microbiology, contact trevor.lithgow@monash.edu
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Francesca Short retweeted
11 Jun 2024
In our new paper at Cell (@CellCellPress), we reveal secrets of how the third form of life, archaea, make energy. We uncover new lineages of hydrogen-using enzymes, both minimal and complex. These help archaea thrive in all sorts of extreme environments. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Francesca Short retweeted
29 May 2024
A wonderful 4 year collaboration with Hanah Margalit & her excellent team on #sRNAs, adding another layer of control to #capsule regulation in #hvKp. academic.oup.com/nar/advance… @KJwushuguy @TrevorLithgow
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Francesca Short retweeted
9 Jan 2024
Our huge new preprint is out, the sequel to our Huc paper.
1. Isolation of enzyme that consumes carbon monoxide from air
2. Discovery of quinone extraction as a new mechanism of energy coupling
3. Determination of structural basis of these activities
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Francesca Short retweeted
18 Dec 2023
Come join us in Durham for a postdoc! We have a three-year funded position on the biochemistry of phage defence, focussing on Bacteriophage Exclusion (BREX) systems. All application details here: tinyurl.com/mvwtjvxf
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Francesca Short retweeted
16 Oct 2023
Huge congratulations to @MonashBDI's Prof Chris Greening @greeninglab on the #PMPrizes 2023 Frank Fenner Prize for Life Scientist of the Year! See more⬇️
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16 Oct 2023
🏆 Congratulations Professor Chris Greening (@greeninglab) of Monash University (@MonashUni) for receiving the 2023 Frank Fenner Prize for Life Scientist of the Year.
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11 Oct 2023
Our study of disinfectant mechanisms and antibiotic antagonism is out today in Nature Micro! @PaulsenLab @flamycain @BRaTlab @LipingLiMicrobe @StephanieN @JulianParkhill nature.com/articles/s41564-0…
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11 Oct 2023
Overall this work and the work of many others suggests we should be much more careful with our disinfectants than we currently are.
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11 Oct 2023
This paper had an extra long journey through the review and revision process because of lockdowns, supplier delays, equipment repairs... thanks to Nature Micro for sticking with us and for allowing preprints.
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Signed the petition - PhD students deserve much better
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8 May 2023
Please RT - I am recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to join my lab at Monash Micro. 2-year position working using functional genomics mol micro to understand how Klebsiella pneumoniae controls its virulence. Email me for more info :)
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Francesca Short retweeted
28 Mar 2023
Very excited to share our new preprint! #IDtwitter #AMR #plasmids After battling against an endemic carbapenemase (IMP-4) for almost two decades, we wanted to understand how it was able to persist and spread. Turns out that it was not simple... (1/9)
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Francesca Short retweeted
6 Feb 2023
Our paper showing hydrogen is an important energy source in the deep, vast oceans is now published in Nature Microbiology (@NatureMicrobiol). The culmination of a five-year effort featuring insights from local and global waters and pure cultures. 1/3 nature.com/articles/s41564-0…
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23 Jan 2023
Huge congrats to Charles Nunez, whose Honours research is now published as his first, first-author paper! Charles did some challenging experiments to find out whether capsule or biofilm formation is more important for survival of hospital stresses.
22 Jan 2023
New @BiofilmJournal publication from Yue Qu, @DrFranShort and colleagues provides a comprehensive comparison of biofilm formation and capsule production for bacterial survival on hospital surfaces
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23 Jan 2023
Short answer: biofilm makes a MUCH bigger difference to survival, but the capsule still holds some surprises (doesn't it always!).
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23 Jan 2023
Thanks to co-supervisor Yue Qu, @XeniaKostoulias , @AntonPeleg , and everyone in the department for supporting our Honours students.
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