Sean Booth

Assistant Professor at University of Manitoba.
he/him

[Nick Desnoyer @NickDesnoyer]

The hidden danger of Biorender

(& the death of scientific illustration)

A short thread 🧵

[Connor @Connor_SGJ]

Excited to share our latest paper where we explore how bacteria use weaponry. We analyse >2500 E. coli genomes and find that bacteriocins are associated with virulence factors and antimicrobial resistance. @NatureComms

https://t.co/xv2z7B1bsr

[Sean Booth @ImDrBooth]

@AdrianoAguzzi @eloarana Just to confirm the thinking here, biorender is greedy, unethical, and parasitic but not OpenAI/ChatGPT?

[Andrew Preston @apreston243]

New paper alert! Complex interactions between Pseudomona aeruginosa and Staph aureus involved in tolerance to silver of Staph. @MicrobioSoc @ImDrBooth https://t.co/8wUonIaky7

[William P J Smith @willpjsmith]

(1/6) Really jazzed to have this out - my first @wellcometrust fellowship paper! https://t.co/uhA1c5Qv0M

Can bacteria evolve resistance to competitors' T6SS weaponry? We find that the answer depends on **how many toxins** competitors are using. A thread:

[Martin Jahn @martintjahn]

I am thrilled to start my lab @Helmholtz_HZI this fall. I will continue my research in Bacterial Infection Ecology.

[Divya Choudhary @Divya_ch_]

1/ Thrilled to share my final PhD project out as a preprint!

A simple regulatory network coordinates a bacterial stress response in space and time.

https://t.co/WmQibPoWTw

[Elisa Granato @Prokaryota]

Fabulous work by my colleagues @ImDrBooth, @willpjsmith, Kevin Foster - Stick'em with the pointy end ... UNLESS ... ?!?!
"The evolution of short- and long-range weapons for bacterial competition"
https://t.co/cOrpeqFdXl

[Oliver Meacock @oliMeacock]

New pre-print! My first research project with @saramitri is now live.
Interactions underpin our understanding of ecosystems, but can change in hard-to-explain ways. Here, we show that many of these variations can be predicted from underlying mechanisms: https://t.co/ozoytCAU2S

[Sean Booth @ImDrBooth]

See the paper for details! https://t.co/7yGfAMnnxe

[Sean Booth @ImDrBooth]

In time for Halloween...
These bacterial cells are bursting, leaving their red-stained DNA behind.
#BiofilmCreate #BiofilmAware @ukbiofilms

[Sean Booth @ImDrBooth]

These cells then burst, releasing their attack and red-stained DNA, which accumulates over time, filling the biofilm.

[Sean Booth @ImDrBooth]

In this colony biofilm, we can see the amounts of three different species (each in a different colour) changes as the biofilm develops (starting in the top left, spiralling around to the center).

[Sean Booth @ImDrBooth]

The interactions between different kinds of bacteria change the composition of biofilms over time. I made this piece to show the complexity of biofilm ecology.
#BiofilmCreate #BiofilmAware @ukbiofilms

[Oliver Meacock @oliMeacock]

Our manuscript on FAST is now out (with a few new results and analyses) at PLOS Computational Biology! It's been a joint effort with Mack Durham - co-author and mentor par excellence - to get this over the finishing line:
https://t.co/t4ITgL1ZId

[Sean Booth @ImDrBooth]

@OlayaRendueles These are really nice colony images, how did you take them?

[Simon Duerr @simonduerr]

Two years ago BioIcons was launched and the database has grown by almost 800 icons thanks to many scientists contributing illustrations ☺️
Now we're looking to grow more and need your feedback and support... 1/2

[Sean Booth @ImDrBooth]

@fsantoriello Cool, thanks! I have an impending Gibson I'll try this with the Top10 derivative chemical competent cells in the freezer