Chris Waters

Researchers of cyclic di-nucleotide signaling, biofilms, phage and phage defense, and use of bacterial signaling molecules to manipulate the immune system.

[Chris Waters @WatersLabMSU]

Compiling all of my grant applications from 10 years as faculty. During this time, I have had 64 unfunded applications! Truth is most of us could wallpaper our offices with rejections. The MOST important key to be successful in science is to don't let "NO" stop you!

[KU J-School @KUJournalism]

Check out this story by KU JMC student Bella Waters. ⬇️

[Chris Waters @WatersLabMSU]

So proud of my daughter Bella! She is a jr journalism student @UnivOfKansas and her @KansanNews school article on a homeless encampment in @lawrenceks was picked up by @KansasCityStar -the biggest paper in Kansas City!

[Bella @bellawaterss]

Super excited that The Kansas City Star picked up my article about homelessness in Lawrence!

[Chris Waters @WatersLabMSU]

Great story and very lucky to have @Jas_B_Gomez in my lab!

[MSU Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology @MSUMGI]

Next up in our MGI Micro Biography series is Jasper Gomez, a doctoral student in Chris Waters' lab.

Read more about Jasper's background and how he became a microbiologist:
https://t.co/VNRsEhYQY8

[Akos T. Kovacs @EvolvedBiofilm]

A Vibrio cholerae Type IV restriction system targets glucosylated 5-hydroxymethylcytosine to protect against phage infection

@JBacteriology by @Jas_B_Gomez and @WatersLabMSU

https://t.co/JhDiQesMl8

[Chris Waters @WatersLabMSU]

Beautiful story @Aathmaja and very happy to work with Jeremy and @FreddolinoLab on this (with @GeoffreySeverin, @macyEpell, and Meng Hsieh co-authors from my group and Rebecca Hurto from Lyida's team). So important to not just consider biofilm formation, but also dispersal!

[Dr. Aathmaja Anandhi Rangarajan @Aathmaja]

Check out my latest work from @WatersLabMSU lab with our amazing collaborators Jeremy Schroeder @FreddolinoLab on how V. cholerae maintains its cyclic di-GMP levels to maintain the balance between motile and sessile forms. (1/3)
https://t.co/7v5rKshbal

[MSU Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology @MSUMGI]

Jasper Gomez, an MGI doctoral candidate in Chris Waters' lab, was awarded an NIH Kirschstein NRSA Fellowship.

Read more here: https://t.co/t0H3njfazd…

[Chris Waters @WatersLabMSU]

Very happy to have Micah in the lab as he is always willing to help other with their protein work and share his crazy Alaska stories!

[MSU Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology @MSUMGI]

Next up in our @MSUMGI Micro Biography series is Dr. Micah Ferrell. Micah is an MGI postdoctoral fellow who works in Dr. Chris Waters' lab.

Read more here about his childhood in Alaska, how he came to join MGI, and his research:
https://t.co/tmrg4HR3fb

#spartanresearchers

[Vasili Hauryliuk @hauryliuk]

Do apply for the two 2 phage defence positions at our lab!

[Chris Waters @WatersLabMSU]

Great article! We were very fortunate to have Amber in the lab as a BS/MS student and then super lab manager, and I am excited for her in her now role as the new Academic Program Coordinator at MGI where she will be able to help all the grad students of the dept!

[MSU Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology @MSUMGI]

Next up in our @MSUMGI Micro Biography series is Amber Bedore. Amber is the Academic Program Coordinator and also an MGI alumna. She earned her BS / MS in our department and was a research tech and lab manager in the @WatersLabMSU !

Read more here: https://t.co/rKlFG4wrOA

[Chris Waters @WatersLabMSU]

@KarinaXavierLab Yep Karina-he is the lead guitar. Here is reel of some of the band's performances. He and his friends are really enjoying it! They are looking for more gigs so anyone in the MI area-reach out if interested!

https://t.co/Cc79lncSWc

[Chris Waters @WatersLabMSU]

If you want a new tune to play at you BBQ or the beach this weekend, check out the new song “All I Know” by my sons group Liminal on Spotify

https://t.co/RrHsq4zpMI

[Chris Waters @WatersLabMSU]

Very happy to have Aathmaja in my group!! Here is a great article about her scientific journey.

[MSU Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology @MSUMGI]

The MGI website features "Micro Biographies" of people in our community, and the newest one highlights Dr. Aathmaja Anandhi Rangarajan, a postdoc in Dr. Chris Waters' lab. #womeninSTEM #spartanresearchers

Read more here: https://t.co/8Xa4VX99ZP

[Chris Waters @WatersLabMSU]

@MBlokesch and her student Grazia Vizzarro independently discovered this system, and it has been great working together to concurrently submit our two papers! Here is their BioRxiv. Congrats to Jasper Gomez @Jas_B_Gomez and Grazia!

https://t.co/yw5FC2RDLK

[Chris Waters @WatersLabMSU]

Congratulations to @Jas_B_Gomez on his new work in @biorxivpreprint describing a new Type IV restriction system in V. cholerae which is embedded in the middle of a Type I restriction operon. This system targets glucosylated 5 hydrox methyl cytosines 1/

https://t.co/6cD6l7HxRC

[Chris Waters @WatersLabMSU]

Thus there is a really cool ping-pong evolutionary interaction of phage evolving resistance and subsequent sensitivity to different Type IV systems: 3/

[Chris Waters @WatersLabMSU]

Congratulations Melanie and Grazia on the beautiful study describing a new restriction system in V. cholerae!

[Dr. Melanie Blokesch @MBlokesch]

Thrilled to share our latest preprint featuring our PhD student Grazia @Vizzarro_Grazia as first author 🥳
Thanks to senior scientist, David W. Adams, for co-supervising the work & to Alexandre Lemopoulos for the bioinformatics support.
🧵below...1/x
https://t.co/s9kI74kEhd

[Dr. Melanie Blokesch @MBlokesch]

Thrilled to share our latest preprint featuring our PhD student Grazia @Vizzarro_Grazia as first author 🥳
Thanks to senior scientist, David W. Adams, for co-supervising the work & to Alexandre Lemopoulos for the bioinformatics support.
🧵below...1/x
https://t.co/s9kI74kEhd

[Chris Waters @WatersLabMSU]

@NkrumahGrant Great to see you, your new lab, and meet your student Gracious! Big things in store…

[Chris Waters @WatersLabMSU]

@paul_m_orwin Haha I have no idea what you are talking about ;)