Shafi Azam

Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Chicago. I study protein secretion and localization in Staphylococcus aureus

[Jared Schrader @schraderlab]

Our lab is excited to share our latest preprint describing the BR-body proteome with huge help from @wschilders44 @JulieBiteenLab @ChampionNd and Elaine Zhu's lab @WayneStateEng @WSUBioSci
https://t.co/a8BWiziGNA

[Cari Vanderpool @MicroPhysIL]

Max is on the job market this year and I can personally attest to his talent and high-quality training! He's also a genuinely nice guy and would make a great colleague and mentor!

[Shafi Azam @shafaz_micro]

Second that! Max is a superstar postdoc and a great mentor

[Missiakas Lab @MissiakasLab]

#SayHello to our Postdoc @gr8hehe 🧫 Max studies the ESAT-6 like Secretion System of Staph, identifying targets/mechanisms of secreted toxins. Recently, he was awarded the NIAID K99/R00 grant!! Max is a SUPERSTAR in the lab but also in the dojo where he practices his 👊🏼 JUDO 🥋

[Cari Vanderpool @MicroPhysIL]

It's always a thrill to receive an acceptance email from @JBacteriology - congrats to @SZAbdulla ! Will share the final version when it's ready, but in the meantime, check out her preprint on small RNA regulation in a 3' UTR! https://t.co/iQgsCRaVF5

[bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv_micrbio]

Small RNAs activate Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 by modulating mRNA stability through the hilD mRNA 3' UTR https://t.co/eTrrfillMo #biorxiv_micrbio

[Missiakas Lab @MissiakasLab]

#SayHello to our Postdoc, Miaomiao Shi. Currently she works on the mechanisms whereby Protein A mediates B cell activation but was also integral in our vaccine 💉 development. Outside of lab, Miaomiao is super into rock climbing and bouldering 🧗‍♀️ because she's just the coolest!

[Missiakas Lab @MissiakasLab]

So grateful that our very own Derek Eli and Dominique Missiakas could be a part of this amazing @Nature paper. Great job to @TaurVil and Jennifer Klunk on the amazing work 👏🏽

[Shafi Azam @shafaz_micro]

@niaz_mahmood Niaz, congratulations on your well-deserved success. Best wishes for your next adventure 👍

[UChicago BSD Office of Postdoctoral Affairs @bsdpostdoc]

UChicago BSD Postdoctoral Symposium - keynote by @florian_krammer on how postdocs can apply their research & talk by @sciphd on advice on how to move forward with your career.

Awards for flash talks & poster session!

Register & submit abstract https://t.co/EX0xlWbTdX

[UChicago Biological Sciences @UChicagoBSD]

During his PhD, @myCHOICEcareers intern Matt Reyer studied gene expression regulation in E. coli - in his first story, he explains how he used math to better understand cell biology: https://t.co/xhKD13ueiE

[Christopher Schuster @SchusterCF]

A protein A based Staphylococcus aureus vaccine with improved safety https://t.co/5ZwDLnfjqs

[Jörg Vogel @JoergLab]

And here is our new piece

[Digvijay Singh @dgvjayS]

Growing up in India, the 'use it until completely broken' was deeply ingrained in our minds. Sadly, this culture is eroding fast in India as well, as incomes rise.

I still find it very hard to adapt to disposable culture. Need laws against unreasonable disposable items.

[Shafi Azam @shafaz_micro]

@MCB_Illinois @MicroPhysIL @ASMicrobiology @LASillinois @IllinoisMSI @Illinois_Alma Congratulations! I couldn’t have asked for a better mentor. A remarkable scientist with unwavering devotion to scientific training

[U of I School of Molecular and Cellular Biology @MCB_Illinois]

Big congrats to #ILLINOIS professor Cari Vanderpool, @MicroPhysIL, newly-elected fellow of @ASMicrobiology! 🥳👏🙌

https://t.co/lAjB46wfM3

She studies gene regulatory networks in bacteria, linking mechanisms at the molecular level to impacts on bacterial growth and metabolism.

[A. Murat Eren (Meren) @merenbey]

Don't be like @JGI and open other people's data without their permission.

But be a champion of open science by opening your data and do it without expectations.

Use open data when you find it without shame. Cite it's creators, and treat it as yours.

https://t.co/G44q2KJBiz

[Seamus Heaney @HeaneyDaily]

History says, don't hope
On this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up,
And hope and history rhyme.

[Saima Shahid (সায়মা শহীদ) @psaima]

My latest In Brief for @ThePlantCell features a recent study by Wang, Nan et al. that links SUVH7 to salinity-induced expression of a sodium transporter HKT1;5 https://t.co/lPkWD8I4KK

[Jörg Vogel @JoergLab]

Now out for E. coli: Global profiles of in vivo complexes of protein, RNA. Determined by Grad-seq and easy to browse. Check out your favourite molecule! Congrats to first author @Jens_Hoer https://t.co/RRQpguQS0u

[Dr Emma Denham 👩🏻‍🦰🧬🧫🦠👩‍🔬🔬🥳 @Gingermicrobe]

Everything you ever wanted to know about - The Sponge RNAs of bacteria – How to find them and their role in regulating the post-transcriptional network https://t.co/bgWm4h1V5N #RNArules