The Bug Club Archives


The Bug Club is a journal club within the Department of Microbiology and Immunology organized for the discussion of bacteriology related topics. The club format provides an informal setting for interested students and faculty to discuss and to critically evaluate papers from the current literature. Bug Club discussions may deal with any aspect of bacteriology. Historically, these have included a broad range of topics including bacterial physiology, metabolism, genetics, molecular biology, antibiotic resistance, or pathogenesis.

 

Spring 2023
February 23, 2024
 “Engineered skin bacteria induce antitumor T cell response against melanoma” published in Science.
Connor Cribb, Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology

 March 15, 2024
“Microbiological Quality and Safety of Pizza Held Out of Temperature Control
in University Dining Halls”
Hannah Walsh, Doctoral Student, Microbiology & Immunology

April 12, 2024
“A novel antibiotic class targeting the lipopolysaccharide transporter”

Melissa Lempicki, Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology

April 26, 2024
Transplantation of gut microbiota derived from patients with schizophrenia induces schizophrenia-like behaviors and dysregulated brain transcript response in mice” published in Schizophrenia in 2024.
Jodi Ogle, Doctoral Student, Microbiology & Immunology

May 10, 2024
“The HIV capsid mimics karyopherinengagement of FG-nucleoporins”
Sunny Sneed, Doctoral Student, Microbiology & Immunology

 

Spring 2023

February 10, 2023
Preprints for the life sciences
Ryan Garrigues , Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology

 February 17, 2023
An E1–E2 fusion protein primes antiviral immune signalling in bacteria
Dr. Ian Barton PhD ,Post Doctoral Scholar , Microbiology & Immunology”

February 24, 2023
“Pathogen evasion of social immunity”

Denise Rohlik, Doctoral Candidate , Microbiology & Immunology

March 10, 2023
“Gut bacteria alleviate smoking-related NASH by degrading gut nicotine
Melissa Lempicki, Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology

March 17, 2023
“Polygenic Analysis of Tolerance to Carbon Dioxide Inhibition of Isoamyl Acetate “Banana” Flavor Production in Yeast Reveals MDS3 as Major Causative Gene”
Connor Cribb ,Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology

March 24, 2023
“Periplasmic protein EipA determines envelope stress resistance and virulence in Brucella abortus
Dr. Martin Roop PhD ,Professor,  Microbiology & Immunology

April 14, 2023
“TBA” Cancelled
Sara Lowe, Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology

April 21, 2023
Phage Resistance in Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 Evolves via Diverse Mutations That Culminate in Impaired Adsorption.” 
Jackson Wood, Doctoral Student, Microbiology & Immunology

April 28, 2023
Occurrence of Antimicrobial-ResistantEscherichia coliinMarine Mammals of the North and Baltic Seas: Sentinels forHuman Health
Dr. Michelle Ratliff, PhD, Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

May 12, 2023
“Hyperglycemia Increases Severity of Staphylococcus aureus Osteomyelitis and Influences Bacterial Genes Required for Survival in Bone”
Donghee Lee, Research Assistant, Microbiology & Immunology

May 19, 2023
“TBA”
Hoda Jabbour, Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology

Fall 2022

October 28, 2022
“TBA 
Melissa Lempicki , Doctoral Student, Microbiology & Immunology Cancelled

 November 11, 2022
“The lungfish cocoon is a living tissue with antimicrobial functions”
Denise Rohlik, Doctoral Student , Microbiology & Immunology

December 9, 2022
“Insecticidal Activity of Photorhabdus luminescens against Drosophila suzukii

CJ Booth, Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology

December 9, 2022
A metabolically engineered bacterium controlsautoimmunity and inflammation by remodelingthe pro-inflammatory microenvironment
Connor Cribb, Doctoral Student, Microbiology & Immunology

December 16, 2022
Brevicidine , a bacterial nonnon-ribosomally produced cyclic 1 antimicrobial lipopeptide with a unique modus operandi 
Ryan Garrigues,  Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology

December 16, 2022
Cell type-independent profiling of interactions between intracellular pathogens and the human phosphoproteome
Ian Barton ,Post Doctoral Scholar , Microbiology & Immunology

 

Spring 2022

March 11, 2022
“The bacterial toxin colibactin triggers prophage induction 
Nathan Seals , Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology

 March 25, 2022
“Cyclic-di-GMP regulation promotes survival of aslow-replicating subpopulation of intracellular Salmonella Typhimurium”
Ian Barton, Post Doctoral Scholar, Microbiology & Immunology

April 8, 2022
“The molecular assembly of the marsupial gm T cellreceptor defines a third T cell lineage
Denise Rohlik, Doctoral Student, Microbiology & Immunology

April 22, 2022
“Oral Bacteria Combined with an Intranasal Vaccine Protect from Influenza A Virus and SARS-CoV-2 Infection”
Ryan Garrigues, Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology

April 29, 2022
“TBA” 
Sourav Roy, Post Doctoral Scholar, Microbiology & Immunology

May 6, 2022
“TBA
Melissa Lempicki , Doctoral Student , Microbiology & Immunology

 

Fall 2021

September 10, 2021
“TBA
Cancelled
Denise Rohlik , Doctoral Student, Microbiology & Immunology

 September 17, 2021
“Burning the Candle at Both Ends: Have Exoribonucleases  Driven Divergence of Regulatory RNA Mechanisms in Bacteria”
Ian Barton, Post Doctoral Scholar, Microbiology & Immunology

September 24, 2021
Unusual maintenance of X chromosome inactivation predisposes female lymphocytes for increased expression from the inactive X
Dariel Hopersberger, Doctoral Candidate , Microbiology & Immunology

October 8

March 11, 2022
“The bacterial toxin colibactin triggers prophage induction 
Nathan Seals , Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology

 March 25, 2022
“Cyclic-di-GMP regulation promotes survival of aslow-replicating subpopulation of intracellular Salmonella Typhimurium”
Ian Barton, Post Doctoral Scholar, Microbiology & Immunology

April 8, 2022
“The molecular assembly of the marsupial gm T cellreceptor defines a third T cell lineage
Denise Rohlik, Doctoral Student, Microbiology & Immunology

April 22, 2022
“Oral Bacteria Combined with an Intranasal Vaccine Protect from Influenza A Virus and SARS-CoV-2 Infection”
Ryan Garrigues, Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology

April 29, 2022
“TBA” 
Sourav Roy, Post Doctoral Scholar, Microbiology & Immunology

May 6, 2022
“TBA
Melissa Lempicki , Doctoral Student , Microbiology & Immunology

, 2021
Decomposing the molecular complexity of brewing”
Ryan Garrigues, Doctoral Student, Microbiology & Immunology

October 15, 2021
“Bacterial infection of a model insect: Photorhabdus luminescens and Manduca sexta”
Charles Booth, Doctoral Student, Microbiology & Immunology

October 22, 2021
“The Esherichia coli azoR  gene promoter: A new sensing element for microbial biodetection of trace explosives” 
Sourav Roy, Post Doctoral Scholar, Microbiology & Immunology

October 29, 2021
“Molecular repertoire of Deinococcus radiodurans after 1 year of exposure outside the International Space Station within the Tanpopo mission
Melissa Lempicki , Doctoral Student , Microbiology & Immunology

November 12, 2021
“Isolation of a member of the candidate phylum ‘Atribacteria’ reveals a unique cell membrane structure
Connor Crib, Doctoral Student, Microbiology & Immunology

November 19, 2021
“Potent Killing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by an Antibody-Antibiotic Conjugate”
Sheila Thomas Post Doctoral Scholar, Microbiology & Immunology

December 3, 2021
“TBA”
Nathan Seals, Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology


Spring 2021

January 22, 2021
“A circadian clock in a nonphotosynthetic prokaryote

Ian Barton, Post Doctoral Scholar, Microbiology & Immunology

 February 12, 2021
“Genome Sizes and the Benford Distribution”

Dariel Hopersberger, Doctoral Candidate , Microbiology & Immunology

February 19, 2021
“Ice nucleation active bacteria in precipitation are
genetically diverse and nucleate ice by employing
different mechanisms

Denise Rohlik , Doctoral Student, Microbiology & Immunology

February 26, 2021
“A bacteria-based genetic assay detects prion formation”

Charles Booth, Doctoral Student, Microbiology & Immunology

April 9, 2021
“Segmented Filamentous Bacteria Provoke Lung Autoimmunity by Inducing Gut-Lung Axis Th17 Cells Expressing Dual TCRs”
Alex Bastian, Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology

April 16, 2021
“A Deep Learning Approach to Antibiotic Discovery
  Canceled
Sourav Roy, Post Doctoral Scholar, Microbiology & Immunology

April 23, 2021
“Horizontal ‘genes drive’ harness indigenous bacteria for bioremediation

Melissa Lempicki , Doctoral Student , Microbiology & Immunology

April 30, 2021
“Assembly of a nucleus-like structure during viral replication in bacteria

Connor Crib, Doctoral Student, Microbiology & Immunology

May 14, 2021
Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus directly attacks Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus Cystic fibrosis isolates”
Ryan Garrigues, Masters Student, Microbiology & Immunology

May 28, 2021
“TBA” Canceled
Nathan Seals, Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunlogy


Fall 2020

August 21, 2020
“Bacteria: A novel source for potent mosquito feeding-deterrents”
Denise Rohlik, Doctoral Student, Microbiology & Immunology

August 28, 2020
“Tuning antiviral CD8 T cell response via proline-altered peptide ligand vaccination”
Ryan Garrigues, Doctoral Student , Microbiology & Immunology

September 11, 2020
“Candida auris infections around the world”
Dariel Hopersberger , Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology

September 25, 2020
“Recombinant allergy vaccines based on allergen-derived B cell epitopes”
Kayla DeOca, Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology

October 9, 2020
“Chromosome-free bacterial cells are safe and programmable platforms for synthetic biology”
Charles Booth, Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology

October 23, 2020
“MHC variation sculpts individualized microbial communities that control susceptibility to enteric infection”
Alex Gevelinger, Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology

October 30, 2020
“Novel inactivation of the causative fungal pathogen of white-nose syndrome with methoxsalen plus ultraviolet A or B radiation”
Nathan Seals, Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology

November 13, 2020
“Tetherin Inhibits Nipah Virus but Not Ebola Virus Replication in Fruit Bat Cells”
Wesley Kendle, Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunol


Spring 2020

January 31, 2020
“Molecular Nanomachines Disrupt Bacterial Cell Wall, Increasing Sensitivity of Extensively Drug-Resistant Klebsiella Pneumoniae to Meropenem”
Denise Rohlik, Doctoral Student, Microbiology and Immunology

February 21, 2020
“TBA” Cancelled
Priyanka Theophilus, Doctoral Candidate , Microbiology & Immunology

February 28, 2020
“Fatty Liver Disease Caused by High-Alcohol-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae

Samantha Palethorpe , Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology

March 13, 2020
“Chromosome-free bacterial cells are safe and programmable platforms for synthetic biology”
Canceled
CJ Booth, Doctoral Student, Microbiology & Immunology


Spring 2019

February 8, 2019
“Long-distance electron transport in individual, living cable bacteria”
Hui Xu, Post Doctoral Scholar, Microbiology & Immunology

February 22, 2019
“Bidirectional brain-gut interactions and chronic pathological changes after traumatic brain injury in mice”
Denise Rohlik, MS Student, Microbiology & Immunology

March 22, 2019
“Nanoparticle-Regulated Semiartificial Magnetotactic Bacteria with Tunable Magnetic Moment and Magnetic Sensitivity”
Nathan Seals, Doctoral Student, Microbiology & Immunology

March 29, 2019
“Polymorphisms in fibronectin binding protein A of Staphylococcus aureus are associated with infection of cardiovascular devices 
CJ Booth, Doctoral Student, Microbiology & Immunology

April 26
“Inhibiting the Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance”
Dariel Hopersberger, Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology

May 10, 2019
“An ingestible bacterial-electronic system to monitor gastrointestinal health”
Samantha Palethorpe, Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology

May 24, 2019
“CdrA Interactions within the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Matrix Safeguard It from Proteolysis and Promote Cellular Packing”
PriyankaTheophilus, Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology