Author Archives for David Giedroc

Our collaborative manuscript with the Skaar group that describes the function of a new bacterial COG0523 protein is submitted for publication!

November 27, 2024 1:33 am Published by Comments Off on Our collaborative manuscript with the Skaar group that describes the function of a new bacterial COG0523 protein is submitted for publication!

This manuscript describes the function of a new COG0523 protein in Acinetobacter baumannii that we designate MigC. Congratulations to graduate... View Article


Our short communication describing the purification and initial characterization of bacterial EgtU is accepted by the Journal of Protein Expression and Purification!

November 19, 2024 1:26 am Published by Comments Off on Our short communication describing the purification and initial characterization of bacterial EgtU is accepted by the Journal of Protein Expression and Purification!

This work, co-authored by Drs. Katie Edmonds and Karla Diaz-Rodriguez, describes the first purification of heterotetrameric EgtU, which transports the... View Article


Our comprehensive review entitled “Bacterial metallostasis: Metal sensing, metalloproteome remodeling, and metal trafficking” is accepted by Chemical Reviews!

November 6, 2024 1:18 am Published by Comments Off on Our comprehensive review entitled “Bacterial metallostasis: Metal sensing, metalloproteome remodeling, and metal trafficking” is accepted by Chemical Reviews!

This review (…my little sabbatical project!!) provides an up-to-date account of many aspects of bacterial metallostasis and can be accessed... View Article


Dr. Katie Edmonds, newly promoted to the rank of Associate Research Scientist, leaves the group to become the BioNMR facility manager in our department.

November 5, 2024 1:12 am Published by Comments Off on Dr. Katie Edmonds, newly promoted to the rank of Associate Research Scientist, leaves the group to become the BioNMR facility manager in our department.

Katie will oversee training and usage of an existing 600 MHz solutions instrument and a new Bruker Ascend 800 MHz... View Article


Collaborative work with the Reniere group on the nutritional landscape of sputum samples from cystic fibrosis patients is posted online at BioRxiv.

September 24, 2024 1:58 am Published by Comments Off on Collaborative work with the Reniere group on the nutritional landscape of sputum samples from cystic fibrosis patients is posted online at BioRxiv.

Katherine Legg performed low molecular weight thiol profiling of these sputum samples as part of a larger work originating with... View Article


Our collaborative manuscript with Dr. Nick De Lay on the subject of sRNAs and resistance to zinc toxicity in the pneumococcus is accepted by PLoS Pathogens!

September 22, 2024 1:40 am Published by Comments Off on Our collaborative manuscript with Dr. Nick De Lay on the subject of sRNAs and resistance to zinc toxicity in the pneumococcus is accepted by PLoS Pathogens!

This paper describes collaborative work on an emerging topic that describes a new intersection of sRNAs and metal homeostasis. The work... View Article


Britta Rued, a former Ph.D. student in the Winkler and Giedroc laboratories, to start a faculty position at Iowa State University in the Fall!

April 23, 2024 8:51 pm Published by Comments Off on Britta Rued, a former Ph.D. student in the Winkler and Giedroc laboratories, to start a faculty position at Iowa State University in the Fall!

Dr Britta Rued, a Microbiology Ph.D. student co-advised by Profs. Winkler and Giedroc, will start her independent faculty position in... View Article