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BacterialWorld as a blogging platform to excite about the fascinating world of bacteria.
Bacterialworld
- Creating the colours of the rainbow: Bacteria and the vibrant world of pigmentsOur world as well as the bacterial world are full of vibrant colours. These colours exist thanks to biopigments; molecules able to capture light and reflect the corresponding colour. Many organisms, as well as bacteria, learned to use biopigments to harvest energy from sunlight, fight foes and adapt to new and challenging environments. Read on […]
- Learning with Agrobacterium tumefaciens: Understanding plants betterThe bacterial world is teeming with superheroes that hold the key to unravelling nature's mysteries. Some bacteria have build remarkable partnerships with plants which not only help us better understand plants but also revolutionize agriculture and biotechnology. Here, we delve into the fascinating relationship between the bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens and plants and see how it […]
- How Bacterial Research Is Advancing Modern ScienceBacteria and microbes are versatile tools in life science research. Read about a few ways of how bacterial research helps modern science. The post How Bacterial Research Is Advancing Modern Science appeared first on Bacterialworld. Bacterialworld - A blog about bacteria: from scientific studies to vivid stories about the fascinating bacterial world
Writer and publisher of “Coloured Bacteria from A to Z“
A colouring book for kids and adults to explore the bacterial world.
Available in German, English, French, Spanish.
Co-founder and science communication coach of SciComm Society, a platform to train scientists in effective science communication.
Founder and writer on Sunny Scientist, a blog to make a scientific day sunnier and easier.
Sunny Scientist
- Meditative activities for calmer minds and improved brain functionsWithin the past few years, colouring books became popular again amongst adults. Many people embraced colouring as a meditative and relaxing activity to calm their minds and resolve stressful lab days. Here, we will look at what stress does to your brain and how meditative activities, like colouring, help you calm down, give your brain […]
- Boost your mental capacity and manage your research projects with an IntrayAs scientists, we often work on multiple projects at once. We organise the different research experiments that we’re conducting, applications for jobs and grants that we’re writing and the conference talks that we’re preparing. In between these major projects, smaller tasks, ideas and new publications come up that need to be taken care of, integrated […]
- How scientists can boost their creativity in the labAs scientists, we are often regarded as logical thinkers who rely solely on established facts and data. While these features are certainly needed for scientific success, this perspective undermines the role that creativity plays in research. Throughout history, we have seen that scientific progress is naturally driven by imaginative thinking, intuition and the courage to […]
Social media editor for FEMS Microbiology Letters.
Blog post commissioner for #FEMSmicroBlog
Science Communication Manager for the Scientific Panel on Responsible Plant Nutrition. Editing the monthly Newsletter “Plant Nutrition for a Healthy Planet“.
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Peer-reviewed publications
Joaquín R. Otero-Asman, Ana Sánchez-Jiménez, Karlijn C. Bastiaansen, Sarah Wettstadt, Cristina Civantos, Alicia García-Puente, Wilbert Bitter, María A. Llamas. 2023. The Prc and CtpA proteases modulate cell-surface signaling activity and virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. iScience.
Sarah Wettstadt, María Llamas. 2020. Role of Regulated Proteolysis in the Communication of Bacteria With the Environment. Front. Mol. Biosci.
Sarah Wettstadt, Erh-Min Lai, Alain Filloux. 2020. Solving the puzzle: connecting a heterologous Agrobacterium tumefaciens T6SS effector to a Pseudomonas aeruginosa spike complex. Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol.
Sarah Wettstadt, Alain Filloux. 2020. Manipulating the type VI secretion system spike to shuttle passenger proteins. PLoS ONE.
Thomas E. Wood, Sophie A. Howard, Sarah Wettstadt, Alain Filloux. 2019. PAAR proteins act as the “sorting hat” of the type VI secretion system. Microbiology.
Sarah Wettstadt, Thomas E. Wood, Selina Fecht, Alain Filloux. 2019. Delivery of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa phospholipase effectors PldA and PldB in a VgrG- and H2-T6SS-dependent manner. Front Microbiol.
Sarah Wettstadt (joint first author), Joaquín R. Otero‐Asman (joint first author), Patricia Bernal, María A. Llamas. 2019. Diversity of extracytoplasmic function sigma (σECF) factor‐dependent signaling in Pseudomonas. Molec Microbiol MicroReview.
Panayiota Pissaridou, Luke P. Allsopp, Sarah Wettstadt, Despoina A.I. Mavridou and Alain Filloux. 2018. Pseudomonas aeruginosa tops the T6SS-VgrG1b spike with an evolved PAAR eliciting DNA damage in bacterial competitors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.
Luke P. Allsopp, Thomas E. Wood, Sophie A. Howard, Federica Maggiorelli, Laura M. Nolan, Sarah Wettstadt, Alain Filloux. 2017. RsmA and AmrZ orchestrate the assembly of all three type VI secretion systems in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.
