The 2nd Annual Howard T. Ricketts Symposium & Microbiology Retreat was an amazing experience! 🎉 The @UChicago_Micro community had a great chance to learn & connect. 🦠 Keynotes from @TorresVJ_Lab and @weisssr left us all inspired and ready to push forward in our own work! 🤠🔬 pic.twitter.com/ynhOHp7FfR
— Tonu Pius (@PiusTonu) October 18, 2024
The 2nd Annual Howard T. Ricketts Symposium & Microbiology Retreat
2024
Latest Publications
January 28, 2025
Ibrahim, A. M., & Missiakas, D. (2025). A novel polysaccharide in the envelope of S. aureus influences the septal secretion of preproteins with a YSIRK/GXXS motif. Journal of bacteriology, e0047824. Advance online publication.
January 16, 2025
Leddy, O., Ibrahim, A. M., Azam, M. S., Solomon, S., Yu, W., Schneewind, O., & Missiakas, D. (2025). Screening a library of temperature-sensitive mutants to identify secretion factors in Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of bacteriology, e0043324.
November 7, 2024
Chen X, Missiakas D. Novel Antibody-Based Protection/Therapeutics in Staphylococcus aureus. Annu Rev Microbiol. 2024 Nov;78(1):425-446. doi: 10.1146/annurev-micro-041222-024605. Epub 2024 Nov 7. PMID: 39146354.
June 6, 2024
Cullum, E., Perez-Betancourt, Y., Shi, M., Gkika, E., Schneewind, O., Missiakas, D., & Golovkina, T. (2024). Deficiency in non-classical major histocompatibility class II-like molecule, H2-O confers protection against Staphylococcus aureus in mice. PLoS pathogens, 20(6), e1012306.
January 4, 2024
Ibrahim AM, Azam MS, Schneewind O, Missiakas D. Processing of LtaS restricts LTA assembly and YSIRK preprotein trafficking into Staphylococcus aureus cross-walls. mBio. 2024 Jan 4; Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38174934.
July 15, 2023
Bernardino PN, Bhattacharya M, Chen X, Jenkins J, Missiakas D, Thammavongsa V. A humanized monoclonal antibody targeting protein a promotes opsonophagocytosis of Staphylococcus aureus in human umbilical cord blood. Vaccine.
April 11, 2023
Bobrovskyy, M., Chen, X., & Missiakas, D. (2023). The Type 7b Secretion System of S. aureus and Its Role in Colonization and Systemic Infection. Infection and Immunity, e00015-23.
March 27, 2023
Chen, X., Gula, H., Pius, T., Ou, C., Gomozkova, M., Wang, L. X., … & Missiakas, D. (2023). Immunoglobulin G subclasses confer protection against Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream dissemination through distinct mechanisms in mouse models. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(14), e2220765120.
January 13, 2023
Oh, S. Y., Chateau, A., Tomatsidou, A., Elli, D., Gula, H., Schneewind, O., & Missiakas, D. (2023). Modeling gastrointestinal anthrax disease. Research in Microbiology, 104026.
September, 2022
Bobrovskyy, M., Oh, S. Y., & Missiakas, D. (2022). Contribution of the EssC ATPase to the assembly of the type 7b secretion system in Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 298(9).
August 23, 2022
Tomatsidou, A., Krunic, M., & Missiakas, D. (2022). Contribution of TagA-Like Glycosyltransferases to the Assembly of the Secondary Cell Wall Polysaccharide in Bacillus anthracis. Journal of Bacteriology, 204(9), e00253-22.
January 20, 2022
Chen, X., Schneewind, O., & Missiakas, D. (2022). Engineered human antibodies for the opsonization and killing of Staphylococcus aureus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(4).
Research Presentations
Announcements
Amanda Blocker passed her PhD qualifying exams!
🎉 Huge congratulations to our Amanda Blocker on passing her qualifying exams and officially becoming a PhD candidate! We're so excited for all the amazing anthrax research 🦠🔬 she’ll continue to do. Keep shining, Amanda! 🌟🧫 pic.twitter.com/n2YXBpvTN6
— Missiakas Lab (@MissiakasLab) August 29, 2024
