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Bacteriologist, molecular geneticist. Expert in the biology of microcompartments and the homeostasis of phospholipids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b27fdb4e2ccd19a0ecc8f38/1558462434259-TGVC2OLPFNC4CER9MX25/CAW.png The Departed - Catherine Wakeman Catherine Wakeman’s laboratory studies how bacterial species work together to form biofilms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b27fdb4e2ccd19a0ecc8f38/1558469922062-37PELNYCIQM53LUOPKTA/Irnov.jpg The Departed - Irnov Bacteriologist. Microscopist. Computational Biologist. Molecular Biologist. Badminton Athlete https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b27fdb4e2ccd19a0ecc8f38/b9b201d3-648d-47bd-811d-ae59b2c40ca8/cordelia2.jpg The Departed - Cordelia Weiss, PhD Cell biologist, microscopist, Bacillus subtilis expert, biochemist and violinist. Lecturer, University of Maryland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b27fdb4e2ccd19a0ecc8f38/9325850a-0e5d-421d-b512-f5819d91a77f/Madi.jpeg The Departed - Madison Jermain, Ph.D. Biologist, reluctant-turned-enthusiastic biochemist, microscopist, molecular biologist, and all around microbiologist. Secretly training to become a crime investigator. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b27fdb4e2ccd19a0ecc8f38/4f4f0edb-c1f0-4172-8380-7e2160fcaca9/Margo.png The Departed - Margo Gebbie, PhD Biochemist and RNA molecular biologist. Skilled in the mystical art of Northern blotting. Coordinator of Undergraduate Program in Biology Labs, University of Michigan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b27fdb4e2ccd19a0ecc8f38/a747c0c8-a10e-488b-8561-03cf06a5b74f/Amr.jpg The Departed - Amr Elghondakly, PhD Biochemist, structural biologist, philosopher and reader of many books. 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Also, a really fast runner. Currently a postdoctoral associate at Los Alamos National Laboratory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b27fdb4e2ccd19a0ecc8f38/c8dd5a4a-7665-41f0-a538-1bb119e59a94/Tanner.JPG The Departed - Tanner Myers, Ph.D. Biochemist, biophysicist, protein whisperer, and, some say, the best enzymologist in the world. Also, a singer. Currently a postdoctoral associate at the NCI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b27fdb4e2ccd19a0ecc8f38/b4f933f9-22fe-4991-aa50-065cbf842ab4/Jonathan+crop.jpg The Departed - Jonathan Goodson, PhD An expert in all things computational. Not afraid of any technique in the modern molecular era. 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Some or all of NrmT proteins transport magnesium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b27fdb4e2ccd19a0ecc8f38/1557330107501-GZUZH66YTDKKSXZCJEOY/EA+BMC.png Projects - Bacterial Microcompartments Microcompartments house specific cargo enzymes, such as those that are responsible for ethanolamine catabolism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b27fdb4e2ccd19a0ecc8f38/1557499011126-IOEB342E3XUR1PMJ4TV1/Riboswitch+sensor+picture.png Projects - Riboswitch Reporters When coupled to fluorescent output platforms, riboswitches can provide single-cell information about metabolite dynamics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b27fdb4e2ccd19a0ecc8f38/1557332301390-PGE20V8CW1ZQBAI8ZGZ5/LoaP+tree.png Projects - Processive Antitermination The transcription elongation protein NusG is present in all cells; we discovered a discrete phylogenetic subfamily called LoaP, which affects transcription elongation of secondary metabolite pathways https://www.wadewinkler.com/jumpstart-microbes daily 0.75 2023-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b27fdb4e2ccd19a0ecc8f38/9728e2ad-2564-4937-960d-05b21a97f25b/IMG_2182.jpg Jump Start: Our Microbial World https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b27fdb4e2ccd19a0ecc8f38/c467010a-17bb-462f-8045-100a86863130/PrpsDYFP_sporulation_t25c1%2B2.png Jump Start: Our Microbial World https://www.wadewinkler.com/contact-skye daily 0.75 2025-06-10