Link Lab

@LinkLabs

We study and engineer microbial metabolism! Located at the University of Tübingen @uni_tue *The account is run by lab members

Tübingen, Germany linkmetabolism.com Joined November 2018

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Link Lab @LinkLabs Apr 9

🧬 PhD position open! We're looking for someone to engineer E. coli for bioplastic (cyanophycin) production using thermo-switches, CRISPR and metabolomics. If you're into synthetic biology and sustainable bioprocesses — get in touch! #PhDposition #SynBio linkmetabolism.com/join-us

Link Lab @LinkLabs Mar 24

We are hiring! Our lab at the University of Tübingen is looking for a PhD student to work on host-pathogen interactions in ESKAPE bacteria. More info: linkmetabolism.com/join-us

Link Lab @LinkLabs Mar 5

What happens if you knock down every metabolic gene in E. coli?

We measured the metabolome of 1515 CRISPRi strains.

Result: metabolism behaves like traffic.
Block an enzyme and metabolites pile up upstream. 🚗🚗🚗
New paper 🧵

Link Lab @LinkLabs Feb 13

New paper from our group: Metabolism Influences Fosfomycin Efficacy pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

pubs.acs.org The Metabolic State of E. coli Influences Fosfomycin Efficacy and Promotes Resistance Evolution Abstract. The phosphonic antibiotic fosfomycin is a bacterial cell wall synthesis inhibitor that targets MurA, the first enzyme in the peptidoglycan pathwa

Link Lab @LinkLabs Feb 3

PhD and Postdoc positions opening in synthetic biology, CRISPR genome engineering of bacteria, and metabolomics.
Details and contact here: linkmetabolism.com/join-us