Josh Sutton

So excited to be able to share my first first-author paper in PLOS Pathogens! This the product of my PhD and I'm so happy for it to be out in the world. Thanks to the @foster_lab and all our collaborators! And thank you @DiMeN_DTP for funding my PhD and making this possible! 🥳

@carokobras @M_Stracy @sheppard_lab @foster_lab @corrigar1 @BanzhafLab @Dunn_School Massive congratulations Caro!!!

Super excited to have been awarded a 2024 BBSRC Fellowship to investigate antibiotic tolerance in staphylococci! ☺️🧫 🦠💊 Thanks to @M_Stracy @sheppard_lab @foster_lab @corrigar1 @BanzhafLab @Dunn_School and many others for their support! ukri.org/news/9-million…

Our latest paper is out in science advances discussing cell division and morphogenesis control in S. aureus. Massive congratulations to Mariana and all of our other authors and collaborators!! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

This is an awesome piece of work from @foster_lab , demonstrating that high level methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus requires a distinct mode of cell division - Two codependent routes lead to high-level MRSA science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

MRSA, an antimicrobial resistance superbug, causes over 120,000 deaths per year. A new study led by @sheffielduni, funded by @UKRI, has revealed the bugs’ double defence mechanism against antibiotics - a crucial step in developing new ways to target its survival strategy. Read more 👇 sheffield.ac.uk/news/mrsas-dou…

This is an amazing collaborative piece of work between lots of groups: @corrigar1 @Laia_Pasquina @Sheffield_AFM @oliMeacock @KasiaWacnik @Olulana4. Congratulations to everyone involved and thank you to everyone who helped us get this story out there!

We are very excited to announce our latest work on how MRSA conquers antibiotics. We show that high-level resistance to methicillin requires S. aureus to utilise an alternative mode of cell division to ensure its survival! @Sheffield_AFM @Olulana4 doi.org/10.1126/scienc…

@callumjpr @PaulHoskisson @IanDEALidbury @foster_lab Well done Callum!! So so happy for you, you've done amazingly!!!

Made it! Dr Portman Ross, four years later the PhD is DONEEEEEE Thank you @PaulHoskisson and @IanDEALidbury for a fantastic afternoon of all things green tea, staph and directed evolution! Very lucky to have been the final @foster_lab PhD student!!

@callumjpr Congrats Callum!! So happy for you 🥳

A lil bio and life update!! I’ve got my first post-PhD job, for which I’m moving down to London and my viva date has been confirmed for September!! 🥂

@callumjpr @GillFurniss4SBH @SheffieldStar @LGBTSheffield Sorry this happened to you Callum

Oh Sheffield, we love you and the everyday homophobia: “don’t smile at me I’m not gay” @GillFurniss4SBH @SheffieldStar @LGBTSheffield

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@AKTooke If you don't do this now I will cry

@MrJafs do you think maybe now I have to make all the reindeer and the sleigh?

When @MrJafs sent me an eppendorf Rudolf tutorial, how could I not make it my number 1 priority at work today?!

It's official, I am about to start my lab working on bacterial DNA damage repair as a @wellcometrust Early Career Fellow @CBCB_Newcastle @UniofNewcastle 🧬🦠🔬 I will soon advertise PhD and postdoc positions, please contact me to join the team if interested!

New paper out 🤓 doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2…

LGBT people make up only 3% of asylum applications, and they already have to prove persecution. The centring of gay people is a misleading fear mongering strategy that lies to a toxic supporter base and harms a vulnerable minority. It's gross, and it breaks my heart.

The roles of GpsB and DivIVA in Staphylococcus aureus growth and division ift.tt/Qbk6JdO

My second first author paper is out now! We show that GpsB plays a role in shape determination in S.aureus. (I'm particularly pleased with the 3-colour SIM images in the supplementary)