
Foster Lab
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Foster Lab
@foster_lab
Foster lab @mm_sheffield at the University of Sheffield. Bacterial cell wall, S. aureus pathogenesis, antibiotics. Account run by PhD students & post docs.











Happy to share this story from my PhD @foster_lab & @steverenshaw - with @becky31290 in Ken Bayles’ lab & @JosiePyrah - we show that oxacillin & tetracycline display synergy against S. aureus biofilms & during infection in zebrafish! @MM_Sheffield @unmc link.springer.com/article/10.100…





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…






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…




Some incredibly exciting work coming from the collaboration between @Sheffield_AFM and @foster_lab. Here, @Olulana4 has shown that MRSA employs an alternate mode of division in order to survive in the presence of methicillin. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…