Apr 9, 2024
Josh successfully defends his PhD thesis and becomes the 7th student to graduate from the Lab. Congratulations!

Apr 3, 2024
Salama lab NIH grant renewed! This grant will support new collaborative work between the Salama and Gahlmann labs. We will track cell shape-determining proteins in living Helicobacter pylori cells. The corkscrew shape of Helicobacter pylori cells enables this bacterium to efficiently colonize the human stomach, which causes gastritis, peptic ulcers, and, in some cases, gastric cancers.
Thanks to NIAID for the support!

Aug 17, 2023
Is it possible to “weigh” soluble proteins and protein complexes in living cells by measuring their diffusion coefficients?  Find out our opinion on this question in our review article: Single-molecule tracking to determine the abundances and stoichiometries of freely-diffusing protein complexes in living cells: past applications and future prospects.

Jul 16, 2023
New Paper published! Alecia’s work reveals how iLID optogenetic interaction domains function in a single-molecule tracking experiments: Dimerization of iLID Optogenetic Proteins Observed Using 3D Single-Molecule Tracking in Live E.coli.