Olaf Schneewind

Olaf Schneewind was an American Microbiologist who made important contributions to the study of bacterial cell wall composition and assembly as well as the pathogensis of the microbial species S. aureus.[1] He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2018.[2] He died May 26, 2019 after a long battle with cancer.[1]

Olaf Schneewind
Born23 June 1961
Died26 May 2019(2019-05-26) (aged 57)
Known forS. aureus pathogenesis
Scientific career
FieldsMicrobiology
InstitutionsThe University of Chicago
Doctoral students

Research career

He joined the faculty of the University of California, Los Angeles in 1992.[2] His first major discovery as an independent investigator was the finding that the surface proteins of gram-positive bacteria are cleaved between the T and G residue in the LPXTG sortase signal by the enzyme sortase (the enzyme was not discovered yet, but was later shown by him to be responsible for the cleavage) in order to be anchored to the cell wall.[3]

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gollark: Yes, indeed.
gollark: > > There's also a few snippets of code on the Android version that allows for the downloading of a remote zip file, unzipping it, and executing said binary> so here's the thing, TikTok as an app, continuously downloads files i.e video files, it's kinda the whole point. there's nothing "odd" about being able to download and extract zip files, the odd thing is delivering executables via zip. however, this is a non-issue and honestly a red herring, why?This is irrelevant. Yes, downloading video files is normal, downloading extra code which might be doing whatever (subject to sandboxing, at least) is not.
gollark: It could record locally and upload later, though.

References
  1. https://news.uchicago.edu/story/olaf-schneewind-world-renowned-authority-infectious-diseases-1961-2019
  2. http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/deceased-members/20041867.html
  3. Navarre WW, Schneewind O (1994). "Proteolytic cleavage and cell wall anchoring at the LPXTG motif of surface proteins in gram-positive bacteria". Mol Microbiol. 14 (1): 115–21. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.1994.tb01271.x. PMID 7830549.
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