Paco Barona Gomez
@evodivmet.bsky.social
Who cares, whatever. But always trustful... Evolution of Microbial Chemodiversity
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The cycad coralloid root: is there evidence for plant-microbe coevolution?
#CurrOpinMicro by Kimber Zonneveld, Edder Bustos-Diaz, @evodivmet.bsky.social, Angelica Cibrian-Jaramillo
@naturalis.bsky.social & #LeidenBiology @leidenscience.bsky.social cooperation
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#CurrOpinMicro by Kimber Zonneveld, Edder Bustos-Diaz, @evodivmet.bsky.social, Angelica Cibrian-Jaramillo
@naturalis.bsky.social & #LeidenBiology @leidenscience.bsky.social cooperation
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The cycad coralloid root: is there evidence for plant-microbe coevolution?
Cycads are survivors, ancient plants originating in the Carboniferous. We hypothesize that cycad resilience and recent diversification could be partia…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Reposted by Paco Barona Gomez
We are excited for the Microbial Genomics of Eukaryotes meeting this week! We invite everyone to submit their work to the Microbial Genomics of Eukaryotes collection. Find the full scope here: microb.io/MGE-Collection
September 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We are excited for the Microbial Genomics of Eukaryotes meeting this week! We invite everyone to submit their work to the Microbial Genomics of Eukaryotes collection. Find the full scope here: microb.io/MGE-Collection
Ancient hybridization underlies tuberization and radiation of the potato lineage: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Ancient hybridization underlies tuberization and radiation of the potato lineage
Genomic and functional analyses reveal that the potato lineage originated from a homoploid
interspecific hybridization event between the Tomato and Etuberosum lineages 8–9 million
years ago. The alter...
www.cell.com
July 31, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Ancient hybridization underlies tuberization and radiation of the potato lineage: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Reposted by Paco Barona Gomez
You don‘t have to review or read all of them… but where-ever possible you should select a society publisher!
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Quality of scientific papers questioned as academics ‘overwhelmed’ by the millions published
Widespread mockery of AI-generated rat with giant penis in one paper brings problem to public attention
www.theguardian.com
July 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
You don‘t have to review or read all of them… but where-ever possible you should select a society publisher!
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Reposted by Paco Barona Gomez
Please share: I am hiring a postdoc that will work on enzyme characterization and engineering in the frame of the EU consortium project C5.
Read all details here and apply until August 10: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...
Read all details here and apply until August 10: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...
Postdoctoral researcher on enzyme characterization and enzyme engineering
The Faculty of Science / the Institute for Biology is looking for a: Postdoctoral researcher on enzyme characterization and enzyme engineering Vacancy number: 15834 Project description We are hiring...
www.universiteitleiden.nl
July 8, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Please share: I am hiring a postdoc that will work on enzyme characterization and engineering in the frame of the EU consortium project C5.
Read all details here and apply until August 10: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...
Read all details here and apply until August 10: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...
We have been using this tool for a bit, with great results. Very cool approach to make something complicated very simple
GATOR-GC is out at @narjournal.bsky.social!! Check out our new targeted genome mining tool featuring a novel similarity metric to efficiently compare and deduplicate gene clusters.
We uncover biosynthetic diversity missed by other genome mining tools
academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
We uncover biosynthetic diversity missed by other genome mining tools
academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
Targeted genome mining with GATOR-GC maps the evolutionary landscape of biosynthetic diversity
Abstract. Gene clusters, groups of physically adjacent genes that work collectively, are pivotal to bacterial fitness and valuable in biotechnology and med
academic.oup.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
We have been using this tool for a bit, with great results. Very cool approach to make something complicated very simple
Reposted by Paco Barona Gomez
Hungary banned Pride marches. This is the response ✊🏳️🌈
Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban
June 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Hungary banned Pride marches. This is the response ✊🏳️🌈
Reposted by Paco Barona Gomez
Visit poster 63 to find out what Golsa has been doing with DESI-MS and Streptomyces metabolite detection! #isba2025 @evodivmet.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Visit poster 63 to find out what Golsa has been doing with DESI-MS and Streptomyces metabolite detection! #isba2025 @evodivmet.bsky.social
Reposted by Paco Barona Gomez
Plant Science Research Weekly -- Review: Cycad chemicals and coevolution (New Phytologist) @shaylasalzman.bsky.social @jcarlosvillarreal.bsky.social @lycaeidesmelissa.bsky.social @evodivmet.bsky.social (Summary by Xavier Ozowara xozowara99@vt.edu) buff.ly/utBCK2L
#PlantaePSRW
#PlantaePSRW
Review: Cycads, chemicals, and coevolution | Plantae
Cycads are an ancient lineage of gymnosperms with fascinating ecological interactions. In a recent review, Salzman et al. examine the various adaptations of cycads, from attracting pollinators to…
buff.ly
May 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Plant Science Research Weekly -- Review: Cycad chemicals and coevolution (New Phytologist) @shaylasalzman.bsky.social @jcarlosvillarreal.bsky.social @lycaeidesmelissa.bsky.social @evodivmet.bsky.social (Summary by Xavier Ozowara xozowara99@vt.edu) buff.ly/utBCK2L
#PlantaePSRW
#PlantaePSRW
Si alguien tiene contacto con Mauricio Hoyos y su equipo, favor de compartir.
doi.org/10.1101/2025... here it goes, if the authors read this happy to share videos of that ocassions (probably good to know about same behaviour in shark whales?)
Scraping the Surface: First Records of Cleaning Associations Between Sharks and Oceanic Manta Rays
Interspecific scraping behaviors among large marine vertebrates may serve as an important mechanism for ectoparasite removal. Here, we present the first documented observations of shark–manta scraping...
doi.org
April 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Si alguien tiene contacto con Mauricio Hoyos y su equipo, favor de compartir.
Reposted by Paco Barona Gomez
Chafing Behavior by Carcharhinid Sharks on Oceanic Manta Rays in North America’s Largest MPA (preprint) 🦑🌎🐟🦈 scholar.google.com/scholar_url?...
April 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Chafing Behavior by Carcharhinid Sharks on Oceanic Manta Rays in North America’s Largest MPA (preprint) 🦑🌎🐟🦈 scholar.google.com/scholar_url?...
Reposted by Paco Barona Gomez
Our most recent review on the chemical ecology of cycad symbioses. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Great collaboration with @shaylasalzman.bsky.social leading the paper! @evodivmet.bsky.social and all the authors (not in bluesky yet :( @universitelaval.bsky.social
Great collaboration with @shaylasalzman.bsky.social leading the paper! @evodivmet.bsky.social and all the authors (not in bluesky yet :( @universitelaval.bsky.social
Chemical ecology of symbioses in cycads, an ancient plant lineage
Cycads are an ancient lineage of gymnosperms that maintain a plethora of symbiotic associations from across the tree of life. They have myriad morphological, structural, physiological, chemical, and ...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Our most recent review on the chemical ecology of cycad symbioses. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Great collaboration with @shaylasalzman.bsky.social leading the paper! @evodivmet.bsky.social and all the authors (not in bluesky yet :( @universitelaval.bsky.social
Great collaboration with @shaylasalzman.bsky.social leading the paper! @evodivmet.bsky.social and all the authors (not in bluesky yet :( @universitelaval.bsky.social
The only thing I can say, after seeing what happened in DC today (and will happen in weeks/months to come) is that American people voted for TRUMP - VANCE. Let's not forget it, it is what it is.
February 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The only thing I can say, after seeing what happened in DC today (and will happen in weeks/months to come) is that American people voted for TRUMP - VANCE. Let's not forget it, it is what it is.
This is a game changer .... Will hardly look back after using it!
GATOR-GC preprint is live! If you haven't already, check out our new tool for targeted gene cluster mining. @jcedielbecerra.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
February 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This is a game changer .... Will hardly look back after using it!
Reposted by Paco Barona Gomez
Thursday: time for #MattersMicrobial Episode #81! Dr. Marc Chevrette talks about genome mining, secondary metabolites, and why microbes are the very best chemists. Please share the #GoodMicrobialWord. @profvrr @wildtypeMC
youtu.be/QYGiAc4lRsk?...
youtu.be/QYGiAc4lRsk?...
February 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Thursday: time for #MattersMicrobial Episode #81! Dr. Marc Chevrette talks about genome mining, secondary metabolites, and why microbes are the very best chemists. Please share the #GoodMicrobialWord. @profvrr @wildtypeMC
youtu.be/QYGiAc4lRsk?...
youtu.be/QYGiAc4lRsk?...
Cycad's exhibition! Including microbes, yes, in a botanical garden (Hortus, Amsterdam). So nice to have contributed with some micrographs, knowledge (Kimber Zonneveld and Edder Daniel Bustos-Diaz, collaboration with Angelica Cibrian-Jaramillo)
www.linkedin.com/posts/meta-m...
www.linkedin.com/posts/meta-m...
Meta Menkveld on LinkedIn: #voorjaarsvakantie #hortusamsterdam #cycadeeen #overleversuitdeoertijd…
🌿 Stap miljoenen jaren terug in de tijd! 🌿
Heb je zin in een groene ontdekkingstocht? Tijdens de voorjaarsvakantie is onze tentoonstelling…
www.linkedin.com
February 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Cycad's exhibition! Including microbes, yes, in a botanical garden (Hortus, Amsterdam). So nice to have contributed with some micrographs, knowledge (Kimber Zonneveld and Edder Daniel Bustos-Diaz, collaboration with Angelica Cibrian-Jaramillo)
www.linkedin.com/posts/meta-m...
www.linkedin.com/posts/meta-m...
Great (mini) review on the Evolution of Specialized Metabolites.
Our minireview on BGC evolution being shaped by genomic & ecological context is now live on mSystems:
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
#secmet #MEvoSky
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
#secmet #MEvoSky
Context matters: assessing the impacts of genomic background and ecology on microbial biosynthetic gene cluster evolution | mSystems
Microbial secondary metabolites are compounds produced by bacteria and fungi that
are not required for their replication and unconditional survival (1, 2). While they are thus not expected to be unive...
journals.asm.org
February 26, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Great (mini) review on the Evolution of Specialized Metabolites.
Reposted by Paco Barona Gomez
1/10 A 🧵of resources to learn about AlphaFold (2 and 3).
IMO, the best way to get started with AF2 is "AlphaFold. A practical guide" from the EMBL-EBI. It explains how AF2 works in plain English, without code, and covers key metrics like pLDDT/PAE/etc.
www.ebi.ac.uk/training/onl...
IMO, the best way to get started with AF2 is "AlphaFold. A practical guide" from the EMBL-EBI. It explains how AF2 works in plain English, without code, and covers key metrics like pLDDT/PAE/etc.
www.ebi.ac.uk/training/onl...
AlphaFold - A practical guide
AlphaFold - A practical guide
www.ebi.ac.uk
February 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
1/10 A 🧵of resources to learn about AlphaFold (2 and 3).
IMO, the best way to get started with AF2 is "AlphaFold. A practical guide" from the EMBL-EBI. It explains how AF2 works in plain English, without code, and covers key metrics like pLDDT/PAE/etc.
www.ebi.ac.uk/training/onl...
IMO, the best way to get started with AF2 is "AlphaFold. A practical guide" from the EMBL-EBI. It explains how AF2 works in plain English, without code, and covers key metrics like pLDDT/PAE/etc.
www.ebi.ac.uk/training/onl...
Reposted by Paco Barona Gomez
We're delighted to announce Fidele Ntie-Kang (University of Buea) as the winner of the 2025 Natural Product Reports Emerging Investigator Lectureship! 🎉 Read more about Fidele and his research here: blogs.rsc.org/np/2025/02/0...
#NatProd #PlantScience
#NatProd #PlantScience
February 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
We're delighted to announce Fidele Ntie-Kang (University of Buea) as the winner of the 2025 Natural Product Reports Emerging Investigator Lectureship! 🎉 Read more about Fidele and his research here: blogs.rsc.org/np/2025/02/0...
#NatProd #PlantScience
#NatProd #PlantScience
Reposted by Paco Barona Gomez
While Bacillus researchers gather for BACELL in Amsterdam (17-18 June), Actinomycetes aficionados will be in Egmond aan Zee at the same time this year June 👇
cc @gillesvanwezel.bsky.social #ISBA2025
Registration and abstract submission here: tinyurl.com/ISBA2025
cc @gillesvanwezel.bsky.social #ISBA2025
Registration and abstract submission here: tinyurl.com/ISBA2025
January 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
While Bacillus researchers gather for BACELL in Amsterdam (17-18 June), Actinomycetes aficionados will be in Egmond aan Zee at the same time this year June 👇
cc @gillesvanwezel.bsky.social #ISBA2025
Registration and abstract submission here: tinyurl.com/ISBA2025
cc @gillesvanwezel.bsky.social #ISBA2025
Registration and abstract submission here: tinyurl.com/ISBA2025
Reposted by Paco Barona Gomez
Join us for ISBA2025 on Actinomycetes at the lovely beach of Egmond aan Zee (NL), from June 15–19, 2025. Topics include development, drug discovery, ecology and pathogenicity. universiteitleiden.nl/isba2025. Registration and abstract submission here: shop.paylogic.com/574b03bd08ee... #ISBA2025.
20th International Symposium on the Biology of Actinomycetes
ISBA2025
universiteitleiden.nl
January 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Join us for ISBA2025 on Actinomycetes at the lovely beach of Egmond aan Zee (NL), from June 15–19, 2025. Topics include development, drug discovery, ecology and pathogenicity. universiteitleiden.nl/isba2025. Registration and abstract submission here: shop.paylogic.com/574b03bd08ee... #ISBA2025.
Hey Plant Scientist/Botanists: any advice on PhD travel/visit fellowship to support a visitor from China to our labs in the Netherlands? Societies, organizations, donors?
January 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Hey Plant Scientist/Botanists: any advice on PhD travel/visit fellowship to support a visitor from China to our labs in the Netherlands? Societies, organizations, donors?
Reposted by Paco Barona Gomez
Check out this 1 min video on using zol + cgcg for scalable visualization of evo info across 1000s of homologous gene cluster instances (e.g. BGCs, phages, plasmids, defense islands, etc.) as network graphs.
Github: github.com/Kalan-Lab/zol
Docs: github.com/Kalan-Lab/zo...
#secmet #phage #genomics
Github: github.com/Kalan-Lab/zol
Docs: github.com/Kalan-Lab/zo...
#secmet #phage #genomics
December 6, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Check out this 1 min video on using zol + cgcg for scalable visualization of evo info across 1000s of homologous gene cluster instances (e.g. BGCs, phages, plasmids, defense islands, etc.) as network graphs.
Github: github.com/Kalan-Lab/zol
Docs: github.com/Kalan-Lab/zo...
#secmet #phage #genomics
Github: github.com/Kalan-Lab/zol
Docs: github.com/Kalan-Lab/zo...
#secmet #phage #genomics
From my former PhD student and PD, Karina Gutierrez-Garcia. Super cool story.... (She is applying for tenure track positions).
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A conserved bacterial genetic basis for commensal-host specificity
Animals selectively acquire specific symbiotic gut bacteria from their environments that aid host fitness. To colonize, a symbiont must locate its niche and sustain growth within the gut. Adhesins are...
www.science.org
December 5, 2024 at 10:10 PM
From my former PhD student and PD, Karina Gutierrez-Garcia. Super cool story.... (She is applying for tenure track positions).
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Such a nice gift on the post today: an award-winning book on the history of viral pandemics (for the general public) from my former student, before in Mexico and now at Grenoble. Aldo R. Camacho-Zarco, now an structural virologist, always a great human being. Can't wait to read it! (En Español)
November 25, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Such a nice gift on the post today: an award-winning book on the history of viral pandemics (for the general public) from my former student, before in Mexico and now at Grenoble. Aldo R. Camacho-Zarco, now an structural virologist, always a great human being. Can't wait to read it! (En Español)