Maik Wolfram-Schauerte
@maiktungsten.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Research in Integrative Transcriptomics @University of Tübingen | passionate about bacteriophages, RNA biochemistry, bioinformatics & machine learning
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How could a simple self-replicating system emerge at the origins of life? RNA polymerase ribozymes can replicate RNA, but existing ones are so large that their self-replication seems impossible. Could they be smaller?
Excited to share our latest work in @science.org on a new small polymerase.
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Excited to share our latest work in @science.org on a new small polymerase.
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A small polymerase ribozyme that can synthesize itself and its complementary strand
The emergence of a chemical system capable of self-replication and evolution is a critical event in the origin of life. RNA polymerase ribozymes can replicate RNA, but their large size and structural ...
www.science.org
February 13, 2026 at 11:42 AM
How could a simple self-replicating system emerge at the origins of life? RNA polymerase ribozymes can replicate RNA, but existing ones are so large that their self-replication seems impossible. Could they be smaller?
Excited to share our latest work in @science.org on a new small polymerase.
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Excited to share our latest work in @science.org on a new small polymerase.
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Das russische Justizministerium hat den @daadworldwide.bsky.social als „unerwünschte Organisation“ eingestuft. Ein Rückschlag für die internationale Wissenschaft. Forschung braucht Offenheit und Austausch – mein Bedauern gilt allen Betroffenen.
Wir müssen als DAAD unsere Arbeit in Russland einstellen, nachdem das russische Justizministerium uns am 10.2. zur „unerwünschten Organisation“ erklärte. Das DAAD-Büro in Moskau sowie das vom DAAD verantwortete „Deutsche Wissenschafts- und Innovationshaus“ (DWIH) Moskau werden geschlossen.
Nach Einstufung als unerwünschte Organisation_DAAD stellt Arbeit in Russland ein
Der DAAD stellt seine Arbeit in Russland ein, nachdem das russische Justizministerium den DAAD am 10.2. zur „unerwünschten Organisation“ erklärt hatte.
www.daad.de
February 13, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Das russische Justizministerium hat den @daadworldwide.bsky.social als „unerwünschte Organisation“ eingestuft. Ein Rückschlag für die internationale Wissenschaft. Forschung braucht Offenheit und Austausch – mein Bedauern gilt allen Betroffenen.
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#PhDPosition open — #RibosomeBiology & #Translation QC
📍 JGU Mainz, Germany
🗓️ Apply by 10 Mar 2026 (or until filled)
🔗 Full details + project options:
👉 ak-winz.pharmazie.uni-mainz.de/jobs/
📍 JGU Mainz, Germany
🗓️ Apply by 10 Mar 2026 (or until filled)
🔗 Full details + project options:
👉 ak-winz.pharmazie.uni-mainz.de/jobs/
Jobs/internships/theses | Winz Lab - AK Winz
ak-winz.pharmazie.uni-mainz.de
February 10, 2026 at 8:02 AM
#PhDPosition open — #RibosomeBiology & #Translation QC
📍 JGU Mainz, Germany
🗓️ Apply by 10 Mar 2026 (or until filled)
🔗 Full details + project options:
👉 ak-winz.pharmazie.uni-mainz.de/jobs/
📍 JGU Mainz, Germany
🗓️ Apply by 10 Mar 2026 (or until filled)
🔗 Full details + project options:
👉 ak-winz.pharmazie.uni-mainz.de/jobs/
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We are excited to share that @jeremyjbarr.bsky.social will be joining us as speaker at the 2026 International SPP 2330 Symposium.
We look forward to meeting you in Berlin!
📅 October 5 – 7, 2026
📍 Harnack House, Berlin
🌐 More information is available at lnkd.in/eeSphFER
We look forward to meeting you in Berlin!
📅 October 5 – 7, 2026
📍 Harnack House, Berlin
🌐 More information is available at lnkd.in/eeSphFER
February 9, 2026 at 10:33 AM
We are excited to share that @jeremyjbarr.bsky.social will be joining us as speaker at the 2026 International SPP 2330 Symposium.
We look forward to meeting you in Berlin!
📅 October 5 – 7, 2026
📍 Harnack House, Berlin
🌐 More information is available at lnkd.in/eeSphFER
We look forward to meeting you in Berlin!
📅 October 5 – 7, 2026
📍 Harnack House, Berlin
🌐 More information is available at lnkd.in/eeSphFER
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(This is coming in a bit late but...) Happy new year, everyone! As I continue planning 2026 travels, please give a shout if you are organizing a microbiology conference this year (or attending one).
#microsky
#microsky
January 28, 2026 at 2:33 PM
(This is coming in a bit late but...) Happy new year, everyone! As I continue planning 2026 travels, please give a shout if you are organizing a microbiology conference this year (or attending one).
#microsky
#microsky
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🧬🖥️ Call for Abstracts OPEN!
Join us in celebrating 40 years of the German Conference on #Bioinformatics (#GCB2026) 🎉
📍 Saarbrücken | 🗓 22–25 Sep 2026
Submit your research & shape the future of Bioinformatics!
Deadlines
Workshops: 31 Mar 26
Talks: 3 May 26
Poster: 6 Aug 26
👉 GCB2026.DE
Join us in celebrating 40 years of the German Conference on #Bioinformatics (#GCB2026) 🎉
📍 Saarbrücken | 🗓 22–25 Sep 2026
Submit your research & shape the future of Bioinformatics!
Deadlines
Workshops: 31 Mar 26
Talks: 3 May 26
Poster: 6 Aug 26
👉 GCB2026.DE
January 28, 2026 at 2:34 PM
🧬🖥️ Call for Abstracts OPEN!
Join us in celebrating 40 years of the German Conference on #Bioinformatics (#GCB2026) 🎉
📍 Saarbrücken | 🗓 22–25 Sep 2026
Submit your research & shape the future of Bioinformatics!
Deadlines
Workshops: 31 Mar 26
Talks: 3 May 26
Poster: 6 Aug 26
👉 GCB2026.DE
Join us in celebrating 40 years of the German Conference on #Bioinformatics (#GCB2026) 🎉
📍 Saarbrücken | 🗓 22–25 Sep 2026
Submit your research & shape the future of Bioinformatics!
Deadlines
Workshops: 31 Mar 26
Talks: 3 May 26
Poster: 6 Aug 26
👉 GCB2026.DE
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✨Save the Date ✨
Connect with fellow early-career microbiologists & start new collaborations🤝:
Meeting of the #VAAM Young Scientist Network:
"Establishing Collaborations within the Network"
📆 13.02.2026
⏲️ 2 pm
🔗https://t1p.de/hmbhw
#EarlyCareer #Networking #Microbiology #YoungScientists
Connect with fellow early-career microbiologists & start new collaborations🤝:
Meeting of the #VAAM Young Scientist Network:
"Establishing Collaborations within the Network"
📆 13.02.2026
⏲️ 2 pm
🔗https://t1p.de/hmbhw
#EarlyCareer #Networking #Microbiology #YoungScientists
January 26, 2026 at 1:39 PM
✨Save the Date ✨
Connect with fellow early-career microbiologists & start new collaborations🤝:
Meeting of the #VAAM Young Scientist Network:
"Establishing Collaborations within the Network"
📆 13.02.2026
⏲️ 2 pm
🔗https://t1p.de/hmbhw
#EarlyCareer #Networking #Microbiology #YoungScientists
Connect with fellow early-career microbiologists & start new collaborations🤝:
Meeting of the #VAAM Young Scientist Network:
"Establishing Collaborations within the Network"
📆 13.02.2026
⏲️ 2 pm
🔗https://t1p.de/hmbhw
#EarlyCareer #Networking #Microbiology #YoungScientists
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Out Now! A phage protein screen identifies triggers of the bacterial innate immune system #MicroSky
A phage protein screen identifies triggers of the bacterial innate immune system
Nature Microbiology, Published online: 16 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41564-025-02239-6A library of 400 phage protein-coding genes is used to find a trove of antiphage systems, revealing systems that target tail fibre and major capsid proteins.
go.nature.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Out Now! A phage protein screen identifies triggers of the bacterial innate immune system #MicroSky
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Save the date, please RT:
Looking forward to an exciting International Symposium @spp2330.bsky.social "New concepts in prokaryotic virus-host interactions".
October 5-7, 2026; Harnack-Haus Berlin (Germany).
@dfg.de @hhu.de @fz-juelich.de
Looking forward to an exciting International Symposium @spp2330.bsky.social "New concepts in prokaryotic virus-host interactions".
October 5-7, 2026; Harnack-Haus Berlin (Germany).
@dfg.de @hhu.de @fz-juelich.de
January 14, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Save the date, please RT:
Looking forward to an exciting International Symposium @spp2330.bsky.social "New concepts in prokaryotic virus-host interactions".
October 5-7, 2026; Harnack-Haus Berlin (Germany).
@dfg.de @hhu.de @fz-juelich.de
Looking forward to an exciting International Symposium @spp2330.bsky.social "New concepts in prokaryotic virus-host interactions".
October 5-7, 2026; Harnack-Haus Berlin (Germany).
@dfg.de @hhu.de @fz-juelich.de
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📢 We are hiring 📢 1st round of recruiting for our ERC project BacImmune-Decode! @erc.europa.eu
We are looking for a postdoc for wet-lab work on regulation of phage defence systems in bacteria using high-throughput microbial genetics. Check it out: lnkd.in/es7AE968
#Hiring #Postdoc #Microbiology
We are looking for a postdoc for wet-lab work on regulation of phage defence systems in bacteria using high-throughput microbial genetics. Check it out: lnkd.in/es7AE968
#Hiring #Postdoc #Microbiology
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January 14, 2026 at 8:55 AM
📢 We are hiring 📢 1st round of recruiting for our ERC project BacImmune-Decode! @erc.europa.eu
We are looking for a postdoc for wet-lab work on regulation of phage defence systems in bacteria using high-throughput microbial genetics. Check it out: lnkd.in/es7AE968
#Hiring #Postdoc #Microbiology
We are looking for a postdoc for wet-lab work on regulation of phage defence systems in bacteria using high-throughput microbial genetics. Check it out: lnkd.in/es7AE968
#Hiring #Postdoc #Microbiology
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Phold's manuscript is now available @narjournal.bsky.social thanks to @susiegriggo.bsky.social @npbhavya.bsky.social @vijinim.bsky.social @linsalrob.bsky.social @martinsteinegger.bsky.social @milot.bsky.social @eunbelivable.bsky.social & others not on bsky #phagesky academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
January 14, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Phold's manuscript is now available @narjournal.bsky.social thanks to @susiegriggo.bsky.social @npbhavya.bsky.social @vijinim.bsky.social @linsalrob.bsky.social @martinsteinegger.bsky.social @milot.bsky.social @eunbelivable.bsky.social & others not on bsky #phagesky academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
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Thank you @pdersch.bsky.social and @effiebastounis.bsky.social for your presentations! A great start for @cmfi.bsky.social into 2026
Great colloquium today! Guest speaker @pdersch.bsky.social showed how 𝘠𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢 reprograms neutrophils during infection, causing severe inflammation and @effiebastounis.bsky.social how 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢 hijacks immune cells to spread.
Key findings for fighting pathogens!
#Microbiology #InfectBiology #BioMech
Key findings for fighting pathogens!
#Microbiology #InfectBiology #BioMech
January 8, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Thank you @pdersch.bsky.social and @effiebastounis.bsky.social for your presentations! A great start for @cmfi.bsky.social into 2026
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Available Postdoc position in my lab to advance ASO technology for biotechnology, food production, infectious diseases, environmental microbiology & more. Looking for specialists in these areas with an interest in RNA applications. Involves numerous national & international collaborations.
December 30, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Available Postdoc position in my lab to advance ASO technology for biotechnology, food production, infectious diseases, environmental microbiology & more. Looking for specialists in these areas with an interest in RNA applications. Involves numerous national & international collaborations.
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More PhD projects at IMPRS “From Molecules to Organisms”! 🚀 Apply by 19 Jan 2026.
Research on fungal–prey interactions & transgenerational inheritance (Advisors: Hsueh, Sommer).
📍Tübingen, Germany. 🔗 lnkd.in/gWGf2w2g
#IMPRS #PhD #LifeSciences #MaxPlanck
Research on fungal–prey interactions & transgenerational inheritance (Advisors: Hsueh, Sommer).
📍Tübingen, Germany. 🔗 lnkd.in/gWGf2w2g
#IMPRS #PhD #LifeSciences #MaxPlanck
December 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
More PhD projects at IMPRS “From Molecules to Organisms”! 🚀 Apply by 19 Jan 2026.
Research on fungal–prey interactions & transgenerational inheritance (Advisors: Hsueh, Sommer).
📍Tübingen, Germany. 🔗 lnkd.in/gWGf2w2g
#IMPRS #PhD #LifeSciences #MaxPlanck
Research on fungal–prey interactions & transgenerational inheritance (Advisors: Hsueh, Sommer).
📍Tübingen, Germany. 🔗 lnkd.in/gWGf2w2g
#IMPRS #PhD #LifeSciences #MaxPlanck
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How can genome sequencing training foster more equitable global science? 🌍
An interview with doctoral researcher Catarina Lino on a hands-on plant genomics workshop in Zimbabwe - and what it means for North–South collaboration.
👉 tinyurl.com/9knhj92v
#PlantGenomics #ScienceCollaboration #maxplanck
An interview with doctoral researcher Catarina Lino on a hands-on plant genomics workshop in Zimbabwe - and what it means for North–South collaboration.
👉 tinyurl.com/9knhj92v
#PlantGenomics #ScienceCollaboration #maxplanck
December 22, 2025 at 9:22 AM
How can genome sequencing training foster more equitable global science? 🌍
An interview with doctoral researcher Catarina Lino on a hands-on plant genomics workshop in Zimbabwe - and what it means for North–South collaboration.
👉 tinyurl.com/9knhj92v
#PlantGenomics #ScienceCollaboration #maxplanck
An interview with doctoral researcher Catarina Lino on a hands-on plant genomics workshop in Zimbabwe - and what it means for North–South collaboration.
👉 tinyurl.com/9knhj92v
#PlantGenomics #ScienceCollaboration #maxplanck
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@peterfineran.bsky.social and colleagues develop Tn-seq for phages by leveraging anti-CRISPR (Acr) as a positive
selectable marker in the presence of CRISPR-Cas counter-selection, and identify essential genes in phage from non model orgs
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
selectable marker in the presence of CRISPR-Cas counter-selection, and identify essential genes in phage from non model orgs
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
December 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
@peterfineran.bsky.social and colleagues develop Tn-seq for phages by leveraging anti-CRISPR (Acr) as a positive
selectable marker in the presence of CRISPR-Cas counter-selection, and identify essential genes in phage from non model orgs
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
selectable marker in the presence of CRISPR-Cas counter-selection, and identify essential genes in phage from non model orgs
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Bacterial genomes encode a rich repertoire of antiphage systems, but we still know surprisingly little about when these systems are actually expressed.
In this preprint, Lucas Paoli et al, ask what shapes antiphage systems expression in native contexts.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
In this preprint, Lucas Paoli et al, ask what shapes antiphage systems expression in native contexts.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Environment and physiology shape antiphage system expression
Bacteria and archaea encode on average ten antiphage systems. Quorum sensing, cellular, or transcription factors can regulate specific systems (CRISPR-Cas, CBASS). Yet, a systematic assessment of anti...
www.biorxiv.org
December 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Bacterial genomes encode a rich repertoire of antiphage systems, but we still know surprisingly little about when these systems are actually expressed.
In this preprint, Lucas Paoli et al, ask what shapes antiphage systems expression in native contexts.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
In this preprint, Lucas Paoli et al, ask what shapes antiphage systems expression in native contexts.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Environment and physiology shape antiphage system expression https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.14.694197v1
December 15, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Environment and physiology shape antiphage system expression https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.14.694197v1
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The next PhD project to be highlighted:
🔬 Novel workflows for identification of intracellular biomarkers by shotgun proteomics.
Led by Prof. Boris Macek at the University of Tübingen as part of the IMPRS program
⏳ Deadline: 19 January 2026
🔗 Apply now: lnkd.in/gWGf2w2g
#PhD #Proteomics #MaxPlanck
🔬 Novel workflows for identification of intracellular biomarkers by shotgun proteomics.
Led by Prof. Boris Macek at the University of Tübingen as part of the IMPRS program
⏳ Deadline: 19 January 2026
🔗 Apply now: lnkd.in/gWGf2w2g
#PhD #Proteomics #MaxPlanck
December 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The next PhD project to be highlighted:
🔬 Novel workflows for identification of intracellular biomarkers by shotgun proteomics.
Led by Prof. Boris Macek at the University of Tübingen as part of the IMPRS program
⏳ Deadline: 19 January 2026
🔗 Apply now: lnkd.in/gWGf2w2g
#PhD #Proteomics #MaxPlanck
🔬 Novel workflows for identification of intracellular biomarkers by shotgun proteomics.
Led by Prof. Boris Macek at the University of Tübingen as part of the IMPRS program
⏳ Deadline: 19 January 2026
🔗 Apply now: lnkd.in/gWGf2w2g
#PhD #Proteomics #MaxPlanck
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Thinking about a PhD and excited by algal development and evolution? 🌿🧬
Our IMPRS program has an open doctoral position in the department of Susana Coelho.
More projects will be posted soon, so keep an eye on the page—or browse the current list here:
lnkd.in/gEMXNQY6
Deadline: 19 January 2026
Our IMPRS program has an open doctoral position in the department of Susana Coelho.
More projects will be posted soon, so keep an eye on the page—or browse the current list here:
lnkd.in/gEMXNQY6
Deadline: 19 January 2026
December 10, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Thinking about a PhD and excited by algal development and evolution? 🌿🧬
Our IMPRS program has an open doctoral position in the department of Susana Coelho.
More projects will be posted soon, so keep an eye on the page—or browse the current list here:
lnkd.in/gEMXNQY6
Deadline: 19 January 2026
Our IMPRS program has an open doctoral position in the department of Susana Coelho.
More projects will be posted soon, so keep an eye on the page—or browse the current list here:
lnkd.in/gEMXNQY6
Deadline: 19 January 2026
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🔊 Interested in doing a PhD on RNA-binding proteins in an abundant microbiota species and becoming a member of the German Priority Programme “Illuminating Gene Functions in the Human Gut Microbiome”? Apply here: www.uni-wuerzburg.de/karriere/sin...
Job offer for a PhD student position at the Chair of Microbiology
www.uni-wuerzburg.de
December 1, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🔊 Interested in doing a PhD on RNA-binding proteins in an abundant microbiota species and becoming a member of the German Priority Programme “Illuminating Gene Functions in the Human Gut Microbiome”? Apply here: www.uni-wuerzburg.de/karriere/sin...
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🚀 Ready to explore life science research at the highest level? Then apply for a fully-funded biology #PhD position at the Max Planck Institute for Biology @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social and Friedrich Miescher Laboratory!
Find out about the projects you could be working on: www.phd.tuebingen.mpg.de
#IMPRS
Find out about the projects you could be working on: www.phd.tuebingen.mpg.de
#IMPRS
December 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
🚀 Ready to explore life science research at the highest level? Then apply for a fully-funded biology #PhD position at the Max Planck Institute for Biology @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social and Friedrich Miescher Laboratory!
Find out about the projects you could be working on: www.phd.tuebingen.mpg.de
#IMPRS
Find out about the projects you could be working on: www.phd.tuebingen.mpg.de
#IMPRS
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***Super cool-project alert***⚠️ Come work with @dirkmetzler.bsky.social and me in trying to understand how transcriptional noise evolves in a phylogenetic context 🧬 Deadline 15th Dec 2025 (Project funded by @dfg.de @gevol.bsky.social)
PhD position available for theoretical and statistical modeling in my joint @gevol.bsky.social project with @luisapallares.bsky.social on the evolution of transcriptional variability and its role in adaptation and evolutionary innovation.
See
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/6...
See
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/6...
PhD candidate in biology — theoretical and statistical modeling (m/f/x)
job-portal.lmu.de
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
***Super cool-project alert***⚠️ Come work with @dirkmetzler.bsky.social and me in trying to understand how transcriptional noise evolves in a phylogenetic context 🧬 Deadline 15th Dec 2025 (Project funded by @dfg.de @gevol.bsky.social)
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🚨Preprint alert - this is a big one! We transfer the revolutionary power of TnSeq to bacteriophages.
Our HIDEN-SEQ links the "dark matter" genes of your favorite phage to any selectable phenotype, guiding the path from fun observations to molecular mechanisms.
A thread 1/8
Our HIDEN-SEQ links the "dark matter" genes of your favorite phage to any selectable phenotype, guiding the path from fun observations to molecular mechanisms.
A thread 1/8
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
🚨Preprint alert - this is a big one! We transfer the revolutionary power of TnSeq to bacteriophages.
Our HIDEN-SEQ links the "dark matter" genes of your favorite phage to any selectable phenotype, guiding the path from fun observations to molecular mechanisms.
A thread 1/8
Our HIDEN-SEQ links the "dark matter" genes of your favorite phage to any selectable phenotype, guiding the path from fun observations to molecular mechanisms.
A thread 1/8