Ignacio (Nacho) de Quinto
nachodequinto.bsky.social
Ignacio (Nacho) de Quinto
@nachodequinto.bsky.social
I do benchformatics (bad at the bench, bad at bioinformatics) at Evodynamics Lab (IRYCIS) - Madrid
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New paper out! 🔈🔈📣📣

Plasmids promote antimicrobial resistance through Insertion Sequence-mediated gene inactivation.

Combining experimental and computational approaches, we unveil how two of the most prevalent bacterial MGE accelerate the evolution of AMR. 🧵👇🏻

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Plasmids promote antimicrobial resistance through Insertion Sequence-mediated gene inactivation
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is a major threat to public health. Plasmids are mobile genetic elements that can rapidly spread across bacterial populations, promoting the dissemination of AMR genes i...
www.biorxiv.org
August 13, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Reposted by Ignacio (Nacho) de Quinto
New paper alert! 🚨

Plasmids promote bacterial evolution through a copy number-driven increase in mutation rate.

We combine theory, simulations, experimental evolution, and bioinformatics to demonstrate that mutation rates scale with plasmid copy number.

Let's dive in! 🧵👇
Plasmids promote bacterial evolution through a copy number-driven increase in mutation rate
Plasmids are autonomously replicating DNA molecules that stably coexist with chromosomes in bacterial cells. These genetic elements drive horizontal gene transfer and play a fundamental role in bacter...
www.biorxiv.org
July 22, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Reposted by Ignacio (Nacho) de Quinto
Curious about plasmid biology? Our latest paper is out now in Nature Communications! 🚨

doi.org/10.1038/s414...

We analyzed thousands of diverse bacterial plasmids to shed light for the first time on a key aspect of plasmid biology: plasmid copy number. 1/7 👇
Universal rules govern plasmid copy number - Nature Communications
Plasmids exhibit a broad range of sizes and copies per cell, and these two parameters appear to be negatively correlated. Here, Ramiro-Martínez et al. analyse the copy number of thousands of diverse b...
doi.org
July 2, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Just migrated here from twitter! Hello everyone.

Also, I've just put up a super simple (and free) to use APP to streamline experiment design and result analysis of 96 (or 384) wells plate experiments for my lab pals.

You can try it here: rosettier.streamlit.app

Feedback is very welcome 😁!
Rosettier
A free, user-friendly web application for planning 96 or 384-well plate experiments. Rosettier si...
rosettier.streamlit.app
January 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM