As always, thanks to @agarvil.bsky.social (the protagonist of this serendipitous discovery), Antonio Moreno, Alex Rubio, and the original work of the group's new thesis candidate, Elisa Luque.

But it was contamination. Bit by bit, we pieced it together — and here it is, the complete genome assembly of a new A. guillouiae strain.

This project began by pure serendipity: while analyzing a soil mite genome, Oppiella nova. We found sequences from an Acinetobacter bacteriophage. It initially led us to believe that this was a case of horizontal transfer.

Gracias por el apoyo y financiación a @FundameNet @ElcaminodeElena y @galici_ame

This suggests that sphingolipids such as ceramide could be a possible biomarker for disease progression and monitoring.

We have found a modifier of SMN, acid sphingomyelinase, and drugs that inhibit it and increase SMN protein levels. Most importantly, we have linked sphingolipid metabolism to SMA for the first time.

Me apunto el libro, @lluismontoliu.bsky.social

Now reading... At last I can travel around Australia!!!

This is a great result from Antonio Moreno's thesis, with the essential help of Alex Rubio and Andrés Garzón, and the invaluable collaboration of Younes Smani.

sorry, in here it is better than multiplied (X)...:
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And proud that it has been published in Microbial Genomics, the journal of @MicrobioSoc, a membership charity and not-for-profit publisher that supports inclusive research.

#Irene has been an excellent student of our master's degree in Advanced Bioinformatics Analysis and this has been the result of her Master's Thesis, tutored by #AlexRubio and myself.

Qué orgulloso de mis niñ@s, que se van haciendo mayores 🤍