Ana Raquel Cruz
anaraquelcruz.bsky.social
Ana Raquel Cruz
@anaraquelcruz.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher at @karinaxavierlab.bsky.social. Interested in host-microbiota interactions.
Reposted by Ana Raquel Cruz
Excited to share our new paper out in Cell Reports Methods! @cp-cellrepmethods.bsky.social
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We present EyaHOST, a modular Drosophila genetic system that enables precise and independent manipulation of tumours and host tissues to dissect tumour-host interactions.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
EyaHOST, a modular genetic system for investigation of intercellular and tumor-host interactions in Drosophila melanogaster
Teles-Reis et al. present EyaHOST, a modular Drosophila system that enables clone generation in the eye disc with independent genetic manipulation of other tissues. EyaHOST uses an Eya-KD “kick-out” s...
www.cell.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Reposted by Ana Raquel Cruz
All this and many more changes you can find in the published version here - in my (biased) opinion, it is worth a re-read even if you have seen the preprint!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

And of course, all was only possible thanks to our great collaboration with @mizrahilab.bsky.social

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Spatial constraints drive amylosome-mediated resistant starch degradation by Ruminococcus bromii in the human colon - Nature Communications
Here, combining structural, proteomics and biochemical analyses, the authors elucidate how the keystone gut bacterium Ruminococcus bromii assembles a specialized enzyme complex, the amylosome, to effi...
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December 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Reposted by Ana Raquel Cruz
Very excited to share our latest work in Science on metagenomic editing (MetaEdit) of the gut microbiome in vivo & directly modifying unculturable immune-modulatory SFB bug in the small intestine. 🦠🧬🛠️
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Metagenomic editing of commensal bacteria in vivo using CRISPR-associated transposases
Although metagenomic sequencing has revealed a rich microbial biodiversity in the mammalian gut, methods to genetically alter specific species in the microbiome are highly limited. Here, we introduce ...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM