Sonja Billerbeck
billerbecks.bsky.social
Sonja Billerbeck
@billerbecks.bsky.social
Synthetic Biologist, Protein and Genome Engineer, Microbe and Fungi Fan
www.billerbecklab.com
Brilliant #DailyShow life yesterday in NYC hosted by Jon Stewart 🤩! Good to see voices raised

Jon Stewart to Los Angeles: ‘Is Your City Ever Not on Fire?’

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/a...
June 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
In the original article, we explored how #KillerYeast protect themselves from self-intoxication. For the ionophore toxin #K2, Rianne found that its immunity is encoded within its secretion signal peptide.
doi.org/10.1016/j.celr…
February 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
For those working with antifungal yeast, we consolidated protocols to test for killing, immunity and suicidal phenotypes by @_rprins 🥳🥳

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February 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Out now! We consolidated >600 Dutch yeast and characterised their activity against spoilage yeasts and relevant human and plant pathogens, focusing on yeasts that secrete antifungal proteins. Great resource for biocontrol and beyond.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39875071/
February 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Big day!
New year, new job 🤩.

Settled into my new office and
visited the partly original DNA helix model by Watson and Crick in the London Science Museum next door.

Fully inspired for 2025 now 😆!
January 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Best farewell gift by @dirkscheffers.bsky.social !
2025 Discovery walks and runs in my new home fixed 😁.
Meanwhile saying good bye to pretty Groningen in Christmas lights.
December 18, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Christmas lab dinner with this lovely bunch ☺️
December 10, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Great day at the #Westerdijk learning new things about fungi 🤓 and sharing some of our yeast work at #KNVMmycology. Especially happy to have learned about #Starship giant transposons and a new sticker.
November 29, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Happy to see our perspective on KillerYeast and SynBio and Wine out in TrendsinBiotech. Fantastic collaboration with @synbioroy.bsky.social and Sakkie Pretorius that started during a visit in Sidney @macquariemuseum.bsky.social _Uni

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
April 4, 2024 at 5:07 AM