Cristina Colomer-Winter
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Cristina Colomer-Winter
@colomer-winter.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Geneva. Self-confessed Enterococcus fan, best known for the motto “cloning is like cooking”. Well travelled and with a balanced experience in academia and industry. 🇪🇸🇩🇪🇺🇸🇨🇭
Reposted by Cristina Colomer-Winter
Excited to share our first look at Enterococcus faecium infection biology: diabetic wounds are complex, and E. faecium persists despite early immune responses. In diabetic mice, it shows impaired clearance + sustained neutrophil recruitment, worsening healing.
Enterococcus faecium colonization and persistence in a model of diabetic wound infection https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.20.689639v1
November 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Reposted by Cristina Colomer-Winter
Bacterial networks #BacNet26 in September 2026 will be chaired by @lalouxlab.bsky.social and co-chaired by @s-lab.bsky.social with @coralietesseur.bsky.social

Sneak peak on invited speakers and preliminary program:
meetings.embo.org/event/26-bac...
November 20, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Reposted by Cristina Colomer-Winter
🚀New preprint from our lab!
I am very excited to finally share what has been the main focus of my PhD for the past almost 3 years! It is about viral dark matter and a powerful tool we built to shed light on it. 🧬💡
Continue reading (🧵)
November 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Enterococcus being one step ahead when it comes to stress… once again! Loved figuring this one out🤓

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Why does daptomycin resistance appear so fast in Enterococcus? We finally have a clue.

DAP resistance in enterococci pops up quickly. What’s been missing is why resistance-associated membrane changes look the way they do, and why the classic path of mutations is so predictable.
A two-component system signaling hub controls enterococcal membrane remodeling in response to daptomycin https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.16.688641v1
November 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM