Emrah Simsek
@esimsek.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of (bio)Physics at University of Florida. Studying life and death of microbes. biophysics, qBio, systems biology.
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Spatial proximity dictates bacterial competition and expansion in microbial communities - Nature Communications
Here, the authors show that immotile bacteria degrade antibiotics to alter their environment and facilitate nearby motile competitors to expand. As expansion proceeds, the immotile degrader is outcomp...
doi.org
1/8: In our new paper with
@lingchongyou.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s414..., we show that antibiotics don’t just kill bacteria—they can paralyze Pseudomonas aeruginosa at sublethal doses, halting its spatial expansion.
@lingchongyou.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s414..., we show that antibiotics don’t just kill bacteria—they can paralyze Pseudomonas aeruginosa at sublethal doses, halting its spatial expansion.
Reposted by Emrah Simsek
Our recent collaborative paper is now published in the latest issue of Cell Reports @cp-cellreports.bsky.social accompanied by a cover image highlighting how Bacillus gathers iron in the biofilm for promoting plant growth
www.cell.com/issue/S2211-...
www.cell.com/issue/S2211-...
December 9, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Our recent collaborative paper is now published in the latest issue of Cell Reports @cp-cellreports.bsky.social accompanied by a cover image highlighting how Bacillus gathers iron in the biofilm for promoting plant growth
www.cell.com/issue/S2211-...
www.cell.com/issue/S2211-...
Reposted by Emrah Simsek
Spatial proximity dictates bacterial competition and expansion in microbial communities
@natcomms.nature.com by @esimsek.bsky.social et al from @lingchongyou.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@natcomms.nature.com by @esimsek.bsky.social et al from @lingchongyou.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Spatial proximity dictates bacterial competition and expansion in microbial communities - Nature Communications
Here, the authors show that immotile bacteria degrade antibiotics to alter their environment and facilitate nearby motile competitors to expand. As expansion proceeds, the immotile degrader is outcomp...
www.nature.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Spatial proximity dictates bacterial competition and expansion in microbial communities
@natcomms.nature.com by @esimsek.bsky.social et al from @lingchongyou.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@natcomms.nature.com by @esimsek.bsky.social et al from @lingchongyou.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1/8: In our new paper with
@lingchongyou.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s414..., we show that antibiotics don’t just kill bacteria—they can paralyze Pseudomonas aeruginosa at sublethal doses, halting its spatial expansion.
@lingchongyou.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s414..., we show that antibiotics don’t just kill bacteria—they can paralyze Pseudomonas aeruginosa at sublethal doses, halting its spatial expansion.
Spatial proximity dictates bacterial competition and expansion in microbial communities - Nature Communications
Here, the authors show that immotile bacteria degrade antibiotics to alter their environment and facilitate nearby motile competitors to expand. As expansion proceeds, the immotile degrader is outcomp...
doi.org
December 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
1/8: In our new paper with
@lingchongyou.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s414..., we show that antibiotics don’t just kill bacteria—they can paralyze Pseudomonas aeruginosa at sublethal doses, halting its spatial expansion.
@lingchongyou.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s414..., we show that antibiotics don’t just kill bacteria—they can paralyze Pseudomonas aeruginosa at sublethal doses, halting its spatial expansion.