Hermoine Venter
@hjvsci.bsky.social
Microbiologist 🦠🧫 at the University of Tromsø 🇿🇦🇳🇴
Reposted by Hermoine Venter
Heroic work by @bluebirdsjunk.bsky.social in pulling this mammoth study together
'Staphylococcus haemolyticus Population Genomics Provides Insights into Pathogenicity and Commensalism'
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
'Staphylococcus haemolyticus Population Genomics Provides Insights into Pathogenicity and Commensalism'
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Staphylococcus haemolyticus Population Genomics Provides Insights into Pathogenicity and Commensalism
Staphylococcus haemolyticus is a common commensal bacterium but also an opportunistic pathogen, frequently implicated in bacteraemia and sepsis in preterm neonates and immunocompromised patients. Desp...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Heroic work by @bluebirdsjunk.bsky.social in pulling this mammoth study together
'Staphylococcus haemolyticus Population Genomics Provides Insights into Pathogenicity and Commensalism'
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
'Staphylococcus haemolyticus Population Genomics Provides Insights into Pathogenicity and Commensalism'
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Hermoine Venter
Out now!
An updated evolutionary classification of CRISPR–Cas systems including rare variants
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An updated evolutionary classification of CRISPR–Cas systems including rare variants
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An updated evolutionary classification of CRISPR–Cas systems including rare variants - Nature Microbiology
An exploration of previously undescribed variants from the long tail of the CRISPR–Cas distribution.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Out now!
An updated evolutionary classification of CRISPR–Cas systems including rare variants
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An updated evolutionary classification of CRISPR–Cas systems including rare variants
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Hermoine Venter
I said I will never work on phages, but having @micheleleroux.bsky.social next door made me change my mind. Here is Alexis's new paper showing how different phages deal with the capsular barrier to infect Acinetobacter! A great collaboration between our labs!
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
Acinetobacter phages use distinct strategies to breach the capsule barrier
Author summary Acinetobacter baumannii causes life-threatening and often antibiotic-resistant infections thereby posing a global threat. Accordingly, there is an urgent need for alternative treatments...
journals.plos.org
September 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I said I will never work on phages, but having @micheleleroux.bsky.social next door made me change my mind. Here is Alexis's new paper showing how different phages deal with the capsular barrier to infect Acinetobacter! A great collaboration between our labs!
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
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You like phages ? In this publication, we use metaHiC and our new version of the MetaTOR pipeline to challenge the traditional view of phages with a narrow host range.
@rkoszul.bsky.social @natmicrobiol.nature.com @cnrs.fr @institutpasteur.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@rkoszul.bsky.social @natmicrobiol.nature.com @cnrs.fr @institutpasteur.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Phages with a broad host range are common across ecosystems - Nature Microbiology
Proximity-ligation-based sequencing from 111 samples and 5 environments reveals that a substantial proportion of phages infect multiple species.
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September 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
You like phages ? In this publication, we use metaHiC and our new version of the MetaTOR pipeline to challenge the traditional view of phages with a narrow host range.
@rkoszul.bsky.social @natmicrobiol.nature.com @cnrs.fr @institutpasteur.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@rkoszul.bsky.social @natmicrobiol.nature.com @cnrs.fr @institutpasteur.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Experimental evolution in an era of molecular manipulation
#ExperimentalEvolution #evolution #evoSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#ExperimentalEvolution #evolution #evoSky
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Experimental evolution in an era of molecular manipulation - Nature Reviews Genetics
In this Review, Ascensao and Desai discuss how methodological advances in genotype and phenotype manipulation are transforming experimental evolution approaches and providing new insights into the und...
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July 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Experimental evolution in an era of molecular manipulation
#ExperimentalEvolution #evolution #evoSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#ExperimentalEvolution #evolution #evoSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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💥 A gut microbe metabolite that drives #atherosclerosis?
Yes—Imidazole propionate (ImP) triggers vascular inflammation without changing cholesterol.
🧪 We show the pathway—and how to block it.
nature.com/articles/s41... #OpenAccess at
@Nature
@CNIC_CARDIO
#CVD #immunosky #cardiosky #microbiomesky
Yes—Imidazole propionate (ImP) triggers vascular inflammation without changing cholesterol.
🧪 We show the pathway—and how to block it.
nature.com/articles/s41... #OpenAccess at
@Nature
@CNIC_CARDIO
#CVD #immunosky #cardiosky #microbiomesky
Imidazole propionate is a driver and therapeutic target in atherosclerosis - Nature
Imidazole propionate produced by gut microbiota is associated with atherosclerosis in mouse models and in humans, and causes the development of atherosclerosis through activation of the imidazoline-1 ...
nature.com
July 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
💥 A gut microbe metabolite that drives #atherosclerosis?
Yes—Imidazole propionate (ImP) triggers vascular inflammation without changing cholesterol.
🧪 We show the pathway—and how to block it.
nature.com/articles/s41... #OpenAccess at
@Nature
@CNIC_CARDIO
#CVD #immunosky #cardiosky #microbiomesky
Yes—Imidazole propionate (ImP) triggers vascular inflammation without changing cholesterol.
🧪 We show the pathway—and how to block it.
nature.com/articles/s41... #OpenAccess at
@Nature
@CNIC_CARDIO
#CVD #immunosky #cardiosky #microbiomesky
