@klawzyu.bsky.social
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Universal single-copy genes and 16S rDNA present incongruent evolutionary histories in Vibrio https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.07.692777v1
December 8, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Universal single-copy genes and 16S rDNA present incongruent evolutionary histories in Vibrio https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.07.692777v1
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Microbiologist Dr. Rita Colwell was born #OTD in 1934. She is recognized for her study of global infectious disease spread through water sources. Her research on cholera helped save 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 lives.
She was the first female director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), 1998-2004. #WomenInSTEM
She was the first female director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), 1998-2004. #WomenInSTEM
November 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Microbiologist Dr. Rita Colwell was born #OTD in 1934. She is recognized for her study of global infectious disease spread through water sources. Her research on cholera helped save 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 lives.
She was the first female director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), 1998-2004. #WomenInSTEM
She was the first female director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), 1998-2004. #WomenInSTEM
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The ecological roles of bacterial #immune systems are poorly understood. Rafael Custodio @ellinoralseth.bsky.social @brockhurstlab.bsky.social @brownlab.bsky.social & Edze Westra explore how mobile genetic elements and bacterial defenses shape #microbiome structure and function 🧪
Bacterial immune systems as causes and consequences of microbiome structure
Bacterial immune systems have evolved in response to diverse molecular "parasites", yet their ecological roles remain poorly understood. This Essay explores how interactions between mobile genetic…
plos.io
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The ecological roles of bacterial #immune systems are poorly understood. Rafael Custodio @ellinoralseth.bsky.social @brockhurstlab.bsky.social @brownlab.bsky.social & Edze Westra explore how mobile genetic elements and bacterial defenses shape #microbiome structure and function 🧪
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For more than two decades, scientists have studied whether vaccines cause autism. The answer has been consistent: there’s no evidence they do.
I compiled a list of 14 studies, covering more than 10 million children, that find no link between vaccines and autism.
I compiled a list of 14 studies, covering more than 10 million children, that find no link between vaccines and autism.
November 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
For more than two decades, scientists have studied whether vaccines cause autism. The answer has been consistent: there’s no evidence they do.
I compiled a list of 14 studies, covering more than 10 million children, that find no link between vaccines and autism.
I compiled a list of 14 studies, covering more than 10 million children, that find no link between vaccines and autism.
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Ni kan pusta ut. Sverige fortsätter sälja vapen till UAE.
Vi stödjer fortfarande diktaturen helhjärtat.
Vi stödjer fortfarande diktaturen helhjärtat.
Falsterbo Horse Show avslutar kritiserat samarbete
Falsterbo Horse Show avslutar sitt omtalade samarbete med Al Shira’aa Stables, meddelar de i ett pressmeddelande, rapporterar TT.
omni.se
March 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Ni kan pusta ut. Sverige fortsätter sälja vapen till UAE.
Vi stödjer fortfarande diktaturen helhjärtat.
Vi stödjer fortfarande diktaturen helhjärtat.
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We have an open PhD position (application deadline 9 January 2026) in "Theory of fitness landscapes" at @unibe.ch 🤓⛰️📊👩💻🎓: banklab.github.io/positions/
Please share widely!
#QueerInSTEM #DisabledInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #CarersInSTEM #AcademicSky #HigherED
Please share widely!
#QueerInSTEM #DisabledInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #CarersInSTEM #AcademicSky #HigherED
October 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
We have an open PhD position (application deadline 9 January 2026) in "Theory of fitness landscapes" at @unibe.ch 🤓⛰️📊👩💻🎓: banklab.github.io/positions/
Please share widely!
#QueerInSTEM #DisabledInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #CarersInSTEM #AcademicSky #HigherED
Please share widely!
#QueerInSTEM #DisabledInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #CarersInSTEM #AcademicSky #HigherED
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Holy moly
Direct single-molecule detection and super-resolution imaging with a low-cost portable smartphone-based microscope www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
Direct single-molecule detection and super-resolution imaging with a low-cost portable smartphone-based microscope - Nature Communications
Loretan and colleagues present a low-cost smartphone-based microscope capable of detecting single-molecule fluorescence. This approach opens doors to personalised and widely distributed applications in diagnostics, biosensing, and science education.
www.nature.com
October 8, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Holy moly
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View from the lab now. Did I mention that we are recruiting faculty microbiologists?
www.linkedin.com/posts/vaughn...
www.linkedin.com/posts/vaughn...
September 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
View from the lab now. Did I mention that we are recruiting faculty microbiologists?
www.linkedin.com/posts/vaughn...
www.linkedin.com/posts/vaughn...
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The 2024 rankings of bacterial threats
August 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The 2024 rankings of bacterial threats
Too cool
High-Throughput Quantification of Population Dynamics using Luminescence https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.26.672247v1
August 27, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Too cool
@medwed33.bsky.social
should be ashamed of his behavior!
should be ashamed of his behavior!
August 25, 2025 at 3:18 AM
@medwed33.bsky.social
should be ashamed of his behavior!
should be ashamed of his behavior!
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A Zur-dependent regulatory RNA involved in maintaining zinc homeostasis in Staphylococcus aureus https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.23.671911v1
August 24, 2025 at 5:16 AM
A Zur-dependent regulatory RNA involved in maintaining zinc homeostasis in Staphylococcus aureus https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.23.671911v1
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Saddened to learn of the passing of Moselio "Elio" Schaechter—Distinguished Professor at Tufts, SDSU and UCSD—humanist and visionary leader in the fields of microbiology and scientific communication—mentor, friend, and inspiration to me and so many others
Small Things Considered
Big Things Achieved
Small Things Considered
Big Things Achieved
August 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Saddened to learn of the passing of Moselio "Elio" Schaechter—Distinguished Professor at Tufts, SDSU and UCSD—humanist and visionary leader in the fields of microbiology and scientific communication—mentor, friend, and inspiration to me and so many others
Small Things Considered
Big Things Achieved
Small Things Considered
Big Things Achieved
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Genome-wide high-density CRISPR interference screens reveal condition-specific metabolic vulnerabilities in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.12.669819v1
August 13, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Genome-wide high-density CRISPR interference screens reveal condition-specific metabolic vulnerabilities in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.12.669819v1
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This is a really good idea - helps to make functional sense out of microbial diversity.
New pre-print from my group - project led by PhD student Michael Hoffert. We set out on a daunting mission to generate a 'periodic table' of bacterial diversity (1/6) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A periodic table of bacteria?: Mapping bacterial diversity in trait space
Bacterial diversity can be overwhelming. There is an ever-expanding number of bacterial taxa being discovered, but many of these taxa remain uncharacterized with unknown traits and environmental prefe...
www.biorxiv.org
July 19, 2025 at 7:28 AM
This is a really good idea - helps to make functional sense out of microbial diversity.
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The Xue lab at UC Irvine is looking for a staff scientist to support our work investigating how microbes interact and evolve in the gut microbiome! Open to a wide range of previous experience levels, see ad for more.
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09601
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09601
Junior, Assistant, or Associate Specialist – Xue Lab
University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ap.uci.edu
July 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The Xue lab at UC Irvine is looking for a staff scientist to support our work investigating how microbes interact and evolve in the gut microbiome! Open to a wide range of previous experience levels, see ad for more.
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09601
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09601
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Finally online!
Our latest research is out @nature.com: We show that non-antibiotic drugs can disrupt colonization resistance, raising the risk of enteric infections.
rdcu.be/ewwrG
Our latest research is out @nature.com: We show that non-antibiotic drugs can disrupt colonization resistance, raising the risk of enteric infections.
rdcu.be/ewwrG
Non-antibiotics disrupt colonization resistance against enteropathogens
Nature - Non-antibiotic drugs from a wide range of therapeutic classes can alter the ability of gut commensals to resist invasion by enteropathogens, a previously underappreciated side effect of...
rdcu.be
July 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Finally online!
Our latest research is out @nature.com: We show that non-antibiotic drugs can disrupt colonization resistance, raising the risk of enteric infections.
rdcu.be/ewwrG
Our latest research is out @nature.com: We show that non-antibiotic drugs can disrupt colonization resistance, raising the risk of enteric infections.
rdcu.be/ewwrG
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Prize Medal Lecture and Interview with Prof. Richard Lenski from Annual Conference 2025 is now available on YouTube.
Watch their full interview and lecture: 'Dynamics and Repeatability in a Long-Term Experiment with Bacteria' - microb.io/3Tbxg8v #Microbio25
Watch their full interview and lecture: 'Dynamics and Repeatability in a Long-Term Experiment with Bacteria' - microb.io/3Tbxg8v #Microbio25
July 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Prize Medal Lecture and Interview with Prof. Richard Lenski from Annual Conference 2025 is now available on YouTube.
Watch their full interview and lecture: 'Dynamics and Repeatability in a Long-Term Experiment with Bacteria' - microb.io/3Tbxg8v #Microbio25
Watch their full interview and lecture: 'Dynamics and Repeatability in a Long-Term Experiment with Bacteria' - microb.io/3Tbxg8v #Microbio25
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Cool result: Transposon insertion sequencing reveals novel hypermutator genes in Acinetobacter baumannii
"Exposure of a transposon insertion mutant library to extended weak antibiotic selection ... revealed genes that indirectly increased fitness due to elevated general mutation rates"
"Exposure of a transposon insertion mutant library to extended weak antibiotic selection ... revealed genes that indirectly increased fitness due to elevated general mutation rates"
Transposon insertion sequencing reveals novel hypermutator genes in Acinetobacter baumannii | mBio
All organisms have the capacity for evolution through mutation. Bacteria with high
mutation rates have a survival advantage in some stressful environments because they
generate beneficial mutations mo...
journals.asm.org
June 29, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Cool result: Transposon insertion sequencing reveals novel hypermutator genes in Acinetobacter baumannii
"Exposure of a transposon insertion mutant library to extended weak antibiotic selection ... revealed genes that indirectly increased fitness due to elevated general mutation rates"
"Exposure of a transposon insertion mutant library to extended weak antibiotic selection ... revealed genes that indirectly increased fitness due to elevated general mutation rates"
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A beautiful discovery by Joel Tan and Philip Kranzusch, out today in Nature:
A DNA-gated molecular guard controls bacterial Hailong anti-phage defence
Congrats Joel and Philip! Was a pleasure to contribute to this discovery together with Sarah Melamed
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A DNA-gated molecular guard controls bacterial Hailong anti-phage defence
Congrats Joel and Philip! Was a pleasure to contribute to this discovery together with Sarah Melamed
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
April 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A beautiful discovery by Joel Tan and Philip Kranzusch, out today in Nature:
A DNA-gated molecular guard controls bacterial Hailong anti-phage defence
Congrats Joel and Philip! Was a pleasure to contribute to this discovery together with Sarah Melamed
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A DNA-gated molecular guard controls bacterial Hailong anti-phage defence
Congrats Joel and Philip! Was a pleasure to contribute to this discovery together with Sarah Melamed
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Adding to the 🧪 feed
Ever wonder how many lives have been saved by NIH-funded research - including your own? Enter any medical condition and instantly see how your tax dollars transformed science into survival.
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Our Health ROI
Explore how your tax dollars fund life‑saving medical research.
www.ourhealthroi.com
April 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Adding to the 🧪 feed
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Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Public Transit Aerobiomes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.21.649744v1
April 22, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Public Transit Aerobiomes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.21.649744v1
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Incredibly stupid. Stem cells from deceased artist used to create organoids wired up to sensors. Creators imply they've brought original artist back to life ("Revivification"). But brain is product of genes, env, & complex development. This is just meat, not man.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
The composer still making music four years after his death – thanks to an artificial brain
In Australia, a team of artists and scientists have resurrected the US composer Alvin Lucier. It raises a storm of questions about AI and authorship – and it’s also incredibly beautiful
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Incredibly stupid. Stem cells from deceased artist used to create organoids wired up to sensors. Creators imply they've brought original artist back to life ("Revivification"). But brain is product of genes, env, & complex development. This is just meat, not man.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Looking forward to attending this conference for the 1st time and co-chairing this session with amazing speakers!
Join us on 2 and 3 April and listen to @gemmaatkinson.bsky.social, @epcrocha.bsky.social , @tatianadimitriu.bsky.social and Tim Blower!
#Microbio25
Join us on 2 and 3 April and listen to @gemmaatkinson.bsky.social, @epcrocha.bsky.social , @tatianadimitriu.bsky.social and Tim Blower!
#Microbio25
Microbes in Combat! Join us at #Microbio25 for Microbial Warfare: Conflicts Between Species, Strains, and Mobile Genetic Elements. Delve into microbial defence mechanisms and the implications for microbial evolution. Registration is still open -
Annual Conference 2025
31 March - 03 April 2025
microb.io
March 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Looking forward to attending this conference for the 1st time and co-chairing this session with amazing speakers!
Join us on 2 and 3 April and listen to @gemmaatkinson.bsky.social, @epcrocha.bsky.social , @tatianadimitriu.bsky.social and Tim Blower!
#Microbio25
Join us on 2 and 3 April and listen to @gemmaatkinson.bsky.social, @epcrocha.bsky.social , @tatianadimitriu.bsky.social and Tim Blower!
#Microbio25