Mitja M. Zdouc
mmzdouc.bsky.social
Mitja M. Zdouc
@mmzdouc.bsky.social
Pharmacist from Austria, with a PhD in Natural Product Chemistry. PostDoc at Wageningen University. Really likes RiPPs and programming in Python, scuba diving, and hiking.
Next at @vaam-microbes.bsky.social Workshop, Leo Dumjahn talks about the opportunistic pathogen Chromobacterium haemolyticum and the cyclic lipopeptides it uses as virulence factors.
September 25, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Next at the @vaam-microbes.bsky.social Workshop, Valerie Rebhahn is talking about the cyanobacterial aetokthonotoxin and its mode of action in uncoupling the oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria.
September 25, 2025 at 8:04 AM
In today's third talk at @vaam-microbes.bsky.social Workshop at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social, Nico Brüssow talks about the lanthipeptide II RiPP nostolanthin A which apparently oligomerizes - a very unusual property in RiPPs.
September 25, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Next at VAAM Workshop at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social , Alexandra Eckart from HIPS talking about her discoveries of tenacious bacteria isolated from Hydractinia echinata hydroids.
September 25, 2025 at 7:33 AM
@mitjare.bsky.social kicking off the second day of the VAAM Workshop at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social talking about the phyllosphere, its bacterial inhabitants and the natural products they produce - including surfactants!
September 25, 2025 at 6:42 AM
As a crowd-sources database, MITE lives from community contributions! Data submission happens via the webpage and undergoes expert review. With its rolling release system, approved entries go live quickly and contributors become eligible as co-authors of the next update manuscript! (6/8)
August 21, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The MITE (Minimum Information about a Tailoring Enzyme) database is a curated, crowd-sourced, and expert-reviewed database of tailoring enzymes, currently containing 202 enzymes. Each entry contains catalytic reactions, substrate specificity, genomic context, and cross-reference (e.g. MIBiG). (2/8)
August 21, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Into natural product biosynthesis & tailoring enzymes? Frustrated by the lack of a dedicated resource to explore their functions? Tired of endless literature searches for reaction info? Meet the MITE database, freely available at mite.bioinformatics.nl. Preprint: doi.org/10.26434/che... (1/8)
August 21, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What’s new in MIBiG 4.0? We’ve introduced a new review model, where newly submitted or edited entries are checked by volunteer reviewers to ensure high data quality. We’ve also added a “quality” rating based on the comprehensiveness of entries. (5/8)
December 10, 2024 at 8:05 AM