Paloma Rodera
@palomarodera.bsky.social
PhD Student in the Evolution of Microbiomes and Mobile Genetic Elements (EMMGE) and Plasmid Biology and Evolution (PBE lab).
Bioinformatician and Biologist hybrid 💻🧬
Bioinformatician and Biologist hybrid 💻🧬
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New paper out! 🔈🔈📣📣
Plasmids promote antimicrobial resistance through Insertion Sequence-mediated gene inactivation.
Combining experimental and computational approaches, we unveil how two of the most prevalent bacterial MGE accelerate the evolution of AMR. 🧵👇🏻
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Plasmids promote antimicrobial resistance through Insertion Sequence-mediated gene inactivation.
Combining experimental and computational approaches, we unveil how two of the most prevalent bacterial MGE accelerate the evolution of AMR. 🧵👇🏻
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Plasmids promote antimicrobial resistance through Insertion Sequence-mediated gene inactivation
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is a major threat to public health. Plasmids are mobile genetic elements that can rapidly spread across bacterial populations, promoting the dissemination of AMR genes i...
www.biorxiv.org
August 13, 2025 at 6:26 AM
New paper out! 🔈🔈📣📣
Plasmids promote antimicrobial resistance through Insertion Sequence-mediated gene inactivation.
Combining experimental and computational approaches, we unveil how two of the most prevalent bacterial MGE accelerate the evolution of AMR. 🧵👇🏻
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Plasmids promote antimicrobial resistance through Insertion Sequence-mediated gene inactivation.
Combining experimental and computational approaches, we unveil how two of the most prevalent bacterial MGE accelerate the evolution of AMR. 🧵👇🏻
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Paloma Rodera
Our new manuscript is out! A bit of everything cool:
Plasmids ✅
Insertion Sequences ✅
AMR Evolution ✅
Microbial Communities ✅
Databases analyses ✅
Mathematical modeling ✅
See the scientific thread below of Jorge Sastre, who has brilliantly led this work with @palomarodera.bsky.social
Plasmids ✅
Insertion Sequences ✅
AMR Evolution ✅
Microbial Communities ✅
Databases analyses ✅
Mathematical modeling ✅
See the scientific thread below of Jorge Sastre, who has brilliantly led this work with @palomarodera.bsky.social
New paper out! 🔈🔈📣📣
Plasmids promote antimicrobial resistance through Insertion Sequence-mediated gene inactivation.
Combining experimental and computational approaches, we unveil how two of the most prevalent bacterial MGE accelerate the evolution of AMR. 🧵👇🏻
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Plasmids promote antimicrobial resistance through Insertion Sequence-mediated gene inactivation.
Combining experimental and computational approaches, we unveil how two of the most prevalent bacterial MGE accelerate the evolution of AMR. 🧵👇🏻
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Plasmids promote antimicrobial resistance through Insertion Sequence-mediated gene inactivation
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is a major threat to public health. Plasmids are mobile genetic elements that can rapidly spread across bacterial populations, promoting the dissemination of AMR genes i...
www.biorxiv.org
August 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Our new manuscript is out! A bit of everything cool:
Plasmids ✅
Insertion Sequences ✅
AMR Evolution ✅
Microbial Communities ✅
Databases analyses ✅
Mathematical modeling ✅
See the scientific thread below of Jorge Sastre, who has brilliantly led this work with @palomarodera.bsky.social
Plasmids ✅
Insertion Sequences ✅
AMR Evolution ✅
Microbial Communities ✅
Databases analyses ✅
Mathematical modeling ✅
See the scientific thread below of Jorge Sastre, who has brilliantly led this work with @palomarodera.bsky.social
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Looking forward to seeing everyone, new and old, at the Microbial Population Biology GRS + GRC in just a couple days!
go.bsky.app/GGxRjzC
go.bsky.app/GGxRjzC
July 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Looking forward to seeing everyone, new and old, at the Microbial Population Biology GRS + GRC in just a couple days!
go.bsky.app/GGxRjzC
go.bsky.app/GGxRjzC
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The science was cutting edge, and the company was unparalleled- thank you everyone for such a welcoming and thrilling #GRCMicroPop! Looking forward to cyberstalking all your google scholar profiles ❤️
July 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The science was cutting edge, and the company was unparalleled- thank you everyone for such a welcoming and thrilling #GRCMicroPop! Looking forward to cyberstalking all your google scholar profiles ❤️
Reposted by Paloma Rodera
Join us in at #ESEB2025 Barcelona for our symposium on microbial adaptation to changing conditions. Organised by @mtoll8.bsky.social @javierdelafuente.bsky.social and me. Amazing invited speakers @saramitri.bsky.social and Itzik Mizrahi!! @eseb2025.bsky.social
March 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Join us in at #ESEB2025 Barcelona for our symposium on microbial adaptation to changing conditions. Organised by @mtoll8.bsky.social @javierdelafuente.bsky.social and me. Amazing invited speakers @saramitri.bsky.social and Itzik Mizrahi!! @eseb2025.bsky.social
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We are recruiting a Bioinformatics PostDoctoral Research to join our team @ibb-botanic.bsky.social @csic.es. Reach out if you have questions! #transposons #Drosophila
bioinformaticsbarcelona.eu/job/bioinfor...
bioinformaticsbarcelona.eu/job/bioinfor...
Bioinformatics Postdoctoral Researcher - Bioinformatics Barcelona
bioinformaticsbarcelona.eu
January 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
We are recruiting a Bioinformatics PostDoctoral Research to join our team @ibb-botanic.bsky.social @csic.es. Reach out if you have questions! #transposons #Drosophila
bioinformaticsbarcelona.eu/job/bioinfor...
bioinformaticsbarcelona.eu/job/bioinfor...
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Late lab Xmas lunch together with @asantoslopez.bsky.social lab. Fun times!
January 18, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Late lab Xmas lunch together with @asantoslopez.bsky.social lab. Fun times!
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Very happy to see this work published! We unveil a plasmid-chromosome crosstalk by showing that pOXA-48 encodes for a regulator that mediates the transcription of an enterobacterial chromosomal operon, resulting in a growth benefit for the plasmid-carrying bacteria!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A plasmid-chromosome crosstalk in multidrug resistant enterobacteria - Nature Communications
The authors describe a new crosstalk between a globally disseminated carbapenem resistance plasmid and clinical enterobacteria clones. This crosstalk provides a fitness advantage to the plasmid-carryi...
www.nature.com
January 2, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Very happy to see this work published! We unveil a plasmid-chromosome crosstalk by showing that pOXA-48 encodes for a regulator that mediates the transcription of an enterobacterial chromosomal operon, resulting in a growth benefit for the plasmid-carrying bacteria!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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As of 2025 I am officially a junior PI at the Institute of Functional Biology & Genomics. My lab will focus on building quantitative models of eco-evo dynamics.
There is available funding for PhDs and postdocs — formal job announcements will come soon, but feel free to reach out in the meantime!
There is available funding for PhDs and postdocs — formal job announcements will come soon, but feel free to reach out in the meantime!
January 10, 2025 at 10:58 AM
As of 2025 I am officially a junior PI at the Institute of Functional Biology & Genomics. My lab will focus on building quantitative models of eco-evo dynamics.
There is available funding for PhDs and postdocs — formal job announcements will come soon, but feel free to reach out in the meantime!
There is available funding for PhDs and postdocs — formal job announcements will come soon, but feel free to reach out in the meantime!
Reposted by Paloma Rodera
I think Bluesky is a great platform and I’m here to stay. However, a bookmark function would make the experience SO much better and much more functional for research/ information gathering, especially for reporters. Pretty please @support.bsky.team @bsky.app ?
January 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I think Bluesky is a great platform and I’m here to stay. However, a bookmark function would make the experience SO much better and much more functional for research/ information gathering, especially for reporters. Pretty please @support.bsky.team @bsky.app ?
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Sharing three fully funded PhD opportunities to join my lab at Queen’s to work on topics spanning bacterial pathogens, antibiotic resistance, microbial interactions, & mobile genetic elements 🦠. Closing dates in January and February, and open to international candidates 🌍 Projects detailed below ⬇️
December 30, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Sharing three fully funded PhD opportunities to join my lab at Queen’s to work on topics spanning bacterial pathogens, antibiotic resistance, microbial interactions, & mobile genetic elements 🦠. Closing dates in January and February, and open to international candidates 🌍 Projects detailed below ⬇️
Reposted by Paloma Rodera
🚨 New preprint!! How can antibiotic-resistant bacteria increase in abundance in the human gut microbiome, even without antibiotics? 🧐 We show that strain-specific ecological interactions are key to understanding resistance dynamics in microbial communities. 🧵👇 1/5
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
December 11, 2024 at 12:30 PM
🚨 New preprint!! How can antibiotic-resistant bacteria increase in abundance in the human gut microbiome, even without antibiotics? 🧐 We show that strain-specific ecological interactions are key to understanding resistance dynamics in microbial communities. 🧵👇 1/5
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...