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Tiago Beites @tiagobeites.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Team work of my PhD students @alexjpinto.bsky.social and @marcopsilva.bsky.social and postdoc Rodrigo Monteiro. Collaborations with Joana A. Santos and Brian VanderVen. A story that started when I had the privilege to work with @saehrt.bsky.social and Dirk Schnappinger.

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Tiago Beites @tiagobeites.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an outlier in many ways. One of them is keeping a high degree of functional redundancy despite its obligate pathogen lifestyle. In this review, we reflect on the biological meaning of M. tuberculosis functional redundancies. journals.plos.org/plospathogen...

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Essential redundancies fuel Mycobacterium tuberculosis adaptation to the host

Redundancy in biology is, at a glance, counterintuitive because if the function of two gene products completely overlaps then, throughout the course of evolution, one of the genes will likely accumula...

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Tiago Beites @tiagobeites.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Excellent teamwork with my talented PhD students @marcopsilva.bsky.social and @alexjpinto.bsky.social Also happy because this is the first outcome 100% @i3suporto.bsky.social made. Hopefully, the first of many more to come.

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Alexandre Jorge Pinto @alexjpinto.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

I'm excited to share my first, first-author paper!

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bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

The Mycobacterium tuberculosis long-chain fatty acid resistome reveals the universal stress protein TB15.3 as essential for infection www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…

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Tiago Beites @tiagobeites.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

What a great conference #EMBOtuberculosis has been! Amazing science, amazing food and a very friendly community! And it was a pleasure to share the work we’re developing at i3S U. Porto.

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Tiago Beites @tiagobeites.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Introducing my wonderful team at i3S - University of Porto. PhD student @marcopsilva.bsky.social and research fellow @alexjpinto.bsky.social

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