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Prof Cynthia Whitchurch FAA🏳️‍🌈

@cwhitch.bsky.social
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Microbiologist, interested in alternate bacterial lifestyles - cell wall deficiency, biofilms, AMR

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
(archaeal) cell divisionists take note 👇 no, the diderm 𝘐𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴 did 𝗻𝗼𝘁 invent the nucleus, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 something pretty similar to 'closed mitosis' (as in yeast). look @sbulgheresi.bsky.social ! #MicroSky #Archaea #ArchaeaSky
Figure 4. Membrane duplication in Ignicoccus progeny. A to H, see source for details.
source: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.08.750209v1.full.pdf+html
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CNN @cnn.com · 05/09/2026
The United Nations General Assembly voted to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizes, after African nations urged the UN to right a centuries-old wrong.
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UN votes to adopt new map that makes our world look very different | CNN
The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday to adopt a new world map that reflects countries' true relative sizes, after African nations urged the UN to right a centuries-old wrong.
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The Thormann Lab @thethormannden.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Cell lysis by prophages is the final step of phage development. Well, is it? Great tour-de-force by Antonio, now published in Angewandte Chemie. Happy to have contributed. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/BMVYXC...
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Georgian Medical Journal (GMJ) @gmj-georgia.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The WHO Member States just adopted a landmark 10-year plan to fight antimicrobial resistance (2026–2036). The strategy spans… #Antibioticstewardship #Antimicrobialresistance #Globalhealthpolicy #WHO #WorldHealthAssembly #Antibioticstewardship #Antimicrobialresistance #Globalhealthpolicy #WHO #W…
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WHO Adopts New Strategy to Combat Drug Resistance
The WHO Member States just adopted a landmark 10-year plan to fight antimicrobial resistance (2026–2036). The strategy spans… #Antibioticstewardship #Antimicrobialresistance #Globalhealthpolicy #WHO #WorldHealthAssembly
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Guillaume Thibault @gthibault.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
NTU's School of Biological Sciences is hiring faculty, Assistant Professor to Full Professor. The environment is collaborative and the start-up funding is genuinely generous. Four research areas. Campus visits 28 Sep to 2 Oct 2026. Apply here www.ntu.edu.sg/sbs/about-us...
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Christopher Wright @chriswrightau.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
How refreshing, a radical plan for implementing a more genuine global sustainability: ‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival
Global report provides an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism and economic tensions
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Vivek Mutalik @vivekmutalik.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
#phage #phagesky #microsky #microbiomesky
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BF Francis Ouellette @bffo.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
From @folterj.bsky.social et al., in @wileyonlinelibrary.bsky.social 's J. of #Microscopy | BIOMERO 2.0: End-to-end #FAIR infrastructure for #bioimaging data import, analysis, and provenance | #OpenScience #OMERO | 🧪🔬🔓 CC/ @eurobioimaging.bsky.social ⬇️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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BIOMERO 2.0: End‐to‐end FAIR infrastructure for bioimaging data import, analysis, and provenance
Many modern scientific discoveries rely on complex computer-based analyses. In microscopy, researchers handle large image collections, diverse software tools, and powerful computing systems. While th...
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ASM @asm.org · 04/05/2026
Just released! Along with our partner @microbiomedata.org, ASM is excited to announce a new online course, the Environmental Microbiome Research Certificate program. This course will help microbiologists prepare for the microbiome workforce. Register at asm.social/2VF
A group of diverse microbes
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Healthcare-Global @healthcare-global.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
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To thwart pathogens, researchers are giving beneficial microbes what they really want
University of California San Diego researchers have developed a new tool for understanding and modifying any microbiome, including the human microbiome. The approach, called Microbial Interaction and ...
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Jo 🇨🇦 Retired RN @ilovesummer.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
A great watch and something new to learn!!
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Guim Aguadé-Gorgorió @guimaguade.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Microbial communities can harbor many species that do not coexist in pairs, yet can coexist in the full community. Here we provide the mathematical foundations of emergent coexistence, and explain why it can't be predicted from pairwise tests journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
"The struggle of figuring out the right analysis approach, wrestling with an unexpected result, or trying to turn a messy set of findings into a coherent story is not an obstacle to learning. It _is_ the learning". Required reading for AI in the lab: blekhman.substack.com/p/you-need-t...
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You need to make AI guidelines for your lab
Here's why you should, and how to start
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Melanie Blokesch @mblokesch.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Open postdoc position in my lab on HGT and interbacterial competition. We seek candidates with a PhD in microbiology (or related fields)+ strong 1st-author publications. Curious, highly motivated, and dedicated team players ready to contribute fully are encouraged to apply. Details: tiny.cc/cz01101
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Vivek Mutalik @vivekmutalik.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Identification and functional insights into new phage tail-like bacteriocins targeting Pseudomonas aeruginosa as new antimicrobials | Microbiology Spectrum journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... #microsky
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Identification and functional insights into new phage tail-like bacteriocins targeting Pseudomonas aeruginosa as new antimicrobials | Microbiology Spectrum
The 75 Pseudomonas aeruginosa genomes from people with cystic fibrosis in the study collection included at least one phage tail-like bacteriocins (PTLB) cluster. From the 34 different PTLBs detected i...
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National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health @ncceh.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
NEW! This One Health case study explores antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as a complex environmental public health issue that extends beyond clinical and agricultural settings into households, wildlife, and drinking water systems. ➡️ ncceh.ca/resources/ev... #AMR #OneHealth
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EMBL-EBI @ebi.embl.org · 16/03/2026
You asked, we listened. Millions of AI-predicted protein complex structures are now available in the #AlphaFold Database. This spans homodimers from 20 of the most studied species, including humans, as well as the World Health Organization’s priority pathogens list. www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t...
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Microbes.Info @microbesinfo.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Turning #penicillin into a lethal force against #bacteria again ... | #antibiotic | #antibiotictolerance | #betalactam | #cholera | By @cornelluniversity.bsky.social via @sciencex.bsky.social
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Turning penicillin into a lethal force against bacteria again
When many disease-causing bacteria encounter penicillin, they are not always destroyed right away, shifting into a temporary survival state called antibiotic tolerance. This state allows them to…
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masseylab.bsky.social @masseylab.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Lovely work driven by Lizzie Ledger in the group: a new but druggable mechanism by which Staphs produce biofilm using components of human serum. First polysaccharides, then protein, then eDNA, now lipids too! bsky.app/profile/bior...
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Jesse Shapiro @bjesseshapiro.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Now out & nicely formatted in @isme-microbes.bsky.social A big analysis of ocean genomes & metagenomes co-led by former postdocs, now PIs, @gmdouglas.bsky.social & @cyanophage.bsky.social along with co-PIs @lbobay.bsky.social & Samuel Chaffron. A few highlights... 🧵 (1/n) doi.org/10.1093/isme...
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Co-occurrence is associated with horizontal gene transfer across marine bacteria independent of phylogeny
Abstract. Understanding the drivers and consequences of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is a key goal of microbial evolution research. Although co-occurring
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Bram van Dijk 🏳️‍🌈 @bramvandijk.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
In case you missed it: our review titled "Spatial structure: shaping the ecology and evolution of microbial communities" is out! 🚨 Let me hit you with some highlights on why spatial structure matters. (and why you should care!) Sharing is appreciated 🙏 🧵👇 doi.org/10.1093/fems...
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Kimberly Kline 🏔 @kimingeneva.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
What if quorum sensing doesn’t promote biofilms - but restrains it? 🤔 New work from @harisantypas.bsky.social shows that the Fsr QS system in Enterococcus faecalis acts as a brake on biofilm formation and pathogenesis during infective endocarditis (IE). www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Loss of Fsr quorum sensing promotes biofilm formation and worsens outcomes in enterococcal infective endocarditis - Nature Communications
Infective endocarditis (IE) is an understudied biofilm-associated infection. Here, analyses of preclinical and clinical data reveal that the Fsr quorum sensing (QS) system of Enterococcus faecalis is ...
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Prof Cynthia Whitchurch FAA🏳️‍🌈 @cwhitch.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Excited for Day 2 #AMR2026. @Fleming_Initiative and @csiro.bsky.social have put together an informative 3day program delivered by panels of international experts from across One Health sectors, stakeholders and policymakers.
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SCELSE - a biofilm & microbiome research centre in NTU & NUS @scelse.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Science works best when more voices are at the table. At SCELSE, 56% of our researchers are women — above the global average of 33.3%. Kudos to all the women researchers at SCELSE driving scientific excellence & impact! @cwhitch.bsky.social #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM #SCELSEImpact
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Prof Cynthia Whitchurch FAA🏳️‍🌈 @cwhitch.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
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The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing
Academic publishing now shows the same decline that has hit social media and online marketplaces.
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Brad @woofrock.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
New vistas to explore. I like it! #chances2learn #complexity #sayNotoReductionism
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The Truth Physics Can No Longer Ignore
The fundamental nature of living things challenges assumptions that physicists have held for centuries.
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Govantes lab @baclifestyle.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
We are a Molecular Microbiology laboratory at the Andalusian Center of Developmental Biology (CABD) in Sevilla, Spain. Our main interests are gene regulation and signal transduction in the lifestyle switch between planktonic and biofilm growth. Also see us at baclifestyle.es
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Pauline M.L. Coulon @pmlcoulon.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
I have just read Prof E. Peter Greenberg latest editorial paper, explaining why he has been working on P. aeruginosa. That is very refreshing to hear how research is also impacted by interpersonal relationships and personal events. We should hear more about it. doi.org/10.1128/jb.0...
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa, my model for research on quorum sensing, biofilms, and opportunistic infections | Journal of Bacteriology
With encouragement from the Journal of Bacteriology Editor in Chief, George O’Toole, I have written this short essay in a style different than Journal of Bacteriology articles on model organisms. It i...
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SCELSE - a biofilm & microbiome research centre in NTU & NUS @scelse.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Prof Cynthia Whitchurch @cwhitch.bsky.social, SCELSE Research Director, is a keynote speaker at the Asia-Pacific Biofilm Conference 2026, presenting “When death becomes a biofilm”. Registration and abstract submissions are now open — join the region’s biofilm community in Melbourne.
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Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · 28/11/2025
#NatMicroPicks Peptibody mRNA therapy for AMR infections! 💉🧬 mRNA-delivered peptibody AMPs eradicate MDR pneumonia and outperform FDA-approved antibiotics while reducing inflammation #SynBio #MicroSky 🦠 @natbiotech.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Antimicrobial peptide delivery to lung as peptibody mRNA in anti-inflammatory lipids treats multidrug-resistant bacterial pneumonia - Nature Biotechnology
Antimicrobial peptides delivered to mouse lung as mRNA peptibodies eradicate multidrug-resistant pneumonia.
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Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · 28/11/2025
#NatMicroPicks How drugs reshape the gut microbiome? 💊🦠 Screening 707 drugs in gut microbial communities reveals nutrient competition as the key driver of compositional and metabolic shifts. #MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky 🦠 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Nutrient competition predicts gut microbiome restructuring under drug perturbations
Systematic profiling of 707 drugs on their impact on stool-derived microbial communities shows that nutrient competition explains and predicts species shifts under drug treatment and that post-drug re...
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Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · 28/11/2025
#NatMicroPicks Editing gut microbiota in vivo! 🔧🧬🦠 MetaEdit enables precise in vivo CRISPR-based editing of native gut bacteria, integrating new pathways at single-nucleotide resolution #MicroSky #SynBio www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Metagenomic editing of commensal bacteria in vivo using CRISPR-associated transposases
Although metagenomic sequencing has revealed a rich microbial biodiversity in the mammalian gut, methods to genetically alter specific species in the microbiome are highly limited. Here, we introduce ...
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Prof Cynthia Whitchurch FAA🏳️‍🌈 @cwhitch.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Fortuitous timing for my NTU-SBS seminar to land in World Antimicrobial Awareness Week #WAAW. I took the opportunity to showcase our research into alternate bacterial lifestyles and how we are leveraging this understanding to develop innovative approaches to combat AMR 🧫🧪 @scelse.bsky.social
Woman standing in front of a slide describing  why antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic access is an urgent threat to human sustainability
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SCELSE - a biofilm & microbiome research centre in NTU & NUS @scelse.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
World AMR Awareness Week calls us to act now. At the SCELSE retreat, PhD student Alicia Pek, supervised by Prof Cynthia Whitchurch, showed how cell wall-deficient P. aeruginosa reveals a vulnerability that boosts antibiotic & non-antibiotic activity. #WorldAMRWeek #AMR #SCELSE @cwhitch.bsky.social
It’s World AMR Awareness Week — themed Act Now: Protect Our Present, Secure Our Future. SCELSE is doing exactly that with this week’s sharing on exploiting cell wall-deficient Pseudomonas aeruginosa for new AMR solutions.
 
Presented at the SCELSE Scientific Retreat, Alicia P. — a SCELSE PhD student under the supervision of Prof Cynthia Whitchurch FAA Whitchurch — highlighted a promising vulnerability in this highly drug-resistant pathogen.

When exposed to very high beta-lactam levels, P. aeruginosa can enter a temporary cell wall-deficient state that increases drug influx and weakens efflux. In this window, the bacterium becomes far more sensitive to antibiotics and even FDA-approved non-antibiotic compounds.

From a 1,443-compound screen, 81 showed potentiated activity, including 41 non-antibiotics that worked only in this weakened state. This opens new opportunities to repurpose existing drugs against Gram-negative infections.
 
Next steps: To uncover mechanisms of action and explore how this vulnerability can be harnessed for therapeutic strategies.
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SCELSE - a biofilm & microbiome research centre in NTU & NUS @scelse.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Two intense days underscored SCELSE’s strength in true multi-disciplinarity — broad enough to collaborate, deep enough to push boundaries. A retreat filled with ideas across health, climate, and food. Kudos to Prof Whitchurch @cwhitch.bsky.social for organising a strong event.
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Joe Zackular @joeyzacks.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Registration is now open for @keystonesymposia.bsky.social "Beyond #Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies Combating #BacterialInfection." Deadline for scholarships and abstract selected short talks is Jan 7! Join us this May for an amazing meeting! keysym.us/KSBeyondAntibiotics26 #KSBeyondAntibiotics26
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Beyond Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies for Combating Bacterial Infection | Keystone Symposia
Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Beyond Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies for Combating Bacterial Infection, May 2026, in Breckenridge, with field leaders!
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SCELSE - a biofilm & microbiome research centre in NTU & NUS @scelse.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
SCELSE’s annual Scientific Retreat begins tomorrow. Two days of presentations, posters, and breakout discussions will sharpen the next phase of our biofilm and microbiome research aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. @cwhitch.bsky.social @fillouxlab.bsky.social
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SCELSE - a biofilm & microbiome research centre in NTU & NUS @scelse.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
To know about #FMT is one thing — but to speak with experts pioneering it is another. SCELSE's Prof Cynthia Whitchurch @cwhitch.bsky.social visited Sydney's Microbiome Research Centre, to explore gut microbiome links to mental health and disease for future collaborations.
To know about Fecal Microbiota Transplantation #FMT is one thing — but to speak directly with the experts pioneering its application is another. Prof Cynthia Whitchurch, SCELSE Research Director, had the opportunity to meet experts on microbiome at the Microbiome Research Centre (MRC) in Sydney, as she explored potential collaboration opportunities in gut microbiome research.
 
She was impressed by MRC’s laser focus on advancing microbiome science — from uncovering how microbial communities influence disease to translating these insights into evidence-based guidance for clinicians, patients, and the public, while training the next generation of microbiome researchers.
 
Her discussions with Prof Georgina Hold, Dr Howard Yim, Dr Xiato Jiang, and Dr Michelle Fitzmaurice explored the connection between the gut microbiome, mental health, and FMT — a promising avenue for addressing chronic and complex diseases.
 
“Understanding how we can harness the microbiome to prevent and treat disease is one of the most exciting challenges in modern science,” said Prof Whitchurch. “I look forward to continuing this conversation when MRC Director Prof Emad El-Omar visits SCELSE in Singapore.”
📍 Microbiome Research Centre, Sydney, Australia, 31 Oct 2025

Pix(L-R): Dr Howard Yim (MRC), Prof Cynthia Whitchurch (SCELSE), Prof Georgina Hold (MRC), Dr Xiaotao Jiang (MRC), Dr Michelle Fitzmaurice (MRC)
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WHO @who.int · 15/10/2025
Between 2018–2023, antibiotic resistance increased in over 40% of the pathogen–antibiotic combinations monitored, with an average annual rise of 5–15%. Resistance is highest in the WHO South-East Asian & Eastern Mediterranean Regions, where 1 in 3 reported infections were resistant 👉 bit.ly/438Ta1u
Text reads “Antibiotic resistance is rising,” with an upward arrow and a “40%” warning icon. Below, a text box says: “Between 2018 and 2023, resistance increased in over 40% of the monitored pathogen–antibiotic combinations, with an annual rise of 5–15%.”
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Puhar Lab @lab-puhar.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Our first effort exploring gut bacteria-extracellular ATP interactions is published! We show that eATP rewires gene expression and physiology in harmless and pathogenic bacteria, impacting production of bioactive metabolites, antimicrobial sensitivity, and virulence. A 🧵 www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Tronnet et al., Cell Rep. 2025 graphical abstract: Extracellular ATP is an environmental cue in bacteria
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Xabier Ostale @embers1.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Antibiotic resistance is accelerating.
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Susan Schlimpert @s-lab.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
We have a PhD opportunity available in our group @johninnescentre.bsky.social through the NRP Doctoral Training Partnership. Help us uncover the Hidden Diversity of Bacterial NLRs. Start date: October 2026. For more information and how to apply👉 biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/bey...
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Beyond Immunity: Uncovering the Hidden Diversity of Bacterial NLRs (SCHLIMPERT_J26DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership
Join us in exploring the hidden functions of ancient immune proteins in bacteria. Bacteria, like plants and animals, have evolved sophisticated systems to detect and respond to threats.
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Dr Laura Nolan @drlauranolan.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
My lab @scelse.bsky.social NTU is growing! Fun evening out with the team, I'm so fortunate to work with such a great group of scientists!
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AnniZLab: [🦠, 🧬 , ✨] @annizlab.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Quite an interesting protein search AI model combining sequence, structure, and function text - faster and more accurate than similarity searches. Who has tried it🤩🙌? Only a few secs to search bacterial TFs and integrases #microsky 🧬🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A trimodal protein language model enables advanced protein searches - Nature Biotechnology
A protein foundation model represents protein sequence, structure and function.
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Pilhofer Lab 🦠❄️🔬 @pilhoferlab.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
🧐Checkout our preprint revealing the stepwise firing💥 mechanism of a Contractile Injection System @xujwet.bsky.social&@chipericson.bsky.social trapped the complex by structure-guided engineering🧪 in multiple intermediate states and imaged them by multimodal #cryoEM❄️🔬 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Victor de Lorenzo (CNB, Madrid) @vdlorenzo.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Off to @caltechlcssp.bsky.social to follow up the conversation started past Feb in Asilomar on *Biotech Beyond Conventional Containment*. Time to rethink the (now banned) release of Lab-trained microorganisms for extensive environmental remediation in view of new genet technols & urgent global needs
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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 08/10/2025
Holy moly
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Shabaana Khader @khadershabaana.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Dear #microbiology and #immunology community- I took a break from social media after I deleted my Twitter account, but am back here. Please help me rebuild my community by following me and amplifying this message- I will follow you back. Thank you and I look forward to our many interactions!
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