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Mel Vazquez Hernandez @melvazquezh.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Almost forgot! Thrilled to attend this EMBO workshop in beautiful Leiden representing @plosbiology.org . The program lucks superb! There will be a meet-the-editor dinner and a panel discussion with editors. Come by! Also outside of it! Always happy to chat about your science and ideas 💫

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Mel Vazquez Hernandez @melvazquezh.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I am traveling today to Shanghai representing @plosbiology.org for some exciting site visits followed by the #CSHA on Bacterial Infection & Host Defense which has an amazing program with two of our Academic Editors 💙 If you are in the area and want to chat, feel free to reach out!

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 02/04/2026

#SARSCoV2 has optimized its replication fitness in the human host. @rorymulloy.bsky.social @corcoranlab.bsky.social &co show that a #nucleocapsid gene mutation enhances production of a truncated protein that boosts viral fitness by suppressing #antiviral responses @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3PIZMjr

N*M210 inhibits SG/RLB formation by sequestering dsRNA. HeLa cells expressing N*M210-FLAG (blue) were transfected with poly (I:C) (pink) and SG/RLB formation was measured using TIAR (yellow). This experiment was conducted and imaged by Rory P Mulloy, who agrees to publish this image under a CC-BY licence.

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 13/08/2025

Intracellular pathogens like #Chlamydia can hide from host defenses in a #vacuole. This study shows that CpoS maintains the stability of Chlamydia’s parasitophorous vacuole; early vacuole destabilization clears infection, suggesting a potential therapeutic target @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3Ur0YqJ

Novel reporters for inclusion damage revealed instability of CpoS-deficient inclusions. Top left: Schematic showing the principle of detecting inclusion damage using the split-GFP approach. Right: Fluorescence microscopic detection of inclusion damage during infection with CTL2-cpoS::cat. HeLa cells were transfected with a plasmid driving GFP1–10 expression, infected with the indicated strains (5 IFU/cell), and then fixed, stained (DNA (Hoechst) staining), and imaged at 26 hpi (scale = 20 µm). Bottom left: FIB-SEM analysis validating inclusion damage at the ultrastructural level. GFP1–10-expressing HeLa cells were infected with the indicated strain and fixed at 24 hpi. A cell containing green-fluorescent bacteria was identified by fluorescence microscopy and subjected to FIB-SEM analysis (scale = 1 µm, green arrows highlight bacteria in the host cell cytosol).

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Mel Vazquez Hernandez @melvazquezh.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Ran my first 10k in beautiful Heidelberg 🙂‍↔️ And got to see some babies on the way!

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Mel Vazquez Hernandez @melvazquezh.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Just a few minutes for this really great conference to start! Amazing talks, superb program and beautiful city Happy as always to represent @plosbiology.org at #EESMicrobiology Feel free to approach and have a chat!

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Nadia El Mjiyad @nadelmjiyad.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

📅 I am organizing a session on #ERC funding opportunities at the EMBO | EMBL Symposium-Infection: pathogens, hosts, and microbiomes. 26-28 May 2025. If you are around, feel free to stop by. @erc.europa.eu @embl.org

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Mel Vazquez Hernandez @melvazquezh.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Excited to join next week to this @embl.org symposium #EESInfection! The program looks great and I am happy to say that @plosbiology.org will be giving 2 poster prizes! As always, reach out if you are going to be there too!

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Mel Vazquez Hernandez @melvazquezh.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Great talk from @audeber.bsky.social about defense system diversity. And then also from @pdeweirdt.bsky.social from the lab of one of our Editorial Board Members Michael Laub. So much to still discover!

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Mel Vazquez Hernandez @melvazquezh.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

So excited to participate on this @embo.org workshop representing @plosbiology.org! There'll be amazing talks & posters! Feel free to come to me! I'm always happy to chat ;) I'll also take the opportunity for a site visit @institutpasteur.bsky.social Mon & Fri, so reach-out if you are there!

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FEMS Journals @femsjournals.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Happening TODAY! It is not too late to register for the #FEMSMicrobiolEcol Webinar. This session will not only push the boundaries of ecological understanding but also underscore the critical role of microbes in addressing environmental challenges.🌍 buff.ly/3X6aCR9

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Mel Vazquez Hernandez @melvazquezh.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Reviewer fatigue is there. Check out this editorial :) If you have ideas that you think we should consider feel free to comment. I am already aware that a solution may be to pay reviewers, it will be interesting to see the outcome from CoB, and how affordable that is (specially for non-profits)

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Mel Vazquez Hernandez @melvazquezh.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

What is up Bluesky! I'm an Associate Editor working at #PLOSBiology with everything related with #Microbiology and #Immunology Looking forward to all #science posts! Also, if you wanna book a meet-the-editor zoom meeting with me and talk about your work, just click scheduler.zoom.us/melissa-vazq...!

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 06/03/2025

Let's talk about this Nature piece in more detail. I've rarely read something so anti-scientific anywhere short of the National Review. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Three AI-powered steps to faster, smarter peer review

Tired of spending countless hours on peer reviews? An AI-assisted workflow could help.

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Mel Vazquez Hernandez @melvazquezh.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Super fun to be part of this. Thank you @sparrerlab.bsky.social for inviting me to talk a bit about AI in scientific publishing!

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Mel Vazquez Hernandez @melvazquezh.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Really happy to attend the "Molecular Determinants of Zoonotic Virus Infections and Beyond" meeting in Freiburg representing @plosbiology.org I will also have a meet the editor session this Friday, so come over! As always, feel free to reach out in person, by e-mail or dm

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Mel Vazquez Hernandez @melvazquezh.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

In this uncertain and weird times, I am so happy and proud to be part of @plos.org and @plosbiology.org. "PLOS will not compromise on issues of scientific rigor & editorial integrity... we seek diversity because more expert voices make for better science"

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Mel Vazquez Hernandez @melvazquezh.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Important then, and even more important now... Also, I have to say that I am quite proud of this team, PLOS and the values we support

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 07/02/2025

Iron-sulfur proteins require specialized assembly pathways. @s-besteiro.bsky.social &co show that the plastid-derived protein HCF101 functions in the cytosolic Fe-S assembly pathway in #Toxoplasma and is crucial for #parasite viability 🧪 @plosbiology.org plos.io/3EFKKoQ

Top: Immunofluorescence assay of cKD-TgHCF101 treated for 7 days in the presence of ATc, cyst wall is labeled with DBL, parasites are outlined with anti-IMC3 antibody and DNA is stained with DAPI. Bottom: Schematic representation of the putative organization of the CIA pathway in T. gondii. This scheme places TgHCF101 as an Fe-S transfer protein from the CTC to client protein ABCE1. Plant nomenclature was used for the purpose of the figure, but names for human homologs are mentioned between brackets when appropriate.

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Mel Vazquez Hernandez @melvazquezh.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

In a see of horrible, and sometimes disheartening news, here is a picture of my ninja cat enjoying the sun

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

500 classrooms have signed up for Skype a Scientist 2025! @skypeascientist.bsky.social matches scientists with classrooms, scout troops, libraries, & other groups for Q&A sessions. It's FREE! We have an advertising budget of $0. So tell an educator in your life that we exist SkypeAScientist.com

a hot pink flip phone with a DNA strand on the screen next to courier font text that says "Text a teacher: You can get matched with a scientist for a virtual Q&A in your classroom for free with skype a scientist"

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Roli Roberts @roliroberts.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

If you're just getting back on Bluesky, welcome to 2025! Here's a 🧵 on the editors' highlights of the stuff that we published in @plosbiology.org last year, compiled in this v nice editorial by @droutledge.bsky.social ...

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Mel Vazquez Hernandez @melvazquezh.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

This has also been my first year as editor and being part of this amazing team was one of the best things in 2024. I would like to thank the whole team and the Academic Editors for their help and patience, the authors for their trust, and the reviewers for their hard work. Happy holidays everyone!

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 18/12/2024

Repeated antigen exposure drives T-cell exhaustion, impairing immune function. Study identifies HAT p300 as a driver of CD4+ #Tcell exhaustion, implicating novel surface receptors & transcriptional regulators, and a metabolic shift to dysfunctional fatty acid oxidation 🧪 #PLOSBiology plos.io/4glg2iO

Left: Causal network analysis leveraging annotated interactions (transcription factor-target, kinase-substrate, phosphatase-substrate) as a framework to evaluate protein expression changes (late exhaustion versus resting) to predict key nodes. Right: A pruned version of a large subnetwork with p300 (black outline) as the main hub.

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Mel Vazquez Hernandez @melvazquezh.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

It is happening! Make sure to follow @plosbiology.org and all other @plos.org journals to keep on track with great science!

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Darragh Duffy @darraghduffy.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Open call for new research groups @pasteur.fr in Paris lots of immunology themes welcome #immunosky #IDsky #Scisky 🧪🥼🔬 get in touch if you have questions

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Mel Vazquez Hernandez @melvazquezh.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Happy to say I will be attending and representing @plosbiology.org I will post again closer to the dates but I am sure it will be a great conference!

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Roli Roberts @roliroberts.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Winner of Equality & Diversity champion #BES2024 goes to @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social - yesterday I posted a link to one of his @plosbiology.org papers, but arguably this one (the costs of having English as a 2nd/3rd/4th language in science) is arguably just as important: plos.io/46Rfptc

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The manifold costs of being a non-native English speaker in science

This study reveals that non-native English speakers, especially early in their careers, spend more effort than native English speakers in conducting scientific activities, from reading and writing pap...

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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

#MVIF 34 program👇 ⭐Microtalks 🇹🇼 Ha T. Doan 🇦🇺 Vedanth Ramji from bigdatabiology.bsky.social ⭐Keynote 🇺🇸 Sean Gibbons @gibbological.bsky.social ⭐Selected Talks 🇯🇵 Yuya Kiguchi 🇦🇺 Kurtis Budden 🇨🇭 Amit Halkhoree Free registration: cassyni.com/s/mvif-34

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

#PhD position in my lab! Interested in polar #diatoms, molecular biology, essential minerals and adaptation? Join us working with Glen Wheeler & C. van Oosterhout. @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social #Arctic #Antarctic #Ocean Deadline: 8 January 2025 (midnight UK time) www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d...

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Mark Lubell @envpolicycenter.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

The first couple of paragraphs in this BMJ article are scathing. I appreciate how the Brits pull no punches

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Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

New post on some preliminary – but troubling – signals about the direction H5N1 might be taking: kucharski.substack.com/p/h5n1-influ...

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H5N1 influenza: some troubling preliminary signals

A few data sources to keep an eye on

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Roli Roberts @roliroberts.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Rhizosphere #microbiome and #plant hormones; new #PLOSBiology study shows that #bacteria associated with plant roots can degrade auxin, so counteracting the root inhibition caused by auxin-producing bacteria plos.io/3Oqzgaq

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Nonia Pariente @npariente.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

So happy to see this piece by Cesar de la Fuente on new #AI-driven approaches to #antibiotic discovery, to help tackle the #AMR crisis It was a pleasure to work with Cesar on this piece - do have a look!

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Roli Roberts @roliroberts.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I'm a senior editor at #PLOSBiology, jumping ship from the Musky Swamp into the Blue. I'll be posting stuff from our wonderful journal (especially the cool stuff that I handle myself!) until such a time as the journal follows me to this place...

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Roli Roberts @roliroberts.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

New piece by Cesar de la Fuente in #PLOSBiology about using #ArtificialIntelligence #AI for #antibiotic discovery in the war against #AntibioticResistant #AMR: plos.io/3B3rWP8

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Center for Chemical Currencies of a Microbial Planet (C-CoMP) @microbialplanet.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Hi folks! Check out this starter pack that we created to find folks in oceanography (including marine microbiology, biogeochemistry, modeling, 'omics, and more). Please reply to this post if you would like to be added to the starter pack. Thanks! go.bsky.app/KaUvLwp

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Razvan Borza @rborza.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Thermal biology / Metabolic theory: bsky.app/starter-pack... Infection biology: bsky.app/starter-pack... Synthetic biology and biotech: bsky.app/starter-pack... General Microbiology: bsky.app/starter-pack... Chemical biology: bsky.app/starter-pack...

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Plant-Microbe Interactions @utrechtpmi.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

The plant microbiome starter pack is far from complete. Let us know if you want to be on it! go.bsky.app/QG4wCyf

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Svetlana Ugarcina Perovic @svetlanaup.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

#microbiome starter pack 1 & 2 by @claesengroup.bsky.social: ---- bsky.app/starter-pack... bsky.app/starter-pack... #human #microbiome starter pack by @ruairirobertson.bsky.social: --- bsky.app/starter-pack... #MVIF starter pack by @microbiomevif.bsky.social: ---- bsky.app/start/did:pl...

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Pedro Vale @pfvale.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

I couldn't find one, so I decided to put together a starter pack of folk working on the evolutionary ecology of host-pathogen interactions, eco-immunology, or similar. I know I've missed many (sorry) so please share and let me know if you want to be added (or removed). go.bsky.app/QvrnjHS

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Karim Majzoub @karimaj.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Victim of its success the Virology and Virus-Host interaction starter pack got packed (150 users) so I created #2 ! Reach out if you want to be included ! go.bsky.app/6bSDmrW

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Mel Vazquez Hernandez @melvazquezh.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

What is up Bluesky! I am an Associate Editor working at #PLOSBiology with everything related with #Microbiology and #Immunology! Looking forward to all #science posts!

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