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Misha Paauw

@mpaauw.bsky.social
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Data Scientist Green Life Sciences at University of Amsterdam | PhD Plant-microbe interactions and bacterial genomics

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bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Widespread immune systems protect bacteria against conjugative plasmids www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Stephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 11/06/2026
Ten simple rules for teaching data science: journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol... 🧪 With a checklist in the SI
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Melanie Blokesch @mblokesch.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Excited to share our new paper out today in @science.org 🎉 We show that HGT via natural competence drives diversification of chromosomal integrons in V. cholerae 🤩 Below a 🧵 on key findings incl. background on natural competence in V. cholerae 1/ #microsky #phagesky www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
A recipient-based anti-conjugation factor triggers an abortive mechanism by targeting the Type IV secretion system www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 03/03/2026
Phylogenetic and functional analyses across 34 Lepidoptera and 183 plant species show that hexenal isomerases found in Lepidoptera exhibit functional convergence with those found in plants despite having evolved independently from unrelated enzyme families 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Convergent evolution of hexenal isomerases in Lepidoptera and plants - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Phylogenetic and functional analyses across 34 Lepidoptera and 183 plant species show that hexenal isomerases found in Lepidoptera exhibit functional convergence with those found in plants despite hav...
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Dave Baltrus 🦦 @surtlab.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Hey y’all, New paper out from the lab in Microbial Genomics, starting down the rabbit hole of IS elements in Paeudomonas syringae www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
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Independent, ongoing clade-specific expansions of IS5 elements in Pseudomonas syringae
Insertion sequence (IS) elements are transposable regions of DNA present in a majority of bacterial genomes. It is hypothesized that differences in distributions of IS elements across bacterial strain...
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Andre Kuhn @signalintegrator.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
We are hiring! There is a PhD-position available in my group on environmental signal integration in plants. @swammerdamuva.bsky.social More information: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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Vacancy — PhD position in Deciphering the Cellular and Molecular Basis of Signal Integration in Plants
<p><span>Do you wonder how plants simultaneously process, weigh and interpret the countless signals form their surroundings? Are you interested in delving into the mechanisms of signal integration in plants on a cellular level and have a passion for </span><strong><span>molecular biology and bio-imaging</span></strong><span>? Then this job may be for you! We are seeking a dedicated PhD-candidate to join our ambitious but collaborative team. </span></p>
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pfeilmeier.bsky.social @pfeilmeier.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
We wrote a review 📖 on hydathode immunity! Learn how bacteria exploit hydathodes to access the vasculature and open questions for future research. 📣 If you are curious about this topic, please consider applying for two open positions in my lab (until Nov23)! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Hydathodes at the forefront of plant immunity against vascular pathogens
Hydathodes are tiny plant organs that form an interface between the leaf surface and xylem vasculature. They facilitate excretion of xylem fluid under…
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Rayan Chikhi @rayanchikhi.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
🌎👩‍🔬 For 15+ years biology has accumulated petabytes (million gigabytes) of🧬DNA sequencing data🧬 from the far reaches of our planet.🦠🍄🌵 Logan now democratizes efficient access to the world’s most comprehensive genetics dataset. Free and open. doi.org/10.1101/2024...
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pfeilmeier.bsky.social @pfeilmeier.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Finally a method to identify plant RNA-binding proteins! 🧬 This enables so much new biology to discover from immunity to development! 🤯 🪴 Established by the incredible Victor Sanchez with @havandenburg.bsky.social @uva.nl Congratulations!!
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Misha Paauw @mpaauw.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
New paper from my PhD lab, continuing the work on plant immunity in hydathodes against Xanthomonas campestris.
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Misha Paauw @mpaauw.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Happy to share our most recent paper on the evolution of Xcc!
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