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@paulturnerlab.bsky.social
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Experimental evolution of viruses for basic science and evolutionary medicine at Yale Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. Tweeting papers & news from our group. Acct managed by lab members.

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Noah Houpt @noahhoupt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
For those who don't know, the GRS is a mini-meeting for graduate students and postdocs working in microbial population biology. At this meeting we will build our professional networks, share our research, and hear from our amazing keynote speaker, @bkoskella.bsky.social!
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Noah Houpt @noahhoupt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
*PLEASE RE-POST* Applications for the trainee-focussed GRS immediately preceding this meeting are also now open! We will begin accepting applicants on *January 15th, 2027*. We will expedite our review for applicants requiring Visas, so please submit ASAP. www.grc.org/microbial-po...
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2027 Microbial Population Biology (GRS) Seminar GRC
The 2027 Gordon Research Seminar on Microbial Population Biology (GRS) will be held in Andover, New Hampshire. Apply today to reserve your spot.
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Noah Houpt @noahhoupt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I must heap a mountain of praise on our three reviewers for helping us improve our manuscript. Reviewer comments encouraged us to look deeper into the mutations we observed in filamentous phage isolates, which revealed mutations associated with virulence evolution in Pf4.
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Paul Turner Lab @paulturnerlab.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
In our latest paper led by @noahhoupt.bsky.social, we show that eco-evolutionary dynamics in populations of P. aeruginosa are governed by virulence evolution in their filamentous prophages.
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Nanami Kubota @nanamikubota.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Excited to start my postdoc in the @paulturnerlab.bsky.social next week! And thank you to the Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies for awarding me the Donnelley fellowship, which will fund me for the next two years.
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Carli Roush @phagephan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Thrilled to share my first paper out of grad school. We sequenced dental wastewater (yes, the stuff collected during teeth cleaning) and found previously unknown bacteriophages harbored in the human mouth. #phagesky #microsky 🧵 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Dental wastewater reveals a hidden reservoir of oral bacteriophage diversity | Microbiology Spectrum
The human oral cavity contains a diverse microbial community, but the bacteriophages (phages) that infect many oral bacteria remain poorly characterized. This gap limits our understanding of how phage...
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Mike Blazanin @mikeblazanin.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Presenting my final poster later today at #ASMicrobe
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Paul Turner Lab @paulturnerlab.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Turner Lab Graduate Student @noahhoupt.bsky.social is giving a poster today on how genetic diversity in chronic P. aeruginosa infections poses challenges for phage therapy. Check out his poster in the AEM area (#737 at 3-4PM).
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Paul Turner Lab @paulturnerlab.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Research Scientist from our lab @antanij.bsky.social presenting TODAY at 10.45 am in the Mechanism Discovery Hub (area near posters in the exhibit halls). #ASMicrobe
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Paul Turner Lab @paulturnerlab.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Come see my former postdoc @cathyhernandez.bsky.social’s presentation on how prophages shape thermal performance in marine bacteria (room 147AB at 12:15PM). Cathy is now a professor at the University of South Carolina and is recruiting PhD students for Fall 2027!
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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 06/06/2026
Now @paulturnerlab.bsky.social on phage therapy
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Mark O. Martin @markowenmartin.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
The great Paul Turner on phage therapy and evolution at #ASMicrobe. Someday I will get him on #MattersMicrobial! I’ll keep trying. @paulturnerlab.bsky.social
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Dr. Seema Mattoo @mattoolab.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Day 1 of @asm.org #ASMmicrobe2026 was great! Wonderful reconnecting with the Microbiology community, including fellow @hypothesisfund.bsky.social family members @laahrs.bsky.social & @paulturnerlab.bsky.social!
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Jay T Lennon @jaytlennon.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Three amazing sets of plenaries this week @asm.org's Applied and Environmental Microbiology (AEM) Scientific Unit in Washington, DC: @noahfierer.bsky.social, Janet Jansson, @paulturnerlab.bsky.social, @benwolfe.bsky.social, @karenlloyd.bsky.social, Dianne Newman
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Asher Leeks @asherleeks.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The Social Lives of Viruses is coming to Vancouver, Canada, from 4th-8th August 2026! This is a free meeting dedicated to all aspects of virus-virus interactions & evolution. To apply: socialviruses.zoology.ubc.ca @sociovirology.bsky.social #socialviruses #evosky #lovevirology #virosky
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Paul Turner Lab @paulturnerlab.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Our perspective on measuring individual virus traits, led by staff scientist @antanij.bsky.social #phagesky #microsky
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Connecticut Valley Branch ASM @ctvalleyasm.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Excited for the Connecticut Valley Branch of @asm.org Annual General Meeting 📅 April 24, 2026 📍Brown University (Providence, RI)! Abstracts welcome (some selected for short talks)! Register by April 17: forms.gle/d5XHpdLD1G3S... #Microbiology #ASM #AcademicSky
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Kate Baker @ksbakes.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
And that’s a wrap for #AMR2026 The best one yet, and no worm holes open by bringing to Paul Turners together across continents! @paulturnerlab.bsky.social
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Connecticut Valley Branch ASM @ctvalleyasm.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
We are the Connecticut Valley Branch of @asm.org If you are in CT, RI, or parts of NH (zip 03400-03499, 03600-03799) or MA (zip 01000-01699), please join us for: ⭐ Undergraduate Research Opportunities 📊 Scientific Meetings 📶 Networking sites.google.com/view/ctvalle...
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Paul Turner Lab @paulturnerlab.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Next one in a storm of preprints from our lab's amazing scientists.. Recent-ex-postdoc, #newPI @cathyhernandez.bsky.social studied thermal ecology of marine bacteria isolated near New Haven. Turns out, response of this bacterium to temperatures is shaped by prophages! #phagesky #microsky
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Paul Turner Lab @paulturnerlab.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
How does population density affect evolutionary trajectory? Microbes construct their own niche which in turn reshapes their evolution. Preprint drop from grad student @noahhoupt.bsky.social whose evolution experiments featured blue/white colonies, 1000 generations, a lab move, and much more!
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Paul Turner Lab @paulturnerlab.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Turner Lab representation at #ASMicrobe #ASMicrobe2025 (1/5) Postbac Matthew Davidson will present a poster about phage Woody 🪵 #newPhageAlert Matthew will be applying for grad school soon!
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Jyot Antani @antanij.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
*High-school level summary article* Wrote a piece describing our recent paper @paulturnerlab.bsky.social to a high-school educated audience. #phagesky #microsky Reach out if you want to do the same for your recent paper. It's super fun! www.journaloflifesciences.org/archives/156...
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Jyot Antani @antanij.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Our latest preprint just dropped @paulturnerlab.bsky.social We evolved bacteria on swim plates, against a phage that attacks through the flagellum. Motility trades off AND trades up(!!) with phage-resistance! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Jyot Antani @antanij.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Latest paper drop from Yale Phage Center @paulturnerlab.bsky.social
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Jyot Antani @antanij.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
YaleNews @yale.edu covered our recent paper on measuring virus attachment 🦠🔬🤩 @paulturnerlab.bsky.social @emonetlab.bsky.social news.yale.edu/2025/04/15/n... #MicroSky #PhageSky #Microscopy #Fluorescence
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New tool offers insights into virus-cell interactions
A method developed by Yale scientists helps reveal how antibacterial agents interact with their host cells — a process that could boost a host of applications that benefit society.
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Paul Turner Lab @paulturnerlab.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Our postdoc @antanij.bsky.social's paper is out! Check out his thread explaining the motivation and main takeaways. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Paul Turner Lab @paulturnerlab.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Reposted below is the Yale News coverage about our former postdoc @norapyenson.bsky.social's latest paper. And linked below is the summary post from Nora: bsky.app/profile/nora...
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Paul Turner Lab @paulturnerlab.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Beautiful paper from our ex-postdoc @norapyenson.bsky.social
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Honour McCann @honour.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
The UCSB KITP QBio course on mobile elements was amazing 🩵 With excellent projects led by @paulturnerlab.bsky.social, Roberto Kolter, Joanne Emerson, Richard Neher, @erikvannimwegen.bsky.social, Ben Good (+ me). Course began with a wetlab bootcamp, Dallas Mould demonstrating the first experiments..
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Meaghan Castledine @mcastd.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Hello new phage phollowers! I am shamelessly self-promoting mine and Angus Buckling's relatively new review "Critically evaluating the relative importance of phage in shaping microbial community composition" www.cell.com/trends/micro...
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Critically evaluating the relative importance of phage in shaping microbial community composition
The ubiquity of bacteriophages (phages) and the major evolutionary and ecological impacts they can have on their microbial hosts has resulted in phages often cited as key drivers shaping microbial com...
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