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Kevin Forsberg @kvnforsberg.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Humans and bacteria share strategies to defend against viruses. We wondered: could they use each other's genes? Yes, both can! Bacteria can use human immune genes to defend against phages AND Human cells can use bacterial genes for viral defense. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Bacterial and human exonucleases mediate interkingdom antiviral immunity

All kingdoms of life have developed strategies to limit viral infection. In humans, interferons induce a suite of antiviral factors that collectively provide immunity. Some human immune genes are homo...

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Kevin Forsberg @kvnforsberg.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

My lab’s first preprint! We used functional metagenomics to identify phage defenses in human and soil microbiomes. We scaled these selections while maintaining accuracy, enabling us to examine 9 habitats for defense elements against 7 phages. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/10

Functional Metagenomic Selections for Phage Defense

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Scott Saunders @saunderslab.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Wow - bluesky! 📈 🦠 Please help me amplify a special faculty search. We're looking for someone in "Microbial Systems Biology" to join me and @kreynoldslab.bsky.social at UTSW Sys Bio / Bioinformatics. There is an empty lab space right next to us waiting for you! apply.interfolio.com/154339 1/4

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Scott Saunders @saunderslab.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

We just had our dept retreat this week at the Perot Museum. Pretty awesome to have a poster session with the dinosaurs! Thanks to everyone that helped plan! @kreynoldslab.bsky.social (I don't know if anyone else is on bsky yet...)

A research poster next to dinosaur fossils at a museum.

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Scott Saunders @saunderslab.bsky.social · 01/10/2024

Come join us at UT Southwestern! It's a very nice place to do science. There's an extremely strong basic science community and there are interesting opportunities to connect to the clinical side of the institution. #MicroSky

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Scott Saunders @saunderslab.bsky.social · 19/03/2024

👋 Hello Bluesky! 👋 I'm an independent fellow at UT Southwestern Medical Center and my lab is developing high throughput genetic systems for bacteria using DNA oligos. We're broadly interested in bacterial physiology and genomics. I will be trying to use this app more moving forward!

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