Reposted by Talia BackmanHernán A. Burbano @hernanaburbano.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Published version @pnas.org of our collaborative work with Talia Karasov Lab (tkarasovlab.org) et al., 🧵👇 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @cloeucl.bsky.social @ugiatucl.bsky.social @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @uofubiology.bsky.social #microsky #phagesky 1179
Reposted by Talia Backmanc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Timeline cleanse: Baby tapir getting scritches for their itches. If you want to scritch your very own tapir & you live outside of Central or South America or SE Asia, you'll need to visit a zoo. But these little guys are (evolutionarily) from around here, in North America. Let's talk about it. 9665190
Reposted by Talia BackmanGeoff Zahn @geoffzahn.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Come join the TIDAL team if you like big data parasitism, growing weird fungi, or pretending to model random noise! (Also folks who are into translating ecology into policy) cdsp.wm.edu/about/news-e...cdsp.wm.eduAt the Forest’s Edge: New Research Uncovers How Microbes Shape Ecosystem ResilienceMicrobes are everywhere – on your skin, in your gut, in the soil beneath your feet, even floating in the air you breathe. Most people think of microbes in simple terms: some make you sick, while other... 053
Talia Backman @taliamycota.bsky.social · 08/01/2026I asked my PI for tape dispensers and this shows up the next day 🍄🟫 @geoffzahn.bsky.social 020
Talia Backman @taliamycota.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Postdoc = open to new experiences and expanding my skills 🤓 010
Reposted by Talia BackmanHernán A. Burbano @hernanaburbano.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Our new collaborative work led by @taliamycota.bsky.social Jiajun Cui & Emma Caullireau between my lab @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @cloeucl.bsky.social & the Karasov Lab (tkarasovlab.org) @uofubiology.bsky.social and collaborators: @plantricia.bsky.social et al. tinyurl.com/5yx2wmz5 (1/n) 34928
Reposted by Talia BackmanEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 23/06/2025This is wild! Engineering E. coli bacteria to turn plastic waste into paracetamol (Tylenol) www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.nature.com/articles/s41... 17612178
Reposted by Talia BackmanGeoff Zahn @geoffzahn.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Any students want to apply for this to study microbiome assembly processes with simulations and microcosms?? Hit me up! www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...simonsfoundation.orgSimons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and EvolutionThe purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo... 011
Reposted by Talia BackmanDmitri Petrov @petrovadmitri.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Check out this brand new fellowship from the Simon’s Foundation in Ecology and Evolution. Incoming grad students this year are eligible to apply. No citizenship restrictions. www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...simonsfoundation.orgSimons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and EvolutionThe purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo... 05669
Reposted by Talia BackmanGeoff Zahn @geoffzahn.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Yes!!! Note: -Lab meetings will be held at an oyster bar (I'm buying) -We have several cool systems to work in -Flexible mentorship to match your goals -Lots of #mycology kitsh -Highly collaborative -Williamsburg is cute as hell 153
Talia Backman @taliamycota.bsky.social · 20/03/2025I’ll be starting a postdoc in the TIDAL lab in the Fall, come do science with us!!🧬🧫 030
Talia Backman @taliamycota.bsky.social · 04/09/2024Wonderful podcast describing our Science paper! (2nd half) bit.ly/3T5RQaFbit.lyTWiM 316: Food addiction and the gut microbiomeTWiM describes experiments to explore gut microbiota signatures of vulnerability to food addiction in mice and humans, and how a phage tail-like protein suppresses competitors in populations of bacter... 000
Talia Backman @taliamycota.bsky.social · 04/09/2024Check out our review on the evolution of tailocins! www.cell.com/trends/micro...cell.comTradeoffs and constraints on the evolution of tailocinsPhage tail-like bacteriocins (tailocins) are protein complexes produced by bacteria with the potential to kill their neighbors. Widespread throughout Gram-negative bacteria, tailocins exhibit extreme ... 000
Talia Backman @taliamycota.bsky.social · 15/06/2024I started out thinking I was getting into bacteriophage research that ended up taking an exciting turn to researching something I had never heard of before studying them- tailocins :) Check out my PhD work thus far! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgA phage tail–like bacteriocin suppresses competitors in metapopulations of pathogenic bacteriaBacteria can repurpose their own bacteriophage viruses (phage) to kill competing bacteria. Phage-derived elements are frequently strain specific in their killing activity, although there is limited ev... 050
