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Massive effort lead by the amazing @fabbenz.bsky.social to discuss the present and future of CRISPR-based antimicrobials ⚡

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New opinion paper from the lab! www.cell.com/trends/micro...

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That was fun: 2 days of bacterial genome evolution in beautiful Bath Ta @edfeil.bsky.social @eseb.bsky.social Great to see @craigmaclean.bsky.social @wtmatlock.bsky.social @jpjhall.bsky.social @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social @zaminiqbal.bsky.social @epcrocha.bsky.social @jomcinerney.bsky.social &co

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CRISPR-Cas is beneficial in plasmid competition, but limited by competitor toxin-antitoxin activity when horizontally transferred https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.09.653016v1

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Lab mice (domesticated for >100y) have kept gut bacterial strains that codiversified w/ rodents for >25My. Here, authors show genetic drift occured in the lab, leading to loss of microb diversity+more deleterious mutations, impacting microbial fitness in lab vs wt mice www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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We are seeing multiple instances of reviewers doing manuscript reviews via use of AI/LLM. If you don't want to do a review the old-fashioned way, better to decline the request. Giving someone else's manuscript to AI is a violation of intellectual property rights/laws; the manuscript isn't yours...

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Diversity Between but Not Within Microbial Communities Increases With the Diversity of Supplied Nutrients https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.10.653264v1

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I really enjoyed contributing to this perspective on how to use routine clinical data for AMR surveillance, with @katholt.bsky.social, @gmknght.bsky.social, and the @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social management team! www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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Our opinion piece on transmission timing in phages and plasmids graces the cover of @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social this month. Featuring the work of talented master student Andrina Bernhard, the illustration showcases cues that MGEs use to switch between horizontal and vertical transmission.

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1/ Excited to share our latest work on gene transfer agents (GTAs) in Caulobacter crescentus, led by Emma Banks in collaboration with Pavol Bardy and Mai Nguyen from York!!! See a brief thread below. shorturl.at/o6S1w

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When things add up: environmental structure and microbial interactions drive antibiotic-resistance plasmid evolution. New paper from the lab, and the third chapter of Lars Zandbergen’s thesis! www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

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New Research Assistant position available in my lab to work on a project testing the efficacy of pills dependent #phage against clinical isolates of enteric bacteria . Part of a growing phage research theme in my lab my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

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🧪 Finally out after peer review, our work showing that "Mobile #Integrons carry Phage Defense Systems" is now published in Science 🎉 Short 🧵 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Q: What happens when a #PublishOrPerish" research culture meets #AI readable biomedical databases? A: "An explosion of formulaic research articles, including inappropriate study designs and false discoveries." New in @plosbiology.org... journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

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May’s ‘Microbe of the Month’ is a novel archaeon called Methanobrevibacter intestini which was isolated from a human faecal sample taken from an individual in the United States. Find out more about M. intestini and other exciting discoveries by clicking the link in our bio 🧫🔬

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#phage #phagesky 😮

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Wow www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... A cellular entity retaining only its replicative core: Hidden archaeal lineage with an ultra-reduced genome

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Having recently read >500 applications for recent hirings, AI CVs are a fast growing problem Giveaways are summaries eerily matching the job spec (but bearing little relevance to the rest of the CV) & weird generic phrases like “detail orientated” no-one says Tell your mentees/classes to avoid!

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📣 Imperial College Research Fellowships! Prestigious 4yr fellowship ✔️ Salary from £48k ✔️ Up to £45k for research ✔️ A supportive, inclusive research environment ✔️ UK or international ✔️ <4 yrs post-PhD Drop me a pm if you are interested in bee/microbe related research! tinyurl.com/mr3k5a93

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How do vaccines work? Prof @robinmay9.bsky.social explains how #vaccination changed the world, saving millions of lives and enabling us to eradicate a lethal disease for the first time in human history... Watch full lecture: gres.hm/how-vaccines #immunology #vaccine

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Highlights how the AMR crisis is also a cancer research issue Redirecting just a tiny fraction of cancer research funding to AMR would be transformative

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⏰ Only 2 Days Left! ⏰ This is it: your last chance to submit your abstract for hashtag#ESEB2025! Don’t miss the opportunity to showcase your research and be part of one of the most important events in Evolutionary Biology. 📬 Submit now: https://eseb2025.com/call-for-abstracts/

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Good Pseudomonas aeruginosa comparative genomics study by @reeskassen.bsky.social &co journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

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New post on the challenges of communicating uncertainty - and the lengths people will go to in an effort to avoid being pinned down… kucharski.substack.com/p/possibly-a...

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Today is the day - #NoMowMay is here! Ready to start your #NoMowMovement and help nature? 🌸🥳 & remember, this is just the start...leaving wildflowers to grow in the summer helps biodiversity & local wildlife. 🦋 Join & give #PowerToTheFlowers 👉 bit.ly/3UWii6B

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We are pleased to announce that registration for 3rd MGE Workshop is now live! If you are interested in giving a talk please register online through our website by Friday 16th May. We look forward to seeing you all in Southampton in June! www.ukmgeworkshop.org

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Come join us in Southampton! You need to register to participate (free registration!). To give everyone an opportunity to showcase their science, we extended the deadline for title submission to May 16. Share widely!

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The evolution of robustness and fragility during long-term bacterial adaptation #mevoSky #evoSky #evolSky #evolution #ExperimentalEvolution #LTEE www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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#Mevosky

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Another great looking meeting for UK #Mevosky aficionados June 16-17 with socials on 15 June in Southampton Homebrewed and low £cost (Excellent logo too…) www.ukmgeworkshop.org

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This meeting will be great! Abstract submission open now See you 26-27 Nov in Liverpool microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...

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Fresh in @NatureBiotech! We developed a synthetic biology tool for tracking gene transfer in microbial communities and applied it to study plasmid hosts in a wastewater microbiome. Awesome collab with James Chappell & @joffsilberg.bsky.social and incredible students. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Nearly missed my bus stop reading this fascinating review :)

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Junior faculty job alert in Germany - Marine Evolutionary Genomics @geomarkiel.bsky.social / University of Kiel www.geomar.de/en/karriere/... Marine study system of your choice (no microbes, sorry…), excellent infrastructure and ship access, moderate teaching requirements, closing date 6 June

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PhD opportunity in St Andrews on plasmids, antibiotics and defence systems, in collaboration with Helen Alexander in Edinburgh. Funding via BBSRC EastBio, please share & pass on to anyone interested! #microsky🦠🧫🧬 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Antibiotics are life-saving, but even short use can drive resistance in gut bacteria, with mutations lasting over a year, as seen here for ciprofloxacin. Antibiotic stewardship helps protect these powerful drugs for the future. #AMR #OneHealth #AntibioticResistance www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Great work from Ana Victoria and team! I'm not surprised #prophages are involved and happy to contribute to a fabulous study. doi.org/10.1099/mgen...

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A huge, new resource for plasmid research - PlasmidScope is a database of 852,000 #plasmid sequences with a rich set of annotations, automated online analysis and interactive visualisation academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

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Engineering bacteriophages through deep mining of metagenomic motifs www.science.org/doi/full/10.... #jcampubs

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New paper @isme-microbes.bsky.social : Among a sample of 1044 vibrio phages, we found 17 new Schizotequatrovirus with large genomes (>250kb), a broad host range, and yet a low frequency in our samples (?!). #MicroSky #PhageSky

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I am thrilled to share the first manuscript from the Wiles lab! We present "Phollow", an in vivo phage-tagging approach that enables direct observation of phage outbreaks with single-virion resolution by live imaging. Here some highlights 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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1/ In our new paper, we explored whether obligate mutualisms can survive abrupt stress via evolutionary rescue. We found that evolutionary rescue is possible—but it comes at the cost of mutualism. @jfriedman.bsky.social #microsky #evosky #mevosky

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