Vaughn Cooper

vscooper.micropopbio.org

22 October 2026 18:20

Absolutely delighted to be back at MSU to celebrate their recognition as a Milestones in Microbiology site, as @asm.org President. Go Green, Go White! …will post my formal remarks later!

Ellinor Alseth

ellinoralseth.bsky.social

20 October 2026 21:22

The very last bit of data from my PhD is out! Read on to learn more about why the presence of A. baumannii results in more CRISPR-based #phage resistance in P. aeruginosa 🦠🧫 www.cell.com/current-biol...?

Tatiana Dimitriu

tatianadimitriu.bsky.social

19 October 2026 02:33

New paper led by Liam Shaw, with Arancha Peñil Celis, @aresarroyom.bsky.social, @adalijuanluo.bsky.social & Fernando de la Cruz. academic.oup.com/nar/article/... This is very much Liam’s story, but I loved playing a small part in it 🧵

Joe Hanly

hanliconius.bsky.social

18 October 2026 22:22

I hate to do this with real data, but this is a persistent data vis issue in chromosome synteny riparian plots that we Need to get better at. Left, a synteny plot published today. Right, a rearranged version with exactly the same gross arrangement but with reordered chromosomes:

Kenneth Loi

kenjmloi.bsky.social

18 October 2026 14:18

Viruses have parasites too. Our new preprint shows how phages use VIPR to silence parasitic satellites, and how the satellites fight back with its own decoy VIPR RNAs that redirect VIPR to DNA REP elements in the host genome!! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...