Alexander Harms

aharms485.bsky.social

25 September 2026 11:50

The final version of our manuscript on TnSeq in bacteriophages (“HIDEN-SEQ”) is out today – if you have an interesting phage phenotype and want to know the underlying genetic basis, this one is for you! 1/4

David Bikard

dbikard.bsky.social

21 September 2026 09:55

New paper from the lab, out in Nature Microbiology. We ran CRISPRi screens to ask what genes E. coli needs in order to live in a gut and what this can tell us about the gut environment itself. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-026-02471-8

Manuel Ares-Arroyo

aresarroyom.bsky.social

15 September 2026 20:56

This year’s award is given in memory of Manolo Espinosa. Although I never had the chance to meet him personally, I read many of his works during my PhD, even ended up citing him in my latest work. More info here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... See you all at ISPB2028! 🦠🧬

Mart Krupovic

mkrupovic.bsky.social

14 September 2026 11:18

Why did some #viruses evolve to be #giants while others did not? Our perspective piece on this topic with Eugene Koonin. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

François Rousset

francoisrousset.bsky.social

14 September 2026 11:15

🚨 We are excited to share the first preprint of our lab ! We discovered an NADase enzymatic domain in bacterial immunity and in the human protein TEP1. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...