Wiep Klaas Smits (ExpBac/CMAT)

smitslab.bsky.social

08 July 2026 10:55

[🚨] Publication alert! Years of hard work is now published in @pnas.org - www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.... It's not everyday that a novel biosynthetic intermediate is identified in bacteria, so this warrants a short summary below [👇] 1/7

Olaya Rendueles

olayarendueles.bsky.social

01 June 2026 10:52

🌟 Very proud of the newest Dr. in the team , Dr. @julielebris.bsky.social 👩‍🎓! She brilliantly defended her PhD last Friday @pasteur.fr Excellent thesis in terms of output & quality! Thanks to the jury @lucyweinert.bsky.social @sylvainbrisse.bsky.social @edfeil.bsky.social Maria Halima Laaberki

Ákos T Kovács

evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social

03 April 2026 08:59

Congratulation, @xinmingxu.bsky.social! Nice to see your review being among the top 10 cited publication of 2024 in Environmental Microbiology! 👏 #Bacillus at #MicrobiomeEcology #InstituteMicrobiologyLeiden

PLOS Biology

plosbiology.org

27 March 2026 08:21

How do multi-gene systems evolve across genetic backgrounds without disruptive epistasis? @julielebris.bsky.social @olayarendueles.bsky.social &co show the #Klebsiella capsule locus is a plug&play module that swaps with low fitness cost while preserving #virulence @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4s64Ko0

Olaya Rendueles

olayarendueles.bsky.social

27 March 2026 08:21

Our latest manuscript explores capsule exchangeability & phenotypic portability We didn’t directly address its role in #virulence ⏩️ that was already elegantly shown here—worth a look 👀👇🏻 doi.org/10.1371/jour... 🎯 Their results supports our plug-and-play model! Bonus: we kept 🐭 alive #microsky