padpadpadpad.bsky.social
Microbial ecologist/carer. NERC IRF and MRF Emerging Leaders Fellow at the University of Exeter in Penryn. I like warming up bacteria, open & reproducible science, making focaccia, and exercise.
👤 Joined on 21 November 2023
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@padpadpadpad.bsky.socialThe ratio of nonsynonymous to synonymous DNA substitutions (dN/dS) encodes information about selection pressures. This study develops a model of dN/dS in recombining bacterial populations, offering insights on how horizontal gene transfer shapes the genome. 🧪 #AcademicSky #evolution plos.io/3Wcy9lT
Show PostNew preprint from the Gurney Lab, on bioRxiv: The Phage Time Continuum: Genome Organization Constrains Anti-CRISPR Success. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... I think this is one of the cooler things I'll ever do. Work lead by @sczerwinski.bsky.social he coined the term Phage Time Continuum. 1/10
Show PostA hidden archaeal lineage with an ultra-reduced genome retaining only its replicative core doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... (image taken from the authors' preprint version available at www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...)
Show PostAntibiotic inhibition uncouples growth from horizontal gene transfer https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.14.759178v1
Show Postyou can't be serious. This reads Meta/Facebook/Insta is looking to grant itself the rights to scrape websites across the open web - and train Meta's AI - if a company after Oct 30, 2026 uses Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp or other Meta services. So every biz. Read that again. Outrageous. 1/5
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