Panos Spatharas

pspatharas.bsky.social

15 October 2026 07:37

1/1 How does a single methyl group activate bacterial defence? In my PhD work with @matthiaswilmanns.bsky.social and @typaslab.bsky.social, we reveal how this tiny DNA modification triggers retron disassembly and toxin activation. Now on bioRxiv: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Joel Selkrig

jselkrig.bsky.social

03 October 2026 10:13

How do gut bacteria cope with both proteolytic stress and phage attack? 🧵👇 Our latest preprint is live! Ulcerative colitis (UC) creates a distinct gut environment: protease activity rises, the virome shifts, and phages expand. #Microbiome #Bacteriophages #IBD www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

EMBL Events

events.embl.org

29 September 2026 13:57

Thanks to additional funding, the registration fees for #EMBLBorkMemorial have been set at a reduced rate. This symposium will reflect on Peer Bork's past achievements and explore future directions of fields such as protein biology and more. Submit your abstract by 10 Nov: s.embl.org/pbs27-01-bl

EMBL

embl.org

26 September 2026 18:18

EMBL scientists uncovered new interactions between molecular machines directly inside cells. With cryo-ET, they gleaned new aspects of bacterial protein production, transport, and folding in cells – and a new way to analyse ‘communities’ of molecular machines. www.embl.org/news/science...

Ákos T Kovács

evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social

17 September 2026 15:53

Alessio Yang @alessioyang.bsky.social (from @typaslab.bsky.social ) on Phages carry multiple triggers and blockers against bacterial defence systems #Retrons toxin-antitoxin systems as phage defense #EMBOBacNet #PhageSky