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...

Show Post

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 🧵

Show Post

If you are not familiar with it, PearTree is the replacement for the increasingly creaking FigTree phylogenetic tree viewer. Available as a desktop app and a webapp (which can be embedded in other sites). github.com/artic-networ... for more details. There is even a manual: peartree.live/manual

Show Post

🔬 Share your research at FEMS MICRO 2027, whether as a poster display, flash talk, or session talk; there is a place for your work. Submit by 15 Dec for the opportunity to present in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 5-8 July 2027. 📄 buff.ly/trsmmi5

Show Post

The legendary Symposium on the Immune System of Bacteria is coming to Cambridge, UK. Mark your calendars for 20-22 July 2027. Registration now open!

Show Post