Shai Bel (The Mucus Man)

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20 October 2026 06:16

🚨🚨 When we take antibiotics we assume they'll kill the bad bugs but won't affect us directly. In our new story @NatureMicrobiol , we found that's not always the case and developed a tool, CompoRes, to identify these direct effects on the host /1 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

James Gurney

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20 October 2026 06:16

New 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

PLOS Biology

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18 October 2026 14:16

The 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

PLOS Biology

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17 October 2026 08:42

The consequences of #oligodendrocyte involvement in #Alzheimer’s disease are poorly understood. This Perspective by Charles ffrench-Constant suggests that activity-dependent adaptive myelination by these cells could be perturbed, leading to cognitive loss. 🧪 #AcademicSky plos.io/47iYNMq

Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB)

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16 October 2026 17:07

Celebramos la reunión anual de seguimiento de los proyectos de investigación financiados por @fundacionoccident.bsky.social en el CNB-CSIC. Gracias a este convenio, cuatro jóvenes doctorandos han comenzado su tesis doctoral en nuestro centro. ℹ️Lee la noticia completa: https://f.mtr.cool/i4rexmt1t9