Hassan Salem

hassansalem.bsky.social

13 October 2026 06:53

Beetles secrete jelly to embed & sustain symbionts with impossibly tiny genomes🪲 But what is this jelly made of? And how does it help maintain a partnership that has lasted over 62 million years? Thrilled to share our latest, out now in @natcomms.nature.com! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Evgenii Protasov

evgenii-protasov.bsky.social

11 October 2026 09:59

The archaeon Sukunaarchaeum mirabile, associated with dinoflagellates, has a genome of only 238 kbp🧬🤯 #archaea #symbiosis #eukaryotes #protists #MicroSky @currentbiology.bsky.social www.cell.com/current-biol...

Sebastian Schornack

dromius.bsky.social

09 October 2026 10:15

How do "friendly" rhizobia build a legume nodule? @albinteulet.bsky.social found that Type III effectors of symbiotic Rhizobia include diverse predicted transcriptional and post-transcriptional modulators. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... Now @plosbiology.org More information below.

John Innes Centre

johninnescentre.bsky.social

09 October 2026 10:15

PRESS RELEASE - Can this biotech innovation halt the destructive march of a cereal killer? 🌾🦠 A UK-led research collaboration has taken a significant step in the global effort to protect crops from the devastating wheat fungus pathogen

Gema Puebla

gemapuebla.bsky.social

09 October 2026 07:57

Starting my bluesky with this super exciting new! New preprint from Di Pietro's Lab www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... How do fungal pathogens maintain dispensable chromosomes without losing them in clonal evolution? Here's a thread 🧵