Lukas Schwyter

schluk.bsky.social

18 October 2026 13:50

A major part of my PhD is out in ASM’s mSpectrum! We tracked pathogen interactions in children with CF including 𝘗. 𝘢𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘢, 𝘚. 𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘴 and 𝘏. 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘻𝘢𝘦. 𝘗. 𝘢𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘢 showed reduced antagonism already in early childhood. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Cameron Thrash

jcamthrash.bsky.social

06 October 2026 13:49

Bacteria regulate collective behaviour by mechanosensing cell–cell collisions www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs

Ran Blekhman

blekhman.bsky.social

05 October 2026 06:16

My inbox is being flooded with fully AI-generated emails from prospective students. I tried to work out why I can't bring myself to read them, and ended up with some thoughts and advice for writing cold emails in the age of AI. My new post: blekhman.substack.com/p/why-i-am-n...

Institut Jacques Monod

ijmonod.bsky.social

01 October 2026 14:01

✍️ The Bonazzi Lab published a new article 📖 @natcomms.nature.com 📃Bacterial growth under confinement requires transcriptional adaptation to resist turgor pressure build-up 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Salim T. Islam Research Group

islamyxolab.bsky.social

29 September 2026 20:29

Turns out (i) myxospores are actually coated in exopolysaccharide (making them sticky!), (ii) biosurfactant polysaccharide is needed to help them disperse, and (iii) spore "coat" polysaccharide instead forms a sub-surface cortex layer!🦠🔬 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...