Victor de Lorenzo (CNB, Madrid)

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09 October 2026 20:10

1/4 It took me 10+ years and countless discussions with Antoine Danchin, Juli Peretó, Lee Cronin, Fernando Baquero, Ricard Solé, Susan Stepney, Ángel Goñi, Paul Rainey & other evolution geeks to arrive at an idea: embodied biological computation 🧬 … onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Molecular Microbiology

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01 October 2026 11:25

👉 The ytrGABCDEF operon controls cell size, growth arrest, and lysis of distinct Bacillus subtilis subpopulations: | Microbiology Spectrum journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Victor de Lorenzo (CNB, Madrid)

vdlorenzo.bsky.social

26 September 2026 16:53

Cannot believe it, but Roberto and I have been friends for 40 yrs! He started his Jr Prof position in Harvard while I was postdoc-ing in Berkeley! Science has changed a lot since then, but our shared passion & curiosity for understanding the world remain intact!

Alexander Harms

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25 September 2026 11:56

The final version of our manuscript on TnSeq in bacteriophages (“HIDEN-SEQ”) is out today – if you have an interesting phage phenotype and want to know the underlying genetic basis, this one is for you! 1/4

Cedric Feschotte

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24 September 2026 20:36

Thrilled to see this published today! Truly special because we made the initial discovery >15 yrs ago! We found two copies of a human gene called BC200 embedded in a human poxvirus. BC200 blurs the line between gene & transposon—both functional & mutagenic! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧵1/n