The Iceman's Microbiome...
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Our paper "Gene ancestries reveal diverse microbial associations during eukaryogenesis.” is finally out in Nature.
Eukaryogenesis was likely a gradual process shaped by multiple microbial partners and virus-mediated gene transfer, rather than a single binary symbiosis.
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Cascading recombinase memory switch for programmable and stable gene expression in Pseudomonas putida by Javier Hernández @labnikel.bsky.social
#SyntheticBiology #MetabolicEngineering #GeneticCircuit #OpenAccess
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Happily, I agree with every word of this. But then, I suspected I would. Also, I'm interested to find myself set up against Matt Ridley in our judgements. I leave it to you folks to decide who to trust there 😉.
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#Biofilm matrices containing filamentous phages help #Pseudomonas aeruginosa tolerate antibiotics. @abultarafder.bsky.social @tbharat-lab.bsky.social &co show that #nanobody disruption of #phage Pf4 #LiquidCrystalline droplets restores #antibiotic susceptibility @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4xkd6Mw
Scientific Reports - Multiplexing antibiotic screening assay in droplet microfluidics
Background The Iceman mummy, a 5300-year-old natural alpine glacier mummy, provides a unique opportunity to study ancient microbial ecosystems. However, disentangling the mummy’s endogenous microbiome...
Abstract. Genetic circuits for model bacteria often perform poorly in non-canonical hosts, limiting the deployment of regulatory programs in industrially r
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The Selfish Gene continues to challenge readers half a century later
Don't miss this review by Mark Butler & Robert Capon at the University of Queensland providing a comprehensive account of the 217 natural product inspired antibiotics approved for human use from 1943-2025 #chemsky #natprod #medchem
Check it out on our website👇
What’s the difference between a person, an artifact, and an ecosystem?
The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a widespread nanoweapon deployed by bacteria, but why is its deployment heterogeneous in many species? This study of T6SS in Escherichia coli shows that adopting...
A revolutionary new technique is set to reveal the secrets of soil without so much as scratching its surface. Secrets that could hold solutions to problems like famine and climate change
Covering literature to September 2025 This review provides a comprehensive account of the 217 natural product inspired antibiotics that have been approved for human use from 1943 through to September…
